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A.     Your Healing Journey

Apparently, for some of us, it is now:

The time to change, time to transform.

Time to come round, to notice and to make a move.

And yes, time to take more responsibility, time to take action!

If you are coming to Peru—above all—to make a change in your life, and if the transformation you will live here is the very ground of your journey, we prepared this section for you. This trip to one of the world’s most important energy centers becomes a meaningful experience for your inner world—a kind of threshold, a milestone.

Together with you, we work on:

There are patterns you have begun to recognize—ways of being that have been keeping you from certain dreams. You want to change them, transform them, heal them.

You want to gift yourself a Peru journey: to experience the beauty of these lands deeply—and beyond all of that, to return home rested, strengthened, having learned, and in a state that feels like you are beginning again.

You demonstrate your will. You place your will; we show you the way.

We design a program aligned with you and your intention, and we connect you with friends we trust—people we know work with heart and responsibility. What happens here can be very deep, yes—but what matters most is to understand the process, to digest it, and to make it healing. The most critical point of what we offer is the support we give to your preparation and integration. Before, during, and after your journey, you move with our guidance.

A gentle reminder: if you are coming here for healing, even if you will participate in only a single healing work, receiving guidance is of great benefit to your path.

During your stay, we take you to powerful places of perfect silence—places where there is no one around. These are places we cannot escape from ourselves; places where our subtle, hidden thoughts rise to the surface. Places where we can meet our own light and our own shadow with ease. In that silence, the inner voice speaks differently—more clearly, more audibly. Those who know how much altitude and strong places help focus… already know.

If you reach out to us, after our conversations, we can build the program that fits you—together.

Important note: For those who receive accommodation and travel services from us, we do not charge an additional fee for the spiritual guidance we provide.

1.      Holistic Healing

“Dear Human:

You’ve got it all wrong.

You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. This is where you came from and where you’ll return.

You came here to learn personal love.

Universal love.

Messy love.

Sweaty Love.

Crazy love.

Broken love.

Whole love.

Infused with divinity.

Lived through the grace of stumbling.

Demonstrated through the beauty of… messing up.

Often.

You didn’t come here to be perfect, you already are.

You came here to be gorgeously human. Flawed and fabulous.

And rising again into remembering.

But unconditional love? Stop telling that story.

Love in truth doesn’t need any adjectives.

It doesn’t require modifiers.

It doesn’t require the condition of perfection.

It only asks you to show up.

And do your best.

That you stay present and feel fully.

That you shine and fly and laugh and cry and hurt and heal and fall and get back up and play and work and live and die as YOU.

Its enough.

It’s Plenty.”

― Courtney A. Walsh

Healing—throughout history the most essential concern of the one who has lost it—has now become all of our shared concern.

We have reached a time when, as human beings, we find ourselves complaining about the workings of our minds, and our bodies are trying to deliver messages to us. Something happened, and we began to fear life—finding, within life, endless reasons to be afraid. So much so that, especially in this recent chapter of history, instead of loosening our grip on fear, we became its captives. And yet, we are beginning to see this clearly now—and many of us have even started to move.

And here we are, face to face with such a delicate matter: we have begun to seek healing. We are among those who believe healing is not “somewhere” or “in something,” but everywhere and in everything. Our most special service here is to remind you that—so long as we sincerely wish it—healing (if it is meant to be) can be found in each moment of our lives.

The knowledge, experience, and plants held by South America—and Peru in particular—have served many of us, and continue to do so. For some, it seems, the road simply passes through here. The Andes and the Amazon Rainforest host us in this work. And in the Sacred Valley, there lives a community—gathered from all corners of the world—bringing together different teachings and practices.

Those who feel a need, or a call, for support from Peru and its medicinal plants within their inner journey can live experiences here that truly shift a life.

And still, we want to gently remind you: knowledge, when left on its own, does not heal.

With the wish that the information we need comes together with the strength to take responsibility for it,

We wish you a beautiful reading.

2.      You & Vamoss

We know—both from our own personal processes and from the guidance we have been offering since 2012—that those whose inner journey brings them here often live something truly deep.

We walk a shared process with you. Based on the conversations and preparatory work we do before you arrive, we create three programs for you—covering before the trip, the journey itself, and the period after you return. From the very beginning, we stay with you and guide your process.

To understand your intention and strengthen your focus, we do specific practices together. We design dietary programs for you to apply both before and after the journey.

We prepare a mental and physical detox program, and we make space for you to stay in our village throughout the process. We meet your need for a private space—and the needs that come with it—as much as we possibly can.

Vamoss’s experienced kitchen can create genuinely delicious plates even for very restrictive diets. Sharing all our experience on this with you adds joy to our joy. During your stay, alongside your healing and/or learning process, you also receive guidance around nourishing yourself well.

We build a program that includes journeys on challenging routes—routes that lead you to strong places that can support your intention.

We work together so you can face your relationships, learn from the medicines, and do the work you need to do.

We channel what we know from experience, so you can meet the healing connections you need.

And we continue to support you after you return—so that you can preserve the strength and concentration you will need to carry the peace, joy, knowledge, and practices you gained here, responsibly, into your life.

The conversations we hold with you 40 and 10 days before you arrive, and 40 and 90 days after you return, are, in fact, among the most important services we offer.

A note in advance: regarding the post-return conversations, we will expect you to take initiative—to contact us and request an appointment. In the post-diet period especially, you will need to take responsibility in many ways.

