Note: This business no longer operates as a plant medicine retreat center.
TierraMitica is a healing and research center in the beautiful unspoiled Fasaquihui gorge in the spectacular high jungle of Peru, 40 km by road from the city of Tarapoto. A paradise of 80 hectares (197 acres) of lush jungle with river and waterfalls, full of wild life, monkeys, blue morpho butterflies, hummingbirds and much more… It is the permanent home of the transformative Mythic Voyage Ayahuasca Workshop and the Embrace the Medicine Ayahuasca Retreats.
It is also an art center and the home of a community fully dedicated and trained to our healing work.
Our mission is to create a place where people are helped to transcend their personal wounds as well as our collective wound, to restore their trust in the wisdom of the world we live in, in themselves and in humanity, to provide a haven that offers everything we would like our own sisters, brothers, mothers and ourselves to find in order to absorb the gifts and healing insights of the medicine and the ceremonies. A place to inspire and restore the trust needed for every one of us to dare to rediscover and deepen our ability to embrace every moment, our power to create for ourselves amazing, fulfilling, creative and happy lives of choice and open heart.
We want for any one of our guests, in groups of a maximum of 12 people, to find here a place where they feel at home, safe, taken care of, supported and guided, so they can go as deep as they need in their healing process.
We work with a team of Shipibo Maestros and Maestras, that we have chosen not only for their experience and their power -that you will both feel strongly during the ceremonies- but also for their passion for their sacred work, their dedication to the healing, and their genuine attention and love for each single participant. We do ceremonies outdoors, since, due to the altitude, we have the luxury of being free of mosquitoes, under the moon and the stars on a wooden floor, were the icaros, the traditional healing chants of the Shipibos, are accompanied by the symphony of the river and the jungle.
We provide modern accommodations, with hot showers, comfortable beds, clear spring water and gourmet Ayahuasca diet food prepared with love.
We offer three different programs, the Mythic Voyage, the Embrace the Medicine 6 days, the Embrace the Medicine 11 days.
The Mythic Voyage:
It is a unique process, a fully guided, intensive and holistic workshop of 11 days for life transformation, and the only workshop of its kind in the world actually GUARANTEEING results, the success in fulfilling the guarantee judged by the participants themselves.
It is not focused on the Ayahuasca but on the end result: total transformation on every layer of human functionality and on every aspect of life for a beautiful, happy, inspired, creative life full of enthusiasm, ideas and love. It is holistic because it deals with seven layers of human functionality: our emotional, physical, cognitive or intellectual, philosophical, energetic, sensory and symbolic bodies to achieve a common internal direction and true, long lasting change. During the Mythic Voyage, intuitive, simple enough for a five-year-old to understand answers to existential questions like what exactly is the soul, what is enlightenment, who are we as human beings, why do we all feel bad about ourselves, why the universe exists and for what purpose, what is the reason why humans exist, and many more, are found that actually make sense.
During the 11 days, Ayahuasca ceremonies are not done for the experience but in order to find specific, practical answers to problems that make us suffer and blocks that stop us from living life to our full potential. We teach and guide people on how to effectively navigate and interpret the ceremony experience, diving deeper and deeper into our internal world, our subconscious, our belief systems that determine only who we are and how we perceive everything around us but also everything that we feel and think, our senses, our health as well as our memories. In contrast with retreats, the number of ceremonies is not fixed but varies according to the flow of the workshop and can vary from as many as six to as few as two.
Embrace the Medicine:
This program is an Ayahuasca retreat with two different formulas of 6 or 11 days, with respectively 3 and 6 Ayahuasca ceremonies.
The Ayahuasca communicates through the symbolic language, so we offer sharing circles and consultations to prepare you for ceremony and to decipher together the messages, the visions and the insights lived during the night. This way you can gain clarity on what has happened and what your next step should be. The Ayahuasca is a navigable experience, so if you wish, we can teach you how to collaborate with the Ayahuasca instead of being a simple observer, how to guide your own journey through a very precise and focused intention to go where is needed to find the answers and insights that will make a real difference in your life. The more you know how to navigate it, the more you will feel safe and free to explore, the more conscious you are of your experience and the clearer the results will be.
