Reshin Nika Traditional Shipibo Ayahuasca Retreat & Master Plant Healing Center is located in the dense jungle, 1 hour NW from Pucallpa, Peru, in the Santa Clara de Ucayali Region

We offer deep healing work with Ayahuasca and Master Plants, supporting both personal therapeutic healing and shamanic apprenticeship. This work reaches the roots of trauma, imbalance, emotional and mental disorders, and physical illness, while also cultivating inner wisdom, clarity, and spiritual awakening.

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A Path of Self-Discovery and Healing in a Nurturing Jungle Sanctuary

Establishing a respectful bond with a plant spirit enables it to share its teachings, and wisdom. Trust its guidance & protection, it will equip you with tools to maintain alignment and good health as you navigate your life journey.

Guided by traditional ancestral wisdom, Shipibo Maestro Reshin Nika invites you to a healing journey with the Master Plants— awakening body, mind, and spirit through the ancient art of energetic diagnosis and plant dieta.

We have room for 5 guests at this time. It’s currently in its early stages of development and continues to expand. At present, 5 of the 10 casitas (Tambo Huts) have been completed. Each casita is equipped with electricity and cell phone service; however, we encourage limited use of phones and computers to help set aside the noise of the outside world, turn inward, and connect with your inner wisdom and the teachings of the plants.

The casitas are each fully enclosed with mosquito netting and include a bed with a netted canopy, a flushing toilet, a shower, a sink, and filtered drinking water—providing essential comfort and protection while living in the jungle. This simple yet supportive setup allows for extended periods of solitude, helping you connect deeply with your prescribed master plant(s) while remaining sheltered from the elements

Currently, ceremonies take place in the kitchen hall. Plans are underway to construct a larger Moloka as additional funds are raised, which includes the contributions from guests attending retreats and dietas. We hope to complete this new ceremonial space by 2026.

If you feel like going for a walk and exploring the area, there’s another center about 15 minutes down the road where you can enjoy fresh coconut drinks. They offer shaded tables and brief access to Wi-Fi if you need to use your computer. They also have a rescued pet boar—saved from a forest fire—who is very friendly and absolutely adorable. And the town of San Francisco is 30 minutes away.

A center rooted in Shipibo Ancestral ways

Reshin Nika honors the sacred ways of his lineage, upholding the integrity of Shipibo shamanic healing through devotion, discipline, and love for the medicine. Within the lush embrace of the jungle, you are invited to reconnect with the natural world and your inner self through ceremonies that are held with care, precision, and reverence.

This is not a luxury retreat, nor a space centered on constant guidance or reassurance. It operates according to cultural and ceremonial practices passed down through many generations. Guests live alongside the Shipibo family, moving within their rhythms, values, and way of life—an experience that may feel very different from modern Western-style retreats.

Our structure is rooted in traditional dieta practices that emphasize solitude with the plants, allowing deep and lasting healing, spiritual awakening, and shamanic initiation to unfold at the root level. Through this process, forms of shamanic insight and resilience are transmitted that transcend language.

Maestro Reshin Nika is present and attentive throughout the process and available when support is genuinely needed. At the same time, this work is not structured around constant dialogue or daily questioning. Participants are asked to cultivate discernment, patience, and trust in the plants, allowing insights and guidance to arise organically rather than through continual external reassurance.

Participants are expected to approach this experience with humility, respect, and personal responsibility. Entitlement, excessive demands, or disrespect toward the family, the medicine, or the process is deeply disruptive to the integrity of the work and the culture that holds it. This path calls for maturity, adaptability, and reverence for traditions that are not here to conform, but to be honored.

The more time spent in quiet reflection and intentional isolation, the stronger one’s bond with the plants becomes—amplifying healing and insight in ways that unfold naturally, powerfully, and beyond expectation.

With Maestro Reshin Nika, a highly gifted practitioner of the Shipibo lineage, this work is held with deep experience and care. True health is the foundation of an abundant life, and this path offers the conditions for profound and lasting transformation.

