Master Shipibo Shamans
Peru's Most Experienced & Dedicated Master Healers
Master Shipibo Shamans
Peru's Most Experienced & Dedicated Master Healers
A special team at the highest level of shamanic expertise...
We are extremely selective when it comes to our master Shipibo shamans (Onányas). We work only with the most senior and accomplished of Onánya shamans. All hail from renowned healing families and have a minimum 25 years experience working with the Shipibo plant medicine tradition.
We also apply continuous rigorous screening (by our experienced co-founders and lead facilitators) to ensure our Shipibo shamans remain active in their Master Plant Dieta practice and their energy is strong and well-aligned. We always provide meaningful support for our shamans when they or their family members need help.
With respect for their tradition and their privacy, here we offer short introductions to these amazing teachers, and our impression of their character and quality as true friends.
We welcome you to experience the remarkable knowledge and way of life of our genuine master Shipibo shamans
We welcome you to experience the remarkable knowledge and way of life of our genuine master Shipibo shamans.
A special team at the highest level of shamanic expertise...
We are extremely selective when it comes to our master Shipibo shamans (Onányas). We work only with the most senior and accomplished of Onánya shamans. All hail from renowned healing families and have a minimum 25 years experience working with the Shipibo plant medicine tradition.
We also apply continuous rigorous screening (by our experienced co-founders and lead facilitators) to ensure our Shipibo shamans remain active in their Master Plant Dieta practice and their energy is strong and well-aligned. We always provide meaningful support for our shamans when they or their family members need help.
With respect for their tradition and their privacy, here we offer short introductions to these amazing teachers, and our impression of their character and quality as true friends.
Discover the healing tradition of master Shipibo shamans
Maestro Walter Martinez
Meeting Walter you immediately recognize his natural warmth and humility as a person, as well as his impressive capability as an experienced maestro Onánya Shipibo shaman.
Born in the small jungle village of Nuevo Loreto in the Imiria National Forest, Walter opened his first Master Plant Dieta at age 15, and learned the ways of traditional Shipibo shamanic healing with his father. Today Walter holds over 40 years of experience working with Ayahuasca and Shipibo Dieta.
His beautiful low tones and variety of melodic Icaros can transport you to a place of peace and reconciliation with your life’s experiences and your healing path. Walter is always solid in the middle of the storm. Over the years he has proven his tireless dedication to helping people.
Walter’s Shipibo name Huesha Mano means World of Happiness.
Maestro Walter Martinez
Meeting Walter you immediately recognize his natural warmth and humility as a person, as well as his impressive capability as an experienced maestro Onánya Shipibo shaman.
Born in the small jungle village of Nuevo Loreto in the Imiria National Forest, Walter opened his first Master Plant Dieta at age 15, and learned the ways of traditional Shipibo shamanic healing with his father. Today Walter holds over 40 years of experience working with Ayahuasca and Shipibo Dieta.
His beautiful low tones and variety of melodic Icaros can transport you to a place of peace and reconciliation with your life’s experiences and your healing path. Walter is always solid in the middle of the storm. Over the years he has proven his tireless dedication to helping people.
Walter’s Shipibo name Huesha Mano means World of Happiness.
Maestro Arturo Izquierdo
We believe Arturo to be one of the most advanced Shipibo shamans working in Peru today. He holds extensive knowledge of traditional Master Plant Dieta healing, and is an excellent teacher of the Shipibo culture, history and cosmo-vision.
Born in a small community village near Atalaya, Arturo grew amongst a family of high master Onánya shamans and Raomi herbalists. He entered his first Dieta at only 8 years old. At age 18 Arturo began holding Ayahuasca Ceremonies for his university professors in Lima where he studied Teaching. Today he brings over 25 years of Shipibo shamanic healing experience to Caya Shobo.
In Arturo’s powerful voice, his beautiful melodies, his vitality, and his calm, self-possessed presence we recognize a person who carries the legacy of the ancient knowledge of his forebears. He is a generous healer, a great friend of the Teacher Plants, and a person with innate grace and intelligence.
We are very happy to have his presence at Caya Shobo and to have him and his family in our hearts as our dear friends.
Maestro Arturo Izquierdo
We believe Arturo to be one of the most advanced Shipibo shamans working in Peru today. He holds extensive knowledge of traditional Master Plant Dieta healing, and is an excellent teacher of the Shipibo culture, history and cosmo-vision.
