Plant Diets with Master Plants in Peru
Deepen your healing through a sacred plant diet. At Takinuna, our Amazonian shamans guide you in communion with the spirit of the plant, in a traditional rainforest retreat.
Begin Your DietaWhat Is a Master Plant Diet?
A plant diet is a sacred practice in Amazonian medicine where the participant enters a silent retreat to connect deeply with the spirit of a master plant. This process involves isolation, a strict food protocol, and spiritual work guided by the plant’s essence.
The diet is more than taking a plant — it is an apprenticeship. Through dreams, visions, and deep reflection, the plant teaches and heals on physical, emotional, and energetic levels.
Why Choose a Master Plant Diet Retreat in Peru?
This tradition is often reserved for those who have already worked with Ayahuasca and feel called to go deeper through a dedicated plant diet retreat. A diet allows you to:
- Heal emotional wounds or trauma.
- Strengthen energetic protection.
- Develop spiritual clarity and intuitive vision in a plant diet retreat.
- Receive guidance for your life path or vocation.
- Follow the call of a specific master plant revealed in ceremony.
Choose Your Diet Retreat
7-Day Learning Diet
A first step into the path of Amazonian plant diet learning. Ideal for those with prior Ayahuasca experience who feel called to deepen their relationship with the plants.
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15-Day Advanced Diet
For committed seekers and future apprentices. This extended retreat allows deeper connection with up to three powerful master plants and teachings from native healers.
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How Plant Diets Are Carried Out at Takinuna
Preparation and Diagnosis
Before beginning a dieta, participants attend ayahuasca ceremonies as part of the diagnostic process. This allows our shamans to understand your energetic and emotional state, and to determine which master plant is best suited for you. Learn more on our Ceremonies page.
Silent Retreat in Nature
During the diet, you’ll stay in a private maloca de dieta deep in the rainforest. Social contact is avoided and meals are kept simple—no salt, sugar, or oils. The body and spirit are purified to receive the teachings of the plant.
Shamanic Visits and Ícaros
Throughout the diet, our shamans visit periodically to sing healing ícaros and guide individual sessions. The rest of the process is led by the plant itself, through your dreams, emotions, and inner world.
Closure and Integration
When the diet ends, we hold a closing ceremony and provide integration support to help you understand the dreams, visions, and emotions that arose during your retreat. This final step helps anchor the teachings into daily life.
How Long Does a Diet Last?
Diet duration depends on the plant and your process. Most plant diets at Takinuna last between 7 and 15 days, with a minimum of one week per plant. In longer retreats, multiple plants may be dieted sequentially.
Commitment and discipline are essential. Our shamans monitor the process and may extend or adjust the diet based on what they observe in ceremonies and your energetic evolution.
Sacred Plants We Use in Diets
Each master plant carries its own spirit, teachings, and healing vibration. Our shamans work with deep respect and traditional knowledge to guide you through this sacred communion.
Huachuma (Echinopsis pachanoi)
The Andean master cactus of light and heart expansion. Brings clarity, connection to nature, and profound spiritual insight.
Camalonga (Thevetia peruviana)
Powerful for dreams and energetic protection. Used for cleansing spiritual interference and enhancing intuitive perception.
Bobinsana (Calliandra angustifolia)
A gentle heart-opener. Brings emotional healing, dream clarity, and helps reconnect with love and compassion.
Chiric Sanango
A plant of strength and clarity. Supports the nervous system, encourages courage, and removes internal confusion.
Huaira Caspi
The “Tree of the Wind.” Cleanses deep emotional heaviness and opens the path to ancestral connection and clarity.
Ayahuma (Couroupita guianensis)
Known for its grounding power. Clears mental fog and restores energetic balance after intense ceremonies.
Lupuna
Revered tree spirit. Offers resilience, strength, and spiritual grounding during deep healing and learning processes.
Is a Plant Diet Right for You?
This path is not for everyone. Diets require solitude, discipline, and trust in the unknown — qualities needed for a plant diet retreat in Peru. But for those who are ready, the transformation is profound.
We recommend diets for:
- Those with prior Ayahuasca experience
- Individuals seeking spiritual guidance or protection
- Those called to work with plants beyond ceremony
- Healers, therapists, or seekers on a medicine path
If you’re unsure, we’ll help you find out whether a diet is right for you during your initial consultation.
Diets as Part of the Shamanic Path
In the Amazonian tradition, diets are essential for those called to become healers. Plants such as Bobinsana, Camalonga, Chiric Sanango, and Ayahuma are part of the curandero’s training.
At Takinuna, we honor this lineage. Whether you seek healing, learning, or both, the plants will guide you — teaching through dreams, visions, and deep inner silence.
Ready to Begin a Plant Diet?
Whether you’re seeking deep healing or entering the path of the plants, we’re here to support your journey.
Talk with us. Let the plants show you the way.
If you’re interested in combining ceremonies and dieta, we invite you to explore our 15-Day Ayahuasca Retreat.
Frequently Asked Questions about Plant Diets
A spiritual retreat to connect with the spirit of a master plant through isolation, strict diet, and energetic work.
Yes, at Takinuna we begin with Ayahuasca to diagnose and prepare for the diet.
In some cases, yes—but it depends on your process. Contact us for personalized guidance.
Most diets are between 7 and 15 days. Each plant requires a minimum of 7 days.
You can also learn more about our plant medicine retreats and Amazonian healing work on our partner site:
👉 Iquitos Amazonas Tours – Ayahuasca Retreats