About this Retreat
Was born in Cuenca, Ecuador and at an early age his qualities of perception of spirits and energies were awakened, Since he was 20 years old, he began helping Taitas in ceremonies, and some time later he began to perform his own ceremonies. He first learned to work with Huachuma from Taitas of the Andes. After this he was introduced to Mama Wilka by a shaman from the North of Bolivia, and was initiated in this almost-lost Inkan tradition. He learned to work with Ayahusaca from several respected Shuar Ubishines (curanderos) in the jungle of Gualaquiza.
Mukipal has a unique ability of being able to feel the pains of other people, just upon meeting them. This helps him to give excellent cleansings, which can take away physical, mental and spiritual pains and illnesses.
Details of this retreat
Ayahuasca, the Grandmother Spirit, is one of the most powerful and sacred medicines on Earth. If you feel her calling, this program is a doorway into her world of wisdom and vision.
You will learn:
How to cook the brew and understand the lunar phases that affect the medicine
Sacred tools: drums, maracas, tobacco, and aromatic plant work
How to lead and support night and day ceremonies
How to hold space for individual and group healing
Understanding ceremonial flow, integration, and energy management
This path is for those who wish to serve the light of the Grandmother and bring her love to others.
2-Month Intensive Medicine Immersion – $8,800 USD
AYAHUASCA AND HUACHUMA TRAINING PROGRAM
An in-depth, immersive experience for those ready to deepen their relationship with the plants and themselves. This is a personal initiation, requiring courage, openness, and dedication.
Includes:
2 to 3 ceremonies per week with Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Wilka
A 5-day/4-night solo fire vigil with Grandfather Fire
A 9-day Novenary ritual with the medicine (3 ceremonies per week, in isolation)
Vision quest tailored to your personal capacity
Study of medicine songs (icaros) — how to receive them, sing them, and use them for healing
Training in energy cleansing, with and without plants
Walks to sacred rivers, waterfalls, and mountains
Students live independently in a private house with electricity, water, Wi-Fi, swimming pool, Turkish bath, and sauna. Meals are not included — students buy and cook their own food, learning self-reliance alongside spiritual discipline.
SHAMANIC TRAINING
The Call of the Sacred Plants
Walking the Path of Healing, Wisdom and Love
Corazón de Pachamama
For many years, I have walked the path of the sacred — in deep communion with Grandfather San Pedro, Grandmother Ayahuasca, Grandfather Tobacco, and Mama Huilka. These ancient medicines have opened my heart to the profound Love of Mother Earth. Through visions, ceremony, silence, fire, rivers, and prayer, I have come into direct contact with the guardian spirits of these plants and of the sacred objects we use in ceremony.
With humility and gratitude, I received a clear message:
“Share what you have learned. Keep learning every day. Guide those who are ready. Heal those who are suffering.”
This is how the Plants of Power speak. Not in words, but in presence. In dreams. In the wind that moves the leaves. In the song of the fire. In the tears of those who remember who they are.
I have accepted this calling, not as a teacher or a master, but as a brother on the path, a guardian of space, a servant of the spirit. It is my joy and honor to walk alongside those who feel called to awaken, to cleanse, to learn, and to reconnect with the living intelligence of nature.
This work is not for everyone — it is for the courageous of heart. For those who hear the call in the silence of the night. For those tired of the illusions of the modern world. For those who carry within them the longing for something true, sacred, and eternal.
Through the Plants of Power, we return to the Source — the one that lives within us and all around us. The Source of unconditional love, from which all healing flows.
In the darkness of trauma, addiction, loneliness, fear, or spiritual crisis, there is a light — and that light is love. The more of us who answer this call, the more hearts we can help illuminate.
Let us walk this path together —
with reverence, with devotion, with humility,
in service of healing, truth, and love.
— Mukipa Ayllu
Founder, Corazón de Pachamama
Shamanic Training Programs
4-Year Shamanic Training Program
Limited students per year – Entry by interview only
This is a profound, long-term initiation into the sacred medicine path. Over four years, you will spend three months per year in person, receiving direct transmissions from the spirits of the plants and the land.
