Those of us at the Nimea Kaya Healing Center are devoted to the collective healing of Mother Earth and humanity. In the Shipibo language, Nimea Kaya signifies Spirit of the Jungle. Our Center was founded in 2008 and the recent transition to a new piece of land last year has gifted us a new name in honor of the growth of our vision. We are formally known as the Tierra Vida Healing Center. We are passionately dedicated at our retreats in helping our guests awaken to their fullest potential by expanding their consciousness and healing their bodies, minds and spirits. Our focus on health, nutrition and self-sustainability in our peaceful and eco-friendly environment lends to a deeper healing process where long lasting positive impacts are made in the lives of our guests. We offer ayahuasca ceremonies in a traditional jungle setting with local Shipibo curanderos along with other native plant medicines and herbal remedies for physical and spiritual awakening and healing. Our Selva Spirit Association NGO focuses on raising the awareness in the preservation of shamanic traditions, reforestation projects as well as multiple health programs implemented in the surrounding communities.
Shamanic Retreats:
Our shamanic retreats are designed to accommodate each individual on their path of awakening and healing. We offer a series of four Ayahuasca ceremonies per retreat with a local Shipibo Shamans, also known as a Curandero or Ayahuasquero. Our healers have been well established in the shamanic ayahuasca practice for several decades. Our medicine is brewed with only the ayahuasca vine and chacruna leaves. Our ceremonies are facilitated with the utmost integrity and responsibility. There are always four to six of our staff members in every ceremony helping our guests through their healing journeys with the sacred medicine. Drinking the ayahuasca medicine during ceremonies allows the participants to expand their consciousness to a multi-faceted universe. Ayahuasca takes the individual through a process of cleansing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The individual journeys through a series of visions often receiving profound realizations that lead them to a place of healing, understanding and balance within themselves.
During the course of the retreat we offer facilitated group sharing and one on one counseling. We prefer our groups no larger than 17 people to accommodate an intimate and personal setting during ceremony. Our ceremonial maloca is very spacious, providing a comfortable environment for the profound experience. It is situated in the midst of beautiful native plants and trees where where natures orchestra graciously joins us in our sacred ceremonies.
We provide for our guests with herbal and floral baths with a unique blend of plants and flowers from the surrounding jungle after each ceremony. The plant baths help to wash away any negative energies stagnant in the body and help prepare the participant for a more profound healing with the plant medicine Ayahuasca. The invigorating and cleansing bath will help rejuvenate your spirit.
Nimea Kaya activities includes: Participate in brewing Ayahuasca, guided yoga and meditation sessions, floral plant baths, boat trip to Shipibo village, visionary painting workshop, ceremony integration circles, nature walks. Massage and additional healing therapies also offered.
Cost for 9 Day Retreat with 4 Ceremonies: $1350
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KBod
March 30, 2024 at 4:53 pmWhat can I see… If you are currently exploring Ayahuasca Retreats and anxious about the safety aspect (like I was), then look no further! The medicinal experience was amazing, but as there are many reviews already speaking to that, I’d like to put your Western mind at ease when it comes to safety and logistics.
Things to note:
– The number of facilitators/volunteers to guests was very high! During my retreat (I understand it wasn’t necessarily the norm ) there were 1.5 guests per facilitator.
– The facilitators are extremely experienced. They are there to help you physically, but also emotionally and spiritually. After my first couple of “bad” Ceremonies almost every facilitator reached out to me privately to offer support. I was not expecting all the guidance we received between ceremonies.
-There is lots of good, healthy food
– All of the transportation is taken care of for you – get yourself on their recommended flight, and they will get you to and from the retreat. you don’t need to worry about finding taxis, haggling over prices etc.
– The Tambos (accomodations) are top notch. Traditional in design, they are absolutely beautiful.
-There are pre and post retreat video calls organized for you. A great way to ask questions you have and to put faces to your fellow guests.
– The facilitators are very careful and thoughtful about Medicine doses. They will work with you to ensure that you are getting the experience you need, but without overdoing it.
A million thanks to the owners and facilitators of Nimea Kaya!