A reminder: Vamoss is simply the one holding the space on this path; we support the person who seeks healing in taking responsibility for their intention, and for the experience they live here.

We also want to remind you that all healing works included in the program we prepare for you are offered in the Sacred Valley or the Amazon by people and communities whose experience and heart we trust. Our primary service here is to guide your process—so it becomes stronger, and lasting.

We try to remind you that what “gives” healing is neither Vamoss, nor the Sacred Valley, nor Peru, nor even a plant—that the connections we need live in our own heart, in our breath…

3.      About the Process

It’s possible to understand the inner processes lived here in a simple way, as follows:

During your trip to Peru, you may want to take part in one or a few works with intentions such as: opening the doors of your spirituality, gaining spiritual awareness, releasing a blockage you don’t feel goes very deep, understanding that the mind and the heart function differently, returning to your center, and detoxing.

When you spread the process across at least 10 days, you naturally create a journey that can go deeper. You can move through the phases of meeting, deepening, being able to remember your intention, and—if it is meant to be—cleansing, with more focus.

Those who can dedicate at least two weeks to their inner journey can enter deeper work, trust the flow more, and walk with tighter focus on their intention.

For working deeply with an illness (or illnesses), or with an issue that is visibly creating distress in your life, we may recommend staying longer—or even going into retreat in the Amazon. This becomes clear only after the first conversation.

For those who come to create a medium or long process, a few reminders:

During this period, you are here at work, not on a vacation or rest. The more effort and care you show, the more return you will get from your work.

It is believed to be beneficial to attend at least three ceremonies to achieve a deep awareness. We can think that the first is a meeting, the second is the ability to develop processes/remembering our intention, and the third brings purification and relaxation if we are lucky.

• The first approach we would suggest to you would be not to have any expectations for your experience here. As a result, experiences are personalized and unpredictable. Not controlling the experience during the ceremony, but keeping your perception open and accepting yourself and your experience as you are will help you to go through the ceremony more deeply.

• The greatest preparation you can make for the ceremonies; is to fully implement the diet before and after the ceremony and is to express your intention to yourself and the center you feel inside (to the Creator, Existence, God, Allah, the Universe, Ayahuasca, whatever you feel).

• By starting to take care of yourself early, your body will be more open to communication with Ayahuasca. In this way, Ayahuasca will be able to help you re-acquaint with your body, clear your mind and clean your past blockages more easily.

4.      For whom?

Healing is what we all need; there’s no doubt about it. “We open like onions, layer by layer,” said Diego, a friend. We all need learning, practice, and fulfillment.

There is already a problem or a need, or maybe we see a blocked issue in our lives that we take such a step. Maybe we are coming to Peru because we want to remove something that prevents us from flowing like water, we are reading this text.

We wish a speedy recovery to everyone who receives a message from situations such as the ones below and feels ready to take action and change.

Ugly or unnecessary thoughts are not permanent. If you focus and decide to convert them, they’re probably ready to leave you (reading right now might be a sign!). But let’s give you a tip: One of your thoughts might answer, “No, not now, not from these words you read, let’s see later, the situation is actually not that bad etc.”.

“I’m the boss here!” you should say. You can get away from that thought and create some space to concentrate. (even if for 5 seconds).

Healing is coming, if it is coming, it is coming. Exams keep coming as well. We shouldn’t lose more time while asking where it comes from. We must take responsibility for what comes.

Things get transformed into an interesting journey. Let’s take the responsibility for our lives and move on!

5.      Information That May Be Helpful

For those who feel that the time has come to lift certain blockages—blockages that may have settled in us through birth, culture, family, friends, lovers, or particular moments in life—a call can arrive from Peru, inviting you here to heal and to learn. Because yes: there is a channel here, there is a path here.

A healing process is not a process that aims merely to end symptoms. It aims to understand their causes, and to receive the messages that are trying to reach us. The comprehensive work we walk—mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically—takes place in very sensitive and intimate corners within you, and it creates shifts in your life.

In this section, we try to offer humble information around this deep subject. We wish for everyone to reach the knowledge they need—enough—and to take responsibility for that knowledge.

The information we share here is directed to those who have, even slightly, entered the topic—those who can speak of energies and energy work; those who know that these works can bring real, visible results. This is not a path where someone is convinced, or should be convinced. Everyone’s process unfolds in its own way. Each of us moves into certain connections when the time comes—when it is ready to come.

Our intention here is simply to open a door. If you feel the door opening—and you feel healing entering—then beautiful. You may continue reading.

With the intention of healing,

a)      Source of healing

These are very sensitive issues. Everyone’s beliefs, connections, walkthroughs, and ways of connecting are very personal and unique. It is exceeding our limits to comment on and judge people’s beliefs. Therefore, I must say that I do not find it very appropriate to talk about beliefs with people who are not very close to me. As a matter of fact, many wise people throughout history have said not to come between man and the Creator.

It has been said by all healers throughout history that the real healer is the source of life, the One who created everything, who knows everything, who sees everything, and who is the real source that we cannot fathom. It is also one of the accepted common ideas/feelings that this source exists within (the heart) of each of us. For this reason, we can simply say that we wish from life and from our hearts, but it is possible to express this in many ways.

b)      To be healed

If a person does not live according to their beliefs,

they will begin to believe according to how they live.

