Ayahuasca Peru

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Ayahuasca retreats and plant medicine healing programs attract more and more people to Peru each
year. They come seeking a better way of living. You may want to heal physical illnesses, emotional
trauma, mental conditions, and spiritual afflictions. You may want a deeper connection to nature, to
spirit, to God, to yourself. Ayahuasca ceremonies and plant medicine are incredibly effective ways of
achieving balance, harmony, and happiness. Traditional indigenous plant medicine is a truly holistic
approach to healing the body, mind, and spirit. Our healing methods are rooted in ancestral traditions,
respect for nature, and divine wisdom. Find the better way of living that you seek.
Ayahuasca: Spirit Vine
Scientific Name : banisteriopsis caapi
Common Names in the Amazon: ayahuasca; yagé; bejuco; caapi; nucnu huasca; shimbaya huasca; nishi;
oni; népe; xono; datém; kamarampi; pindé; natema; iona; mii; shillinto; nepi.
Over 90 different indigenous tribes in the Amazon Rainforest have developed healing traditions based
on the use of ayahuasca. This number becomes even more impressive when one considers the fact that
many of these tribes live thousands of miles apart and would appear to have never had contact with
each other. Within the philosophy of each tribe, one point remains consistent, which is that they
originally learned about ayahuasca and the science of plant medicine from the plants themselves.
Both the plant and the medicine prepared from it are called ‘ayahuasca’
What is Ayahuasca?
The word “Ayahuasca” refers to a medicinal brew with the main ingredient being the ayahuasca vine
(banisteriopsis caapi). The vine is cooked, usually in combination with at least one other admixture
plant, to produce a brown liquid that is consumed in healing ceremonies led by Amazon healers, called
ayahuasqueros. The effects of the brew vary greatly depending on which admixture plants are used in its

preparation, how the curandero runs the healing ceremony, and a number of more complex and
mysterious aspects.
EFFECTS OF AYAHUASCA
For millenia, a science of healing has been evolving in the Amazon, passed on orally from generation to
generation, and through the plants themselves. The sacred medicine is primarily used to heal, and
patients often feel the following effects:
HEALING THE BODY
Nearly everyone describes a physical cleansing or purification process, often involving vomiting or
purging. Another name for the brew is ‘la purga’ because of its powerful purgative effects. It is not
necessary to throw up, however, and the curandero rarely throws up when leading a ceremony.
HEALING THE MIND
It is not uncommon to experience a regression back to the situation or source of a problem or trauma.
To relive the experience is to gain new understanding and insights enabling resolution or closure.
Dream-like scenes where personal messages from spirits are received cause ceremony participants to
re-evaluate their life course with a deeper understanding of why they are here, and what it is they need
to do to fulfill their purpose.
HEALING THE SOUL
Most people who experience Ayahuasca report some sort of spiritual experience. Unfortunately, it is
very difficult to describe the spiritual effects due to the lack of spirit in our language. Western culture is
simply ignorant of the science of spirit that is still practiced today in the Amazon, but it is common for
people to feel something that could be described as spiritual.
About The Foundation
The Ayahuasca Foundation was conceived in the spring of 2008 by Carlos Tanner, an American and
student of curanderismo. After living and studying with a curandero for over four years, Carlos worked
to provide a safe and effective way for people to not only receive treatment in the healing tradition of
the Amazon but also to study the tradition, the way he had with his maestro. The idea for the Ayahuasca
Foundation was born from a desire to spread the science of plant medicine back into the world. The
Foundation supports the preservation of indigenous wisdom and culture, offering healing retreats and
educational courses, and conducting research focused on the ayahuasca healing tradition used for
millennia by indigenous healers of the Peruvian Amazon. The Ayahuasca Foundation also supports the
preservation of the Amazon rainforest, and promotes educational efforts to raise awareness about
sustainability, permaculture, and harmonious environmental relationships. The Foundation participates
in community outreach programs and cultural reeducation projects.
Phone: 011-51-954-064-553, 954-064-553
https://www.ayahuascafoundation.org : info@ayahuascafoundation.org