About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Mamoon is the founder of the LEARN program and a co-collaborator on Quetzal retreats. He’s an artist with a love for music, guided meditation, and creativity. He enjoys playing instruments, composing new songs, and blending music with dynamic breathing exercises. Having grown up with an entrepreneurial father and a mother who emphasized kindness above all else, Mamoon finds himself organizing unique offerings that can support others.
Having spent half of his adult life working at retreat centers in Central & South America, Mamoon has come to embody a meaningful bridge for Westerners seeking to experience Ayahuasca in the jungle, where the medicine naturally grows and thrives.
For the last 3.5 years Mamoon has lived in Costa Rica, where he collaborates with experienced curanderos, ayahuasqueros, and supporting facilitators, to guide men through year-long journeys of prep & integration for 10-day (completely private) Ayahuasca retreats.
The medicine family that Mamoon chose to work with for LEARN came after nearly a decade of searching across Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, and eventually Costa Rica, where he encountered the curanderos he had long been seeking.
Mamoon’s medicine teachers (husband & wife ayahuasqueros), whose name and picture remain private out of respect, carry more than 30+ years of combined experience in indigenous traditions. Their path is rooted in the ways of the Natives from the North... Vision Quest, Moon Dance, Peyote Teepee Ceremonies and Temazcal—while also skillfully integrating the Amazonian traditions of the South... such as Kambo & Grandmother Ayahuasca.
(Research the “Prophecy of the Eagle and Condor” to learn more about the approach of the medicine family Mamoon collaborates with on LEARN & Quetzal.)
Mamoon is not a shaman or curandero. Instead, he works closely alongside them in Costa Rica, supporting individuals from around the world in preparing for ceremony and integrating what arises. Through seven months of bi-weekly calls, he builds trust and connection with each individual before accompanying them to their private retreat process in Costa Rica. There, plant medicine ceremonies are guided by an experienced team of ayahuasqueros, curanderos & supporting facilitators.
In addition to this private work, Mamoon also co-creates Quetzal, a 6-day psilocybin group retreat in Costa Rica. Like LEARN, Quetzal is guided by the same trusted medicine family he works with year-round. Mamoon’s role is not to offer or serve medicine, but to support the process of preparing, navigating, and integrating the journey.
Mamoon’s own life path has been influenced by nearly a decade of working and volunteering at various Ayahuasca healing centers, along with over 12 years of navigating Psilocybin macro journeys.
The art of energy retention has also been an impactful practice for Mamoon. For the past five years, he’s deepened this practice within a meaningful, intimate & committed relationship. Mamoon describes himself not as an expert, but as a fellow traveler... still humbled by how challenging it can be to retain, harness, and transform energy.
Mamoon’s personal struggles with navigating the miseries & the mysteries of energy, give him compassion for the struggles others may be going through... along with gratitude for how Ayahuasca & Psilocybin—when paired with the right support, can transform scattered energy into a creative blessing.