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Awaken Your Spirit in the Heart of the Andes
Join us for a life-changing journey into the heart of nature, spirit, and self. These intimate plant medicine retreats offer a safe, sacred space for deep emotional healing, spiritual awakening, and connection with the ancient wisdom of sacred plant medicines. Held in the stunning Andes of southern Ecuador, each retreat includes traditional ceremonies, energetic cleansings, guided meditations, healing rituals, and visits to sacred mountains, rivers, and waterfalls. Whether you are seeking clarity, healing from trauma, or a deeper connection to your soul’s purpose, this is a space to return to your truth and awaken your inner light.
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Upcoming Retreats:
What sets our retreats apart is the depth of authenticity, intimacy, and heart woven into every experience. Each retreat is a sacred journey—rooted in Andean and Amazonian traditions, guided by experienced healers, and held with genuine care and integrity. We keep our groups intentionally small, with no more than six guests, allowing for personal attention, emotional safety, and deep connection. Rather than offering a quick escape, we invite you into a living relationship with the land, the medicines, and your own spirit—through ceremony, song, nature immersion, and integration practices that honor every layer of your being.
Private Plant Medicine Ceremony or Retreat
Choose the dates that work for you | Malacatos, Ecuador
Join us for a private retreat or single ceremony with Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and/or Wilka, guided by Katie and Taita Miguel in the sacred Andes of Ecuador. Create your own itinerary, choosing the medicines and number of ceremonies that call to you. Each experience is personalized and deeply held—perfect for individuals, couples, or close friends seeking healing, clarity, and connection in an intimate, supportive space.
5-Day San Pedro Plant Medicine Retreat
July 9-13, 2026 | Malacatos, EcuadorÂ
A sacred space to reconnect with the magic of the Earth, your own intuition and spiritual essence.Â
Take a pause in the sacred mountains for San Pedro ceremonies, cacao ritual, nature immersion, shamanic cleansings, and healing workshops. Reconnect with mother earth, receive guidance for our lives, and come together as family.
Sacred Earth Healing Retreat
- September 11-13 | Wisconsin, USA (5 spots available)
An intimate weekend of ritual, nature, and deep nervous system restoration.Â
Over the course of the weekend, we will gather in nature to explore practices that calm the nervous system and support deep energetic cleansing. Through ritual, movement, meditation, and time outdoors, you will be guided through experiences designed to help release stress and reconnect with your natural state of clarity and grounding.
Love as Medicine: Women's Womb + Heart Healing San Pedro Retreat
October 12-17, 2026 | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
A sacred space to reconnect with the wisdom of your womb, release stored pain, and awaken love within every cell of your being.
Through healing + heart-opening San Pedro ceremonies, cacao ritual, womb teachings, shamanic cleansings, and sacred song, we journey through the layers of grief, heartbreak, and disconnection — returning to softness, self-trust, self-love and creative power.
This retreat honors the feminine path of transformation: from pain into power, from loss into renewal, from closing into opening.
Early bird price until July 1st
Medicine of the Soul: 6 Day San Pedro Retreat
November 6-11, 2026Â | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
Step away from the noise of daily life and reconnect with your heart through the ancient medicine of San Pedro. Surrounded by the mountains of southern Ecuador, you'll experience two traditional San Pedro ceremonies, energy cleansings, visit ancient ruins and the birthplace of Cacao, join for a Cacao ritual, nature immersion, guided healing practices, meditation, and authentic connection in a small group setting. This retreat is designed to help you release emotional burdens, gain clarity, deepen your spiritual connection, and return home feeling renewed, grounded, and inspired.
Early bird price until July 15th
Return to the Earth: 8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
December 4-11, 2026 | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
A powerful healing experience for mind, body and soul, in the beautiful Andes of Ecuador. Work with sacred plants like Ayahuasca, San Pedro and Wilka, in an intimate container with skilled healers. Take a sacred pause from life, reconnect with yourself, nature and the Great Mystery of life in this healing space held with love and integrity.Â
Early bird price until September 1, 2026
Love as Medicine: Women's Womb + Heart Healing San Pedro Retreat
January 11-16, 2027 | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
Begin the New Year fresh in a sacred space to reconnect with the wisdom of Mother Earth, ancient medicines, and your feminine power.Â
Through healing + heart-opening San Pedro ceremonies, cacao ritual, womb teachings, shamanic cleansings, and immersion in nature, we journey through the layers of grief, heartbreak, and disconnection - returning to softness, self-trust, self-love and creative power.
This retreat honors the feminine path of transformation: from pain into power, from loss into renewal, from closing into opening.
Early bird price until September 15, 2026
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Learn more!Client Testimonials:
Kirsten, 2026
"Never in my life have I felt so held in a ceremony than I did with Katie. Soo intuitive, so kind and caring, I truly felt like she was really actually blessing me with her words, actions, touch, and space holding. It was like a kind of mothering in a way that I’ve needed my entire life.
