7 days New Year's Retreat Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Cacao in the Andes of Ecuador
7 days New Year's Retreat Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Cacao in the Andes of Ecuador
Up to 18 in group
December 27, 2026 - January 2, 2027
Retreat Highlights
- Welcome the New Year in a different way
- Loving community, surrounded by nature, with space for deep inner exploration
- Get in contact with the culture and ancient wisdom of South America and its medicines
- Discover the importance of the ritual and the ceremony
- Enjoy 3 delicious, healthy, vegetarian meals per day
About this Retreat
A Lithuanian-born yogini, artist, and space holder, Migle carries a deep longing for truth and transformation. With roots in experimental filmmaking and a journey from depression to devotion, she has spent recent years immersed in embodiment practices, plant medicine, and spiritual integration. A graduate of Durga’s Tiger School, she now guides others through Kaula Tantra Yoga, Kali-Durga Embodiment Dance Rituals, and somatic integration of sacred medicine journeys. Migle brings a tender yet powerful feminine presence, rooted in love and deep service to the sacred and the feminine.
Migle has finished a 200H YTT in multi-style yoga and 500H YTT in Kaula Tantra Yoga at Durga’s Tiger School. She has been initiated into Reiki II. While living in the UK, she was able to gain a lot of experience from working in one of the biggest Yoga studios in London, a few years of volunteering in Ecstatic dances, as well as assisting in shamanic Women Circles. Migle also had a wonderful chance to deeply connect with the Cacao Spirit when she was learning in a transformational Cacao farm in the South of Ecuador.
In 2023 she arrived at Durga’s Tiger School where she discovered that there is a way to combine all of her favourite modalities – Shamanism, Tantra, Yoga and Arts. Now she has joined the team to manage social media and online content as well as to give classes and co-lead teacher trainings.
Migle’s path keeps evolving as she loves learning and growing and now is being trained in Kali Durga Dance Ritual from Shakta Tantra tradition and facilitating Somatic-psychology based integration of Plant Medicine ceremonies. She has also started assisting her husband Wind Disse in shamanic rituals and Power Plant ceremonies.
Wind Malin Disse was born in Berlin, Germany. From the age of 3 years old he has been living in Ecuador with exception of a view years in Switzerland. He graduated as an Anthropology in Ecuador, and went to Germany for advanced studies as a Migration Manager. Besides Wind loves extreme sports and to play music as a DJ on festivals.
Wind´s path as an anthropologist, artist and Yoga Teacher leads him to be seen as a cultural mediator, a bridge between worlds. He has been teaching the traditional Kaula Tantra Yoga in many workshops. In 2020 he joined a teacher training in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in the south India. In Durga’s Tiger School ® he teaches Applied Tantra Wisdom, Meditation and Psychology of Chakras beside Kaula Tantra Yoga and Shamanism. He is a certified Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance International Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and one of the lead teachers of the Durga’s Tiger School ® Yoga Teacher Training.
Due to his deep interest in shamanism, he has contacted many shamans of the Amazon and Andean region of Ecuador, and worked with them to understand their traditions. From 2009 Wind has been invited to learn more about the shamanic tradition of the Cofán- A’i socio-culture and ended up being accepted as apprentice by the shaman Don Avelino Quenama.
Wind´s thesis as Anthropologist was about the theme: Orality, practices and symbols of the A´i shamanism, including the relation with visionary plants. Don Avelino gave him the authorization to do his own ceremonies with the yage medicine and share his knowledge.
Since then, Wind Malin Disse has attended and guided many shamanic ceremonies in order to keep on learning and help others to enter into a shamanic state of consciousness that allows shamanic healing.
Details of this retreat
METAMORPHOSIS - A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
A New Year’s journey of deep transformation and community celebration at Durga’s Tiger School in Ecuador. Through Tantra Yoga, Shamanic practices, Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Temazcal, dance, Cacao, ecstatic movement, connection with the Earth and time in nature, we will create a space to listen deeply and explore what is ready to transform. Metamorphosis is a journey into the dark unknown – learning to let go, trust the process, and make space for something new to emerge. To meet this deep inner process in a balanced way, it is essential to invite enough safety, support and resources. And so, along the way, we will also be connecting with light, joy and celebration. Together, in community, we will welcome the New Year, honour where we have been, make space for what is emerging, and celebrate the gift of being alive!
This journey will include:
Tantra Yoga • Shamanic Rituals • Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony • Temazcal • Metamorphosis Dance & Voicework • Cacao Ritual • Ecstatic Dance • Plant Medicine • Integration Circles • Connection with the Earth & the Elements • New Year Celebration • And more…
* The sacred Yagé / Ayahuasca medicine is shared in alignment with the tradition of the A’í-Cofán people of the Ecuadorian Amazon, with deep respect for their ancestral wisdom and with the blessing and authorization of master shaman Don Avelino Quenama. *
PROGRAM
Day 1 – 27th of December
4 – 7 pm: Arrival and Check in
7 pm : Dinner
8 pm: Open ceremony (Energy Design, Guidelines & Setting Intentions)
Day 2 – 28th of December
8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Metamorphosis DANCE (+voicework)
1 pm: Lunch
4 pm: Intro & Setting Intention for Temazcal
5 pm: Temazcal with micro dose of San Pedro Plant medicine
9 pm: light Dinner
Day 3 – 29h of December
8 am: breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Light lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
4 pm: Intro into Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Guidelines for the Ceremony
8 pm: Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony until next morning 7 am (includes Intention setting with sacred Tobacco and Rapé session)
Day 4 – 30th of December
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
Rest
Day 5 – 31st of December – New Years EVE Celebration
8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Afternoon practice – New Year Intention setting -Journaling
6 pm: light Dinner
8 pm: Cacao Ritual and Ecstatic Dance
12 am: Welcoming & Celebrating the New Year around the fire
Goodnight
Day 6 – 1st of January
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session or REST
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm: Going up the Ilaló, Coca Kintu Ritual and Gratitude Ritual – offering and sharing food with the Earth
7 pm: Dinner
Day 7 – 2nd of January
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Chanting Circle with Cacao Meditation around the fire
12 pm: Harvest and Closing Ceremony
1 pm: Check out and Departure
We invite you to welcome the New Year in a different way – in a loving community, surrounded by nature, with space for deep inner exploration, connection, rest and celebration.
