Ayahuasca ceremony

Ayahuasca doesn’t need a voice. Many books are written on the subject, and it is easy to research. It is rather unlikely that you have never heard of it or have not looked into it. Most likely, you have watched documentaries, read books, and listened to many podcasts and talks. You know why you feel drawn to this work. Instead, we will explain the reason why working with both medicines is beneficial.

The Ayahuasca ceremony is a gateway to other plant spirits. It cleans you up and makes you more receptive. Ayahuasca is the "washing machine" for your body and spirit. It takes you apart and puts you back together in a different order. There are many ways to face your fears but not all of them result in healing. Ayahuasca is perhaps the best way to do it in a healing context. It helps you find the courage to face your fears and move past them, which is valuable training for life.

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This difficult but rewarding process can result in deep physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. She can open you up to an undeniable spiritual world, which can help you to unplug from the technological and digital reality that is claiming your time more and more. If your time is the one thing you truly own, then protecting and using it wisely becomes a priority. Ayahuasca ceremony is like the German Autobahn where people drive well above the normal speed limit. And, as in Germany, “accidents’’ do happen, so it is in your best interest to get on the Ayahuasca “superhighway” with the best “driver” you can find. Don Juan, with whom we work regularly, is a local curandero (healer) and carrier of ancient shamanic traditions, whom we fully trust to work with Ayahuasca. He is one of a kind, a hybrid shaman, who is both a Paco, a term used for an adept or practitioner of Andean shamanism, and ayahuascero in a Shipibo tradition. The way we do our ayahuasca ceremonies is unique. We start it with a Coca reading, an ancient practice of divination masterfully performed by Don Juan, who is also a Despachero, a designated shaman who performs the Despacho ceremony, a ritual also known as the Payment to Mother Earth, an offering to the Pacha Mama. In the Andes, it is usually done before building a house, starting a business, getting married, or any other significant and meaningful event for which a person is asking for a blessing from the mountains. Despacho can also be performed solely to express one's gratitude for a harmonious living. Generally speaking, if no special requests are made during the year, it is performed in the Andes during the whole month of August when according to the local tradition, the Pacha Mama awakens from its annual rest.

The process of the Coca reading takes place in our Maloca before the Ayahuasca ceremony, during which Don Juan can see your past and your future in the leaves, which tells him all about you and the healing you need. We bring this information into our Ayahuasca ceremony which follows the reading to work on specific issues indicated by the spirit of Coca. Thus, the Icaros are being directed specifically into the area where needed most. 

We call for Ayahuasca when we have at least three people who want it. Usually, we do it about once a month but can do it more often according to demand. 

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We highly recommend that you end your medicinal journey with Huachuma if you have Ayahuasca elsewhere in Peru. Huachuma is a grounding medicine and a bridge to your normal, daily life. It's a necessary link between Ayahuasca and the modern world. Often happens, when people go home and are unable to integrate their Ayahuasca experience, which can confuse. Huachuma, when properly done, can help you to get grounded and ensure a smoother return to your daily life. Huachuma can also help you to understand and integrate your Ayahuasca experience. Ayahuasca and Huachuma are the Yin and Yang of South America. It’s an alchemical and divine union that has persisted throughout millennia. Grandparents don’t compete with one another, they simply live, love, and share their wisdom with their children and grandchildren. This is how it has been done since ancient times, and this cycle is still alive today.

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Please read the article by Sergey Baranov titled: Ayahuasca: Reigniting the Fire Within 

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Below is a video made by Sergey with Don Orlando Gonzales Saldaña, his other Shipibo maestro who lives in Pucalca. Don Orlando is an ayhuascero from a big and known ayahuasca family in Pucalpa. 

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We believe that greater healing is achieved in smaller groups. We limit our Ayahuasca ceremony to eight people maximum, not including Sergey and Don Juan, which makes it ten in total. If you take both medicines at Huachuma Wasi, you will be perfectly balanced, regardless of the order in which you receive each medicine. Sergey and Juan are working beautifully together, intertwining both medicines into one healing path.

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Usually, we begin and end with Huachuma. We don't serve Ayahuasca to people who aren't already staying with us. You cannot come to Huachuma Wasi to only work with Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca medicine is reserved for our guests only.

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Please contact for details.

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You are welcome to stay longer and continue your work with Huachuma afterward; in fact, this is a recommended way to end your Ayahuasca journey. 

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Submit your information form and we will review your application within 24 hours and will get back to you with more details about booking your retreat. 

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Please specify in your application that you are interested in working with Ayahuasca.