-Experience a quantum leap in consciousness by journeying from your mind into your heart, your biggest electromagnetic field. 

- Learn how to align with your heart's center through heart technology practices, including workshops and Heart Meditations, such as Trinity Heart Meditation and Activation. 

- Reconnect to your heart's center during  Ayawaska ceremonies, a San Pedro ceremony, sweat lodges, and ancient wisdom workshops. 

- Remember your connection to the whole by connecting to your heart's center and your body's profound technology. Connect to your inner nature within and the outer nature around you, starting on the beautiful coast of Ecuador at this retreat. 

It is time to connect back to your heart and remember who you are. When we are centered in our heart space, we can find alignment with our body and mind, letting go of resistance and finding our true selves within. Ayllu Medicina's Medicine of the Heart Retreat in May 2025 will provide the space, support, tools, and wisdom to help you do this. 

This retreat has a unique focus on the Technology of the Heart, aided by the sacred plant medicines of San Pedro and Ayawaska, sweat lodges, and other ways to purify. We're going to learn about heart coherence and synchronicity between systems in our bodies. By learning to reside in your heart space, you can find more presence, awareness, peace, and clarity, once again feeling connected to all beings. 

Purifying your body, mind, and spirit can help you align with your heart, which is why we include different types of ceremonies as part of our plant medicine retreats in Ecuador. These ceremonies are led by our experienced guides, honoring the ancient traditions from which they come. 

Plant Medicine Ceremonies 

We will gather together in two Ayawaska ceremonies and one San Pedro ceremony. 

Ayawaska is often compared to a wise Grandmother, and like an onion, she can help you find your center and let go of what no longer serves you. She can help you shine a light on areas of darkness, finding your way to the infinite love in your heart. 

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 once after our ceremonies with Grandma Ayawaska. The plant spirit can also help you integrate your retreat week and let go of anything that remains which is blocking you from residing in your center. 

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. Some women have sat in ceremonies previously, whereas, for others, it is their first time meeting with the plant medicines. 

You can learn more about these medicines on our Ayllu Medicina blog. 

Sweat Lodges 

There will also be multiple sweat lodges (temazcales) throughout the plant medicine retreat week. Enter the womb of Mother Earth to integrate, purify, and experience rebirth. 

Our volcanic grandmother stones are heated in the fire and are placed in the womb, the sweat lodge. Different incenses are placed on the stones before the door closes, and the heat begins to rise as water is poured over the stones. We share prayers and songs to guide each round. 

Your plant medicine experience and healing process will be led by Aime, a medicine man of the Sacred Fire of Itzachilatlan, a medicine family based in the Ecuadorian Andes, and his wife, Hwaneetah. Their purpose is to share medicine, prayers, music, and intention for healing with whoever is called to share in this journey. These two healers are well-known in the region for their music, resonant prayers, and heart-opening medicine. 

Aime and Hwaneetah speak fluent English, Spanish, and French and have been working with medicine for over 20 years, along with other healing modalities. Hwaneetah also runs women's sweat lodges and will be sharing wisdom on womb technology. 

You can watch Hwaneetah's talk on ancient womb technology on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9LkyK4bHw

The Ayllu Medicina team will be supporting you throughout your retreat week; you can learn more about our medicine guides and facilitators on our website under 'team'. We also have a great kitchen team who will be providing nutritious food and drinks throughout the week. 

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We will also be providing orientation support, and there are options for integration sessions post-retreat. You can also choose from other add-ons, such as a 1:1 moon session with Hwaneetah or a shamanic cleansing with Aime. 

Ayllu Medicina is based on the coast of Ecuador, in Manglaralto, situated near the world-famous surf capital of Montañita and the peaceful haven of Ayampe. 

Immerse yourself in nature in our retreat space, which is perfect for renewal. It is magical during ceremonies to hear the sounds of all the nature around, from the birds singing to the waves crashing. 

You can easily access the beach, which is a ten-minute walk from the accommodation. The accommodation has everything you need to be comfortable, feel at peace, and retreat inwards during your stay, including a swimming pool with ocean views, one of the best spots to enjoy Ecuador's sunsets! 

Rooms include air conditioning, large comfortable double beds, internet access (unless you want a phone-free week!), and hot water.  

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.