Aya Healing Retreats
WOMENāS RETREAT: EMPOWERING THE DIVINE FEMININE
- IQUITOS, PERU
- June 15th ā July 5th, 2022
Aya Healing Retreats
The divine feminine is the expression of the ancient mother in all of her forms. From this space creativity, compassion, intuition, and collaboration flow endlessly. When in balance, you can feel the potency of this force through vulnerability, grace, courage, humility, and strength. To connect to the divine feminine is to become fully aligned to the sacred light within. In this space, the heart remains open to allow spirit to guide, the mind does not interrupt the flow of love, and you are no longer looking outside of yourself for fulfillment. Once rested in the womb of the mother, there is a deep remembrance that all life is connected, nothing is separate, and every moment is an opportunity to feel this beauty. This radiance and bliss create a deep peace in the heart and the ultimate surrender reveals all truth.
This retreat is beautifully designed to allow space for sisterhood as well as sacred time with self and these wise plant allies. During these 21 days, there will be specific containers curated for processing and integrating your experiences. Some of the time will be spent sharing, connecting, and co-creating with the earth and one another. You will be embodying the divine feminine through dance workshops, psychologic, sound, vocal activation, medicinal yoni steam bath on womenās circle ceremony, dances of universal peace, and oral and dynamic transmissions. There will also be space for us to become more quiet and internal through guided meditation, sound healing, yoga, womb clearing, andĀ Mindfulness.Ā The second week will be in silence so you can commune more deeply with the wisdom of these plants and the potency of the Shipibo lineage that will be holding you.
Noya Rao which is otherwise known as āThe Tree of Lifeā or āCamino a la Verdadā āĀ The Path of Truth is a mythical plant, of which there are only three in the entire Amazon Basin. has belonged to and been used in sacred ceremony by the Mahua Shipibo traditions for centuries. In the Shipibo tradition dieting on the bark of the Noya Rao is believed to be essential in the path towards becoming a healer. The tree is believed to enhance oneās connection and relationships to the spirits indwelling in other sacred plants and to facilitate profound transformation in the individual. This dieta can lead to greater capacity for organised thought, clarity, highly activated intuitive capacities as well as helping to bring to light unconscious assumptions one may have about the world, leading the dietero to have the newfound courage necessary to change them.
In many tribes and traditions, women come together to pray, share stories, sing, and dance. These sacred gatherings create a strong container that dissolves the tendency for comparison among sisterhood. The focus is more on holding one another in hardships, pain, joy, and celebrations. This establishes an incredibly safe space so that each woman can speak her fullest truth and be heard completely. Due to the different lifestyles of today, many woman have not had the opportunity to establish, grow, and nurture our relationships with other women in this depth. Knowing the importance of this, Karo Munay is dedicated to bringing women together once again in this ancient way of the Divine Feminine. They will be weaving their many gifts as sisters to ignite the flame for the divine feminine. We as women individually are incredibly powerful but together we are a force of love that can bring healing to all of life.
Reclaiming your power as a women begins in the center of our sacred womb. The place where all of life is born from. By coming to work with Juanita and these sacred plants, you are saying yes to cleaning out your temple body. Through the womb, you can clear all of the old habits, patterns, and conditioning that have held you back. This is not just for you personally, but for all of the woman in your lineage that have walked before you and for all those yet to be born. You are in a potent time where you get to align the Throat-Heart-Womb connection in the feminine body. Your sensual energy then becomes a creative life force for change transforming karma into dharma. When the divine feminine is grounded and balanced the reclamation of power comes from the heart, in total alignment, purity, and balance. From this space, all songs can be sung and are dances can be danced.
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This one-of-a-kind retreat offering takes place at El Encanto De Chullachaqui, a magical and tranquil setting which facilitates deep healing, and is conveniently located nearby to many teacher plants. Realize your full potential now.
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Following your Womenās Retreat, you will receive one individual 1 hour support session with our integration specialist. The sessions will be scheduled at 1 month post retreat will be delivered byĀ Adelina Vaughn.Ā These sessions will offer you the opportunity to discuss your sacred medicine experiences, including any visions you may have witnessed and to work through tangible solutions to any real-world problems you are facing that are preventing you from fully integrating this work.
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 communityās 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 ourĀ Ayahuasca ceremonies, circle discussions and be available for personal consultations whilst on retreat.
Born and raised in the Andean mountains of Ecuador. Karo Munay dedicates her life to consciousness, alchemy, and art. She has embraced her deep call to dedicate her life force energy to supporting the awakening and liberation of all beings through her service, starting from herself, what is known as a Boddhisatva vow. Her understanding of oneness is the impulse that guides her to continue her path despite the intensity that this process may have, knowing that her inner peace is her gift to existence.
