SAPAN INKA
If you are looking for a deep and transformative ayahuasca experience or a shamanic healing experience, maybe you can be part of one of our Ayahuasca Retreats. In our Retreat Center there is a real integration between Amazon wisdom and Psychospiritual Practice. Our commitment is to help and guide you in a journey to the spiritual dimension, and you will be able to experience mental clarity, emotional balance and inner growth.
These are our retreats: Sapan Inka Ayahuasca Retreats
We are Psychotherapists and we are also shamans and ayahuasca guides. We’ve been training directly with Shipibo healers since more than 20 years, we are as part of the Shipibo family. We are Peruvians and we have a sincere and true commitment to protect our traditions and cultural heritage. The ayahuasca used at Sapan Inka grows in Shipibo lands and the Ayahuasca medicine is prepared by Shipibo healers.
We organize our Ayahuasca Retreats in our house at home in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Cusco, Peru. You can feel safe and as a part of our family when you participate in a retreat. In our retreats you will participate in ayahuasca and San Pedro ceremonies. We use only ancestral medicinal plants and no other substances.
We include in our Retreats the use of Pandora Star Light, this device emits flashing beams of light focused on the retina, stimulating different regions of the brain. People who are exposed to light with their eyelids closed may experience images of kaleidoscopic patterns, of mandalic and psychedelic type, which may allow deep introspection, similar to a state of deep meditation. To participate in this session with the Light helps the body to produce its own DMT by simulation of the pineal gland. So, a session with the Light helps to be more prepared for the Ayahuasca experience and the journey to the psychic reality.
To participate in an Ayahuasca Retreat is a possibility to explore your spiritual dimension, reconnect with the healing power of you own body and spirit, and reconnect with higher Self.
If you are interested to know more about these Ayahuasca Retreats, you can visit our website:
What’s an Ayahuasca Retreat?
Available Ayahuasca Retreats
We organize a 6 days Ayahuasca & San Pedro Retreat including a visit to Machu Picchu. In this retreat you will participate in 2 ayahuasca ceremonies and in 1 San Pedro ceremony. Close to the end of the retreat, you will visit the Sacred Incan Temple Machu Picchu. SEE HERE:
6 days Machu Picchu Retreat
We also organize a 5 days Ayahuasca & San Pedro Retreat which includes and offering to Mother Earth, a session with Pandora Star Light, and and a Healing Sound session. This retreat includes: transportation from Cusco to our house and way back, all meals during the retreat days, and Integration Psychospiritual therapies. SEE HERE:
5 days Ayahuasca & San Pedro Retreat
There is also a 5 days Ayahuasca Retreat, it includes 3 ayahuasca ceremonies. All our retreats are in our house which is located in the Sacred Valley in Urubamba, Cusco. In this retreat you will participate in a session with Pandora Light. Next day after every ceremony there is an integration therapy in order to talk about the contents of your experience to know how to understand, assimilate and integrate this experience into your daily life. This Integration Therapy is a very important part of this process, because we will work on the symbolic meaning of your experience and together we will discover sense and meaning. SEE HERE:
5 days Ayahuasca Retreat
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Review of Sapan Inka Retreat Center by I have attended retreat in March of 2023 and planning to visit again. Eric and Nikda were great hosts and healers. Higly recommend Sapan Inka. Thank you! Read More from Sasa1480 Apr 17, 15:59- Review of Hummingbird Healing Center by The nine days that I spent at Hummingbird where the most transformative of my life. It has impacted my life in the most profound way. Don Manain and Jim were exceptional not just during ceremonies but also during the days… Read More from SashaG Apr 16, 16:41
- Review of Sapan Inka Retreat Center by I participated in a five day retreat with Sapan Inka (Erik and Nilda) in October of 2023. The retreat consisted of two ayahuasca ceremonies and one san pedro ceremony. Sapan Inka arranged for transportation for Cusco city to their home… Read More from psauerborn Apr 16, 13:53
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Sasa1480
April 17, 2024 at 3:59 pmI have attended retreat in March of 2023 and planning to visit again. Eric and Nikda were great hosts and healers. Higly recommend Sapan Inka. Thank you!
psauerborn
April 16, 2024 at 1:53 pmI participated in a five day retreat with Sapan Inka (Erik and Nilda) in October of 2023. The retreat consisted of two ayahuasca ceremonies and one san pedro ceremony. Sapan Inka arranged for transportation for Cusco city to their home in the sacred valley and back to Cusco city afterwards. From start to finish I felt safe in the “safe container” that they created for me and the other retreat participants. Our group were five in total on the retreat and none of us knew each other before the retreat but shared a common bond as spiritual seekers on a healing path.