Personalized Healing and Sacred Connection

Healing is never one-size-fits-all. Reshin Nika offers one-on-one attention to each guest, both in and out of ceremony; participants may reach out to Reshin Nika for guidance as experiences arise, and he makes himself available for consultation a few times each week.

At the same time, this is not a setting where constant reassurance or daily contact is provided. We ask that all participants approach this work with maturity, personal responsibility, and respect for healthy boundaries, honoring Reshin Nika’s time, energy, and role as a Maestro.

In ceremony, and working with the master plants under his guidence, allows for a deeper relationship with the plants and with your own inner process. His icaros—sacred healing songs—are sung directly to your spirit, guiding and supporting your work in the unseen realms.

A Safe and Nurturing Container

The healing path can be intense and mysterious. At the center, you are held in a compassionate and protected space—like a spiritual womb—where transformation can unfold safely. With humility and heart, Reshin Nika and his family offer their presence and support every step of the way. His wife is in every ceremony, often with his daughters as well. Most his family onsite are woman, including his mother, female travelers are safe here.

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Jungle Sounds & Environment

Life in the jungle is rich with sound. At night, you’ll hear crickets, insects, birds, and other natural rhythms of the forest. Occasionally, distant neighbors may play music in the early evening; this typically ends by around 8–9 pm. During the day, you may also hear community announcements made over loudspeakers—this is a common and practical way people communicate in jungle regions. These sounds are part of daily life here and tend to fade into the background as guests settle in. However, we recommend bringing earplugs along with your gear if you are sensitive to noise, or are a light sleeper.

As we are immersed in a natural jungle environment, it is possible for wildlife—such as tarantulas or snakes—to occasionally wander into living spaces. We ask guests to remain aware, keep a flashlight with them after dark, and use a stick to gently guide any creatures back outside if needed, or contact staff for assistance. Awareness and mindfulness are part of living safely and respectfully in the jungle.

Historical Context

The instructions and guidelines provided are based on the Shipibo tradition of working with the medicinal plants and trees of the Amazon. The modern Shipibo diet has been influenced heavily by external forces; consequently, foods such as poultry, pasta, rice, and refined sugar have all become staples over the last few generations. Historically, their primary foods were fish, plantain, a variety of fruits, and to a lesser extent leafy vegetables; in addition, like other indigenous cultures hunting wild game was once more commonly practiced.

The Shipibo also produce a fermented drink known as Masato, whose base ingredient is yucca. From what is known, spices and seasonings such as salt, pepper, and garlic were not part of their diets. Simply put, the ancestors of today’s Shipibo had a simple diet that was ecologically sound for them. They ate and fed their families from what their habitat offered them. Being a communal culture, it was and still is customary for Shipibo families and clans to share their food with each other in the spirit of love and community.

The ancient rain forest is intelligent and alive. It has a memory, and your pre-retreat diet is a direct reflection of the Shipibo ancestral practices for nourishing the body in preparation for the healing journey to come. The Shipibo medicine men (i.e. maestro/shaman/curandero/healer/vegetalista) place a large emphasis on keeping a simple diet in preparation for the journey you are about to embark on.

Ancestors and Lineage

Shipibo shamans rely on how they were taught for setting diet guidelines. There are slight variations based on their unique family lineage. In Maestro Reshin Nika’s case, his first teacher was his maternal grandfather who lived to be 100, Birri Mano, he gave him his shipibo name, “Reshin Nika”.

Shipibo shamanism runs in families, and in this regard, it was common for parents to observe their children to see which of them displayed characteristics that made them candidates to become healers. In many cases the parents or grandparents may receive confirmation of this through visions and dreams. Children who were identified as future shamans would usually begin their preparation as early as 12 or 13 years of age. In this manner, the proper way to work with the medicinal plants and trees is passed on over many years.

Essentially, the proper way to diet is taught but a shaman is also given direct instructions from the healing spirits of the Amazon he works with about how to work with his clients (a.k.a. travelers). This could include information on what foods to feed a client, what medicinal plants or trees to introduce, and as well as what icaros (i.e. sacred songs) he will channel during ceremonies.