Munay is an explorer of music and poetry. Sound, vibration, and voice are her main medicine offerings; some years ago, the portal of music opened up for her, and she started exploring various instruments and receiving songs. For this reason, she is constantly invited to support healing circles with her medicine voice. Deep immersion in nature, dance, meditation and yoga have been her pillars for her balance. One of Karo Munay’s passions and mission is to support women by reconnecting with their sacred feminine gifts, self-care, and empowerment, guiding women’s circles, and supporting their one-to-one mentoring process to sisters looking for her support around the world. She dedicates her studies also to botanical and gem alchemy. She is a self-taught painter, and muralist, sharing her murals in various countries worldwide. A conscious health and nutrition researcher, sacred sexuality student, also a pilgrim and artivist for peace, she devoted the last 9 years to traveling around the world, learning deeply about meditation techniques, healing arts, ancestral wisdom, shamanism, fasting, vision quest and spirituality living in Buddhist monasteries exploring monastic lifestyle, ashrams, native and alternative communities.
She is the founder of the Vida Munay project, an initiative with conscious social projects such as Collective Meditation for Peace (promoting awareness about meditation as a tool for global peace) and Cantos para el Alma (an initiative that promulgates medicine music with elderly people), she is also the creator of the proposal Respira Consciente Ecuador (promotes conscious breathing on Ecuadorian education). Munay has combined her alchemy knowledge and meditation experience as a co-creator of a line of Vibrational Botanical formulas with therapeutic purposes in alliance with NunAndes in EC. She is also a devotee and guide of Dances of Universal Peace, a Sufi practice she has had the honor to share in many countries in Latin America.
In her path of self-acknowledgment, she has explored different areas of study. She is an engineer specializing in Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility at the University of The Hague in the Netherlands. Graphic Arts at the University of New Delhi. Meditation and mindfulness guide by the University of Leiden also with studies in India, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Hatha Yoga and Nada Yoga instructor and practitioner trained in India and Indonesia. Chi Kung guide and practitioner prepared in Vietnam. Ayurvedic body therapist trained in India. A sound therapist with Tibetan bowls with studies in Nepal. Mayan abdominal massage trained in Guatemala. Transpersonal and Flower Therapy. Currently, she continues her studies in Transpersonal Psychology and Music therapy. She considers herself a permanent student of life and allows herself to dedicate time to studying and investigating the topics that call her soul joyfully.
She holistically weaves together her passions, offering ceremonies, workshops, and retreats, sharing her experience and various tools for supporting others’ processes.
Karo Munay is dedicated to creating a sense of community in each experience she facilitates, holding a space of pure unconditional love, radical presence & authenticity from which to inspire the remembrance of our divinity, empowerment of our full potential & embodiment of the truth of who we are ā pure love.
Maestra Juana was born into the Shipibo community of Pahoyan, one of the most powerful Shipibo healing lineages in the Peruvian Amazon. She is around 60 years old, however her exact age is unknown.She has been studying for more than 35 years under Maestra Manuela, Papa Gilberto and Papa Bejamin, who are all members of the highly-respected curandero family, the Mahua family. Juana began her dieta on the mythical Amazonian tree Noya Rao when she was just 20 years old and has dedicated her life to the path of healing ever since. Juana is also very learned in the workings of the human body, possessing an excellent knowledge of the bones and skeletal system. Juana specialises in bone massage and will be available on the Noya Rao retreat to provide our guests with this unique healing experience. We are delighted to have Juanaās expertise, depth of wisdom and fun loving spirit with us on theĀ Noya Rao retreat.
Born in the United States, Adelina began her healing path at the young age of 5 with deep initiations through the womb. Modern-day medicine saved her life and would later unfold her dharma. Rooted in her Native American and Italian heritage, she began communing with the dreamworld and spirits in her early teens. She has always felt deeply guided by her ancestors. In 2011, Adelina graduated from university with a Bachelorās in Human Behavior and Health Education, intending to attend medical school. She instead enrolled in Massage School and now specializes in modalities such as Polarity, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Trauma Bodywork. Shortly after, she was then guided to Peru and received her 200 RYT in the Sacred Valley in 2015. On this trip, she met the Ancient Mother, Ayahuasca, which changed the course of her life path.
She received many instructions from this plant teacher and shared deep prayers of gratitude. Following the call, Adelina traveled to the sacred lands of Mount Shasta to complete her facilitation certification in Clarity Breathwork. The sacred medicine continued to speak with her in dreams until she met with her again and full trust of this path was born. She has spent the past 3 years assisting in circles and helping in ceremonies. After holding space for so many, she began to realize the importance of grounded integration while working with such intelligent plant allies. This led to an in-depth focus on somatic studies, attachment theory, non-violent communication, and mind-body practices. Coming from a bloodline of addiction and sexual trauma, a lot came to surface while studying. She returned to the amazon to sit with Maestra Juanita and the Master Plant Noya Rao at AYA Healing Retreat Center in 2019 ā where her respect for this path deepened even more.
Adelina is now focused on supporting people as they move through their traumas, addictions, ancestral conditions, and unaligned habits. She travels creating sacred spaces through sound healing, dance, breath-work, and somatic body awareness to help reprogram the subconscious. She is fully committed to helping people prepare and integrate their experiences with these ancient plants. Forever a student, she bows in deep gratitude to these sacred medicines and the lineages that hold them in protection.
For more about Adelina:Ā Ā www.adelinavaughn.com
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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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 youā¦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