The guide of the retreat and one or two trained assistants are always presents in ceremonies, to support and assist the participants in anything they may need, as much for practical matters than in their personal process.
We have certified yoga instructors in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, who can give classes every day during the Embrace the Medicine, for beginners or for advanced, an art studio available for you to create, an art gallery dedicated to the myth of the Grandmother Ayahuasca with 19 murals painted by visionary artists from all over the world, a natural pool by the waterfall, and plenty of land to explore and enjoy the wildlife, everything for our guests to feel inspired, nurtured, to feel their thirst for everything beautiful life has to offer.
Magic does exist!
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Bart D
November 25, 2016 at 12:05 pmI recently did a Mythic Voyage in TierraMitica and what they do there is beyond anything else. I did Ayahuasca before but I felt like the medicine did not like me, because I did not have the amazing experiences I read about on forums. During the Mythic Voyage I understood that she was talking to me, I just had not been listening, out of fear of what I would hear. More than that, during the consultations I felt that even stronger, I was astonished about everything that was coming out of me. I went there for the Ayahuasca, but once I arrived, I understood that this workshop was so much more, Ayahuasca was just one way to deconstruct my former belief system, one I had not consciously chosen, to reconstruct it to one that actually serves me and makes me love myself and everyone around me. It was a hell of a ride, and at the same time the closest to divinity I had ever gotten. All I have left to say is a big thank you to the people there and Mikis in particular for giving me all his love, however tough sometimes, and a big thank you to me for taking the leap and choosing to go there.
Space
September 10, 2016 at 12:54 amMy visit began lovely. The grounds are beautiful and all of the individuals that worked there were amazing. If you raised your voice after hours or even during the day while Mikis the “shaman” was sleeping you were scolded. After ceremony with the beautiful shamanas you went back to the main house for herbal tea to settle your stomach. How nice right!?!?!?! Until the next day when you were “offered” the opportunity to discuss your experience with Mikis…who would proceed to either build you up in front of the group or tear you completely to shreds. Now. In my eyes, if the grandmother chooses to rip you to shreds that is her and your choice. That is what you sign up for with ayahuasca. The shaman however should not be dissecting your experience the next day with his inputs under the rouse of him being an expert. Before you decide on this retreat be aware that you will not only be doing aya but you will be subjected to the teachings of the Greek shaman that isn’t physically able to take the medicine with you. Not only will you be subjected to his teachings but you will be in a location where you have no option to leave until the driver requested from the crew can take you there. I’m sure there have been people that had great experiences here, but of the 5 people in my retreat, one refused the third ceremony, one stayed in Peru at another location bc it was more loving, one wrote terrible reviews, one refuses to speak about her experience to anyone, and I now after many months have rectified it in my head. Don’t go here. Just don’t. Go somewhere else.
Jmillen
June 26, 2016 at 1:25 pmIt has been I while since I did my embrace the medicine retreat at Tierra Mitica however the experience is still fresh in my mind and if there is one word I would use to describe that experience, it is AMAZING!
I had fairly high hopes going there as 2 of my close friends had taken part in the mythic voyage and had only great things to say about the place and the experience.
This being said, within 1 hour of being there my hopes were already meet only to be blown away soon after.
Tierra Mitica as a place is absolutely beautiful, it is secluded, peaceful and almost feels like you are on a different planet by the fact that you are so far removed from the rest of society.
The people there are equally great, being super helpful and supportive and they all have a really positive, driven energy about them which makes you feel that you are in the safest of hands which adds to the experience.
Although I only have positive things to say about Tierra Mitica and my experience there, it is by no means an easy thing to do and is not always a pleasant time as you will almost defintely find yourself being challenged in ways like never before during the ceremonies. However I found that these points during the retreat along with the support from the helpers were the most beneficial and I can honestly say that I left the retreat having learnt a lot but am now also much more aware of the many things there are to still learn.
Jim La Rose
August 10, 2015 at 12:00 amI attended the April 2015 Mythic Voyage, and it was the absolute best thing that I could have ever done for my life. Let me start by saying that since I had attended an entirely different retreat the year prior, I thought I had an idea as to what I was getting into. I was wrong and so very happy that I was.
