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At Arkana, we create the space for you to get in touch with your truth, opening your path for deeper meaning and greater fulfillment in your life. We work with ancestral medicines such as Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Bufo Alvarius, Rapé , using the traditional practices of the indigenous cultures of the Peruvian Amazon. We currently operate two centers in Peru, one in the Peruvian Amazon and a second one in the Sacred Valley (close to Machu Picchu), and one in Mexico, the choice is yours.
With great respect for the plants and the knowledge and healing that comes with them, our lineage of Shipibo shamans set the stage for truly deep and profound healing. Awaken your inner power through their sacred and powerful icaros (healing songs), and discover your connection to all things by exploring some of the 2.2 million hectare Pacaya Samiria National Reserve which is our backyard. Nourish your body and soul with fresh, clean, delicious meals that promote your Ayahuasca experience, and integrate healthy habits into your routine with our yoga classes and extensive selection of gym equipment for all levels. We believe the health of physical body sets the foundation for the health of the energetic body – Often ignored in this type of spiritual work, we find this to be an important part of the healing process, so you can begin implementing the healthy habits that will carry this work with you into your life back home. Finally, relax your mind and spirit with sound baths, meditations, breathwave sessions, and OM circles, or simply enjoy the tranquil views of both sunrise and sunset from our front porch on the banks of the Ucayali River, surrounded by lush biodiversity and the mesmerizing sounds of the jungle.
Arkana’s exceptional team of highly-trained Shipibo Master Shamans represent an unbroken lineage of plant medicine work. With a combined history of over 70 years of experience working closely with Ayahuasca and other master plant teachers of the jungle, our compassionate healers lovingly share their teachings, healing songs (icaros), capabilities, and knowledge with integrity and honor. We strive to maintain the traditional practices passed down through thousands of years of indigenous Amazonian culture, in order to continue to promote the true purpose and nature of plant medicine work.
Experiencing the medicines with us is a transformative personal journey, and so much more. We also work closely with our local community, the Amazonian village of Libertad, to ensure that our Center can benefit and give back to the people who have so generously let us into their homes and hearts. We create employment opportunities, teach free English classes, provide a space for the ladies to sell their handmade crafts, and assist in construction projects, among other things. Our latest endeavor is outfitting the entire village with free solar panels, so every house can have light and electricity. When you join us, you are helping the rainforest and the Amazon communities that live here.
Guests that come to our Center often say they feel like “part of the family” with us – that’s no coincidence, as we are one big family at Arkana! The people that are with you throughout your experience can simply facilitate your own healing journey or become an integral part of it. Our experienced, loving, and professional team of caregivers welcomes you to join our tribe, where we strive to make you feel at home and at ease, supported and cared for with all the love and compassion that is at the core of the plant medicines and people we work with.
Ayahuasca is a powerful medicine that offers us the opportunity to understand our true nature, by shining a light onto our darkness, and holding a mirror up to our fears, negative thought patterns, and self-limiting beliefs. We provide the environment and expertise of a team of highly skilled, warm, compassionate Shamans and facilitators to guide you through the process of awakening, of choosing differently, healing, and expanding. It is a slow but steady path towards freedom – from fear, from illusion, from self-constructed boundaries – resulting in a lighter, brighter, more authentic self, and the full experience of love. It is our honor to help you on this most fulfilling of all journeys: the journey back home.
We look forward to having you with us!
Lots of Love,
The Team
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Cassalassa
June 26, 2018 at 9:59 amI spent one week in ceremony at Arkana in February. The journey was rich, and the experience deeply healing. The staff and facilitators were memorable, available, and each offered their own intuitive magic to the experience both in ceremony and in social connections. The medicine is held reverently, and I would absolutely recommend this for first time Aya journeys. I am already planning my return this time for two weeks. The experience is constantly integrated into my life and there is one thing for sure, I am 150% sure I made the right decision when I chose to attend a retreat at Arkana.
cajsaa
June 20, 2018 at 7:15 pmAYAHUASCA – SAN PEDRO – TOAD in the Sacred Valley in Urumbamba
This retreat really fulfills everything for the most amazing experience.
The staff are beyond what to expect, really a family feeling around the retreat. The food is great and very clean for the ayahuasca diet. The place overall really gives a feeling of being sacred, and will forever have a special place in my heart.
I really recommend this place for everyone. You will be taken care of by this professional staff who always helps you with whatever you want. Also the shamans are professional and do their thing perfectly – they have many years of plant medicin and you will get a ceremony that will really bring out the best potential as you can have for a transformative experience.
If I do ayahuasca again I will definitely go back to this place – no doubt.
Some good things with the retreat it that it lets you stay more days if you need and you can get extra ceremonies like private sessions – so it is quite flexible if you tell them a few days before or so.
The schedule was also optimal because you have the possibility to do some hiking with guide, visit Maccu Picchu and other activities during the off days.
Hope you will book this retreat and be as happy as all of us visitors are.
Highly recommend!
Shane.litvack@gmail.com
June 17, 2018 at 10:27 pmArkana runs an amazing facility in the sacred valley. The staff were all amazing and very helpful. The facilitators provide so much support, guidance and assistance that you feel safe and comfortable in all aspects of the retreat and they really elevate the entire experience.
The food, facilities and location are all excellent. Highly recommend this place!
ReeseHart
June 11, 2018 at 8:08 pmFeeling so so grateful for the beautiful healing work that is being done here. This center is a place for deep transformation, family, trust, healing, shifting, and connection. I’m so appreciative of all of the work that goes into this as well as the incredible healing of Mother Ayahuasca and having access to it. This center and the medicine here helped me feel at home in my body, grind in a deep sense of trust for the way of things and feel so appreciated and welcomed along my journey. I will definitely return in one way or another 🙂
Man_On_A _Journey
June 11, 2018 at 7:09 amMy decision to choose the Sacred Valley location between the two retreat locations offered by Arkana was due to the fact I wanted to enjoy the Ayahuasca experience in comfort and have some of the lifes essentials and luxuries while on the journey and the Sacred Valley location certainly delivered in that respect. Tranquil surroundings flanked by a meandering river and lovely accommodation framed by peaceful gardens and space for reflection and connecting great you immediately on arrival .Rooms offered comfortable beds with well appointed bathrooms and plenty of hot water and great water pressure. (If you have traveled much of South America you will understand why I was so happy about this) The fire pit outside and beautiful ceremony room really added to the enchanting atmosphere and appeal of the setting.
The food was excellent, fresh and generous portions with plenty of snacks in between meals in the form of fresh fruit and nuts. All the staff and facilitators were warm and friendly, I cant speak highly enough of Pamela and Chandra whose beautiful voices and serenity are like guiding lights in your ceremonies. Mike also is a really sincere genuine person who provides great company and often unexpected insights and wisdom that I feel have been hard earned in his life journey.
Arkana is a safe and secure environment with passionate and committed staff who undertake their work with compassion, enthusiasm and dedication. While I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Arkana I must admit that the centre was somewhat disorganised and at times the schedule for the day or how activities / ceremonies would operate was unclear. There was also very little group share or personal follow up individually post ceremony which was frustrating at times as you can have powerful and overwhelming visions and feelings with ayahuasca which leave you wanting guidance or assistance to understand, process and integrate.
However we were made aware at the time of our retreat they were signification understaffed and had less facilitators then they typically would which may account for this. On a whole however if you are looking to have an incredible experience in a beautiful environment surrounded by a team of people who radiate love I would highly recommend Arkana, Sacred Valley Retreat.