We believe everyone deserves profound spiritual, emotional and physical healing through sacred plant medicine. We know this healing journey doesn’t look the same for everyone, and that’s ok.
That’s why our healing process is tailored specifically to you.
Scroll to learn more about our personalized approach to healing, and view our offerings of retreats and online courses.
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Whether you’ve experienced the life-changing power of ayhauasca, or are curious to learn more, our convienent online classes will facilitate your growth, and knowledge of ancient plant medicines.
On your retreat your maestro curandero will determine which plants will be a part of your overall dieta, and in what order. Click to learn more about the different types of dietas which may called upon.
This program is designed for individuals who have had experiences and knowledge in working with plant spirits. Undergoing this dieta retreat requires a commitment to strict dietary and behavioral regimes. However, this commitment is a powerful expression of dedication, which fuels evolution and growth.
We do everything we can to provide you with the best possible experience on your journey with us. Part of that commitment to you includes providing ‘extras’ while you’re here – at no extra cost to you.
Why do we do this? Because in our experience these ‘extras’ are important elements of a potentially life-changing journey for you and it’s important to us that they are available for anyone and everyone.
In other words, we want you to have the best experience possible without wondering whether extra expenses for additional services would make your journey more significant or profound in some way. We remove those questions from the very beginning of your journey to provide space for you to enjoy and immerse yourself fully in everything we have to offer.
For more than eight years, we have invited people to join us in Iquitos, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, for life-changing ayahuasca experiences with Shipibo curanderos. We provide our guests with unforgettable, often life-changing journeys.
We invite you to consider us for your own journey:
Our retreats focus on education in the shamanic traditions of the Peruvian healers with classes and workshops on Icaros, Master Plants, and a variety of plant treatments. We are rooted in ancient traditions and we provide a fully immersive experience that includes much more than simply ayahuasca plant medicine!
As you can read here, the holistic approach of traditional shamanic natural medicine is not only centered on Ayahuasca but also on personalized plant treatments. You are unique and your experience here will be unique. This includes in-depth screening to ensure your physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being, one-on-one consultation with healers, a unique program during your stay, and individualized care from our staff.
Everyone here at AYA Healing Retreats comes to their work from a place of love and care, and it shows in what we do:
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At Aya Healing Retreats, we have the highest level of safety standards in the industry. We are committed to providing the safest and most authentic sacred plant medicine healing modalities in the Peruvian Amazon. Together with the International Centre for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (ICEERS) we have created the most comprehensive screening process available for our participants. Our dedication to creating the safest possible plant medicine journey ensures that each participant is given every opportunity to reach their true healing potential during their time with us.
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Acting as a guardian and protector to the student, this plant offers true wisdom of the forest, opening the dietero up to many other master plants. With profound grounding properties, it can significantly settle anxiety and a scattered mind, bringing the body into deep union with nature.
Ayahuma is regarded by the maestro curanderos we work with as an immensely grounding master plant that can help the dietero to gain resilience and wisdom through releasing past trauma and stored emotion.
Pure medicine and very unassuming. Tiny white flowers and leaves like blades, this master plant ( teacher plant) is particularly excellent at healing long-standing conditions of the female reproductive system, balancing masculine and feminine energies and restoring the nervous system to a state of rest.
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Each retreat group consists of a maximum of 12-15 participants. Small numbers ensure that we can adequately guarantee everyone’s safety during their time with us. Your curandero or curandera of the Shipibo tradition, two English speaking facilitators and one ceremonial assistant will be present at each plant medicine ritual to fully supervise and support guests through the healing process.
We have taken additional precautions to guarantee the safety of our guests through:
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While living mindfully in the present, we are always excited for the future and we have much in store for the coming year. Among other upgrades to better serve our guests, we will be:
Part of our improvement plans include raising our prices starting in 2024 to support our continuing efforts in improving everything that we do. With that said, we will always do our best to keep our prices attainable and within reach for as many people as possible, and we will also offer the possibility of discounts in a few different ways:
We will continue to provide payment plans for all of our retreats, please contact us at info@ayahealingretreats.com to discuss options.
We are committed to prioritizing the quality of our retreats, giving you the most personalized and authentic experience possible, and caring for the health, safety, comfort and well-being of everyone who comes to AYA Healing Retreats.
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Don Miguel was born into a Shipibo community called Roaboya on the River Ucayali. When Don Miguel was a child, Angel Sanchez Vargas, his grandfather was the community’s curandero. Vargas was an expert in sacred plant medicines and was frequently called upon to heal and share his spiritual wisdom with members of Roaboya. The school built some years later was named after Vargas and Roaboya went on to be recognised as the first indigenous community 114 years ago. Don Miguel grew up surrounded by the Shipibo wisdom and possess intimate knowledge of the sacred plant medicines. At a very young age he began his apprenticeship as a curandero through plant dietas under the supportive guidance of his grandfather. Miguel is also a trained literature professor and thoroughly enjoys teaching the Shipibo language and culture. Since 2012, Don Miguel has spent the bulk of his time leading lectures, workshops, initiation courses and retreats. Don Miguel will lead our Ayahuasca ceremonies, circle discussions and be available for personal consultations whilst on retreat.
Our comprehensive screening questionnaire has been developed in partnership with the International Centre for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (ICEERS). Please take your time to answer it as honestly and with as much detail as possible. This information will remain strictly confidential and will only be used to assess your suitability for a place on retreat with AYA Healing Retreats and keep you safe
Please remember that the purpose of this screening questionnaire is to determine whether plant medicine healing is suitable for you…not whether you are suitable for plant medicine healing. Plant medicines are tools, like any other healing modality and like other tools for healing experiencing them entails certain risks. We need to make sure that our plant medicines will not compromise your wellbeing or harm you in any way before we allow you to begin your healing journey with us. In short, we care about your safety and we need to do what we can to ensure that during your time with us you are not at risk of harm. Plant medicines can be dangerous if the plants are not the right fit for the individual. Your answers to this questionnaire will help us to determine whether the plants we intend to use are going to help, rather than harm you
