Yagé (Ayahuasca) Retreat with Cofán Leader and Shaman Taita David Queta - in Colombia

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Choachí, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Up to 8 in group
Date
January 24 - 29, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • 3 Yagé (Ayahuasca) ceremonies led by Taita David Queta, his family and experienced facilitators.
  • Experience the healing and the power of ancestral medicines in a trustworthy and supportive environment.
  • Preparation and Integration of the experience.
  • Experienced guides with training in traditional and academic environment
  • Heal Trauma, let go of old patterns and inner barriers.
  • Reconnect whit your power and your true self, with the Earth and the Unity.

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

The medicine of Yagé (Ayahuasca) is the medicine of pure love, deep healing and ancestral knowledge. With good guidance, this teacher plant can help you heal your mind, your body, and your soul. She can strengthen your spiritual connection and guide you towards your purpose in life, by helping you get mental clarity and find alignment in your path.

If you are open and if you listen, Yagé medicine can give you the most profound healing that you can possibly experience. It is an ancestral tool of growth and development that can help you get to the root of your trauma, therefore allowing you to start to understand and really begin your healing process.
If you have history of mental disorders, of anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, and you are willing to let go of damaging conditions or self destructive behaviours, this might be the retreat for you. By cleansing your body and mind, by going inwards and looking inside, by listening to the medicine of the Earth you might get the tools and the understanding to push the reset button and take the direction that you need.
If you are compromised with your personal and spiritual growth and are ready to go one step further in your development, if you are willing to gain understanding of yourself, your family history, your relationships, even of the world, the Earth and the Universe, this might be the retreat for you.

From Femtheogen, it is a real honour for us to organise and present you this Yagé retreat with Taita David Queta and his family. Taita David Queta is the son of Taita Querubín Queta Alvarado, the maximum authority of Yagé medicine who passed away last January when he was 111 years old, after more than 100 years learning with the medicine of Yagé and sharing his knowledge, healing the people, serving humanity and working hard for a better world.

His son Taita David Queta carries his teachings and, with his family, he will leave his home in the jungle to come to this beautiful farmhouse in Choachí (close to Bogotá) to share his medicine with us during this retreat. He will come with his wife, Nelsi Lucitante who accompanies him and takes care of the participants during the ceremony, and with their son Arleys Queta, who is a musician as well as a student of the plant of Yagé, and accompanies the ceremonies with his music.

During these days and prior and after the retreat, we from Femtheogen will be here to support you in all your process, and assist you in all the communications with the Taita and his family.

Even though in Europe we work with mushrooms medicine, we have been taking Yagé for several years for our own personal process and growth. In 2023 we had the opportunity to stay for a couple of months in the indigenous reserve Ukumari Kankhe in Putumayo, with Taita Querubín Queta. He was the ultimate guardian of the sacred medicine throughout Colombia and the highest authority of the Cofán indigenous people. They welcomed us with great warmth, and there are no words that can adequately express our gratitude to the Cofán people, Grandfather Taita Querubín, and his legacy. Therefore, our way of expressing our gratitude is by carrying these teachings wherever we go, to our families, our communities and in our work. To organise this retreat with his son Taita David Queta is a very special opportunity, so that more people can experience the immense healing of this plant, by the hands of a true healer and traditional doctor that shares the medicine with knowledge, responsibility, humbleness and love.

This retreat is not for everyone, as you need to be ready to let go and trust in the process, to humble yourself and accept the teachings of the plant, and with them the great gifts of healing and growth.

The medicine, Yagé or Ayahuasca is an ancestral medicine from the Amazon, and its name means “vine of the souls” in Quechua (an indigenous language), referring to wise ancestors who have passed away. Indigenous elders use this sacred plant to find the answers that lie within ourselves, to separate the soul, cleanse it, heal it, and return it intact to the body.

Taita David can help you heal many illnesses if you are willing to let him and the plant do so, so get in touch with us if you have a specific request or situation.

