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Maharani Medicine Circles

Ithaca, New York

Welcome! Below is our upcoming schedule;

2026 New York Winter Retreats

January 23rd-25th (optional 3rd night)

2026 Arizona retreats 

February 12-15th 3 day shadow work (10 spots available)

2026 New York Retreats

February 27th-March 1st optional third night available (10 spots available)

*** You are invited to join us on our next community integration call on February 1st. Please email us for the zoom link!***

 

Please e-mail us for more information.

Our mission is to provide a safe, honest and sincere space for people of all walks of life to come and heal. We believe in the combined power of plant medicine, community and emotional vulnerability. These key elements are the fertile soil for beautiful transformation to occur in our lives!

Maharani Medicine  first opened its doors in 2018– since then, we have served at over 110 retreats. We are proud to be a culturally diverse hub for seekers of all kinds. We are honored to be of service to anyone with a desire to grow, learn and heal regardless of background, age or creed.

Here are some things that set us apart from other groups:

  • Our groups are ALWAYS intimate & small. We will never serve a group larger than ten people. This fosters a sense of community between participants & staff, creating a safe, familial atmosphere.
  • We keep a supportive staff-to-participant ratio so we can all feel fully supported in this intense journey. We strive to have 3-4 facilitators on board in addition to our Medicine Woman. Our team members are humble volunteers with ample personal experience with plant medicine. Each facilitator brings their own unique abilities to retreats.
  • Our medicine is brewed “in house”, sourcing high quality materials from sustainable sources from Central America. We brew one jar at a time, prepped especially for each upcoming retreat.
  • We place a strong emphasis on Integration. Integration means applying the lessons learned during ceremony to everyday life. Integration is what separates recreational use of medicines from ceremonial & intentional use! It is very important we honor ourselves and our medicines in this way. We offer multiple integration circles during the weekend and also provide supportive resources for our participants when they go home.
  • Our Guides have been blessed with immense musical gifts that activate and amplify our Medicine. Most specifically, our participants often laud their technique at moving the energies as integral to their experience. Many Plant Medicine traditions suggest that music is the vessel which carries the ceremonial energy. The music harmonizes with the medicine and serves as a “Lighthouse” that helps each participant navigate their internal shadows & light alike. The music serves as a compass to bring us back our hearts. Whether it be the mysterious sound of the steel drum, the call of the flute or powerful icaros (medicine songs), we are confident these voices will sing you home.
  • We are officially non-profit & church. Spirituality is very important to us, but we will never be dogmatic in our beliefs. While our ceremonies are spiritually based, they are very universalist as well. Folks with secular beliefs will not have issues connecting to the ceremony experience.
  • Above all else, we strive to “keep it real”. It can feel extremely overwhelming to find the right practitioner, modality or healing space when we live in such a fast-paced world. We are happy to provide a simple, organic and humble space where you can just be yourself. We believe that everyone is a student in this space— we are all learning from one another at all times! We hope you will join us in this incredible opportunity to unravel & remember who we truly are.

Our Retreats are for you if…

  • You are looking for a retreat that is not overwhelming in size.
  • You are seeking a supportive community to connect with in the long-term– Whether it be for integration, friendship, spirituality or medicinal purposes!
  • You are unable to travel to South America or commit to a longer term retreat.
  • You are ready to commit to four weeks of Dieta- the physical and mental cleansing that prepares us for ceremony.
  • You feel a profound urge to become a better human, work on trauma, process challenging emotions, foster a deeper connection with Nature or expand your relationship with Spirit/Source/The Universe.

We are a “mobile ministry”. This means that we split our time between Upstate New York and the high desert of Arizona. We feel the call to be in service to both sides of this country. We also hope to someday soon travel to other states and offer our retreats in more locations.

In Arizona, we are hosted by community members on their properties. For our New York offerings, we have a beautiful property in the woods that we hold our retreats in. Because we host small retreats, we don’t have the need to have a large retreat center. This means that our accommodations are humble and communally shared.

For more information on our ceremonies and community visit us www.maharanimedicine.com

Please message us if you’d like more information about our retreats or upcoming schedule. We are always available to talk about this work if you have any questions. Thanks so much for reading and many blessings!

