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Arkana Spiritual Center

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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

Reviews (642)

4.9 out of 5

Overall 4.9

DK
June 8, 2025 at 10:45 am

I just completed my second stay at Arkana and I feel so full of love and life. This time I attended a 7 day retreat at their Valle de Bravo Mexico location. I was initially skeptical of the healing prowess that mushrooms posses. I had a lot of personal experience with mushrooms and couldn’t picture it in a ceremonial space. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Maestra Jazmin who directs these ceremonies is one of the most beautiful souls and healers I’ve ever encountered. She works the space with the love of a mother for her children. She really opened my eyes to the power of this medicine. I had the most profound breakthroughs working with this sacred tool. It more than deserves its place, standing shoulder to shoulder with the other master plant medicines. My Peyote ceremony was the perfect way to kickoff the retreat and the perfect medicine to lay the foundation for the week. Arkana curates the most amazing experience. The schedule, food, accommodation, healing classes, ceremonies, music, celebrations are all full of intention and love. It really is the perfect container for healing. I want to Thank everyone at Arkana for sharing your gifts and creating the space for seekers to come and improve themselves, improve their lives, open their hearts and be part of community. I also want to Thank every brave soul that attended this retreat, held space, spread love, laughed, cried, screamed, purged, lent a hand, gave a hug. You are the true power behind these medicines. When we heal ourselves, we heal the world. Peace and Love to all
AniShinanRaoNete
June 8, 2025 at 9:52 am

I arrived at Arkana as a broken boy.

After years of carrying trauma, addiction, guilt, emotional scars too deep to name, and physical back pain that haunted me daily (though, strangely, it no longer hurts), we will see how that goes but I’m happy to not feel prisoner in my own body …

I had planned to go to the Amazon. But due to unusual flooding, the trip had to be redirected to sacred valley unfortunately by the law of Mother Nature of which I believe nothing is a mistake! . I was heartbroken mainly because I don’t have the kind of money to travel freely like this and it’s something iv wanted for time .
This trip had taken me in a different direction which was initially hard to swallow as it’s was five years in the making until the calling was absolutely unbearable in fact so unbearable there were times I didn’t know how to turn off But somehow, through the generosity and belief in me from special people in my life, I was gifted this once in a lifetime opportunity to receive exactly what I needed which is so humbling and beautiful.
what I learned perhaps the most humbling truth of all is that I never really fully understood surrender until now I even thought I did I also thought I was perfectly fine with dying turns out my ego had a different story presented to me and today I’m fine with death and dying it’s a calm peace that’s come over me with no frenetic energy attached to it as I saw myself “ metaphorically die” during ceremony and I had to come to terms with it tbh Iowa Aska wouldn’t let me get away from the image until I understood.
I stepped into the Sacred Valley not knowing if healing was truly possible for someone like me. What I found was not just a retreat, but a full rebirth. A family. A living circle of people who saw me, accepted me, and made me want to give back even more than I already wanted to! It Made me want to live even more intensely with humility, even more honesty, and to be of service every single day that I breathe and hopefully beyond.

In just one week, something ancient was awakened within me. Through the guidance of Maestro Grimaldo, Maestro Luis, and the entire Arkana team, the medicine began to open me. Layer by layer, it peeled back the armor I wore to survive, revealing the pain I had buried but also the strength I never really truly realized was there. I was held. By the medicine. By the mountains. By the songs. The icaros didn’t just sound beautiful they entered my cells and rewired my sick body and mind.

I faced shadows and demons I had been running from my entire life. But instead of fear, of them I found love not only in the light, but in the darkest of moments. I reconnected with my roots, my ancestors, the Earth, and something far greater than me. I wept like a child. But for once, it wasn’t because of pain. It was because I had finally released it. I let go. I saw myself I truly saw myself and today I see me the me I love to be, maybe for the first time in decades.

To anyone who fears the darkness in ceremony do not. A dark ceremony is not a punishment. It’s a teacher. It may shake you, and it may scare you, but if you trust it, it will show you exactly what you’re ready to see. I’m still unpacking what I saw two weeks later. Every night, Ayahuasca continues to work on me in my dreams. Every morning I wake with another piece of the puzzle another thread woven back into my being.

I left that sacred valley no longer the wounded boy who entered. I left as a grown man grounded, open-hearted, and more whole than I’ve ever EVER been in my life.

The dieta, the rituals, the sacred container everything at Arkana is built with reverence for the plants, for the lineage, and for the Earth. There is no commercial mask here. No performance. Just truth. Raw, honest, and full of heart. A safe place to be exactly who I am.

To anyone seeking healing, transformation, or simply to remember who they are Arkana is not just a centre. It’s a portal. A home. A family I’m proud to call mine. Thank you, Arkana. I love you even those I haven’t met yet because I know I will. I’m not finished. My path is calling me to the Amazon, where I know I will return. Not just to heal. But to serve.

