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Love as Medicine | Womb + Heart Healing Retreat

6-Day Women's Retreat

Febuary 9-14, 2026 | Malacatos, Ecuador

A sacred 6-day journey in the Andes to heal the womb, open the heart, and awaken the feminine spirit.
Through San Pedro ceremonies, cacao, song, shamanic rituals and herbal medicine, we’ll release the old and return to softness, love, and creative life force within.

Participants will experience two master plant ceremonies held with love and respect in a traditional Andean setting:

  • 2 San Pedro Ceremonies (at night and during the day, for healing mind, body + spirit, reconnecting with our heart and womb space.

  • 1 Cacao Ceremony (visionary awakening and divine remembrance)

  • Sacred song circle

  • Herbal womb medicines & teas specific to each participant 

  • Individual session + a personalized protocol you can bring home

  • Womb wisdom workshop — cycle awareness, connecting with the womb 

  • Dance & embodiment ritual to re-spark creativity and joy

  • Shamanic limpia (energy cleansing) and plant baths

  • Hike to sacred mountain, Mandango with earth offerings; river cleansing ritual

  • Guided meditations & integration circles

  • Wholesome meals & cozy accommodations with spa on site

Limited to only 6 sisters for a cozy, intimate group

Fill out an application!

🌹 This retreat is for you if you…

  • Have experienced heartbreak, loss, abortion, miscarriage, or emotional trauma that still lives in your body

  • Feel disconnected from your sensuality, intuition, or creative flow

  • Struggle with chronic pelvic pain, infections, or hormonal imbalance and want to reconnect to your womb’s wisdom

  • Long to heal trust, intimacy, or your relationship with the masculine + feminine

  • Are a space-holder, healer, or therapist who gives deeply and needs a sacred space to receive

  • Feel ready to release past patterns and open to self-love, forgiveness, and joy

  • Want to explore plant medicine and ceremony in a safe, feminine-led environment

  • Desire to connect with other women in an intimate, heart-centered community

  • Are seeking a reset for your nervous system—to soften, rest, and remember who you are beneath the noise

  • Feel the whisper of Spirit calling you home to your own love

I'm ready for this!

Madleen

"Katie & Miguel have held the best space in ceremony out of anyone I know. I’ve partaken in ceremony with a few different healers. They are so humble. They are so balanced, and you can tell that they are truly here to be in service to humanity. During ceremony could I couldn’t help but just be in awe of the both of them for how well they held the space together."

Jen

"Highly recommend!!! The facility was absolutely beautiful and Katie and Miquel are amazing healers! I've traveled all over Latin America attending retreats and this was hands down my favorite. I would definitely go back."

Abi

"Wow. Year after year I come back to work with Katie and Miguel for their sacred plant medicine retreats and ceremonies. Everytime I feel so taken care of, protected, and nurtured in their healing space. If you are considering experimenting with sacred plant medicines, feeling a deep sense of trust and guidance with your shamans, their traditions, and medicine is the foundation for the soul expanding connections and insights you will receive from a ceremony with Allpa Mama Healing. Thank you, Katie and Miguel for sharing your gifts with the world-- for holding healing space with respect, reverence, unity and unconditional Love." 

Emma

"Miguel and Katie are literal angels, so welcoming, generous and compassionate. All ceremonies were profoundly healing in their own respects, at times very challenging, but very enlightening as well. I felt as though I entrusted Katie and Miguel with my life, only knowing them for a day or two and felt completely seen, safe and cared for. They were both available to talk after ceremonies, as I believe talking about the experience is very important for integration, and they were very open and understanding."

 

Remember- your life is sacred

The flow (6 days)

Day 1 – Arrival & Purification
Arrive between 10 AM - 2 PM, settle in + get to know each other, opening ritual, limpia + plant bath cleansing, dinner, rest

Day 2 – The Womb of the Earth
Morning hike to Mandango mountain with offerings, womb wisdom workshop, San Pedro ceremony at night, finishing the following morning.

Day 3 – Rest & Rebirth
Closing the ceremony with the sunrise. Nourishment, spa/rest, 1:1 sessions & protocols, guided meditation in the evening. 

Day 4 – Heart Awakening
San Pedro ceremony starting in the morning and finishing in the late afternoon. Rest + restore + sharing circle at night. 

Day 5 – Return to Flow
River cleansing, cacao ritual + sacred song circle, celebratory dance, gratitude fire.

Day 6 – Integration & Departure
Meditation, closing blessings, travel home with your integration plan.

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Your Facilitator

Katie - Warmi Yaku
Katie weaves the traditions of the Andes with a heart-centered approach to healing. With 6 years of experience guiding plant medicine ceremonies and supporting integration, she creates a safe, sacred space for deep transformation. 

I created Love as Medicine from my own path of returning to the heart and womb after seasons of grief—loss, chronic infections and pain, the ache of toxic relationship dynamics, and the slow work of healing my heart + womb. I don’t center my story here, but I honor it as the soil that taught me this truth:

Love is the medicine.
It restores what was forgotten, and teaches the body to trust again.

I hold this space with deep care and grounded presence,
so you can reconnect with your own power to heal and love freely.

Are these retreats right for me?

These retreats might be for you if you feel a deep inner calling to:

  • Heal emotional, spiritual, or ancestral wounds

  • Heal from past relationships, heal the womb space
  • Heal and connect with your heart and find more self-love 
  • Improve your physical and mental health 

  • Connect with sacred plant medicines in a respectful, traditional way

  • Explore your inner world with courage, humility, and curiosity

  • Awaken your intuition, clarity, and purpose

  • Receive guidance from nature, spirit, and your higher self

  • Let go of what no longer serves and remember who you truly are

You don’t need experience with plant medicine — only an open heart, a willingness to surrender, and a deep respect for the process.

These retreats are held in a safe, supportive container guided by experienced facilitators and traditional medicine keepers.

 

These retreats might not be for you if: 

  • You’re seeking a quick fix or recreational experience

  • You are currently in an unmanaged mental health crisis

  • You are unwilling to follow preparation or integration guidance

  • You do not feel called to work with these medicines in a sacred way

 

I'm ready for this

How to sign up:

1. First, fill out an application. 

2. We will have a quick call to answer your questions and make sure the energy is right for everyone and that this is a good retreat for you.

3. Then, you can choose one of the payment options below to confirm your spot!

Flexible Payment Plans Available
We want this sacred experience to be accessible. You’re welcome to pay in multiple parts or choose a 4-month payment plan.
A $500 deposit reserves your space, and the remaining balance can be divided into monthly payments. 

Fill out an application!

Private room

$1555

Includes all healing work, meals and accomodations, excand transportation during retreat

Does not include airfare, insurance or taxi to retreat (this can be arranged for you and is about $20-$45).

Private room for 1

Shared room

$1333

Includes all healing work, meals and accomodations, excand transportation during retreat

Does not include airfare, insurance or taxi to retreat (this can be arranged for you and is about $20-$45).

Shared room with one other person