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Nimea Kaya Healing Center

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At the Nimea Kaya Healing Center, we are dedicated to offering traditional Ayahuasca journeys, working alongside both male and female Shipibo healers. Our Shipibo healers carry decades of wisdom and knowledge through working with master teacher plants. Through our retreats, we aim to support our guests awaken to their fullest potential by healing their bodies, minds and spirits. Our focus on health, nutrition and self-sustainability in our peaceful and eco-friendly environment lends to a deeper healing process where long lasting positive impacts are made in the lives of our guests. With over 16 years of experience leading Ayahuasca retreats, we have helped support thousands of guests from all over the world transform their lives.

Our Selva Spirit Association NGO focuses on raising the awareness in the preservation of shamanic traditions, reforestation projects as well as multiple health programs implemented in the surrounding communities.

Shamanic Retreats:

Our shamanic retreats are designed to accommodate each individual on their path of awakening and healing. We offer a series of three or four Ayahuasca ceremonies per retreat with a local Shipibo Shamans, also known as a Curandero or Maestro. Our healers have been well established in the shamanic ayahuasca practice for several decades. Our medicine is brewed with only the ayahuasca vine and chacruna leaves. Our ceremonies are facilitated with the utmost integrity and responsibility. There are always four to six of our staff members in every ceremony helping our guests through their healing journeys with the sacred medicine. Drinking the ayahuasca medicine during ceremonies allows the participants to expand their consciousness to a multi-faceted universe. Ayahuasca takes the individual through a process of cleansing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The individual journeys through a series of visions often receiving profound realizations that lead them to a place of healing, understanding and balance within themselves.

During the course of the retreat we offer facilitated group sharing and one on one counseling. Our groups are no larger than 14 people so we may accommodate a more intimate and personal setting during ceremony. Our ceremonial Maloca is very spacious, providing a comfortable environment for the profound experience. It is situated in the midst of beautiful native plants and trees where where natures orchestra graciously joins us in our sacred ceremonies.

We provide for our guests with herbal and floral baths with a unique blend of plants and flowers from the surrounding jungle after each ceremony. The plant baths help to wash away any negative energies stagnant in the body and help prepare the participant for a more profound healing with the plant medicine Ayahuasca. The invigorating and cleansing bath will help rejuvenate your spirit.

Additional Activities:

Nimea Kaya activities includes: Meet Shamans and Q&A Session, Guided Yoga and Meditation sessions, Sound Healing Sessions, Floral Plant Baths, Visionary Painting Workshop, Ceremony Integration Circles, Guided Nature Walks, Shipibo Art Market, Post Retreat Integration Workshop. Massage and additional healing therapies also offered.

Ayahuasca Integration:

At Nimea Kaya, we specialize in offering Integration Support during and after the Retreat. We also give preparation support before the retreat with a Ayahuasca Preparation Guide and on a Zoom call with the guests. All of our guests will receive a detailed and thorough Integration Guide after the retreat with many tips and recommendations on how to continue the journey forward in life with the most ease, inspiration and motivation. We also offer complimentary integrations with our team integration specialist.

Prices:

Cost for 7 Day Retreat with 3 Ceremonies – Shared Accommodation $1750, Single Private Accommodation: $2050

Cost for 9 Day Retreat with 4 Ceremonies – Shared Accommodation $1950, Single Private Accommodation: $2250

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What’s Included:

* Pre-Retreat Preparation Consultation Call
* Digital Ayahuasca Dieta Recipe Book
* Ayahuasca Preparation Guide
* Pick up and drop off from and to Pucallpa Airport
* Transportation to and from the Nimea Kaya Center
* Three or Four Ayahuasca Ceremonies with Shipibo Healers
* Q&A with Shamans before Ceremony
* Participate in Brewing Ayahuasca (Only Available in Some Retreats)
* Guided Medicinal Plant Walk
* Ceremony Integration Circles
* Continual Counseling with Facilitators
* Consultations with Shamans
* Medicinal Floral Plant Baths
* Breathwork & Meditation Classes
* Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Classes
* Sound Bath Meditation
* Nutritious Plant Based Meals
* Boat Excursion
* Shipibo Art Exhibition & Market
* High Vibe Living Class
* Farewell Celebration
* Laundry Service
* Post Retreat Integration Guide
* Post Retreat Integration Call
* Complimentary 1 on 1 Integration Sessions