Anonymous

To accept all that has happened after our ancestors, families, cultures, all these years of knowledge and relationship. To love the present moment and to return to our center to sow healing seeds for the future, to gather our strength.

To remember, see and acquire that healing is in every moment of life, beyond being in a place, in a person, in a study, in a plant.

Strengthening our relationships with earth, air, water and fire.

Having faith, remembering that life is a safe place.

Taking more responsibility for our lives.

Going beyond living the incoming information in our minds and feeling it in our hearts.

To seek peace.

To be prepared to pay the price. To take the necessary initiative in line with our wishes.

To want, to want with all our heart.

To feel that healing is a way, that the path itself is beautiful, that you feel the peace that comes with making an effort and making progress, albeit slowly.

Learning to move forward without thinking about where we are on the road, how we are according to the people around us, and how the road ends.

To give unconditionally, without calculating, without thinking about when the work we have done, the «pleasure» we have given up for, will turn out to be.

To savor the fact that what we do with healing intentions will benefit us, the whole world maybe in 1 year, maybe 100 years from now, our children, grandchildren, or a person we have never met, and the beauty of the unknowns within this reality.

On the one hand, while taking our own responsibility, on the other hand, getting out of ourselves, feeling the whole and taking responsibility for the whole.

c)      Heal what

We must be patient in the process of healing. It is a distress, illness, repetitive process, that is a stuck energy. When it will come out, then it will come out. We must remember that we are in a healing process flowing towards that moment. We should not fall into anger when we want it to come out and make an effort to get it out. Anger prolongs the process. The moments when we can be with our patience and our breath with concentration are the moments that are healing us.

Nor in the process nor after it, we shouldn’t feel guilty at all. We need to be grateful for all the effort we do. We should intend for more concentration and power for the next chapter, for all future moments.

d)      Responsibility

Do not search to find! But remember, those who find are those who search.

Yunus Emre Hz.

We have both medicinal plants and medicines at our disposal. And yes, we have the power to choose! Here comes the responsibility. We will have to take responsibility and no, there is no need to be afraid.

Responsibility is about intention and effort.

As a result of our experience, we believe that such studies are works that can give miraculous and permanent results when their responsibilities are taken.

Once we have acquired the knowledge of what we need to do—once we have understood it, felt it, and accepted it—the question of what we will do with that knowledge from this point forward requires willpower. Whether we act on it or not, accepting the fact that this knowledge now resides within us, facing the process head-on, and staying committed to it are among our most important responsibilities.

e)      Intention, Diet, and Breath

Based on our experiences at the Vamoss Home, which has been in service since 2013, we have seen that this trio has a very critical place in this process, in fact, they are the engines of the Healing and Learning processes.

We realized that being able to get in touch with medicinal plants and to gain a ton of knowledge but not being able to apply them in our lives creates a great sense of guilt and this time we were buried even more in our minds. We know that information that we do not know how to use so that we are not ready for, is only a burden to us.

This trio is actually our basic needs to get the information we need, to use it correctly and to take responsibility for it.

This trio reminds us what we want, how much we want it, and that we are now ready for the change.

Intention: To understand for what purpose and in which direction we want to go.

Diet: To be able to focus on our intention, to open up a space for our wish to come true, and to show that we are ready to pay the price for it.

Breath: To bring our vibration together with our intention and to summon it to the moment we are in.

f)       To intend

Wondering where the road will lead is a futile endeavor.

You are only responsible for thinking about the first step you will take. The rest will follow naturally.

Şems-i Tebrizi Hz.

Peru and the Sacred Valley ultimately open up a beautiful space for us to remember to desire from the heart, to appreciate the beauty of desire, and to recognize that we have the right to desire. For change to be lasting, we will need to make an effort; we will need to make sacrifices. They give us the strength and focus we need to take responsibility on this journey.

This is a tricky thing to do, but a very good one to learn. It’s a state that we pretend to do but very little (for a very short time and intermittently) in terms of both quantity and quality. In fact, that beautiful moment in which we yearn to stay much stronger and much more time.

It can be frustrating sometimes knowing that we can do anything if we truly and wholeheartedly want it. We must learn to want. We need to be able to say clearly what we want. We need to be thinking about where we want it from. Since we do not know whether the realization of what we want is good for us and for the whole, we have to want for the good of the whole. We have to take the time to ask. We need to and we need to (:

• This is really the hardest part. Finding out what we want, determining our intention and being able to express it clearly is not easy, but it is very important. As we search for our intention, we must review the issues that cross our minds. It can be very useful to have a small notebook to determine our intentions and write down what comes to mind during the process. Taking notes of what we have in mind immediately prevents our confusion and relaxes our minds. When we dig into the problems we experience with the opposite sex, our work, our body, our communication, time and finally ourselves, we come across which blockages we want to clear.

• The final version of our intention should be simple and clear. In the end, the sentence should not contain a past or future tense, a negative word or a suffix. Setting our intention in the present tense stems from our desire to unleash an energy that is already within us.

«I don’t know what to want, please show me what I need. I want to move forward with love, health and peace, I want to learn and be able to apply what I learn. » We can say that such an approach is a very clear and good intention.

The cleanliness of our intentions will be seen by the excitement we feel and the respect and care we will show to our work every time we read the sentence.

To this recipe, which comes from many teachings and our hearts, it is necessary to add the following phrase from Turkish culture: “You can’t say amen to an impossible prayer”. In other words, it is not possible for us to reach information that we are not ready for. It is of course very important that our intentions contain purity and self-knowledge. Otherwise, the person himself does not believe in his own intention, and instead of the quivering excitement we are talking about, he feels guilty inside.

