Let us gather and connect to remember how to weave the intricacies of life and activate our earth wisdom for the betterment of humanity.
We are honored to welcome Maestro Taita Juanito and our extended family from the Colombian Finca Ambiwasi family.
These times of deep change and transition are calling us in to challenge our dominant ways of relating to, sensing, and being with the world. This time is ripe for us to come together, heal and un-learn the ways of modernity, peel back layers of old beliefs, stories, trauma and fortify our vessels.
With eight full days of guided meditation led by Ambiwasi team of dreamers and shapeshifters, this unique experimental offering is created to strengthen the soma.
This is an invitation to deepen our self-rootedness and earth intimacy; stretch our imagination and alchemize these times so we may further embody the changes we wish to see.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Taita Juanito Chindoy
We have the honor to be guided by renowned Taita Juanito, founder of Finca Ambiwasi, and his impeccable team and family. Taita Juanito is a medicine man, botanist and herbalist. Taita was born in the Putumayo region of Southern Colombia into the indigenous Inga Tribe. He has acquired 30 years of dedicated study and devotion to the way of herbalism and botany. He is delighted to be in service to your evolution and support you in this healing journey.
Mayor Isaias Roman
Mayor Isaias Roman comes from the Huitoto Community of the Colombian Amazon. He has been studying the sacred medicines of Mambe and Ambil for over 43 years. Don Isaias is a guardian and elder of the Ambiwasi community.
Florentino Caicedo
Don Floro is a grandfather and guardian of the wisdom of the Muisca community in Colombia. Florentino studied with the elders of this community who were guardians of the tobacco medicine.
Mama Jairsagua Furativa Gacheta
Mama Jairsa is a dream weaver and medicine women. She is the matriarch of the Ambiwasi community and a master weaver.
She will be organizing daily plant baths and saunas and sharing about womb traditions and feminine mysticism.
This will also be a special opportunity to learn the way of traditional bead weaving.
Sunday May 5
Landing Day
3:00 PM Opening Circle + Orientation
6:00 PM Dinner
Monday May 6
8:00 - 9 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 12 PM Consultation with Taita Juanito
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 PM Radical Forgiveness Ceremony
6:00 PM Dinner
Tuesday May 7
8:00 - 9 AM Breakfast
9: 30 - 11:00 Reciprocity Workshop
11:00 - 12:30 Women Circle
1:00 PM Lunch
11:00 - 3:00 Tobacco consultations with Muisca Elder Don Flor
3:00 - 6:00 PM Downtime / Rest / Meditation (Silent Hours)
3.30 - 5.00 PM Flower Bath + Sauna
7:00 PM PLANT MEDITATION # 1
Wednesday May 8
8:00 - 9 AM Breakfast
9: 30 - 12:30 Silent Time + Integration
10:00 - 1:00 Weaving workshop
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Kali Yuga Talk with Alnoor Ladha
3:00 - 6:00 PM Down time / Rest / Meditation (Silent Hours)
3:00 - 5:00 PM Flower Bath + Sauna
7:00 PM PLANT MEDITATION # 2
Thursday May 9
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 12: 30 PM Silent Time + Integration
10:00 - 1:00 Weaving + Beading workshop lead by Mama Jairsagua
1:00 PM Lunch
2:30 - 3:30 Flower Bath + Sauna
4:00 - 6:00 PM Talk with Mambe elder Mayor Isaias
6:00 PM Dinner
Friday May 10
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 11:00 Guided Jungle hike lead by Alain Lagger
10:00 - 12:00 Beading Workshop Session # 2
10:00 - 1:00 Tobacco consultations with Muisca Elder Don Flor
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 Connection and purpose session lead by Alain Lagger
6:00 PM Dinner
Saturday May 11
8:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 12:00 Closing Circle + Hape Ceremony
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 PM One on One Sessions with Taita/ Personal Time
6:00 PM Celebratory Sit Down Dinner
Sunday May 12
9:00 - 11 AM Brunch
12:00 PM Optional Hot Springs**
1:00 PM Departure
BRAVE EARTH
Brave Earth, Center for Applied Cultural Transition, is a living laboratory rooted in principles of regeneration, resiliency and reciprocity. We provide immersive experiences in Nature that share alternative ways of living and being that are suitable for modernity and contextually relevant for the rapidly changing world we live in.
Immerse yourself in the majesty and mystery of the rainforest. Brave Earth is located between San Ramon and La Fortuna, nestled in between Arenal Volcano and the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, the largest reserve of protected wildlife in Costa Rica.
As a living lab, we have experimented with different building modalities using AirCrete and materials sourced on the land including bamboo and adobe. We have implemented biophilic design, closed-loop systems and permaculture design principles. Ornamental, food, and medicinal gardens surround the center as well as hiking trials to a nearby river, and a natural swimming pond.