Maestro Moisés Llerena

Moisés was born in Flor de Punga near Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. His parents used their knowledge from this place, the biggest bio pharmacy in the rainforest, to teach him. His mother’s side followed the shamanic tradition and his grandfather, uncle, and cousin are Shamans in the Cocama lineage.

Moises was trained when growing up as a visionary artist in Usko Ayar Amazon School of Painting in Pucallpa, Perú by the renowned Shaman and Visionary Artist Pablo Amaringo. This was were the vision of Madre Selva Healing and Art Center was born. Moises learned to find beauty in his surroundings by noticing trees, plants, animals, rivers, and rain, and by observing and practicing with people doing their ancestral practices. This changed his life as he developed a new understanding and awareness of the environment. He started to see with the eyes and heart of an artist, loving, respecting, and enjoying every precious moment of life.

By hearing the call of the jungle again, Moises went to study and practice more deep with plant medicine, in addition to his artwork. He was taught by well-respected maestros and curanderos. With devotion and guiding by great spirit and pachamama it is fueling the flame of inspiration and deepening the intention to help and serve others through the Madre Selva Resort Center for art and healing. By also traveling the world with his visionary art, ceremonies and music, connecting communities with the plant medicine world and be at service from his heart, a channel of the plants and great spirit.