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AMARu Shamanic Initiation Retreat & Facilitator Training
What Awaits You:
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Sacred Plant Medicine Ceremonies: Ayahuasca, Huachuma, Kambo and Cacao
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Sacred Art Alchemy: Intuitive, symbolic and transformational technologies & rituals to unleash the language of your creative expression
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Sacred Sites Portals: Breathtaking views of majestic lakes and the timeless wonder of enchanted caverns connect you to the ancient energy of the earth
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Somatic Practices: Shamanic Yoga & Breathwork, Guided Shamanic Journey and Indigenous Prayer Rituals
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Sound Medicine: Bathe in the healing vibration of sound & native earth medicine songs and instruments, like the drum, didgeridoo, and more
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Vocal Activation: Expressive energy through sound, Spirit Language Attunement, and Sounding Techniques to access your soul’s voice.
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Andean Cosmology Teachings: Navigate the spiritual realms and medicine spaces with the wisdom of the Medicine Wheel and the Three Worlds, guided by the Ancient Future totems of the serpent, jaguar, hummingbird, condor, eagle, and Gran Amaru (Dragon). These teachings will empower you to guide yourself and others through psycho-somatic and spiritual transformation.
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Leadership & Facilitation Training: Stepping up to lead with authenticity, integrity, and heart. This training equips you with tools and skills to hold transformative spaces, guide groups through meaningful experiences, and cultivate your unique offerings through effective communication and presence. Rooted in self-mastery and service to awaken a deeper confidence, clarity, and ability to inspire and support others on their path of healing.
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Machu Pichu Trip Extension: You will have the option to add on an extension to the retreat to journey with us to the Condor Sky Temple, where the jungle meets our Andean Ancestors in the Sky, the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Live ZOOM classes: Prior to the retreat, you will receive access to our online portal to prepare you for the journey ahead and deepen your studies and understanding of the Peruvian Cosmology of the three worlds and the sacred totems and spiritual archetypes of the Andean medicine wheel.
Awaken Your Highest Potential and Embark on Your Sacred Mission in the Heart of Peru's Sacred Valley.
Step into a journey of sacred art alchemy, ritual embodiment, and ancient shamanic wisdom to unlock the Great Dragon within and embrace your soul’s true calling.
My brothers and sisters, it is time to step into your
Hero's journey.
Join us in this Shamanic Initiation and Rite of Passage in the sacred lands of the High Andes. Connect to the indigenous wisdom of Peru and the source of the Medicine.
Experience the greatest adventure you've ever had. Open yourself to healing and transformation. Gain clarity and inspiration on your medicine path and purpose. Cultivate confidence and the skills you need to fully step into your mission as Shamanic facilitator and guide.
Join us as we take you to sacred sites, performing sacred energy activations and embodiment rituals to invoke the gifts of the sacred totems and spiritual archetypes of the Serpent, Jaguar, Hummingbird, and Condor - the Great Dragon or Gran Amaru. Unlock the keys and mysteries of the Sacred Dragon within you and activate your shamanic gifts and powers.
As part of the experience, you will get access to our online portal and live ZOOM classes to deepen your studies and understanding of the Andean Peruvian Cosmology of the three worlds, before you arrive; and learn how to guide and facilitate your own Shamanic Journeys and healing mediations. Included in the Retreat, all classes will be recorded.
There will also be daily yoga, meditation, sharing circles, Plant and Earth medicine journeys, and Sacred Art Alchemy* workshops to help you integrate and make the most of your time in the magical lands of Peru.
Lastly, our time together will culminate with a celebratory Grandmother Ayahuasca and Grandfather Huachuma San Pedro journeys led by local indigenous healers in collaboration with us, your guides and facilitators,
Carla Jannette and Spirit Willow.
If you choose to join us for the Machu Pichu Trip extension, journey with us to the Condor Sky Temples, where the jungle meets our Andean Ancestors in the Sky.
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Ready to join?
Includes Machu Pichu Extension
Our retreat takes place in one of the most the beautiful, magical and deeply sacred places in the world, the Sacred Valley in the Andes of Peru.
The Andes are a corridor of gigantic mountains and snow filled peaks.
The Andes are to Peru what the Himalayas are to India and Nepal.
These sacred mountains are considered temples in the skies, inhabited by ancient spirits, known as Apus. Many in fact have sacred ancient temples and sites built into them, like Machu Pichu. Machu Pichu is one of
the 7 wonders of the world.
