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Parign Hak – Grandma´s Home

Name: Parign Hak – Grandma´s Home
Address: Manu Biosphere Reserve
Rating: 4.9

Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru

4.9 (73 reviews)

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While living in the Southeastern Peruvian Andes and Amazon for 22 years, the co-founder leading practitioner Jessica has been trained and is working with Ayahuasca in the Shipibo tradition. She is certified as an “Onanya” (Ayahuasca master) by the School for Traditional Shipibo Medicine in Pucallpa and member of its advisory board.

A former Manu National Park rainforest guide, she does ongoing healing work requested by the indigenous people of the region. As a traditional practitioner she regularly participates in international conferences.

As a woman and mother, she is highly experienced in assisting people in bringing about positive life change by very practical and down-to-Earth means. She organizes and takes small groups of Westerners (2 to 5 persons) on 7-day-long retreats to “Parign Hak” (Grandma´s Home), a unique initiative of Manu´s indigenous Harakbut people to host her retreats, located in the mountain rainforest adjacent to Manu National Park, where she provides a culturally adapted healing and cleansing process that consists of traditional plant baths and three ceremonies in Ayahuasca´s natural home, combined with an intimate immersion into Harakbut culture.

Other local healer are usually on site and participants may be brought together in ceremony with Harakbut community people in an attempt to not only facilitate integral healing for all ceremony participants, but also to foster mutual cultural understanding.

As recommended by the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS), all participants go through an integral process of selection, preparation, ceremonies and integration. This process includes a pre-ceremonial information package, a previous personal interview, traditional dietary restrictions, integration circles, further one-to-one integration interviews in between ceremonies and availability for further consultations for as long as necessary after the third ceremony.

Reviews (73)

4.9 out of 5

Overall 4.9

neechi
June 4, 2018 at 12:30 am

i’am quite cautious who i ceremony with. i was lead to jessica and can honestly endorse her as a gifted, safe and dedicated ayahuascara.

my experiences lead by jessica have been incredibly powerful, loving and yet challenging at times. she’s guided me and others before, during and after ceremony. her dedication is inspiring.

i also deeply appreciated her knowledge of life in the jungle and the opportunity to meet, share and live with indigenous peoples.

the experience was rich and life altering. i look forward to the next time i can visit.
Kyd C.
June 3, 2018 at 5:52 am

I worked with Jessica and completely healed my asthma. It was completely life changing.

When I first met her I thought “what a weird German woman” and wouldn’t have considered drinking ayahuasca with her. But then a bunch of things and more importantly indigenous friends, each who happen to be healers from the Andes, the altiplano and from lake Titicaca, came together and said I should join them in the ceremonies and the timing was right. Jessica came and we talked to prepare for the work and she seemed very professional. Immediately when the first season began Jessica was transformed. I don’t know how else to say it, she was like a magical being and completely in charge, working with each person and containing the entire event. When I struggled she helped me. She taught me during and between the seasions a lot about how to “work” with the medicine rather than just fall into a chaos. I returned a year later to work with her in an even smaller and calmer group of just 3 people in which each person worked in their own very concentrated way. With Jessica’s guidance I asked the medicine to work on healing my lungs. To my complete and ongoing surprise, the three sesións ocurred like what can only be described as a long surgery, carrying on each of the three nights where we had left off the previous. After the sessions I was shocked that I felt that I had had a surgery and needed the physical and emotional time of a few weeks to recover. Half a year later I went on a hike and in the middle of it realized that for the first time I could breathe normally, no pain (I had previously ended up having such bad asma attacks when attempting any such activity that I would sometimes cough blood).

Jessica amazed me, she fully supported me before during, in between and after each session, even now, years later. When she becomes your healer is is a fully holistic and commited situation, as is the tradition in a traditional tribal situation. She is a down to earth, funny German lady but has completely become a traditional medicine woman.

I feel 100% confident in recommending her as an ayahuasquera. Her work is efficient, full of love and very very careful. I tend to be a very rational person but I greatly thank her for allowing me to witness, experience and believe in traditional and psychotropic healing. Jessica offers her ceremonies in the traditional Shipibo style, singing icaros herself. The indigenous have embraced her and her work for a good reason.
Levity89
May 27, 2018 at 10:06 am

Visiting Parign Hak is an amazing experience unlike anything else on earth. The ayahuasquera Jessica (while not indigenous) has been deeply embedded in the indigenous culture for over 20 years, and REALLY knows her stuff! I’m a single female from the United States, and I’m fairly inexperienced with world travel… I was initially a little scared to go into the Amazon, but not anymore! In addition to being an Ayahuasquera, Jessica was a guide for Manu National Park for years, and she made the journey into the jungle informative, safe and fun! She has a brilliant sense of humor and is very easy to talk to (she speaks English, Spanish and German). She’s always there if anyone needs personal attention, or help integrating the ayahuasca experience OR a hug – thanks Jessica 😉 . Parign Hak has a huge focus on learning about the local Harakbut people, which is a beautiful and life-changing experience in and of itself. This place is phenomenal, and I can’t wait to go back!!
TGBelow
May 25, 2018 at 7:29 am

This is no ordinary Ayahuasca retreat that you’ll find just anywhere. You will go places and meet some very special people that you would otherwise not be able to meet if not for Jessica. When I was there, I realized that her bond with the indigenous community in Peru was very much like one of family. They love her, trust her, and open their homes and hearts to anyone that she decides to take on in the group. Jessica, and everyone that you will meet at Parign Hak are amazing people, who will make you feel at home. I know that going abroad to a new place, and participating in a ceremony as intense and life changing as one with ayahuasca can be frightening, but I am so thankful to have gone, because I felt very safe and well prepared thanks to everyone’s support and education. If you feel a calling to experience ayahuasca, this is the place. Personally, I chose this retreat over the rest for the simple reason of following my intuition. I can definitely, and happily say that I’m not the same person I was before the retreat. I felt the need to share this, and let others know what a special opportunity this is.

-Diana
molly
May 24, 2018 at 6:22 pm

I just finished my first Ayahuasca ceremonies at Parign Hak and there are no words that explain how happy I am about my decision. I was very hesitant at first about if ayahuasca was the right plant for me. Jessica was so supportive and really helped guide me through my experience and I cannot recommend her enough. I heard about her through a friend and if I know of anyone really interested in this kind of experience I would recommend Jessica in a heartbeat. I don’t think I would have done it if it wasn’t for her and everyone at Parign Hak. You can tell she is not only passionate about what she does but she is also very trustworthy and committed to helping you better yourself.
The entire trip was truly a once in a lifetime experience. Jessica has such a deep connection with the people in the native communities. I am such a history buff and to really learn about the people in this area was incredible. I would have gone on the trip just for the jungle experience. We didn’t just learn about the native plants/ fruits/ and animals around the area. We learned about the people and built relationships with some of the people from the communities. We had a true jungle experience that you cant find with just any tour. This is truly an incredible experience and I feel so appreciative that I was able to be a part of this. I feel so lucky!