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Maharani Medicine Circles

Ithaca, New York

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 

August 28th-30th (Third night available)

  1. September 25th-27th (Third night available)

Our next Integration Call will be offered in August, 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!

Please e-mail us for more information.

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, Umbanda,  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 140 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. Working closely with our teachers in Hawaii and Brazil we provide a space of tradition but also flexibility to suit the needs of every person and group that we serve. We humbly walk this path as students of life, seekers of change, and owners of our actions.

Here are some things that set us apart from other groups:

  • Our groups are ALWAYS intimate & small. We will never serve a group larger than ten people. This fosters a sense of community between participants & staff, creating a safe, familial atmosphere.
  • We keep a supportive staff-to-participant ratio so we can all feel fully supported in this intense journey. We strive to have 3-4 facilitators on board in addition to our Medicine Leaders. Our team members are humble volunteers with ample personal experience with plant medicine. Each facilitator brings their own unique abilities to retreats.
  • Our medicine is brewed with love, prayer, tradition and integrity, sourcing high quality materials from sustainable sources from Central America. All of our medicines are sent from our teachers in Brazil and Hawaii.
  • The most important part of any medicine experience is Integration. Integration means applying the lessons learned during ceremony to everyday life. Integration is what separates recreational use of medicines from ceremonial & intentional use! It is very important we honor ourselves and our medicines in this way. We offer multiple integration circles, one on one sessions during the weekend and also provide supportive resources for our participants when they go home.
  • Our Guides have been taught how to activate and amplify the Medicine through presence and music.  Many Plant Medicine traditions suggest that music is the vessel which carries the ceremonial energy. The music harmonizes with the medicine and serves as a “Lighthouse” that helps each participant navigate their internal shadows & light alike, and to call upon our allies both in nature and in spirit to assist us in our development. The music serves as a compass to bring us back our hearts. Whether it be traditional pontos, the call of the flute or powerful icaros (medicine songs), the music, prayer, and spirits will be an ally to those who are present with their transformation. 
  • We are officially non-profit & church. Spirituality is very important to us, but we will never be dogmatic in our beliefs. While our ceremonies are spiritually based, they are very universalist as well. Folks with secular beliefs will not have issues connecting to the ceremony experience.
  • It can feel extremely overwhelming to find the right practitioner, modality or healing space when we live in such a fast-paced world. We are happy to provide a simple, organic and humble space where you can just be yourself. We believe that everyone is a student in this space— we are all apart of the same universal chain of interconnectedness! We hope you will join us in this incredible opportunity to unravel & remember who we truly are.

Our Retreats are for you if…

  • You are looking for a retreat that is not overwhelming in size (2-10 participants)
  • You are seeking a supportive community to connect with in the long-term— Whether it be for integration, friendship, spirituality or medicinal purposes!
  • You are unable to travel to South America or commit to a longer term retreat.
  • You feel a profound urge to become a better human, work on trauma, process challenging emotions, foster a deeper connection with Nature or expand your relationship with Spirit/Source/The Universe.

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.

For our New York offerings, we have a beautiful property in the woods that we hold our retreats in. We are blessed with 60 acres of forest land, with hiking trails, waterfalls and a large pond. It is completely remote, and a perfect opportunity to give yourself to solitude.  Because we host small retreats, we are able to offer a tenderness and care that births an intimacy of relationship. The better we know you the more we can curate the experience to your needs and ultimately the more you will get out of the experience.

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!

Vision Statement

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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  • juliarcferreira
    May 2, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    I’m Brazilian and when I arrived in the United States I looked for a place where I could continue sitting with the medicine! I met Eliana and from the beginning she was very welcoming, introducing herself to us via video call and talking a little so that we could get to know each other better this create a safer atmosphere, since when we consecrate the mother Ayahuasca, we make ourselves vulnerable and being with strangers at this time can be difficult. I participated in some of Eliana’s ceremonies and I definitely recognize that she has a particular and profound way of guiding us through our experiences, with a lot of respect and care, in a fun way too. She creates a space where you are welcomed like family, where you will feel safe to open up and will feel nothing but love! The music she performs is touching and you can feel her spiritual connection, and this, in the ceremonies feels like she hold your hands and show the way to a better world. I definitely recommend her! Her work is so powerful that makes difficult to put in words, so it’s a MUST you book a experience with her and feel it with your own heart.