You will participate in
3 ceremonies per week (with Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Wilka, and Tobacco)
Traditional and visionary teachings with experienced shamans and elders
Rituals such as Temazcal (sweat lodges), limpias (cleansings), and sacred song work
Spiritual pilgrimages to sacred sites in the Andes and Amazon
Personalized mentoring, integration support, and deep inner work
This program is for those ready to walk the medicine path with full commitment, step by step, year by year, with the support of lineage and nature.
Wilka Shaman Training – 16 Days – $5,200 USD
Mama Wilka (Anadenanthera colubrina) is a rare and powerful ancestral medicine, once used by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture, potentially the spiritual ancestors of the Inca.
This program offers a rare opportunity to:
Work with a medicine of 4,000+ years of history
Prepare and receive Wilka in a sacred, ceremonial way
Heal from deep-rooted traumas, addictions, and spiritual blockages
Enter altered states of consciousness to access the golden treasures of spirit
Be initiated into the ancient Huaca lineage of the Andes
Only for those truly called — the spirit of Wilka does not open her doors easily.
San Pedro Shaman Training – 40 Days – $6,900 USD
San Pedro (Huachuma) is a gentle yet powerful grandfather spirit. This training is for those who feel the call to work with his light.
You will learn:
How to harvest and prepare San Pedro, honoring lunar cycles and ceremony timing
Sacred instruments: drum, maraca, perfumes, and tobacco
Ceremony facilitation during both day and night
Cleansing techniques and ceremonial structure
Songs, prayers, and ways of holding space for others
Connecting with the elemental spirits and sacred sites
This program opens the door to a deep, lifelong relationship with Huachuma.
Start Your Journey
If you feel called, write to us. Every participant must first schedule a video interview to ensure alignment and readiness. We welcome all sincere seekers from all paths, cultures, and walks of life.
Corazón de Pachamama is more than a retreat — it is a portal, a school of life, and a home for the spirit.
Come with humility.
Come with courage.
Come ready to remember who you truly are.
Volunteering with Corazón de Pachamama
Occasionally, we welcome volunteers who wish to support others on their healing journey while learning more about plant medicine.
Requirements:
Must complete a minimum 4-day retreat with us
Contribution varies depending on time and participation
Tasks include assisting guests, helping with logistics, and learning from experience
This is a beautiful way to walk the path in service, humility, and gratitude.
ON LINE COURSES
Introducction to the Shamanism
We are offering a rare opportunity to learn directly from a shamanic healer with 27 years of experience healing with plant medicines. Here you will learn about the spiritual beliefs and shamanic practices of his beautiful country.
5 classes course
Learn about:
The shamanic cosmovision of the Andes and jungle of southern Ecuador
The chakana / Andean cross
The apus, spirits of the rivers, waterfalls, lagoons, mountains
How to connect with friendly spirits / communication with spirits
The 4 elements and their guardian spirits
Huacas
Healing ceremonies
Plant medicines - Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Wilka, Tobacco
Energetic cleansings - perfumes, prayers, tools
Instruments and healing songs/ikaros
Rituals in class
The start dates of our courses will be published on our Facebook and Instagram pages
The classes will take place over zoom and are 1.5 hours a class each week
Price: $500 USD
Course of Limpias (Energetic Cleansings)
3 weeks course
Learn about:
What is a limpia, how work the limpia in the life of the persons
Different kinds of limpias
Tools for limpias
Limpias to children, animals and houses
Protections for bad energies
Importance of the moon in different rituals and ceremonies
Baths
Florecimientos
Rituals in class
The start dates of our courses will be published on our Facebook and Instagram pages
The classes will take place over zoom and are 1. hour a class each week
Price: $350 USD
Icaros Course
We are very pleased to share with you the magic of the sacred songs of medicine, understand their meaning, their importance, know when in the rituals they should be used, what they are for, understand their vibration and know the effect they produce when they are used.
We invite you brothers and sisters to participate in this wonderful course that will open a door to the fantastic world of the magic of power songs.
4 Weeks course
Learn
4 Icaros, song of power
1H15 Hour class each week
The start dates of our courses will be published on our Facebook and Instagram pages
Price 450 USD
Personal Coaching
If you are starting to work with power plants, you have any questions regarding certain events before, during and/or after the ceremonies, we offer you personalized advice, do not hesitate to contact us, we are waiting to help you.