Wanamey Center arranges workshops of shamanism and Ayahuasca where it combines rituals of purification, purgation with medicinal plants, ceremonies of Ayahuasca and spirituality, all of that with the objective of initiating the participants in the path to harmony and physical , spiritual, mental and emotional restoration. The participants will have the opportunity to experiment the traditional amazonic medicine.

The shamanism and Ayahuasca workshop implies: Rituals of purification, isolation in our huts, purges, diets, fast, and abstention of some foods. These procedures must be fulfilled with strict discipline

In the Workshops of shamanism and Ayahuasca we offer customer service, consultation and personalized guidance.

The Center of Traditional Medicine Wanamey, place where the Workshops will be carried out, is located in the Cultural Zone of the Biosphere Reserve of Manu – Cusco – Peru.

FIRST DAY: We depart from the City of Cusco at 8:00 a.m. The distance of 200 km will be covered (approximately 9 hours to Pilcopata). In the trajectory we will be able to watch beautiful Andean valleys and indigenous quechua communities, we will visit the “Chullpas of Ninamarca”, funerary center of the culture Lupaca (Pre Inca). At noon we will have lunch in Paucartambo, town of colonial roots. Then we will keep driving to the place called Tres Cruces, entrance to the biosphere reserve of Manu where we will have a ceremony to ask for permission to the spirits of the jungle, at the end of the afternoon we will arrive to the Traditional Medicine Center Wanamey.

SECOND DAY: At 6:00 a.m. we will have a ceremony of purification – Cleanliness – harmonization with purgative plants and tobacco. We will drink infusions made of plants. This day we will fast until approximately midday. By the afternoon we will have individual chats.

THIRD DAY: At 6:00 a.m. we will have a connection and harmonization ceremony with water, in the river Orinoco, at a five minute walk from the Wanamey Center .

Different therapies of purification and harmonization through sauna baths with aromatic plants and infusions with medicinal and teacher plants will take place. We will have a preparation and informative chats for the Ayahuasca ceremony, later we will rest and prepare ourselves for the Ayahuasca ceremony.

FOURTH DAY: The patient must rest and reflect on the experience of the last night. We will have individual chats that will help us to understand the purpose of the session, by night another ceremony with Ayahuasca will be done.

FIFTH DAY: After breakfast, we will make a visit to the forest of the Wanamey Center  where we will offer chats about “Medicinal Plants” and “Traditional Medicine” using the wide variety of medicinal plants and other species we grow. We will have a ceremony of purification – protection and thanking to Mother Nature.

SIXTH DAY: Early in the morning we will start the journey back to Cusco, where we will arrive in the afternoon.

The workshops are oriented to people that look for serious and reflexive bonds with the teacher plants. They must have profound motivations in order to heal their bodies and discover the paths of self development and spiritual and emotional balance. We demand will, patience and faith from the participants because through these principles we reach a harmonic relationship with Mother Nature to grow with “the feet on earth and the head high in the sky.

Wanamey Center carries out “Spiritual Retirements and Diets with Ayahuasca” in Cusco for four days. The participants will have the opportunity to know and experience the goods of the amazonic traditional medicine, specially those of ayahuasca, the mother plant; this way, the participants will initiate their personal way to harmony, physical, spiritual, mental and emotional healing.

The retirements are made for people that look for serious and reflexive links to the teacher plants. They must have profound motivations to heal their bodies and discover the paths of self development  and spiritual balance. We ask the participants for will, patience and faith, since it is through these principles that we will reach a harmonic relationship with Mother Nature in order to grow with “Our feet on the ground and the head in the sky”.

The retirements are carried out with no more than five people at the same time. The retirements imply customer service, integration, consultations and personalized guidance. We demand discipline and commitment before and during the retirement,  especially with the given restrictions about food (low salt and sugar content food), the fasting and resting hours.

