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Spirit Vine Ayahuasca Retreat Center

Itacare, BA, Brazil

5.0 (315 reviews)

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We have been hosting ayahuasca retreats since 1996. Our center is based in the midst of the beautiful Atlantic Rainforest along the coast of Bahia in Brazil. We facilitate a safe and comfortable space for you to achieve harmony in your everyday life by aligning your mind, body, and heart with your true self.

Our 9 day and 11 day ayahuasca retreats are designed to give you a balanced experience. We have ayahuasca ceremonies every other night and in between there are activities to integrate your experiences and insights. There is also ample free time to reflect, to enjoy the beauty of the jungle, to visit the gorgeous beaches, and just to relax, let go, and enjoy the pure bliss of the moment.

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We have extensive experience integrating ayahuasca, psychology, shamanism, self development, modified states of consciousness, and various other modalities. We are present at all times and are dedicated in supporting you with loving care, attention, safety, and respect.The activities include workshops focused on spiritual development. The techniques covered in the workshops can be practiced even after the retreat to continue the journey of personal growth. Some of the topics include inner child integration, life progression, discovering the source of your blockages and the resources to overcome them. Another very important part of the retreat are the Yoga sessions in the morning which greatly enrich the ayahuasca experiences at night.

Spirit Vine & TheVine Center previously known as Ayahuasca-Healing have been created by Silvia Polivoy. She received her license in clinical psychology and had a private practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina for several years until she began to feel the need to make a transition from studying and healing the mind to exploring the worlds of Spirit. This took her away from the busy city streets to the more tranquil life in the jungle, moving to Brazil where in 2004 she co-founded the TheVine Center, a trans-denominational and inter-faith spiritual center located in the state of Bahia.

The nature of our nonprofit center is philosophical, religious, mystical, spiritual, educational, and cultural. All the retreats’ income’ serves to maintain the center grounds, create employment for the local community, and help preserve the jungle, having replanted thousands of native trees over the years to give but one example.

The retreats take place inside of 39 acres of lush preserved area. It is about 7 miles from Itacaré on the coast of Bahia. Our location is only minutes away from beautiful coastal beaches, which back onto the Mata Atlántica, the second largest rainforest in Brazil.

The experience of sacred tea ceremonies can be challenging for some, deeply religious for others, but profound all around. Please note that we have several programs to offer and the plant ceremonies are always optional and not required to partake in during any of our retreats. The plant ceremonies begin in the evening and go through the night. The group dynamic is very important and there will be facilitators to look after participants throughout. There will be plenty of time for group discussions and also time alone to reflect on the experiences elicited by the spirit vine tea for those that wish to partake in the plant ceremonies.

At the retreat center we grow our own ayahuasca vine and chacruna plants organically! We also have an organic garden to source vegetables for the food prepared during the retreat. We have pure spring water for drinking and also coconut water, juices, and a variety of teas.

During all our programs we follow a strict (though delicious) diet. The meals are completely vegan, gluten-free, and nutritionally balanced, prepared by our in-house chef who has specialized in vegan cuisine and has a post-graduation in functional nutrition. They include plenty of fresh vegetables cooked with delicious herbs and spices, luscious fresh tropical fruits, salads, and grains.

A note about sexual abstinence: this varies from culture to culture; some recommending as long as 30-40 days while others as little as one day or none at all like here in Brazil. For energetic purposes we recommend sexual abstinence during the retreat as well as 3 days before it begins and 3 days after the retreat concludes. As well, a drug free and no salt diet with no red meat, pork or heavy alcohol use for the same amount of time is optimal.

We fully expect you have questions about the retreats, programs and the facilities we offer. Please feel free to explore our website or watch our videos and write to us to come to one of our retreats.

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tomjo
July 17, 2017 at 5:52 am

In the two weeks I’ve been back from a retreat at Spirit Vine I’ve faced friends (for meals, phone calls… asking what was it like?), family (mom, uncle…where have you been? why was your gate locked?), Foes (the seismic oil exploration crew that trespassed on my property while I was in Brazil after I refused to give them permission to enter and locking my entry gate, but they accidentally left some valuable equipment behind which may soon be available on Ebay). I must report that I’m satisfied that each situation was handled in a calm, dignified, honest, lawful manner, regretting nothing said, written nor done. I feel like I’m standing on the first wrung/level of a ladder of inner peace and I don’t want to fall, step, or be knocked off.

Getting healthy, dealing with negatives and staying on a better path has been easier since the retreat. Quitting smoking has had its temptations but since I destroyed all smoking items as soon as I returned home as planned it has gone very well. I still get the urge to smoke at times but the urges aren’t very strong and they do pass quickly. I’m also working out again, though I feel tired at times, I feel like I’m on a good track. The whole trip to Spirit Vine was very important to me in every way I can think of, as without it I believe a downward spiral in my life was starting and was only going to accelerate if I did nothing to stop it. One thing still bothering me is that my anger towards my brother has increased as I see all the ways he has stabbed me in the back and I no longer choose the crutches of substance abuse or escape to avoid feeling it. If anyone asked me today if I will ever forgive him I would say I truly don’t know but I’m hoping that facing my feelings towards him and the rest of my family will help me put them in a healthy perspective where understanding, love and forgiveness all around is possible. It will take time to heal but I now have time and patience for myself. I accept my part for what I could control in my life and I’m thankful HIGHER POWERS LED ME TO AYAHUASCA which allowed me to confront and purge my toxic shame. With the shame gone I feel I can now heal my inner self and that it is worth the effort to heal. Since i”m very much a novice, only recently truly acknowledging an inner self and higher powers I’m not qualified, nor would I feel comfortable, with any sort of spiritual advice giving but maybe someone will get, see or feel something here that gives them a bit of hope, comfort, support or inspiration to do something positive for their-self.
licarli
July 12, 2017 at 2:28 pm

