Plant medicine lessons

5.001 review

Paraíso, Maynas, Peru

Up to 12 in group

29 Days Package (28 nights)

A preparation course valued at $109 is included with the retreat at no extra cost

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Don

Fabrizio

Maestra

Don Gardel

Don Gardel is from a family of curanderos: his grandfather was one, and his two brothers are shamans as well. He learned ayahuasca from a Shipibo woman (la maestra Alicia) deep down on the river Momon. Now it’s 40 years that Don Gardel has been practicing this medicine. When he was a young man, he had the chance to go to work near Brasil where the Matses people live. There he learned to use kambo. This in combination with his experience and studies as a nurse make of Gardel one of the most famous Kambo healer of Iquitos. Now in the center he combines all the ancestral medicinese available: mambè, rapè, yopo etc.

Fabrizio

Research in the biomedical field is Fabrizio Beverina's background. His expertise was in emotional computing and brain-computer interaction. He fled the scientific community to study meditation in Asia. He spent 12 years in China before traveling to study with Tibetan Buddhist monks in Tibet and India. he is now researching ancestral remedies. In Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, he lived with numerous shamans and gained extensive knowledge of medicinal plants. He co-founded Paojilhuasca with don Gardel, where he also teaches meditation and participates in the manufacturing of various drugs. He just created a psychological test to track the clients' progress and aid the therapy team.

Maestra Alicia

The term "Maestra" (which in this context refers to the teacher) is used to refer to Alicia, who was once Gardel's teacher. Her grandfather was a "tabacchero," a type of curandero who specialized in using tobacco for medical purposes. She was initiated when she was quite young, but it was a major crisis, a traditional spiritual awakening, a death that gave her a new lease on life that ultimately inspired her to become a healer. She has a lot of allies from her years of long-term dieting and extensive knowledge with plant-based therapies. People from the neighbouring villages travel to her for traditional treatments. She is a strong, yet tender woman who acts as a big mama to all of the patients.

Details of this retreat

You will be introduced to the vast universe of Amazonian medicinal plants in a month.
Don Gardel will accompany you as you search the jungle for plants while teaching you about their name, characteristics, and uses.
You'll learn how to prepare ayahuasca as well as how to use the different add-mixtures.
You'll discover how to prepare rapé the Brazilian way.
Your own Yopo will be made.
You will search for Kambo frogs and discover how to remove the poison from their skin.
The nearby tree will yield dragon blood for you.
You will discover the various bark and root tinctures produced in Peru.
At the conclusion, you will depart with your personal collection of medicines (ayahuasca little bootle, Kambo stick, sangre de drago, plants and bark).
You’ll be a kambo practitioner with all the basis for safely healing people.

Schedule

You will receive the diet medicine before dawn. Fabrizio will teach some Qigong movements, or he will lead some meditations (dancing or vipassana or gummo breathing), at around 8 a.m. You can start eating breakfast around nine. Then, in accordance with the program, you can either walk into the forest, attend some lessons, or simply relax in your hammock. at noon, lunch. Activities in the afternoon as planned. Simple, light supper at six o\'clock, or even fasting (recommended). To establish a natural rhythm, it is advised to go to bed early.

Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Paojilhuasca Amazon Medicine Camp, Paraíso, Maynas, Peru

Directions

The center Paojilhuasca is located the village Paraíso, on the river Itaya, not far from Iquitos. Depending on the weather conditions, it can be reached by boat from Iquitos (5 hours), by motor taxi (1 to 2 hours) or by foot (motor taxi to kilometer 32 of the Iquitos-Nauta road then 2 hours walk through the jungle).

Accommodation

Very basic accommodations: monk style. People should not distracted with swimming pools or fancy houses from their personal job. we have 7 simple rooms with a bed, a table and a chair. A bunk bed room, 3 independent houses for couples or families, and a tambo (a basic hut) in the jungle. Dry toilets are outside and well as the showers.

Program Price

Venue & Amenities

A/C in Rooms

Free Wifi

Spa

Sauna

Pool

Towels

Free Parking

Kitchen

Tour Assistance

Hot Tub

Coffee/Tea

Cafe

Restaurant

Fitness Center

Yoga Studio

Housekeeping

Bicycles For Rent

The camp is in the jungle near the river Itaya. we have 7 personal rooms, 3 houses (for family or couples) and a tambo in the jungle for hard core plant dieters.

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

We place a lot of emphasis on nutrition as a component of the healing process, utilizing regional ingredients and superfood for healthy meals. We invite our guests to do Intermitting fasting.

What's Included

Tour in the jungle.

What's Not Included

Boat river tour,
Fishing tour,
Bufo ceremonies,
Yopo ceremonies

Customer Reviews

5.00 out of 5.0 average rating

Idaloise • Jan 20, 2022

5.0

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My home in Peru

Very authentic, simplistic and down to earth place. I learned a lot about kambo, and we shared some nice ceremonies. The surroundings are gorgeous, as the center is literally on the banks of the Amazon with lush jungle on the other side.
The rooms are cosy and full of love. And so are the teachers.

Plant medicine lessons

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Don Gardel

Fabrizio

Maestra Alicia

Details of this retreat

Schedule

Getting Here

Directions

Accommodation

Venue & Amenities

Meals

Menu Types

What's Included

What's Not Included

Customer Reviews

Idaloise • Jan 20, 2022

My home in Peru

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