On this 4-days-retreat we will have the opportunity to connect with the wisdom and healing powers of the sacred plants of Yerba Mate, Cacao and Tobacco in the form of Hape.
During this journey we will create stability and grounding with yogic practices that are designed to support the process of inner explorations, by creating stillness within, coming into deeper states of awareness and feeling more ease and flow to navigate challenges and changes.
This unique combination of grounding practices and connection with plant teachers in a stable energetic container allows integration to happen naturally and organically during and after the retreat.
This retreat offers
- Talk on Andean Cosmovision, grounding practices and plant medicine path
- Daily practice of yoga, breathwork and meditation
- Cacao Ceremony and sharing circle
- Tobacco -Hape- Ceremony
- Yerba Mate ritual
- Nature immersions
- Silence and contemplation time
- Homemade plant based meals
- Connection with a wider community of like-minded people
About the plants
Yerba Mate – Energizing Ritual
Yerba mate is a traditional tea from South America with energizing and healing properties. It is often consumed as a social drink, passing it around the circle for different occasions. This medicinal tea is traditionally consumed on a cured gourd and a metal straw that filters the loose leaves of the tea. Mate drinking is a beautiful ritual that energizes your body, mind and spirit.
Cacao – Medicine of the Heart
One of the most sacred superfoods of the world, known and used for centuries by many cultures and communities in Central and South America for its power to open and heal the heart, allowing space to reconnect to ourselves and our direct environment, becoming more present and open to life. Cacao is a gentle yet powerful plant that can show us that healing can be sweet and smooth. Everything is better with chocolate!
Hape Tobacco – The Medicine of Silence
Hape Tobacco is a sacred medicine plant used by indigenous healers in the Amazon rainforest for thousands of years, in recent years, it has gained popularity among Westerners as a powerful shamanic medicine for healing and spiritual purposes. Hape tobacco is administered as a very thin powder that is blown up the nostrils using a bamboo, wood, or bone pipe called a kuripe or teepi. The effects of Hape can vary depending on the individual and the dosage, but they usually include a sense of grounding, clarity, and heightened awareness.
Retreat schedule
- Thursday 8th
- Arrival in the morning
- Opening circle
- Lunch
- Talk on Andean Cosmovision and Plant Medicine Path
- Afternoon tea
- Grounding practice of yin yoga, yoga nidra and meditation
- Light dinner
- Friday 9th
- Sun rise silence tea ritual
- Morning yoga, breath work and meditation practice
- Breakfast
- Talk on the medicine of Hape Tobacco
- Lunch
- Nature immersion ritual
- Afternoon tea and free time
- Hape Ceremony
- Light dinner
- Saturday 10th
- Sun rise silence tea ritual
- Morning yoga, breath work and meditation practice
- Breakfast
- Talk on the medicine of Cacao
- Lunch
- Nature immersion ritual
- Afternoon tea and free time
- Cacao Ceremony
- Light dinner
- Sunday 11th
- Sun rise silence tea ritual
- Morning yoga, breath work and meditation practice
- Breakfast
- Mate circle
- Lunch
- Closing circle
- Check out
This retreat is for everyone who is curious on connecting with the path of plant medicine, is specially designed for those who would like to create a stable and grounded foundation for inner explorations and for those who would like to understand the cultural value and spirituality that comes with the connection with these sacred plants.
Exchange
777 € Accommodation and meals included
Book now and receive a free Cacao Kit, that includes a handmade cup and cacao paste directly from Peru.