Today is my last day at TheVine center for this time, I look forward to return many times.
It was a great Magic experience, fulfilling, a communion of souls.
An authentic religious experience, in the etymological sense of the word: religare, re-unite, come together.
Mother Nature in full and total intimacy with my soul.
Even the snake visit on my first day here (which they say is not unusual) was wonderful.
Everything was smooth, sweet, perfect.
The companions, the service, the meals.
Silvia could not be better, she is a container, wise and has a difficult quality to find in the masters of her size: her Ego never interferes. She is authentically great, the truly great DO NOT suffer grandiosity. Long ago they overcame their “personal importance”.
Rohan, one of the facilitators, is discreet, timely, efficient and responsive in his interventions, only when necessary.

I am going home full of wonder and amazement, from the view, the colors, the smells, the noises, all my senses.
The immense and total peace that dwells in my heart.
I even got friendly with insects, I had never paid enough attention to their beauty, the subtlety of their movements, the vibration generated by that buzzing, so familiar … as the one I always feel during the ayahuasca experiences.
It was a visit to the inner and the outer Paradise, reconnected with solidarity and love.
I pray to God to sustain this state of consciousness and I ask Spirit Vine center to continue being a High Frequency channel, recognized, admired and visited by people from all over the world.
Experiences such as those I lived in here are reality transforming, making our planet a better place, since it is only our individual transformation that will change the world.

Thank you, infinite Thank you.
Caroline Flynn
July 10, 2017 at 12:19 am

A Nigerian Shaman advised me to go to Spirit Vine six years ago to embrace Mother Ayahuasca, with specific instructions to see Sylvia, I didn’t listen and went to Peru instead much to my regret. After numerous bad experience in other centres I finally went to Spirit Vine. I can not recommend this centre enough, it is most definitely the best and safest centre I have experienced. You can not find fault with Spirit Vine, from the food, the workshops, the sharing, the comfort, the accommodation, the magical surroundings, the full time support, the respect, the ceremonies ,the understanding and wisdom shared by Sylvia enables each participant to find enlightenment in their own way. Sylvia is truly a magician, and very Wise Woman. 10/10.
stefano
July 1, 2017 at 6:25 am

A journey in the Cosmic Counsciousness – May 2017

I was travelling Brazil deciding day by day what to do and I was reminded by chance that Brazil is the land of ayahuasca.
I was interested in ayauhasca already since few years, when I heard beautiful stories on how you can reach deeper state of counsciousness, heal from your wrong patterns, get to your next evolutionary step. I needed to clean myself, I needed to get to the next step in life and I felt ayahuasca could be a booster.

The idea I had about ayahuasca was to be an intense psychedelic experience allowing expansion of consciousness. That was my aim and the answers I got were exactly in that direction, but with a strength I would have never considered.

Ayahuasca itself is a magical plant that allows you to take out your divine part.
It amplifies your senses, it amplifies your comprehension, it gets you deeply into your consciousness, it makes you access other dimensions. It makes you extremely vulnerable. You become like a child when it is born and in that moment the forces of the Universe can take you over. You are just in the hands of the divine.

What I could not expect before the experience, it was the importance of the environment, the people around you, the place and most of all, the intentions.

Ayahuasca is a powerful plant. Put it in the wrong hands and it can potentially create serious damages or at least very bad experiences. Put it in the right hands and it will take you to your next step of development as a human being.

I realize how lucky I was to have this occasion, in this environment that was built with extreme care, deep love and wide knowledge from a person who has dedicated her life to give other people the possibility to move to the next step of evolution.

This was an essential factor, as another essential factor was to be together and share the experience with other people, who are the reflections of your own existence and allow you to feel we are all connected.

I was very lucky to meet a wonderful group of people from different parts of the world, each person from a different country!
Many thanks to all of you.
Many thanks Sylvia and Rohan.
colormepurple
June 27, 2017 at 5:39 pm

This is the best place to step into the magical world of ayahuasca!

I had my 2nd retreat in March 2017, and this was an 8 day retreat with 3 ceremonies. My previous experience few years back with 4 ceremonies. Both retreats were exceptional in what I discovered about myself through and the transformations that followed in my life with the help of ayahuasca and also the workshops conducted by silvia. The only thing I will recommend is if you have the time then it is completely worth going for the 9 day retreat, the last ceremony is in the day and it is the most beautiful experience ever to be had. Going out into nature and connecting with everything, swimming, and just watching the sky, the whole time and space is beyond words.

The facilitators at this center have the utmost care and respect for each person, they talk privately if required and also spend a lot of time with the group throughout the retreat which gives a very welcome and safe feeling. The facilities are immaculate and the natural beauty is a trip in itself. The beaches, the food, the yoga and massages, the whole retreat is so well thought out and executed that it enhances the whole experience to get the most benefit and have the maximum enjoyment.

Lots of love to the whole group and all who choose to visit <3 :*