Objectives of the Spiritual Retirement with Ayahuasca:

·         Physical and spiritual cleanliness.

·         Lineament of the spiritual body.

·         Treatments for illnesses in general.

·         Personal evolution – self-discovery.

·         Induction to relaxation through self-observation of our being.

·         Discover the reasons of our ailments and ways to heal ourselves.

During the Spiritual Retirement the following activities will be developed:

Purification rituals with purufying plants and Tobacco powder. The plants will be drunk and the black tobacco powder will be blown into the nostrils of the participant.

Purification rituals

Purifying baths based in aromatic and medicinal plants

Ingestion of different infusions made of medicinal plants.

Two ceremonies of Ayahuasca will take place. “Ayahuasca is denominated Doctor because she cures, Teacher because she teaches and Mother because she guides. It gives power, knowledge and vision.

We will have chats about “Traditional Amazonic Andean and Medicine”

Our service includes lodging and feeding in the Monte de Aguila meditation center (Saylla, located at a half of hour drive from Cusco city – Perú)

Includes transportation from Cusco – Monte de Aguila meditation center – Cusco)

Preparation Diet:

“Shamanism and Ayahuasca are disciplined and strict methods to obtain healing, power and personal growth”.

In order to learn from the Master Plants the body will have to be purified and harmonized. The participant must fulfil with discipline the following recommendations seven days before attendingthe Retirement:

Reduce the excess of sugar, salt and red pepper in his/her feeding.

Do not eat any type of meats, specially red meats and pig.

Do not drink coffee or sodas.

Sexual abstention

Avoid the consumption of drugs and alcohol before and during the Retirement.

Consider the following contraindications:

Menstruating or pregnant women and the people with heart problems cannot attend the ritual of Ayahuasca.

Before being part of our Retirements, you must fulfil the following requirements:

Have mental, physical and emotional growth.

Send a letter explaining your desires of being part of the retirement.

Fill out your Personal Information Sheet.

The Wanamey Tradicional Medicine Center is offering “Diet & Retreats with Ayahuasca” (five days), where the participants will have the chance to know and feel the benefits of Ayahuasca as part of the amazonian traditional medicine. This way, they will be able to start their personal journey to physical, emotional, mental and spirit ual harmony and health.

The retirements are made for people that look for serious and reflexive bonds with the master plants. Those interested must have profound motivations in order to heal their bodies and discover the paths of self-development besides of spiritual and emotional balance.

We propose a harmonic relation with Mother Nature so we can heal ourselves with “our feet based on the ground and our head in the sky”. For this reason we ask the participants for will, patience, faith and a mind free of fears.

Ayahuasca Retreats imply customer service and personal guidance and consultation.

Retreats will be carried out with at least one participant and no more than five

The retirement includes:

Purification baths in the river.

Baths with purifying and aromatic plants.

Ritual of purification with purging plants and tobacco powder for body, mental, emotional and spritual cleansing.

Two ceremonies of Ayahuasca will take place. “Ayahuasca is denominated Doctor because she heals, Teacher because se teaches and Mother because she guides”. She gives power, knowledge and vision.

A walk in the forest of Wanamey Center. Lectures concernig Medicinal Plants and Tradicional Medicine in our ethnobotanical garden.

Lodging and food in the Wanamey Center ( Pillcopata Town, in the Biosphere Reserve of Manu National Park, Cusco – Peru)

We will help you to coordinate your transport Cusco-Wanamey Center-Cusco.

Preparation Diet:

“Shamanism and Ayahuasca are disciplined and strict methods to obtain treatment, power and personal development”.

In order to learn from Master Plants our body must be purified and in harmony. The participant must carefully fulfil the following recommendations seven days before attending the Retirement:

Reduce the excess of sugar, salt and red pepper in your foods.

Do not eat any type of meats, especially red and pig.

Do not drink coffee or sodas.

