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At the Nimea Kaya Healing Center, we are dedicated to offering traditional Ayahuasca journeys, working alongside both male and female Shipibo healers. Our Shipibo healers carry decades of wisdom and knowledge through working with master teacher plants. Through our retreats, we aim to support our guests awaken to their fullest potential by healing their bodies, minds and spirits. Our focus on health, nutrition and self-sustainability in our peaceful and eco-friendly environment lends to a deeper healing process where long lasting positive impacts are made in the lives of our guests. With over 16 years of experience leading Ayahuasca retreats, we have helped support thousands of guests from all over the world transform their lives.
Our Selva Spirit Association NGO focuses on raising the awareness in the preservation of shamanic traditions, reforestation projects as well as multiple health programs implemented in the surrounding communities.
Shamanic Retreats:
Our shamanic retreats are designed to accommodate each individual on their path of awakening and healing. We offer a series of three or four Ayahuasca ceremonies per retreat with a local Shipibo Shamans, also known as a Curandero or Maestro. Our healers have been well established in the shamanic ayahuasca practice for several decades. Our medicine is brewed with only the ayahuasca vine and chacruna leaves. Our ceremonies are facilitated with the utmost integrity and responsibility. There are always four to six of our staff members in every ceremony helping our guests through their healing journeys with the sacred medicine. Drinking the ayahuasca medicine during ceremonies allows the participants to expand their consciousness to a multi-faceted universe. Ayahuasca takes the individual through a process of cleansing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The individual journeys through a series of visions often receiving profound realizations that lead them to a place of healing, understanding and balance within themselves.
During the course of the retreat we offer facilitated group sharing and one on one counseling. Our groups are no larger than 14 people so we may accommodate a more intimate and personal setting during ceremony. Our ceremonial Maloca is very spacious, providing a comfortable environment for the profound experience. It is situated in the midst of beautiful native plants and trees where where natures orchestra graciously joins us in our sacred ceremonies.
We provide for our guests with herbal and floral baths with a unique blend of plants and flowers from the surrounding jungle after each ceremony. The plant baths help to wash away any negative energies stagnant in the body and help prepare the participant for a more profound healing with the plant medicine Ayahuasca. The invigorating and cleansing bath will help rejuvenate your spirit.
Additional Activities:
Nimea Kaya activities includes: Meet Shamans and Q&A Session, Guided Yoga and Meditation sessions, Sound Healing Sessions, Floral Plant Baths, Visionary Painting Workshop, Ceremony Integration Circles, Guided Nature Walks, Shipibo Art Market, Post Retreat Integration Workshop. Massage and additional healing therapies also offered.
Ayahuasca Integration:
At Nimea Kaya, we specialize in offering Integration Support during and after the Retreat. We also give preparation support before the retreat with a Ayahuasca Preparation Guide and on a Zoom call with the guests. All of our guests will receive a detailed and thorough Integration Guide after the retreat with many tips and recommendations on how to continue the journey forward in life with the most ease, inspiration and motivation. We also offer complimentary integrations with our team integration specialist.
Prices:
Cost for 7 Day Retreat with 3 Ceremonies – Shared Accommodation $1750, Single Private Accommodation: $2050
Cost for 9 Day Retreat with 4 Ceremonies – Shared Accommodation $1950, Single Private Accommodation: $2250
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What’s Included:
* Pre-Retreat Preparation Consultation Call
* Digital Ayahuasca Dieta Recipe Book
* Ayahuasca Preparation Guide
* Pick up and drop off from and to Pucallpa Airport
* Transportation to and from the Nimea Kaya Center
* Three or Four Ayahuasca Ceremonies with Shipibo Healers
* Q&A with Shamans before Ceremony
* Participate in Brewing Ayahuasca (Only Available in Some Retreats)
* Guided Medicinal Plant Walk
* Ceremony Integration Circles
* Continual Counseling with Facilitators
* Consultations with Shamans
* Medicinal Floral Plant Baths
* Breathwork & Meditation Classes
* Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Classes
* Sound Bath Meditation
* Nutritious Plant Based Meals
* Boat Excursion
* Shipibo Art Exhibition & Market
* High Vibe Living Class
* Farewell Celebration
* Laundry Service
* Post Retreat Integration Guide
* Post Retreat Integration Call
* Complimentary 1 on 1 Integration Sessions
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Agill
September 18, 2019 at 4:23 pmNimea Kaya changed my life.
I went to the retreat that was held in early June of 2019 at Nimea Kaya.
I did massive amounts of research on the medicine, the available retreat centers and the kinds of things people were reporting in their testimonials. I have been to meditation retreat centers, consciousness talks and seminars… you name it. I was not looking for another collection of intellectual platitudes.
