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 directly from the light and knowledge blessings that come from devotional meditation.  His icaros carry the vibration of his profound devotion to prayer and are magnificent echos of the deep knowledge and love that resides within the natural world and within all of us. He is a lovely, humble person, always with a ready giggle, and in our opinion he is truly one of the last living maestros who carry the ancient Shipibo understandings of sacred spiritual knowledge.

Today Pedro is grandfather to a large family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who mostly live in a small community called San Palla on the upper Ucayali river.  He is very happy to spend time with us at Caya Shobo and loves to experience the sense of family and community here, especially the way that we take care of him and of one another.  We invite you to experience the rare gift of receiving a personal treatment from this beautiful maestro at one of Caya Shobo’s plant dieta retreats.