The Temple of the Way of Light is a traditional plant-medicine shamanic healing center located in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest that offers intensive ayahuasca retreats with female and male Shipibo healers. We are dedicated to providing our guests with the opportunity to benefit from the ancient healing wisdom of the Shipibo people, and to helping this unique culture preserve its knowledge and identity in the 21st Century.
We work with some of the most respected and powerful healers (Onanya) from the Shipibo tribe. They are highly experienced, gentle, caring, and deeply dedicated to healing and embodying the wisdom and sincerity of their people. The healing traditions of the Shipibo people offer an ancient yet pioneering path to health, re-discovering our true nature and re-awakening to our true purpose.
The Temple firmly believes in respecting and honoring the ancient practices of the Onanya, experts in ayahuasca healing and plant-spirit shamanism of the Amazon. They bring a rich cultural and medicinal legacy to the healing process: time-honored rituals, intricate practices, an expansive cosmology, an encyclopedic knowledge of medicinal plants of the Amazon, and a far-reaching ancestral lineage.
The Temple has safely facilitated healing for thousands of people since 2007 and has forged an exemplary reputation for stringent safety protocols, compassionate care, and a balance of female and male healers and facilitators. We have used our experience to fine-tune a synthesis of ancient Shipibo medicine traditions and modern and Eastern integrative practices that now extends to comprehensive aftercare and integration support long after guests have returned home. All this takes place with an institutional focus on sustainability, permaculture, ethics, and social responsibility.
We offer ayahuasca retreat programs of varying duration, focus, and intensity, with a balance of female and male Shipibo healers, experienced western facilitators, floral baths, a steam bath, a high ratio of healers to guests, a high number of ayahuasca ceremonies, individual consultations, a nutritional and balanced ayahuasca food diet, and a strong focus on how to process and integrate healing, both during and after each ayahuasca retreat.
The safety of our guests is paramount. We are constantly working to offer the safest container and most effective ayahuasca healing experience in the Amazon. We have developed the most stringent health and safety protocols available on any ayahuasca retreat in Peru. The Temple’s commitment to guests begins with in-depth medical and psychological screening during our booking procedure and continues after the retreat through our integration support. Guiding you safely through deep personal healing and growth is our priority, both in and out of ceremony.
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March 28, 2014 at 12:00 amI can’t speak highly enough of the Temple. As a first time drinker of ayahuasca I was nervous (OK, close to terrified) about plunging into my first ceremony. But I felt totally safe, reassured and cared for right from the start. The atmosphere at the Temple is really lovely and peaceful and the maestras and maestros were tremendously powerful yet gentle.
If you’re nervous about trying ayahuasca, want a retreat centre that will care for you, has good food but doesn’t mess around when it comes to the ceremonies (you get seven, which is more than many others) then I can’t recommend the Temple of the Way of Light highly enough.
Also, my luggage was lost on my journey to Peru, but the guys at the Temple helped me find it and even picked it up at Iquitos airport and brought it back for me. Nothing was too much.
It truly is a place where you’re safe to be vulnerable and let the medicine work its magic. For me it was a flawless experience. In fact, me and number of guests who were there at the same time are already planning our return trip.
uni
March 22, 2014 at 12:00 amIn five ceremonies out of seven, there was loud music from the village almost all night long?.and this happens all the time. Additionally during the day there was construction work going on. Not relaxing at all…And not helpful for my healing journey. A place where I have been served medicine by a gringa facilitator whilst the shaman lady was sitting next to her doing nothing. Unacceptable! A place where you have shamans on a payroll, without any power to make decisions, because it has been taken away from them. I have been told, that I was not allowed to talk to the maestros, because everything needs to go through the facilitator. The owner came into the dining room one day and did not even acknowledge the people who help to make his “vision” come true. No “thanks for being here” or even a hello. A sign of bad manners. Ive also seen him screaming at his staff in a meeting.
During my time there, I did not see the caring and loving environment that has been advertised on the website. They say they work with the divine feminine. I had the feeling that it was all about control and male dominance. You can’t even post in social network sites, without approval. So they clearly want to control everything.
There were dogs on the ground and we have been encouraged to “beat the shit out of them” by some of the staff, because these dogs don’t belong to the temple of the way of light.
I could go on and on, but bottom-line is, if you are looking for a loving environment and personal attention, in a place where you can relax without being disturbed by loud music until 3am and shamans who kept their dignity then the temple of the way of light is not for you.
Its just a well done website with some good marketing behind by a real estate guy from england.
I cannot recommend this place at all. It was very disappointing, a waste of my precious time and my hard earned money.
thewho
January 22, 2014 at 12:00 amMy experience was a mixed bag. Inez is wonderful…absolutely amazing. There were one or two other shamans that were excellent as well. Half of the female shamans there took every opportunity to insult and mock me. One was yelling at me for not going to the arts and crafts fair they had. Selfish, absurd and wildly inappropriate. Yes, I can take it but if I want to hear that childish nonsense I can hang out with my puerile beer drinking buddies. They were selling people magic potions for supposedly increasing the ability to attract a mate. In the end it was expected that we tip the shamans and pressured to do so. This was not discussed (as far as I know) on the website. Felt like a trap. The facilitators we had were into silly group exercises and had an arrogance about them. That arrogance that so many in the “helping” professions have where if they don’t feel that they are above you and they get snarky. They need you to need them.
I know someone who did not have any visions there and then went to [REDACTED] where they were able to clear his blocks and then he had wonderful experiences. The facilities are much nicer at [REDACTED] as well. The Temple has no way to secure important items like passports etc and the maloka’s are cramped.
There are much better places.
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January 14, 2014 at 12:00 amI have attended the Temple of the Way of Light’s 12 day retreat. I am very satisfied with my experience and when I am ready for Aya again I will likely return to the Temple.
I have heard several negative things about Blue Morpho from people I met in Peru who attended both Blue Morpho and the Temple. The main things I remember was that they used less shaman (I think I heard they used 3) and they used more male shaman than female (possibly all male).
One of the women in my Temple retreat (a teacher from the US) told me when we was at Blue Morpho at one point they physically restrained her, wrapped her in a sheet, dragged her into the shower and turned on the cold water. If I remember correctly she was crying a lot and felt she had been abused. I don’t think she did anything to deserve this kind of treatment. She was much happier with the Temple.
The Temple does focus on using mostly women shaman but there are men too. There were 7 shaman for about 20 patient/passengers when I went. It was about a 50/50 mix of men/women for patients and I think for shaman they used 2 men and 5 women. I liked that ratio a lot. The workshop coordinators were both men. Also the food was really good/healthy/tasty/awesome.
I wrote a detailed blog about my trip with photos which you can view… Here are some photos from the Temple. PM me if you’re interested and I can link you to more of the writings and videos on my blog from that trip, which was about 2 years ago.
People were really friendly at the Temple and though I went with a group of 8 friends I did meet many new friends at the Temple, most of which I have stayed loosely in touch with via fbook etc.