Mindfulness and the Medicine: A New Paradigm in Healing is an ayahuasca retreat that will combine the sophisticated healing work of two Shipibo healers with in-depth practices of mindfulness, yoga, and other psycho-spiritual practices.

Ayahuasca research has found that people who work with ayahuasca exhibit improved mental qualities similar to those who practice mindfulness meditation, including less judgmental thinking and reactivity. It has been suggested that this may be one of the factors contributing to the therapeutic effect of ayahuasca.

This retreat will be offered as a 14-Day retreat or a 23-Day retreat. Guests of the 14-Day retreat will join the 23-Day guests for the first 14 days of the 23-Day retreat.

In this retreat, we will work on understanding and cultivating these and other beneficial qualities alongside the ayahuasca ceremonies. Not only will you learn how to use applied mindfulness skills to discover a new sense of self that is more resilient and peaceful, but you will learn how mindfulness is directly relevant to working with ayahuasca, and how the two can be mutually beneficial to you. The feedback from the two previous workshops applying these approaches has been overwhelmingly positive.

You will learn how mindfulness can deepen and enhance your experience of working with ayahuasca and how to directly apply these practices during your ayahuasca ceremonies in the workshop. You will be supported in reflecting on what you are learning throughout the workshop, using applied mindfulness practices and a range of other psycho-spiritual practices to help you integrate your ayahuasca experiences, and learn how to carry what you experience in your ceremonies into your life.