• After our intention is revealed, it is necessary to truly believe and connect to it. It is important that you start working on this before you arrive in Peru, in the Andes. You will need to concentrate and devote time and energy to reminding yourself of your intention. One of the ways to be followed in this regard is as follows:

• Although this work sounds easy, it is a serious discipline job and it can be a difficult point due to the perception of time brought by city life. For this exercise, you will need to set aside 5-20 minutes for yourself every morning when you wake up, after washing your face and warming up your arms and legs, even for 1-2 minutes. In a place where you feel comfortable, you need to sit or lie down symmetrically, in the quietest possible way, accompanied by an alarm that you will set to sound at the end of the time you have given yourself. What you will do is remind yourself of your intention. Your intention will be to take deep breaths after each repetition. At this time, it is very important to watch your breath enter and leave your body. You should imagine that your breath is feeding your heart and body from both the top and root chakras.

Again, pay attention to your inner voice that tells you not to do this, to skip that day, because it hopes that your intention will not come true and that voice will always be working for it. Repeating this exercise in the evenings will strengthen your bond with your intention. Even if you have a friend at home, doing this work will allow you to experience expansions before you even get here. You may even see your wish begin to come true inside. Although such results should not be misleading and indulgent, but give strength: You will have to maintain your will until the end of your work.

You should want your intention to come true, if it is good for you. There is a possibility that the realization of some of our intentions is actually not good for us, and we actually have no idea about it. Therefore, in our opinion, it would be beneficial to add something like “I am ready for this intention to come true, if it is good, please let it be true”.

It is a very complex and deep space that contains infinite information, love and fear-based energies that we enter (we are already in, but can see more clearly with medicines). Our intention plays a very important role in not getting lost inside and not wasting time and energy during the process.

We will talk more about this subject when you come here.

g)      Diet

Each plant has a different way of benefiting people, in other words, each plant has a way of working. Many plants have some demands from us in order to be good for us or to make their effect long-term (somewhat permanent).

The duration and content of the diet we will do varies according to the person who introduces you to the plant, you should get information directly from that person.

Fasting and sticking to the diet are the main activators. Our respect for our diet actually coincides with our self-respect.

h)      Breath

Focusing on our breath is our most valuable asset that makes us and our intentions real, grounding and carrying us to the present moment.

This is the physical activity for bringing our intention to our heart. Does it sound strange? After working with plant medicines or after learning about spiritualism, there is not even one little doubt: Any information we receive, goes first to our heart for a very short time and THEN to our brain. At first, we feel something, but right away our brain starts working and calling worries and creates more thought about the subject.

There, we need to take responsibility and to call the information back to our heart. We want to concentrate, so we need to have an empty stomach and we need to make an effort.

Ohh! There comes the breath. Breath is the connection between our intention and the moment we are in. And breath is a school. We practice to inhale and exhale better and better, we get better and better.

Breathing, which plays a crucial role in many disciplines such as yoga and meditation, is the most powerful driving force that gives us rhythm, strength, and concentration on our journey, enabling us to move toward our goal rather than looking around or straying off course.

Here, we will guide you in greater detail on how to breathe fully and mindfully—especially in a way that reminds you of your intention at those moments when you feel stuck—and we will work together on various practices.

Online, you should search for breathing exercises and find the ones that suit you and your intention.

i)        Fear

Fear is a guest who leaves when you refuse to serve it. 

Hz. Mevlânâ

The fear that falls into you after making the decision is actually another beautiful part of life that leads you to meet the state of life in your depths and change things. It turns out that fear is nothing to be afraid of. It moves us and points us to what we need to learn.

So much so that we can say “there is something to be afraid of” if we are not afraid. Our fear of Ayahuasca is actually a positive indicator as it is an indication that we take Ayahuasca and this process seriously.

Our experience shows that Ayahuasca is a great helper, giving everyone as much information as they can handle, if we take steps with our conscience and responsibility. As long as we intend, follow our diet and know the value of the breath we take. And as long as we do not forget that love will win.

j)        Communication

Nonviolent communication is a very important practice. I’m sharing a text here that I saved after copying it from somewhere earlier, thinking it might be useful to you:

My intention for my communication with others—particularly when we hold different perspectives—is to achieve mutually greater clarity, understanding and intimacy.

I take full self-responsibility for the feeling and perspectives I am experiencing.  Specifically, I understand that I am giving the circumstances in my life all the meaning they have for me.  I am responsible for how I hold my feelings and perspectives, not anyone else.

I understand that someone sharing his or her perspectives is not telling me about myself/the community; the person is telling me about him/herself—which diminishes defensiveness on my part and, in turn, helps to foster my ability to fully hear that person’s point of view.

I understand that the way someone else thinks and acts makes perfect sense to him or her, and I would very likely think and act the same way if I were that person.

I am watchful of my thoughts and words if I feel the impulse to change or fix someone else or the community. I understand that I cannot know what is best for others.  Therefore, I focus on telling them about me, not about them.

I understand the value of humility when I am expressing my perspectives, realizing that I am not God (i.e. all knowing: seeing the full picture from alpha to omega). Remaining mindful of my limited understanding of the ultimate workings of life can help to keep me from “shoulding” on others and/or making a case/attempting to win a debate.