For many years I had been feeling numb and indifferent. I hated it because I could recall a time in my life when I felt love, joy and connectedness with the world around me. I heard and read about ayahuasca and determined that it was a means to get back to where I essentially left off in my life. So anyway, the ceremonies I attended in ?14 at the other retreat gave me a glimpse at what was possible. But I had no idea or instruction on how to achieve or maintain those possibilities. Basically it was your typical retreat with a few ceremonies and a whole lot of down time and reflection. Don?t get me wrong, I still think it?s a great place and would never recommend to anyone to not go there. But after attending the Mythic Voyage at Tierra Mitica, I could not imagine EVER going anywhere else.
The biggest reason I chose Tierra Mitica and the Mythic Voyage this time around was not just because I was drawn more to it than the others. But because they offered the ?intensive? workshop which I felt would keep me busy and focused on what I needed to do for myself. That is exactly what happened but also was so much more than I could have ever imagined.
I could go on about the great food that they serve, the above standard accommodations they provide, the beautiful setting it?s in and even the most awesome loving and supportive people that live there. But I want to get to the meat of my experience to share.
When they say that they have had people quit, they are not kidding. While I was there, we had 1 person quit and leave the retreat entirely, another quit the workshop but stayed at Tierra Mitica, and even I almost quit the workshop on its final night. What happened this night is something that no matter the words I use, or how hard I try, I can not possibly manage to truly convey it to anyone. The closest I can manage to come to describing what happened to me, was ?magic?. And if it weren?t for my fellow Argonauts (or family as I now refer to them) being there to witness and share in the experience. I would have a hard time believing that I didn?t somehow make it up. All the days leading up to this night, I thought I knew I was making the progress I was needing to. Boy I was right, but at the same time SOOO WRONG! This night Mikis made or helped to make something happen that woke me up and got me to break and emerge from the shell that I?ve been in for so long. Without trying to explain what happened leading up to it, I will just say that in that moment, I truly felt everything that I hadn?t been able to feel for so long. I felt pain, sorrow, loss, joy, happiness and most importantly to me? For what may have been the first time in my life, love. Love from Mikis and my ?Family?, and my love for them.
I now appreciate and love everyone around me. My relationships with everyone in my life are so much healthier and stronger. I have direction in my life which I never did before. I know what I need to do to gain and maintain my happiness. I would not have any of this if it weren?t for Mikis, the Tierra Miticans and the rest of my family that attended the April 2015 Mythic Voyage.
If you are looking to just experience ayahuasca, please do not attend the Mythic Voyage. I have not attended their Mythic Journey but believe that it may be more for you if that?s the case. If you are looking for needed change in your life and have had a hard time achieving it. If you have the desire, determination and even strength to live the best life that you possibly can?. Please, by all means, attend the Mythic Voyage. If you trust and do not quit. It will be the best thing you ever did for yourself and those around you.
Aaron McMinn
August 10, 2015 at 12:00 amHello My name is Aaron McMinn I just completed the Mythic Voyage May/June 2015. I was contacted by a friend of mine just after he completed the Mythic Voyage. His experience and words spoke to me at a time when i really needed something exactly like this.
This is what he wrote me:
“I cannot describe the transformation that I experienced here.. there is no price i could have put on it. If you are ready to take back your life just choose this and make it happen.. You are worth it ..
I was close to ending my life.. now finally after 34 years I have full control of my life, I have direction, vision, I can dream. I am truly happy. and it only took 10 days … *was like 20 years of therapy”
So I quit my job and went to the next Mythic Voyage and id have to say it was the best decision i’ve ever made. Before i came i had no direction and a lot of unanswered questions about my life.
Thanks to Mikis I now have direction and am well equipped with the direction for any situation i find myself in. Mikis can see things in you that you can not see in yourself and this is a great gift because if you cant see what wrong then you’ll never know where to start. This workshop could be done without the ayahuasca and be just as effective. If you truly want change in your life I guarantee you this will work for you.
The staff, accommodations and Shipibo shamans at tierra Mitica are world class, full of love and every need is takin care of. couldnt ask for a better landscape to do the work in. Thank you So So Much <3
hi Aaron!