Female-led ceremonies, safe, environmentally sustainable, culturally respectful&reaffirming, highly educational, mutually beneficial
Parign Hak is a native initiative that offers female-led Ayahuasca retreats that include a traditional set of three ceremonies in combination with an unforgettable cultural experience within the natural and cultural environment of the Amazonian native Harakmbut people. The small group size ensures highly personalized attention to each participant. Native community members are encouraged to get involved, be it as support personnel or as retreat participants. All activities and interactions between hosts and visitors are carefully orchestrated to make each retreat safe, environmentally sustainable, culturally respectful and reaffirming, highly educational and mutually beneficial.
Approach
We practice the approach of traditional Shipibo medicine in ceremony and consider Ayahuasca a purge for holistic cleansing, a medicine for holistic healing, and a plant teacher for learning. In ceremony, icaros are used as a main tool for healing, followed by "sopladas" (tobacco smoke blowing from a ceremonial pipe), and agua de florida (flower water). Outside of ceremony we offer plant baths upon request.
We also consider other activities that we share with out hosts (like forest walks and excursions, a visit to natural hot springs, casual evening gatherings/talking circles on non-ceremony days) a therapeutic means to teach hands-on about the many ways in which the individual can reconnect with the natural and social environment.
Facilities
Parign Hak is located on the edge of Manu National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth in the mountain rainforest of the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Retreats here are as much about holistic cleansing, healing and learning about ourselves as it is for learning about rainforest culture and environment. The hosts are the founders and owners of “Parign Hak” (Grandma´s Home) and “Mini-hospital Majeno” (the ceremonial space). They are members of the native community of Shintuya and will provide basic lodging in cabins with two beds and mosquito netting each, as well as a separate ceremonial hut. There are no flush toilets but latrines, and river baths and cold showers. They cook our meals using their own produce and river fish as much as possible. They also guide visitors through the surrounding forest, teach about medicinal plants and other traditional healing tools, about their history and culture, they take visitor to nearby natural hot springs and integrate them into their family life.