The Ayahuasca ceremony

Ceremonies at Feather Crown are run in a grounded, safe and responsible way, led by an elder shaman and assisted by several, usually five facilitators. The setting of the ceremony is a large Ayahuasca temple. Before the ceremony the participants are given a PDF with complex information about the ceremony. One hour before the ceremony begins, participants meet our facilitator for briefing with questions and answers. At eight in the night, the shaman joins and begins the Ayahuasca ceremony offering the Ayahuasca brew. It is not a requirement to drink Ayahuasca to be able to participate or receive healing from the shaman. After drinking, candles are blown off and everybody rests on comfortable mattresses in the ceremonial space, waiting for the effects to manifest.

After 10 minutes, the shaman begins to use instruments and starts to chant visions-modulating songs, guiding participants on this inner journey. He cleanses any negative energies that are purged from the participants and call spirit guides who provide compassionate, loving, and healing energy for all who are present.

Later during the night, participants are assisted to come and sit in front of the healer, who sings and cleanses everybody with a bundle of leaves gathered in the rainforest. The healer also uses blowing, sucking, and other advanced techniques aimed to help the patient. This cleansing ritual or “limpia“ is an important part of the ceremony, where the energy of the participants can be balanced, and where different illnesses can be removed from the body.

Integration session

The next day in the morning, there is a translated group session where you may share your journey and also ask the leading shaman and the facilitators your questions. If necessary, anyone can ask for a private conversation with the leading shaman or the facilitators. A special diet will be prescribed for the following days. The support in the integration process can continue over the internet, assuring all participants properly understand and integrate their journey.

Progress during the Ayahuasca retreat in Ecuador

Usually, the first ceremony removes the heaviest negative energies from the energetic field and physical body and can involve purging. In the second ceremony, participants usually have more trust, because they already know that ceremonies are conducted safely and have a positive outcome. Their bodies have already been purified in the first ceremony. This results in being able to relax more and work more consciously with the energy of the Ayahuasca plant, learning how to concentrate in the trance, receiving visions, teachings, and blessings.

Safety of the Ayahuasca ceremony

Sober helpers are always present during the whole ceremony, until everybody returns from the journey and leave the temple, this may take all night until dawn. Responsive assistants help participants walk to the bathrooms and feel safe and comfortable. There is always an English-speaking assistant in the ceremony. The space itself is carefully prepared, physically safe and perfect for hosting this type of activity, with bathrooms just 10 meters from the temple. In case of having a strong reaction to the Ayahuasca, the team knows perfectly how to help participants to go through their journey without any harm.

Ayahuasca brew

Our medicine is prepared with care and in a traditional way by cooking on fire. It is made from two plants only: Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca) vine together with the leaves of Diplopterys cabrerana (chalipanga) vine. The leaf amplifies the consciousness-expanding effects and helps one to receive visions. You will have the opportunity to work with a selected variety of the Ayahuasca vine that has been passed on by powerful lineages of healers. We always strive to make Ayahuasca strong to provide deep healing and teaching for everybody. Our Ayahuasca is safe and never contains plants such as Datura.

Who can benefit from this Ayahuasca retreat in Ecuador

This Ayahuasca retreat in Ecuador is recommendable for people who feel the personal calling and have the necessary respect for the plant and the sacredness of the ritual. This is not a tourist experience. It should not be taken lightly as a tourist attraction. This journey might not be pleasant in all of its parts, but in the end, it is worth taking. The Ayahuasca ceremony is deeply meaningful and healing for those who prepare themselves and who have trust in the healing process with the Ayahuasca plant as well as trust the people who lead the ceremony. The Ayahuasca medicine can bring suppressed emotions to the surface, in order to clean any negative energies and allow for deep change and permanent positive transformation within oneself.

Individual healing session during the ceremonial night