Casa Del Maestro
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55 reviews
Dec 10 - 18, 2023
Group size: 1 - 14
December 10 Ayahuasca Retreat with Optional Plant Dieta
Jenaro Herrera, Peru
Casa Del Maestro
- Email address verified
55 reviews
Dec 10 - 18, 2023
Group size: 1 - 14
About this trip
Immerse yourself in traditional Amazonian ayahuasca ceremonies and plant dietas in a safe, tranquil environment guided by highly-experienced Maestros and professional medicine team.
See more about our work at Casa Del Maestro Plant Medicine Center.
About the Plant Dieta:
This program includes an optional plant dieta with a series of medicinal trees as directed by Maestro Don Alberto. Dietas often take participants much deeper than medicine ceremonies alone. The process includes a series of behavioral restrictions that one is required to follow before, during, and after the dieta. Only elect this option if you are committed to the whole process!
The dieta lasts for eight days, consisting of four dieta infusions prepared onsite. The food for the dieta follows traditional guidelines: plain, bland food free of any salt, spices or sauces. You can expect mild river fish, plain chicken, yucca, cucumbers, hard boiled eggs and white rice.
Dieta participants are also meant to refrain from physical contact with others and use of hygiene products like soap or toothpaste is not permitted. Dieters are required to remain free of sexual activity during the dieta and for 30 days afterwards, as well as 30 days without the use of any drugs or alcohol, including other plant medicines.
For more information on dietas, view our website or contact us with any questions.
What’s included
- AccommodationsSimple, private room in shared lodging with shared bathrooms
- MealsAll meals are included throughout the duration of your stay. Meals are prepared in accordance to safe ayahuasca dietary restrictions. Dietary preferences available (vegan, vegetarian, etc.)
- Local TransportationRound trip transportation between Iquitos and Casa Del Maestro in Jenaro Herrera
- TranslationEnglish-Spanish translation
- Program FacilitationProfessional facilitation and assistance during ceremonies and throughout your stay
- Medicine PreparationHelp prepare plant medicines (when available)
- Retreat ActivitesGroup discussions, questions with the Maestro, trip to local swimming area, walks on the property. Activities vary by program
What’s not included
- FlightsInternational flights to Lima, Peru and domestic flights from Lima to Iquitos, Peru
- Hotels in IquitosHotel stay while in Iquitos before or after the retreat
Available Packages
9 Day 5 Ceremony Retreat w/Plant Dieta
Only elect this option if you are committed to the plant dieta! For more information on dietas, view our website or contact us with any questions.
$2,090
Deposit: $1,000
Your Organizer
Casa Del Maestro
55 reviews
Casa Del Maestro is a family-run plant medicine center located outside of Genaro Herrera, Peru. It is owned and operated by Maestro Don Alberto Torres Davila and three generations of his extended family. Situated outside the village on private land, Casa Del Maestro represents a return to the origin of Don Alberto's lineage and the roots of his plant medicine tradition.
Reviews
KH
I do not know where to start, everything was above and beyond expectations! The staff and family took care of us like we were their own family. Such warm, genuine and generous care. My deepest gratitude to Maestro and his entire family, Anya, Erik, and Matteo. They created an environment that was so safe and loving, allowing for the best experience I could have imagined.
My gratitude. I will be back.
By Kelly H for July 7 Ayahuasca Retreat with Optional Plant Dieta on Jul 19, 2024
It was an epic experience, again. The Casa delivered next level hospitality and on-point service; all day; every day. It was a flawless execution and performance by the shamen and staff. I shall return to the Casa and I will recommend it to anyone interested in plant medicine. I have much love and gratitude for the Casa crew!
-Erich
By Erich E for June 16 Ayahuasca Retreat with Optional Plant Dieta on Jul 03, 2024
No words can describe my experience at Casa Del Maestro creative writing retreat. The setting was nothing short of magical. The retreat center felt like a sanctuary of serenity. The rustic yet comfortable accommodations blended harmoniously with nature, fostering a sense of connection and grounding. The heart of the retreat lay in the guidance of the experienced shamans and facilitators. Their wisdom, compassion, and reverence for the ayahuasca tradition were evident from the moment I arrived. They created a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment, ensuring that every participant felt seen, heard, and respected throughout the journey.
The ayahuasca ceremonies themselves were profound and deeply transformative. The ayahuasca experience was both awe-inspiring and challenging, offering profound insights, emotional release, and healing on multiple levels. What truly sets this retreat apart is its emphasis on integration and post-ceremony support. In the days following each ceremony, virtual group sharing circles provide a space for reflection, processing, and mutual support.