Born in a small community village near Atalaya, Arturo grew amongst a family of high master Onánya shamans and Raomi herbalists. He entered his first Dieta at only 8 years old. At age 18 Arturo began holding Ayahuasca Ceremonies for his university professors in Lima where he studied Teaching. Today he brings over 25 years of Shipibo shamanic healing experience to Caya Shobo.
In Arturo’s powerful voice, his beautiful melodies, his vitality, and his calm, self-possessed presence we recognize a person who carries the legacy of the ancient knowledge of his forebears. He is a generous healer, a great friend of the Teacher Plants, and a person with innate grace and intelligence.
We are very happy to have his presence at Caya Shobo and to have him and his family in our hearts as our dear friends.
Maestra Lucinda Mahua
Immersed in the Shipibo medicine world her entire life, Maestra Lucinda is the eldest daughter of renowned master Shipibo shaman Pascual Mahua. She was born in the Shipibo village of Paoyhan or “Water of the Pearls” on the banks of the Ucayali river, north of Pucallpa. When just a tiny infant of 4 months old her father opened her first Master Plant Dieta to bring her the high knowledge of the Noya Rao “Tree of light” of her ancestors.
Today Lucinda holds over 40 years of shamanic healing experience. She is a confident and wise Maestra, with a modest nature and a powerful reportoire of Master Plant Dietas. Her Icaros carry the power of her prayer, and her feminine energy of care and compassion evokes a feeling of being embraced in the flow of life. She calls on her deep connections with ally Master Plant spirits to transform and purify your inner world.
Her Shipiba name Cushainbo means Powerful Woman. We are very happy to have her presence, her knowledge, her laughter and her help at Caya Shobo.
Maestra Lucinda Mahua
Immersed in the Shipibo medicine world her entire life, Maestra Lucinda is the eldest daughter of renowned master Shipibo shaman Pascual Mahua. She was born in the Shipibo village of Paoyhan or “Water of the Pearls” on the banks of the Ucayali river, north of Pucallpa. When just a tiny infant of 4 months old her father opened her first Master Plant Dieta to bring her the high knowledge of the Noya Rao “Tree of light” of her ancestors.
Today Lucinda holds over 40 years of shamanic healing experience. She is a confident and wise Maestra, with a modest nature and a powerful reportoire of Master Plant Dietas. Her Icaros carry the power of her prayer, and her feminine energy of care and compassion evokes a feeling of being embraced in the flow of life. She calls on her deep connections with ally Master Plant spirits to transform and purify your inner world.
Her Shipiba name Cushainbo means Powerful Woman. We are very happy to have her presence, her knowledge, her laughter and her help at Caya Shobo.
The maestros carry a warmth of presence and a power of pointed focus… the medicine they carry penetrates deeply."
Susannah G
Read about the Master Plants our Shipibo shamans work with
Maestra Maricela Rios Inuma
Maestra Maricela is a highly experienced master Shipiba shaman (Onánya) and Raomi herbalist. Born in the Alto Ucayali river village of Roya, her father Nicolas Vardales is a well known Onánya with a strong shamanic lineage. At age 13, Maricela entered Master Plant Dieta treatment for some health issues of her own. She continued learning with master Teacher Plants until she began working with Ayahuasca in her early 30’s.
Today Maricela holds over 25 years of healing experience. Her Icaros in Ayahuasca Ceremony fill the Maloka with joy. Maricela is also a confident and articulate speaker, generous in sharing her knowledge of the healing and spiritual properties of the Amazon plant medicines.
Her Shipiba name Aincaisina means Wise Young Girl. We feel fortunate to know Maricela and to have her support and also that of her family.
Maestra Maricela Rios Inuma
Maestra Maricela is a highly experienced master Shipiba shaman (Onánya) and Raomi herbalist. Born in the Alto Ucayali river village of Roya, her father Nicolas Vardales is a well known Onánya with a strong shamanic lineage. At age 13, Maricela entered Master Plant Dieta treatment for some health issues of her own. She continued learning with master Teacher Plants until she began working with Ayahuasca in her early 30’s.
Today Maricela holds over 25 years of healing experience. Her Icaros in Ayahuasca Ceremony fill the Maloka with joy. Maricela is also a confident and articulate speaker, generous in sharing her knowledge of the healing and spiritual properties of the Amazon plant medicines.