I had my own room in the main house with a private bath and I think some rooms were double occupancy. Accommodations were nice and comfortable but simple. Nilda did all the cooking throughout the retreat and meals were simple vegan meals consistetn withthe Ayahuasca diet.
Erik was a wonderful counselor and coach throughout the entire retreat. He made himself available for 1-1 conversations before and after every ceremony and has been available for followup sessions on video conference. Erik has helped guide me for several weeks/months since the retreat making book recommendations and other recommendations to expand my spiritual practice.
I never asked Erik about his religion but in our conversations and in the songs and chants I heard references to Christ, the holy spirit, and native Peruvian symbolism. It was a beautiful and non-dogmatic blend of meaningful spiritual traditions as a backdrop but nothing was pushed on me.
This is a real deep spiritual retreat and if you are like me willing to put in real work in preparation and in post ceremony integration I can highly recommend it.
kseniia
April 8, 2024 at 4:17 pmIt was my first ceremony of ayahuasca, and honestly, I was scared, but when I reached the retreat home I became calmer, the place was very peaceful. When I met Erik and Nilda I felt like I could trust them, they are very nice people! After the ceremonies, I realized they doing these retreats because they really want to help people! And also they are curious about the universe and everything. When people love what they doing they will definitely do their best. So I am so happy that I found them and decided to make this journey in their retreat house.
My life is divided into before and after. It’s difficult to explain in words, but you will definitely understand after this retreat, you will find answers! And also you will find the keys to all the doors!
I am using my new knowledges right now, after retreat, and then when I am stuck on my way again I will definitely come back, thank you so much Eric and Nilda ☺️
Sashlic
April 7, 2024 at 2:13 pmupdate April 2024:
Sitting here two years later – planning Honeymoon with my future wife and as part of it want to do my first retreat since then, again at Sapan Inka. The experience still feels very close and it was the start of a transformation process that eventually would bring together the different pieces of my life (and ad some missing ones as well). I see positive effects of it daily.
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I can highly recommend Sapan Inka and say that the entire experience had a very positive impact on my life.
I choose Sapan Sinka because they have a lot of experience with Ayahuascua but are also well versed in western psychology, I strongly appreciated their offer to have online integration sessions and was very glad to make use of them when questions arised well after the Ceremony.
From the start I had a lot of trust in Eric/Nilda and I felt that they believe in their cause and really want to help people. After the ceremonies Eric never drew hasty conclusions but rather just listened and explained what outcomes he has seen with other participants.
As for how it has changed my life: Eric will be the first to point out that taking Ayahuascua is not the solution but only the starting point – he will emphasize on the importance of integration after the experience.
Taking Ayahuasca at Sapan Inka has made many things clear to me and it helps me everyday in being my best self – thank you for that!
Colin
April 5, 2024 at 10:42 amI participated in the 6 day retreat with Sapan Inka and it was extremely transformative for me. It was my first time trying Ayahuasca and I got way more out of it that I ever could have imagined. The retreat center was very serene and Erik and Nilda are very nice people.
In my one and only ayahuasca trip it took me quite a long time for it to kick in and it was close to when the ceremony was over. Nilda and Erik stayed with me for several hours after, and it was nice to be supported during that time.
We also went to Machu Picchu one day and Erik and Nilda set us up with all the travel and transportation in addition to a great guide which was wonderful.