 I invite my higher self’s guidance and wisdom in order to non-judgmentally listen to another’s perspective, as well as to truthfully and non-judgmentally voice my perspective—that is, what’s alive in me. I speak and listen from my heart.

**Community is a safe place precisely because no one is attempting to heal or convert you, to fix you, to change you. *

k)      Medicinal Plants

We are in a constant exchange with our environment. This trade also gives us fear-based feelings such as anxiety, inability to focus, and lack of communication, which make us lose our health. As a result of this, blockages, wounds, fatigue, anger, disappointments, rejections, in short energies that feed on fear and cannot flow can grow in some places and connections of our body and soul. It is actually the need of each of us (especially living in this age) to carry out various detoxing activities to transform such accumulated energies.

While working on them, we may need external support. It is the very energy we want to transform that prevents us from gathering our strength and concentrating. In this cycle we have entered, we may need to get help from other living things and elements.

If a person feels that the information, support and energy they need is in a plant and is ready to take responsibility for communicating with this plant, our chances of reaching many powerful plants are now much easier than before.

If your heart is at ease, if you feel ready but slightly nervous at the same time, such a journey may be waiting for you. Yes, perhaps you can be ready to embark on new paths that your increased awareness will open.

We wish your connection with medicinal plants (this may be anything like ginger, tobacco or cannabis, or Ayahuasca) to be healthy, conscious and intentional.

l)        Working with Plants

m)    Ayahuasca

Another healing experience that these lands can offer to those who wish is to participate in the Ayahuasca ceremony, which is the sacred rite of the Amazons. We see working with this magical potion as a purely personal decision and try to give your experience and diet all the support we can. In order to provide you with information and guide you in this sensitive subject to the extent of our own experience, the following text has emerged, please welcome:

Ayahuasca creates an experience about which much can be said, but nothing can be said about it. Each of the ceremonies is unique to the person. Trying to predict how your ceremonies will go is meaningless considering the extent of the level of consciousness passed during the ceremony.

Since the stories of each of us are very different from each other, what goes through the mind during the ceremony is also different from each other. As a matter of fact, the level of consciousness passed during the ceremony is a vast, even infinite, level of consciousness that cannot be compared with any other moment of our lives. It is also confirmed by themselves that even those who do serious meditation can only partially achieve such a trance state and consciousness while living in very basic conditions for many years. In short, we are actually faced with a very big shortcut.

This place, which is also called higher consciousness, is actually a place where our soul, which has been freed from the limitations of our mind, relaxes and our mind falters. Here, we can encounter other realities that we do not know. This is such a reality that we are not in a position to claim anything; it is not possible for us to exist (especially in the ways we want).

This purity, in which we have no chance to find excuses for ourselves and the world, is actually a great blessing given to human beings.

It is a fact accepted by everyone who does this job seriously that it is necessary to make a spiritual, physical and psychological preparation for this ceremony, which is likely to have a deep and powerful effect.

Madre Ayahuasca:

n)      Before Ayahuasca

This preparation is important in order not to fall into dreams during the ceremonies, not to lose our focus, to experience a real purification and finally to realize our intentions. Thanks to this preparation, which also includes fasting, we enable Ayahuasca to reach us much more easily and deeply. With the diet we follow, we show ourselves and Ayahuasca that we take the issue seriously. With a clean body and a mind that knows what it wants, what Ayahuasca brings and teaches becomes unforgettable and applicable.

In her/his inner journey, the person who feels ready for the Ayahuasca experience should be ready to prepare and accept what his decision will bring him, that is, to change.

From the moment we decide, the process already begins. The simplest thing we can do from now on is to think about the experience we will have as often as possible, and to work each day to stay with this thought, even for a short time. Especially when we are alone, in traffic or while waiting in a place, while taking a bath, before going to sleep at night, in pleasant or troubled moments, when we realize the beauty of nature in our minds and hearts. This way we strengthen our connection from the very beginning.

In these moments, a voice that comes to our minds will immediately try to make the subject forget. In order to break this mind game, it may be very good to do small exercises in this process. When you move on to another topic, whether or not the topic evokes, it can be very beneficial to take a deep breath and make an effort to rethink Ayahuasca and your diet and try to stay there.

Please consult us on any issues that come to your mind during this process. Do not be stuck in your mind, if it can be shared, let it be shared, it will find a way for itself. It is our duty to give our best support for the realization of your intention.

You can bring your favorite small items to take to the ceremonies. Bringing an accessory that is special for you and/or that has been with you for a long time and touching it during trance can make you feel good and reveal the love inside you.

Since you need to drink plenty of water, you may want to get a bottle that you will like. Apart from that, you can bring clothes to wear in ceremonies. We should say that it is good for people to wear light-colored clothing made of natural materials, including underwear.

Some prefer not to use even toothpaste or shampoo. Our exposure to chemicals as little as possible actually helps our cleaning. We gave this example in order to make you feel the subject a little more.

As a final point, growing a beard, cutting hair and/or beard at the beginning or end of the diet can also be a feel-good option, you can consider.

o)      Fasting for the Ayahuasca Ceremony

Our approach to the subject is as follows:

In this period, it is important to get away from all kinds of consumption (which is not a compulsory need, it is pleasant but not useful) that you say you love and say you can’t do without.