Her Shipiba name Aincaisina means Wise Young Girl. We feel fortunate to know Maricela and to have her support and also that of her family.
Onánya Miguel
Miguel is a highly experienced and respected Ayahuasca curandero, born in Chile. He began working with Amazonian plant medicines in 1997, initially studying with renowned indigenous maestros in the Quechua-Lamista and Mestizo traditions in Peru and Brazil, including Don Jose Campos, Ronnie Rengifo and Don Solon Tello Lozano.
In 2009, when confronted with his own health problems, he discovered the depth and potency of the Shipibo healing tradition. He has since focused on working with the knowledge and healing power of this tradition. Miguel is one of the original co-founders of Caya Shobo.
“People often ask me how to do Master Plant Dieta, how to get the most from it. For me the correct question is Why we Diet. On the path of personal transformation you will confront many questions and much doubt about your process. Ultimately the most important understanding is that change needs to happen. Learn to observe the energies and thoughts arising. Little by little as you proceed in your journey your questions will be answered.” Miguel
Onánya Miguel
Miguel is a highly experienced and respected Ayahuasca curandero, born in Chile. He began working with Amazonian plant medicines in 1997, initially studying with renowned indigenous maestros in the Quechua-Lamista and Mestizo traditions in Peru and Brazil, including Don Jose Campos, Ronnie Rengifo and Don Solon Tello Lozano.
In 2009, when confronted with his own health problems, he discovered the depth and potency of the Shipibo healing tradition. He has since focused on working with the knowledge and healing power of this tradition. Miguel is one of the original co-founders of Caya Shobo.
“People often ask me how to do Master Plant Dieta, how to get the most from it. For me the correct question is Why we Diet. On the path of personal transformation you will confront many questions and much doubt about your process. Ultimately the most important understanding is that change needs to happen. Learn to observe the energies and thoughts arising. Little by little as you proceed in your journey your questions will be answered.” Miguel
It's a rare privilege to work with Shipibo shamans that are so pure-hearted, dedicated, and experienced."
Zylon T
Find out how Shipibo shamans develop their Icaro healing songs
Maestra Dominga Vargas
Maestra Dominga is Maestro Arturo’s aunt. Like Arturo she grew surrounded by high master shaman Onanya healers on both sides of her family. Despite her grandmother’s fears, she insisted on opening her first Master Plant Dieta at age 8 with Marosa. Today she holds over 40 years of experience as an Onánya Shipibo shaman.
Growing in Atalaya not far from the foothills of the Andes mountains, Maestra Dominga has an affinity for some of the the higher altitude Master Plants of Peru, including Coca, Santa Matico and Planta de la Vida. Like many of the traditional Quechua songs of the Andes, Dominga’s Icaros often invoke the beauty and healing power of pacha-mama (Mother Earth), her elements, perfumes and wonders.
Diminutive in size, but not in power, Dominga is a highly experienced Onánya with a wealth of knowledge about the healing power of Master Plants. Many other healers seek her guidance regarding the best plants to treat different diseases. We are grateful for her presence and appreciate her support at Caya Shobo.
Maestra Dominga Vargas
Maestra Dominga is Maestro Arturo’s aunt. Like Arturo she grew surrounded by high master shaman Onanya healers on both sides of her family. Despite her grandmother’s fears, she insisted on opening her first Master Plant Dieta at age 8 with Marosa. Today she holds over 40 years of experience as an Onánya Shipibo shaman.
Growing in Atalaya not far from the foothills of the Andes mountains, Maestra Dominga has an affinity for some of the the higher altitude Master Plants of Peru, including Coca, Santa Matico and Planta de la Vida. Like many of the traditional Quechua songs of the Andes, Dominga’s Icaros often invoke the beauty and healing power of pacha-mama (Mother Earth), her elements, perfumes and wonders.
Diminutive in size, but not in power, Dominga is a highly experienced Onánya with a wealth of knowledge about the healing power of Master Plants. Many other healers seek her guidance regarding the best plants to treat different diseases. We are grateful for her presence and appreciate her support at Caya Shobo.
Maestro Pedro Pacaya
Maestro Pedro sadly passed in 2024. We present his bio here as a tribute to the profound and lasting impact he had on Caya Shobo’s story and energy.
