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Lotus Vine Journeys

Name: Lotus Vine Journeys
Rating: 5

Tarapoto, Peru

5.0 (55 reviews)

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Lotus Vine Journeys represents a fusion of two powerful ancient traditions, the Buddhist Lotus and the Ayahuasca Vine. By combining plant spirit medicine with heart-focused practices, we believe our retreats offer a genuine way to accelerate your healing and awakening process. We offer full immersion,14 -day Ayahuasca retreats that include daily yoga, Buddhist meditation practices and 8 ceremonies led by our beautiful Shipibo Maestro.

The core of our work is deeply healing, transformative and life changing. We provide safe and nurturing retreats where our guests can comfortably experience the healing powers of Ayahuasca in its traditional Amazonian setting. We also explore the ancient wisdom of the dharma and Buddhist based psychology throughout the retreat. We provide a loving and dedicated team of staff so that each guest can receive an accelerated spiritual, emotional, mental and physical cleanse of their entire system. It is the teachings of the Buddha that provides Lotus Vine Journeys with the ethical grounding and overall framework for each retreat. Both the founders and the facilitators have years of experience with Buddhist based principles and meditation teachings.

We base our retreats on the outskirts of Tarapoto, Peruat the Puma Rinri Amazon Lodge. It’s an award winning, eco-lodge located one hour from Lima by plane. It’s an area of true ecological and geographical beauty in the mountain rainforest that flow into the Amazon. This spectacular region offers stunning views, waterfalls, breezes and colorful sunsets. Our beautiful location provides unsurpassed levels of comfort for a jungle experience. We offer luxuries more typical of a hotel environment. It’s truly the best of both worlds!

Reviews (55)

5.0 out of 5

Overall 5.0

LotusVineAttendee
May 6, 2018 at 1:29 pm

I participated in the Lotus Vine Journeys 14-day April 2018 retreat. Wow. Spring Washam is a true force of nature. I rate Lotus Vine Journeys and their 14-day retreat five stars for a number of reasons.

1. Concept: the thoughtful fusing of Yoga, Vipassana mindfullness / insight meditation with the the ancient South American indigenous healing of Ayahuasca into one intense, coherent 14-day program builds upon and extends the strength of each of those practices. The “check your devices at the door” digital cleanse policy created an undistracted focus on the process and point of the retreat.

2. Leadership: led by Spring Washam, assisted by Maestro Adrianno, Janeth Jaramillo Lafuente and Yugo Feather the retreat leadership team functioned as one seamless whole. Together they provided one of the (least mentioned but in practice) most important dimensions of a successful Ayahuasca retreat: a pervasive support leading to a sense of unwavering emotional and spiritual safety. And fun. While the task at hand was always on the individual and collective transformation process of participants, the measured light-heartedness of the leadership team meant we always had laughs when we needed them.

3. Location: Puma Rinri Lodge represents the perfect balance of remote, deep-nature wonder with creature comfort, safety and support. The sound and feel of Huallaga river endlessly flowing by surrounds you with a sense of connectedness to the power and beauty of nature. The staff are at once attentive and unobtrusive, there solely to make your stay easy and enjoyable.

4. Participants: the biggest unadvertised benefit of this program is you end up with a new, loving, supportive family from all over the world. Our retreat included a Stanford educated attorney, an Alvin Ailey dancer-turned author, yoga and meditation instructor, a Dutch businessman based in Dubai, creative director from one of the top 5 tech companies, a Sydney Australia-based businessman who sold his business to start a new chapter of his life (*with a bang* through Lotus Vine Journeys), a banking industry consultant from Switzerland, a Psychotherapist from Missouri (US), a software development director at an environmental non-profit in Oakland, a nurse, a socially-responsible investment consultant, a renown spiritual author with a half-dozen published books to his credit—just to name a few.

