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At Arkana, we create the space for you to get in touch with your truth, opening your path for deeper meaning and greater fulfillment in your life. We work with ancestral medicines such as Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Bufo Alvarius, Rapé , using the traditional practices of the indigenous cultures of the Peruvian Amazon. We currently operate two centers in Peru, one in the Peruvian Amazon and a second one in the Sacred Valley (close to Machu Picchu), and one in Mexico, the choice is yours.
With great respect for the plants and the knowledge and healing that comes with them, our lineage of Shipibo shamans set the stage for truly deep and profound healing. Awaken your inner power through their sacred and powerful icaros (healing songs), and discover your connection to all things by exploring some of the 2.2 million hectare Pacaya Samiria National Reserve which is our backyard. Nourish your body and soul with fresh, clean, delicious meals that promote your Ayahuasca experience, and integrate healthy habits into your routine with our yoga classes and extensive selection of gym equipment for all levels. We believe the health of physical body sets the foundation for the health of the energetic body – Often ignored in this type of spiritual work, we find this to be an important part of the healing process, so you can begin implementing the healthy habits that will carry this work with you into your life back home. Finally, relax your mind and spirit with sound baths, meditations, breathwave sessions, and OM circles, or simply enjoy the tranquil views of both sunrise and sunset from our front porch on the banks of the Ucayali River, surrounded by lush biodiversity and the mesmerizing sounds of the jungle.
Arkana’s exceptional team of highly-trained Shipibo Master Shamans represent an unbroken lineage of plant medicine work. With a combined history of over 70 years of experience working closely with Ayahuasca and other master plant teachers of the jungle, our compassionate healers lovingly share their teachings, healing songs (icaros), capabilities, and knowledge with integrity and honor. We strive to maintain the traditional practices passed down through thousands of years of indigenous Amazonian culture, in order to continue to promote the true purpose and nature of plant medicine work.
Experiencing the medicines with us is a transformative personal journey, and so much more. We also work closely with our local community, the Amazonian village of Libertad, to ensure that our Center can benefit and give back to the people who have so generously let us into their homes and hearts. We create employment opportunities, teach free English classes, provide a space for the ladies to sell their handmade crafts, and assist in construction projects, among other things. Our latest endeavor is outfitting the entire village with free solar panels, so every house can have light and electricity. When you join us, you are helping the rainforest and the Amazon communities that live here.
Guests that come to our Center often say they feel like “part of the family” with us – that’s no coincidence, as we are one big family at Arkana! The people that are with you throughout your experience can simply facilitate your own healing journey or become an integral part of it. Our experienced, loving, and professional team of caregivers welcomes you to join our tribe, where we strive to make you feel at home and at ease, supported and cared for with all the love and compassion that is at the core of the plant medicines and people we work with.
Ayahuasca is a powerful medicine that offers us the opportunity to understand our true nature, by shining a light onto our darkness, and holding a mirror up to our fears, negative thought patterns, and self-limiting beliefs. We provide the environment and expertise of a team of highly skilled, warm, compassionate Shamans and facilitators to guide you through the process of awakening, of choosing differently, healing, and expanding. It is a slow but steady path towards freedom – from fear, from illusion, from self-constructed boundaries – resulting in a lighter, brighter, more authentic self, and the full experience of love. It is our honor to help you on this most fulfilling of all journeys: the journey back home.
We look forward to having you with us!
Lots of Love,
The Team
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September 3, 2015 at 12:00 amI felt forced to write a 5 star review right after we finished the retreat. I felt like I wasn’t honest about my experience. I wanted to take some time to reflect and write once I got back home and settled in. They’re also giving people free t-shirts if they write the review right away. Overall Pulse is a decent place but the pressure to review left a bad taste in my mouth. This would be a 5 star review if they hadn’t done that.
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August 19, 2015 at 12:00 amAs well as the ayahuasca medicine being powerful, insightful, effective and inspirational, we’d have group sessions, where we’d share the different experiences we’d undergo.
These sessions in themselves were like a form of purging; we’d talk about all that we saw, felt and experienced during our intense ceremonies, to help each other in our transformative journeys.
Our facilitators were like angels, gentle, considerate and intuitive in their approach, touching hearts and confiding in all the obstacles and challenges we sought to overcome. After each ceremony, they’d come around to each of us, listening to our stories, we’d laugh, form amazing bonds and life long friendships, under crazy luminous stars that’d blanket around the jungle we were immersed in.
Both Shamans, Wiler and Angela carried a beautiful synergy of masculine and feminine energies, which I deem vital in help heal and strengthen our own spiritual well being. You could feel the musical waves of their Icaros caress, bless and resonate into the inner depths of your body, it was a phenomena that has touched me deeply.
We’d also be given the choice to go on a diet if we’d wish to, alongside Ayahuasca. With an array of plant diets to choose from, our Shaman, Wiler would recommend what would suit us best. This would allow us to progress deeper into the world of plant medicines and can help us engage better with Ayahuasca if we wish to.
Being active mentally, physically and spiritually meant that the jungle excursions with the vibrant Andriano, the gym facilities and yoga sessions with Valentina all coincided to provide a holistic approach in assisting us become better individuals. These people were at the core of our amazing blessed experiences, thank you.
We’d also sometimes have insightful meditation sessions with Tatyana, before our ceremonies. Around a candle light, as a group we’d be guided through breathing techniques, shown ways on how to centre ourselves, open our chakras, calm our anxieties and fleeting thoughts that seek to cloud and distract us being truly in touch with ourselves. These sessions were very effective and harmonised beautifully with ayahuasca, allowing us to go deeper into our own selves and unconscious.
I don’t know how to thank you Pulse Tours! Your ethics, your creativity, sprightly and youthful energies are truly what people need in this day and age.
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August 17, 2015 at 12:00 amPulse adventure center wasa great experience and that’s due to the people there. They are professional, friendly and kind. They will make sure you are ok and have the best experience you can have.