This retreat center is not interested in propagating or sensationalizing the next new thing in new-agism. And that is exactly why it was so healing for me. The folks who facilitate this retreat are laser focused on direct, living experience. They require no one to believe anything and only direct one’s attention back to one’s own experience. Of which there is plenty once the Medicine starts working inside you.
I have been on a spiritual search for many years but the ego can become quite adept at subtly spiritualizing itself in order to camouflage itself. There are a lot of concepts about the nature of reality and higher consciousness and the Medicine cuts through all of that in a ruthless yet loving manner. Were it not for the gentle, tireless support of the facilitators at Nimea Kaya I would not have been able to process the things that were being shown me in the ceremonies. My intellect went into standby mode because it cannot conceive of what it was experiencing. The Truths about the nature of my posture to my life are so beyond the capacity for words to impart that an environment like the one offered at Nimea Kaya is indispensable. The relationship of devotion and friendship that they have cultivated with the native, Shipibo Shamans has made it possible for people like me, who were lost and alone in a sea of ignorance and begging for the truth, to actually arrive at it. The shamans are joyful, powerful, welcoming and vital to this spiritual work. I cannot imagine planning to do this work without them now that I have seen what their irreplaceable function is. There is no other way to do this, in my opinion. Without their curative singing I cannot imagine how this can be done.
The other things like housing, meals, the plant walk, the graduation into a spiritual family, with whom life-long bonds can be formed…, those things are all wonderful and Nimea Kaya does them fantastically. But, honestly, the overriding sense of surrender to the will of that which created us all is the real gift these folks offer.
If your consciousness is of a similar make-up you can be shown some fundamental truths that will forever smash the way you see yourself, the world and your responsibility to it. All fear can be faced, even of death and hell. All arrogance can be surrendered. every moment can be the universal now full of magic and self dissolution. But not just by reading about it or seeing it worked out on a white board or slide projector. By experiencing it in a non-verbal resonance coming from the power of the source of existence itself. Nimea Kaya knows this secret and is the most graceful group of custodians I could have ever asked for.
Lastly, the requirement for continuing integration an mindfulness that is essential for lasting change, is something that is covered from all angles. Many different methods and pathways to keeping one’s self in contact with the eternal now that one is reawakened to are shared and practiced together. These techniques are super important and are also not pushed on anyone or used to coerce belief in anything at all. It is shared out of Love for humanity and surrender to Mother Aya. And I love these folks for it.
taapoa
September 8, 2019 at 11:51 amI attended Nimea Kaya in February 2019. After 2 years of touring India, healing myself, teaching and being taught as a yoga teacher, a mama instructor, an Ayurvedic practitioner, learning from Gurus and the rest of it, I ended up in the jungle, driven by a sense that this will be the way to come full circle with my ongoing personal quest. I came to find myself, a sense of direction, a purpose. I found a community, a tribe, a family. Never have I experienced so much care (from the facilitators), so much kindness and dedication form the whole staff. This is so far in my life, the most profound experience, the most significant journey, the deepest adventure I have submitted myself to.
I met shamans (authentic ones), healers, helpers, kindred spirits and I have seen God… There is no words to describe the journey itself, for fear of taking away from it. What I can say is that we all know taking the medicine also means feeling safe and in good hands. On that basis alone, I would recommend Nimea Kaya to everyone who wish to experience the medicine in the best possible environment. More pragmatically, accommodation is comfortable and authentic. The food is vegan and was amazing (all fresh cooked meals, fruits, veg etc and the now all time favourite Jungle pancakes), the organisation was perfect (one can tell, there s a system that’s proven itself over the years- very professional), the schedule is also perfect and takes into account the physical and emotional journey participants go through. we gathered for fire ceremonies, gong baths, documentaries about the jungle and the plant medicine, connected in the main house where you can draw paint, journal, we made friends with the local shipibo tribe through the Market day, visited a remote village, danced with beautiful people and shared our experiences, emotions and deepest pains, all that in harmony. The only thing difficult about Nimea Kaya, is to leave the place.
Julie.Tran
September 4, 2019 at 4:29 pmI attended Nimea Kaya earlier this year in June, 2019 at a whim of faith and referral from someone I trust. It was a few months of preparation and dieta before the day had finally come where I would embark on a journey into the unknown. Upon arriving to the airport, I was greeted with friendly smiles and hugs from the facilitators. The hospitality and friendliness was unexpected and incredibly warming as I think most of us (who were attending for the first time) were probably feeling nervous to some degree.