It is one of the most powerful and beautiful preserved archeological meccas of the world. During the retreat, we hike to the top of this sacred mountain and visit this mesmerizing site. It's such a site to see. It’s one of these places that just by visiting it, it will change your life forever.
On the Amaru Retreat, we believe in being conscious travelers. We pride ourselves on working with some of the best local healers, shamans, artists, and spiritual guides that I’ve gotten the privilege to connect with and learn from after over is 6 years of traveling to Peru. We believe it's important to honor the land we are visiting by giving just as, or much or more than we are receiving from this sacred land that welcomes us.
For example, at the beginning of our retreat, we invite Alto Misayoq Maria Apaze, the highest authority and priestess of the Quero nation, to lead us through a traditional despacho.
A despacho is an Andean earth offering that the people of the Andes make to feed the spirits of the land, and make spiritual payments. These types of ceremonies are an opportunity for us to ask permission from the guardians of the land, to ask for blessings, and seed our intentions for time together.
This kind of practice is something that are participants get to learn and participate in order to help them more deeply connect to the land and create a relationship of AYNI - Sacred Reciprocity with the spirits of the lands, the elements, the ancestors and APUS or Mountain Spirits.
One of the spiritual technologies that is woven into the tapestry of this Shamanic Initiation retreat is the use of the medicine wheel and 3 worlds teachings based on the Andean Cosmology. And one of our biggest passions is working with psychedelic plant and earth medicines. Medicines whose origins can be traced back to the jungles and mountains of Peru, and that by divine design connect us to our primal and earthly nature. As medicines of the earth, they support us by connecting us, reminding us how to embody and be one with the natural world, and the consciousness of plants and animals.
When one takes psychedelics, they open themselves to visually see and somatically feel the world of the plants and animals spirits come alive through the psychedelic experience. But not all psychedelic experiences are the same. Having certain tools, and understandings can help the journeyer have more command, and more intention, and ultimately a more pleasant, transformative, and enlightening experience.
For this reason, we have decided to incorporate the spiritual teachings of Andean Shamanism into this entire retreat program. Andean Cosmology when applied to the technology of the medicine wheel, acts as a compass and map for navigating medicine spaces and realms.
We work with the Ancient Future totems of the serpent, jaguar, hummingbird, condor, eagle and Gran Amaru, Dragon, to teach you a way to guide yourself and others through psycho-somatic and spiritual transformation.
This retreat offers those interested an opportunity to experience Shamanic Facilitator Mystery School online portal, where we give online classes, workshops and integration calls before and after the retreat to help you understand and learn these spiritual teachings and apply them to your healing arts practice. One of the main skills we will teach you is how to guide your own shamanic journey.But beyond that, the embodied journey and experience of sacred ritual, a variety of ceremonies and plant and earth medicine journeys, travel, adventure, connection to a different culture and kinds of people, and most of all visiting of one the most spiritual and shamanic meccas of the world will leave you transformed and feeling more confident, connected and empowered in your spiritual practice than ever before.
At Amaru Retreats, we know that the souls that are attracted to this work are deeply powerful ancient, heart centered and service oriented beings. So we have put our heart and soul into creating an experience that will leave our guests inspired, motivated, and more aligned to their spiritual purpose and path on this earth. We want our students to leave Peru transformed, activated and empowered to serve the world through their unique creative gifts and divine channel.
EXPERIENCE
Through sacred rituals, energy activations, and transformative journeys to Peru’s most revered sites, you will awaken to your highest potential and align with the purpose you’re here to fulfill.
One sacred portals we will visit includes the cave temple Naupa Iglesia. At Naupa Iglesia, we will work with the alchemy of cacao, sound and shamanic journeying to travel to parallel and ancient future timelines and draw in our power sigil.
We will explore the majestic Kinsacocha Lake during our full day Huachuma ceremony, where we will connect to the four elements and deepen our study of our selves and the Chakana - Andean Cross - with the support of Grandfather medicine.
Additionally, we'll embark on the Machu Pichu Extension, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This journey is an opportunity for you to hike up to the condor sky temples with your cosmic family and exprience one of the most incredible sacred sites of the world.
This journey delves into the nexus of spirituality and creativity.
