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Selva Madre Ayahuasca Retreat

Name: Selva Madre Ayahuasca Retreat
Rating: 4.9

Iquitos, Peru

4.9 (63 reviews)

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Selva Madre is a family owned and operated center. Our goal is to offer you a unique Ayahuasca experience with the utmost professionalism and loving care. The family atmosphere provided at Selva Madre is unparalleled offering you the opportunity to benefit from a long standing generational lineage of healers in the Rimachi Family. With a loving heart and warm embrace we welcome our guests from all walks of life with varying spiritual and cultural backgrounds. We make every effort to make you feel at home as another member of our every growing family in a safe and peaceful environment.

Selva Madre welcomes guests from all over the world and is considered one of the best places in the world for healing therapy and an authentic Ayahuasca spiritual retreat. Don Luis Rimachi has been a practicing Shaman for over 40 years in local native communities. He is dedicated to healing and guides guests from all corners of the world to achieve positive transformation and begin a new path on their spiritual journey. The Ayahuasca is brewed on site and is made with no additives. We have a strict policy that ONLY experienced Curanderos following a strict Dieta brew our Ayahuasca in order to incorporate the purest and highest energies into the medicine.

Selva Madre 10 Day Ayahuasca Retreat

Our Retreat Includes:

4 Ayahuasca ceremonies
Shamanic Dieta
Shamanic consultations
Integration discussions in the mornings after ceremonies
Fresh dietetic meals
Lodging in private rooms with double bed and shower/bathroom
Laundry service
Botanical tour
Jungle excursion
Spanish / English Interpreter
Plant and floral baths
Transportation from Iquitos to Selva Madre

The Ayahuasca Ceremonies

The Ayahuasca experience is a permanently transformative process on all levels to include the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual parts of our being. It helps reveal our higher self and facilitates deep healing. Our safety protocols are important in order to offer the best experience possible. Unlike other centers that propose five ceremonies or more per week, we feel four ceremonies is the perfect amount per ten day retreat. Ceremonies are held every other day with a day of rest, processing, and consultation in between. Ayahuasca demands 48 hours to be entirely processed by the body and for its teachings to be assimilated. Doing more ceremonies in a short time is definitely not recommended. We feel a 10 day retreat with 4 ceremonies is ideal for most people, but we offer a range of 2 days to multiple years (for apprenticeships).

Detoxing & Purging

Purging is a central element in Amazonian traditional medicine, the purge is provoked by Ayahuasca in order to release physical, emotional and non physical energies that you may have carried since the beginning of your life which have caused health issues, karmic blockages, and emotional disorders. By the end of your stay you will be cleansed from all toxins and energetic charges and have a final consultation with the Shaman.

Accommodation

You will be staying in a private traditional Amazonian jungle bungalow with cement foundation. They are comfortable, spacious, and protected from mosquitoes by screens. Each room contains a double bed and private toilet and shower.

Food

The food is very important to us here at Selva Madre. In order to have the best experience during your retreat we serve fresh and natural local food. The meals are healthy and balanced. We accommodate individuals with specific dietary needs.

Transport

The transport is provided between Selva Madre and Iquitos Airport or your hotel. Selva Madre is located at the other side of the river Nanay from Iquitos, so the journey takes approximately 1 hour from Iquitos city center including taxi and boat.

Reviews (63)

4.9 out of 5

Overall 4.9

dieterke
September 14, 2016 at 12:34 am

I was searching what is the best retreat and I can just say how perfect Selva Madre is. The group that I was so blessed to go through this journey with has since become my tribe and my family. Don Lucho and his son are full of so much love its literally palpable. The ceremonies were really intense but most healing. By the 3rd Ayahuasca ceremony I had my breakthrough but I stress every one’s experience is different and Mother Aya will heal you as she sees fit. Trust her guidance. All in all my experience at Selva Madre was life changing and I cant put in words how perfect the experience was. Some tips, bring a buttload of mosquito repellent(organic), flashlight, portable charger, and candles. They do have a generator which they put on every so often. If you feel the call then go!!
oliver65
September 12, 2016 at 12:44 am

This magical place is exactly what I needed. I passed trough many phases of self discovery and it also healed myself on many levels. After coming back I feel like a new being. The Ayahuasca helped me going deep in my self understanding and my vision of the world has changed. After this experience I will go back to that magical jungle to receive the teachings of the mother.

