Don't
confuse our work with "ayahuasca tourism"
We have been
conducting seriously focused Ayahuasca SpiritQuest shamanic healing
retreats since 1995, long before this purjorative term was invented and
the current wave of "ayahuasca tours" appeared. We are not newcomers
to this work as most others are.
We
don't do tours and we're not entertainers
We are maestro
curanderos of the first order, dedicated to the healing of the Earth and
all humanity by aiding others in
attaining
deep cleansing, rebirth of the soul, holistic healing, and higher consciousness.
Our intention
and mission is to be a dynamic and viable positive influence
in the collective
healing of all humanity and the Earth. One human spirit at a time.
We're serious
about it and would expect you to be also.
Ayahuasca
SpiritQuest Listening to the Plants healing retreats are distinguished
by our professional and competent style, deep knowledge and many decades
of experience in the principles and practice of the shamanic arts,
impeccable integrity, responsible care for the safety and well-being at
all times, and sincere passion for healing as the central focus of our
work. Our sole focus and motive has always been to facilitate deep
holistic healing, powerful spiritual realization, dynamic personal empowerment,
and enduring positive life transformation.
All this doesn't
come automatically just by drinking Ayahuasca. There's deep soul
work involved, and you have to do your part to receive the fullest blessings
of this medicine.
Serious work
with Ayahuasca requires a work ethic. It is not easy. In fact,
for most it is the most challenging thing they've every done.
It is a succinct distllation of the human experience ... ALL OF IT ...
collective and personal ... the agony and ecstacy and everything in between.
The rewards and blessings for those who stay the course and pass the personal
tests are enormous indeed.
One must bring
to it sincere focus and intention, commitment, perseverence, concentration,
will, courage, faith, and love and compassion for oneself and others.
Ayahuasca requires a certain "work ethic" with the understanding the the
medicine will not resolve our issues and needs by itself . Instead
it teaches us how to take charge of our own lives with the help of omnipresent
spiritual consciousness within and all around us.
Experienced
and trusted guidance, compassionate support, and ethical insightful counsel
is a tremendous asset in moving through the challenging phases of this
work. Trust and security are also essential elements which contribute
to quick immersion in this delicate holistic work.
Genuine sacred
plant shamanism is a spiritually-centered personal growth process in which
the medicines and maestros teach us how to make and sustain the deep spiritual
connections ourselves. Any time we want. The methods and technology
we use are very old, proven over millennia. and they produce predictably
positive results.
We practice
and teach real old-fashioned core Peruvian shamanism in it's most powerful
and noblest traditional modalities.
We conduct
our work from a base of extensive applied experience measured in decades
of serious shamanic practice, not just a few months or a few years.
Our shamanic
faculty manifests over 80 years combined experience in diligent practice
of the shamanic healing arts. We have safely and masterfully
conducted sacred plant initiations and advanced holistic shamanic healing
work here in Perú for many hundreds of people since 1995.
We are "maestros ancianos" and not new to the art and technology of core
shamanism.
Our retreats
are not merely an opportunity to drink Ayahuasca as many
others do, without focus, experienced guidance, and cultivated intention.
Such approach is not only amateurish and irresponsible, and often dangerous
as well. It certainly does not demonstrate a true knowledge and mastery
of the medicine nor does it reflect a genuine commitment to realization
of positive and enduring benefits from the medicine. The maestros
know that with Ayahuasca, it's not all in the cup by a long shot.
Instead we
provide seriously motivated individuals the opportunity to WORK
with the medicine under the guidance and tutelage of seasoned practitioners
in a properly structured and focused traditional way. At SpiritQuest
Sanctuary you will work directly with the maestros and not apprentices.
We provide guidance, compassionate support and wizened counsel every
step of the way.
Our work is
not "New Age" shamanism. We are instead "Archaic Age" and are not
"inventing" anything. Instead we bring forward ancient shamanic knowledge
and technology refined thousands of years ago into this day and time when
it is needed more than ever before in the history of humanity.
Our work is
good old-fashioned core traditional healing shamanism conducted at the
highest level of the art. Our work is not merely "experience-oriented."
All the medicine is not in the experiences alone. Instead, in the
true spirit of shamanism, our work is primarily results-oriented.
We genuinely
CARE
whether you realize your personal intentions and goals for this work.
We are DEDICATED to helping you achieve that which you seek, and we will
WORK
with
you to those ends. We are servants to the medicine and to those
who seek it's healing and enlightening power.
Contrary to
contemporary misconception, Ayahuasca is NOT a drug for many reasons.
It is a true holistic medicine and that is the sole context in which
we work. Work with Ayahuasca can at times be very difficult and challenging.
This shifts as one is harmonized, cleansed, healed, and transformed.
A new life awaits those who stay the course, and it's where you wind up
from this work that really matters most. We know where this can go
if done properly, and we'll help you get there.
For the benefit
of all, applicants for our retreats and pilgrimages are carefully screened.
We reserve the right to decline any application without prejudice if we
feel we are not a good match or if you have health or medication issues
which might jeopardize your safety. Your safety and personal welfare
is our highest responsibility. We wish to optimize this work for
those attending and an important aspect of that process is good group synergy.
Therefore we are selective (but not elitist) in whom we accept for our
works. No one is excluded from participation in our work because
of their gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, sexual preference, or health
status (providing it does not present a risk to the participant).
Acceptance
for participation in our shamanic works is not guaranteed until applications
have been approved. Our workshops are intensive and one must be well
prepared with honest intentions to realize the fullest possible benefits.
Retreat activities
and programs are conducted in accordance with the laws and statutes of
the jurisdictions in which they occur.
We hold in
great esteem the traditional vegetalista curanderos (native plant healers)
of the Peruvian Amazon, their vast knowledge of medicinal plants and spirit
plant healing, and their profoundly-rooted shamanic spiritual beliefs.
We expect the same respectful attitude of our fellow travelers. Our
work is fully participatory and totally immersive. Be prepared for
something really special!
Visit our
Online
SpiritQuest Study Guide
for an expanding
collection of reprinted and original articles
about Ayahuasca,
plant spirit healing, Amazonian shamanism and holistic ethnobiology
licensed
in Perú
