Eight Week Initiation Course - $6850

Eight Week Ayahuasca Initiation Course

A Deep Immersion into Shipibo Curanderismo

Our Ayahuasca Initiation Course provides students with the opportunity to learn the healing tradition of curanderismo. It is truly an amazing experience to diet with the plants and receive teachings from genuine authentic Shipibo curanderos as well as from long time students of the tradition, who are great examples of what new students are striving to achieve. This ayahuasca training course provides a very unique opportunity to diet with one of the most powerful plants in the Amazon Rainforest, a tree named Noya Rao. This bio-luminescent tree is vary rare, and we are lucky to have two of them near the plant medicine school, which was built in its location because of its proximity to these trees. The plant medicine school, Inkan Kena, is located in a different part of the Amazon Rainforest than our healing retreat center, and requires a 90 minute bus ride and a 45 minute hike to get there.

Students on this ayahuasca training course will receive as deep a teaching as possible in two months, with the chance to each lead ceremonies on their own, as well as perform a variety of healing treatments. Because of the way this course has been developed over the last decade, an immense amount can be learned and understood about the powerful healing tradition of ayahuasca and plant medicine. This is definitely not a vacation. It is an intense immersion into the world of curanderismo and the plant spirit healing traditions of the Shipibo. It is intended for people who have had experience with ayahuasca or shamanic practices and want to go much deeper in the work. It is for people who truly wish to be curanderos and to one day treat patients and/or hold ceremonies.  If you feel called to learn more and to follow the path of ayahuasca, then this course is a great step forward down that path.

The $6,850 price includes:

Accommodations for five nights at a hotel in Iquitos
The first night, during the break, and the last two nights – hotel has wi-fi

Accommodations for fifty nights at the Plant Medicine School
Rustic accommodations in a beautiful jungle setting

22 traditional ayahuasca ceremonies 
There may be more or less ceremonies depending on the flow of the course

An mp3 player with twenty Shipibo icaros to be learned
Being able to repeatedly listen to the icaros is a huge help for learning them

Transportation to and from the Camp
Comfortable buses take students to the trail to hike in

At least two meals a day, following the ‘dieta’
Fresh fruit, juice, eggs, steamed vegetables, rice, lentils, quinoa, grilled fish, potatoes, etc.

Translation of all lectures, presentations, workshops, and discussions
Course assistants will also add their own experiences, teachings, and explanations

Healing tools like mapachos, agua florida, and massage pomades
Essential for the study and practice of curanderismo

USBs with photos taken and audio recordings from the course
Lectures and ceremonies will be recorded and pictures will be taken

Many more gifts and educational items that you’ll pick up along the way
You’ll receive other gifts and healing tools as well

The content of each course is guided by the plant spirits and catered to the specific group of students participating in that course. Therefore, it is difficult to provide an accurate timeline or schedule. Below is an example of what took place during a previous course and can demonstrate the amount and variety of content covered.

An Example Itinerary for the Course:

A Daily Schedule of Lectures, Workshops and Activities

WEEK ONE

SUNDAY: Go to the school and get settled. (Arrive & Meet the day before in Iquitos)
MONDAY: Get accustomed to the school. 1st Ceremony discussion. CEREMONY #1
TUESDAY: Take a powerful purgative called Sangre de Grado. Private Consultations.
WEDNESDAY: Begin the first plant dieta with a two day fast. CEREMONY #2
THURSDAY: Tobacco and soplaying/ceremony preparation workshop with mapacho.
FRIDAY: Begin vapor baths.  Icaros workshop. Soplaying preparation. CEREMONY #3
SATURDAY: Continue vapor baths. Assistant led workshop.  Icaros practice.

WEEK TWO

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Continue vapor baths. Icaro lecture and workshop. CEREMONY #4
TUESDAY: Continue vapor baths. Soplay and Chupando agua florida workshop.
WEDNESDAY: Continue vapor baths.  Mucura sinus cleanse. CEREMONY #5
THURSDAY: Vapor baths continue. Ayahuasca ceremony procedure workshop.
FRIDAY: Pinon blanco cleanse. Icaros lecture and discussion. CEREMONY #6
SATURDAY: Assistant led workshop on vision navigation and healing work.

WEEK THREE

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Cold water plant baths begin. Icaros workshop. CEREMONY #7
TUESDAY: Continue plant baths. Ceremony procedure/soplay/healing review.
WEDNESDAY: Continue plant baths. Ceremony procedure workshop. CEREMONY #8
THURSDAY: Continue plant baths. Catahua purgative for protection and strength.
FRIDAY: Continue plant baths. Opening a ceremony workshop. . CEREMONY #9
SATURDAY: Assistant led workshop of complimentary healing modalities.

WEEK FOUR

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Ceremony procedure workshop. Student ceremonies begin. CEREMONY #10
TUESDAY: Chiric Sanango nervous system cleanse. Plant remedies discussion.
WEDNESDAY: Begin preparation of ayahuasca. Cushma charging. CEREMONY #11
THURSDAY: Continue ayahuasca preparation. Plant remedies discussion.
FRIDAY: Finish ayahuasca preparation. First plant dieta ends. CEREMONY #12
SATURDAY: Go into Iquitos for two night break. Recharge and Relax.

WEEK FIVE

SUNDAY: Free day in Iquitos to rest, connect with family and friends, recharge.
MONDAY: Return to the school.  Student led ceremonies continue. CEREMONY #13
TUESDAY: Begin second plant dieta with a two day fast. Icaros workshop.
WEDNESDAY: Ceremony procedure/soplay/healing review. CEREMONY #14
THURSDAY: Walk in the jungle to learn about the plants and their medicinal properties.
FRIDAY: Patient-Healer workshops. Plant remedies discussion. CEREMONY #15
SATURDAY: Student led workshops on complementary healing methods.

WEEK SIX

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Workshops on diagnosing illnesses, finding plant remedies. CEREMONY #16
TUESDAY: Take Avilla purgative for stronger connections. Icaros workshop.
WEDNESDAY: Medicinal plant walk. Q&A with the maestro. CEREMONY #17
THURSDAY: Therapeutic massage workshop. Healer-Patient workshops continue.
FRIDAY: Vision discussions. Treatments continue. Practice the icaros.  CEREMONY #18
SATURDAY: Student led workshop on complimentary practices.

WEEK SEVEN

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Another medicinal plant preparation workshop. CEREMONY #19
TUESDAY: Student preparation of plant remedies in Healer-Patient workshops.
WEDNESDAY: Connecting with the spirits workshop and discussion. CEREMONY #20
THURSDAY: Deeper discussion of connecting to God during the icaros.
FRIDAY: Preparation for end of course dancing.  Icaros. CEREMONY #21
SATURDAY: Student led workshop on complimentary practices. Dance workshop

WEEK EIGHT

SUNDAY: Take a day to rest, focus on the dieta, and process the previous week.
MONDAY: Final ceremonies led by the maestro. Receive Arcanas. CEREMONY #22
TUESDAY: Final consultations with don Enrique. Practice dancing.
WEDNESDAY: Diet ends with a sacred ceremony and dance. CEREMONY #23
THURSDAY: Say goodbyes to the staff and head back to Iquitos.  Lunch together.
FRIDAY: Internet, laundry, etc. Visit the butterfly farm outside of Iquitos. relax.
SATURDAY: Receive course certificates and get gifts or medicines. Say goodbyes…

NOTE: Each course takes a maximum of 16 students