Healer profile · Cofán Yagé tradition
Taita Alirio Causaluzán
Curandero · Cofán Yagé Tradition (Ayahuasca)
Taita Alirio carries our Ayahuasca ceremonies in the Cofán Yagé lineage — formed by Elder Taita Saulo Gil Botina, with more than three decades of cooking the medicine.
A traditional medic of the La Cristalina reservation, formed in the Cofán Yagé tradition by Elder Taita Saulo Gil Botina. With more than thirty years of experience cooking the medicine, he is a botanical healer and a quiet example of humility and discipline.
Taita Alirio holds the maloca during our Ayahuasca retreats, alongside Gabriel Guillén — a partnership of two generations of carriers.
Path & credentials
La Cristalina reservation medic
Traditional medic of the La Cristalina Cofán reservation in Putumayo.
Formed by Taita Saulo Gil Botina
Apprenticed in the Cofán Yagé lineage under Elder Taita Saulo Gil Botina.
30+ years cooking the medicine
More than three decades of preparing and pouring Yagé in the traditional way.
Botanical healer
Works with the plants of the Putumayo and the Andes — a quiet, careful practitioner.
From the path
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Want to sit in ceremony with Taita Alirio?
Taita Alirio holds every Ayahuasca retreat we run, alongside Gabriel Guillén. The fastest way to find a date that works is to write us — we'll send the upcoming schedule and answer any prep questions within a day.
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