Elias Rodriguez Nahuama

Curandero
Elias’s name in Shipibo is Inin Tsoma, which means a brave and strong man with a beautiful way about him that generates love.

Born in 1974 in Santa Isabel de Bawanisho, Elias is a high-level Onanya (master healer) and the coordinator of the Shipibo healing team at the Temple of the Way of Light. Known for his joyful spirit and profound healing abilities, Elias dedicates his life to plant-spirit healing.

His formal training began at age ten. His father, a revered Onanya facing death, prepared Elias to carry the family’s healing lineage. His foundational apprenticeship started with a master plant dieta at Kumankay Lake with the mighty Noya Rao tree. After this preparation, his father transmitted his ancestral knowledge and passed away one month later.

Despite early hardship working to support his family from age eleven, he continued his apprenticeship dieting many master plants and trees. At age twenty, his uncle, also an Onanya, guided him for several years, helping Elias master the sophisticated art of curanderismo.

Elias initially balanced a double life – security guard by day, healer by night. Word of his powerful healing gift spread across Peru, allowing him to fully dedicate himself to his true calling. He now works permanently at the Temple, sharing the transformative healing gifts inherited from his father with deep integrity and passion.

  • 12 Days
    6 Ceremonies
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    $ 4,440

    Living in Alignment: Ayahuasca Healing Retreat

    The backbone of our work and regular retreat offering, providing an immersion in traditional Shipibo plant-spirit healing complemented with yoga classes, individual and group support, and powerful methods of self-inquiry.
  • 12 Days + 5 Days
    6 Ceremonies
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    $ 5,700

    Ayahuasca Healing Retreat + 5-Day Integration Retreat

    A 12-Day ‘Living in Alignment’ Ayahuasca Healing Retreat with an added 5-day Integration Extension Retreat at the Temple.
  • 12 Days
    6 Ceremonies
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    $ 4,440

    Women’s Ayahuasca Healing Retreat

    For this retreat we will be working exclusively with female facilitators and female support staff. There is something very special that happens when a group of women come together to heal!
  • 12 Days
    12 Ceremonies
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    $ 5,500

    Healthcare Practitioners Ayahuasca Retreat

    This special 12-day ayahuasca retreat is designed to ‘heal the healers’ and is offered only for healthcare professionals in medical and mental health settings.
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  • 14 Days
    5 Ceremonies
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    $ 2,000

    Traditional Plant Dietas at Shipibo Rao

    We are honored to support Maestro Jose Lopez Sanchez and his healing center, Shipibo Rao. Maestro Jose runs 14-day dietas working in the Shipibo tradition.
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