Maha Devi Ayahuasca Retreats

I attended the July 2025 retreat in Putumayo, Colombia with Maha Devi. This was my first such experience and I was admittedly nervous. Yasha and Ania, the founders of Maha Devi, went above and beyond to acknowledge my trepidation and alleviate it. They shared their journeys and the lessons they were taught along the way and explained how they applied what they learned for the group’s benefit. This involved the search for exceptional medicine, comfortable accommodations with appealing and plentiful meals and individualized action plans during and following the retreat. I felt I was in good hands immediately and that feeling has only continued to increase since that initial meeting.

Maha Devi provides transportation from and back to the airport. Yasha and Ania warmly greet their guests no matter their arrival times and make sure you’re settled in with all you need. It would have been significantly more stressful to navigate arriving and departing the jungle without this service. Also, you quickly realize how much coordinating and cost is involved, but there aren’t any fees that arise - it’s all covered in the decidedly fair price advertised.

Maha Devi has a schedule filled with growth activities and we received copies for reference. Despite the structure, I was pleasantly surprised by Yasha and Ania’s openness to being flexible and ensuring each group member was able to participate in additional activities based on their personal preferences. For me, this meant an additional trip away from the eco lodge into the nearby jungle in search of awe-inspiring waterfalls and swimming holes (Thank you!). For others, it involved an additional daytime ceremony. If somebody wanted something, Maha Devi went above and beyond to make it happen!

The ceremonies were beautiful. Each built off the previous and introduced new layers to the nights. The first ceremony was described as an introduction, a handshake, and I found this to summarize my experience accurately. I met the medicine. She showed me her strength, beauty and mercy while possessing insights as if she’d known me my entire life. The second and third ceremonies evolved sonically while harmoniously blending the medicine and the senses.

Lastly, and most impressively, Maha Devi’s follow up care greatly exceeded my expectations. I frequently heard from both Yasha and Ania regarding integration. Collectively, our group had integration conferences involving experts and resources previously unintroduced. Yasha and Ania clearly demonstrated their passion for healing and that they have found and are dutifully pursuing their calling. I am truly grateful.