Welcome! Below is our upcoming schedule;
*We have also made the decision to offer an optional third night of ceremony at all of our retreats- this is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your experience with the medicine, and call in more celebration and light into your life.*
2026 New York Retreats
April 24th-26th (optional third night available)
May 8th-10th (optional third night available)
May 29th-31st (optional third night available)
Celebrating Summer Solstice Retreat
June 19th-22nd
*Throughout human history, the Solstice and Equinox times have been celebrated by many cultures and peoples around the world. This time is an opening of our world both physically and energetically. This portal provides to us a unique yet powerful opportunity for deep spiritual healing.*
Our next Integration Call will be offered on March 29th, at 7 PM. Here, we discuss Plant Medicine, spirituality, and personal development. Please message us for the link- all are welcome to come and join us!
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Our mission is to provide a safe, honest and sincere space for people of all walks of life to come and heal. We believe in the combined power of plant medicine, community and emotional vulnerability. These key elements are the fertile soil for beautiful transformation to occur in our lives!
Maharani Medicine first opened its doors in 2018– since then, we have served at over 110 retreats. We are proud to be a culturally diverse hub for seekers of all kinds. We are honored to be of service to anyone with a desire to grow, learn and heal regardless of background, age or creed.
Here are some things that set us apart from other groups:
Our Retreats are for you if…
We are a “mobile ministry”. This means that we split our time between Upstate New York and the high desert of Arizona. We feel the call to be in service to both sides of this country. We also hope to someday soon travel to other states and offer our retreats in more locations.
In Arizona, we are hosted by community members on their properties. For our New York offerings, we have a beautiful property in the woods that we hold our retreats in. Because we host small retreats, we don’t have the need to have a large retreat center. This means that our accommodations are humble and communally shared.
For more information on our ceremonies and community visit us www.maharanimedicine.com
Please message us if you’d like more information about our retreats or upcoming schedule. We are always available to talk about this work if you have any questions. Thanks so much for reading and many blessings!
Our vision is to become compassionate, pure, healthy, and unconditionally loving people. Through prayer, meditation and the foundational support of our ancestors and their medicines, we humbly walk this path.
In a world shrouded by illusion, our Medicine bursts through the shadows as a shining light. We call upon the guidance of our sacred plant teachers to shed hardened layers around our heart built by the suffering we have endured.
Through dance and song, we shatter resistance keeping us from a righteous and all pervading Spiritual Relationship with life. Our ancient Amazonian Medicine combined with communal celebration yields profound healing for our selves and the entire planet.
We strongly believe in the Great Spirit that dwells within all living beings. This Spirit is alive, deeply caring and calling us home to the Present Moment. We embrace all religions and creeds. All roads lead to the same One, loving and ever-present Being.
Our Mission is to provide a sacred container, as well as education and support for those who are called to Plant Medicine. Ceremony is a state of mind that can embraced every single moment of our lives. We seek to help others cultivate this way of being through integrating spiritual experience.
We also believe that human connection is a powerful gateway to the soul. Maharani Medicine offers a community space for all people to share and grow.
We honor ourselves by truly integrating our Plant Medicine journeys. In choosing to remember Love on the daily, we help the world heal. It is our prayer that we can support people, whether they are preparing for ceremony, sitting in ceremony or integrating afterward. We want every person we meet to thrive and find great internal success. We invite you to join us!
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jmarche
October 26, 2023 at 10:54 pmI feel so grateful that I was connected to Eliana in my search for an Ayahuasca facilitator, I went into this experience as a first timer pretty blind. I only knew of a few friends who had used Ayahuasca, and it seemed like this hidden world trying to find someone. I flew to Phoenix for this ceremony and I can say that Eliana was extremely sensitive and helpful and understanding and connected me with one of her facilitators to hold my hand on the way up to the ceremony.
I come from 25 years of facilitating personal growth workshops and have led 1000s of people through transformational experiences (without any medicine/drug). And, I’ve seen the world of instagram shamans that felt less than authentic to me so I was a little bit skeptical going in, and, and I was very impressed with this group. The instructions that were given were extremely helpful for the preparation (dieta) and the context set in our integration circles was also very enlightening. I imagine many people could take this medicine without a lot of direction or intention, and come away with either a bad experience or a high experience, given how intense it can be (and was for me). Eliana and Austin (the two head facilitators) gave excellent perspectives about the use of this medicine, what it can possibly do for us, and the work we would need to put in to help make that happen. It’s not doing a drug to escape my pain, but going into my deepest hidden places and loving those parts of me, getting to the core of who I am – light and love – and clearing away the gunk that is not that. While they are not psychologists (I am a counselor/coach), they have an excellent understanding of shadow work and it’s importance to healing.
Through the experience I felt incredibly loved and cared for; I knew I was not alone and at any time could ask for help, and did often. Taking Ayahuasca was terrifying and also so g*damn beautiful, and knowing I was not alone and having the intention that I worked hard to create really helped. We had 4 additional facilitators who gave excellent words of wisdom through the experience while they were tending to our physical well-being; I never felt judged (an issue for me in past workshops), only supported and guided.
