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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

Ace
November 17, 2018 at 8:38 am

A truly amazing experience. I’ve only been gone a week and can’t wait to return.

Thank you so much Jessica and the Parign Hak family. You gave me so much and I carry you all with me everyday.

Much love and big hugs,

Alex
Conor92
November 16, 2018 at 6:56 am

Where to start…?
I live in the UK, some 6,000+ miles away. I was searching for a retreat that appeared to have the ceremony and its sacred purpose at the center of its focus, something that didn’t seem to be completely set up for the consumption of western profit.
How lucky I was to come across Parign Hak and the amazing people that make it possible. Jessica and the team there don’t just “run retreats”….they offer something way beyond the value of currency.
They have devoted their lives to plant medicine and take you on a journey through the majestic mountains and into the rainforest. Every step of the way taking the time to teach you about the ancient culture, diverse landscape and never ending wonders of the plant world and how we’re connected to it.

I traveled alone for this trip so it was a big deal to me to be in experienced hands at the other end.
The logistics, organisation, food and travel of this retreat are simply excellent. I’m so confident in the safety and welfare I received that I would happily recommend Parign Hak to any of my close family or friends without hesitation.
Forever grateful for this experience.
mikeylamb
November 13, 2018 at 1:57 pm

If you are looking for a place to experience an Ayahuasca ceremony, Parign Hak offers exactly that and so much more.

The experience at Parign Hak truly is a full immersion into the Manu Jungle as well as an in depth examination of the indigenous people of the area and their ancestors. There is also full on explorations of the jungle as a group that is possibly one of the most informative and fun tours anywhere in the world. You see an unimaginable amount of plant and animal life which is accompanied by a detailed explanation of the biology and traditional use.

It is hard to describe the experience itself with Ayahuasca, but the one thing I can say is that Jessica, the teacher/shaman here, and her team know exactly what they are doing. Anyone that attends this retreat will at all times be in the kindest, most experienced hands. Honestly, I have never felt safer than during my time on this retreat. The only intention from Parign Hak is to empower and and inform its attendees to help them be better versions of themselves. And that intention is guaranteed.

The family at Parign Hak will accept you and treat you as family. How much you get out of the experience is totally up to you, but Parign Hak ensures that the potential gain for you is infinite. I would recommend this place for absolutely anyone.

The value of the love and knowledge here at Parign Hak is so grand and full that it is hard to imagine that anywhere else could be a better option for an ayahuasca ceremony.
max
October 16, 2018 at 7:20 pm

The only retreat that I’ve come across with a depth of experience & contemplation that goes way, way beyond just Ayahuasca itself. Parign Hak gives you the gift of immersing you not only in nature – i.e., a pristine slice of Amazonia, in Manu National Park – but also allowing you to experience it from the perspective of the native Harakbut people, who assist in guiding you & teaching you about their environment, their history, their culture. Although Ayahuasca in this context resides at the apex of the native peoples’ relationship to the plant world, the Ayahuasca vine is just one aspect of that relationship; Jessica Bertram and the indigenous hosts at the Parign Hak retreat introduce guests to a whole spectrum of other plants & aspects of the Amazonian natural world that collectively define what it means to commune with nature, and with yourself. I don’t see plush 5-star Ayahuasca retreats in, say, the Sacred Valley or Costa Rica as being able to offer a similarly holistic and thus authentic experience. Parign Hak is the real deal, and Jessica Bertram? – she knows her stuff!
DMcHenryND
October 15, 2018 at 1:02 pm

My stay at Parign Hak was absolutely incredible. I sought out Ayahuasca to treat depression, which I have struggled with for 15 years. Over the past few years, it had reached a critical point, so I reached out to a friend who connected me with the retreat center, as he had already stayed here. The retreat center is located in the Manu region of the Amazon, where we stayed with an indigenous Harakbut family. A little about Parign Hak: it is run in a way that focuses on the indigenous people, preserves culture and tradition, respects the environment, and fosters community and family. Jessica’s approach is that of strict traditional medicine, which aims to heal by restoring balance. I did 3 ayahuasca ceremonies. Some parts were absolutely beautiful and some parts were extremely challenging, but everybody’s experience with the medicine is different. It pushed me very far out of my comfort zone and challenged all of my beliefs about myself. It made me reevaluate my perspectives, my stories about my life, my relationships, my role as a physician and healer, and it showed me the power in creativity in life and in choosing what to believe. Overall, it was nothing short of life-changing, and it was so much more than just the ceremonial work. I received extensive preparatory instructions/counseling, as well as extensive integration counseling. In fact, I am still doing the integration work as my healing is still unfolding at home. It can take up to 3 months to fully integrate the work, so we will see where I am at then, but I am already seeing profound shifts in myself.
I cannot thank the family and Jessica enough for making me feel safe, for their loving acceptance, hospitality, sharing of wisdom, and guidance through this journey of mine. I can’t wait to come back.