Schedule

DAY 1
Pick up in El Dorado International Airport (Bogotá)
Transfer by private transport to the retreat centre in Choachí
Check in and opening circle
Dinner

DAY 2
Breakfast
Presentations with the Taita and his family
Lunch
Time to answer questions and prepare for the ceremony
Yagé ceremony

DAY 3
Breakfast
Guided meditation and integration circle
Lunch
Rest and preparation for the ceremony
Yagé ceremony

DAY 4
Breakfast
Guided meditation and integration circle
Lunch
Rest and preparation for the ceremony
Yagé ceremony

DAY 5
Breakfast
Hike in the nature to the sacred lagoon of Choachí
Lunch
Integration workshop
Dinner

DAY 6
Breakfast
Closing circle
Transfer by private transport back to the airport El Dorado, Bogotá
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Femtheogen, Choachí, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Directions

You should fly to Aeropuerto El Dorado - Bogotá. This is our meeting point and even if you are already in the country before the retreat starts, it is a convenient location for all the facilities to get there. So we will pick all the participants up at the airport on the 24th of January, and will drop you off at the same airport on the 29th of January. We will go together with a private transport to the retreat centre. You are free to come to Colombia before and stay for longer after the retreat, and we can give you information and recommendations about the country if you have any questions. The pick up and drop off point will still be the airport in all the cases. From there, you can very easily get to the city centre of Bogotá by public transport or taxi/uber.

Accommodation

The participants will stay in shared bedrooms (3 - 4 beds per bedroom) with comfortable mattresses and bedding, wifi and beautiful views of the nature and mountains.

Accommodation
Program Price - Shared rooms

Venue & Amenities

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
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Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
Beautiful farmhouse in the town of Choachí, 1 hour away from Bogotá.

Meals

Menu

Menu Types

Food is medicine, so we really take care of this aspect in our retreats. Our chef is specialized in cooking for ceremonies, using appropriate ingredients to prepare your body for the medicine.

What's Included

  • Pick-up at the airport of Bogotá on the 24th of January
  • Drop off at the airport of Bogotá on the 29th of January
  • Preparation and integration
  • 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies
  • Life music to guide your journey
  • 5 nights of accommodation in a beatiful farmhouse in the nature of Choachí, a town close to Bogotá
  • Meditation sessions and sharing circles
  • All the meals cooked whit organic products by local farmers
  • Emotional support before and after the experience

What's Not Included

  • Airfare

Customer Reviews

4.96 out of 5.0 average rating

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Wonderfully organized retreat by experienced team - not ideal for members of LGBTQA+ community
The five day retreat with Emma and Gloria is having a wonderful itinerary created with lots of experience and care. I really liked the beautiful location, the flow of events (which included time to rest), the program overall, the meditations, and the food. It was a good mix of reflection, experience with different plant medicines, conversation, yoga, free time, and more workshop style sessions. The retreat helped me to challenge certain beliefs I was holding but also strengthen my values and views in other areas. It was an emotionally tougher experience than I had anticipated (certainly not uncommon when looking for personal growth) so best not to expect that you will come back like after a normal vacation - post retreat work for integration is needed.

I would generally not recommend this retreat for members of the LGBTQA+ community as rather heteronormative roles and beliefs might be discussed in the context of female and male energies, behaviors, and relationship modes (at least that was the case in our group - might be different from group to group) which can hurt even if not intended to.

Please note that the currently used location is home to a very cute and fat cat - might be an additional argument to attend the retreat for some :-).

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REPLY FROM FEMTHEOGEN:

Thank you very much for your comment. From Femtheogen team, we want to make sure that those who approach this path of healing do not leave with a mistaken message. This is to ensure that others have the opportunity to come and experience a genuine healing journey, as this is our mission and highest goal.

When we speak of masculine and feminine energies, we are referring to a concept unrelated to gender. We exist within a dualistic nature—there is up and down, inside and outside, feminine and masculine. Therefore, there are feminine traits that a man can embody and masculine traits that can be present in a woman. This is not about human constructs such as creation or language; rather, these concepts pertain to the natural laws that govern us all.

We hold no opposition to any choices made freely and consciously about personal orientation or preferences, as our mission is to help each individual find their inner peace—that state often referred to as happiness. It is important to understand that when we are certain of a truth that lives within us, we don’t feel attacked; instead, we open our awareness to embrace the lessons that are being shared.

In the case of the retreat that you attended, you were very fortunate to be surrounded by incredible women with wonderful stories from which you yourself expressed a desire to learn from. From their feminine energy that is powerful and healing. Nothing happens by coincidence, and this group during this retreat was no exception. Perhaps you might want to reflect on why you’ve had such amazing companions, as this reflection could help you continue growing in your personal development.

Thank you very much for your visit.

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Gloria
Gloria is knowledgeable and guides you safely through the journey of plant medicines and ceremonies.

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Femtheogen 5 days retreat
An amazing experience with lots of self-growth and inner work.

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Emma
Very warm and down to earth, makes you feel safe.

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A transformational experience
Gloria and Emma are serious, empathetic, and experienced guides who provide a safe and loving environment for a transformational psilocybin experience. I left the retreat feeling full of gratitude and love.