Attention! You should not consume pork for the last 10 days, and you should not introduce any antidepressant derivatives or chemical drugs into your body for the last 45 days. This part is very important, because these are the 3 issues that Ayahuasca can do serious harm to you beyond preventing it from working. If you do not follow the rest of the diet, it will be difficult for you to get healing, Ayahuasca will not reach you. But these three issues are different.

Issues beyond that are not critical. Each healer approaches this process differently. Of course, steps such as eating healthy and light, not consuming processed sugar, not consuming weed, smoking minimum tobacco, slowing down your human relations, keeping distance between you and your phone will help you prepare your body and mind better.

It is useful to pay attention to the consumption of alcohol, gluten, salt, sugar, fat, red meat, alcohol, coffee, black tea, weed, dairy product, acidic or fermented fruit during the diet. The less you consume, the better.

When our digestive system is empty and alive, Ayahuasca works better for our soul and body and gives more healing.

Again, it is of great importance that you do not masturbate or have sexual intercourse during this process, as it allows you to keep your sexual energy with you and keep your strength to yourself.

You will also need to stay away from stimulants such as coffee and black tea as much as possible.

If you are staying with us, Vamoss will show you that fasting does not prevent you from eating delicious food.

This diet will allow you to get rid of the toxic materials in your body, become lighter and keep your connection with your intention intact.

Ayahuasca diet in a nutshell is:

The foods that can be consumed during the diet are;

p)      Ayahuasca Ceremony

q)      After the ceremony

r)       Post-Diet

You will see that in the last days of the post-diet we are in a sweet rush. In fact, we realize that we do not want the process to end and we feel very good. When the post-diet is over, we worry about getting out of this good mood. During the post-diet, we realize how healthy, healing and peaceful we are.

s)       Heart

It’s important to remember that Ayahuasca can have a very powerful effect—that it can renew and change you and your life—and that the trace of such experiences, even if it softens over time, is often carried for a lifetime. It’s also worth holding in mind Ayahuasca’s widely recognized healing and meditative qualities.

Once you have made your decision, enjoy it—relax—and allow yourself to feel excited for what is ahead.

Then begin to find your intention. Put it into a sentence, write it down, and keep returning to it.

Name your diet clearly: decide what you will not consume, and what you will do instead.

Remember your intention throughout the day—in a tight moment, in the shower, in important thresholds, during breathwork, and in your meditations.

Begin applying your diet. Begin practicing saying “no.”

When your plane’s wheels lift off the ground, smile—and then leave the rest to the Creator, to the flow, to these sacred lands, to the mountains, to the medicines, and to those who cross your path with the intention of bringing you healing. Ask for concentration and strength—for your healing and your learning.

When you return home, stay faithful to your diet for at least one more week.

The healing process is already complex. Don’t make it more complicated. In the end, this process is a gift that this beautiful life is offering you. And these are heart-led processes. If you can soften the mind even a little, and live the process through your heart—then beautiful.

With the wish that your process brings beauty and healing to you—and to all of us, from now on.

t)       Human Relations

Our diet, on the other hand, is there for us to stay on our own. In this respect, it is also important not to have too much contact with people. It can be good to stay away from unnecessary conversations and high-energy environments. We can make an intention to protect our aura from external factors with a small ceremony that we will do every morning. Our degree of sociability is important in this process.

Being alone, avoiding sociability, movements and conversations that will distract you, dedicating this time to yourself, sharing sincerely your mood with the person or people with whom you share your diet play a supportive role in the realization of your intentions.

If you are on the diet as a couple, enjoy it. Work together. Sitting eye to eye and sharing can create very good openings for the relationship. As a matter of fact, being on a diet as a couple is an indication that you trust this relationship and that you wish the relationship to be a healing one. However, don’t forget to create and request private time and space just for yourself.

u)      Sacred Valley and Healing

Receiving support from energy practitioners who live in the Valley and work in service of transforming heavy energy can also be part of your process here. You can draw generously on the people and modalities we may recommend.

The Sacred Valley is often spoken of as an energy portal of our world. The mountains surrounding the Valley—rising to 4,000–6,000 meters—have been regarded as sacred by those who live here since ancient times. These mountains have formed, as if with intention, a deep and long riverbed—the Sacred Valley itself—offering us a protected container. A place whose value became even more visible in Inca times now holds a wide range of healing works. In the Valley, it is possible to encounter many different forms of healing—coming from teachings across the world. You can follow some of these through the Spirit Events Sacred Valley Facebook group.

Work with breath, stones, music, dance, meditation, and medicinal plants can bring depth, healing, and responsibility to your experience here. There are also practices addressing both physiological and psychological conditions—and we witness positive outcomes often.

Here you may find (among many others): family constellation work, gong sessions, temazcal (known in the Andes as mancapacha), breathwork, yoga and meditation, qi gong / tai chi, massage, vow/offerings ceremonies, and a wide range of other ceremonial and somatic modalities. We shape a program according to your time, your intention, your experience, and your current situation.

And, in truth, meeting you with the connections we feel can help you hold your intentions more firmly—and support them in becoming real—often becomes possible naturally, through conversation alone.

v)      Healing from Mother Earth

Once we begin to seek healing with the heart—and to call it in through the breath—the first support that reaches us, naturally, is Mother Earth. If we know how to receive, she already gives us everything we need.

Working the land, and accepting what comes from it with the intention of healing, is one of our greatest medicines. And in South America, Mother Earth also holds plants and animals that can create very powerful effects in certain areas. Under this heading, we would like to briefly introduce only a few of the ones we are asked about most often.

