Healing Huachuma Retreat

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Cuenca, Ecuador
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Up to 6 in group
Date
April 1 - 7, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • We work will deeply with the sacred medicine Huachuma, or San Pedro in the beautiful Andes of Cuenca. We will visit beautiful waterfalls, go hiking to lakes, and have a day at a gorgeous spa with thermal pool, mud bath cave, hot/cold pools, option for massage.

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Healing Huachuma Retreat

April 1-7, 2025 in Cuenca, Ecuador

Step into a sacred space of healing and self-discovery with our San Pedro Plant Medicine Retreat. Known for its gentle yet profound healing properties, San Pedro offers a powerful opportunity to reconnect with your true essence, release blockages, and gain clarity on your life's path. Set in a serene and nurturing environment, this retreat invites you to embark on a transformative journey that integrates mind, body, and spirit.

Throughout the retreat, you’ll work closely with San Pedro in both day and night ceremonies, guided by experienced facilitators who honor the wisdom of this sacred plant. San Pedro’s energy opens the heart, facilitating emotional healing, expanding consciousness, and fostering deep spiritual connection. These ceremonies are designed to guide you in releasing old wounds, unlocking inner wisdom, and cultivating peace.

In addition to the plant medicine ceremonies, our retreat includes workshops focused on the mind/body/spirit connection, breathwork, and meditation. You’ll explore the profound link between your mental, physical, and spiritual health, learning techniques that help you achieve balance and harmony in everyday life. Breathwork and meditation practices will support your journey, deepening your connection to the present moment and enhancing the healing process.

This retreat is ideal for those seeking clarity, personal growth, and deep healing. Whether you are new to plant medicine or experienced, the combination of San Pedro ceremonies, workshops, and integration practices will provide you with the tools to transform your life.

Are you ready to heal, connect, and awaken your true potential? Join us on this life-changing San Pedro retreat and step into a deeper, more vibrant version of yourself?

Huachuma, or San Pedro, is the sacred cactus medicine of the Andes. He is often seen as a gentler plant of power, though he can also be extremely deep, heal profoundly, and shares much wisdom. He comes on a lot slower, like a ray of sunshine slowly warming you up, taking you by the hand like a grandfather, gently yet firmly healing and teaching. Unlike some other medicines, he doesn't usually thrust you into a dark abyss, yet by connecting with him and we can know the Divine, source.


Plant Medicine Ceremonies:

- 3 San Pedro ceremonies: 2 nighttime and 1 daytime

- Optional Wilka ceremony (extra)

- 1 Cacao ceremony


Workshops:

- Herbal medicines

- Mind/Body/Spirit workshop

- Pranayama breathing techniques


Other Activities:

- Limpias, energy cleansings

- Plant bath ritual

- Group discussions

- Visit Giron Waterfall and Lake tour

- Visit gorgeous spa with thermal baths, sauna, hot/cold baths, mud bath

- Daily meditation & yoga


We will have ceremonies at night and during the day. By the sacred grandfather fire.

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.

Some people have sat in ceremonies previously, whereas, for others, it is their first time meeting with the plant medicines.


Optional:

Huilka seed reading with Taita Miguel - before or after on Zoom, or at retreat. Ask questions about your life, work, relationship, connect with loved ones who have passed over

Virtual limpia (energetic cleansing) - We can do a limpia for you via Zoom before the retreat if you wish, or after. We will do them at the retreat, but it can be helpful to start aligning your energy or help with any health issues you might be experiencing even before you arrive.

Schedule

Day 1: - Arrive in afternoon, enjoy a group lunch

- Plant bath ritual

- San Pedro ceremony at night. The ceremony goes all night, starting around 10pm and finishing with the sunrise, we will share fruits and songs, experiences

Day 2: - Breakfast & meditation

- Visit the spa in the afternoon with thermal bath, mud bath, contrasting hot/cold pools, herbal bath, etc, option for massage (extra)

- Lunch

- Body/mind/spirit workshop

- Dinner

Day 3: - Meditation & yoga

- Breakfast

-Workshop: Breathing exercies

- San Pedro ceremony at night. The ceremony goes all night, starting around 10pm and finishing with the sunrise, we will share fruits and songs, experiences

Day 4: Breakfast

Meditation

Cacao ritual

Lunch

Herbal medicines workshop

Rest & integrate

Dinner


Day 5: San Pedro Ceremony in Daytime
- The ceremony will starting around 8am and finish around 4pm, sharing fruits and experiences

- Dinner

Day 6: - Breakfast

- Today we will visit a beautiful waterfall and lake, & enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

- Dinner & relax in the evening

Day 7: Breakfast and depart around 10am
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Allpa Mama Healing, Cuenca, Ecuador

Directions

To arrive to Vilcabamba:
OPTION 1 (FASTEST): You can fly to the Quito airport and take another flight to Cuenca. From there we can organize a taxi to pick you up.

Option 2: You can fly to Quito and take a bus to Cuenca (8 hours) or fly to Guayaquil and take a bus (5 hours)

Accommodation

Simple country homes in the mountains with private and shared rooms. There is hot water, wifi, and hiking nearby.

Accommodation
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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
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We will be near Cuenca, Ecuador where it is chilly - 60s F in the daytime. There are private and shared rooms, wifi, hot water

Meals

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Menu Types

We serve simple, healthy foods during the retreat. We offer fresh, local, organic produce and chicken and fish for those who eat it. Meals are mainly vegetarian. We also can make vegan meals.

What's Included

  • Accomodations with private and shared rooms (1 other), wifi, hot water
  • Fresh, local food (VG & VEG mainly)
  • 3 San Pedro ceremonies
  • 1 Wilka ceremony (optional, extra)
  • Tobacco/Hape
  • Limpias, energetic cleansings
  • Plant baths
  • Spa visit with jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, mud bath, massage
  • Workshops:
  • - Learn about body/mind/spirit connection
  • - Shamanic beliefs and practices in Ecuador
  • - Herbal medicines
  • Hiking to sacred mountains, waterfalls, lakes
  • Meditation & yoga daily

What's Not Included

  • Airfare, taxis & buses during stay, extra snacks and additional excursions. Please purchase travel insurance.

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