Throughout this retreat, we will explore the many forms of Somatic embodied expression through movement dance, vocal toning channeled drawing, creative writing, spoken word poetry, and sacred symbolic soulscape mapping to enter into intuitive states of your creative flow as we invoke the Spirit of the Mistic Muse within.
This work is about calling in your full embodied medicine to awaken within the dream and step deeper into the sacred play of your creative nature. We dance with the inner muses and unite with the divine storytelling of our sacred archetypes to integrate the full spectrum of our divine embodied Avatar presence.
In this retreat, you will experience many dynamic layers of inspiration that will culminate into a co-creative Sacred Art Prayer-formance and Shamanic Journey offering at the end of our time together.
The Sacred Language of Art is a powerful vehicle to integrate and ground the wisdom teachings and information received from working with Plant Medicines.
Sacred Art Alchemy is a process that works with the method of Spiritual Art Empowerment helping you to interpret the multidimensional visions experienced throughout your journey into an anchored full-embodied integration.
We will begin our retreat with a Despacho - offering ceremony to Pachamama, with 100 year-old Alto Misayoq High Priestess, Maria Apaze. She is one of the highest authorities of the Andes, and you will get to participate and begin your journey with this huge blessing to help you ground into the land.
In the following days, you will also get to participate in a Kambo ceremony led by your lead facilitators. Kambo is a sacred earth medicine that comes from the Giant Leaf Trea Frog. Experience a deep cleanse and detoxification through this purgative remedy, to prepare your body to receive the medicine of Ayahuasca.
During our time together, you will also get to partake in two co-creative Ayahuasca ceremony under the guidance of your lead facilitators and their personal Maestro. Experience a unique and special ceremony that incorporates authentic Shipibo-Konibo Icaros and personal healings for the first half of the ceremony and a prayer to the four elements in the second half, where there will be an opportunity to sing, dance and cocreate music by the
light of the sacred fire.
Lastly, there will be Huachuma / San Pedro Hike through the Andes, led by an exprienced local facilitator trained through the Sundance and Andean Cosmology lineage.
Join us this summer in Peru and explore with us, one of our most favorite places in the whole world, the Sacred Valley of Peru. Join us as we connect to the Solar rays of the Taita Inti, Father Sun, in the breathtaking lands of the Incan and Quero peoples.
Peru holds a special place in my heart for more reasons than one.
For one, it is the home of some incredible sacred sites and temples, including one of the seven wonders of the world, Machu Pichu, who’s beauty and timelessness rivals the temples of Egypt and beyond. (pictured above)
Second, the people are so kind. The people of Peru are super friendly, generous, and welcoming! The Quero people are some of the original peoples of the High Andes, that have been around since before the Incan civilazation and empire. Their spirits are so pure, and can be felt in every interaction. They are amazing artists and artisans, and create beautiful tapestries and shamanic tools that incorporate their ancient wisdom and cosmology.
Third, the food. Peruvian cuisine is delicious. They have something like 2000 variations of potatoes. The ancient civilizations and sacred sites of Peru were known for their agricultural laboratories. They have many ancestral variations of corn, legumes, and exotic fruits, packed full of nutrients. They are known for their cacao, quinoa, and ceviche. Super Yum!
Cusco and the Sacred Valley of Peru are the perfect place to visit if you are craving adventure, and connection to your ancient soul. The breathtaking mountains, known as Apu’s will heal and activate you in ways you cannot imagine.
And there’s the added bonus of having Carla, our lead facilitator, who is a fluent Spanish-English speaker and initiated Earth priestess of Andean Cosmology - Pampamysayoc - as our guide, so you will get in the insider tour into the cultural and spiritual side of Peru.
And lastly, visiting the origin and source of sacred plant medicines like grandmother Ayahuasca and grandfather Huachuma/ Washuma, will completely transform your experience and relationship to these master plant teachers. This is an opportunity not to be missed that weaves culture, history and the ancient future of earth and plant medicine.
THE MEDICINE
Wachuma: also known as San Pedro is a cactus native to South America that has been used by indigenous people of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador for medicinal and religious purposes for many thousands of years.
Wachuma or Huachuma means “to be without a head, to cut one’s head, to cut rational thought, to cut the ego”. It is a Quechua word that is divided into Waqcha whose meaning is “absence of” and Uma, which means “head”. We prefer to use the name Wachuma instead of San Pedro to honor the indigenous and ancestral roots of this sacred plant.