All in all a great experience.
ves
April 4, 2024 at 8:15 pmI did the 3 day retreat with Erik and Nilda and it was an experience I’ll never forget. We were a small group what I really liked, because Erik would spend a lot of time with each person and advise him according his personal needs. Everything was great starting with accommodation, amazing healthy food prepared by Nilda and finish with the ceremony. This is something that everyone should try in his life. The way they lead the the ceremony makes me to want go back do it again. My wife did it at another place with 20+ people and now I want her to go to Eric and Nilda and experience the difference. And the most important in a less then a year after the ceremony I’m experiencing amazing changes in my life that I never expected to happen!
Claire
April 1, 2024 at 9:14 amI take a deep breath before writing this because I want to do justice to the experience I had at Sapan Inka.
Before travelling I did some light research and reading, completed the thorough questionnaire for this retreat, and spoke with Erik to ask any questions that remained about the retreat. I felt ready, calm and happy about the plan.
From arrival everything moved in to place to open up the full experience of the retreat. Every day and every moment felt comfortable and intentional. The structure and intent which Erik and Nilda have created welcomes and embraces you to let go and allow yourself to succumb to the experience.
I felt supported and comfortable throughout, which was especially important during points where some challenges arose for me. Integration sessions with Erik were extremely insightful. We spoke after the retreat and follow up resources were shared which again really helped with the continuation of my journey.
I could go on but I will stop here and summarise that I would whole heartedly recommend Sapan Inka to all of my closest friends. Erik and Nilda have created a beautiful, welcoming space and I am truly grateful to them that I was able to experience it for the days I was there and in my heart afterwards.
Allaoua
April 1, 2024 at 5:50 amI have spent 5 days with Erik and Nilda (and their rescued 2 dogs Negra and Laika and cat) back in October. Words alone cannot describe what a wonderful experience it was. Erik and Nilda are truly special. They are deeply kind and genuine and made me feel at home. I can’t wait to join them again in their new home and get to see Negra (the black dog) I have become attached to and vice versa.
Peace and Love
Omar
wes
March 31, 2024 at 9:46 pmIncredible retreat and a transformative 3 days spent with Erik and Nilda. They are beautiful healers and made me feel incredibly comfortable from the moment I walked through their doors. I can’t recommend this enough! my ceremony changed my life and I am so grateful for the time I spent with them. 10/10 experience
phindangle
March 30, 2024 at 8:53 amWow. All I can say is wow.
Everything at the sapa inka retreat was top notch. Erik is an incredible shaman and his wife Nilda is an incredible woman in her own right with a feminine erergy that really helped balance the center. They work as a team to provide an excellent experience for every one there. The house and amenities are very nice (hot showers and comfortable beds) and it is located in a beautiful area in the sacred valley of Peru where there’s a beautiful river maybe like 100 meters from the retreat center. The food Nilda provides is healthy and delicious.
During the 3 aya ceremonies I did I had a tough time of it on my first two ceremonies and I am very happy I came here because of the small groups I was able to get individual attention. During my second ceremony I was tossing and turning and making noises kinda uncontrollably, and after letting me battle it for some time which I appreciate, Erik was able to come over me, say a prayer and put some kind of liquid on top of me which instantly calmed me down. It was incredible. It’s like he knew exactly what I needed when I needed it.
I am 2 weeks back from my aya retreat at Sapa Inka and I was just at a party and I had the most incredible time. A month ago at the same kind of party I would not know what to say to keep conversations going and it was very difficult for me be engaging, but now after Aya I feel like my brain is so much more clear and at this party this weekend I was so much more engaging, so much funnier and I was maintaining eye contact like I never have before.
It’s really incredible and I really have to think that it was Aya that helped clear my brain. It also gave me tangible steps that I need to do in order to live a better, happier life which includes nurturing my relationships better with people, maybe getting rid of my smart phone and either getting a dumb phone or something similar and creating more.
Creating more art, creating more music and potentially creating children. I had been very anti kids before but now I see it as something that I want.
My third ceremony was absolutely incredible and unbelievably beautiful. I am so glad that Aya called me and I finally answered that call.
There are also two dogs and a cat at the center and they are lovely to interact with.
I really could not recommend the center more. Thank you Erik and Nilda and a special thank you to mother Aya for helping me so much in such a short time. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.