Ayahuasca & Wachuma Retreat in the Mountains of Cocorna - Colombia

In this retreat we will cleanse and harmonize our mind, body, spirit and emotions through the ancestral medicine of Ayahausca and Wachuma. And the last day we will have a sweat lodge ceremony.

The Wachuma cactus, also known as the San Pedro cactus, is native to the Andes mountains and grows at 2000-3000 M of altitude mainly throughout Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Columbia. The cactus contains a number of alkaloids, primarily mescaline which can also be found in its well known cousin, the Peyote cactus.

Wachuma is a heart-opening, heart consciousness medicine. It is timeless, universal, and accessible to those who bring the right intention and a good, open heart to it. The Wachuma experience offers a new perspective and a way to relate with life from an open heart.

The Wachuma cactuses that is used for the retreat is from Ecuador and Peru. The cactuses are over 100 years old and 12-14 feet high. You will be receiving the downloads and knowledge of a 100 year old cactus in a absolutely beautiful ceremony.

Ayahuasca, often referred to as “the vine of the soul,” originates from the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous tribes of the Amazon basin in countries like Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador have been using ayahuasca for centuries, if not millennia, in spiritual and healing ceremonies. The word “ayahuasca” is derived from two Quechua words: “aya” meaning spirit or ancestor, and “huasca” meaning vine or rope .The indigenous peoples believe that ayahuasca allows them to connect with the spiritual world, heal ailments, and receive guidance from ancestors and nature spirits. Ayahuasca ceremonies, serve as abridge connecting the material and spiritual worlds, facilitating transformative journeys of self-discovery, healing, and enlightenment. Sweat lodge is a place for prayer and healing. The dark, warm space of the lodge and its shape can be viewed as a replica of a womb it’s an opportunity to experience ‘rebirth.’. It’s also considered a space to reconnect with our relatives, ancestors, and others in our lineage, including different forms of existence. We will be offering the heart medicine of Wachuma to the participants before entering the sweat lodge.


The itinerary of the retreat will be the following:

You will be picked up at the airport and then be driven to the retreat center. Dinner will be served upon arrival. All meals on the retreat will be prepared by Jimmy, a vegetarian chief. He combines healthy organic ingredients with traditional Peruvian cuisine. After dinner we will have a Mambeadero in the Maloka.

In the Mambeadero we enter a circle where, through the presence of each of its participants and the art of communication, we allow ourselves to unveil a question, a question that is important to solve for this group through the inner wisdom of each one of its members.

In the circle of words we are accompanied by Coca Medicine, which helps our words to be sweet and feminine. And we are being accompanied by Tobacco Ambira, which carries the masculine energy and gives us clarity and concreteness. This medicine blend will help our words of wisdom to become “sweetly firm & firmly sweet.” From this state, profound insights are realized that catalyze an evolution of consciousness.

On the second day we will have a workshop on making your own dream catcher and afterwards a despacho earth ceremony. At night we will have our Ayahuasca ceremony lead by Oswal and Joann Pomaquiza.

The third day we will rest from the night ceremony. After dinner we will have another Mambeadero to integrate last night’s ceremony.

Day four is our daytime Wachuma hike in the mountains of Cocorná. The beauty of the mountains and nature is breath taking.

On the 5th day we will l relax by having a day at the spa at Eco Hotel Tierra De Agua. Later in the day, we will visit the town of Cocorná which is a small and quaint colonial town surrounded by the Andes mountains.

On our last full day, Juan Esteban Osorios will run a Inipi/sweat lodge ceremony with a small dose of Wachuma( up to each participant). On the land, we have a nature swimming pool for the participants to jump in after the sweat lodge. A traditional Peruvian dinner will be served after the ceremony.

The next day we leave the land after breakfast. There will be an optional tour of Medellin for our participants.