4 Day Amazonian Medicine Retreat with Shipibo Rao

The Sentinel Presents
Our healing retreats are guided by Shipibo Onaya healer from the Peruvian Amazon, Maestro José Lopez Sánchez. In partnership with his many plant spirit doctors and allies, Maestro José sings Icaros—the healing chants of the Amazon's master plant spirits—to reweave the energetic distortions of trauma and dis-ease he encounters in his patients into vibrant health and harmony.  Renowned among Amazonian nations and internationally as the doctors of the jungle, Shipibo Onayas are master spiritual surgeons. The Shipibo-Conibo tradition has preserved deep knowledge and a worldview rooted in the wisdom of the plant world for millennia. Healers learn through strong dietas—long periods of isolation in the Amazon to connect with teacher plant spirits, energies, and medicines. They then become channels for spirit doctors to perform healing. With the help of their
Grandmother medicine, they open a clear path of communication with the plant spirits they work with.

This retreat involves deep personal inner work in a supportive group setting. Our journey aims to bring you healing and alignment on energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. We guide you to connect and work with the earth's wisdom to create health, harmony, love, unity, and balance in your daily life.  Maestro José is accompanied by his student and experienced facilitator, Anne-Laure. She will accompany you throughout the retreat process and your post-dieta. Our experienced local
organization team will assist with your booking, preparation, and logistics, while also helping to hold a safe, simple, and comfortable space for your healing journey. Motivated by trust and love for this beautiful path of healing, we are here to serve.

The Sentinel is a stunningly beautiful lakeside retreat centre in the Kootenays near Kaslo, BC where we will gather for a weekend of deep healing and transformation, prayers and celebration for our lives and our families, communities and the planet.

This retreat includes: 

Nourishing and delicious meals and snacks
Sauna and Cedar Hot Tub
Two ceremonial evenings
Lessons and Teaching of the Shipibo Cosmology
Traditional individual energy work and healing
Traditional Icaros
Preparation and integration support 

NEW TO MEDICINE WORK:

You are required to complete this Intake Form. (Please note that prescription drugs, recreational substances, and several foods can interact negatively with this work. This work is not appropriate for persons with certain medical conditions, mental health history, or for persons using certain medications ie, antidepressants/antipsychotics)



     2. Once you have completed the form, book a call here: 15 min Discovery Call


Tentative schedule:
Wednesday, August 20th:

2:00-4:00pm Arrive and settle in 

4:00-6:30pm Opening Circle and Orientation

7:00-2:00am Ceremony (Fruit Plate to share)

Thursday, August 21st:

10:00-11:00am Breakfast

12:00-2:00pm Integration circle

2:00-3:00pm Light Lunch

7:00-2:00am Ceremony (Fruit Plate to share)

Friday, August 22nd:

10:00-11:00am        Breakfast

11:00-2:00pm   Integration 

2:00-3:00pm Lunch

2:00-6:00pm Free time | Bodywork available

6:00-7:00pm Dinner

Saturday, August 23rd:

9:30am           All belongings out of rooms

10:00-11:00am Breakfast

11:00-1:30pm Closing Integration Circle 

The timing and sequence may be adjusted to align with the natural flow of the work and individual healing processes. Throughout the day, you'll have ample time to rest and reflect. Our team will be available to accompany and guide you whenever needed. If beneficial to your healing journey, bodywork and other complementary treatments may be offered as appropriate.

 

Important information:

Please review these documents around preparation and integration:
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