4 Day Amazonian Medicine Retreat with Shipibo Rao

The Sentinel Presents
Our healing retreats are guided by Shipibo Onaya healer from the Peruvian Amazon, Maestro José Lopez Sánchez. In partnership with his many plant spirit doctors and allies, Maestro José sings Icaros—the healing chants of the Amazon's master plant spirits—to reweave the energetic distortions of trauma and dis-ease he encounters in his patients into vibrant health and harmony.  Renowned among Amazonian nations and internationally as the doctors of the jungle, Shipibo Onayas are master spiritual surgeons. The Shipibo-Conibo tradition has preserved deep knowledge and a worldview rooted in the wisdom of the plant world for millennia. Healers learn through strong dietas—long periods of isolation in the Amazon to connect with teacher plant spirits, energies, and medicines. They then become channels for spirit doctors to perform healing. With the help of their
Grandmother medicine, they open a clear path of communication with the plant spirits they work with.

Anne-Laure Vincke (Belgian-Canadian) comes from a family of doctors. Through her own healing journey, the family calling found its expression in traditional plant medicine.  She began her spiritual path at 19 in Asia and gradually realized that this search was, at its core, a healing journey. She trained in art, bodywork, conscious breathwork therapy, counseling, and facilitation—all part of her own healing process.

At 26, she was introduced to the plant world through a North/Central American tradition, eventually becoming a medicine woman within that lineage.
In 2011, she began working with the Amazonian Grandmother, which led her to the Shipibo tradition and traditional plant dietas in 2016. She has been apprenticing with Maestro José Lopez Sanchez since 2018.  Today, she facilitates at Shipibo Rao and collaborates with Maestro José internationally. In her practice, she offers treatments, medicine work, sweat lodges, and ongoing support rooted in Shipibo healing. Her paintings arise from her connection to plant teachers, and her heart is devoted to serving love, light, and beauty.

This retreat involves deep personal inner work in a supportive group setting. Our journey aims to bring you healing and alignment on energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. We guide you to connect and work with the earth's wisdom to create health, harmony, love, unity, and balance in your daily life.  Maestro José is accompanied by his student and experienced facilitator, Anne-Laure. She will accompany you throughout the retreat process and your post-dieta. Our experienced local
organization team will assist with your booking, preparation, and logistics, while also helping to hold a safe, simple, and comfortable space for your healing journey. Motivated by trust and love for this beautiful path of healing, we are here to serve.

The Sentinel is a stunningly beautiful lakeside retreat centre in the Kootenays near Kaslo, BC where we will gather for a weekend of deep healing and transformation, prayers and celebration for our lives and our families, communities and the planet.

This retreat includes: 

Nourishing and delicious meals
Two ceremonial evenings
Traditional individual energy work and healing
Traditional Icaros
Preparation and integration support 
Working with Plants

NEW TO MEDICINE WORK:

You are required to complete this Intake Form.

(*Please note: In some cases, your process may be best supported by NOT working directly with the plant remedy, or you may simply prefer not to. You are most welcome to attend the retreat and receive the healing Icaros without the use of the remedy. This is the traditional way to work, and the healing is equally effective. Our team will asses it with you during
the booking process.

* You may choose to register for this event and not work with the Grandmother medicine. That option will be discussed in the Discovery Call


     2. Once you have completed the form, book a call here: 15 min Discovery Call.
     Or here: 15 min Discovery Call


Tentative schedule: TBA
Timing and order may shift to align with the flow of the work and participants’ processes. You’ll have time to rest during the day, and our team will be available to support and guide you as needed. Massage or other treatments may be applied if necessary.
Expect to finish around 4 p.m. on the last day, or around 2 p.m. if you’re leaving before the final day. We recommend staying flexible and relaxed about your departure time.
Documents around preparation and integration: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIBBGZVasmH0w-T3M7bzJdXMIuhOnF4V/view?usp=drive_link