Sexual abstention

Avoid the consumption of drugs and alcohol before and during the Retirement

Counter indications:

Pregnant or menstruating women and people with heart problems cannot attend the ritual of Ayahuasca.

Consult prices.

Even though he was Wanamey Medicine Center concerning the Shamanism & Ayahuasca Workshop.

The workshop includes 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies, rituals, purgues, lectures,
therapies, trips, accommodation, vegetarian food(days of ayahuasca
ceremonias the participants will fast) and trasportation(Cusco-Wanamey
center-Cusco).

The program last six days with  maximum five people. We make agreements of
programs and special conditions for groups

The workshop begins in the city of Cusco and continues in the Wanamey
medice center (Pilcopata), to nine hours of journey.

Concernig dates of workshops, we are available during the whole year,
however if you wish to participate, you`ll must reserve in advance. Tell
us please in wich date you´ll like to come.
Requirements:

Reservations and payments:

-You must confirm your participation with a Western Union money order.

-Participants will have to comply with diets and restrictions.

-We ask for a letter explaining why you wish to participate.

-Please fullfill and send us the personal sheet you´ll find in the

- The realization of a workshop requires the participation of  minimum one
person and a maximum of five people.

More information in the attached file

We reccomend to bring:

-2 pairs of long trousers
-2 shorts
-2 long-sleeved shirts
-2 short-sleeved shirts
-Flaslight
-Sandals
-Bathing suits
-Raincoat
-Mosquito repellent
-Hat
-Towel
-Personal claning utensils

SEMINAR OF “INKA HISTORY AND ANDEAN CULTURE”

Presentation

The inka culture developed in the Peruvian Andes in the latest years of the XV century. Cusco or Qosqo, according to the Incas, was the administrative, political and religious centre of that great empire called Tawantinsuyu (“The four united nations”)… at that then. The traces of the Inca culture can still be appreciated in the big architectonic works, such as Machu Picchu, currently considered one of the 7 wonders of the world.

More than 500 hundred years have passed from the moment America turned into a Spanish colony, the Inca culture suffered enormous transformations at that then for sure, but that fact did not cause its extinction. The millenary wisdom of the Andean man, and particularly the Inca’s, is still noticeable among its descendants and scholars. We have not only inherited the amazing Inca constructions and incomprehensible technologies that are so mistetious, but their knowledge related to medicine, astronomy, philosophy and religion. This knowledge, despite having been left out, is still valid and has an enviable strength because now, more than ever, shows us alternative paths of growth and physical and spiritual balance. Knowing the Incas only through their monumental legacy would be like watching the stream that feeds a great river of millenary wisdom.

Wanamey Center, through the seminar of “INKA HISTORY AND ANDEAN CULTURE”, will offer general indications to identify the source of that river that allows us understand the philosophical and religious principles that gave birth to one of the most important cultures of the world. The seminar will give knowledge related to the history of the Incas, the principles of their religion and traditional medicine which will be complemented with guided visits to the main museums of the city (Inca Museum and Qoricancha) to the archaeological places (Saqsayhuaman P’isaq, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero and Machu Picchu) and also to places of high, sacred and energetic, value.

For the lecturers of the SEMINAR OF “INKA HISTORY AND ANDEAN CULTURE” to share their knowledge, they will combine studies of scientific order and alternative knowledge acquired through their ancestors through the power of voice. The knowledge that the lecturers will give you will expand your personal panorama, will allow you understand the Inca culture and its transformations, and will give you indications for your spiritual growth.

At the end of the day, after enjoying pleasant conversations and invaluable lessons, you will have the sensation of getting closer to the secrets of the Inca cosmo vision and you will be able to identify the paths that lead to the comprehension of your own wisdom.

1. Objectives

-          To offer the participants knowledge related to the Inca history and the principles of their religion and medicine, complemented with guided visits to the most important archaeological places in the city of Cusco

-          To give the theoretical and practical tools to understand the Inca history, religion and medicine.

