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Sacred Ayahuasca Retreat with Juan in Maine

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Maine, ME, USA
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Up to 35 in group
Date
January 17 - 19, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
  • Cleansing smoke bath & Agua de Florida
  • Yoga Nidra
  • Pranayama breathwork sessions
  • Shamanic Breathwork
  • Additional workshops

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

$750

 

We invite you to join us for a profound and life-changing experience at Pachamama Sanctuary’s Sacred Ayahuasca Retreat, nestled in the serene beauty of Maine, just outside Portland. This immersive 3-day, 2-night retreat is designed to facilitate deep healing, personal growth, and spiritual awakening under the careful guidance of our experienced Medicine Carrier, Juan.

Our retreat offers a safe, nurturing space for you to dive into your inner world and access the wisdom that ayahuasca can unlock. Whether you are seeking emotional healing, spiritual connection, or clarity on life’s path, Pachamama Sanctuary provides the ideal environment for deep transformation.
What to Expect from Your Retreat Experience
Ceremonies Guided by Juan
The heart of the retreat is two ayahuasca ceremonies, where you will be guided through a sacred, ceremonial process by Juan, our dedicated and compassionate Medicine Carrier. With years of experience working with the medicine, Juan ensures that each participant feels held, safe, and fully supported during the ceremonies. These transformative experiences are designed to help you release emotional blockages, heal past traumas, and connect with higher consciousness.
All-Inclusive Retreat Package
To allow you to focus entirely on your inner journey, we provide everything you need during your stay, including:

Two Ayahuasca Ceremonies: One ceremony each evening, allowing for deep reflection, healing, and insight.
Accommodations: Comfortable, serene lodging for two nights, offering you a peaceful place to rest and integrate your experiences between ceremonies.
Nourishing Meals: All meals are provided throughout the retreat, thoughtfully prepared to support your body as you prepare for and recover from each ceremony. Our meals are aligned with traditional ayahuasca dieta guidelines to enhance your experience.
Healing Activities: During the day, you’ll participate in activities designed to complement your ayahuasca journey, such as meditation, breathwork, and group sharing sessions. These activities foster a deeper connection to your inner self and help you prepare for the ceremonies.

Unlimited Post-Retreat Integration Support
The real journey begins after the ceremonies, as you begin to integrate the insights and lessons gained from your ayahuasca experience into your everyday life. To support this crucial process, Pachamama Sanctuary offers unlimited online integration sessions at no additional cost. This means that whenever you feel called—whether it’s days, weeks, or months after your retreat—you can join our virtual integration sessions to continue your healing and growth journey.

Integration is an essential part of the healing process, helping you make sense of your experiences and align them with your personal path. Our community of past participants and facilitators are here to support you whenever you need guidance, clarity, or connection.
A Safe and Sacred Space for Your Healing
At Pachamama Sanctuary, your safety, comfort, and spiritual well-being are our top priorities. Our retreat center provides a calm, secure environment where you can fully surrender to the healing power of ayahuasca, knowing that you are in capable and compassionate hands.

From your initial arrival to the closing of the retreat, you’ll feel supported by our team and the loving energy of the Sanctuary. We maintain a high standard of care, including pre-retreat medical screening, to ensure that the experience is safe for each participant.
A Welcoming Community of Seekers
Our retreats are intimate, small-group experiences, creating a close-knit community where you’ll feel comfortable opening up and sharing your journey with others. Many participants form lasting bonds during their time with us, finding connection and support from fellow seekers who are also on their healing path.

Whether you are a first-time participant or have experience with ayahuasca, Pachamama Sanctuary welcomes individuals from all walks of life. We believe that everyone deserves a space to heal, and our community is built on love, respect, and acceptance.

Schedule

Friday:
Check in by 4:30 PM
Introductions 6:00 PM
Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra 7:00 PM
Pranayama Breathwork 7:30 PM
Cleansing Ceremony 8:00 PM
Snacks after ceremony

Saturday:
Yoga 7:00 AM
Breakfast
Integration 10:00 AM
Lunch 12:00 PM
Workshops 1:00 PM-6:00 PM
Shamanic holotropic breathwork 6:00 PM
Cleansing Ceremony 8:00 PM
Snacks after ceremony

Sunday:
Breakfast 7:00 AM
Integration 9:00 AM
Sunday service
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Pachamama Sanctuary, Maine, ME, USA

Directions

Discover our tranquil retreat in Maine, just 40 minutes from the stunning city of Portland. The exact address will be shared upon registration. For your convenience, the closest airports are Portland Jetport and Logan Airport in Boston. If traveling by bus, Concord Coach Lines will bring you directly to Portland. From there, we recommend renting a car or using Uber/taxi to reach our sanctuary. If you have any travel inquiries, feel free to contact us directly. We look forward to welcoming you!

