She offers the opportunity to gain a broader perspective on your life situation, as the soul expands beyond the physical body to the place of spirit — for divine healing, revelation, and transformation. She works with your intention. Curanderos say that 50% of the work is done by the plant, and the other 50% is up to you. Therefore, psychological and physical preparation is essential, as is integrating the information and advice you receive and applying it to your life — especially if you are committed to this path and wish to develop a reciprocal relationship with the plants. The spirit of this medicine: Ayahuasca has a great intelligence. She shows you what you need to see — sometimes gently, sometimes with fierce love. She reveals patterns, wounds, and truths. She connects you to ancestors, spirit guides, and the deeper currents of your soul. She cleanses, purifies, and recalibrates your energy system.

Roses have the highest vibrational frequency (320 MHz) of all flowers and are connected directly to our heart chakra. The Rose helps our hearts remember the love and vibration we are truly capable of. The Rose contains an impressive strength and light that works on the illumination of the energy layers of the aura, emotions, and thoughts — restructuring, balancing, and restoring both our physical and energetic bodies. The spirit of this medicine: The Rose is a heart opener and protector. An ally for self-love, compassion, and feminine awakening. When her spirit is called forth in ceremony, she works intelligently to purify the energetic system, releasing energy that is not attuned to her frequency. This mighty flower can be worked with to heal the Mother wound and relationships with women, as she balances the feminine energy. She inspires forgiveness, gratitude, and a sense of awe — bringing about a more loving perception of the world. Physical medicine: Rose petals contain sedative, antibacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant, and mood-enhancing properties. They are high in antioxidants, which reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cognitive diseases. Rose is also excellent for treating upset stomach, sore throats, and colds. Roses produce wonderful mood-boosting endorphins and have traditionally been used by shamans, healers, and herbalists for female reproductive disorders, including heavy, painful menstrual cramps, PMS, and menopause symptoms. She is an incredible ally for womb healing. Sacred Lineage: She is the embodiment of Unconditional Love and Divinity and is an archetypical symbol connected to the Divine Feminine — long associated with Ancient Egypt and Isis, Greek mythology, Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Pleiades, Chinese culture, Goddess worship, and fertility.

We utilize Tobacco purges as a way to help people energetically and physically prepare their bodies for ceremonies — particularly in cases where there is a lot to cleanse and release, such as with addictions, trauma, or stagnant energy. Baños (plant baths) are utilized as another (more gentle) form of energetic cleansing and are a great option for those who do not want or are unable to purge. Plant baños usually contain a mix of Mapacho, flowers, and plant essences that purify the physical and energetic body, providing a more subtle but still effective way to cleanse. The spirit of this medicine: Tobacco is wise, grounding, protective, balancing and clarifying. It helps you to realign, release what's not yours, and establish clear boundaries. It's a medicine of discernment and strength.

Traditionally taken in the daytime, Wachuma is used to bring strength and vitality to experiences of endurance in nature — such as climbing high mountains, entering freezing cold waters, or undertaking long journeys of the spirit. Wachuma is a medicine that helps you connect to your wild instinct and find your inner power. She strengthens the heart chakra, bringing gifts of transformation, rebirth, clarity of purpose, spiritual discipline, and realization of creative potential. The spirit of this medicine: Whereas Ayahuasca takes you inward, underground and into the timelines of your past, Wachuma takes you upward and outward — into connection with the Earth, the sun, the cosmos and your future visions. He is expansive, heart-opening, and grounding all at once. He helps you stand in your power and remember your place in the web of life.

During a dieta, an energetic connection is established between your spiritual consciousness and physical energy body and the spirit and energy of the Master Plant being dieted. The plant's spirit will start to heal your body on a physical level and will guide your mind and spirit through your dreams, intuitions, visions, revelations, and mental processing. A lot can shift during a dieta — insights, downloads, and energetic recalibration. For Curanderos of the Amazon, dieting is an essential practice in maintaining an energetic connection and relationship with the plant's spirit, as well as opening the psychic channel to receive divine information, teachings, new recipes, and ways of working with the plants for healing. In the practice of Curandismo, this is known as direct revelation — wisdom and knowledge passed directly from the spirit of the plant to the spirit of the dieter. The Dieta process: During a dieta, certain restrictions in terms of food, lifestyle habits, and mental activity must be followed in order to create a clean and neutral inner space, so that the plants will be more inclined to share their gifts of transformation with you. This is an introverted, meditative, inner journey and requires a certain strength of spirit due to the restrictions, which require you to spend time in solitude. Your diet will commence with a Tobacco purge to prepare your body for receiving the spirit of the plant being dieted into your consciousness. Traditional Amazonian Grandmother ceremonies are woven throughout the journey to help you connect with your plant. We offer the age-old practice of Dieting twice a year at our retreat center and eco-preservation project in the Peruvian Amazon: 📍 Spring (May/June) 📍 Autumn (October/November) Please send me an email to register interest.

It is my passion to produce innovative retreats that make this type of ancient healing relevant in our modern lives — working alongside renowned artists and experts in various fields, including voice and sound, the path of the Divine Feminine, embodiment, and psychotherapeutic support. We combine ancestral practices such as the Temazcal (sweat lodge), breathwork, somatic release, sound healing, integration circles, ancestral crafts, elemental wisdom and ceremony — creating a rich tapestry of healing modalities. These retreats mark a threshold — the space between who you have been and who you are becoming, a tender yet powerful invitation to remember, release, and rebirth. Having facilitated 20+ retreats, I have come to think of the retreat as a living temple — a transformative container where ancient wisdom meets modern embodiment, and where the person who leaves is never the same as the one who arrived. A retreat is not an escape from life but a profound return to it — a microcosm of awakening where healing, clarity, and inspiration come into bloom. This is your opportunity to be part of a community, to cross a threshold of initiation, and to step into the next iteration of your path. Visit my retreats page to view upcoming retreats.