8-Day Ayahuasca Retreat in Ecuador · $1,950 · Cofán Yagé Tradition · Harmony Retreats EcuadorHarmony Retreats Ecuador · Shamanic Retreats in the Ecuadorian Andes

Sacred Plant Medicine · 8 Days

Ayahuasca · Yagé — eight days inside the Cofán tradition.

An 8-day immersive retreat for spiritual transformation and physical healing. Two ayahuasca ceremonies, a Kambo purification, a closing temazcal, and a complete container of breathwork, somatic therapy, family-constellation work, and integration. Held by Taita Alirio Causaluzán and Gabriel Guillén in the highlands of Ecuador.

◦ two generations of curanderos · one circle ◦

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Duration

8 days · 7 nights

From

$1,950

Upcoming dates

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Why people come to this retreat.

  • ·Spiritual transformation and lasting personal growth.
  • ·Healing trauma — emotional, physical, and ancestral.
  • ·Reconnection with self, others, and the natural world.
  • ·Honest contact with the teachings of indigenous wisdom held by the people who carry it.

Sacred Ceremonies Included

Four sacred openings, eight days of holding.

01

Kambo Ceremony

The Frog's Purge

A powerful Amazonian purification, applied to small points on the skin. Cleanses the body of physical and emotional toxins, strengthens the immune system, and prepares the body and spirit for ayahuasca. Held in the morning, with full intake and aftercare.

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Ayahuasca Ceremony × 2

Yagé · The Vine of the Soul

Two evenings of ceremony, held in a maloca by Taita Alirio Causaluzán and Gabriel Guillén. Connection to ancestral wisdom, profound emotional and spiritual healing, expanded states of consciousness, and the slow rebuilding of self that integration brings.

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Temazcal Ceremony

Rebirth in the Womb of Mother Earth

A sacred sweat-lodge ceremony of purification and rebirth. Spiritual cleansing through heat, prayer, and song. Closes the retreat with collective release, gratitude, and a literal return to the body.

Day-by-Day

The eight-day arc.

Day 1

Arrival & Opening

3 PM arrival and check-in. 5 PM opening circle, intentions, orientation. 7 PM communal dinner. Early bed.

Day 2

Kambo Ceremony

Light breakfast. 10 AM Kambo ceremony. Afternoon rest, hydration, gentle nourishment. Group sharing in the evening.

Day 3

First Ayahuasca

Day of contemplation and fasting. Late afternoon final preparation. 7 PM ceremony begins. Closing tea, rest.

Day 4

Integration & Rest

Nourishing breakfast. Long, quiet morning. Group sharing. Optional bodywork — chiropractic, massage, breathwork, yoga.

Day 5

Second Ayahuasca

Another day of fasting and inner preparation. 7 PM — return to the maloca, deeper. Closing tea, gentle grounding.

Day 6

Papallacta Hot Springs

Optional day trip to thermal pools high in the mountains. Lunch on site. Return for community dinner and sharing.

Day 7

Temazcal Ceremony

Light diet. 10 AM sweat-lodge with Gabriel — pray, sing, sweat, release. Final integration circle. Farewell dinner.

Day 8

Farewell

Final blessings, contact exchange, breakfast. 11 AM departure — carrying the medicine in your heart and the learnings in your being.

What's included.

· All ceremonies (Kambo, two Ayahuasca, Temazcal)

· Lodging for 7 nights at our private retreat site

· All plant-based meals and ceremonial diet support

· Daily breathwork, gentle yoga, and meditation

· Family-constellation circle on the integration day

· On-site somatic therapy and integration sessions

· Bodywork (chiropractic, massage, lymphatic drainage) — booked individually

· Airport pickup from Quito (UIO)

· Four weeks of integration follow-up — one video call per week — after you go home

Held by

Ayahuasca Retreat

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Taita Alirio Causaluzán

Curandero · Cofán Yagé Tradition (Ayahuasca)

Cofán Yagé tradition, formed by Elder Taita Saulo Gil Botina. Thirty-plus years of cooking the medicine.

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Gabriel Guillén

Ayahuasca Apprentice · Temazcalero

Apprentice of indigenous medicine for over ten years. Floral therapist and guide of our closing temazcal ceremonies.

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David Srolis

Therapist · Mushroom Psychotherapy

Ten-plus years and hundreds of plant-medicine ceremonies. Specializes in psilocybin psychotherapy and integration.

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Ana Karina Maldonado

Licensed Therapist · Yoga · Ayurveda · Family Constellations

Licensed psychologist, Hatha yoga teacher, Ayurveda coach. Leads our family-constellation integration day.

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Giuseppe Morales

Holistic Bodyworker · Chiropractic · Floral Therapy

Auriculotherapy, acupressure, chiropractic, therapeutic yoga, moxibustion, floral therapy.

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John Hasan Khadiyev

Somatic Facilitator · Certified Detox Specialist · Veterans Liaison

Iraq War veteran. Somatic experiencing facilitator and certified detox specialist. Leads our Veterans program.

Upcoming dates

Confirmed 2026 dates for this retreat. Click any date to send a pre-filled inquiry.

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