At an ayahuasca retreat with Anam Cara Healing Retreats in Cusco Peru, vulnerability and compassion are encouraged in order to take advantage of the profound transformation catalyzed by Ayahuasca’ powerful healing properties.
At Anam Cara Healing Retreats, we complement traditional indigenous plant medicine ceremonies with a trauma-informed, body-based therapeutic approach, and long-term ongoing integration support to help you flourish in the ever-unfolding possibilities of sustainable and lasting transformation. This is because we acknowledge that each person’s relationship with plant medicine and healing journey is intimate and highly personal, with an array of different needs.
Overview
Our plant medicine retreat takes place on sacred land in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru, and is set in an intimate, luxury retreat space located in a secluded environment surrounded by incredible mountains and healing nature.
Anam Cara Healing Retreats are all-inclusive events that include:
- 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies, with Ayahuasca grown, harvested, and brewed by our family of Shipibo maestros in the Amazon jungle of Peru.
- Daily yoga,
- Breathwork,
- Nature hikes, sacred plant baths, integration circles, community activities,
- A highly experienced facilitation team,
- All organic meals are included.
Staff and Founders
Neils Poole and Francesca Barone created Anam Cara Healing Retreats to offer plant medicine journeys in a safe, intimate way focusing on each client as an individual and honoring their unique healing path.
Neils has lived in Peru for over a decade, working extensively with Indigenous plant medicine traditions. Having co-founded and facilitated multiple high-end Ayahuasca retreats throughout Latin America, guiding clients through personal plant medicine journeys, Neils incorporates a broad spectrum of trainings in different types of trauma in order to bring transformative and grounded support to the healing spaces he holds.
With training as a naturopath, plant medicine facilitator and holistic nutritionist, Francesca, who hails from the midwest of the United States, considers it her mission to help alleviate the growing crisis in health and spirituality. Having studied under the world-famous Gabor Maté, Francesca is known for her expertise in plant medicine and shamanic healing, helping clients overcome long standing trauma.
The goal of an ayahuasca retreat with Anam Cara Healing Retreats in Cusco Peru is to bridge the worlds of ancestral Amazonian Shamanism with therapeutic techniques grounded in modern psychology. Having walked individual paths of healing while traveling the world and exploring a diverse array of holistic modalities and spiritual teachings, Neils and Francesca’s work weaves together their combined experience to bring each guest a unique, safe, and profoundly transformative journey of reconnecting with the deepest parts of themselves and the healing wisdom of nature.
Highlights
- 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies, with Ayahuasca grown, harvested, and brewed by our family of Shipibo maestros in the Amazon jungle of Peru.
- Comprehensive 1:1 therapeutic counseling and support Facilitation team trained in trauma work, cognitive psychology, somatic healing, naturopathic medicine, and shamanism
- 3-month preparation and post-retreat integration support and group container
- Custom plant medicine integration journal
