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The Shipibo Healing Intensive is a deep dive into embodied experience guided by nature, the elements and the world of the plants. This three night inclusive plant meditation intensive is hosted by Sovereign by Nature. Weaving ritual, embodied movement, breath-work and community connection for an unforgettable journey of transformation. You will be supported to shed unneeded belief patterns and connect to the free and joyful expression of your essence.
We have the honor to be supported by renowned Shipibo Onaya healer Maestra Ynes and her two powerful daughters, Maestra Edelin and Maestra Lila. The maestras have spent their lives going deeply into study - dieting and investigating deeply into the wisdom of the plants in ceremony. They have emerged with incredible strength and insight, excited to support you in this deep healing journey!
Our daytime sessions and sharing circle aim to support and inform the work in ceremony and create a deeper connection to the energetic realms of the plants, and the Shipibo culture.
Join us to explore the following themes:
2 Plant meditations
Somatic Wisdom Practice
Transformational Breathwork Activation
Integration Circle
Support the healing of deep trauma
Open to playfulness and connection
Ignite your creative fire and building your reservoir of inspiration
Practice reciprocity with nature and nourishing life with creative beauty
Learn about Shipibo ancestral wisdom
MAESTRA YNES
Maestra Ynes is a mother of seven children, three of whom are now Onaya healers. She is originally from the native community of Roaboya, next to the Ucayali River, Pucallpa.
At 14 years old, Ynes fell seriously ill with an unknown disease which led her to diet medicinal plants under the guidance of her grandfather and master healer, Aurelio. After successfully healing herself, Ynes decided to apprentice with Maestro Aurelio to learn her ancestral shamanic tradition of the Shipibo indigenous people.
A year later she undertook a diet in the forest that lasted for more than two years in complete isolation from the outside world. Some years later, Ynes continued dieting with her great-grandfather, Maestro and a Meraya healer, Luciano Sinuiri. At the age of 18, she began her last diet with her mother’s uncle, Maestro and Onaya healer, Basil Gordon. These three powerful healers gifted her the base of her knowledge and experience with the sacred plant medicine and ayahuasca.
Now with over 50 years of dedicated experience and ancestral knowledge, she offers a very powerful and beautiful connection with plant spirits; devoting her life to heal others in Peru and abroad. She brings an incredible wealth of knowledge that has been passed down for generations through her family lineage. With her contagious laughter and passion for healing, she distributes light and love with unfaltering compassion.
MAESTRA EDELIN
Maestra Edelin is one of Maestra Ynes’ younger daughters. She grew up with her family in the Shipibo community of Royaboa. Sharing in the rich plant and healing knowledge of her family, she grew up learning many recipes for plant remedies and plant perfumes.
She worked for 18 years as a kindergarten teacher, and for 4 years supporting the training of school teachers and designing early education curriculums.
She has been dieting for the past 9 years, and is working alongside her mother Ynes at Niwe Rao Xobo.
Maestra Edelin has the gift of healing touch and is well loved for her massages, her many plant remedies, and special perfumes that attract love, abundance, good luck and open roads. Her warm, generous and affectionate nature put people immediately at ease. She loves to help people and support them to heal.
MAESTRA LILA
Maestra Lila grew up with her grandparents and highly-respected Onaya healers. At the age of 13, Lila was the victim of a strong energetic attack. She then moved to live with her mother, Maestra Ynes, and dieted a mighty tree named Catawba. The diet succeeded in curing that evil harm and served as the gateway of Lila’s path as a healer.
Being the rebel that she is, Lila resisted the way of the medicine, sometimes in favor of leading a ‘normal’ life, but after the birth of her two children, the plants persisted in calling her to work with them. Since then, she has worked with her mother and other highly respected teachers throughout Peru and is also a specialist in warmi ikaros (healing chants of love, prosperity and happiness). She works with an incredible amount of love and compassion and an irresistible sense of humor!
JESSICA
Program Director & Lead Facilitator
Jessica is an artist, dancer, singer/songwriter, movement and voice teacher, plant medicine integration coach and a student of life. She holds the firm belief that the re-awakening of humans to our authentic power lies in turning to the ancestral practices which remind us of the joy and interconnectivity of being alive. Jessica’s passion is to inspire others to the free and uninhibited expression of their deepest heart’s longing through voice and movement.
Jessica has been supporting ceremonial healing work for the past 15 yrs. She has worked as a facilitator at some of the leading medicine healing centers in Peru and Costa Rica, including the Temple of the Way of Light, Niwe Rao Xobo and Soltara Healing center. Fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese, Jessica is passionate about bridging cultures - she has worked globally as a translator and interpreter in many international indigenous and environmental gatherings. As a student of Maestra Ynes, she currently works closely with the Maestra and her family at their center, Niwe Rao Xobo, as program director, facilitator and integration coach. Along with Maestra Ynes, Maestra Lila and Maestra Laura, Jessica hosts Master Plant diets and retreats in the Peruvian Amazon as well as abroad. As a teacher, she brings to her work precision, clarity, artistry, sensitivity, care and passion.
KARINA
Program Director & Lead Facilitator
Karina is in service to collective liberation through earth medicine healing arts and is a bridgekeeper for indigenous wisdom teachers. She is a certified holistic health, transformation, and integration guide with a focus on plant medicine, working with groups and one-on-one clients. She is a certified transformational breathwork facilitator and specializes in awakening our somatic wisdom. She is the founder of the wellness platform Sovereign by Nature, non-profit The ARC, healing container for womxn, The Sacred Session, and The BridgeKeepers Council advocacy group.
She was recently the Program Director at a non-profit healing center in Costa Rica.
She has studied with wisdom keepers, elders and teachers from many different lineages. Her work centers around ceremonial work, collective healing, systems change and culture shifts.
Karina holds space from a place of non-judgement, she creates a divine container where others can shed, remember, integrate and grow. She believes that through deep understanding, reverence and unconditional love for the self we fuel present awareness and sovereignty. Through conscious action we improve our lives and relationships.