Heart Medicine Retreat: 4 Day San Pedro Healing Retreat

Allpa Mama Healing's Heart Medicine Retreat in August 2024 is designed to help you remember the ancient wisdom within and in Nature, starting with the courage to take a pause, put yourself first, and retreat inwards. 

Connect with your sacred heart and the heart of Mother Nature in this beautiful healing retreat in the Andes of Southern Ecuador

Retreat includes:

All accommodation and food for 4 days / 3 nights in a beautiful, private country home in the mountains with shared and private rooms

Nourishing meals made with local, fresh ingredients - VEG & VG options available 

2 San Pedro ceremonies - 1 daytime and 1 nighttime ceremony

1 Wilka ceremony (optional)

Wilka Seed / Tarot Reading with Miguel 

Energetic cleansings

Guided Meditations

Massages

Ritual baths for energy cleansing

Talking circles and time to meet individually

Fire circle to set intentions with offerings 

Hiking to sacred river

We work with tobacco as well in various forms throughout the retreat, but if you do not wish to partake in this, it is not required.

Plant Medicine Ceremonies 

We will gather together in 2 Plant Medicine Ceremonies. 

 
Grandfather San Pedro is the healing masculine energy, helping you find alignment and open your heart once more, ready to take flight. We will meet with Grandfather San Pedro next to Granfather Fire in 2 beautiful, unique ceremonies at night and in daytime.

Mama Wilka is a rare, sacred medicine that comes from the Huilko tree in the Andes. Miguel is one of a handful of people who know how to work with this medicine. Huilka is a medicine taken as a snuff, and is very visionary, intense and short. The experience usually lasts about 1 hour. This plant contains 5MEO DMT. Wilca is known to heal terminal illness, and is especially helpful for those with addictions. She teaches us about ourselves and the Universe and helps show us clearly our path in life. This is an optional ceremony for those called to her

We will provide preparation support, and we hold circles during our plant medicine retreats to discuss any questions you may have in advance. After our plant medicine ceremonies, we also have sharing circles, so you can share any pearls from your ceremony experience. 

The Location

We will be located in the Southern Andes of Ecuador, in Vilcabamba, which is a world-famous town, known for the longevity of the elders here, known as the "Town of Eternal Youth" thanks to its healing waters and medicines.

Immerse yourself in nature in our retreat space, which is perfect for renewal. We will connect with the energies of the sacred and generous Andes mountains. 

The accommodation has everything you need to be comfortable, feel at peace, and retreat inwards during your stay

Spring-time weather year-round

Do you plan to stay for longer? We are happy to offer recommendations for where to stay and where to visit pre or post-retreat. If you would like to extend your stay and have additional ceremonies, we can also accomodate this.

OPTION 1 (FASTEST): You can fly to the Quito airport and take another flight to Loja (called Catamayo airport). From there you will take a taxi to Malacatos. The flight is around $60 and the taxi is about $30.

OPTION 2: Fly to Quito or Guayaquil airports (Guayaquil is closer) and take a bus to Loja (about $20). From there, you can take a taxi ($20) or bus ($2) to Malacatos. 

We can help arrange transportation

We are going to be in the Andes mountains where there is sunshine and occasionally rain. It gets a little chilly at night, so bring pants, a sweater, and a jacket. Bring sweat pants for nighttime. During the day, a t-shirt is usually good to wear and pants or shorts.

Bring hiking boots for our walks and swim suit in case we go to the river or pool 

It can be helpful to have a small flashlight or headlamp for the ceremonies at night.

In Ecuador people mainly just accept cash; rarely you will use a card, however bring a debit or credit card to take out money from ATMs. Small change is good to have on hand. 

 We offer this ceremony as an extra option for those who feel called. This is a rare, sacred medicine that comes from the Huilko tree in the Andes. Miguel is one of a handful of people who know how to work with this medicine. Huilka is a medicine taken as a snuff, and is very visionary, intense and short. The experience usually lasts about 1 hour. This plant is similar to Yopo, which is slightly more well-known. This plant contains 5MEO DMT. Wilca is known to heal terminal illness, and is especially helpful for those with addictions. She is seen as a young mother often, and is quite strict, pointing out what changes we need to make in our lives. She shows us many things about the universe and ourselves.  

This is $100

Arrive late morning, around 11 am. We will have a snack and talking circle, getting to know each other, discussing the medicine of San Pedro. Then, we will go for a little hike and visit the river for a cleansing ritual. We will have a small lunch in the afternoon, rest and then start the San Pedro ceremony at night around 9 pm. The ceremony will go all night.

We will finish the San Pedro ceremony with the sunrise, finishing eating fruits, and talking by the fire. We will rest today, having 3 meals. Katie will give plant baths, and later massages. In the evening, we can have a small fire if folks are up for it, giving thanks to the spirits and Pachamama

We will start the San Pedro in the ceremony, around 7:30/8 am. This is a beautiful ceremony where we can connect especially deeply with Mother Nature and the fire. We will finish around 4pm sharing fruits, and have dinner later.

We will have a short meditation & yoga, and continue talking about our experiences. We will have breakfast and Wilka Seed / Tarot readings with Miguel. People will depart by 11 or noon.