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Dreamglade: A Shamanic Sanctuary in the Peruvian Amazon
Nestled on the shores of a tranquil lake in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, Dreamglade is a beautiful healing center located just one hour from Iquitos. We provide a safe and supportive environment for profound personal transformation through traditional Amazonian practices.
Under the expert guidance of our resident Shipibo curanderos, Maestros Raul Buenapico and Dominga Nunta, we offer authentic Ayahuasca ceremonies and master plant dietas.
Your healing journey is supported by complementary therapies including yoga, breathwork, and a natural sauna.
Our All-Inclusive Retreat
We offer an all-inclusive stay at a reasonable daily rate.
Your retreat includes:
- Comfortable Transfer: Complimentary 4×4 transportation to and from Iquitos.
- Authentic Ceremonies: Three Ayahuasca ceremonies per week, with an intimate group size of 9-10 guests.
- Traditional Healing: Individual sessions with our shamans, plant/flower baths
- Master Plant Dietas: Supervised dietary immersions with master plants.
- Supportive Therapies: Yoga – breathwork classes and a natural sweat lodge (2-3 times weekly).
- Comfortable Accommodation: Lakeside lodging, modern bathrooms, and rest areas.
- Laundry Facilities: A designated area with supplies for guests to do their laundry.
- Nourishment: All meals are provided.
- Guidance: Ongoing counseling and Spanish/English translation.
- Amenities: An extensive library, complimentary mapachos (natural tobacco), a swimming lake, and jungle walks.
- Additional Services (Available at an Extra Cost)
- Cacao Ceremony
- Reiki
- Kambo
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August 22, 2015 at 12:00 amI will be forever grateful for the time I spent at dreamglade. Stace and Drew are two of the most loving teachers I have ever met, and I consider them friends. I could go for days about the visions I witnessed, but what i’d rather do instead is say how I have been able to incorporate the lessons I learned from ayahausca and the facilitators at dreamglade. Aya taught me that I can do anything so long as I incrementally stack the odds in life in my favor. Yes, i’ve struggled since coming back to american society, but what i’ve noticed is that since the slate has been cleaned everything is now on a system of trial and error. Hardships occur, but my intuition doesn’t reside in a frozen prison anymore. I hear what it has to say and mostly listen to it. Sometimes the ego gets a win or two, but I now know and feel my higher self beckoning me at every turn.
Drew uses a simple yet wonderful analogy of shining your light as you would a flashlight on a dark corner that has yet to reveal it’s contents and how life has so many uncertainties, but so long as we’re rooted in ourselves, we too can enact our beings as a flashlight of sorts so that we can intuitively traverse obstacles and note the splendors the universe provides to us.
Stace lends himself in a way that promotes independence. I was always intrigued by his demeanor, because he isn’t incredibly transparent. I quickly learned to listen to he had to say, because ultimately he would throw the ball back into my court, but do it in such a way that I was able to critically think about what I was wrestling with and how I could meditate on it from within rather than outsourcing for answers or affirmation. Needless to say, our conversations were some of the best and have helped me to realize I am my own rock.
Estella.. oh Estella. A mighty and powerful woman. A stoic at times, and then you’d catch a half smile occasionally and maybe a full on laugh on occasion if you were lucky 🙂 Her icaros are beautiful. She steers the course of the session and infuses so much love and positivity into the process. Shit does get real in that maloka sometimes. Know this. Estella will chew the bad up, spit it into oblivion, puff a mapacho, and do it all over again. She is a loving, kind, resilient curandero who will go to battle for you.
I have a lot of work to do, but what’s different now is I have a love for the process that will take me where I need to go.
Namaste,
my friends, my family.
guy.ogilvy
August 19, 2015 at 12:00 amI can’t believe it has been 15 months since I spent a truly magical and memorable night at Dreamglade. So high time I shared something of my experience. The Shipibo shaman Isabel was the third aya shaman I have worked with and I felt very confident of her deep connection with the medicine and her ability to hold the space. Her icaros were amazing and I really liked her. I even went to visit her home upriver a few days later. Stace was very connected and attentive throughout and I took a real shine to him. A really excellent dude with a great story. I admire his commitment to his vision for Dreamglade, which was barely finished when I was there, but already beautiful – a stunning molucca with a lovely lake reflecting the Southern stars. Thank you Stace. I wish you all the very best. Good medicine.
apuri123
August 10, 2015 at 12:00 amHi, Not sure where to begin or how to condense such a place into a fewof paragraphs.