  • Catie N
    May 2, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    My first time sitting was with Eliana and her circle of angels. I am forever grateful for the deeply supportive space that was held for me through my process. My initial journey was very intense and Eliana and her guardians provided the highest level of acceptance, comfort, safety, and guidance that I could have asked for. Eliana has an intimate connection with the sacred plants. The more I sit with the medicine the more clearly I see how humbly and knowledgeably she holds and shares the wisdom. I’ve now sat with many circles, including traditional ceremonies with tribes from the Amazon, and while all are beautiful in their unique ways, I will always return back to my first experience with deep reverence for how the spirit of the medicine was honored and offered in Eliana’s container. Knowing there are many people and places out there dishonoring the medicine and putting people at risk, I feel so blessed to have found Maharani Medicine Circle when stepping onto this path. Lastly but definitely not least——Eliana’s gift for music is deserving of all caps—ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. To this day, the most healing, transformational, heart-opening, soul awakening musical experience of my life! Her music is a key to the many locks we have throughout our being. Her songs call us forward, call us higher, guide us through the darkness and remind us of our power, our light and our truest nature. With all my heart, thank you. Haux Haux.

  • aj2023
    February 27, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    I can’t even begin to describe the healing I felt, sitting with Eliana, Austin, and the team of facilitators. They offer an inviting and safe environment to grow and heal from our traumas in a way I never thought possible. The integration circles and use of different medicines, along with the amazing music performed by Eliana and her team throughout the ceremony really provided the atmosphere everyone should be looking for in these kinds of ceremonies. Additionally, the small groups make it easy to quickly build new friendships that I feel will last a lifetime. I can’t thank them enough for the work they do and I will definitely be back to continue on my journey of healing and growth.

  • madlove
    January 23, 2023 at 11:14 pm

    This space, this community, this medicine – saved my life. I was called to Ayahuasca after painful years of battling with mental illness. I tried inpatient and outpatient therapy, a cocktail of different antidepressants and anxiety meds, I even sought out one of the leading researchers of trauma, and yet I was not getting better – almost worse. And divine intervention brought me to Eliana, and I could not be more grateful. Sitting in ceremony changed my life over night. I saw how deeply loved I am. I was embraced and cradled by grandmother Aya and I have never felt more safe and at home. Since attending Ayahuasca, I have found mental stability, peace & harmony, and a life that I truly adore.

    Eliana has this way about her that makes you feel like family the second you meet her. She truly is a healer, a guider of light. She was able to provide me reassurance as I ventured into this journey and then she watches over you, letting your journey unfold as it needs to. She taught me how to be brave, how to be a true warrior. And of course, she has the voice of angel. Her music dances in your cells and resonates deep in your heart.

    I went back to Maharani Medicine Circle after I recently lost my dad and the space she created allowed me to grieve and feel unapologetically. Eliana and the community she attracts allows you to be your most authentic self. To get out of the head and tap into the heart. This medicine is powerful and with Eliana, it is in the right hands. If you’re curious about plant medicine, about discovering your truth, about exploring the cosmos, this is the place to do it.

    Finding Maharani Medicine Circle is one of my deepest blessings in this lifetime. I hope you find it too 🙂

  • AriaDawn
    January 20, 2023 at 12:36 pm

    I have had profound experiences sitting with Maharani Medicine Circles. They hold a strong and gentle container, making one feel safe to let go and surrender to the experience. I felt trust and connection, with the perfect mix of quiet and music, guidance and allowing. I highly recommend MMC to anyone considering sitting in ceremony. It was, above all, a sacred experience which has truly changed my life.

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