This dieta will be 11 days//10 nights long, an appropriate length for an introductory dieta in the Shipibo tradition. There will be 5 traditional sound healing ceremonies and each person will twice drink the infusion of a master plant. The dieta will begin with a stomach cleansing emetic, which induces vomiting, and will then have an energetically cleansing and invigorating “blooming bath”.

If you have a certain illness that you want to work on during this dieta, please let us know as Maestra Manuela could prepare a specific master plant infusion or tincture for you.

Maestra Manuela Mahua comes from a long-standing and well-respected family lineage of Shipibo healers from the lower Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. Born in 1947, she has more than 50 years of experience working with medicine. She began apprenticing with her father at age 13.

Today she heals and teaches, to both Shipibo and foreigners, and she continues to strengthen her samá, observing multiple periods of dieta throughout the year to learn more and keep her healing power in balance. She has a vast knowledge and understanding of the natural pharmacy and is very open to sharing it with those who are willing to make the commitment to carry on the tradition.

Manuela is an incredibly generous and positive force, and in each ceremony she always makes sure to work on each participant individually through singing her incredible variety of healing songs.

The Shipibo practice of the samá or “dieta” is the spiritual or therapeutic practice of isolation and abstaining from ingesting certain foods and interacting with certain energies. It is a body of traditional practices that allows individuals to heal and to learn from plant spirits.

The time-honored Shipibo tradition of dieting and/or fasting is a communion with medicinal and teacher plants. This practice can lead to genuine healing through naturally balancing the body, mind and spirit. While the medicinal properties of plants can help us address physical components of an illness, the meditative and spiritual practice of the samá promotes true healing by helping one to recognize and resolve the root causes. For more details please see: http://noyanete.com/

Maestra Manuela Mahua
Maestra Manuela Mahua comes from a long-standing and well-respected family lineage of Shipibo healers from the lower Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. Born in 1947, she has more than 50 years of experience working with medicine. She began apprenticing with her father at age 13.

Manuela is an incredibly generous and positive force, and in each ceremony she always makes sure to work on each participant individually through singing her incredible variety of healing songs.

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Ayahuasca retreats 11 days//10 nights

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