Celia Panduro Huayta

Celia Panduro Huayta is a traditional Maestra Curandera & Perfumera from the Shipibo-Conibo tribe. The Shipibo tribe is thought to be one of the largest and the oldest indigenous groups of the Amazon, nowadays especially centralized around the jungle city of Pucallpa. As a result, the Shipibo culture produces more traditional healers than any other tribe in the Amazon. Celia, like many in the shipibo tradition, comes from a long line of healers, and was raised from childhood learning the medicines, singing icaros, taking plants to heal both common and very rare symptoms, as well as drinking ayahuasca and other plants to receive visions and insights into her future. Nowadays Celia facilitates Ayahuasca Ceremonies, as well as healing programs & traditional shamanic dieta initiations for for both locals and foreigners, to allow them to all to heal & learn with the Amazonian plants. With or without the influence of finances, Celia is a healer, and has made a commitment to this path for life, with the goal of bringing a better quality of life to all. She also administers healing remedies, plant baths, and vends her handiworks, which she creates as an act of meditation in her downtime. All of her creations are a paying of homage to the sacred union between the plants and the healing traditions of her beloved ancestors. Her persona is sweet and joyous, and in ceremony she presents herself with power and conviction, holding a safe, healing and loving space for all who enter.

“I am very committed to my work at The Avatar Centre, because I believe in the power of what we are doing in people’s lives. Don Brown & Pamela are some of the most dedicated healers I have ever met. They do not just give people medicine and walk away, they enter deep within the healing process of each of their patients, and guide them with care, patience & precision into the light. Don Brown is a Maestro Curandero who I respect. His icaros are beautiful & connected, & bring me powerful visions from the medicine when he sings, & he has proven to have the ability to heal his patients on a deep level. This is a sign of his connection to the plants & the curanderos of the past. There are many Ayahuasca Centers in the Amazon. I have worked at many over the years, & what I feel sets the Avatar Centre apart, is the level of love & care given to each of the guests, by the whole team at Avatar Centre.