1. The seminaries

1. 1. Seminar N° 1: “History of the Incas”

In this seminar we will talk about the Inca history, through written and archaeological sources: from the founding of the empire until its downfall due to the Spanish conquest. First of all we will make a short introduction of the towns that settled in the valley of Cusco before the Incas got there, afterwards we will have an in depth analysis of the founding of the city of Cusco or “Qosqo”, emphasizing the spoken stories of its origin . Then we will describe and analyze the most important historical events of the development of the empire, such as the war against the Chanka and the main works of the Inca Pachacuteq. To conclude we will present the main causes of the Spanish conquest and the reasons of the fall of the Inca Empire.

1. 1. Seminar N° 2: “Inca Religion”

In this seminar we will have an in depth analysis of the principles of philosophy and doctrine that characterized the religion of one of the most transcendent cultures in the Andean space. We will depict and analyze the western and Andean interpretations of the three ways to understand the space and time in the Andes: Kay Pacha, Uju Pacha and Hanaj Pacha

Then, we will talk about the meaning and transcendence that life has for the “Andean Cross” or “Inca Chakana”. The interpretation of two deities of high symbolic value could not be left aside: the cults to the Inti (sun) and Pachamama (Mother Earth). Before presenting with greater detail the doctrine, philosophy, astronomy and characteristics of the priesthood of the Incas, the seminar will develop the study of the rituals of thanksgiving and initiation that are still practiced by the heirs of the Inca culture

1. 1. Seminar N° 3: “Traditional Andean Medicine”

In this seminar we will talk about different subjects related to the philosophical and religious principles of the traditional Andean medicine, such as the importance of the relationship between mankind with the four elements to our physical health, relationship with Earth, Air, Water and Fire, will also be included. We will talk about the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of one of most used plants in the Andes: Coca leaf. On the other hand, we will depict and explain the most relevant principles of the offerings and of the ceremonies of healing of the body and of the human psyche. Finally, we will explain the importance that the constant relationship with the cosmic energy has for the human being (energy of the cosmos) and the telluric energy (energy of the Pachamama or Mother Earth)

1. Methodology

The seminaries will be offered by specialists of the Inca history and the Andean Culture, who will present the main historical, philosophical and religious events that represented the Inca culture. After every presentation, the participants will be able to make questions or suggest subjects so we can debate them. At the end of the day we will give the participants a written summary of the most important points analyzed during the seminaries and a pack of complementary readings.

After every seminar, the participants, guided by their respective guides, will visit places of a high symbolic and sacred value to carry out examples of ancient ritualistic practices, we will also visit museums (Inca Museum and Qoricancha).

In the last two days of the seminar, guided visits to archaeological places will be done (P’isaq, Ollantaytambo, Chincheros y Machu Picchu), all of that will be done to complement the theoretical classes.

The minimum amount required is 5 people and the maximum is 15.

In the Self-help Workshop we will learn to understand our selves and the relation we have with the universe. We`ll also learn the different ways to grow and accomplish our goals.

The workshop integrates the ancient wisdom of the Traditional Andean and Amazonic Medicine, wisdom that will help us to maintain a mental, physical, emotional and spiritual harmony.

The objectives of the workshop are:

- Physical and spiritual cleansing – Order for the spiritual body.
- Treatments for ailments in general.
- Visit Sacred places in the forest for ceremonies.
- Lectures about plants, their effects and traditional usage.
-Personal evolution – Self discovering – Induced relaxation by auto. Self contemplation
- Techniques to overcome and conquer our fears, phobia and panic status- Exercises of self exploration and self discovering.
- Discover the origins of our ailments and learn to heal ourselves.
- Spiritual rebirth – Discovering our purpose in life.
- Spiritual and shamanic techniques for health and personal growth.

