Rogelio Reátegui Canayo

Rogelio was born in native comminity of Paoya to his father Inocencio Reátegui Serafim and his mother Isabel Canayo Sanacino. His father
and grandfather were also a healers.

His family moved to Masisea and he started his diet at the age 11. Rogelio grew up hearing his father and uncle sing Icaros, the healing songs, and by the time he turned 25, he has already dieted around many plants. For the first 7 years his preparation was purely with so called plantas del amor (love plants) or Nuirao in Shipibo. Some of the love plants Rogelio dieted are Numa nuirao - female plant, Chono nuirao - is associated with a little bird spirit, hasin nuirao - dog's tongue, kuru nuirao, abukuma nuirao, shawama nuirao - macaw love plant.

There are over 90 love plants, when it penetrates well into the body, it is used to attract something desirable. This way in the beginning he was dieting in order to be successful in fishing and hunting animals, tasks which are crucial for survival deep in the rainforest. Other love plants have properties to cleanse the mind, heal traumas, release sadness, agitatation, anxiety, and start generating positive qualities.

The spirits of the plants reveal themselves and penetrate deeper and deeper into the body as the dieta progresses. Dieta can start from 7 days and up to 90 days do the full potential of the plant to penetrate and give it's power to be used for healing oneself and others. Each plant has it's specific use an purpose, depending on personal circumstances the best suitable plant is recommended for the dieta.

At the age of 25, Rogelio started participating in ceremonies with other teachers and one day during a powerful Ayahuasca ceremony he was feeling the force of the medicine for 48 hours straight and that's when the spirits of the plants that he dieted so far revealed the secrets of how to work with them for healing and he discovered the strength of all the plants that were dieted. The plants also taught him how to help people with addictions to drugs like alcohol, marijuana and cocaine.

Rogelio dieted with the master trees palos like chiric sanango, shihuahuaco, lupuna blanca and ajosquiro. Plant spirits are the true teachers and they are the ones working through the healer and manifest in form of songs that through intonation reach the heart of the person who is feeling bad and clear the underlying energy that is causing it.