Ayahuasca $340 - $1,600

Shamanic Vida

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A small retreat center focused on individual healing plant medicine process in groups of no more than 10 participants at a time. We are located in the famous Sacred Valley of the Incas in a remote Andean village. Scheduling is by request. We offer 4, 6 and 11 Day Retreats, Kambo treatments and stays, all with the option to extend for more time resting or deeper cleansing. The retreat healings plants and therapies include Ayahuasca, Yopo, San Pedro, Kambo and Temazcal (Sweat Lodge).

Our purpose is to create a ripple effect in the consciousness of humanity through work with sacred plant medicines of Peru and healing techniques we have chosen, through our own positive experiences, and believe compliment the process of plant medicines. To bring about a new earth first we must help heal the traumas of the past.

We first must begin healing the individual in a gentle process. Each process is considered on an individual basis and what the healers feel would be best suited to the work they would like to accomplish. There is space to explore deeper and daily consultations after ceremony to begin to understand the messages of the plant medicine and have a focus for the next ceremony.

The longer the retreat, the deeper the healing. All of our programs are intensive, however there is space to take your time in the healing process through extending your retreat or opting to take less or no medicine. We guide participants only to where they feel comfortable or ready for. The ceremonies are practiced in a sacred context with Icaros (medicine songs) and sacred instruments. Each ceremony has assistants to help care for each person and anything they need.

During your time at the retreat you will have everything you need for a comfortable stay with all modern necessities. We provide everything, you need only to bring yourself and a few pairs of warmer clothes. In the Andes, we can experience all four seasons in one day, but tend to have cold nights and warm days. There are Incan ruins above the center and plenty of hiking trails around, so comfortable clothes and good shoes are a must.

With the power of the heart we are bringing every person into the healing power of the sacred medicinal plants of Peru through ceremony. We have ongoing local projects offering people in the nearby town healings and ceremonies.

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

Reviews (71)

4.9 out of 5

Overall 4.9

Dbackster
February 8, 2017 at 11:15 am

I just finished my retreat of six days today, it was exactly the thing I needed. Thank you guys so much for making this a life changing point for me. So many of the questions I had were answered by mother ayahuasca and the san pedro. How can I put this experience into words? Healing, self-realization, universal consciousness, love, caring, understanding, release, truth, cleaning, higher purpose, intuitive, positive. growth, relaxing… There’s more but what it comes down to is they helped me where I did not think I needed help or growth. I was liberated and educated. Going home with a confidence that I can do what I need to. Everyone in my family and friends will hear about my peru trip and how they need to come visit you guys. Muchas gracias!!
rae
January 6, 2017 at 2:27 pm

If you are looking for something in the universe bigger than yourself and people who do heartfelt work. Maybe you have recently felt a soul loss and are searching, go to Shamanic Vida.

I came to Peru having been through the tough times in the past year. The ceremonies are so beautiful, the price was resonable and after the first two ceremonies I could of left and felt satisfied for what I paid them. But then the third medicine and san pedro ceremonies gave the integration and peace I needed to feel in my life. The accomodations were nice and I was fortunate to share a room with a friendly young woman who was also interested in plant medicines and curing her own traumas. Everyone at the retreat was like minded and friendly, good people. There are mountains surrounding the center and it is a very peaceful small peruvian village to look out on. The food preparation was amazing. I enjoyed the healthy diet. Chrissy gave me reiki inbetween one of the sessions to help further release negative emotions and I think it helped move things along. Going on the hike around the lake was beautiful. Not to forget the sweat tent we did was highly cleansing.

You can tell they put their hearts into what they are doing there. I really value this and will continue to tell others about the work they are doing, meanwhile I am integrating all of the lessons into my life.
jb
December 30, 2016 at 2:48 pm

I had been to retreats in iquitos and the sacred valley before to drink ayahuasca, The reason I went to shaminc vida this december is I was interested in taking ayahuasca again because i felt my other trips to be lacking the profound change ayahuasca brings that i have heard so much about, but never experienced. Second reason was that i was interested in trying san pedro and have heard from people that it is a good first step to take san pedro and then take ayahuasca. When i got to the airport it was nice they picked me up and brought me straight to the center because my plane was delayed. The place was really humble and defidently a peruvian house in the valley. I was comfortable and at peace, I knew I would be taken care of. the first night we did the cleanse and a small meditation ceremony. Here I tried the strongest rapey I have ever had, it was horribly shocking but good if that makes any sense. It helped me adjust myself to the altitude too. The next day I was a little tired for fasting so for the most part I spent time drinking tea and relaxing, the cleanse did make me dehydrated. in the first ceremony i thought that wow that dosis is not enough for me i have taken ayahuasca before and i was suprised when i started to feel the effects coming on. It was a slow come on and that was good for me, i have had panic attacks before when the ayahuasca was too much. So i feel like i actually had the perfect dose where i learned and remember and did not go into panic at all. i cried liberated my emotions. The icaros were beautiful and I felt safe like i was with my mother and she was caring for me. So then i knew i was in the rigfht place and had made the best decision coming here my second aya ceremony was also cleansing and liberating. What i did not know was how impactful my san pedro would be. This feeling of being connected to the entire world to every blade of grass to every leaf on the trees gave me this divine feeling i have never felt before. I needed this I needeed to know it was all bigger than i could have ever imagined. It was perfect, chrissy even gave me a little to take as a micro dosis on the rest of my south america trip and it was stupendous. I really connected to this entheogen and I think i would like to have more ceremonies with it thrgouhout my life. So my last aya ceremony, I felt so prepared for to meet the mother again and say so long for a long time. And i did, I feel like the teaching that i have i can take with me and use for a long time like chrissy was explaining that once you take the spirit of the plant you can call on it in the meditiations how you want to and that it stays working with you. I think i have now ingested enough of the plants to call them when i need them. It has been so real and so amazing, I would not change my experience for the world. Much love and mahalo!
santi
December 30, 2016 at 11:33 am

I learned so much on this trip. About myself, plants, their spirits, my strength, my weakness, the past, the future, the present, meditation and foods. More people need to go do retreats like this and the world would be a better place. My head is filled with so much new knowledge in a good way in a positive way I think I can maybe start to help my friends and family heal too.Thanks to you all I am looking inside and practiing my teachings on this new level, i recommend anyone interested to go to shamanic vida.
jon
December 28, 2016 at 5:46 pm

This trip has been a major turning point for changing my negative mental programming. I would like to thank chrissy and paco for facilitating these retreats. The remarkable thing for me was that my unexpected break through was on my san pedro journey. This highly enhanced my last ayahuasca ceremony and really closed everything off by the end of my six day retreat. The lake we went to gave off ancient healing energies and really aided me to understanding and appreciating the beauty of life. I am grateful for chrissy guiding that ceremony and she knows the spirit of the san pedro cactus well and was highly intuitive to our group and how we were feeling and what we needed, whether is was more music, chanting, regular water, shade or her positive energy.

I would do this trip over and over again if I could, but I do not need to. I feel healed. That is what I came for. The place was good, the mountains around it were humbling. It was a humbling experience and one I will never forget. It will have a positive impact on my life for a long time.