12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana & Huachuma Retreat in Peru
This 12-day Ayahuasca retreat in Peru is the most immersive expression of the Yachay Wasi Path, bringing together Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma in a broader exploration of healing and learning with the master plants of the Peruvian Amazon.
The Full Expression of the House of Medicine
The 12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma Retreat is the most immersive expression of the Yachay Wasi Path, the Path of the House of Medicine. Through additional time with the master plants, participants are invited into a broader encounter with healing and learning through three medicines that each bring their own qualities and teachings to the path.
Alongside Ayahuasca and the medicine of the heart offered by Bobinsana, this retreat introduces Huachuma, a master plant traditionally associated with presence, connection, and a wider way of seeing ourselves, others, and the natural world.
Together, these medicines create opportunities for healing and learning that unfold through ceremony, traditional practices, daily guidance from the shamans, and time spent in relationship with the Amazon rainforest and its rhythms.
Learning from Bobinsana and Huachuma
The Medicines of the Heart and the Sky
Alongside Ayahuasca, the 12-Day Retreat brings together Bobinsana and Huachuma, two master plants that each offer their own qualities and teachings within the House of Medicine.
Bobinsana is traditionally associated with the heart and with qualities such as emotions, self-love, love for others, gentleness, and greater openness to life. For many people, time with Bobinsana creates opportunities to approach themselves and others with greater tenderness and care.
Huachuma is traditionally associated with presence, connection, and a wider way of seeing ourselves, other people, and the natural world. Through its teachings, many people experience opportunities to slow down, spend time in relationship with nature, and approach life with greater openness and perspective.
Together, Bobinsana and Huachuma broaden the work with Ayahuasca, creating opportunities to encounter the master plants through the medicines of the heart, presence, and a greater sense of connection and perspective.
Who May Feel Called to This Path
Those Seeking a Broader Encounter with the Master Plants
For those who wish to spend additional time with Ayahuasca and explore the teachings of Bobinsana and Huachuma within a longer and more immersive retreat experience.
Those Drawn to the Medicines of the Heart and Presence
For those who feel called to explore qualities such as emotions, self-love, love for others, gentleness, presence, and a deeper connection with the natural world through the teachings of these master plants.
Those Seeking a More Spacious Path of Healing and Learning
For those who would like more time for ceremony, reflection, daily guidance from the shamans, and opportunities to deepen their encounter with the master plants and the wisdom of the Peruvian Amazon.
The Rhythm of the 12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana & Huachuma Retreat
The 12-Day Retreat unfolds through a natural rhythm of preparation, immersion, reflection, and time in the Amazon rainforest. The additional days create more spaciousness for the work with the master plants and allow participants to spend longer periods of time with the medicines and their teachings.
Arrival and Preparation
Time to settle into the rainforest, meet the shamans, the Takinuna team, and the group, and begin preparing the body and spirit for the work ahead.
Deepening the Encounter
As the retreat unfolds, participants spend additional time with Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma, allowing the qualities and teachings of each medicine to gradually reveal themselves through direct experience.
Time for Reflection
Periods of rest, quiet, and time in nature create opportunities to reflect upon what is emerging and to approach the work with greater spaciousness and continuity.
The Journey Continues
While the ceremonies come to an end, the work with the master plants often continues beyond the retreat itself. Many people find that new reflections, understandings, and questions gradually emerge as they return to their everyday lives.
What’s included in the 12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana & Huachuma Retreat
- Four Ayahuasca ceremonies guided by experienced Amazonian shamans
- One Bobinsana ceremony
- One Huachuma ceremony
- Traditional plant treatments according to each person’s needs, including plant cleansings, mapacho alignment, and other traditional practices
- Daily conversations, consultations, and guidance from the shamans
- Opportunities to learn about Amazonian shamanism, the master plants, and ancestral practices of the Peruvian Amazon
- Art psychotherapy sessions
- Integration sessions and spaces for reflection
- A preparation guide before the retreat
- A retreat guide introducing the medicines, practices, and traditions that accompany the program
- A process journal to support reflection and integration throughout the retreat
- Time spent in relationship with the natural world of the Peruvian Amazon
- Guided walks in the Amazon rainforest
- A visit to the Bora Indigenous community
- An additional excursion to a local butterfly sanctuary, aquarium, or wildlife rescue centre, depending on availability and the needs of the group
- A healing centre built from natural materials and immersed in the Amazon rainforest
- A terrace with hammocks for reading, resting, and spending free time between activities and ceremonies
- A garden and natural spaces to spend time outdoors and enjoy the lush nature of the Amazon rainforest
- Private or shared accommodation, up to two participants per room, immersed in the Amazon rainforest
- Bed linens and towels provided
- Rooms equipped with a fan and USB charging ports
- Access to electrical outlets in the communal areas for charging personal devices during designated hours
- All meals included, with vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, and white meat meal plans available
- A self-service tea table with dried Amazonian and medicinal plants and hot water available throughout the day
- Airport or hotel pick-up in Iquitos and transportation to and from our centre
- Small groups and dedicated support for each participant throughout the retreat
A Complete Expression of the Yachay Wasi Path
For many people, the 12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma Retreat feels complete in itself. Through additional time with the master plants and the unique qualities of the three medicines, this path creates opportunities for healing and learning that unfold with greater spaciousness and continuity.
The meeting of Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma invites participants into a broader encounter with the medicines of the Peruvian Amazon, where the teachings of the heart, presence, and the natural world can be explored together within a single path.
Like all work with the master plants, there is no single way that this experience unfolds. Each person meets the medicines differently and each path reveals its teachings in its own time and manner.
Beyond the retreat
Continue Through the Takinuna Path
For many people, the 12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma Retreat feels complete in itself. For others, additional time with the master plants may awaken a desire to continue learning, healing, and exploring the medicines beyond the retreat.
For those who feel called to remain longer, the Taki Nuna Path offers opportunities to continue through healing and learning dietas. Through additional time, simplicity, and guidance from the shamans, some participants choose to deepen their encounter with particular master plants and continue cultivating the teachings that have begun to emerge during the retreat.
Like all paths with the master plants, there is no expectation that the work should continue beyond the retreat itself. The Takinuna Path simply offers another possibility for those who feel genuinely called to remain with the medicines for a longer period of time.
Healing and learning
Master Plant Dietas
Continue cultivating a relationship with particular master plants through additional time, simplicity, and traditional guidance.
The wider path
The Takinuna Path
Explore how the different retreat and dieta paths can form a longer relationship with the medicines of the Peruvian Amazon.
Enter the Full Expression of the House of Medicine
Through Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma, the 12-Day Retreat offers a broader encounter with the master plants and their teachings. For some, this path becomes an opportunity to spend additional time with the medicines, the shamans, and the living environment of the Amazon while exploring healing and learning with greater spaciousness and continuity.
If you feel called to explore this path, we invite you to begin a conversation with our team.
