Ayahuasca Ceremony at Gaia Sagrada – Wednesday 15th April 2020

Enjoy a safe and reputable Ayahuasca Ceremony at Gaia Sagrada Ayahuasca Retreat Center.

Price includes:

• Ayahuasca Ceremony
• Breakfast buffet
• Use of our facilities; hot tubs, showers, yoga and meditation classes (dependent on schedule)

Not included:

• Private accommodation. You have the option to sleep and rest in the ceremony maloka after the ceremony has finished until breakfast. The ceremony closes in the early hours of the morning. We provide mattresses and lots of thick, cosy blankets and use of our shower facilities. We can occasionally offer private or shared rooms for the night, at an additional cost.  Please contact us at gaiacontact@umsonline.org for availability.
• Round trip transfer from Cuenca Airport @ $38 per person. We are an hour outside of Cuenca and there is no dependable public transportation to and from the center. We are truly rural in the mountains, no road names and no regular taxi drivers are be able to find us. We will schedule your ride to/from Cuenca Airport to our center with our known and trusted drivers.

Authentic Ecuadorian Ayahuasca shamans who speak English and Spanish. This absence of a language barrier is a unique aspect that bridges both the ancient and the modern worlds, thus they can help us with our problems more than shamans who don’t know anything about our culture. You can communicate directly with the shamans instead of through a translator. Once in a while the ceremony is led by a shaman who only speaks Spanish, but most of the time a shaman who speaks English leads this ceremony.

The ease of communicating with the shamans directly in your language is one of the reasons every single one of our retreats is fully booked!

Why Ecuador instead of Peru? Shamans working in Ecuador must be certified, whereas in Peru anyone can call themselves a shaman. Ecuador has a safer practice concerning shamans and medicine.

Close to a Modern Hospital: While it is a romantic idea to go deep into a jungle with walking and boats, the reality is that is not safe. If you ever have any issues, a modern hospital is only 30 minutes away from Gaia Sagrada and a driver and car is always on the property to drive you directly there if you should ever have a crisis. We have never had to drive anyone there, but we have chosen this place in the mountains on purpose for it’s proximity to modern facilities should they be needed.

SAFE medicine: No additives are combined with the medicines. For Ayahuasca, it’s only the leaf and the vine. For San Pedor only the cactus. Nothing else is added. We want you to meet the absolutely pure experience with these medicines. Also, most centers make their medicines in aluminum pots which are very toxic for cooking. We only use stainless steel, which is free of toxins. Our motto is safety first!

Non-Profit Prices: Our retreat center is non-profit and our prices just cover expenses. We do not believe in getting rich with medicine, and even the directors make minimum wage in Ecuador. We are more concerned with awakening in humanity, so we have priced our retreats at the expenses level. You get a LOT for the price of this retreat, compared to other centers. You will also be supporting an organization which operates with integrity and compassion for the state of humanity and the world.

Always Someone To Talk To: There is always someone to talk to on staff and our volunteer team if you need some personal help with processing your experience with the medicines. Some centers, you are pretty much on your own, but we take seriously the need for everyone to have whatever they need for the transformation they are experiencing.

Shamans Present For Entire Ceremony from beginning to end. At many retreat centers, the shamans are only at the ceremony for a couple hours or so, give the medicine and sing a little, but our shamans are with you from the beginning until the very end. It is important they are there through the whole ceremony for total support.

Many Sober Helpers At Every Ceremony is very important for safety of the guests, to help you with all your needs every step of the way. Some centers don’t have helpers at all, or if there are, they are taking medicine too. We take safety seriously so we have several helpers who don’t take medicine at every ceremony.

Male & Female Shamans, Safe For Women: A woman runs Gaia Sagrada Retreat Center and has a particular interest in making sure Gaia Sagrada Retreats are safe for women as well as men. Male and female shamans are at Gaia Sagrada’s ceremonies.

No One Ever Left Alone: We have enough helpers that no one is ever left alone with the medicine, which is when problems can occur. We take your safety very seriously not just physically, but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually. You will always have whatever help you need, even if you have to be apart from the group for a bit for a heavy process. We are there for you always.

Hot tubs, sauna and nature walks are available on our huge property in the magical Andes Mountains. You can also walk the hundreds of miles of country roads in the mountains around us and see the REAL Ecuador that tourists never see, indigenous in their natural daily life activities. There is also a nearby waterfall to walk to. And the stars, well, you’ve never seen them quite this clearly before!