DEEP HEALING AND CONNECTION - $4650
Shipibo Ayahuasca Retreat and Plant Dieta
The 18-day Shipibo ayahuasca retreat offers a comprehensive plant medicine treatment guided by an authentic curandero in the Amazon rainforest. Participants stay at the Ayahuasca Foundation’s Riosbo Research Center, engaging in 8 ayahuasca ceremonies led by a Shipibo curandero. During the retreat, participants enter a profound plant dieta with Noya Rao or Bobinsana, fostering a personal connection with a powerful plant teacher.
Along with the plant dieta and ayahuasca ceremonies, retreat participants receive natural remedies to cleanse and heal the mind, body, and spirit, tailored to their specific needs. The Shipibo plant medicine tradition enables active participation in the healing process by confronting negativity, releasing traumas, and addressing the root causes of illness. This holistic treatment promotes lasting positive change, guiding participants toward health and happiness.
Return to a State of Balance and Harmony
The intended goal of the eighteen day ayahuasca retreat and plant dieta is to restore your highest level of health and your optimal state of being. This retreat has been offered for over a decade, and incredible healing has taken place for hundreds of people. It is possible for you, too.
The Plant Dieta is an opportunity to connect to guiding wisdom that will energize and motivate you to achieve your aspirations of health and happiness. When you reconnect with nature, you rediscover your true self.
Traditional Shipibo Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Ayahuasca ceremonies significantly amplify sensory perception, enabling participants to see, hear, and feel beyond ordinary human capabilities. This expanded awareness helps individuals identify the underlying sources of their challenges and discover a way to achieve balance and harmony. These ceremonies also facilitate profound spiritual connections by accessing energy frequencies that are usually beyond our conscious awareness.
Plant Medicines and Additional Therapies
During the retreat, participants receive plant treatments to revive and restore health. Rooted in the Shipibo tradition, the retreat combines ayahuasca ceremonies with these plant treatments, while also integrating practices like yoga, meditation, cacao ceremonies, breathwork, and art and music therapy. Facilitators explain each treatment and assist in ensuring a holistic healing experience that maximizes well-being on all levels.
Shipibo Plant Dieta with Noya Rao or Bobinsana
Sacred plant dietas in the Shipibo tradition open another level of healing. Through the artform of the dieta, retreat participants develop personal relationships and connections with the spirits of either Noya Rao or Bobinsana. These two plants form the heart of the particular indigenous healing tradition practiced at our retreat center and are known to be incredible teachers of wisdom and guides to unlocking profound energies within.
A Truly Blissful Location in the Amazon rainforest
The location for this retreat is the Ayahuasca Foundation’s retreat center in the Allpahuayo-Mishana national reserve. Surrounded by the natural harmony of countless plants and animals, participants live in comfortable accommodations completely immersed in the energy and wisdom of the rainforest. Hiking and swimming are favorite activities, or just hanging out in hammocks or watching the river, listening to the birds, and relaxing into the beauty and power of nature.
Cost of the 18 Day Ayahuasca Retreat: $4,650
The $4,650(USD) price includes:
TREATMENT
8 traditional Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Led by an indigenous curandero and the AF assistants
Plant Dieta with either Noya Rao or Bobinsana
Guided eight day dieta to connect with a plant spirit
Personal consultations and discussions with the curandero
Translated by the assistant healers
Remedies to increase circulation and reduce inflammation
Taken three times a day for the duration of the retreat
Sangre de Grado digestive system cleanse
Reset digestive enzymes and enhance nutrient absorption
Vapor Baths with five medicinal plants
Sweat out toxins and replace them with healing medicine
Chiric Sanango nervous system cleanse
Boost the immune system and release emotional blockages
Blood Purification treatment
Remove parasitic organisms and cleanse the blood
Mucura sinus cleanse
cleanse the sinuses and boost immunity against allergies
Smoke Baths
Increase energetic defenses and protection from negativity
Love Baths
For attracting positive energy, good luck, and love
Cacao and Breathwork Ceremony
Unlock deep seated emotions and release negativity
Guided Yoga and Meditation Sessions
Led by the facilitation staff
Additional treatments
Poultices, medicines, massage, or whatever is needed
ACCOMMODATION
Pre-program counseling session with AyaHelp.com
Gain insights into how best to prepare for the experience
Preparation and Travel Guide
Helpful advice for traveling and preparing for the retreat
Airport pickup
You’ll be met at the Iquitos airport and brought to the hotel
Accommodations for two nights at a hotel in Iquitos
The nights before and after the retreat – hotel has wi-fi
Accommodations for 17 nights at the Riosbo Center
Private rooms with en suite bathrooms and electricity
Transportation to and from the Retreat Center
Air conditioned bus (1hr) and an amazing boat ride (1hr)
At least two meals a day, following a healing diet
Fruit, vegetables, quinoa, lentils, grilled fish, eggs, etc.
Lectures on the dieta led by the Shipibo healer
Lessons offered to enhance the dieta experience
Translation of entire program when needed
Assistants also add their own experiences and teachings
Access to the Assistants for help and guidance
Five assistants will be available throughout the retreat
Local artisans market with high quality goods
Purchase shamanic tools, gifts, and clothing at the center
USB of retreat photos and ceremony recordings
Audio recordings of ceremonies and digital photos
Integration counseling session with AyaHelp.com
Enhance the process of integration when you get home
Integration resources to continue the healing process
Finding the optimal path forward in your transformation
SHARE A ROOM AND SAVE!