Wachuma has been considered a sacred plant by many indigenous groups for millennia. At the Chavin the Huantar site in Peru, representations of the cactus have been found engraved in stones, wall paintings, textiles, and ceramics. These objects date from the year 1300 BCE, and it suggests that its use was already well understood and practiced.
Wachuma is considered one of the most sacred master plants, highly revered for its therapeutic and healing powers, as well as its ability to connect us with the divine that is in and around us. The primary psychoactive compound in both the Wachuma and Peyote cactus is mescaline, which is responsible for its psychoactive effects and many of its healing properties.
Similar to Ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms and other psychoactive medicines, Wachuma helps remove physical, mental and emotional blockages. It brings the unconscious to the surface to be acknowledged and released. Ayahuasca is often referred to as the Grandmother and Wachuma is considered the Grandfather, both are equally powerful and profound sacred plants.
Wachuma cleans and detoxifies the body, and treats mental and emotional issues. After a Wachuma ceremony, we can often feel inspired and more creative, experience deep love and connection, heal trauma, and be free from depression, PTSD, anxiety, grief, chronic pain and addiction.
In indigenous cosmovision, Wachuma is an earth spirit that connects us with the land and with our bodies. Wachuma opens the heart, allowing us to experience emotions like love, joy, forgiveness and compassion. Playfulness and wonder are often part of the journey. Wachuma heals the wounds of the heart with gentleness helping us to live a more vibrant and joyful life.
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A Wachuma ceremony is typically held outside in nature, in the daytime or at night. The medicine is prepared by cooking the cactus for many hours in water. After taking the medicine, most people start feeling the effects within 20 – 40 minutes, the experience usually lasts 10 -12 hours.
Even though everyone’s journey is unique and different, some general themes are part of the ceremony. Wachuma is known for being an empathogenic, bringing a sense of love, expansion and connection with all beings. It produces a dream-like feeling that can be accompanied by visions, heightened senses and waves of emotions. During the ceremony, it is common for the participants to receive guidance, insight, deep healing, inner peace and connection to their higher selves.
Together we will get to experience a Wachuma Hike, led by a trained facilitator and guide in the beautiful sacred Andes of Peru, enjoying the elements, connecting to our prayers, and sharing in music and the wisdom teachings of this powerful master plant teacher.
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian plant medicine that has been used for centuries, possibly thousands of years, by indigenous and more recently mestizo ayahuasca shamanic healers across the upper Amazon throughout Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. There are over 40 other names known for this sacred medicine, including caapi, mariri, uni and yage.
The origins of the ayahuasca shamanism are lost in the mists of history but there are many different stories among indigenous tribes of the Amazon about how they initially came to work with this medicine. However, a ceremonial cup containing traces of ayahuasca was found in Ecuador and is believed to be over 2500 years old. In an indigenous context, ayahuasca was used by the healers of the Amazon region for healing and divinatory purposes.
Complex rituals surround the preparation and use of ayahuasca that have been passed down through countless generations of healers. By holding ayahuasca ceremonies, they use the medicine as a diagnostic tool to discover the roots of illnesses in their patients.
Ayahuasca is a sacred and potent brew revered by indigenous cultures of the Amazon rainforest for its profound spiritual and healing properties. It's crafted from a blend of plants, containing DMT and MAO inhibitors, facilitating deeply transformative and introspective experiences that are believed to offer insights, healing, and connection with the divine realms under the guidance of experienced shamans. A co-creative relationship between the healer, the plant spirits and ayahuasca, and the participant allows for the participant to uncover, experience, and take responsibility for issues that had been hidden in their unconscious and resulted in energetic blockages – often the cause of the dis-ease, or emotional/psycho-spiritual imbalance.
Kambo is a Spiritual Earth healing remedy that comes from the gland excretions of the Amazonian frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor (Giant Leaf Frog).
It has long been used by the tribes of the Amazon to protect their peoples from illness, depression, predators, laziness, bad luck, negative energy, and darkness; and has been used by their warriors and hunters to boost the immune system, increase vitality, strength, intuition, sight, and sensory perception.
Today it is used in Shamanic Ritual, or as administered by a trained healing facilitator, to produce holistic healing of the mind, body and spirit. It is also being used by skilled practitioners to help treat and alleviate more serious diseases, like cancer, drug & alcohol addiction, Lyme’s Disease, Chronic Fatigue, Inflammation, Depression, and more.
