The Shipibo tradition is a profoundly effective healing tradition, developed over thousands of years of evolutionary learning.
Shipibo Healing Modalities
Shipibo traditional healing comprises 4 principal healing modalities. These are all centred on working with the healing power of Amazonian plant medicines:
- Herbalism – natural remedies to treat the body
- Midwifery – supporting and nurturing new life
- Osteopathy – re-aligning the body’s form
- Shamanism – deeply healing and restoring harmony to body, mind, heart and spirit
In the Shipibo tradition, healing is founded on the view that nature has both physical and spiritual (or energetic) essence. And that by connecting with the sacred wisdom residing in nature we can find better health and harmony in all aspects of our life.
Shipibo Healing Modalities
Shipibo traditional healing comprises 4 principal healing modalities. These are all centred on working with the healing power of Amazonian plant medicines:
- Herbalism – natural remedies to treat the body
- Midwifery – supporting and nurturing new life
- Osteopathy – re-aligning the body’s form
- Shamanism – deeply healing and restoring harmony to body, mind, heart and spirit
In the Shipibo tradition, healing is founded on the view that nature has both physical and spiritual (or energetic) essence. And that by connecting with the sacred wisdom residing in nature we can find better health and harmony in all aspects of our life.
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Shipibo Shamanic Healing
Shipibo shamans are recognized for holding the most advanced traditional knowledge for healing with Ayahuasca and other Amazonian plant medicines.
Ayahuasca is the sacred “heart of life” for Shipibo people. It is a shamanic medicine that can awaken a profound experience of our essential nature, and bring back lost memories that can help us heal.
Shipibo shamans also work with other Master Plants to achieve deeper, more sustained healing for your whole being – body, mind, heart and spirit.
Unlike other indigenous shamanic traditions, Shipibo shamans receive their most important healing skills, visions and songs (Icaros) directly from the plants. This happens during the disciplined traditional shamanic practice of Master Plant Dieta (Sama).
Shipibo Shamanic Healing
Shipibo shamans are recognized for holding the most advanced traditional knowledge for healing with Ayahuasca and other Amazonian plant medicines.
Ayahuasca is the sacred “heart of life” for Shipibo people. It is a shamanic medicine that can awaken a profound experience of our essential nature, and bring back lost memories that can help us heal.
Shipibo shamans also work with other Master Plants to achieve deeper, more sustained healing for your whole being – body, mind, heart and spirit.
Unlike other indigenous shamanic traditions, Shipibo shamans receive their most important healing skills, visions and songs (Icaros) directly from the plants. This happens during the disciplined traditional shamanic practice of Master Plant Dieta (Sama).
Caya Shobo is a center with high integrity that focuses on true healing and learning.
If you are serious about traditional healing and learning with plant medicine this is the place to go."
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Master Plants of the Amazon
For millennia, Shipibo traditional healers have worked with Amazonian plant medicines to safely and effectively treat illness.
For Shipibo shamans, health is innately holistic. Physical health is inextricably interwoven with emotional and psychological health. It is also connected with spiritual well-being and our place in community.
Master Plants are a special class of Amazonian plant medicines that Shipibo shamans work with to bring deeper healing to your whole being. These special plants are believed to be sacred Teachers of nature’s most essential spiritual wisdoms.
Master Plants of the Amazon
For millennia, Shipibo traditional healers have worked with Amazonian plant medicines to safely and effectively treat illness.
For Shipibo shamans, health is innately holistic. Physical health is inextricably interwoven with emotional and psychological health. It is also connected with spiritual well-being and our place in community.
Master Plants are a special class of Amazonian plant medicines that Shipibo shamans work with to bring deeper healing to your whole being. These special plants are believed to be sacred Teachers of nature’s most essential spiritual wisdoms.
Natural Remedies (Rao)
In day-to-day life in the rainforest, Shipibo people use many natural remedies to strengthen and enhance their physical health.
Remedial healing is the traditional knowledge-sphere of the Shipibo herbal specialist (Raomi). The Raomi prepares remedies in the form of infusions, extracts, salves, poultices, vapor baths, skin washes, etc. Each natural remedy is prepared according to the unique healing needs of each person.
During an Ayahuasca Retreat at Caya Shobo you can try some common traditional Shipibo remedies. Energy-cleansing flower baths, clarifying eye-drops and sinus flush are all freshly prepared by our in-house natural remedy specialist.
Natural Remedies (Rao)
In day-to-day life in the rainforest, Shipibo people use many natural remedies to strengthen and enhance their physical health.
Remedial healing is the traditional knowledge-sphere of the Shipibo herbal specialist (Raomi). The Raomi prepares remedies in the form of infusions, extracts, salves, poultices, vapor baths, skin washes, etc. Each natural remedy is prepared according to the unique healing needs of each person.
During an Ayahuasca Retreat at Caya Shobo you can try some common traditional Shipibo remedies. Energy-cleansing flower baths, clarifying eye-drops and sinus flush are all freshly prepared by our in-house natural remedy specialist.