Accommodation

For our general accommodations we provide a thick memory foam mattress and pillow. You are welcome to bring extra pillows or blankets or whatever will make your stay more comfortable.

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Venue & Amenities

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Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
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Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
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Maine, New England, Northeast USA

Meals

Menu

Menu Types

We adhere to a clean, vegan menu for the retreat and we will send you guidelines on how to adjust your diet in advance of the weekend to prepare your body for the ceremony.

What's Included

  • General accommodations
  • Organic, vegan meals
  • Light snacks
  • Group photo
  • Ongoing integration

What's Not Included

  • Airfare
  • Local transportation
  • Kambo
  • - Additional ceremonies

Customer Reviews

4.90 out of 5.0 average rating

5.0
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A special and sacred, safe and healing place
Here at Pachamama I found a safe and healing sanctuary that facilitated me to experience deep healing processes. This was my first time experiencing the Medicine. Each person I spoke to from the sanctuary treated me with respect and the full attention of their time when I asked any and every question. Working with nervous , scientific, and critical people cannot be a simple task. I come from a professional medical background.

I felt seen, and heard, and held here. I felt that my own spirituality was respected and that I could come here as my authentic self without any pretense. I also felt that the sanctuary here is safe for you to explore your inner self but also welcomes the special opportunity to also share and connect with the community of people embarking on the journey with you . I found that the individual discussions that organically arose over tea or sitting in the kitchen together were also deeply helpful and meaningful to me. Being around the vulnerability and group sharing of other participants facilitated a large portion of my own healing process and inner acceptance.

No aspect of my weekend here felt forced or unsafe. I came in with some trepidation and fear, but like others mention that seemed to melt away on my journey driving here. The guides attended to my physical needs in arcane and graceful manners , I am still in such awe of how they took care of me here.

I feel so incredibly grateful for the multitudes of manners in which each person at Pachamama served me , held me, guided me, and even allowed me the privacy and space to completely break down ( and then return from that state -in grace even- with a profound sense of relief.)

I absolutely cannot wait to give back in service what I have been given here . I followed all of the guidelines and truly believe that the mission here honors the sacred old ways of this medicine , as well as helps facilitate its safe expansion to new corners of the human population.

My work within myself is only just beginning, and I look forward to giving back to others using my new perspectives and tools. I am so grateful to have found this place, and to Derek for personally reaching out to me when I had questions, to Amy, and Leandro, and Arkawa, and to each Guide that helped me on my journey, they know who they are.

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I got so much more than I expected.
I was so anxious to do this. But I did it anyway. I had no idea the power and the wisdom of the plant medicine. I was clearly shown where my heart has been blocked and why. I also got to experience the unexplainable brilliance and beauty of all life and that I am a part of it all. For me, it was hard work as I had to face feelings I have been running from my whole life. The discomfort was necessary and ultimately liberating. One of the greatest decisions of my life.

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So much gratitude
I just sat with ayahuasca at Pachamama this past weekend and I am overflowing with gratitude for the experience and the level of service that I received. Derek and the team provided the highest level of care and service that I've ever received at a ceremony before. Juan was amazing and the whole experience was so beautiful and well thought out. One of my friends that I've done medicine with in the past asked me how Pachamama compared to the other experiences I've had and, without hesitation, I told her that it was, hands down, the best. Thank you so much for this beautiful experience. I felt so incredibly nurtured, held, and cared for. I will definitely be back.

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Pachamama Sanctuary
The facility is perfect for holding a space for plant medicine. The staff couldn't have been more supportive and pure hearted! Both nights of the ceremonies were very challenging, which promoted growth and a new awareness of things that I need to work on. I would highly recommend Pachamama to anyone looking for a spiritual retreat!

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Juan
Didn’t really feel welcome. My boyfriend was welcomed thought but me not so much. I am black, I was very kind and welcoming but for some reason the people at Juan’s gathering weren’t very open to me. Spoke to my boyfriend but would ignore me. It’s fine we won’t be coming back nor recommending. And the set up was so poor . 3/10 for the atmosphere and set up. The medicine its self was great.

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