10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat in Peru
Where the House of Medicine Meets the Medicine of the Heart
The 10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat is the second expression of the Yachay Wasi Path, the Path of the House of Medicine. Alongside Ayahuasca, this retreat introduces Bobinsana, a master plant traditionally associated with the heart, emotions, self-love, love for others, and gentleness.
The additional days create more time for ceremony, rest, reflection, and daily guidance from the shamans, allowing participants to continue preparing the house of the body and spirit while beginning to learn from the medicine of Bobinsana and the qualities it may gradually awaken.
A Longer Encounter with Bobinsana
For many people, this retreat becomes an opportunity not only for healing, but also for cultivating greater openness, tenderness, and connection with themselves, others, and life.
The Medicine of Bobinsana
Bobinsana is one of the master plants of the Peruvian Amazon and holds an important place within the traditions of Amazonian plant medicine. Traditionally, it is associated with the heart and with qualities such as emotions, self-love, love for others, gentleness, and greater openness to life.
Within this retreat, Bobinsana accompanies the ceremonial work with Ayahuasca. It offers an opportunity to spend additional time with a medicine that many people experience as softening, heart-opening, and deeply relational in its teachings.
For some, Bobinsana creates opportunities to approach emotions with greater tenderness. For others, it may invite greater compassion, sensitivity, and new ways of relating to themselves, other people, and the natural world.
Like all master plants, its teachings are unique to each person and unfold through direct experience and relationship with the medicine.
Who May Feel Called to This Path
Those Seeking a Longer Encounter with the Medicines of the Amazon
For those who wish to spend additional time with Ayahuasca and allow the work to unfold with greater spaciousness, continuity, and guidance.
Those Drawn to the Medicine of the Heart
For those who feel called to explore themes of emotions, self-love, love for others, gentleness, and greater openness to life through the teachings of Bobinsana.
Those Wishing to Deepen Their Encounter with the Master Plants
For those who feel called to spend additional time with the medicines and continue exploring the possibilities of healing and learning that may later lead to longer retreats or healing and learning dietas.
10-Day Ayahuasca & Bobinsana Retreat
The Foundations of the 10-Day Ayahuasca & Bobinsana Retreat
This retreat includes Ayahuasca ceremonies, one Bobinsana ceremony, traditional plant treatments, personal guidance, integration support, Amazon excursions, accommodation, meals, and transport from Iquitos.
- Four Ayahuasca ceremonies guided by experienced Amazonian shamans
- One Bobinsana ceremony
- Daily conversations, consultations, and guidance from the shamans
- Traditional plant treatments according to each person’s needs
- Guided rainforest walks, a Bora community visit, and an additional Amazon excursion
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Ceremony & Traditional Healing
- Four Ayahuasca ceremonies guided by experienced Amazonian shamans
- One Bobinsana 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
Integration & Preparation
- 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
Amazon Experience
- 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
Accommodation, Meals & Transport
- 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 communal areas for charging personal devices during designated hours
- All meals included, with vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, and white meat meal plans available
- Food allergies and dietary restrictions can usually be accommodated with advance notice
- 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
The Rhythm of the 10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat in Peru
The retreat follows a rhythm shaped by ceremonies, traditional plant practices, and guidance from the shamans. It also includes moments of reflection and time spent in the natural world of the Amazon. Within this rhythm, participants are invited to gradually leave behind the pace of everyday life and approach both Ayahuasca and Bobinsana slowly, allowing space for reflection, integration, and the teachings that may emerge through the medicines and the traditions that surround them.
Within this rhythm, the retreat seeks to create a carefully held space in which participants can prepare the house of the body and spirit while beginning to learn from the medicine of the heart with openness, curiosity, and respect.
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.
Ceremonial Work
Ayahuasca and Bobinsana ceremonies, traditional plant treatments offered according to each person’s needs, and other traditional practices create opportunities to encounter the medicines and begin learning from their teachings through direct experience.
Daily Guidance and Conversations
Throughout the retreat, participants have opportunities for daily conversations and consultations with the shamans, creating space to ask questions, receive guidance, and deepen their understanding of the medicines and the traditions that surround them.
Reflection and Integration
Periods of rest, guidance, and time in nature create opportunities to reflect on what is emerging through the ceremonies and to continue learning from the medicine of the heart.
A Path of the Heart Within the House of Medicine
For many people, the 10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat feels complete in itself. Through additional time with the medicines and the teachings of Bobinsana, this path creates opportunities to approach healing and learning with greater spaciousness, gentleness, and care.
For some, the medicine of the heart becomes an invitation to continue deepening their relationship with the master plants. For others, these ten days offer a meaningful encounter that remains complete in its own rhythm and teachings.
Like all paths with the master plants, there is no single way that the work unfolds. The House of Medicine and the medicine of the heart meet each person differently and invite each person into their own unique experience of healing and learning.
We are happy to answer your questions and help you discern whether this path feels right for you.
Beyond the Retreat
Continue Along the Yachay Wasi and Taki Nuna Paths
For some people, the 10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat feels complete in itself. For others, the medicine of the heart becomes an invitation to continue learning from the master plants and to explore further possibilities of healing and learning.
A Broader Immersion
12-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana & Huachuma Retreat
Continue along the Yachay Wasi Path through the most immersive expression of the House of Medicine, bringing together Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma in a broader exploration of healing and learning with the master plants.
For Those Called to Remain Longer
The Taki Nuna Path
For those who feel called to remain longer, healing and learning dietas offer opportunities to continue cultivating a relationship with particular master plants through additional time, simplicity, and guidance from the shamans.
Healing and Learning
Explore the Paths of Healing and Learning
Learn more about the Yachay Wasi and Taki Nuna Paths and the different retreat and dieta possibilities offered at Takinuna.
Begin the Medicine of the Heart
For many people, the path with Bobinsana becomes an opportunity to approach themselves, others, and life with greater openness, gentleness, and care.
If you feel called to explore the 10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat in Peru, we invite you to begin a conversation with our team. We are happy to answer your questions, learn more about your intentions, and help you explore whether this path with the master plants may be right for you at this time.
For additional context, you may also read a scientific overview of Ayahuasca research .