At first I was very worried about booking my ayahuasca experience, but when I found everything falling into place around the booking I knew that nature was calling me and I had to do it.
The place has a strong vibe to it and can be overwhelming, I nearly decided to pack my stuff and leave after the first night and ceremony, but Stacey, Drew and the people around me convinced me to work through the issues I had. I sincerely thank them for this, as although it was tough at times, I have come away with a beautifull experience and much clearer picture of the work I need to do on myself.
From my time there you could feel that Stacy (The owner) has thought hard about the experience and the plant when designing and builing this place. Everything has its place and purpose and you can feel how things have been stripped back to just the neccessities. After the first ceremony I could tell that this place has not been created for the money. From the moment you get into his pick up truck you can feel you are in safe hands, although it must be said that his pickup really needs an upgrade!
Drew (The best man 😉 ) is a tremendous companion to have at dreamglad and I wish him all the best in what he does. He has strength, power and knowledge beyond what you can imagine to help you through the shit you gotta deal with.
Estella (Guiding shaman) is a fantastic healer and I know I only saw the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her healing capabilities. Her singing is profound, guiding and all the things you need it to be during a ceremony. Her artwork, bracelets and necklaces are beautifull as well and help to remember the experience.
The food was delicious and I am currently undergoing severe plantain withdrawl symptoms haha!! But in all seriousness the food is nutritious and true to the dieta required for Ayahuasca. Soupa or oats wih fresh fruit in the morning and the rice beans, salad and eggs for lunch and dinner… I can feel my stomach rumbling remembering it.
The animals are also great, the dogs being mans best friend and the cats cute clawing and sneakyness as well.
The 3 day routine is a neccessity in my humble opinion as you really do need a days rest inbetween the ceremonies to fully take in the learning and knowledge. I found myself looking forward to the weekend, as it is a break well deserved after the work you have done.
In summary I feel spiritually cleansed and let go of alot of the useless baggage I was carrying and allowing it to go down the drain. I feel I have also gained a huge shortcut in my spiritual learning and gained years of ancient knowledge.
I must warm against people going to “see cool shit” or “have fun in the jungle” as you will be dissapointed and taught a lesson by mother aya. However if you feel a calling from nature for healing or knowledge I highly reccomend you visiting Dreamglade, you will gain more than any price tag could represent.
Love and unity, Arjun.
huffa
July 21, 2015 at 12:00 amDreamglade is amazing. Drew and Stacy are trustworthy, kind, professional, knowledgable, and fun. I hope to go back one day (although these retreats are so intense its hard to imagine doing a repeat for a long time).
I got what I came for, and would whole heartedly recommend dream glade to anyone and everyone seeking a safe place to work through their baggage or simply experience ayahuasca. And no matter what you come for, you’ll probably get what you need.
gunsgermssteel
July 10, 2015 at 12:00 amMy experience at Dreamglade was everything I’d hoped for and a little bit more!
The location is beautiful, the staff are nothing short of inspirational and the ceremonies were the most eye opening experiences of my life. Stace, Drew and Estela are the core team and having had the chance to speak with all 3 on a personal level can honestly say I believe they are as nice as people can get. While I tried not to be a pain I’m a very fussy eater, the team noticed this and went out of their way to cook around my preferences and made sure I stayed fed.
The ceremonies were probably the most eye open experiences of my life, I saw myself objectively for the first time and could appreciate the good things about myself but could no longer deny the things I’d been lying to myself about. I felt absolute peace and love that was beyond anything I’ve experienced before or since. I had prepared questions for my experiences and while I didn’t always get the answers I was looking for I definitely got a lot of information that I needed.
The other people staying during my visit (including Stace’s mum Patsi) were some of the nicest, humble and honest people I’ve ever met and helped to make my stay at Dreamglade an experience that will stay with me forever.
My expectations of Ayahuasca were somewhat different than my actual experiences, I had naively expected some grand epiphany and instant enlightenment. That didn’t happen but the reality is almost as impressive, I had opened up emotionally in ways that I just could not before, several problems that had weighed on me for years became clear and solvable and I felt reinvigorated to work at life. I think I prefer that to instant epiphany – it gives me a reason to go back to Dreamglade 😉