Vision Statement

Our vision is to become compassionate, pure, healthy, and unconditionally loving people. Through prayer, meditation and the foundational support of our ancestors and their medicines, we humbly walk this path.

In a world shrouded by illusion, our Medicine bursts through the shadows as a shining light. We call upon the guidance of our sacred plant teachers to shed hardened layers around our heart built by the suffering we have endured.

Through dance and song, we shatter resistance keeping us from a righteous and all pervading Spiritual Relationship with life. Our ancient Amazonian Medicine combined with communal celebration yields profound healing for our selves and the entire planet.

We strongly believe in the Great Spirit that dwells within all living beings. This Spirit is alive, deeply caring and calling us home to the Present Moment. We embrace all religions and creeds. All roads lead to the same One, loving and ever-present Being.

Our Mission is to provide a sacred container, as well as education and support for those who are called to Plant Medicine. Ceremony is a state of mind that can embraced every single moment of our lives. We seek to help others cultivate this way of being through integrating spiritual experience.

We also believe that human connection is a powerful gateway to the soul. Maharani Medicine offers a community space for all people to share and grow.

We honor ourselves by truly integrating our Plant Medicine journeys. In choosing to remember Love on the daily, we help the world heal. It is our prayer that we can support people, whether they are preparing for ceremony, sitting in ceremony or integrating afterward. We want every person we meet to thrive and find great internal success. We invite you to join us!

Reviews (110)

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  • megt
    March 16, 2024 at 12:22 pm

    My husband and I had the most wonderful experience! I would recommend Maharani Medicine Circles 100%! It was our first time doing a retreat and the support we received prior, during, and after the retreat was amazing! These people are truly good souls and in this to help people. It is very important to feel that you are in good hands of the people taking care of you during this experience and they exceeded my expectations!

  • misamuel
    March 9, 2024 at 4:41 pm

    A magical experience. These people are very idealistic, dedicated, knowledgeable and genuine. They work hard to make it really affordable. It does mean somewhat rustic conditions. Some people get to sleep on beds, others slept on mattresses on the floor. Also we brought our own food. But it was so worth it. I was at their place in upstate New York. There were almost as many staff members as participants. It is a very small retreat, about 10-12 people. Each person gets a very personal attention, as much or as little as they want. They play live music during the ceremony . It was so beautiful. Hard to capture in words. You can get better physical conditions, if you get to one of those resorts type retreats, but you will not get a better experience there.

  • Harodes
    January 29, 2024 at 5:30 pm

    Words ultimately fail, but those that come to mind for Maharani Medicine Circles are patience, gratitude, compassion, and freedom. Love. These wonderful people, dutifully committed to the medicine, combined with Mother Aya to allow me to experience the hidden infinite beauty of reality, and see it inside each and every one of them. Eliana, Austin, Erin, Esther, Mitch, and Serenity, as well as all the beautifully transformed souls at ceremony. WOOSH!

  • pinak
    January 5, 2024 at 7:38 pm

    Soul Tender Eliana/Maharani Medicine Circles has been a sanctuary for me. A safe space of profound growth through humble and humbling experiences. The land is medicine. Eliana honors this place with her impeccable vocabulary and inter-dimensional integrity. She owns her humanness which shines in the Lighthouse whose rays invite the Seeker to breathe in, lean in and get out of your own way. Her music is medicine and beautifully allies with integration. Her Partner Austin brings in the Divine Masculine, is of Service, supporting and tending the boundaries. Her Medicine Lineage is top notch and reflects her mature playfulness, Love for ceremony and devotion to family and those whom she serves. Pinak

  • Rachelbre
    January 2, 2024 at 7:21 pm

    My experience at the Lighthouse was one of the most beautifully heart opening experiences I’ver ever had. I will never forget it, and will carry the lessons I learned with me for the rest of my life. The most important thing to know about Eliana and Lighthouse crew is how safe and sacred they keep the space. You will be held safe while plunging into the deep dive that you are being called to take, and guidance is there to help the magic unfold. It is truly a magical place with angelic spirits who lead you on a journey back to yourself. I felt at home in that circle for one of the first times and I know I was not alone in that. If anyone is feel the calling to join Mother Aya on the journey back home, I would recommend Eliana and the Lighthouse fam without any hesitation- whether it was the first time or the hundredth time.

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