Spirit of Peace Healing
Ayahuasca and Wachuma Retreats in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru
Shipibo Ayahuasca Curanderos
Lidia, Raul and Americo are a family of traditional Shipibo Ayahuasca Curanderos from Pucallpa in the Amazon Rainforest, Peru. Americo and Lidia are brother and sister and Raul is their older half brother. They were all trained from a young age by their Grandfather and each have a lifetime of experience working with Ayahuasca and the medicinal plants of the jungle.
Lidia Huayta Ramirez
Lidia is an extremely dedicated and passionate Ayahuasquera who enjoyes working closely with retreat participants both inside and outside of the ceremonies. She loves working with Ayahuasca and the plant spirits and enjoys teaching and sharing her knowledge of the healing plants with anyone who is interested in learning from her. Outside of ceremony, she has a gift for healing massage which she offers to any participants who've been experiencing long-term pain, illness or injury. Lidia is also a talented embroiderer, sewing traditional Shipibo tapestries, clothing and accessories with desgins inspired by visions she has seen in her ceremonies. When not working with the medicines, she lives in Pucallpa with her children and grandchildren.
Lidia talks about the significance of her embroideries here...
Raul Buenapico Ramirez
Raul has worked as a Curandero since his early twenties and has travelled with the medicine through many parts of Peru, working with personal clients and in hospitals and retreats. He has a strong connection to his Incan ancestors and, after travelling to Cusco and the Sacred Valley when he was young, has a great love for the area. You will often hear references to the Incas, Cusco, and sites around the Sacred Valley in his icaros! Raul has a powerful presence in ceremony and a gentle way of facilitating energetic cleanses outside of ceremony. He is extremely dedicated to his work with a deep understanding of his ancestry and the Shipibo cosmology, and he is always willing to answer questions and share his knowledge of the medicine and its interesting history.
Americo Huayta Ramirez
Americo is incredibly passionate about working with Ayahuasca and enters into every ceremony with great enthusiasm and commitment to being of assistance to every particpant as best he can. He loves working with the plants, singing icaros, and preparing the medicines and remedies. When he isn't working here, he spends his time helping personal clients in Pucallpa and Lima. Americo loves sharing his wisdom and insights and is always willing to teach and explain about the medicines.
Wachumeros
Miguel Mendiburu
Miguel has been offering healing ceremonies with Wachuma for 20 years. His ceremonies follow the 'four altars' prayer-based tradition, where the ceremony has four distinct sections, each one connecting us with a different element and direction, opening us up to offer and receive prayers and blessings whilst healing on many different levels. Miguel directs his ceremonies in a way that supports participants in remembering what he calls the 'real state of the human being': a state of gratitude, clarity, unity and love.
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Hernan Colque
Hernan grew up in one of the mountain communities close to the Sacred Valley and holds hiking Wachuma ceremonies at various sacred sites in the mountains. Hernan's ceremonies include a traditional Despacho and personal energetic cleansings for all of the participants. Hernan has a strong connection with the Apus and works with the spirit of the mountain to pray for healing and blessings for the paticipants, and a profound connection with nature and the mountains is often experienced during Hernan's ceremonies. He also works closesly with the communities around the area and loves to teach the local people, usually bringing some of his young students along to assist in the ceremonies. Alongside working with Wachuma, Hernan spends much of his time working on his farm in the mountains and running a hostel and shop with his family in Pisac.
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