Workshop schedule

Day 1
We`ll have a purification ceremony in the Tono river, at a 5 minute walk from Center Wanamey. After breakfast, we will have a lecture about Amazonian shamanism and its relation with the four main elements: earth, water, air and fire. Then we`ll begin with the therapies, baths with different medicinal plants and individual ceremonies. At nightfall we`ll seat around the fire to exchange spiritual experiences.
Day 2
After breakfast, we`ll visit the Ethno botanical garden of the Center Wanamey, so we can learn about the usage of medicinal plants and Ayahuasca and their spiritual relation with humanity. We`ll have a lecture on medicinal therapies and magic religious rituals. At nightfall we`ll make an offering to Mother Earth – PACHAMAMA, ceremony of the four elements and their relation with humanity.
Day 3
We`ll walk into the forest to visit a shrine (in the Toro river), where we`ll offer a ceremony to the four elements. In the afternoon we`ll go back to the center Wanamey.
Reflection on the experience comes next. We`ll also arrange individual chats to help you understand the purpose of the workshop.
After the shaman has spoken it will be your turn to ask questions about the Self-help – Personal growth workshop

Day 1: Breakfast at the hotel. Transportation to the airport for departure to Cuzco, the navel or center of the world for the Incas.
Check in at the hotel in Cuzco.
Afternoon visit to the Inca Altars and sacred ruins of Amaru Machay,
Puca Pucara, Sacsayhuaman and Q’Enqo

Day 2: through Day 8 (*): Harmony and Healing Workshop; at the Wanamey Medical Center situated in the Biosphere Reservation of the National Park of Manu. A six-day experience in which Amazon flora, fauna and spirituality are combined. Participants shall have the opportunity to know and learn traditional Amazon medicine (medical plants, spirituality,
shamanism) leading to physical, spiritual, mental and emotional harmony and healing. Details below.

Day 3 (*): We will leave de City of Cuzco at 8:00 a.m. and cover a distance of 220 Km. (a journey of approximately 10 hours). Along the way we will pass through interesting Andean valleys and picturesque indigenous quechua communities. We will visit the “Chullpas de Ninamarca”, a traditional funeral site of the pre Inca Lupaca culture.We’ll have lunch in the village of Paucartambo, a hamlet of colonial origin. After that we will resume our journey towards the Biosphere Reservation of Manu. In the location called Tres Cruces Three Crosses, entry gate to the Reservation), we will perform a ceremony to ask Mother Nature for her welcome and protection. At sunset we will arrive at the Wanamey Medical Center.

Day 4 (*): At 5:00 a.m. we will meditate in the river Tono, at a fiveminute distance from the Wanamey Center. After breakfast, we will participate in a discussion on Amazon cosmology and its relation with the four fundamental elements: earth, water, air and fire. After that, we will individually proceed to perform various therapies and ceremonies. At night-time we will gather around a camp fire to share our experiences.

Day 5 (*): After breakfast, we will have a walk through the local Ethno-botanic Garden of the Wanamey Center, to learn about the use of medical plants and their spiritual relationship with Man. The afternoon will be spent in preparation for the Ayahuasca session, scheduled for that evening.

Day 6 (*): Rest and meditation on the previous night’s experience. We will also hold individual exchanges to help understand the meaning and the purpose of the session.

Day 7 (*): At 8:00 a.m. we will start for a two-and-a-half hour walk inside the rainforest to reach a ceremonial center (Rio Intoro) where we will hold a protection and thanksgiving ceremony dedicated to the four elements. In the afternoon we’ll return to the Wanamey Center.

Day 8 (*): After breakfast, we will start our return trip to the City of Cuzco, where we will arrive in the afternoon.

Day 9: Guided visit to Machu Picchu, the lost citadel of the Incas. In the afternoon, return to Cuzco.

Day 10: Morning flight to Lima – Afternoon free – Good-bye dinner at Manos Morenas (restaurant with live Afro-Latin music and dance show, or other equivalent place).

TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AIR FARE.

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