Reviews (121)

5.0 out of 5

Overall 5.0

laraconvery44
August 31, 2019 at 2:47 pm

I have attended Nimea Kaya twice, February 2018 and May 2019. I am returning in December 2019 for my third retreat there. I would not even consider going anywhere else for the following reasons:

1) Safety: at NK the brew is only 2 ingredients (Aya and chakruna) which is to me the safest recipe. It is brewed by an ayahuascaro who has been doing it for many years from a lineage of people who have passed it down for hundreds of years.

2) Facilitators: At NK they have a process of hiring which requires many ceremonies as well as volunteer service prior to facilitating. I have been amazed at the quality of people chosen to facilitate. They are all knowledgeable, experienced and divinely called to the profession. The volunteers as well are always of the purest intention and beautiful souls.

3) Retreat Center: Nimea Kaya is located in Pullcalpa Peru and is on a beautiful pristine land on which they have created an eco friendly retreat center that works with the earth and not profiting off the land. It is simple, beautiful and always makes you feel like you are coming home. The staff is friendly and professional. You are immersed in the jungle, along with the animals, birds and sounds. The blue morpheus butterfly floats around you everywhere you go.

4) Ceremonies: The ceremonies are done in a sacred way with reverence and respect given to every possible aspect. The maloka is large and spacious, bathrooms very close, and tons of volunteers and facilitators so you never feel alone or not protected. My ceremonies have ALWAYS been intense and I have had some tough moments where help was immediately there and I was able to navigate because of the amazing staff. Every morning following ceremony you receive a plant bath to wash away all negativity purged the night before.

5) Shaman: There are four shaman at NK. Two for each ceremony, always a man and woman to represent the divine feminine and divine masculine. They are literally conduits of universal energy and are there for the right reasons, to aid in your healing journey. They are the opposite of the stories you hear about greedy, shady shaman. As true Shapibo Shaman, they have had the knowledge passed down for many generations and are pure in intention and soul.

6) Food: The food is just delicious. It is in alignment with the dieta, vegan and high vibe. And the banana pancakes are pretty much the best thing to ever happen to me…

7) The Healing: I have come from a long life of trauma, abuse, neglect, death, grief, anger, self sabotage etc. I did not think the healing I have received was possible. My entire life has changed and I am not sure how I lived 40 years the way that I did. I will never stop this journey because it is so worth the scary moments of a few hour ceremony. Ayahuasca is the most intelligent medicine and will heal you in ways you never imagined you needed.

Nimea Kaya is my healing center, I have never felt so safe, cared for and free to be myself. I am in love with this place and all the people I have met there.
Piotr
August 29, 2019 at 11:16 am

If you are reading this review, most likely mother Ayahuasca is calling you, and you are trying to find the best place to go and meet her.
First thing first, you need to know its safe! At least that was the word that resonated with me and made me to make that decision to go to Nimea Kaya. Friend of mine, who told me how wonderful and life changing was time spent in Nimea Kaya, she sounded wonderful, but I was afraid to leave Europe and go to the jungle, wild place on planet earth. I was very skeptical and scared. But then, she said, its SAFE. Bum, I sent my application next day. If you are like me, perhaps this review will help you make that decision.
Once you arrive, you will be welcomed by most loving souls I have ever met (at least before my experience). You will be picked up at the airport in Pucalpa and taken care of throughout the entire stay. You need to realize you going there to do hard work, if this does not make sense to you, one day it will. People you meet there, are there to do whatever is necessary to help you with the healing process and work with mother Aya. You will be in good hands and never regret your decision. I recommend Nimea Kaya from my heart, and I have been there twice 🙂 Once you there, say Hello from me. My name is Peter and if I helped you to find something you lost in you long time ago, by writing this review and make the decision, I could not be happier. Good luck!
2019 APRIL 22nd – 30th Retreat
sylwia Malinowska
August 29, 2019 at 7:10 am

