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!
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Moondancer
August 13, 2016 at 5:14 amI highly recommend Lotus Vine Journeys to anyone feeling the call of the Sacred Medicine. The retreats are unique, merging two powerful traditions: Amazonian Shamanism and Buddhism. Emphasis on meditation, Dharma teachings, yoga and working closely with authentic indigenous Shipibo shamans, makes the retreats exceptional.
The facilitators/founders have years of experience with the Medicine, and Spring is an amazing well known Dharma teacher, they give all their love, experience, care and attention to every person involved in the retreat: the participants, healers and the hotel staff; they truly care for everyone, and hold a sacred and safe space that allows you to go deeper into your healing process.
The Maestros are beautiful and powerful, always happy to share knowledge about their culture and plant medicine.
Lotus Vine retreats are held in an amazing resort, the best accommodation you can get: comfortable rooms, hot showers, pools… all in the most astonishing jungle! The food is amazing! Fresh organic foods, handmade, mostly vegan and gluten free, everything prepared with care. Being in a very comfortable place makes it easier for people to let their worries go and focus on their healing.
Besides staying in a beautiful place with beautiful and caring people, the most important part is the deep healing that you will receive at Lotus Vine Journeys. Working with Mother Ayahuasca in a supportive environment, with experienced and loving people, with a holistic approach into the healing journey makes a big difference. If you are thinking about meeting Mother Ayahuasca, Lotus Vine is the place for you.
gohigher
August 11, 2016 at 1:44 amI can honestly say that between the facilitators, the maestro, and the medicine you will be in good hands. The accommodations and staff at Puma Rinri are great as well.
I would highly recommend Lotus Vine. Spring and Janette bring years of experience and will help you get to where you want to be.
Peace and Luv,
GoHigher
Bluenote
August 10, 2016 at 10:55 pmLotus Vine Journeys provided an opportunity for me to experience some aspects of Self Exploration that exceeded all of my notions and expectations. I was thoroughly impressed by the warm Staff, the teachers and especially Spring Washam’ who really made me feel at home. The location, scenery, food and accommodations were all great.
I would highly recommend Lotus Vine Journeys to those who’ve been on the fence about making the trip. You won’t regret going 🙂
universe1
August 10, 2016 at 10:52 pmThe most amazing accommodations out of any retreat. If I could put 10 stars I would. Guarantied you will not find another retreat like this on the planet The facilitators know how to really care for each individual on a personal level. I can say it was a 5 star hotel in the jungle with the added bonuses of a retreat, hot showers, boat rides, natural pool, pool, air conditioning, maid services, jungle at your fingertips with of course the amazon river a few steps away.
RobertV
August 10, 2016 at 10:35 pmLotus Vine Journeys is a gift to humanity. I have sat in a total of 8 different medicine circles over the years, and without a doubt I can say that Lotus Vine is a first class circle full of love, safety, integrity and wisdom. Coming to a Peru to do an Ayahuasca retreat can be a challenging step in one’s path. Fortunately for those coming to Lotus Vine, it’s buffered by a 4 star eco-lodge with incredible views, delicious food, and loving beings. The group of people I met rapidly transformed from strangers into family. It brings joy to my heart to think about the amount of love, healing and transformation my amazing LotusVine Family experienced over the course of 2 weeks.
The medicine that we were drinking was very potent, sourced from the Shipibo Shaman that we were working with, who lives in the Pucallpa region of Peru. This was my first time sitting with a Shipibo Shaman, and what is said about them being doctors of the energy body is an accurate description. I had some of the most powerful and transformative ceremonies of my life during those 14 days. There were some ceremonies that felt as if my psyche were put in a Vitamix, and others where I found levels of forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, and physical healing I did not know were possible.
The facilitators and Shamans were top notch. Spring is one of the best Dharma teachers I have ever had the pleasure to connect with. Her ability to weave Dharma teachings with the Shamanic perspective and provide a framework with which to enter the medicine journey is such a blessing. I fondly think of her as the Harriet Tubman of the Medicine Path, helping each individual uniquely move from darkness into light. She was an incredible facilitator pre, post, and during ceremony. Each night immediately prior to ceremony we had a one-hour session of guided and silent meditation, along with Dharma teachings helping us to prepare for ceremony. Each morning after ceremony we had integration circles. There were meditations, yoga asana, group process work, floral baths, and group outings spread throughout the 2 weeks as well. And yes, you do manage to find enough time to rest. Though there is an incredible amount of love to be experienced at Lotus Vine, for me it was the tools that I gained to enter my shadow and bring love and light into the dark recesses of my heart, body, mind and soul that I most value and will take with me for years to come. Blessings to you on your path dear reader. May your journey towards the lotus and the vine bring you much love and healing.