Shamanic Ayahuasca Retreat with Taita Juan in Colombia

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Algarve, Portugal
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Up to 20 in group
Date
February 21 - March 2, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • Shanayoy Retreat description
  • "Here at Shanayoy, we offer an authentic experience, Learn the ancient traditional ways of seeing the world. This is a path of holistic spiritual learning, that allows us to heal our minds bodies, and spirits. Seeing all aspects of life, the internal and external world, and how they are connected and interdependent. Balancing these different aspects of ourselves and our place in the world so that life can be one like a dance. When we know how to live our lives in a good way life is beautiful.​
  • How we can heal and become more connected to ourselves and our environment
  • Learning indigenous perspectives of healing
  • Connecting to ourselves, the present moment
  • Finding our internal power
  • Work on limiting beliefs and healing traumatic incidents
  • Learn meditation techniques
  • Practice yoga, the importance of daily practices
  • Work in a group setting
  • Learn healing songs, how to live through intention and connection to God
  • Collaborate on an organic farm. Discovery of what it means to move forward toward health and beauty, contributes to the creation of a healthy living system.
  • Connect with like-minded people focused on health.
  • EDUCATION
  • Our retreats have an important educational component, where we seek to further educate the international community on the use of ancestral medicines, protocols, and the legacies of the elders who dreamed this time of opening these ways to the world.
  • AYAHUASCA IN THE MODERN WORLD​
  • Ayahuasca can awaken us to our sacredness and potential, providing doorways to the immense power and connection that exists within us, leading us to the source of life.​
  • Our current system of living, the modern world, has become unhealthy for many, creating unbalance in our body mind, and spirit.​
  • Our society has the tendency to separate/disconnect us from the power that lives in nature and within us. This has brought depression, anxiety, confusion, and illness into many of our lives. Plant Spirit or Master Plants like Yage/ Ayahuasca are here to support the openness and evolution of our human consciousness, to heal and thrive. ​
  • The focused work, provided at Shanayoy, is designed to heal and reconnect us to nature and the natural field of elements that are within us. The experience of this connection empowers us to find clarity within so that we can free ourselves from the chains that prevent our growth. This enables us to become more present with clear actionable steps forward toward health and beauty. This transformation of self initiates the possibility to create healthy living systems that our children and future generations may inherit."

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Shamanic Ayahuasca Retreat in Colombia! We are organising a group leaving from Europe to Colombia, at a retreat center that we trust and have worked with before. If you ever wanted to experience Ayahuasca in the Amazon, this is the way to do it.

We are so grateful to be able to announce this collaboration with the Retreat Center Shanayoy from Colombia, with Curandero Taita Juan Bautista of the Kamentsa lineage.

In June 2024 we brought the energy of the jungle to you, by bringing Taita Juan, a traditional healer from the Kamentsa lineage in Columbia to our center in Algarve. Those of you who were at that retreat, enjoyed Taita Juans joyful personality and Erikas loving presence, as well the singing and the harmonica in ceremony.

Working together with the Retreat Center Shanayoy, we aim to build a bridge between the wisdom passed on for generations from curandero to curandero for thousands of years and western approaches when it comes to psychedelics assisted therapies.

Now we are ready for the next step and would like to take you to Colombia, to experience the traditional ways. This retreat is meant for everyone who is ready to take the journey to their core self, to heal and expand their consciousness, to experience connectedness and the magic of an authentic Colombian Ayahuasca/Yage ceremony.

Group size: 14

Accommodations at Taita Juan's retreat center. Find out more here: https://www.shanayoy.org/shanayoyfacilities

All meals included.

www.vine-of-the-soul.com

Schedule

Every second night there's an Ayahuasca ceremony. During the day there are sharing circles, excursions to local landmarks and other activities.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Vine of the soul Retreats, Algarve, Portugal

Directions

Nearest airport is Faro. If you fly to Lisbon, you can take the train or a Flixbus. It takes about 3 hours from Lisbon Airport to our location.

