Ayahuasca Retreats
Each ayahuasca retreat at the Temple of the Way of Light features a balance of female and male healers from the indigenous Shipibo tribe. This incredible team of healers is highly experienced in practicing the ancient art of ayahuasca shamanism. Their ayahuasca ceremonies are supported by highly trained and knowledgeable Western facilitators, who act as a critical cultural bridge between the healers and our guests.
Through meticulous planning and experience with thousands of guests, the Temple has developed a range of ayahuasca retreat programs in our beautiful jungle environment, about two hours by boat and trek from the Peruvian city of Iquitos.
9-Day Ayahuasca and Meditation Retreats: Awakening our Wisdom and Compassion
Since incorporating meditation practice into our Deep Immersion retreats over many years, we have seen the significant benefits of combining meditation with deep medicine work. We have only two of these unique offerings this year, which are designed to guide you back home to your true and authentic self and to living life with a courageous heart. We will weave 4 traditional ayahuasca healing ceremonies led by 2 Shipibo healers with daily meditations facilitated by Juliana Bizare, together with a series of body-based energy and awareness practices.
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| September 10 - 18, 2019 | Almost full | Register Now |
23-Day Deep Immersion Ayahuasca Retreats
Our Deep Immersion Retreats place an equal focus on both healing and integration. The 7 ayahuasca ceremonies are spread out over the duration of the program, enabling more time for processing, contemplation, and integration.The foundation is in traditional Amazonian plant-spirit healing complemented with progressive therapeutic and eastern psycho-spiritual practices to ensure effective and long lasting integration. Included are daily classes in yoga, meditation, and art therapy, among others, as well as individual and group processing sessions.
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| September 27 - October 19, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
9-Day Yoga Intensive Ayahuasca Retreat
This retreat is designed for yoga enthusiasts who are interested in a comprehensive yoga program and traditional Amazonian plant-based healing practices. The combination of intensive yoga and ayahuasca healing creates an extraordinary synergy where dedicated participants can accelerate their own learning, personal growth, healing, spiritual awakening, and integrative process. Guided by yoga teacher Marta Wanderlust-Banick, two Temple facilitators, one female Shipibo maestra, and one male Shipibo maestro, this retreat will combine 4 intimate ayahuasca ceremonies for ceremony groups limited to 12 people only, with a comprehensive yoga program during the daytime.
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| November 22 - 30, 2019 | Open | Register Now |
12-Day Ayahuasca Retreats
Our 12-Day Ayahuasca Retreats are comprised of 7 ceremonies, with 5 Shipibo healers and 2 experienced facilitators. The foundation is in traditional Amazonian plant-spirit healing complemented with progressive therapeutic and eastern psycho-spiritual practices to ensure effective and long lasting integration. These healing retreats are intense, typically with deep insights and profound restoration taking place in a short amount of time.
| Dates | Status | Register |
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| October 25 - November 5, 2019 | Open | Register Now |
| December 9 - 20, 2019 | Open | Register Now |
9-Day Ayahuasca Retreats
Our 9-Day Ayahuasca Retreats are comprised of 5 ceremonies with 5 Shipibo healers and 2 experienced facilitators. The foundation is in traditional Amazonian plant-spirit healing complemented with progressive therapeutic and eastern psycho-spiritual practices to ensure effective and long lasting integration. These healing retreats are intense, typically with deep insights and profound restoration taking place in a short amount of time.
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| August 27 - September 4, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
| September 10 - 18, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
| October 11 - 19, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
| November 8 - 16, 2019 | Almost full | Register Now |
| November 22 - 30, 2019 | Open | Register Now |
14 and 23-Day Mindfulness and the Medicine Ayahuasca Retreats
This ayahuasca retreat combines the format of the Deep Immersion Ayahuasca Retreat with a special in-depth exploration of applied mindfulness and integration strategies derived from evidence based psychological modalities, guided by Sean Chiddy, of the Temple’s Integration Team. Also included are daily classes in yoga, meditation, and creative expression, among others, as well as individual and group processing sessions.
**Please Note: This retreat will be offered as a 14-Day retreat or a 23-Day retreat. Guests of the 14-Day retreat will join the 23-Day guests for the first 14 days of the 23-Day retreat.**
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| October 25 - November 7, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
| October 25 - November 16, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
14-Day Ayahuasca, Yoga, Meditation, and Self-Inquiry Retreats
Our Ayahuasca, Yoga, Meditation, and Self-Inquiry Retreats place an equal focus on both healing and integration. The 5 ayahuasca ceremonies are spread out over the duration of the program, enabling more time for processing, contemplation, and integration. The foundation is in traditional Amazonian plant-spirit healing complemented with progressive therapeutic and eastern psycho-spiritual practices to ensure effective and long lasting integration. Included are daily classes in yoga, meditation, and art therapy, among others, as well as individual and group processing sessions.
**Please note: Participants in this retreat join the concurrent 23-Day Deep Immersion Program for the first 14 days of the Deep Immersion Program.**
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| September 27 - October 10, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
| December 9 - 22, 2019 | Open | Register Now |
11-Day Alignment Intensive Ayahuasca Retreat
The Alignment Intensive is a by-application only ayahuasca retreat that combines 5 ayahuasca ceremonies and the sophisticated healing work of the Shipibo Maestras and Maestros with ontological inquiry with Richard Condon and Matthew Watherston, to help you to identify your Calling (or Mission) for your life. This process gives you unique and powerful tools for ayahuasca integration, and shows you how to recreate and design your life so that it is aligned with your Calling and how to connect to the wisdom of your soul to guide, inform, and inspire every aspect of your life. The deadline for application is June 30th.
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| September 27 - October 7, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
Traditional Plant Dietas
Plant Dietas at Niwe Rao Xobo
Since 2009, the Temple has been blessed with the presence and expertise of one of the most recognized and powerful lineages of Shipibo healers from Pucallpa. For generations, the family of Ynez Sanchez, with her son, Jose, and daughters, Laura and Lila, has been carrying and practicing the medicine and wisdom of their ancestors. Acknowledging the immense value that they bring to our extended family through their expertise, integrity, commitment, love, and passion for plant medicine, the Temple is excited and honored to support them as they design, develop, and promote their own programs at their center in San Francisco, Peru, near Pucallpa, on the Ucayali river.
**Prior experience with ayahuasca is strictly required.**
| Dates | Availability | Register |
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| September 12 - 25, 2019 | Full (wait list) | Join waiting list |