Kambo's therapeutic effects are caused by a chemical cocktail of bio-active peptides that induce the body into having an immune system response that makes the practitioner purge and detox from all of their cells; helping them release toxins, inflammation, infection, parasites, fungus, and candida from your blood, body, and intestines; and even reduces cancerous cells. For more info on the benefits of how Carla facilitates Kambo and what to expect, click here: Kambo Healing
Ceremonial Cacao: Derived from the seeds of Theobroma cacao tree, ceremonial cacao embodies a rich tapestry of ancient traditions and contemporary spiritual practices. Revered by indigenous cultures for centuries, it serves as a conduit for introspection, connection, gratitide and healing.
Rapé: This sacred Amazonian snuff bridges the physical and spiritual realms, crafted from a blend of tobacco, medicinal plants, and prayers, it carries the wisdom of the jungle. Used ceremonially for deep introspection and healing, it clears the mind and opens the heart.
Sananga: Crafted from Tabernaemontana roots, Sananga opens perception and awakens deeper insight. It kickstarts a journey of purification, releasing tension and negative emotions to bring clarity, awareness, and inner peace. Those who've experienced its medicine often speak of newfound clarity, heightened awareness, and a deep sense of inner peace after a mild to intense burning sensation that lasts 2-4 minutes.
These sacred sacraments hold ancient wisdom and transformative potential, guiding us on paths of healing and awakening.
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What You get:
8 Night/ 9 days stay in Villa Magica Retreat Center
3 Meals per day
All shamanic embodiment and sacred art alchemy
workshops, yoga classes, Hapé and cacao ceremonies through out our time together
1 Despacho with Alto Misayoq - Maria Apaze
1 Kambo ceremony
2 Ayahuasca Ceremonies
1 Washuma San Pedro Ceremony
1 Trip to Naupa Iglesia
Andean Wisdom Teachings and Shamanic Journey Facilitation 5 Online Zoom Classes ( All Recorded)
*Machu Pichu Add on*
Transport to and from Sacred Site
2 Night Stay
Park Entrance
Food not included*
REGULAR PRICE $3,500
+ $650 for Machu Pichu Extension
Shared Room
Private Room available upon request,
first come first serve, +$500
Partial Scholarships available for those experiencing financial hardship, BIPOC, and Latin American Passport holders, and other special cases, to learn more, email heartchocolateyoga@gmail.com
PRICE INCLUDES:
Shared Accommodation, June 28th - July 9th
3 meals per day
Sacred Site entrance fees
Grandmother and Grandfather medicine journeys
All workshops, teachings and shamanic embodiment journey training
MACHU PICHU EXTENSION INCLUDES:
Dates July 7th - 9th
Park Entrance Fee
2 Night Shared Accommodation
Travel to and from park
Trip concludes in Cusco, unless requested otherwise
This trip includes medium to hard hiking trails.
Meals not included*
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Return Revitalized: What You’ll Come Away With
🐉 A Profound Connection to Your Sacred Avatar:
Awakened and empowered, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your soul’s mission and the confidence to carry it out.
🐍 Activated Shamanic Gifts and Spiritual Archetypes:
Unlock the sacred totems of the Serpent, Jaguar, Hummingbird, and Condor within you, embodying their wisdom and power in your everyday life.
🔥 Integrated Wisdom and Grounded Inner Healing:
Through Sacred Art Alchemy and plant medicine journeys, you’ll have the tools to ground and integrate multidimensional teachings into your life.
🌈 Embodied Somatic Practices for Creative Flow:
Experience the full spectrum of your creative potential through movement, vocal toning, channeled drawing, and soulscape mapping, empowering you to continue these practices beyond the retreat.
🦋 Healing and Liberation from Emotional Blockages
Release old patterns, trauma, and limitations that no longer serve you, creating space for joy, love, and vibrant self-expression.
🌵 A Deepened Relationship with Sacred Medicines
Build a co-creative relationship with master plants like Wachuma and Ayahuasca, harnessing their wisdom for continued healing and transformation.
❤️ Soul Connection with a Conscious, Aligned Community
Forge meaningful connections with like-minded souls who share your commitment to personal and spiritual growth.
💫 A Newfound Sense of Playfulness and Wonder
Return to your daily life inspired, with an open heart and a fresh perspective, grounded in joy, creativity, and the magic of possibility.