I often go back to the place where I felt, understood and learned what love is. I looked at the people who make up the Nimea-Kaya who are filled with kindness. Ayahuasca healed my heart and soul, gave me freedom and a new life, every day I thank her for who I am now. I thank her that after so many years of rejection I looked at myself with pride, love and acceptance. Opening the door to the Nimea-Kaya I met extraordinary people who showed me what love for another human being is. Beautiful selfless care, support, presence, touch, eyes filled with understanding.
Candace,Lucy ,Matt ,Ezana, Jack , John,Mark , Casey I remember your every gesture, handkerchiefs given during the ceremony, presence when I was drowning in fear and confusion, adjusted pillow, smile and touch on my hand when I lost hope in whether everything I am going through makes sense or if I will have enough strength and courage to go through it and face it. You were there next to me like beautiful angels giving strength, support, acceptance and freedom because that’s what love is all about.
There, everything is love, you who create this place are the personification of what is most beautiful in human being. I am honoured and proud that I could be in this place, to be there with you.
Even the appearance of dangerous dogs, which I have always avoided as I am afraid of them, in the Nimea-Kaya I stroke and hugged giving them food with my hand …how is it possible?
The unusual shamans who accompanied us during the ceremony were with us wholeheartedly, offering us beautiful music, knowledge and experience.
They were there with us, they really were.
Kitchen that smelled of acceptance in which I felt like a little girl when I sat down with my mother at the table eating delicious food, a safe enclave in which you wanted to be and come back when the fear crushed or joy flourished in your heart.
Maloka in which the meeting with Ayahuasca took place, I can still feel its scent and the back of Maloka in which I spent all the ceremonies to go through the work that Ayahuasca had entrusted me with….. I miss this place…
This place is love.
Because it is created from the heart, thank you for teaching me this …. today I know that everything created from the heart will be as beautiful as the Nimea Kaya.
I know that I will come back to you yet I do not know when but I will be . To surrender in confidence to Ayahuasca because she knows what is best for me and in a place that is a reflection of what she teaches us.

Thank you for this place.
Sylwia <3
gwynethrose
August 24, 2019 at 9:50 am

Ayahuasca was something that I had heard of in passing before but didn’t know anything about and I didn’t pay much attention to it. It wasn’t until I happened upon a documentary about it that everything started to fall into place. I was intrigued, I knew I had healing to do, physically, mentally and spiritually. But in my busy everyday life, I had just put it on the back burner as we so often do in this western lifestyle. So, I started researching it, watching and reading testimonials, and finding out what this beautiful medicine was all about. I could feel an undeniable pull and I just knew that I was being called to experience her healing. I decided that I was going to make it happen!
That all being said, while doing all my research I also heard/read about the not so great stories of people being taken advantage of while taking Ayahuasca, how finding the right place, the right retreat, is very important. This is an unbelievably strong medicine and if you decide to work with mother Aya you want to make very sure that you are in a safe and loving environment, I can’t stress this enough. So, while looking at different retreats I came across Nimea Kaya and I instantly knew that this was the place for me. Again, it was a deep feeling, I just knew that this was it and within 3 months I was at Nimea Kaya. I attended the Retreat in February of 2019 and what a beautiful and profoundly healing retreat it was.
My intuition did me well. Nimea Kaya was everything I could have imagined and so much more. Jill was so welcoming and easy to talk to leading up to the retreat, it made the beforehand very smooth and less scary seeing as it was the first time I had worked with Ayahuasca. Upon arriving we were met with open arms and open hearts by some of the facilitators and it felt as if they were old friends, so kind and welcoming. This feeling of care and friendship carried on throughout the entire retreat. The love, care and attention that the Nimea Kaya team showed us in and out of ceremony was incredible. They were truly there to help us move through our journeys and hold space for us. I went through some particularly hard times in ceremony, as did many people, and the facilitators were there every step of the way, when it was needed, to help me navigate it all. I felt completely safe and supported the entire time. Between ceremony, integration and every interaction in between, the facilitators were there as our rocks and our guides. An incredible and authentic group of beautiful souls who truly care and want to help.
Now let’s not forget about the Shamans. One of the things I really liked about Nimea Kaya when doing my research was the fact that they held ceremony with a male and female Shaman. I liked the idea of having a balance of masculine and feminine energy. Once again, I have nothing but positive words to say. The way the Shamans carried us through ceremony, their songs, how they pulled us back when we went too far, the work they do is amazing and it was an honor to be able to sit with them and work with the medicine in this way.
I must also mention the absolutely delicious food as well as the other people joining you on this incredible journey. I met some amazing people who will be lifelong friends because of this.
Ayahuasca is a strong and beautiful medicine but also so much more than that, it is a bit hard to put it all into words. I received profound healing from Mother Aya and am so grateful to have had this experience. It is not something to be taken lightly as the highs are high but the lows can be incredibly low and painful. If you are serious about doing the work, going inward, really working through the hard stuff I completely recommend working with her. She will change your life. Everyone will have different experiences but after talking to many people who have worked with Aya the outcome seems pretty unanimous, positive and life changing. If you are ready for this Journey I wouldn’t recommend anywhere other than Nimea Kaya.
littleperegrine
August 12, 2019 at 1:49 pm

