Peru - Two Week Plant Medicine Retreat

Retreat Highlights

• JUNGLE SIDE // 5th till 12th OCT
• 2x ayahuasca ceremonies
• 1x kambo healing treatments (with the ability to have more during your stay)
• 1x yopo ceremony (optional)
• 3x mambae talking circles
• unlimited rapé (hapé)
• welcoming floral bath
• medicine preparation
• jungle / river tours
• ecstatic dance
• pre-ceremony breathwork
• pre-ceremony yoga nidra
• post-ceremony workouts
• daily qigong
• cold plunge
• integration support pre, during & post retreat
• shipibo market
• connection with shamans
• translation / assistance / guidance
• full support & care
• organic meals & accommodation
• optional additional bufo ceremony
• MOUNTAIN SIDE // 12th till 19th OCT
• despacho ceremony & coca education
• wachuma (san pedro) ceremony
• huchuy qosqo ruins
• andean & amazonian weaving & symbology workshop w/ local mamita
• pisac markets exploration
• yoga & meditation
• andean artisan market
• sirenachayoc waterfall blessing
• traditional temazcal (sweat lodge)
• andean healing plant & essential oil workshop
• integration assistance / talking circles
• access to pool & ice bath
• translation / assistance / guidance
• full support & care
• organic meals & accommodation
• optional additional coca leaf reading
• optional additional kambo healing treatments

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Mackenzie

Luke

La

Don

Fabrizio

Caterina

Mackenzie

Energy healer, retreat facilitator, yoga teacher, kambo practitioner and virtual assistant Mackenzie’s journey into this healing path began at just 18 years old, after a serious spinal injury that became the catalyst for a profound transformation. Faced with immense physical pain, she was guided to explore the power of the mind and the body’s innate ability to heal. This awakening led her into the world of yoga and somatic practices, eventually deepening into the sacred realms of plant medicine and energy work. Over the years, Mackenzie has cultivated a deeply intuitive approach to holding space, weaving together her personal experience with extensive training across shamanic, energetic, and ceremonial lineages. She works with humility and heart as a guide, facilitator, and sister on the path—always grounded in integrity and reverence for the medicines and the traditions they come from.

Luke

Retreat facilitator, yoga teacher, men's work and kambo practitioner Luke’s journey is a profound testament to the human spirit’s ability to transform. Having walked through the depths of the underworld in his earlier years—navigating addictions, crime, and layers of unprocessed trauma—he knows firsthand what it means to lose one’s way. But through immense courage, self-responsibility, and a deep calling for something greater, Luke turned his life around. It was the path of plant medicine that opened the doorway to his healing. Since discovering this work, Luke has dedicated his life to inner transformation, self-inquiry, and service to others. His lived experience gives him a rare depth of empathy, allowing him to meet others exactly where they are—without judgment, without pretence. Today, Luke stands as a devoted facilitator and brother at Paojilhuasca, holding space with groundedness, integrity, and compassion. He is a powerful guide for those still finding their way—offering not only hope, but a real pathway home.

La Maestra Alicia

Ayahuasquera, Vegetalista La maestra Alicia comes from a long lineage of curanderos: both of her grandfathers were tabacceros, meaning shamans that work with the plant of tobacco to cure. As is often the case, she became a shaman after a serious life crisis that made her abandon her family and live in the street. After being cured by ayahuasca, she felt called by the medicine to treat other people. She is self taught, but when asked, she says that the plants teach her. She lives between the Paojilhuasca center and a very remote area along Momon River near Iquitos. This special isolation in nature makes her power even stronger thanks to the deep connection with the environment.

Don Gardel

Ayahuasquero, kambocero Don Gardel comes from long lineage of shamans: his grandfather was one, and his two brothers are shamans as well. In his young age he had the chance to live with the Matses, an indigenous group, on the Brazilian border. There, he learned to work with kambo and rapé. Later on, he fell ill, and La Maestra Alicia cured him by finding an old spell that his grandfather had put on him when he was just a kid, a spell to become a shaman. Don Gardel started to train, dieting plants with Alicia and has since become a shaman. Working and traveling around Peru, he has worked under the tutelage of other curanderos. Gardel has since founded the Paojilhuasca Amazonian Medicine Camp along with Fabrizio.

Fabrizio

Fabrizio Beverina’s background is in biomedical research. He was an expert in brain-computer interaction and emotional computing. He secured a patent for the creation of a brain computer machine and a number of his articles have been cited more than 1000 times as a result of this ventures. He fled the scientific world and studied meditation in Asia, spending 12 years in China and then traveling to Tibet and India to study with Tibetan Buddhist monks. He founded RiShi Labs Dali, an anarchist community for musicians and artists in Yunnan, China. There, he used the alias Kandido Burenson to pursue his creative side. He created comics, experimental theatre, ink paintings, and interactive video installations. He later founded Artha LTD in Hong Kong, one of the eight more cutting-edge firms invited to participate in London Techcrunch in the field of AI-assisted education. He is currently conducting research on shamanic cures while maintaining a scientific perspective, all with respect to the tradition and the spiritual side of life. He has lived with several shamans in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, where he learned a great deal about therapeutic plants. Along with Don Gardel, he co-founded Paojilhuasca, where he also teaches meditation and Qi Gong and assists in making a variety of ancestral medicines.

Caterina

Compassionate and dedicated medical professional with specialized expertise in general and emergency medicine, and knowledge in physiology, gynecology, oncology, neurology, and psychiatry. My journey in medicine, driven by curiosity and a holistic approach, led me to explore yoga, meditation, conscious breathing, spirituality, and the medicine of Amazonian indigenous culture and find out how to blend scientific knowledge with alternative healing methods. Currently focused on integrating conventional medical practices with holistic health approaches to promote overall well-being and self-awareness; committed to patient-centered care, emphasizing prevention, health, and personal growth and fostering strong patient relationships through empathetic communication. Through breathwork and psychonautics, I connect with patients, supporting their healing journeys and helping them achieve balanced, healthy lives. I lead workshops and retreats focusing on self-recognition exploring consciousness, promoting personal growth and unlocking potential. My goal is to blend traditional medical knowledge with alternative healing methods, creating a holistic approach that addresses the physical, mental, relational and spiritual needs of patients, promoting sensitive self-regulation and exploring possibilities beyond standardization.

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