Let’s speak about the center, the place is located in the middle of the rainforest surrounded by mother nature. It was such a pleasure sleeping with the sounds of the jungle. The bungalows are simple and organic and the comfort is good.

The staff is very friendly and makes you feel part of the family which was an important aspect for me. The Shamans are always here to help if there is any question and their care made me feel safe for such an experience.

I highly recommend Selva Madre if you need a safe and serious place.
Sasha67
August 29, 2016 at 2:45 am

It is difficult to write a review for Selva Madre that does not sound remarkably similar to all of the other five star reviews (this in itself tells you all you need to know!) I spent MONTHS researching the perfect place for an Ayahuasca retreat and can honestly say I am so happy and grateful I followed my instincts and placed my health, wellbeing and spiritual happiness in the very capable and loving hands of Shaman Don Lucho and his wonderful family. As with most novices to this sort of thing I was apprehensive about what to expect when travelling to the other side of the world to take part in a spiritual, mind-altering journey in the Amazon jungle (always a fun conversation to have with your loved ones), however the moment I met Don Lucho’s son, Luis, I felt safe and well cared for. Upon arrival at the beautifully simple retreat everything was explained in detail and we were shown to our individual rustic yet comfortable Tambo that was to be our temporary home. Whilst the facilities are basic, you very quickly get used to life out of the fast lane, not forgetting the real reason why you are there of course. The ceremonies are a beautiful experience and you are cared for before, during and after by the eternally happy, always smiling Don Lucho and his Apprentice Shaman sons Anderson and Luis. A huge part of the experience is facilitated by Ronaldo, translator extraordinaire and jungle guide – what this guy doesn’t know about the Amazon rainforest is not worth knowing! He too was patient, kind and, along with the rest of Don Lucho’s family, almost fanatical about our health, wellbeing and spiritual happiness. The food was outstanding and plentiful, even on ceremony days which meant a simpler meal without flavourings. There was even the occasional treat such as popcorn, Dulce latte and the perhaps somewhat inappropriately coined ‘Fanny’ strawberry jam (que much childish sniggering around the breakfast table although it is a large brand in that part of the world – apparently). Our triumphant reactions to the food always made the family smile and after every single meal we were always asked “More?” by the wonderfully caring Antonio. Which, despite the plentiful helpings, we often said yes to as the food was just so delicious and there was always more available than any of us could eat. Finally, it is always luck of the draw with this sort of thing but our little group of ten was brilliant and we have all kept in touch – soul friends for life! The title of my review really sums up my experience at Selva Madre retreat, I felt loved. Honestly and truly loved. At my best, at my worst and at every other point in between. Keep researching other retreats if you want (I did, even after booking) but GO to Selva Madre – you will not regret it. If I ever get called to do Ayahuasca again, I may just see you there!
Mike25
August 22, 2016 at 4:06 am

I went to Selva Madre for a ten days stay and I just found pure love. The ceremonies are incredible, when the shaman sings it feels like it comes from an other dimension and it really does.

The brew was hard to to swallow because of the taste and 20 minutes later I was totally in an other realm, I can not give words to what I have experienced, I was just following the chants of Shamans guiding me trough my inner self to explore my deepest secrets. It made me purge everything I had not met such as an heavy bag I had to bear for all these years. after purging I suddenly felt light like a feather.

The three shamans came to heal each of us and when they came to me I felt the healing power these men have, that was serious!

I definitely have no words for this experience, the ceremony lasted something like three hours and we were in an other world, out there, a feeling I never experienced before. I received visions so bright that I could almost touch them.

If I have one recommendation to give you guys, go to speak directly with the Shaman in private if you need clarifications, he will be happy to teach you and he likes to speak so much that it can last an hour 🙂

I just want to say thanks to the Ayahuasca, thanks to Don Luis and his Shamans, I can’t wait to go back in this magical place.
roman
August 20, 2016 at 2:59 am

This was my fourth visit to Peru to work with Ayahuasca and my first to Selva Madre. I love this place and echo all the other positive comments you will read about it and the beautiful people there. This is Ayahuasca Shamanism of the highest order and the entire thrust of the program there is for you to experience deep healing and spiritual breakthrough, and it works. I really appreciate that Selva Madre price their retreats very fairly, this is a reflection, I believe, of the generous spirit that pervades all they do there. Don Lucho is an incredible spirit, pure love, and crystal clear in his advice and teachings. Go there, you won’t regret it.