Pedro was born in the 1940s into a small nomadic Shipibo-Conibo tribe in the lower Ucayali region. As a young man he lost his first infant child to disease. This tragedy inspired him to embark on a lifetime of learning about healing with Icaros, prayer and Amazonian plant medicines.
Maestro Pedro began his studies with Quechua and Mestizo healers in the Ucayali region. He soon dedicated himself to learning directly from the light and power of prayer. His stunning Icaros carried the vibration of his devotion and were like echos of the deep love residing in the natural world and in all of us. We believe he was one of the last maestro Shipibo shamans to truly embody ancient Shipibo wisdom.
Pedro was grandfather to a large family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed his times with us at Caya Shobo and loved to experience the sense of family and community here. His song, his giggle and his smile is dearly missed and will be forever cherished in our hearts.
Maestro Pedro Pacaya
Maestro Pedro sadly passed in 2024. We present his bio here as a tribute to the profound and lasting impact he had on Caya Shobo’s story and energy.
Pedro was born in the 1940s into a small nomadic Shipibo-Conibo tribe in the lower Ucayali region. As a young man he lost his first infant child to disease. This tragedy inspired him to embark on a lifetime of learning about healing with Icaros, prayer and Amazonian plant medicines.
Maestro Pedro began his studies with Quechua and Mestizo healers in the Ucayali region. He soon dedicated himself to learning directly from the light and power of prayer. His stunning Icaros carried the vibration of his devotion and were like echos of the deep love residing in the natural world and in all of us. We believe he was one of the last maestro Shipibo shamans to truly embody ancient Shipibo wisdom.
Pedro was grandfather to a large family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed his times with us at Caya Shobo and loved to experience the sense of family and community here. His song, his giggle and his smile is dearly missed and will be forever cherished in our hearts.
Discover how our master Onánya Shipibo shamans can help you heal
Becky (BSc, MAF)
Caya Shobo co-founder Becky has immersed herself in a path of learning with the Shipibo plant medicine tradition since 2008. She has dieted many master plants under the guidance of high-level Shipibo maestro and maestra Onányas and supported many others on their journeys of healing with Ayahuasca and master plant Dieta. For more than 10 years Becky has also worked as an apprentice curandera of the Shipibo tradition and sometimes holds small ceremonial gatherings for committed dieters of the Caya Shobo community. “For me, the whole point of plant medicine healing is to remember who we truly are – sacred…
Dr Rickard Elmore (PhD)
Rickard Elmore, PhD renowned treatment Strategist and Integrationist has been guiding people on Psychedelic Retreats for over 2 decades. He has found that preparation, setting, and integration have been the key for so many people finding their path with these medicines. In his own words “I want people to have an authentic experience of learning from the plants and healers themselves”. Everyone can enjoy as there is no requirement to consume hallucinogens. The retreat itself will be healing enough and traditionally there is no need for the participant to consume Ayahuasca in order to experience the healing from any of…
Flor
Flor has been following the Shipibo medicine tradition and dieting master plants since 2014. She has been a facilitator at Caya Shobo for the past three years and is very happy to offer her help to support people interested in learning the Shipibo dieting tradition.
Franziska
Franziska is a member of the core leadership team of Caya Shobo, and has been an important host, facilitator and guide for our international medicine community since 2015. She is a mother and an artist and holds a diploma in Arts Therapy from the University of Applied Science and Arts in Ottersverg. Franziska grew up in Germany spending most of her time in nature and developing a deep love of plants and ecology, and in her adult life has pursued learning in a vast array of healing and spiritual disciplines. She has been dieting master plants since 2015 and is…
Jen (MFT)
As a lead facilitator at Caya Shobo, Jen brings immense professionalism and expertise from her many years working as a Berkeley psychotherapist, helping people in spiritual emergence and spiritual crisis, or integrating different states of consciousness from entheogenic encounters, and also helping those dealing with trauma and PTSD. Jen holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from UCSC and a Masters in Somatic Psychotherapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and has over 10 years of experience working with Ayahuasca and the Shipibo plant medicine healing tradition. Her approach is holistic, relational, and body-centered. Her work draws from her training…
Juan Carlos Taminchi