The songs, the changing up of instruments, the fire keeping; so so so beautiful. Forever grateful.
I deeply needed this.
And the scenery; the way Ecuador and all its animals hold you is nothing like I’ve ever experienced in my life. So beautiful so grateful🙏"
Rosalin, 2025
"A sincere thanks to Katie and Miguel. Katie was incredibly hospitable, patient, attentive and kind. Im not sure I knew what “holding space” really looked like before her example. I am grateful for my time with her. Her expertise added value to my life. Her patience and complete lack of judgement was like nothing I had experienced in a very long time. I was not sure what to expect from a plant medicine retreat, but I am glad I participated and I hope to participate again one day, when the need comes. For now, I have a clearer path. Thank you Katie. Your work is important."
Madleen, 2025
"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 ceremonies I couldn’t help but just be in awe of the both of them for how well they held the space together."
Natalie, 2025
"My retreat with Allpa Mama Healing was truly beautiful. The setting was breathtaking, with a comfortable home nestled among stunning mountains, creating the perfect space for deep healing. Every detail was thoughtfully curated, from the fresh and delicious food to the warm and welcoming atmosphere.
Katie is an incredible guide—knowledgeable, patient, and deeply connected to the work she does. She creates a space that is both safe and sacred, ensuring that each ceremony is powerful and deeply meaningful. Her flexibility and genuine care make the experience even more special.
If you’re looking for an authentic, transformative, and healing journey, I highly recommend Allpa Mama Healing. It was an experience I will always cherish."
Sam, 2025
"This was my first healing retreat and maybe the best thing I've ever gifted myself. Katie and Miguel are so kind, humble, and deeply present with each person's unique journey. I felt so safe, held and loved, and realized a profound well of love, clarity, joy, and trust within myself like I've never felt before. What a relief to shed the heaviness I'd been carrying, to receive so much nourishment. Do yourself a favor and go if you feel called ;) it will be so rewarding."
About the Plant Medicines
The sacred plant medicines we work with—Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Wilka—are ancient teachers of the Andes and Amazon. Each carries a distinct spirit and purpose, yet all guide us toward healing, remembrance, and reconnection with nature.
🌿San Pedro
San Pedro, also known as Huachuma or Aguacolla, is often seen as a grandfatherly spirit. The name San Pedro was given by the Spanish after the Apostle Peter, because he holds the keys to the kingdom of heaven. This plant has been used for thousands of years in the Andes for healing, vision, and spiritual awakening. He opens the heart, quiets the mind, and connects you deeply to nature, your soul, and the divine. He opens our energy channels so that we can see our life in a different way, and positive spirits and energies can come in to work and heal physical, mental and spiritual health imbalances and illnesses.
San Pedro gently guides you to release emotional blocks, see with clarity, and remember your true essence. This sacred plant spirit works on every level — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual — gently cleansing heavy energies, opening the heart, releasing old wounds, and restoring harmony to the soul. Ceremonies are held in a safe, respectful way, honoring ancestral traditions and the wisdom of the plants. Each journey is unique, offering powerful insight, healing and connection.
🌿Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca is a sacred Amazonian medicine known as the vine of the soul, revered for her ability to heal, awaken, and reconnect us to our true essence.
This powerful plant spirit works on every level — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual — cleansing heavy energies, releasing trauma, and restoring harmony to the heart.
At Allpa Mama Healing, Ayahuasca is offered within traditional frameworks of prayer, icaros (healing songs), and plant allies, creating a space for deep transformation and integration.
Through her guidance, we are invited to see ourselves clearly, to let go of what no longer serves, and to remember the beauty and wisdom that have always lived within.
🌿Wilka
Wilka (also spelled Huilka or Vilca) is a sacred Andean plant medicine derived from the seeds and ashes of a tree native to the highlands. Traditionally administered as a powder snuff, she carries powerful visionary potential, often offering geometric visions, deep clarity, and intense purification. Regarded as one of the most sacred power plants, in Incan times Wilka was reserved for healers and those of high spiritual lineage, believed capable of healing terminal conditions, addiction, and guiding rebirth in life’s transformations. Her spirit is often seen with a feminine, maternal presence, inviting a commitment to greater love, discipline, and integrity in all areas of life. Though the journey with Wilka can be intense and cleansing — including physical purge — its medicines illuminate what must change for us to live more fully.
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The Way We Work
Our approach honors traditional Andean and Amazonian lineages while creating a grounded, safe space for personal healing. Every retreat includes limpias, plant baths, fire rituals, and integration practices to help you prepare, receive, and embody the teachings of the plants. We keep our groups small—six guests maximum—to ensure each person receives the care, attention, and energetic support they need.
These medicines are not a shortcut or an escape—they are a sacred mirror, showing us what is ready to be healed and guiding us back to the wisdom that already lives within.