Eli and Austin are down-to-earth, practical guides; no spiritual woo-woo here. And, the music was just absolutely incredible, both the curated playlist, and Eliana’s singing. It was like a divine voice sent to give me the messages I needed through the whole experience.
Thank you so much Maharani Medicine Circles for holding space and co-creating this magnificent experience.
And thank you to Prem Vidu for the integration and intention creating support.
soulofksmith
October 3, 2023 at 10:59 amBe the emptiness , there you will find bliss.
This is the founding insight that came to me during our second night of ceremony while contemplating the nature of the ego. Words can’t fully capture the level of gratitude and pure joy felt in my heart space during and after our ceremony. This was my first time sitting with Ayahuasa, and the facilitators (Eliana, Austin, Bex and Peter) created such a loving and supportive space that allowed us to be vulnerable, and have the courage to go deep into the healing process happening within our physical, energetic and emotional bodies. Their soothing and soulful music performance carried us to other realms, gently encouraging our spirits to dance and mingle with the essence of life itself. Every note played seemed to whisper secrets of the universe into our souls, embedding us with ancient wisdom and sublime tranquility.
The ambiance of the retreat space was intentionally designed to foster serenity and encourage receptivity to the process. Surrounded by the silent whispers of the ancient ponderosa trees and the radiant energy of the full moon during the equinox, the environment contributed to a mystical experience and sacred space where healing could unfold organically. Eliana, Austin, Bex, and Peter were not just facilitators; they were companions and guides on this enigmatic journey. Their presence was a steady beacon of support and love.
One’s experience with Ayahuasca largely depends on the individual’s openness and readiness to embrace change, willingness to be vulnerable and acceptance whatever comes up, and not run away from the discomfort or scary dark nature of ourselves. The retreat was a profound healing, humbling and life-altering experience that has left an indelible mark on my spirit. The insights that came to me during those sacred moments continue to reverberate through me. Sitting in ceremony with Eliana and Austin offers an unparalleled opportunity to dissolve the illusionary boundaries of the self and connect deeply with the unfathomable well of cosmic consciousness. With a heart full of gratitude and a wellspring of love, I highly recommend this transformative experience to all spiritual seekers and curious souls.
With eternal love,
Kendall
malitskytj
September 27, 2023 at 10:27 pmI sat for my first 3 weekend ceremonies with Eliana and her Team and I cannot say enough about how beautiful and transformative her set, setting, and ability to partner with the medicine(s) are! On top of that are her musical talents which are amazingly beautiful on their own, but absolutely mind-blowing under medicine. Her voice is angelic and has a life of its own, hitting notes and pitches that are just perfectly timed with elements of the journey.
Eliana offers a nice (and always voluntary) set of complimentary medicines that are in perfect harmony with Grandmother, too.
Eliana holds and carries the medicine with absolute reverence. She is super respectful of the medicines! She is also super humble and claims the medicine does her own work and Eliana is simply a carrier. I respectfully dis-agree and believe the Spirit of the carrier/provider is a vital Partner to the Spirit of the Medicine. Eliana is the Connection.
Eliana provides “quite-group” time at the end of each journey to reflect and share on some deep emotional issue – super hard and super cathartic, super healing. Then she might have some fun with Tool to close ceremony on a high, happy, super-charged note.
Sit with Eliana and her Team. You will not be sorry you did!
Love, Tom
elivc
September 27, 2023 at 10:23 amI found Eliana when I felt so lost in life and along with her I also found a family, a safe place where I can open up with no judgment and a path full of love to grow and heal. I found my strength and a whole new perspective. Maharani Medicine is a safe place all around. Safe to open up your heart, soul and mind. Safe place to let go with no worries of the world out there and the world within you. And a safe place for
You cell and your car keys too. Love you Eli. Love you all.
Kora
September 26, 2023 at 2:59 pmThis place saved my life. Full stop. I’ve been parts of a few different spiritual groups and there’s some so beautifully genuine about this space. I don’t believe Healing is the process it us commonly made out to be. Healing is gritty, its beautiful, its humble, it’s sacred and MMC captures that perfectly. This isn’t a space for spiritual bypassing or spiritual egos but a place for truth, community and love. When I first came to this space I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue living and was leading myself down a path to death. A path I have seen loved ones go down many times and actually had a friend pass away from drug use the same week I first came. I made 3 major commitments to myself that weekend. I want to live. I will turn to God to make decisions for me as my own do not serve me. Finally that I will respect all plant spirits.
These three vows have led me to be truly reborn. Sitting with grandmother in this space has taught me so much. I am in continual overflowing gratitude for the medicine the space and last but not least the beautiful team led by Eliana. The people I have met throughout this are lifelong brothers and sisters. From someone who has never felt home with his family this has meant the world.
Specifically speaking on Eliana she is a true embodiment of this medicine. Her voice has lead me through so many period of intense release and beautiful pain. I find that every ceremony at the lighthouse there’s at least a few minutes during ceremony where I look at her in true awe and gratitude. Not from a place of ego but because there is truly a otherworldly quality to the way she flows through ceremony.
This is home, this is family, this is healing and this is sacred