Alma Healing Center

Ayahuasca, Cacao, Integration, Magic Mushrooms, San Pedro (Huachuma) Are you seeking to reconnect with your origin, with gratitude and compassion? Do you seek profound and yet simple truths that will guide your life and empower you to make important decisions? We invite you to join one of our ayahuasca retreats in Ecuador.

Alma Healing Center
Alma Healing Center is a place for you to safely explore, heal and grow with the use of ancestral medicine. Our retreats are small and authentic; we do not run a large operation – expect real, new friendships after your time with us.

We are a women-run retreat center and ceremonies are led by Paulina, an Ecuadorian medicine woman dedicated to supporting others in their healing journey with 25 years of experience in the medicine path. Her partner, Sandra, manages the logistics and provides assistance during retreats/ceremonies as well as music and translation. During some of the retreats, we are also joined by a Shuar grandmother, Rosa, and medicine woman Shiram Ucucuy, among other individuals in the medicine path.

While our ceremonies and rituals are rooted in Amazonian (Shuar), Andean, and, at times, Meso-American traditions (temazcal, teepee), what sets us apart is our integration of non-traditional approaches and perspectives when working with these sacred and potent medicines. We are a 100% inclusive space (as long as you pass our health screening for your own safety 🙂 and we firmly believe in the power of master plants, as well as other healing arts and creative practices that promote wellness, coping and personal change.

Apart from Ayahuasca, we also work with San Pedro (Huachuma), Hape/Rapé and Peyote. We currently have two retreat spaces, one near Quito in the town of Pintag (50 mins drive from Quito center, 40 mins from the airport) and another in Mindo cloudforest, about 2.5 hours drive from Quito.