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The Way Inn staff includes a multi-generation Peruvian shaman, multiple shamanic apprentices and facilitators, a full-time Ayurvedic practitioner, rotating licensed massage, Reiki, reflexology, and yoga therapists and facilitators, mantra workshop teachers, medicinal extract teacher, and a full kitchen staff.
Here at The Way Inn we specialize in highly personalized ayahuasca experiences with skilled and experienced facilitators. Our licensed Ayurvedic practitioner will conduct individual Ayurvedic consultations and teach you Ayurvedic lifestyle techniques you can take home with you providing critical health information to help you empower yourself in your own well-being, as well as lead you through pranayama and guided meditations before your ceremonies. We offer five ayahuasca ceremonies during your stay led by Arnaldo, our native Peruvian shaman with many years of experience and from a long lineage of ayahuasqueros from Iquitos. Each retreat guest will have access to private one-on-one consultations with the shaman with the assistance of a translator for additional guidance through this experience, during which the shaman can prescribe additional healing processes. During your ceremony, you will be accompanied by several experienced facilitators/shamanic apprentices including a bilingual translator to assist with communication between you and the shaman. Unique to your experience at The Way Inn, you will also be provided an opportunity to participate in an optional San Pedro Cactus Ceremony after completion of your five ayahuasca ceremonies to offer an additional plant healing modality.
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July 15, 2015 at 12:00 amI had a beautiful and deep experience at The Way Inn. There was no ‘Peruvian shaman’ on the retreat I attended and it was completely run by westerners but eventually I figured out this really worked for me! Ryan and Adrian had a very deep understanding of what is going on energetically and they bring a lot of love and protection to the ceremony space. I see them as very wise teachers and could connect with them much more than the Peruvian sharman I went to later at a different place. At first I didn’t appreciate the Hindi influence / fusion but gradually I found it really deepened my experience. The location and accommodation is simply stunning and the food was wonderful (some folks complained it wasn’t what they normally eat but I was blown away by what a dieta could include – even if there were some mixed food messages ‘ie we were served things that were on the don’t eat list). The program was very well designed and we were given a lot of guidance. The only thing that felt a bit uncomfortable about the place was the focus with money making. We were paying top prices for a retreat in Peru but it did feel that The Way Inn was becoming so upmarket (and focused on marketing) that some people would be priced out. I was on a budget and I was asked to pay for accommodation on the last night (which turned out to be the last night of the retreat I had already paid for) so you may not get much flexibility about staying a night either side if you are on a budget. So my only suggestion to the people who run the place would be ‘keep it real and earthy and not just focused on increasing luxury and prices’ but then again maybe it is the point of difference!
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May 12, 2015 at 12:00 amA Deep and Transformative Experience to Last A Life Time.
I recently attended a 10 day retreat at the Way Inn from 4/26/15-5/5/15. In preparation, I studied their recommended diet and found a 12-day detox diet and herbal supplement program that nearly matched their recommendations. It was called Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox (“Easy 12-Day Program and Recommended Diet”). I also increased my meditation practice to twice daily to heighten my meditative state while there. I finished the detox a day prior to flying to Peru from the West Coast, and found the transition to their “Dieta” quite easy to adapt to, and found this pre-detox served me well during the ceremonies to follow. When my good friend and I first arrived, the staff were all out to give us a personal greeting. It was nice to meet everyone that way, exchanging handshakes and eye-contact. I immediately felt an energetic connection, and knew I was in good and safe hands. The Shaman (Ryan), and Energetic Worker (Adrian) radiated such great energy, and each of the staff were attentive and seemed to go out of their way to make us feel welcome and genuinely accepted throughout our stay. The accommodations are five star; rooms are clean, bedding comfortable, fully equipped bathrooms right by the ceremonial hut (and even help to get there if you need it), food made with care (even when on the Dieta, food is presented with beauty), and the views of the surrounding high plateau and snowy peaks of the Andes are stunning. For me, each ceremony was deep and transformative. I especially loved the individualized blessings the Shaman gave each of us during each ceremony, and the private healing session with the Energy Healer. There were no extra costs for these individualized services, and I cannot say enough about the unconditional acceptance, compassion, and caring that the staff provided (in ceremony and out). My friend and I were originally set up for a retreat in Iquitos, but this fell through two weeks before we were to leave. We felt, and still do, so very fortunate to have found the Way Inn. The Altar (or Mesa) even has a picture of Sri Ramana Maharshi and there are tapestries of Shiva in the Ceremonial Yurt. The Shamans sing both traditional Shamanic Chants in addition to a variety of Sacred Mantras, giving the Way Inn a heightened feeling of being deeply spiritually connected to the highest spiritual traditions. I cannot recommend The Way Inn high enough. Of the many meditation and spiritual retreats in my life that I have attended, The Way Inn ranks #1. I was taken deeper in many regards than ever before, and was left with a heightened sense of my life purpose and a feeling of interconnectedness that I will be forever thankful for.
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January 4, 2015 at 12:00 amI have been to The Way Inn, twice and I highly recommend it. The setting is awe inspiring, the lodgings comfy, the staff is wonderful and the food is excellent and the ceremonies magical. I can’t fault the place.
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September 22, 2014 at 12:00 amI attended the 9 day ayahuasca retreat at The Way Inn in September 2014 and can’t say enough good things about their facilities, but more importantly the people there. When I first started researching where to go for my first ayahuasca experience I thought (mistakenly) that in order to have an authentic experience, I would have to go to a retreat near Iquitos. I am so happy the retreat I initially contacted was full because I ended up at The Way Inn, a happy place with happy people, where I experienced more unconditional love in 9 days than during any other time in my 53 years. Arnaldo and Robert are the real deal, true spiritual warriors, who have only your best interests at heart. The rest of the staff was incredible as well. And what a spectacular setting for spiritual growth and transformation! I am so pleased that I chose The Way Inn and can not recommend them enough.
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September 15, 2014 at 12:00 amI feel as though most reviews and testimonies available about The Way Inn are from quite a while ago. They have gone through many changes in the past but now they have settled into their own space.
And oh my, what a space it is.
I attended in July 2014 with no expectations, especially because most of what I could find on the web was outdated. When I got there, I found it was a good thing that I didn’t have any expectations because they all would have been blown out of the water anyway.
The instant you lay eyes on the lodge, you can see the serenity and peace. In a lovely area of the Andes, surrounded by natural beauty and the feeling of calm. The staff are staff secondarily; primarily, they are your family awaiting your arrival. These lovely people are all looking out for your best interest with the medicine in the name of healing and Love. The Love you will get there at every step of your journey is so special. All the way from the food, which even during the strict dieta is somehow delicious, fresh and healthy – to the facilitating staff, who will show you the meaning of unconditional Love and acceptance. And most importantly, the Shaman. Maestro Arnaldo… I’m always at a loss trying to describe this man because of the size of his heart, his playful nature, his loving and welcoming personality, and his unfathomable knowledge and power in the spirit-based space while working with the mother medicine. The only way I can truly attempt to describe Maestro Arnaldo is by saying that the Light needed a physical body through which to heal and to shine and it chose Maestro Arnaldo.
Arnaldo himself would be enough reason for me to recommend The Way Inn and hold it in the highest regard, but it just so happens that every aspect of the experience that complements the medicine is so perfect and so Lovingly thought out that The Way Inn grants you the ability to make positive changes and a loving transformation in your life. You will be shown a form of Love that before visiting only a few of us have been lucky enough to experience – and it’s yours to keep!