On the edge of the jungle just outside of Pucallpa, right in the middle of the Shipibo homeland, you can find Pachamama temple. This relatively new ayahuasca centre was built especially around Mama Rosa, well known in the ayahuasca world as heart on legs, and her loved ones. Most of the Peruvian ayahuasca centres are located in and around Iquitos and mama Rosa, like many other shamans from Pucallpa, worked there for many years. This meant being apart from her family for months at a time just to make a living, not an ideal situation. With the founding of Pachamama Temple in Pucallpa this belongs to the past. Mama Rosa now works with her family, also trained and skilled shamans, to create a space with a beautiful family atmosphere and very powerful healing ceremonies. In addition to this loving family you will find a team of experienced English speaking facilitators working alongside them, there to guide you through your ayahuasca experience. Pachamama Temple is a place where you can feel at home and where a genuine loving energy and personal attention are a big part of the retreat experience.

What are you looking for?

Pachamama Temple was founded for those who are seeking profound personal transformation and true healing of the mind, body and spirit. Do you feel lost or out of balance? Like there is something missing in your life? Like you are cut off from a deeper connection to yourself and the people around you? Are you struggling to find meaning in it all? Are you carrying around old baggage that you are not able to let go of? Do you find it hard to love yourself ? You will be amazed how many people, especially in the western world, are struggling with these feelings and the inability to heal themselves from past trauma and loss. More and more of us are waking up. We no longer feel we can just keep going on like this, unfulfilled and unhappy. So we make a choice. No more. There is more inside me, and out there, and I am going to find it!
Transformation and healing. What does that really mean? These are big and abstract words and we don’t want to use them lightly. We don’t want to use them just because they are good words for marketing. We use them because they are the true goal of the Pachamama Temple and we deeply believe that everybody can achieve them working with the ayahuasca medicine and the right support. We invite you to come over to find out what personal transformation and healing means for YOU.

Respecting tradition

Our 12 day Ayahuasca Retreats includes 8 ceremony’s and our 7 day retreats includes 4 ceremony’s. The first ceremony of each retreat is a traditional ceremony where only our shamans drink the Ayahuasca brew. We incorporated this into our program at the request of our shamans. Our healers use this ceremony as a diagnostic tool, giving them a chance to observe you and your energy, to provide you with insight into possible blockages or problems. We strongly feel the traditional ceremony, together with an individual consultation at the start of your retreat, reduces risk and provides a solid base for healing work during the rest of your stay. We understand that many people are eager to drink after traveling all the way to Peru but remember that for thousands of years this was the way ceremony was organized. Pachamama Temple respects the old ways and sees benefit in a cautious approach to ensure the welfare of all participants.

Workshops and lessons

During your retreat you can partake in different activities that will make your retreat much more interesting. Our maestro’s will teach you some basics of the Shipibo language and tell you about their culture and history. More on the creative side of things you will be painting with a local visionary artist and making your own Shipibo embroidery’s with the woman of the tribe. Combined with preparing your own medicine, flower baths, sharing circles, meditation, a traditional Shipibo lunch and market we feel we offer a complete and well balanced program schedule outside of ceremony for you to enjoy.

Prices

7 Day ayahuasca retreat with 4 ceremonies 950 USD
12 day ayahuasca retreat with 8 ceremonies 1650 USD

Safety

As a healing centre the safety of our guests is our number one priority. Every now and then we hear of a tragic loss of life in other Peruvian retreat centres. We feel many of these situations could have been prevented with the proper preparation and care of the staff at hand. This starts with a thorough screening process for all our guests before any retreat where possible contra indications for working with Ayahuasca can be identified. Our staff is trained in emergency care and we keep investing in western safety standards and equipment. Pachamama Temple is also only 20 minutes away from the nearest hospital which means quick access to professional care if necessary.

Why choose us?

Choosing a retreat centre is exiting. There are many centres out there offering different kind of experiences. You want to take your time, do you research and choose a place that feels good for you. It is a choice you want to make with your heart. One of our guests described her choice for Pachamama Temple like this:

“ I searched the wide web of available Ayahuasca retreats for hours, days and even weeks. Hell, this was going to be my first time working with Ayahuasca! It had to be the perfect place! It had to be the most sacred space; a safe place, a place where you feel comfortable enough to expose all that craziness inside your head to a group of perfectly good strangers; and more importantly, a place where you could fully trust the shamans conducting the ceremonies, to not only have good intentions, but excellent skills in helping to guide you through the depths and trenches of your subconscious mind, and deal with all those scary little things you fear or suppress and that keep you behind. -Therefore it had to be a place of true healing. It had to be a place of love. I felt that with Pachamama Temple, and before I even landed at her doorsteps.”

We hope your heart will bring you to us. We will welcome you with open arms and work with you to get the most out of your meeting with the sacred medicine.

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