5 Day Ayahuasca Retreat in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

What is Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca is an Amazonian plant brew that has been used for millennia by the indigenous people of the Americas for healing purposes and for spiritual exploration.

​The Ayahuasca effects and benefits vary greatly from one Ayahuasca experience to another. This is one thing you need to know: No two ceremonies are ever the same, and no two people ever have the same experience.

The Ayahuasca brew contains: Ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and Chacruna (Psychotria viridis) or Chaliponga (Diplopterys cabrerana) leaves. The vine contains harmine and harmaline, which are MAO-A inhibitors, and tetrahydroharmine, which is a weak serotonin uptake inhibitor. The leaves contain dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the strongest entheogen known to man. Ingested, the combination of these plants leads to the uptake of DMT by your brain, where it will open your perceptions with an awakened state of consciousness.

Effects, Experience, and Benefits

Ayahuasca’s effect is a state of altered, amplified consciousness that is experienced after drinking the Ayahuasca brew. The process with Ayahuasca principally is that of a physical cleansing or detox and of a psycho-emotional release. The physical cleansing is accompanied by nausea and eventually other emetic effects or purging: throwing up, diarrhea, sweating, shaking, etc.

​On a psychological level, the sacred medicine of Ayahuasca amplifies all feelings and perceptions, making the experience of thinking, self-reflection, reaction, and belief more vivid and intense. Not only does the inner experience of one’s mind get more amplified, but the part of us that is conscious and aware becomes able to draw clearer connections between the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

​This results in an experience of seeing the full picture of parts of our life, our relationships, our difficulties, or so-called “problems,” leading to insights about oneself and a deeper comprehension of one’s reality. Essentially, in the Ayahuasca experience, not only is our inner world lit up and illuminated, but the capacity of consciousness is also amplified and expanded.

The Visions

Ayahuasca is part of the family of sacred medicines that give us the chance to reach higher states of consciousness. The visions associated with the Ayahuasca experience, whether chaotic, confused, or vivid and intense, serve to show us the totality of our life: the in-s and out-s of the conscious and subconscious mind, our emotional reactions and behaviors, and how they affect our relationships. On the other hand, the visions often are just another factor of cleansing, allowing us to process visual imprints, the impact from the mass media, TV, Internet, and other psychosomatic and emotional blockages.

​With respect to a person’s spiritual aspirations, the Ayahuasca experience occupies the role of a spontaneous teaching. Without claims of a particular phenomenological status of what is the source of these teachings, an Ayahuasca practitioner can have very profound insights, revelations, and even a sense of being guided. Based on this, the Ayahuasca experience deserves to be approached with the utmost respect, so that one’s attitude or intention is that of going to meet a spiritual master or teacher.

The ayahuasca plant medicine is a beautiful and, at the same time, strong and intense experience. The plant calls people in different ways, and when we are ready, our inner shaman decides to start the pilgrimage, to look for the grandmother ayahuasca, and to start the inner work with the sacred experience.

This path has been part of my life for many years. It helped to heal the wounds of my soul and to understand from another point of view the world around me, and also to listen to my inner guide that we all carry inside and that needs to wake up now more than ever.

This space is created for those travelers who listen to this call and seek a more intimate and personal experience. We work with groups of no more than eight people, small or personal groups, in which we will work with 2 nights of ayahuasca..

The important thing is to create a comfortable and welcoming environment for the experience that we have in front of us.

I sincerely believe that a connection with nature is very important for the work with the medicines and the inner shaman.

We welcome you to gather with us on a beautiful farm in Santa Teresa town in Puntarenas.

Enjoy the beautiful energy of this magical place and the power of these ancient practices we use to reconnect with yourself and empower you.

We host a five-day cleanse retreat with the guidance of master ayahuasquero Harold and Matheo.

This cleanse day-night retreat includes: Kambo medicine, hapé tobacco medicine,changa (optional), yoga, integration, music and ayahuasca.

Perfect for travelers and people who seek a deep experience that supports anyone on their journey of self.