Juan Carlos Taminchi started drawing and painting at the age of 8, expressing his passion for the natural environment and its influence on his imagination and dreams. Later, in seeking to develop his artistic skills he discovered the sacred Amazonian medicine plants and the path of shamanism which allowed him to more deeply access his inner visionary worlds and to form his own unique style and philosophy of expression. The brilliant and impactful quality of his paintings reflect his sensitive connection with all of nature, of the energetic vibrations of the Earth, of the guardian spirits that live in every place, and…
Luis Tamani Amasifuen
Luis Tamani is one of Peru’s pre-eminent visionary artists who grew up on the banks of the Ucayali River near Pucallpa, surrounded by a rainforest wonderland of plants, trees, animals and birds, and immersed in the medicine world of Ayahuasca from a young age. He studied Art at the Eduardo Meza Saravia Escuela Superior de Formacion Artistica in Pucallpa, whose Shipibo founder Sr Meza was one of the greatest proponents of Amazonian painting and a teacher of the Neo-Amazonico, figurative, surrealist, shamanic style. Tamani’s work incorporates an exquisitely fine detail of brush and the use of naturalistic colours and composition…
Maestra Lucinda Mahua Campos
Maestra Lucinda is the eldest daughter of renowned Shipibo maestro Pascual Mahua Ochavano, born in the Shipibo village of Paoyhan or ‘Water of the Pearls’ located on the banks of the beautiful Ucayali river, north of Pucallpa. Lucinda has been immersed in the medicine world of her family her entire life – since she was a tiny infant of 4 months old when her father opened her first learning dieta to bring her the advanced knowledge of the “tree of light” of her ancestors. Now 57 years old, Lucinda is a confident and intelligent maestra, with a sweet and modest nature and…
Maestra Maricela Rios Inuma
Maestra Maricela was born in the Alto Ucayali river village of Roya, south of Pucallpa. Her father Nicolas Vardales is a well known Shipibo medicine man with a strong famileal lineage of medicine knowledge. At 13 years old, in receiving treatment for some serious health issues of her own, Maricela started to learn about the healing properties of Amazonian medicine plants. She continued dieting with different master plants until she started her learning path with Ayahuasca in her early 30’s. Now 46 years old, Maricela is an experienced Shipiba Maestra of high level. When she starts to sing in the Ceremony it is as if a rare and beautiful bird from the jungle emerges in her…
Maestro Arturo Izquierdo Valles
Born in a small native community village down-river from Atalaya, Arturo started learning the medicine path at a very young age (under 10 yrs old) from his mother and father who are both Maestro Onánya healers of the Shipibo tradition. By age 18, while studying Teaching at university in Lima, Arturo was already holding healing ceremonies for his university professors. Now in his early 40s, we believe Arturo is one of the most talented young Shipibo Maestros working in Peru today. Arturo holds an advanced technical knowledge of Shipibo healing and medicine plant dietas. He is an excellent teacher of the Shipibo culture, history…
Maestro Francisco Vasquez
Maestro Francisco has been working with the Shipibo medicine path since his early 40’s, and is now 65 years old. Although he started his learning later than most, Francisco has rapidly progressed to become a truly high level, mature Maestro of the Shipibo tradition. His beautiful Icaros are sung in the more traditional and deeply poetic ‘Shirobehua’ style, where Francisco’s energy of happiness and hopefulness radiates out to eclipse negative energies in the Ceremony. He is always calm and solid in the middle of the storm. Francisco has experience working with several different Ayahuasca centres in Iquitos and Pucallpa. He is friendly and open and enjoys sharing stories and…
Maestro Miguel
Miguel is an experienced and highly respected Ayahuasca Curandero from Chile, who began working with Amazonian plant medicine healing 23 years ago. He initially studied with renowned indigenous maestros in the Quechua-Lamista and Mestizo traditions in Peru and Brazil, including Don Jose Campos, Ronnie Rengifo and Don Solon Tello Lozano. In 2008, when confronted with the challenge of healing his own respiratory problems, he discovered the depth and potency of the Shipibo medicine tradition and since then has primarily focused his shamanic healing work on utilizing the knowledge, power and tools of this tradition. Miguel is one of the co-founders…
Maestro Pablo Bardales
As a teenager, Pablo felt the call of the medicine, but without access to knowledgeable teachers in his own family or community, he pursued his own learning path with Ayahuasca in the way of the ancient Shipibo Maestros – by entering the jungle alone and following the call of the plants in isolation dieta. Now 45 years old, Pablo is an experienced Maestro who holds an enormous capacity for empathy. When he sings for you, you feel his song in your heart and you feel his unmistakable love, and there is a profound sense that here is a Maestro who knows exactly how you feel. Pablo has…