Silent service means more to me now than anything external ever could.
PS you can watch all the video in the world on bufo and ayahuasca but none will ever come close to what YOU experience plz keep this in mind as they can shadow you yes they are great reference to the unknown but tell yourself do you really need to know ahead of time and even still you will never know until you take the medicine trust me on that one! Bufo says in videos you will “meet god” you won’t see bright colours or definition I saw clear images I was reptilian I controlled other realms with my tongue and hands I was clearly seeing all around me at one point and everything looked beautiful I saw into plants I saw them growing I smelled them I tasted them I wasn’t me I was ancestral for sure and I didn’t scream one bit I licked my face and eyes with the most joy iv ever felt!

Much love
Shane Swartz
United Kingdom ❤️
bleubyron
June 7, 2025 at 6:50 pm

I’ve made five journeys to Arkana — from the to the deep jungle in Peru and even the coastal sanctuary in Mexico. Each visit has met me at a different part of my healing, but all have left their imprint.

What began as an experience has turned into a spiritual path.

On my lowest day, I was held — not just by the facilitators or the medicine, but by something much deeper, something sacred that Arkana seems to protect and channel. I’ve sat with Maestra Justina, José, and other gifted healers who don’t just serve Ayahuasca — they serve your soul’s return to wholeness.

Since working with Arkana, I’ve stepped into gifts I didn’t even know I had. What once felt like random tones or energetic waves during ceremony, I now understand as a form of spiritual transmission — something I can now offer others as healing. The medicine woke something in me, and Arkana created the space for it to rise.

I know not everyone will have the same journey, but if you’re feeling called — really called — this is a place where Spirit moves. And where you might just remember who you really are.

Thank you, Arkana.
wander soulfull_
May 27, 2025 at 3:15 pm

Reborn & Transformed: Healing through the Power of Medicine

Two months before committing to the retreat, Ayahuasca was presenting itself to me. I didn’t go looking for it, rather, it came looking for me. One morning, I remember so vividly, I was scrolling through Instagram and found a post from a guy who had taken Ayahuasca.

What drew me in was how he described it as “This is what it isn’t…” and “This is what it is…” I loved the unfiltered, authentic vulnerability he shared without taking away from his experience or sharing the depth of what he went through. On the last slide, he shared the center where he went, and it was the Arkana Spiritual Center.

From there, I began to delve deeper into who they were, the retreats they offered, and inquired further about my curiosity regarding the plant medicine. Arkana even provides a free Ayahuasca Guide for those scrolling on their website. I downloaded it, read through it, and even forwarded it to my mom so she had a better understanding as to why I felt called to work with the plant medicine. I immediately connected to the jungle retreat in the Amazon – working with the Shipibo tribe, where the medicine has been used for centuries, felt extremely sacred.

A few weeks later, I took the plunge and put my deposit down. I decided I wanted to go during the week of my 31st birthday, in honor of rebirthing oneself. I felt the call to honor the commitment I made by strictly following the dieta guide Arkana provided. I started the process by working with facing my shadow, practicing meditation, getting back into yoga, going to sound baths, and connecting with Mother Earth. I even began to cut out a lot of the unhealthy, toxic food and beverages before the designated timeframe they provided. I truly was ready and committed to honoring the medicine, as I felt instinctively called to do.

A week prior to the retreat, I had a dream about a boa constrictor snake wrapped around my left ankle, while another snake bit my right hand in between my thumb and index finger. Mother Ayahuasca was already working through me. It was powerful, beautiful, and I did not fear it whatsoever.

Upon arriving at the center, we were greeted with cucumber water, a cold towel, and a welcoming ceremony of all the workers, children, and shamans. The female children danced their way over to us to join in. I felt my inner child immediately light up with joy and a sense of belonging.

Every moment spent at Arkana was a breath of new life force entering my mind, body, and soul. From the delicious food to the clean facilities, to the facilitator’s consistent guidance and the Shaman’s powerful energy, the center is truly a place for those to retreat and heal. I also enjoyed our daily excursions to Monkey Island, Libertad village, sloth sightings, cayman tour, and the boat rides along the Amazon River.

I also committed to taking the Bufo Sapo, which opened other doors of profound insights and clarity for me as well. The medicine was everything and more, Mother Ayahuasca was with me every step of the way. Through guidance, faith, and trust, I worked through a lot of my PTSD, addiction, and mental health issues.

Now, I am in the integration stage, and Arkana provided a guide to help me refer to as I continue the healing process. We also have our WhatsApp group to communicate with the other guests and do weekly check-ins. I love having a sense of community that has seen all of me, for me.

Overall, I could not have asked for more. I have already looked at going to other Arkana centers for additional healing. I am dedicated to connecting even deeper with the transformations that have taken place. Thank you, Arkana, for awakening my fearless authenticity and pushing me forward onto a path where I can commit myself fully to leading a life of love and light for myself and others.
tifflou
April 29, 2025 at 5:35 pm

I attended the 7 day retreat at Arkana in the Sacred Valley and I can’t say enough beautiful things about the whole experience. I felt safe, understood, comfortable, and open from the moment I met Bob at the hotel to take us all there. The food was absolutely amazing. The staff were so kind, genuine, and talented. The music they each played in ceremonies was incredible. The shamans we had is hard to put into words- but pure gifts and guides. I am so grateful for every one there, the beauty of the space and atmosphere to each individual and how organized and, supportive and professional. I truly look forward to going back to continue this journey of healing and discovery.