By Olga K for Ayahuasca & The Creative Spirit: 9-Day Writer's & Creativity Retreat on May 19, 2024
The world of Ayahuasca and plant medicine dietas are like the jungle herself: powerful, vast, mysterious - and not to be walked lightly without a good guide. Thankfully, Casa Del Maestro offers that wise, strong but soft guidance.
Here you will find a unique and well-developed medicine tradition. A sense of family that you will instantly feel a part of. A place to experience all the benefits of the medicine, where you will be held, supported, protected - while also allowed the space to heal, grow, and learn the lesson on your own terms.
The Maestro himself, Don Alberto, is a powerhouse of experience and knowledge about these medicines that the Amazon provides us. Matt and Anya help to bridge that impossibly vast river of wisdom and ground the experience - a yin and yang of fierce guardianship and gentle nurturing to help you though whatever the medicine will have you face.
Thank you for all of the lessons, the hard times and the beauty, for giving me what I wanted and more, what I truly needed. The medicine is an ongoing path, and I know that Ayahuasca, the plant teachers, and the dedicated, caring, expert team at Casa Del Maestro always have my back! 🦅🐍🐆
By Bryan G for March 3 Sanango Dieta + 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies on Apr 12, 2024
Cannot emphasize enough, how transformative doing the Sanango diet has been for me. Despite being previously to Casa del Maestro, that diet took it to a complete other level, although it has been rough, tiring, strict but also compasionate at the same time. Sometimes we are looking for the easy way, but we should rather focus our view at our dark sides, instead of sidestepping them. It requires a lot of courage to do so, but Casa del Maestro provides the best framework to do your work with this amazing medicine.
In the end it was totally worth it and I am astonished by the outcome in form of mental clarity, peace, calmness and most importantly the sense of direction for our life. I cannot thank the Maestros Alberto and Eliseo, Matt, Anya, Eric and all other people enough for providing such a unique space, which is led with the deepest level of integrity, love as well as care. It makes you feeling safe and being in a place which feels home for myself. Once again deep thanks from my heart and much love ♡
By Lars H for March 3 Sanango Dieta + 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies on Mar 22, 2024
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I’m back home from Casa del maestro and am feeling flooded with nostalgia and gratitude for
the time spent in the jungle with Maestro, Matt, Anya, Eric and the extended Casa family.
There are few words that I can muster to describe the compassion, care and trust that we were
shown on our journey into the jungle, into our own minds and our collective group. I have made
lifelong friends, experienced some profound and positive changes in how I see myself as part of
my world. The patience, caring and safety I felt under Maestro’s care was the perfect backdrop
to inviting healing, change and a better understanding of my spirit and how to better honor it.
Breaking open past trauma, ancestral wounds, self-awareness and actualization are only some
of the amazing explorations I experienced… All of which were made possible by the utmost
support, protection and understanding provided by the entire staff. Seeing how effortlessly you
can love yourself, your family, your spirit and your surroundings was astounding…so meaningful
yet simple.
And we all laughed so much that we sometimes cried, ate delicious meals together, worked on
our dark parts together with love and empathy. What a gift. I will be back again, and again. I’ve
never felt more attuned to what makes my spirit sing until these past days at CASA.
Sending love, gratitude and so much respect for the work you all do to heal people and help
them become the best expression of themselves.
Thank you for all of it and much more to come.
By Carol M on 22 Jul, 2024
Just unbelievable what I have just lived at Casa del Maestro. Only words of gratitude and appreciation towards the amazing people behind this unique experience. Love you all ❤️
By Mauri B on 16 Oct, 2023
This was my first time doing Ayahuasca although I had been wanting to do it for quite some time. I wanted an authentic experience that was true to the traditions of ayahuasca in south America and not something that was more westernized. I had been looking at ayahuasca retreats for some time until I was recommended to check out Casa Del Maestro. I went to the website and I instantly knew that this was the right place for me. I can definitely say that I was not disappointed. Don Alberto, his son Eliseo are powerful shaman that come from a long lineage of shaman and provide you with an authentic experience in a protected space. Along with facilitators Matt, Anna and Don Alberto's extended family they make sure the beautiful, magical, and sometimes very difficult work that needs to done, does. I'm very gratefully to them for everything I received and experienced there. I will never forget my time there and after 7 months now since my trip. I still get overwhelmed when thinking about my journey there. I will definitely be back again to continue my work with this sacred plant medicine with everyone at Casa Del Maestro. If you are considering or are being called to do Ayahuasca, I wouldn't hesitate trusting Casa Del Maestro to guide you down that path. If I were to give anyone some advice once they decided to take the plunge into the infinite unknown. I would say to completely surrender and release all control and let Ayahuasca and the team at Casa Del Maestro do their work.
By Anthony F on 28 Dec, 2022