Nelsi Lucitante

Nelsi Lucitante is the wife of Taita David and the daughter of Taita Rufino Criollo, healer and shaman of the Cofán community in Ecuador.
Nelsi accompanies Taita David in his ceremonies, and takes care of the patients and participants who are taking medicine with the experience and guidance that all the years accompanying his husband and learning with the plant of Yagé from his father have given her.
She makes her own handicrafts with plants and feathers from the jungle like her grandmothers taught her, she carries and spreads her culture and traditions and puts her prayers into her creations. She will bring her handicrafts to the retreat for everyone who want to take some with them.