Maestro Pedro Pacaya
Maestro Pedro was born in the 1940s into a small nomadic Shipibo-Conibo tribe that moved throughout the lower Ucayali region in Peru. As a young man he suffered the loss of his first infant child to disease, and this tragedy inspired him to embark on what has become a lifetime of learning about healing with the power of icaro, prayer and the medicine plants. Maestro Pedro began his studies with leading Quechua and Mestizo healers from the Ucayali region, but he soon decided that the most integral path for him was to dedicate himself to the power of prayer, learning…
Maestro Rafael Garcia
Rafael was born into a family of Ayahuasca Curandero Medicos in the Shipibo village of Santa Rosa de Dinamarca, 5 hours journey by riverboat to the south of Pucallpa. Growing up immersed in the world of Ayahuasca, Rafael observed his parents and the men and women of his extended family always working in healing ceremonies and guiding plant dietas. At the age of 18, his curiosity to learn more about this path inspired him to open his first plant dieta, and he has since been learning and dieting with different master plants over the past 14 years. Now 32 years old,…
Maestro Walter Martinez Guimaray
Born in the small jungle village of Nuevo Loreto, 3 hours boat journey from Pucallpa in the Imiria National Forest, Maestro Walter opened his first dieta at age 15, and learned the way of the medicine with his father. He is now 63 years old, and lives close to Iquitos with his wife and 5 of his children. We met Walter 4 years ago and immediately recognized his natural warmth and humility as a person, as well as his impressive capability as a Maestro healer. His beautiful, lower toned voice and variety of melodic Icaros can transport you to an…
Patricia White Buffalo B.S.
Patricia combines her Shamanic tradition with her professional training as a teacher, therapist, energy practitioner and musician to guide and heal others for personal and planetary transformation. Patricia began with traditional training at San Jose State University in Psychology, and then trained in Hands-on Healing and Transpersonal Psychology with the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. She’s also a graduate of The Center for Intentional Living training in Early Childhood Development, and The Core Energetic Institute specializing in body-psycho-therapy. In addition, a member of Siddha Yoga for 24 years she shares her devotional practice of divine worshiping (Bhakti) in the form…
Paula Hansen
Paula has been dedicated to the path of healing and transformation for over 35 years, and brings the compassion and insight she has gained to her work as a healer. Paula is an artist, with a Masters in Fine Arts, and is passionate about the creative spirit. She graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Energy Healing and completed a 4-year training in Core Energetics. Paula certified as a Hypnotherapist and Life Coach, and has studied Voice Dialog with Hal and Stone for many years. In addition, Paula is a graduate of Patricia’s program, Walking the Shaman’s Path, and is…
Ruysen Flores Venancino
Ruysen Venancino is a talented and promising young visionary artist who hails from the Ucayali region in Peru and whose paintings powerfully reflect his life experiences growing in the Amazonian rainforest and his spiritual journeys into the magical realms of Ayahuasca. Venancino paints in the classic Neo-Amazonico style and beautifully employs the use of color and light to achieve a serene balance of realism and shamanic mysticism. His work has been exhibited throughout Peru, and online and we look forward to celebrating the development of this bright young talent.
Maestro Arturo Izquierdo
Born in a small native community village down-river from Atalaya, Arturo started learning the medicine path at a very young age (under 10 yrs old) from his mother and father who are both Maestro Onánya healers of the Shipibo tradition. By age 18, while studying Teaching at university in Lima, Arturo was already holding healing ceremonies for his university professors. Now in his early 40s, we believe Arturo is one of the most talented young Shipibo Maestros working in Peru today. Arturo holds an advanced technical knowledge of Shipibo healing and medicine plant dietas. He is an excellent teacher of the Shipibo culture, history…
Maestro Walter Martinez
Born in the small jungle village of Nuevo Loreto, 3 hours boat journey from Pucallpa in the Imiria National Forest, Maestro Walter opened his first dieta at age 15, and learned the way of the medicine with his father. He is now 63 years old, and lives close to Iquitos with his wife and 5 of his children. We met Walter 4 years ago and immediately recognized his natural warmth and humility as a person, as well as his impressive capability as a Maestro healer. His beautiful, lower toned voice and variety of melodic Icaros can transport you to an amazing place of peace and reconciliation…