May it be healing.

w)    Palo Santo

Palo Santo is, in essence, a tree native to the Amazon. It resembles the sandalwood many of us know from Europe. Here, it is often used at the beginning of any work that requires focus.

It is believed that Palo Santo helps clear the mind of unnecessary thoughts in that moment, so we can turn our attention toward what we truly want to focus on. First, we ask permission from the mountains that hold the space. Then, with the intention of drawing strength for the work we are about to do, we light the Palo Santo. For a while, we use the smoke of the burning wood—and of course, our faith—to cleanse first ourselves, then the people around us, and the space we are in.

Smoke cleansing is, across the world, one of the most widely agreed-upon tools for energetic clearing. And it’s fair to say that Palo Santo is considered among the strongest of these.

x)      Rapé

Another gift the Amazon Rainforest offers us. To gather strength and focus, Indigenous peoples of the Amazon work with a medicine that is simple—yet powerful. Rapé is made from finely ground tobacco, combined with powders from certain trees and barks, and a small amount of ash.

This medicine does not have a strongly “mind-altering” effect; rather, it can pull you—briefly—out of the emotional state you are in, and help you reset. Working on the third eye, Rapé can bring us back to our center with a sudden clarity, while also activating the sinuses and the digestive system—stirring energies that have been held in the body and could not flow.

Rapé is especially rooted in Brazilian Indigenous traditions, and it is possible to find many different varieties in Pisac.

y)      Tobacco

In the Amazon, there is essentially a single kind of tobacco—dark in color and very high in nicotine. And consider this: despite the vast number of powerful plants held across South America, there are five plants that are regarded as sacred here—tobacco, coca, San Pedro, Toé, and Ayahuasca.

It is believed that tobacco hears a person’s intention very clearly, receives it, and carries it outward—toward the universe. A cigarette made with pure Amazonian tobacco is called mapacho. Mapacho is not inhaled. Before it is lit, it is held between both palms, and our intention is spoken into it. Then, lit with that intention, the person is, in a sense, smudged—cleansed—by the smoke. And as the tobacco burns, the intention traveling with that smoke is offered to the universe.

z)       Coca

Coca, first and foremost, is a great support for those living at high altitude. This plant—known as a remedy for altitude sickness—grows in tropical zones often described as the “high rainforest.” Depending on the latitude, coca generally grows around 1,500–2,000 meters, and for highland communities it is a deeply important part of culture. And, like tobacco, Mama Coca is believed to hear our intentions—so she stands at the center of many ceremonies held in the mountains.

Coca is said to give the user strength of focus, and to help us stay less affected by sensations such as hunger and fatigue. Some locals also say they can read a person’s state, connections, and even something of their future through coca.

The type varies from region to region, and alongside the coca leaf, there is also a stone sold that “activates” it. We place about 10–15 coca leaves neatly on top of one another—facing the same direction—then hold them between both palms and make a wish. After that, we place a very small piece of this stone inside and keep it between our teeth for about 15–20 minutes. In this way, a prepared bundle of leaves—or even just three leaves (called a kintu)—can also be offered to the person beside you.

The receiver responds in Quechua: “Urpiyay sonkoyay.” Urpi means dove, and sonko means heart—so it’s a way of saying, “My heart fluttered like a dove,” in thanks. Quechua, by the way, is such a beautiful language.

aa)  Cannabis

• We have witnessed many times here that Ayahuasca can open stuck channels and bring them fluidity. On the other hand, we must accept that hemp is a sacred plant and its effect is very, very great. For this reason, we can say that it gives an area that is very suitable for abuse and creates a very serious addiction.

• If you are going to contact Ayahuasca, we recommend that you be aware of your cannabis consumption and preferably zero it before starting the diet. It is useful to stop its consumption on a date that you will decide in advance. Having a relationship with cannabis in diet and post-diet processes also disrupts concentration.

• If you think that what you need to do to achieve your intention is related to your relationship with cannabis, it would be again useful to eliminate its consumption. As a matter of fact, if you think that your relationship with cannabis plays a big role in your life and that you are not satisfied with the way you consume it, it will be of great benefit to cut your relationship with this plant in your diet.

• We know that cannabis, when used correctly (which is very difficult), leads to very good openings. In the processes here, we have seen that this plant is generally a hindrance to work and is not good for our bond with Ayahuasca. Considering the fact that they are both females, their working principles and healing properties, it is beneficial for many of us not to mix them. By the way, this is entirely our approach, are there also healers who smoke cannabis during ceremonies? Yes, there are.

• Let’s try to show hemp, which is one of the most challenging issues for some of us in the post diet, the respect and care it deserves (:

bb)  Andean Medicinal Water

The Urubamba River, which runs through the Sacred Valley, meets a medicinal water source near Calca—water that rises from underground at a particular point. People come to it from all over Peru to benefit from its healing, and many centers that follow and guide diet processes recommend it.

This Andean medicinal water is said to cleanse toxins from the digestive system in a significant way, helping the medicinal plants you may later work with to not “waste time” on what has accumulated in the body.

Drunk in the morning on an empty stomach, it creates a kind of flushing effect throughout the entire digestive system. Gentle movement while drinking helps the water find its path through the body. The method is to drink one glass every 3–5 minutes, continuing until the color of your urine matches the color of the water itself. The amount varies by constitution, but most people need around 3–5 liters.