A time to honour all that life brings, to meet ourselves more deeply, to let go of what is ready to be released and welcome what is yet to come. To support each other through the unknown, to dance, laugh, share, and celebrate the beauty of being alive!
Come as you are, with all that you carry, and join us in welcoming a new cycle of life together.
THE SPACE - DURGA'S TIGER SCHOOL
Located in Tumbaco, Ecuador, on the slopes of the sacred Ilaló volcano, Durga’s Tiger School is a unique space where Tantra, Yoga, Art and Shamanism come together. Surrounded by the beauty of the Andes, with natural-material architecture, gardens and nourishing food, the school offers a welcoming space to connect with nature, community and oneself.
There is possibility to stay in single room for additional cost, please ask us!
A New Year’s journey of deep transformation and community celebration at Durga’s Tiger School in Ecuador. Through Tantra Yoga, Shamanic practices, Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Temazcal, dance, Cacao, ecstatic movement, connection with the Earth and time in nature, we will create a space to listen deeply and explore what is ready to transform. Metamorphosis is a journey into the dark unknown – learning to let go, trust the process, and make space for something new to emerge. To meet this deep inner process in a balanced way, it is essential to invite enough safety, support and resources. And so, along the way, we will also be connecting with light, joy and celebration. Together, in community, we will welcome the New Year, honour where we have been, make space for what is emerging, and celebrate the gift of being alive!
This journey will include:
Tantra Yoga • Shamanic Rituals • Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony • Temazcal • Metamorphosis Dance & Voicework • Cacao Ritual • Ecstatic Dance • Plant Medicine • Integration Circles • Connection with the Earth & the Elements • New Year Celebration • And more…
* The sacred Yagé / Ayahuasca medicine is shared in alignment with the tradition of the A’í-Cofán people of the Ecuadorian Amazon, with deep respect for their ancestral wisdom and with the blessing and authorization of master shaman Don Avelino Quenama. *
PROGRAM
Day 1 – 27th of December
4 – 7 pm: Arrival and Check in
7 pm : Dinner
8 pm: Open ceremony (Energy Design, Guidelines & Setting Intentions)
Day 2 – 28th of December
8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Metamorphosis DANCE (+voicework)
1 pm: Lunch
4 pm: Intro & Setting Intention for Temazcal
5 pm: Temazcal with micro dose of San Pedro Plant medicine
9 pm: light Dinner
Day 3 – 29h of December
8 am: breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Light lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
4 pm: Intro into Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Guidelines for the Ceremony
8 pm: Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony until next morning 7 am (includes Intention setting with sacred Tobacco and Rapé session)
Day 4 – 30th of December
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
Rest
Day 5 – 31st of December – New Years EVE Celebration
8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Afternoon practice – New Year Intention setting -Journaling
6 pm: light Dinner
8 pm: Cacao Ritual and Ecstatic Dance
12 am: Welcoming & Celebrating the New Year around the fire
Goodnight
Day 6 – 1st of January
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session or REST
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm: Going up the Ilaló, Coca Kintu Ritual and Gratitude Ritual – offering and sharing food with the Earth
7 pm: Dinner
Day 7 – 2nd of January
8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Chanting Circle with Cacao Meditation around the fire
12 pm: Harvest and Closing Ceremony
1 pm: Check out and Departure
We invite you to welcome the New Year in a different way – in a loving community, surrounded by nature, with space for deep inner exploration, connection, rest and celebration.
A time to honour all that life brings, to meet ourselves more deeply, to let go of what is ready to be released and welcome what is yet to come. To support each other through the unknown, to dance, laugh, share, and celebrate the beauty of being alive!
Come as you are, with all that you carry, and join us in welcoming a new cycle of life together.
THE SPACE - DURGA'S TIGER SCHOOL
Located in Tumbaco, Ecuador, on the slopes of the sacred Ilaló volcano, Durga’s Tiger School is a unique space where Tantra, Yoga, Art and Shamanism come together. Surrounded by the beauty of the Andes, with natural-material architecture, gardens and nourishing food, the school offers a welcoming space to connect with nature, community and oneself.
There is possibility to stay in single room for additional cost, please ask us!
Schedule
The program will change every day. Please, read the full schedule above
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Directions
Directions for taxi drivers
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Accommodation
Spacious double or triple rooms Shared Bathrooms Balconies or Verandas Single or double beds with good matrasses
SUPER EARLY BIRD PRICE - 1 person - shared room (until the 31st of October)
EARLY BIRD PRICE - 1 person - shared room (until the 30th of November)
LAST MINUTE PRICE - 1 person - hared room (from the 1st of December)
special price for 2 people - shared double room
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
All our training happen in space where you can enjoy the contact with nature and its elements
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
In Europe we choose different location in nature and in contact with community projects.
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
In Europe we choose different location in nature and in contact with community projects.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
All meals are prepared with a lot of love mixing the tradition with healthy and conscious recipes. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also available.
What's Included
- accommodation in single, double or triple room
- 3 vegetarian meals per day
- healing ceremonies with medicinal plants
- yoga classes
- integration circles
- mountain trip
What's Not Included
- your personal laundry
- transfer from / to the airport
- flight
- travel insurance
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