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Find out how Shipibo shamans work with Amazonian Master Plants for deeper, more sustained healing results. Master Plant Dieta is a practice that can facilitate the profound personal transformations required for learning Shipibo shamanism…
Our Focus on Deep Healing
At Caya Shobo, we are dedicated to providing a sanctuary where real healing can happen in the traditional way of the Shipibo shamans.
Healing in traditional Shipibo shamanism involves careful attention to “energies” that may arise during the Ayahuasca ceremonies and Master Plant Dieta process. Such energies are not considered in western allopathic medicine. But they can often be strongly sensed or “seen” by a skilled Onánya shaman.
We know it’s essential to ensure a stable energetic container so you are safe to go deep in your healing process. That’s why we limit our Ayahuasca Retreat groups to a maximum of 12 guests. It’s also why we work with personalized Master Plant Dieta practice. Because the shamans can deepen your healing with the help of the Master Plant energies growing within you.
Our Focus on Deep Healing
At Caya Shobo, we are dedicated to providing a sanctuary where real healing can happen in the traditional way of the Shipibo shamans.
Healing in traditional Shipibo shamanism involves careful attention to “energies” that may arise during the Ayahuasca ceremonies and Master Plant Dieta process. Such energies are not considered in western allopathic medicine. But they can often be strongly sensed or “seen” by a skilled Onánya shaman.
We know it’s essential to ensure a stable energetic container so you are safe to go deep in your healing process. That’s why we limit our Ayahuasca Retreat groups to a maximum of 12 guests. It’s also why we work with personalized Master Plant Dieta practice. Because the shamans can deepen your healing with the help of the Master Plant energies growing within you.
Caya Shobo is authentic, modest and respectful to the tradition they are holding.
They skillfully bridged the gap between the tradition and my western mind that needed to be broken at times, and held gently at others.”
Nick M
Shipibo People & Culture
The 3,000 year old Shipibo culture has endured centuries of influx of foreign cultures, without major disruption to the Shipibo people’s way of life.
Living in the heart of the Amazon rainforest has afforded the Shipibo shamans a unique preservation of their ancestral shamanic knowledge for healing with Ayahuasca and other Amazonian plant medicines.
Perhaps most wondrous and striking about the Shipibo cultural cosmo-vision is their deep relationship with an energetic or spiritual world that exists beyond this physical reality. Thanks to the generosity of many Shipibo shamans (Onányas), Westerners can now directly experience these other “worlds” through their own disciplined practice in accordance with the Shipibo tradition.
We invite you to discover the remarkable culture of these warm and sensitive people, lineage-bearers of a living treasure from the ancient natural world.
Shipibo People & Culture
The 3,000 year old Shipibo culture has endured centuries of influx of foreign cultures, without major disruption to the Shipibo people’s way of life.
Living in the heart of the Amazon rainforest has afforded the Shipibo shamans a unique preservation of their ancestral shamanic knowledge for healing with Ayahuasca and other Amazonian plant medicines.
Perhaps most wondrous and striking about the Shipibo cultural cosmo-vision is their deep relationship with an energetic or spiritual world that exists beyond this physical reality. Thanks to the generosity of many Shipibo shamans (Onányas), Westerners can now directly experience these other “worlds” through their own disciplined practice in accordance with the Shipibo tradition.
We invite you to discover the remarkable culture of these warm and sensitive people, lineage-bearers of a living treasure from the ancient natural world.
Find out more about the Shipibo tradition
Let us know about your healing goals and interest in Shipibo shamanism
Ayahuasca Safety at Caya Shobo
Since 2009 we have been helping folks safely prepare for and experience Ayahuasca and Master Plant Dieta healing. We bring great attention and care to our guests. And we are committed to the tried and true traditions of the Shipibo shamanic healers who hold the most advanced knowledge of Ayahuasca healing.
Discipline & Real Knowledge
Our master Shipibo shamans hold more than 25 years of experience working with Amazonian plants.
Professional Care & Service
Our highly trained team and well-thought out facilities are focused on ensuring your well-being.
Next-level Energetic Sensitivity
Our facilitators engage in long-term Dieta practice in accordance with the Shipibo tradition. We believe this affords us greater sensitivity to your healing process during your Ayahuasca Retreat.
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Ready to experience a traditional Shipibo Ayahuasca Retreat?
Which Master Plants are best for you?
Our Shamans will do an energetic diagnosis of your healing needs during Ayahuasca Ceremony. Information you provide about your health status will also inform their recommendations.
Want to continue Master Plant Dieta at home?
Ready to experience a traditional Shipibo Ayahuasca Retreat?
Want to continue Master Plant Dieta at home?
Which Master Plants are best for you?
Our Shamans will do an energetic diagnosis of your healing needs during Ayahuasca Ceremony. Information you provide about your health status will also inform their recommendations.