Markymark
March 3, 2024 at 1:41 amFirst of all I want to say that I feel so blessed to have had my experience at Nimea Kaya. The program they made in and around ceremony can be intense but also very nourishing. The yoga, meditation, sound bath, and integration circles were transformative in itself. The food is amazing, and I loved stuffing my face the day after ceremony. The rooms are a little rustic but it is exactly what I signed up for, a jungle experience (albeit a much safer version). The facilitators and volunteers were so supportive and warm that I felt like my life was in safe hands. There were moments in ceremony where I couldn’t handle the experience, but they just guided me like angels. At the end of the 9 days, the other participants become like family members and the shamans literally feel like your abuela/abuelo. I can confidently say that I received psychological and spiritual healing that I didn’t know was possible. Once again, so grateful for this experience, especially after my first ayahuasca retreat in Ecuador which left a bad taste in my mouth and psychologically discombobulated. Nimea Kaya has changed me for the better. Will definitely be visiting again in the future when the time is right.
Gabriel B.
October 8, 2023 at 8:30 pmMy experience at Nimea Kaya was beautiful. After spending a few days doing some research to understand which retreat centre should I go to, I decided this was the place I resonated with the most. This was due to an intuitive harmony I felt between safety and confort on one side, but also to be surrounded by majestic nature where the Ayahuasca vine grows. I confirmed this as soon as I step on these grounds.
From a personal perspective, this experience was profoundly what I needed, to wake up from what it seemed to be a long dream dwelling in the unconscious. As an extension of the universe the plant has healed my vibration physically, emotionally and spiritually, together with offering many learnings and information that cannot be easily expressed in writing.
Typing this just over a year from my first ceremony and I am still feeling so grateful with the Maestros, the facilitators and native personnel at the centre who were always there to help me navigating through the unknown. I felt supported, loved and cared for in every aspect, during my stay at Nimea Kaya and also later, through the Post-Retreat integration.
I am thankful to have had the opportunity to experience it.
Con amor,
Gabriel 🙂
mnautumn
October 8, 2023 at 1:09 pmI love, love, love Nimea Kaya! Jill and her team are such beautiful souls for providing such an incredible place to experience Ayahuasca.
*Attention to detail, from the moment I was picked up from the airport to the moment I was dropped off, I felt the love and caring intention put into everything; every day was magical. I felt supported and encouraged while I did the inner dive.
*Beautiful balance of group activities and alone time to process.
*Meals are beyond delicious and there’s also plenty of tea and fruit to snack on.
*Rooms are comfy and having gone three times, I have always felt at home.
*I appreciate the respect Nimea Kaya has for the land, the spirit of the plants.
*The ceremonies themselves are powerful, and the facilitators are the perfect amount of supportive and also allowing you the space to move through the energies.
*The plant walk, the joy of making your own brew, the painting, the water tower talks, the Shipibo art fair, the connections you make with the other participants… that’s all added joyful moments to the experience that I get to keep in my heart forever.
*The support you are given after the retreat is lovely as well.
Thank you Nimea Kaya!
rng2898
August 21, 2023 at 4:14 pmIt is hard to put into words how profound my experience at Nimea Kaya was. I have never felt more supported, seen, understood and free to be authentically me. It has simply changed the trajectory of my life in the most humbling way possible. The staff and volunteers were incredible, thoughtful and really in tune to what the guests at the center were experiencing and were present every step of the way. Truly and incredible place. A safe place to grow, heal, learn and expand. What a gift! Endless gratitude for this center and their beautiful team.
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July 10, 2022 at 3:20 pmShort story this is a 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10 Ayahuasca retreat center. If you’re absolutely convinced you want/need to do Ayahuasca in Peru this is hands down the place. You can stop reading now if that’s the case.
Simply put, Jill Levers absolutely gets what an Ayahuasca center is and should be. I’ve attended multiple Ayahuasca retreats over the years, most on Iquitos Peru and I’ve always felt shy of one retreat in the US that the majority of my Ayahuasca experiences could have gone better with more compassionate and attentive facilitation. For someone diagnosed with PTSD being left to deal with the challenges of Ayahuasca largely alone (as I was at other retreat centers), I’ve had to learn to navigate some extremely terrifying experiences and fortunately have come out on the other side as being largely healed. When I heard the calling for Ayahuasca again however, I was intent on finding a center where “tough love” is not the excuse for “lack of proper staff and facilitation”. Interestingly I found Nimea Kaya in 2015 (I’m writing this in 2022) before my first retreat and spoke with Jill via email and felt very sure that Nimea Kaya would be a place I would go to someday for an Ayahuasca retreat.
