Medicine Retreat on the Sacred Mountain Ilalo
Medicine Retreat on the Sacred Mountain Ilalo
Via al Ilalo, Quito, Ecuador
Up to 18 in group
October 2 - 6, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- in an indigenous village in the Andes, casa Kiliku is a spiritual place that also hosts the Durga's Tiger School retreats and teacher trainings.
About this Retreat
Wind Malin Disse was born in Berlin, Germany. From the age of 3 years old he has been living in Ecuador with exception of a view years in Switzerland. He graduated as an Anthropology in Ecuador, and went to Germany for advanced studies as a Migration Manager. Besides Wind loves extreme sports and to play music as a DJ on festivals.
Wind´s path as an anthropologist, artist and Yoga Teacher leads him to be seen as a cultural mediator, a bridge between worlds. He has been teaching the traditional Kaula Tantra Yoga in many workshops. In 2020 he joined a teacher training in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in the south India. In Durga’s Tiger School ® he teaches Applied Tantra Wisdom, Meditation and Psychology of Chakras beside Kaula Tantra Yoga and Shamanism. He is a certified Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance International Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and one of the lead teachers of the Durga’s Tiger School ® Yoga Teacher Training.
Due to his deep interest in shamanism, he has contacted many shamans of the Amazon and Andean region of Ecuador, and worked with them to understand their traditions. From 2009 Wind has been invited to learn more about the shamanic tradition of the Cofán- A’i socio-culture and ended up being accepted as apprentice by the shaman Don Avelino Quenama.
Wind´s thesis as Anthropologist was about the theme: Orality, practices and symbols of the A´i shamanism, including the relation with visionary plants. Don Avelino gave him the authorization to do his own ceremonies with the yage medicine and share his knowledge.
Since then, Wind Malin Disse has attended and guided many shamanic ceremonies in order to keep on learning and help others to enter into a shamanic state of consciousness that allows shamanic healing.
Roberto Calderón was born in Quito, Ecuador. Roberto has always been looking for the all world´s ancient techniques of self-realization. He has practiced Zen and Vipassana Meditation, Hatha Yoga, Feng Shui, Reiky and Acupuncture since a very young age. His later studies included: Mesoamerican calendars, I Ching (Geomancy), and Classical Philosophy.
Roberto has done 3 Vision Quests so far in the “Camino Rojo” (Red Path); it is a shamanic tradition that arrived from North America over than 20 years ago to our country and it has an alternative design that mixes both South and North American ceremonies and sacred medicines. During the 7 years in which Roberto walked this shamanic path, he learned about the simplest but also most natural ways to prepare chocolate starting from the raw cocoa seeds.
In January of 2015 Roberto joined the CEIT the “Traditional Yogas` Studies Center”. This School has very ancient roots in the Tantric Yoga Traditions of southern India and was brought to us by European teachers who have more than 40 years of experience educating and giving yoga teacher´s degrees all around Europe based from their direct experience with Gurudji Thabovan and in coordination with the “Traditional Yogas` Federation in France”. This teachers´ formation lasts 3 years so Roberto is ready to share the original practice of this unstopped line of masters that can be traced back to Patanjali and his gift to the world: “The Yoga Sutras”.
Details of this retreat
This shamanic retreat combines shamanic rituals with the use of different power plants like, Tobacco, San Pedro & Yage/ Ayahuasca for the purpose of healing and transformation. We are connecting with our path of the hearth (red road) through personal experience in a group setting.
This retreat allows us to connect with a visionary state of consciousness that can be reached through the different spiritual practices that we are offering.
We are connecting the mind (Eagle) and the hearth (Condor) so that they can fly together in the same direction, in their own space. In this way we are manifesting the shamanic prophecy that has been shared with us to create a better life in which we can live in harmony with nature and the great Spirit.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
Day One
Introduction into Shamanism & Opening Ceremony
The Introduction into shamanism will take place on the first day of the Reatrea. We will be sharing a global perspective about shamanism to have a strong foundation that allows us to stay deeply rooted in ourselves for the upcoming days where we will raise the energy together with the participants of the retreat. You will learn about the shamanic path and the use of shamanic rituals with and without power plants. We will speak about the programm of the retreat. We will practice a shamanic opening ritual for the beginning of our mystical journey together.
