- Join us on the coast of Ecuador to experience the heart-opening medicine of the master plant teacher, San Pedro, also known as Huachuma.

- Connect to this highly revered master plant teacher and journey to your center, your true essence, with the healing and guidance of San Pedro and other ancient healing practices. 

- Experience a night San Pedro ceremony, a San Pedro Medicine Sweat Lodge, and a San Pedro power walk, delving deep into the profound healing San Pedro can offer in different ceremonial settings. 

- Experience different purification practices and learn different tools to stay centered, including daily yoga, sweat lodges, ice baths, and workshops. 

Ayllu Medicina's San Pedro Retreat in March 2025 is an opportunity to connect with the sacred master plant of San Pedro, who can provide healing in many different ways. We will have three different San Pedro ceremonies and a variety of other purifying practices to help you align your heart-mind connection.

This transformational plant medicine retreat combines the benefits of San Pedro, ancient healing practices, and the benefits of a supportive retreat container to provide a unique opportunity to those feeling the call of this sacred master plant. 

We always like to say that plant medicine ceremonies include two main ingredients: the plant medicine and you. However, some of the benefits of connecting with San Pedro can include:

• Enhancing your connection to nature
• Healing your mind-body connection 
• Promoting strength and stamina 
• Heightened states of awareness 
• Providing insights and wisdom

We also provide other practices and a supportive retreat container so you can delve into your inner world and find a place of presence. San Pedro is a medicine that focuses on the energy of the heart, so this week provides an opportunity for you to enter into this energy and find alignment. 

Learn more about San Pedro on our Ayllu Medicina blog. 

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 San Pedro retreat. These ceremonies are led by our experienced guides, honoring the ancient traditions from which they come. 

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 participants have sat in ceremonies previously, whereas, for others, it is their first time meeting with the plant medicine. 

San Pedro Night Ceremony 

Gather around the fire for a night of song and prayer with the guidance of San Pedro. 

San Pedro Medicine Sweat Lodge

Experience the profound medicine of the sweat lodge combined with the medicine of San Pedro. Let go of what no longer serves you to rebirth in the womb of Mother Earth accompanied by the sacred plant teacher, songs, prayers, incense, and the heat of the volcanic stones. 

San Pedro Power Walk

It is said people consumed San Pedro to walk for days in the Andes, often without other food or water sources, as San Pedro’s interconnectedness to nature helps improve stamina and attention. Experience San Pedro in the ceremony of a power walk, enjoying the nature the coast of Ecuador has to offer with intention. We will also give an offering to the Earth as part of this ceremony. 

Join us for daily yoga classes in our beautiful yoga shala with the sound of the ocean in the background. Classes are catered to all levels.

There will also be guided breathwork and meditation to help you connect with your true essence. 

Connect to your feminine cyclical nature and learn how to work with it instead of against it, which changes your life in many ways. Find empowerment by aligning with your womb and understanding its technology. 

Watch Hwaneetah's interview with Breathe and Flow to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9LkyK4bHw

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. 

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, and hot water. There is wifi if needed. 

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. 

Your plant medicine experience and healing process will be led by our guides, Aime, 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.  

Born in France, Aime’s upbringing was truly cross-cultural as he lived between France, Guyana, and Martinique.  In the year 1999, he traveled to South America in search of Ancestral traditions and power plants. 

In 2000, he joined the sacred fire of Itzachilatlan and began his initiatory path of Vision Quest, learning directly about this medicine path from the elders of Ecuador. He is now a Medicine Man of the Sacred Fire of Itzachilatlan, a medicine family based in the Ecuadorian Andes.  He is also a Vision Seeker, Sun Dancer, and Canupa carrier. He has also been given blessings to run Temazcales (sweat lodges), Circles, and traditional Ceremonies of Medicine. Aime’s commitment to this path is his life’s purpose – sharing the sacred medicines of the Earth with anyone who feels this call for their healing and their spiritual development. He has decades of experience serving plant medicines,, along with leading sweat lodges. 

Hwaneetah was initiated and certified in Sacred Geometry by Drunvalo Melchizedek, an internationally celebrated spiritual visionary who is known for defining the Merkaba and the flower of life. She also studied in the Mystery School Yotolon of hermetic sciences, which focuses on the nexus between science, philosophy, and spirit. 

In this school, she also learned about neo-shamanism, or new ways of seeking visions and healing, and directed the female part of the school for six years, developing a branch of study called the Technology of the Womb. She is currently writing a book based on her studies on awakening all of the secondary functioning of the womb with our consciousness.  

Hwaneetah is also a quantum holonomic healer, canupa carrier, sun dancer, and runs sweat lodges. She also supports her husband, Aime, during ceremonies with traditional songs, instruments, incense, and holding sacred female energy in the space of medicine. She also shares her knowledge about womb healing through workshops and 1:1 sessions.

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.