Accommodation

Double or up to 4 participants, luxury bell tents. It's a beautiful Portuguese country farm, we have everything you need: warm water, electricity, high-speed internet, tonnes of space, nature & tranquility :)

10 days / 9 nights / 4 ceremonies

Venue & Amenities

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Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms icon A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
Accomodations in rooms of 2 or 4

Meals

Menu
Menu

Menu Types

We provide 2 vegetarian/vegan meals + snacks and fruit, beverages. The food is mostly plant based, fresh from the local market. We do offer eggs We can accommodate a gluten free diet where necessary.

What's Included

  • Screening call before the retreat
  • 9 nights / 10 days accommodation at Taita Juan's retreat center in Colombia
  • All meals and drinks
  • 1 to 1 preparation talks while there
  • 4 ceremonies with Taita Juan and his team + our experienced facilitators
  • Activities to explore the surroundings and culture
  • Access to 1 to 1 integration talks with our facilitators
  • Sharing circles
  • Integration call
  • Life-long access to bi-weekly group integration calls

What's Not Included

  • Flights
  • Transportation to the retreat center
  • Insurances

Customer Reviews

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Transformative, amazing…
How to put this into words…from the moment I arrived, I couldn’t have asked for a more welcoming and caring environment. (Alphabetically!) Axis, Bianca, Chiara, Kristina and Riccardo are some of the most genuinely amazing people you will ever meet, and also extremely knowledgeable about plant medicine. The setting is beautiful as well. You are truly in good hands and the initial integration call, 121 meeting prior to the first ceremony and “sharing circle” the day after are brilliant to put you at ease. Met some amazing people on similar journeys and feel extremely grateful for the experience. Not sure if the retreat has or will change me going forward, but I am already noticing a few changes in perception. A connection to my personal path was a big motivation for me coming in, and I think the amazing space holders and medicine have given me a platform. If you are in any doubts, I would take a leap…you won’t regret it. 100/10, would recommend :) R

5.0
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Absolutely Amazing
Lovely team, a beautiful place to be where you can rest your mind and soul 🙏🏼

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Loving caring team
You will meet amazing people whom you can fully trust. They will support you through your journey, be it ecstatic or tough. They all had their unique life trajectories, with ups and downs, hard times, vulnerabilities and traumas. They came out of it with extended empathy skills, and responsive attunement to other human beings. You will feel in a spiritual family with them.

Eve, Laurie, Riccardo, Christina, I enjoyed my time with you!

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Caring and expert guidance
I have just done my first Ayahuasca retreat with Vine of the Soul. The experience was truly life-changing and I saw an abundance of healing in myself and others. Fatima and Bianca really know what they are doing, so I felt in very safe hands. Proper integration and preparation Is obviously obviously key, and they are both really good at helping you through both phases. Ceremony music is crucial too, as it guides you through the experience emotionally, and the music was absolutely phenomenal. I have a big playlist to take home! Doing Aya for the first time can be a daunting experience, but if you feel called to do it, you will be in excellent and loving hands if you chose this retreat.

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The most profound weekend of my life.
When I arrived at Faro airport, I honestly did not know what to expect. Feelings of apprehension were strong, but as soon as I found João waiting for me in arrivals they dissipated. The drive from the airport took roughly 40 minutes, and upon arrival at the house, Fatima warmly greeted me like an old friend. I felt incredibly welcomed and safe, and after some time had passed and the ongoing ceremony had finished I had my one on one with Fatima and set my intention for the first ceremony and went to bed feeling reassured that I was where I needed to be.

The ceremony room was incredibly well curated and felt like exactly the right place to be doing the work I needed. The ceremonies themselves were both the hardest and most profound experience of my life, yet despite the challenges, Fatima, Bianca, João, and Alex were all there on hand to help me when I needed it. While I struggled with the experiences on different days in different ways, I never felt unsafe. After the ceremony there was always plenty of amazing food available, and a safe space to process and recount my experience with the other participants before heading to bed.

Overall I cannot rate this experience high enough. The entire team of facilitators was just amazing, as were the rest of the group. Though we all had our own demons to battle, we all shared in this beautiful, transformative experience, and I wouldn't change any aspect of it for anything in the world.

If you are looking for THE place in Europe to do the work, this is it. I will be back in the future, of that I am sure. 100 stars out of 5.