Our Mission
To provide a safe space for deep spiritual, physical, and mental healing through connection with plant medicine like Ayahuasca, San Pedro (Huachuma), other plants, and healing practices. Bringing a connection with the natural setting, and a personal relationship with the medicine facilitators.
Our Method
Intention Setting & Preparation
Your journey with Ayahuasca or San Pedro begins from the moment you set an intention to sit with us in ceremony. We will guide you through preparing your body and mind to most effectively receive this healing medicine. Everyone will be required to follow the dietary requirements.
Toxin Release & Connection
For most people the first ceremony with Ayahuasca is all about releasing what is no longer serving them. It is like hitting a spiritual and physical reset button.
Though uncomfortable, purging is both a physical and a spiritual detox. However, letting go, and connecting to Maestro is the gateway to letting in the healing and life you are looking for.
Expansion of Awareness
After the medicine has taken you through a cleansing process, the next ceremonies are often a journey of connecting with the Earth and with the sky - or the physical and the spiritual dimensions of life.
Integration
Ayahuasca and San Pedro are powerful medicines for healing the body, mind, and spirit. It is not a magical pill to swallow and forget, but a guide to meet and walk with into a new way of life.
One of the reasons we keep our retreats small is so that you have a community of people to go through the experience of integration. If you choose to follow the Ayahuasca or San Pedro diet carefully before and after the ceremony, the effect of the medicine can powerfully support your intention to change. However, it does not work alone. That is why we offer ongoing community and support to help you integrate your experience by letting go of what no longer serves your life and healing your body, mind, and spirit. This final step may be the most important part of your whole experience!
Meet The Team
The Ayahuasca & Alternative Healing Center (AyaCenter) is a collaboration between Sasha (Alexsandra), a Russian-American artist and medicine facilitator; Ana Sofía, a Guatemalan musician, as well as a life-long spiritual seeker; and Maestro Carlos and Maestra Camila, Shamans from the Shipibo tribe of Peru. Together, we have walked life seeking to honor the healing of the soul, and also finding an opening to share Amazonian medicines with people from all over the world in an accessible location.
Our Retreat
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
The Ayahuasca & Alternative Healing Center (AyaCenter) provides a unique and spiritual experience. Located in the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala, the location offers a perfect balance of nature and art, architecture, and tradition.
There is so much love and peace in this area...
Here, you will be surrounded by flowers and feel the tranquility of the mountainous landscape. The weather is always like spring.
Enjoy your Ayahuasca or San Pedro retreat without having to travel any further, and don't forget to get your favorite beverage once out, at any of the enchanting, picturesque spots around town.
