Up to 12 in group
8 Days Package (7 nights)
About this Retreat
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.
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.
Details of this retreat
Early in the morning on the first day, you'll have a kambo cleansing.
We'll hold a mambe' ceremony in the evening to set the intentions for the remaining days of the week.
Ayahuasca ritual combined with rapè the day after.
Following day the yopo ritual.
Take a day off.
Ayahuasca ceremony follows.
Next, you'll give bufo a shot. It will be intense.
Completing the event with a mambè talking circle ritual on the final day.
This is an extremely intense week, thus it is recommended for experienced psychonauts or medical professionals who have used this type of medication before.