6 Day San Pedro Retreat

6 Day Grandfather Medicine Retreat
Huachuma Retreat in Vilcabamba, Ecuador

A wonderful retreat to connect with friends in a safe, loving space, healing with the heart-opening medicine of San Pedro

Take part in healing plant medicine ceremonies, join for hikes to sacred mountains, and a relaxing day at a beautiful spa
What is included:
- 2 nighttime ceremonies with San Pedro
- 1 daytime ceremony with San Pedro
- Option for Wilka ceremony
- All food and accomodations in a country home near Vilcabamba, Ecuador
- Hikes to sacred Apu, Mandango mountain
- Cleansing in the river
- Visit spa with pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room
- Meditation sessions

- Option to stay an extra day and join for additional Ayahuasca, San Pedro or Wilka ceremony

San Pedro varies quite a bit at night vs. in the daytime. At night, it is easier to go deeper, connect more with the cosmos, your spirit, your internal world, and heal quite deep wounds and fix energetic kinks. In the daytime, the medicine is more external, bringing clarity, joy and connection with others and the Earth.

We will be in silence during the ceremoneis, next to the grandfather fire. Katie & Taita Miguel will sing, call on friendly spirits, utilize instruments and give cleansings if desired. Ceremonies at night will finish the next day with the sunrise. We will share fruits, and folks can share songs if they wish and talk about their experiences

Unlike many retreats, we offer very small groups, so that each person can receive individualized attention and care. Max 6 people.

Food will be healthy, simple, local food, mainly vegetarian. If you are VG we can accomodate that as well. There are private and shared rooms.

About us:
Katie is the facilitator and organizer for Allpa Mama Retreats. She is from Chicago, USA, and has lived in Ecuador for 5 years, assisting in Ayahuasca, San Pedro and Wilka ceremonies. She works with San Pedro and gives limpias (energetic cleansings), and does cleansing rituals without medicine as well. She is a student of Mama Mercedes, an indigenous healer from the north, and is also a sundancer, having attended several Sundances in Wisconsin with an Ojibwe elder. She is honored to be able to work with these sacred plants, and believes they are here to help us heal, grow, remember the ancient ways of living and connect us with Spirit. These medicines have helped her greatly with her mental health and continue to bring magic to her life daily.

Taita Miguel was born in Cuenca, Ecuador and at an early age his perception of spirits and energies were awakened. When he was 20 years old, he began helping taitas in ceremonies, and some time later he began to perform his own ceremonies. He credits San Pedro to saving his life. He first learned to work with Huachuma (San Pedro) from taitas of the Andes. After this he was introduced to Mama Wilka by a shaman from the North of Bolivia, and was initiated in this almost-lost Inkan tradition. He learned to work with Ayahusaca from several respected Shuar shamans in the jungle of Gualaquiza. Miguel has a unique ability of being able to feel the pains of other people, just upon meeting them. This helps him give excellent cleansings, which can take away physical, mental and spiritual pains and illnesses.