Grandfather Rufino Criollo Quenamá

Heir of the Payaguaje and Quenamá linage, from Siona and Cofán tradition.

He is a shaman, a protector of the community and a wisdom keeper, trained since he was 8 years old to become a master of the science of Yagé (Ayahauasca) and the spirit world. He has learned from 11 different shamans, and was isolated from the western world for him to receive the purest ancestral knowledge.
He started to travel out from the jungle in 1996, to share the medicine in different places with the permission and the blessing of his masters. Since then, he’s been dedicating his life to share and to help humanity, teaching about medicine on a national and international level.
During the retreat he will be guiding part of the ayahuasca ceremonies and the individual tabacco cleanses. His medicine is pure power and love, you can really feel his energy and the guidance in the experience as well as the sweetness of an elder while going to the purest and most profound journey.