If you are traveling with a friend, family member, or partner, you can each save $450 by sharing a room. Rooms contain two beds, fan, desk, closet, meditation suite, and complete bathroom. To receive the discount, simply state on your registration forms that you’ll be sharing a room and provide the name of the other person. The discount will be applied to the remainder due after the deposit.
18 Day Ayahuasca Retreat and Plant Dieta Schedule
| Dates | Available Spots | Register |
|---|---|---|
| April 13 - 30, 2025 | 0 | Join waiting list |
Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve
An Example Itinerary for the Retreat:
Schedule of Treatments and Activities
Day 0 - Saturday
Regardless of what day or time you arrive, you will be met at the Iquitos airport and accompanied to the hotel where all the participants stay the night before the retreat. In the afternoon, attend a meeting to get to know the other participants and discuss the retreat itinerary and details.
Day 1 - Sunday
Take an air-conditioned bus for one hour to the village of Nina Rumi along the Nanay river. Travel by boat for one hour into the National Reserve. Arrive at the retreat center, get settled, have lunch, and attend a meeting to discuss the upcoming ayahuasca ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #1
Day 2 - Monday
Wake up early to take Sangre de Grado, a purgative that cleanses the digestive system. Have a private consultation with the curandero, translated by the facilitators to discuss a personalized treatment plan. Begin taking three key plant remedies to increase circulation, decrease inflammation, and boost your immune system.
Day 3 - Tuesday
Morning yoga sessions will take place every other morning. Begin personalized plant treatments and continue plant remedies Continue vapor baths to release physical and emotional toxins. Attend a workshop on mapacho and agua florida. Guided meditation in the evening before the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #2
Day 4 - Wednesday
Plant remedies continue. Vapor baths continue. Attend a sharing circle to discuss ceremony and experiences to make further progress in healing. Take the powerful plant medicine Chiric Sanango to cleanse the nervous system. Individual treatments continue, if needed, in the afternoon.
Day 5 - Thursday
Morning yoga session. Plant remedies and vapor baths continue. Personal treatments continue, if needed. Use an inhalant called Mucura to cleanse the sinus system. Take a guided plant walk around the property to learn about various plants and their uses. Guided meditation before the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #3
Day 6 - Friday
Take the powerful plant medicine Ojé to cleanse the lower intenstine and purify the blood. Receive your last vapor bath. Attend a workshop on icaros, the Shipibo healing songs used in ceremonies, begin learning a Shipibo icaro and discuss healing prayers.
Day 7 - Saturday
Plant remedies continue. Lecture on plant dietas and preparation. Create pledge statements for your dieta process. Cacao and Breathwork Ceremony. Practice the icaro learned in the previous workshop. Rest and relax into a harmonious state for the dieta.
Day 8 - Sunday
Morning yoga session. Begin the dieta process in the afternoon with the drinking of the first dose of the dieta plant extraction. The dieta will be formally opened in the ceremony in the evening. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #4
Day 9 - Monday
Fast for the next two days. Inward attention to connect with the plant spirit of the dieta. Take another dose of the plant extract in the morning and again in the evening. Noble silence is observed to enhance one’s inner awareness.
Day 10 - Tuesday
The dieta fast continues in silence. Take the final doses of the plant dieta extract. Concentration on the connection to the dieta and plant spirit. Quiet contemplation and focused awareness. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #5
Day 11 - Wednesday
The fasting ends, and a more strict diet than before begins. Sharing circle. Receive a plant bath for protection in the afternoon. The dieta continues in deeper contemplation. Attend an art workshop to expand creativity and expression. Practice the icaro.
Day 12 - Thursday
Morning yoga session. Plant baths for protection continue. Attend another icaro workshop and discuss techniques for staying connected to nature and the plants. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #6
Day 13 - Friday
Plant baths continue. Sharing circle. Attend a breathwork session to further release deep seated traumas and gain insights into the path forward in your personal healing process. Final icaro workshop.
Day 14 - Saturday
Morning yoga session. Receive another plant bath in the afternoon. Prepare to open the ceremony as a group singing the icaro that you’ve learned. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #7
Day 15 - Sunday
Sharing circle. Take a hike into the jungle and learn about wild medicinal plants from your guide.. Receive another plant bath. Attend an important workshop on dieta integration and deepening connection to the plants.
Day 16 - Monday
Morning yoga session. Receive a special plant bath called a Love Bath to attract positive energies. Attend a second workshop on integration and preparation for your return home. Evening meditation. Close the dieta in ceremony and receive an arkana of protection.
AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #8
Day 17 - Tuesday
Breathwork ceremony to expand into the healing. Final sharing circle. Receive love baths and spend time relaxing and enjoying your final day in the jungle. Take pictures with the maestro and each other and begin preparations to leave. Take a group swim or float down the river together. Fireside sing along that night.
Day 18 - Wednesday
Final breakfast. Say goodbye to the Mishana community and board the boat to head back to Iquitos. Check back into the hotel at around 2pm – take showers, check emails, etc. Do some shopping for gifts and enjoy some free time in town.
Day 19 - Thursday
Meet with the group at 9am for breakfast at the hotel. Receive your USB with the pictures taken during the retreat, the audio recordings of the ceremonies you attended, and other helpful materials. After breakfast, say goodbyes and prepare for your next journey…
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