Day Two
Temazcal:
In our community temazcal (Sweat lodge) we will be working with the sacred medicines of the Tobacco and a microdose of San Pedro. The temazcal is an ancient tradition that comes from North America from the Lakota tradition. It has become popular all around the world as it is a ritual that connects us deeply with the four elements and with the community spirit.
Day Three
Ayahuasca/ Yage Ceremony #1:
The Ayahuasca/ Yage ceremonies will connect us deeper with the A’I/ Cofan tradition. Wind Disse learned from this tradition through his master Shaman Don Avelino Quenama for over 16 years. His ceremonies for healing and transformation use the energy design of this shamanic tradition with a touch of the andine shamanic tradition that he learned throughout the years from different shamans in the andean region.
Day Four
Ayahuasca/ Yage Ceremony #2
The second ceremony will allow us to go deeper into the work with the sacred medicine of the Ayahuasca/ Yage so that we can experience its benefits on a deeper level. Usually the first ceremony is more about physical cleansing. In the second ceremony we are opening deeper towards our spiritual Vision.
Day Five
Integration Circle & Closing Ceremony
The last day we will be working on a proper integration of the retreat. There will be a sharing Circle where we can share our experience and harvest the fruits of the retreat. There is space to share open questions, commentaries & feedback.
The second part of the day we will do the shamanic closing ceremony of the retreat. People Are free to leave after the closing ceremony.
This retreat allows us to connect with a visionary state of consciousness that can be reached through the different spiritual practices that we are offering.
We are connecting the mind (Eagle) and the hearth (Condor) so that they can fly together in the same direction, in their own space. In this way we are manifesting the shamanic prophecy that has been shared with us to create a better life in which we can live in harmony with nature and the great Spirit.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
Day One
Introduction into Shamanism & Opening Ceremony
The Introduction into shamanism will take place on the first day of the Reatrea. We will be sharing a global perspective about shamanism to have a strong foundation that allows us to stay deeply rooted in ourselves for the upcoming days where we will raise the energy together with the participants of the retreat. You will learn about the shamanic path and the use of shamanic rituals with and without power plants. We will speak about the programm of the retreat. We will practice a shamanic opening ritual for the beginning of our mystical journey together.
Day Two
Temazcal:
In our community temazcal (Sweat lodge) we will be working with the sacred medicines of the Tobacco and a microdose of San Pedro. The temazcal is an ancient tradition that comes from North America from the Lakota tradition. It has become popular all around the world as it is a ritual that connects us deeply with the four elements and with the community spirit.
Day Three
Ayahuasca/ Yage Ceremony #1:
The Ayahuasca/ Yage ceremonies will connect us deeper with the A’I/ Cofan tradition. Wind Disse learned from this tradition through his master Shaman Don Avelino Quenama for over 16 years. His ceremonies for healing and transformation use the energy design of this shamanic tradition with a touch of the andine shamanic tradition that he learned throughout the years from different shamans in the andean region.
Day Four
Ayahuasca/ Yage Ceremony #2
The second ceremony will allow us to go deeper into the work with the sacred medicine of the Ayahuasca/ Yage so that we can experience its benefits on a deeper level. Usually the first ceremony is more about physical cleansing. In the second ceremony we are opening deeper towards our spiritual Vision.
Day Five
Integration Circle & Closing Ceremony
The last day we will be working on a proper integration of the retreat. There will be a sharing Circle where we can share our experience and harvest the fruits of the retreat. There is space to share open questions, commentaries & feedback.
The second part of the day we will do the shamanic closing ceremony of the retreat. People Are free to leave after the closing ceremony.
Schedule
check the program in the information section
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Durga's Tiger School for Tantra Yoga Shamanism, Via al Ilalo, Quito, Ecuador
Directions
Directions for taxi drivers
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Accommodation
Spacious double or triple rooms Shared Bathrooms Balconies or Verandas Single or double beds with good matrasses
Program Price + accommodation + meals
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
All our training happen in space where you can enjoy the contact with nature and its elements
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
All meals are prepared with a lot of love mixing the tradition with healthy and conscious recipes. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also available.
What's Included
- accommodation in single, double or triple room
- 3 vegetarian meals per day (less the meals before the ceremonies
- temazcal
- 2 yagé ceremonies
What's Not Included
- your personal laundry
- transfer from / to the airport
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