Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru
Ayahuasca retreat in Peru. When researching the Ayahuasca plant medicine for a retreat in Peru, you will most likely stumble upon the retreat centers in the Amazon like Iquitos, although the Ayahuasca comes from the rainforest, Peru and its geography offers a wide range of opportunities to have your Ayahuasca experience, our country is got 3 main demographic regions, the coastal side (Lima), the Andes (cusco), and the Amazon rainforest (Iquitos), Ayahuasca is doable in any of this parts of Peru, but trying to figure out how your retreat would look like in the Amazon and Cusco may not simply be accurate.
There are stark differences between Ayahuasca in the Amazon and Ayahuasca in Cusco or Lima Peru ayahuasca retreat. Depending on your needs, you can easily identify which type of experience is better suited to you.
Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon
Ayahuasca in the jungle, this is the ideal place for most travelers, there are countless of Ayahuasca centers and Ayahuasca shamans working independently, this is the land of the Ayahuasca no doubt, but before picking up the ideal spot for you, make sure to have the minimal facilities like filtered water, electricity, proper toilet, and shower. The rainforest can make it hard if you don’t have these basic services, as most travelers are not used to this hot and humid environment, bugs and mosquitos are gonna welcome to the Amazon rainforest. The Ayahuasca ceremonies will be guided by Ayahuasca shamans of the nearby communities.
As part of retreat, the centers have included a pre-diet detox which entails avoiding regular meals, until the first ayahuasca session, eventually the work is done mainly with the Ayahuasca vine.
The Ayahuasca retreat in the rainforest focused mainly on healing and substance detox, please consider that the medicine cannot heal severe or advanced physical illness.
Retreat atmosphere: Facilitator, Ayahuasca Shaman, nurses, and medical equipment
Participant progress: Is monitored by the Facilitator and Ayahuasca shaman, daily integrative conversation.
Ayahuasca retreat in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
Ayahuasca retreat in Cusco, Cusco city may not be the right place for an Ayahuasca retreat due to the high altitude 3350 m, the pressure at this altitude can interfere with the experience. Nonetheless, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, is a valley located at around 2000m above sea level, this is a mystical spot surrounded by the most beautiful mountains called Apus, this is a holy place since ancestral times, in comparison to the rainforest, there are no mosquitos or bugs at all, this valley is got sunny days almost all year long, additionally you have Inca sites, like Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Huchuy qosqo, and Machu Picchu.
As part of the Ayahuasca retreat, the centers combine Amazonian and Andean techniques/ceremonies within the same retreat, like the Coca leaf reading, and a soul retrieval ceremony (kuti), and the pre- detox with medicinal volcano water. This means they use the Andean ceremonies as a process of physical, mental, and emotional preparation before receiving the Mother Ayahuasca. The Ayahuasca ceremonies will be guided by Ayahuasca masters of the native community Shipibo – Konibo of Pucallpa which is located in the jungle of Peru, the Andean ceremonies by Qero masters (the last living descendants of direct Inca bloodline) from the community of Qero from the region of Cusco.
The Ayahuasca retreat in the Sacred Valley of the Incas is focused mainly on healing and substance detox, please consider that the medicine cannot heal severe or advanced physical illness.
Retreat atmosphere: Facilitator, Ayahuasca Shaman, nurses, and medical equipment
Participant progress: Is monitored by the Facilitator and Ayahuasca shaman, daily integrative conversation.