I attended a retreat at Nimea Kaya in February, 2019—an experience I hold very close to my heart. I did a whole lot of research on different centers, and ayahuasca in general, before booking a retreat. I came across Nimea Kaya early on in that process, and considered several different options, yet I had this inner nudging that kept drawing me back to NK—this seems to be a common experience, and one of the (many) things I have learnt from ayahuasca is to honor these mysterious nudgings, even when they might defy our sense of logic. Of course, after an encounter with Madre Ayahuasca, you’re unlikely to hold the reasonings of the logical mind in quite the same regard.

Even if you have some experience with psychedelics, it’s hard to imagine what the ayahuasca experience will specifically entail, and it’s a challenge to convey what actually happens to you in ceremony—nobody’s experience is quite like anybody else’s and yours will be unique to you. I spoke to many people about the medicine before heading to Peru, and the way in which people became humbled and misty-eyed when they spoke of Madre Ayahuasca completely fascinated me. I now share this deep reverence and respect for the medicine, however, it’s not hard to imagine how things could go very, very wrong in less than capable hands.

Throughout my four ceremonies at Nimea Kaya I never felt anything less than completely supported. When you drink ayahuasca you are essentially surrendering to the unknown and placing your safety and wellbeing in the hands of perfect strangers, yet this act of surrender is utterly essential for the healing process to unfold. The more challenging aspects of ceremony seem to occur when there’s a failure to truly surrender, and I have no sense of how you can trust and let go in circumstances in which you feel even a hint of mistrust or uncertainty about the intentions of the people around you. I believe wholeheartedly that the team at Nimea Kaya have the very best interests of the participants in mind. I think Jill and Casey are genuine in their approach and select facilitators/volunteers who mirror their values. Ceremonial experiences can take a variety of bizarre and unexpected turns which require a whole lot of improvisation and instinct on behalf of the team, and they were consistently attentive, responsive, and compassionate to our needs.

Ultimately when you are signing up for an ayahuasca retreat you are signing up to experience firsthand a generations-old shamanic healing tradition. As a Westerner I had no frame of reference, absolutely no way of imagining the power and beauty of participating in such a tradition. What the shamans do is truly remarkable—at times I was utterly overawed by them. One of the reasons I was drawn to Nimea Kaya was their employment of both male and female shamans. I tend to respond better to more feminine energy and there’s plenty of respected centers out there that employ a single male shaman, a set-up I knew would not be for me. The interesting thing is that Nimea Kaya’s two male shamans, Agusto and Diodemero, both have an incredibly soft, loving presence which I can only describe as grace—graceful is not an adjective I apply a lot, and not an adjective typically applied to masculine energy, yet these two men have grace to spare. Working with Agusto, Ercilia, Diodemero and Rosenda was one of the most special experiences of my life, and I’m immensely grateful to Nimea Kaya for making such a magical experience possible.