Temple of the Way of Light

An ayahuasca retreat at the Temple offers an immersion in the highly sophisticated ethnomedical traditions of the Shipibo people . We deeply honor and respect the indigenous healing traditions of the Amazon that have evolved over thousands of years to offer the most effective ayahuasca healing experience.

Indigenous healers are the true experts in trauma at all levels - ancestral, developmental, acute and vicarious - the source / taproots of all discomfort, disconnection, and turmoil in the world, individually and collectively.

They bring a rich cultural and medicinal legacy, time-honored rituals, intricate practices, an expansive cosmology, an encyclopedic knowledge of medicinal plants of the Amazon, and a far-reaching ancestral lineage to the healing process.

We constantly strive to create the optimal conditions and orientation to work with ayahuasca and are passionately dedicated to providing a genuinely caring, highly professional, and exceptionally supportive setting. Creating a safe, sacred space for our guests to heal and transform is our priority. Awakening is our mission.

Our carefully selected healers are experts in holding ceremonies according to the traditional practices of the Amazon basin, and we adhere to these ancient procedures so that our ceremonies meet the highest standards of safety and the deepest levels of healing.

Our handpicked team of experienced facilitators will be your bridge to the healers and a constant presence both in and out of each ayahuasca ceremony, providing support and gentle encouragement to connect with your own inner power and wisdom. Ayahuasca activates an innate healing intelligence that brings to the surface images, memories, feelings, emotions and experiences in order for the individual to work through trauma, imbalance and dysfunction.

Shadow material will emerge from the deep subconscious/unconscious and knowing how to, or how not to, face this material is one of the keys to healing and lasting transformation. Skilled facilitators are able to gently encourage guests to not shrink from difficult experiences but to face, witness or explore them.

Our healers and facilitators will give an in-depth ayahuasca talk before your first ayahuasca ceremony, clearly explaining the work with the medicine, how to get the most from your experience, insight into the world of traditional Amazonian plant medicine and background on our team of healers and the Shipibo tradition. This offers you a firm base of understanding for your healing journey with the medicine.

The ceremony space itself will be held by our team of four healers (two female and two male) and ikaros (the healing songs from the plants), the facilitators and an assistant who helps guests to and from the toilets if necessary. Together, they form a highly experienced team who are able to meet any of your needs in ceremony with skill and compassion.

The healing you will receive will cleanse a significant amount of dense energies that have accumulated in your system as well as bring up many aspects of your past that have been buried in your subconscious. Ayahuasca helps dissolve the illusory self and significantly increases awareness of self-constructed boundaries, highlighting and helping release fear-filled and self-limiting beliefs.

Ayahuasca initiates a long-term healing journey that supports overall liberation from the hypnosis of conditioning – shining a light onto your shadow and helping you to become aware of your patterns, intimate with your fears, embrace your shadow, and consciously parent yourself back to wholeness.

It is important to understand that this process not only takes place during the ceremonies but also normally for weeks and months after a retreat. Ayahuasca and the plant spirits will continue to work with you after you leave the Temple and the more self-reflection, courage, responsibility, and awareness you bring to the process during this crucial phase, the more benefits you will gain.

Integration:

The medicine does not stop working when the ceremony ends or when the retreat is over. Ayahuasca initiates a healing process deep within our soul that unfolds over time and can take months or years. The goal of integration is to maximize that healing process.

It is guaranteed that we will face challenges on our return home. They may be big or small, difficult or easy to navigate, but there will for sure be challenges. In the Amazon, traditional healers working with plant spirit medicine talk about the plants ‘testing’ us. These are the teachings of the plants. These life challenges or upsets can be perfect opportunities to practice what we’ve learned and to relate to old situations in new ways. Navigating the integration process while also trying to live life, with work, kids, family, relationships, and everything else to manage can be extremely challenging.

Integration is really what grounds your healing: where YOU take the reins in implementing the lessons from the medicine, taking steps forward in your life as an empowered being, consciously guiding and practising the positive changes you want to make in your life. During retreat, we will guide and support you as you integrate your ceremony experiences, and equip you with tools to help yourself through this process of continued healing after you return home.

We also have a team of Integration Facilitators available to you after retreat to help you process your experiences or challenges that arise for you, and are in the process of developing a long-term Continuing Care Program that will provide our guests with even more tools, support, and guidance post-retreat.