Fast forward to 2021 and I was greeted at the airport by two amazing facilitators where we were taken to Nimea Kaya’s gorgeous jungle surroundings. Cutting to the chase, there was a team of HIGHLY capable facilitators and seriously some of the most incredible people I’ve ever met in my life. To say the team at my November 2021 retreat were great would be a gross understatement. To me these fantastic people (and this includes Jill who was at this retreat) absolutely exemplify what Ayahuasca is about; compassion, healing, and integrity. The shamans were amazing and the Ayahuasca was plenty strong (great news for someone like me who can’t hold down a lot of liquid). The ceremonies were beautiful and conducted with the utmost respect and professionalism. Despite Ayahuasca being a liquid there was extreme care to make sure attendees were given a dose that worked, but not more than they could handle.
Without getting too far into this, I was extremely challenged and unprepared (my fault) for what I would experience despite multiple retreats prior. Nevertheless, I felt VERY accepted despite me basically breaking down multiple times, encouraged and above all, cared for. To say Jill Levers and her staff operate Nimea Kaya with a ton of compassion and integrity is the understatement of the century.
Oh and before I forget: THE FOOD. 12/10. Not kidding. I ate mostly vegan for the week (not a vegan) and it felt RIGHT. I was never hungry and the chefs are insanely talented. One of them even helped me cut a fresh coconut as she saw me likely losing a finger when I attempted to do that on my own (lol)!
Summarized, this review is not about determining if Ayahuasca is right for you. I have no intention of providing my opinion about Ayahuasca for someone. However, if you are absolutely certain you want to do Ayahuasca in the Peruvian amazon, this is the place. Full stop.
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February 16, 2022 at 2:18 pmI absolutely loved my experience in Nimea Kaya. We were well taken care for and facilitators were amazing. Food was great and I felt very safe there – both during and outside of ceremonies. It’s simply a great place to be in and I hope to be back again one day.
luca_elia
October 2, 2021 at 1:25 pm– August 2019
After arriving a couple of Days beforhand in Pucallpa and living the Jungle vibe. I went to Nimea Kaya for a 9 Day Retreat and I have to say, this was one of the most magical times in my life. Nimea Kaya truely is a magical Place.
The Facilitators create a wonderful setting for inner healing, spirtual development during the Ceremonies and afterwards in the Integration Circle. Everyday you get surprised by a new vegan Meal, which will give you strength thrue the whole day and energize you after a whole night of Visions and Purging.
The Ceremonies it selfe, were really well organized and structured. The Ayahuasca which you will drink, is probably one of the most potent Brew’s in Peru, and will definitly make this experience even more amazing. And since you will be guided by 2 Shamans in each Ceremony, the singing and healing will be done in unique ways, each time depending on your Curanderos.
Over 9 Days at Nimea Kaya, all of the Participants started to grow a bond with each other and started to act like a big family. Most of the social Boundries desolved and we were able to share our deepest emotions with each other. All thanks to the great Team and Facilitators. This place truely attracts people with a kind heart.
10/10 Would recommend to anyone else. Just prepare yourselfe well and learn the sacred knowledge.
Laurish30
February 13, 2020 at 6:28 amMy time at Nimea Kaya played a crucial role in the pivotal stage of my life. My love and appreciation for the retreat and the work that goes on there is too big to be expressed by words in its full entirety. The unconditional love and holding that I felt there does not compare to any other retreat I have experienced. This place and it volunteers are one of a kind and I cannot recommend it enough. As a spiritual worker myself I have a healthy amount of skepticism when embarking on a spiritual journey and am very cautious with what and who I allow into my energy field especially whilst being in a vulnerable state. What I received at this retreat moves beyond the medicine, the lessons and love that I received has been firmly imprinted into my being and has helped me continue this expansive and evolving journey of self love, appreciation and unfoldment.
Mark Neely
January 2, 2020 at 4:43 pmNimea Kaya December 2019 retreat
Of course I will say that Nimea Kaya ,the staff the ceremonies and the shamans were more than five stars can reflect. There is much much more to this sacred place. Safety is everyone’s concern, especially if it’s your first time. Quickly you will feel at ease when you arrive. The warm greeting , friendly smile the gentle support and understanding.
The miracle dawns on you at your own pace. The feeling of safety grows into the knowledge that I am safe. Not just at Nimea Kaya or the wonderful trip to the village, but where ever you are. The wisdom that is so evident in Jill and Casey and the staff spills over into the life all around you. They teach you without saying a word.
If I were to give any advice to you it would be to follow there instructions before and after the retreat. Approach the retreat with respect and give yourself fully. Very simply open your mind and mother Ayahuasca will open your heart and show you the way home.