5. Results: To call this experience “life changing” feels like an understatement. Initially daunting, walking into a program of 14 days and 8 ceremonies feels like a big hill to climb. But it was over before I knew it. As I write this, having been home now just two weeks since saying good-bye to my fellow participants, I am on a new path that feels so right for me, that connects much more deeply with who I truly am. It’s clear I’ll be feeling the deeply authentic and transformative affects of this retreat for the rest of my life.
sanmueller
May 5, 2018 at 10:51 pm

Life Changing and Magical
I attended a Lotus Vine Journey retreat in April of this year at PumaRini Lodge Peru. I decided to attend after participating in a weekend meditation retreat with Spring. I would never have gone simply for the Ayahuasca experience. In fact, I was rather anxious about that and had a number of conversations with Spring and Janeth prior to going. I am an elder and for many years have not used any type of substance including alcohol. However, I am a long time meditator and was drawn to this retreat as an opportunity to experience ayahuasca as a healing plant medicine in combination with Buddhist teachings and Dharma. It was a transforming and life-changing experience. I have reconnected with my purpose and returned to my “normal “life with a new found passion. Spring, Janeth, Yugo and, of course, maestro provided a supportive yet challenging setting. They wove a web of healing and brought a group of 20 strangers together and created a family. PumaRinri Lodge is beautiful and comfortable superimposed on the wildness of the jungle on the banks of the powerful Huallaga River. The staff are welcoming, attentive, accommodating and, I would say, even loving gentle people. I have had many experiences in my life, but this has been truly life-changing and magical. Thank you seems an adequate expression, but it’s the best I have.
thatsboontoyou
December 25, 2017 at 12:51 am

I went on an ayahuasca retreat because I have PTSD, and I was hoping for healing. I am not your typical ayahuasca-seeker (I can’t even handle marijuana without having a panic attack and hadn’t ever experimented with any other drug), but I had lost patience as 10 years with the US medical system hadn’t done much to help. If you listen to me talk about how I felt taking the medicine, it might not sound like the most amazing thing…I was terrified, and I did not have fun. It was incredibly challenging. But it was also incredibly healing. I remembered some repressed memories of the trauma and can relate to them better now. I am less anxious and more grounded. I am dealing with conflict in personal relationships better now. I could not have imagined dealing with these challenging experiences with anyone other than Spring. I had already met her at a meditation retreat, and she just oozes compassion and a sense of safety. I would never have had the courage to do such powerful but difficult work with anyone else. The other facilitators were also incredible, and the accommodations were beautiful, and the rest of the schedule were well designed to support the work in ceremony. I am so glad I went, and when I’m ready for another ceremony, I will be signing up with Lotus Vine Journeys!
kiml
September 23, 2017 at 2:36 pm

Lotus Vine Journeys was an amazing experience and one that will be with me for the rest of my life. The beautiful facilities nestled in the heart of the Amazon jungle provided the perfect background for deep healing.

The facilitators and maestro were truly gifted practitioners who created a safe space for us to build community and dive into our own individual spiritual and healing practice. They were available to consult as needed, and each offered their unique gifts. The facilities were wonderful and the staff was so kind and attentive. The food was beautiful and delicious.

There was the right balance of activities (yoga, group sharing, meditation, etc.) and also time to rest and relax. I would highly recommend Lotus Vine Journeys to anyone considering an ayahuasca retreat. It exceeded my expectations.
Mehdi
September 21, 2017 at 5:13 pm

My wife and I attended the September 2017 Ayahuasca retreat at Lotus Vine Journeys and it definitely was the right decision. The setting is on the edge of the Amazon in an absolutely beautiful lodge. The ceremonies were also held in a beautiful space called the Maloca that the lodge has built for the purpose of these ceremonies. The accommodation was comfortable with the rooms having views of the river and the mountains. The food was great and the staff at the lodge very kind and courteous.
Now for the ceremonies themselves; the Maestro, Diogenes, a Shipobo shaman, was powerful but so very gentle and loving. He sang individual Icaros to each participant and they touched the heart and comforted during the times of difficulty.
Spring, the organizer and facilitator of the retreat is truly a wonderful woman and a shaman on her own right. She is so compassionate and supporting. Her dharma talks and meditation sessions were truly a help in grounding and preparing for the ceremonies. The support staff helping Spring during the ceremonies, Janeth and Allan were truly amazing people who worked out of love and caring helping people when things were heavy.
All and all we could not think of a better place to receive the medicine of Ayahuasca. We will be back again.
Thank you Meistro, Spring, Janeth and Allan.
Mehdi and Mojgan.