After this cleansing, lemon water helps the system remember the right level of acidity, and kefir or yogurt supports the probiotics we need to settle in the gut. While drinking the water, effects such as fatigue, headache, low mood, or indigestion may appear—another form of healing Mother Earth offers here.

The chemical analysis of the water is as follows:

If you would like to use this healing tool, please let us know so we can arrange the water for you

cc)    Sangre de Grado

Another medicine that comes from the Amazon. It is used especially for skin wounds that won’t close, or that somehow refuse to heal. Taken from the bark of a tree, this red liquid truly looks like the tree’s blood.

It is not ideal to apply it to a fresh, open wound. But once the wound has begun to close, applying it can support a remarkably fast healing process. You first pour a little of the red liquid into your palm. After rubbing it for a moment, it turns whitish—then you apply that whitened liquid as a thin layer over the wound. Repeating this dressing once or twice a day is something we have personally seen help many people here.

Finding it in a pure form is not always easy—even for those of us who live here. And it’s good to know: if a Sangre de Grado does not turn whitish when you rub it, it’s best not to use it.

dd)  Huachuma

In a process like this, a Huachuma (San Pedro) experience can help you bring into life what you noticed in the Ayahuasca ceremonies—the lessons you received, the shifts you recognized—by giving you motivation to apply them, and by letting your diet hold a kind of celebration within it. During your time here, we recommend that you do at least one Huachuma ceremony.

On this day, using the cactus’s heart-opening quality and its ability to sharpen focus, we are able to see the beauty of life—and of ourselves—more closely. It is usually a day we move through without too much talking or laughter, yet with sincere sharing. And for one part of the day, we enter complete silence.

In that silence, we focus on our intention. We call in the inner energy that is waiting for our intention to become real. We remember that we are ready—and that we truly want it.

After Ayahuasca ceremonies, the purpose of entering a San Pedro ceremony is to reconnect the attention that has turned inward with the outer world again. Asking permission—from the Creator, the Universe, life, Pachamama, the gods, and the mountains—we return to life in a beautiful way.

ee)   Master Plants

ff)     Despacho (Offering Ceremony)

This ceremony is actually the most important ceremony in Peru. It is a simple but heartfelt ceremony in which we put forward our wishes and express our thanks to Mother Earth with this intention.

All such ceremonies become real when we do them with conviction, so our first focus is to concentrate. We put our minds aside and try to do the ritual with our heart.

We act with the directives of the person conducting the ceremony. It is necessary to be near any water or near a fire. We take various seeds between our two palms and convey our wishes from life to these seeds. Throughout the ceremony, we express the subjects we wish, such as patience, abundance, health, peace, love, responsibility, abundance, healing, nonviolent communication, fertility… Apart from seeds, a huge altar is created with leaves, many kinds of flowers, wine, tobacco, lots of coca leaves, tiny toys, photocopied money, candies, nuts and pulses.

After this work lasting more than 1 hour, the resulting package is closed. We pray that we are ready for the realization of the intentions contained in this package. We leave our “despacho” in running water or burning fire, taking permission and strength from the sky and Mother Earth.

At this point we turn our backs on the pack. It is believed that when our eyes are not on it, the package and the intentions will flow more easily and be transmitted to the Universe. We wait with our backs turned until our package is burnt to ashes in the fire or floated away in the water.

We wish your wishes come true if it will be for the good of you and of the whole existence.

6.      Participation & Process

Because we are not a retreat center, we are able to offer a multi-layered service package and a flexible program. We shape a program that fits your time, your intention, your experience, and your current situation.

We begin by moving:

1.      You take the first initiative and answer the questions at the bottom of this page* by email or WhatsApp.

2.      We set a date and time for the first meeting.

3.      Within one week, we hold a 30-minute call to meet, connect, and feel into the process.

4.      (If both sides intend to continue working together*)* one week later, we share with you a preliminary program and budget.

5.      When you feel ready, you let us know your decision about participating.

6.      One week later, we hold a second meeting: a 45-minute session of Q&A and settling your travel dates.

7.      At this point, the program*** takes shape, we finalize the budget, and we request a 40% deposit.

8.      After 10 days, we hold a third meeting (25 minutes) focused on physical condition and nutrition.

9.      After 5 days, we send you detox-based practices for calling in strength and sharpening focus—you can bring these into your life whenever you wish.

10.   A 30-minute meeting for the work we do around your intention and your diet.

11.   Until you arrive, every three weeks, 30-minute check-ins on intention and diet. In these meetings, we also co-create your on-the-ground program here.

12.   While you are here: orientation meetings in person—sometimes daily, sometimes every two days—at least 30 minutes each.

13.   Before you leave: one meeting for the post-diet program.

14.   40 days after you return: a 30-minute post-diet and integration meeting.

15.   90 days after you return: a 45-minute integration meeting.

*Question list for your first message:

** As Vamoss, there are certain situations and approaches where we may feel working together would not be fruitful. In such cases, we may recommend other places we trust.

*** Here, many forms of work are possible—family constellation, gong sessions, coca reading and initiation with Q’ero Indigenous practitioners, aura cleansing, offering ceremonies and temazcal, breathwork, yoga and meditation, qi gong / tai chi, massage, kambo, bufo, psilocybin mushrooms, Ayahuasca, daytime and nighttime Huachuma (San Pedro) ceremonies, tobacco, cacao, rose work, ecstatic dance, jam sessions, tantra, human design, women’s and men’s circles, and more.