Once we arrived to Nimea Kaya, everything was incredibly seamless in the way the itinerary had been organized. From heart circles, to integration circles; the facilitators did such an amazing job at co-creating a safe space for all 20 of us to be as stress-free, worry-free, and feeling as safe as possible throughout the 9-day retreat.
Each facilitator brought a unique touch to the overall experience and energy of the place. They spoke and move with grace and so much heart. Integrating and processing the ceremonies is often difficult to our own perceivable mind, let alone trying to intellectualize it into words for others to comprehend. But with each integration circle and activities, there was never a moment where anyone felt judged or misunderstood. It was truly, truly a co-created safe space for all of us.
The conversations I had with others proved that people have had some negative experiences in the past with other retreats around the world–that’s not to scare you, but to insist that research is important. Those who had chosen to come to Nimea Kaya had done the work and had chosen with intention and I can see why.
The foods prepared were made with so much love; each meal nourishing to our mind, body, and spirit. I have never been so taken care of and eaten such delicious food during a trip of sorts. We took a trip out to the Shipibo Village during our stay and I mention this because the moment we got back to Nimea Kaya, everyone felt this huge sense of relief in knowing that the energy of our home was peaceful and safe compared to the short trip outside which speaks a lot about their location overall. It truly felt like home. And I miss it still.
Every time I am asked of a place of recommendation, there is no hesitation. Nimea Kaya. Because to embark on a journey within the depths of oneself, to sit with Ayahuasca (something most of us are unfamiliar with), is a choice of ceremonial surrender and trust. And it’s incredibly important to be able to know that you are 100% protected and safe when in the unknown.
Salkashoura
September 3, 2019 at 10:36 amBefore I chose Nimea Kaya healing centre I had doubts and fears about doing Ayahuasca mainly because of risks involved when using a medicine that works with spirit and energies are involved. Generally people are not aware of this but as a psychic medium that has experience working with energies already I wanted to ensure I was safe. I didnt rush to do ayahuasca until i researched enough. Nimea Kaya was recommended to me as it was perfect for first time experiences of ayahuasca. I did more research and also connected with the retreat both energetically and by email via their website and I must say the energy was that of love and integrity. I needed this confirmation to book and always go with my feelings and the energy I feel with that connection. I was still nervous when I arrived which I think is normal for a solo traveller but I had a strong intention to work on clearing some blocks that were blocking me from moving forward on my spiritual path. When I arrived to the airport the group was met by Matt one of the facilitators and his love and care was so genuine. I could see in his eyes he was a true light worker on a mission to help others as part of a universal calling he has been assigned to. The retreat its self was beautiful and all the facilitators are truly amazing that made me feel so safe. The set up and organisation of all the ceromanies and education inbetween was professionally done and my fear of safety soon subsided when I realised I was in safe hands. I did a 9 day retreat with 4 ceromanies and I will be honest the ride was intense and challenging but as a warrior by nature and with my intention to work through these blocks I was happy to do what it takes and put in the work. I felt so connected to the shamans and really felt they were that of pure love on a mission to help others heal. All the participants on the retreat were lovely and I would say through my experience that Nimea Kaya attracts people who are serious about their healing and ascension journey which I was so happy about as I only wanted to be around people who I could trust. There was a perfect blend of inner work using ayahuasca and retreat. The food was absolutely amazing and if I could I would move into the retreat just to live that perfect healthy lifestyle amongst the beautiful sounds of the jungle in a high vibrational setting. I never got to meet Gill the owner but just from connecting with her via email I felt I knew her well enough. She has lovely energy and answers all my questions I needed to ask. What a lovely experience It was and I would only ever go back to Nimea Kaya. Any one I talk to about my experience I recommend to Nimea and I would not go to any other retreat now I have experienced what a wonderful place it is. It is an experience I will never forget a really built some truly amazing connections with lovely people from all over the world.
zemahasaf
August 31, 2019 at 6:34 pmI attended a 9 day retreat in Nimea Kaya in may of 2019. I had heard about it from a few friends and was strongly encouraged to go, since this place had a special feel to it.
Since the moment I arrived, I knew I made the right choice. The staff was extremely friendly, the facilities were great and the food was nothing short of amazing. The staff’s knowledge and curtsy helped me adapt, feel comfortable and knowledgeable about the process, which was extremely helpful for me on my way to let go and surrender to this amazing process. I felt SUPER SAFE for the entirety of the retreat.
The place really had a special feeling to it, one that is very hard to create artificially or to duplicate. I had some of the most important and meaningful experiences of my life back in Nimea Kaya and a piece of me will forever stay in the jungles of Peru.