Heart of the Initiate - ayahuasca workshop

New March 2009 Brazil Ayahuasca Workshop Dates!

Webmaster — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:13:42 -0500

For thousands of years the shamans of the Amazonian rainforest have used a sacred plant brew, known as ayahuasca or yahé, for healing and spiritual awakening. This ancient medicine is a very powerful visionary tool to awaken the inner sight.

We offer one and two week workshops in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia. We will spend the week exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy and into the inner trans-dimentional worlds long forgotten by mankind. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self.

We have just announced the March 2009 dates for our Brazil Ayahuasca Workshops!

2009	Upcoming Brazil Workshop Dates	Status
March	Week 1: March 21-28	Almost Full
	Week 2: March 31 - April 07	Now Booking
	Multiple Week	Almost Full

Find out more about our Brazil Ayahuasca Workshops.

Pre-Registration for our Brazil Ayahuasca Workshops

Webmaster — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:39:41 -0600

Thanks for your interest in our Brazil Ayahuasca workshops. Please send us your contact information below and we will reply back immediately to share more about this experiential journey with you.

Eco-Lodge Resort

Webmaster — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:54:39 -0600

Eco-Lodge Resort

The locations we choose offer a setting of comfort and serenity in extraordinarily beautiful surroundings. During our week together we will have exclusive and private use of a bungalow style eco-lodge resort.

Bungalows are scattered throughout the property creating its own little village. They are built in a comfortable rustic yet elegant architecture, offering guests a quiet sanctuary to enjoy their stay.

Directly on the beach, we are free to explore the endless stretchs of sandy white beachs and tall coconut palms, typical of this region of Bahia. The ocean's breeze and sound of waves crashing in the background creates a constant moving energy throughout the property.

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Brazil 2005 Ayahuasca Workshops

Webmaster — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:29:21 -0600

Several of us first visited Brazil in 2002. Our first experiences with Brazilian shamanism were a new beginning and opened up a whole new world of experience to us.

Brazil indeed holds secrets that can only be approached and experienced first hand. Even as we departed Brazil on that first trip, we knew that we would return. There is such an incredible sacredness to the teachings and medicines of the Amazon.

Photos From Our 2005 Ayahuasca Workshops

Brazil 2004 Ayahuasca Workshops

Webmaster — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:27:12 -0600

Several of us first visited Brazil in 2002. Our first experiences with Brazilian shamanism were a new beginning and opened up a whole new world of experience to us.

Photos From Our 2004 Ayahuasca Workshops

Brazil 2003 Ayahusaca Workshops

Webmaster — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:54:36 -0500

Several of us first visited Brazil in 2002. Our first experiences with Brazilian shamanism were a new beginning and opened up a whole new world of experience to us.

Photos From Our 2003 Ayahuasca Workshops

Ayahuasca Medicine

Webmaster — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:54:53 -0500

Ayahuasca Medicine

In the shamanic world, all human condition of sickness is considered a result of a spiritual imbalance or energetic blockage in the body. True healing comes from a place of integration simultaneously on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. From this viewpoint the ego based western societies are in a spiritual sickness, out of balance and in great need of healing.

The ayahuasca medicine is a tea brewed from the thick woody stems of the Banisteriopsis Caapi vine and the big bushy leaves of the Chacruna (Psychotria viridis) plant, a member of the coffee family. With great reverence, intention and prayer, the plants are prepared and cooked for several days. All the while the shaman sings his sacred songs of healing making this tea into a medicine.

For even greater detail on the rich and complex pharmacology of the ayahuasca plants read the article in our Library: Ayahuasca: The University of Gaia

The ayahuasca ceremony in the traditional sense is a time when the tribe would gather together in an evening to drink the medicine for it's healing, visionary and spiritual transformation. Each person's experience is highly individual and is a direct communication with the deepest parts of who they are. The heightened sensitivity by the plant unlocks a state of consciousness where the person is fully awake yet aware of the inner subconscious mind. The shamans refer to this state as dreaming while you are awake.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature Brazil Ayahuasca Workshops

Webmaster — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:36:21 -0500

Our own first experiences with Brazilian shamanism were a new beginning and opened up a whole new world of experience to us. Brazil indeed holds secrets that can only be approached and experienced first hand.

Even as we departed Brazil on that first trip, we knew that we would return and decided to create a way for others to share in this experience. There is such an incredible sacredness to the teachings and medicines of the Amazon.

We offer one and two week workshops in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. This is where modern Brazilian history began. When the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil, April 22nd 1500, they landed on the soil known today as Bahia. In many ways, Bahia could also be characterized as the cultural heart of Brazil. Samba music has its roots in here. Caipoera, both a dance and a martial art is a pure expression of Bahian culture.

We invite you to experience a powerful week of inner exploration and healing. We will spend our time exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.

Ayahuasca: The Medicine

For thousands of years the shamans of the Amazonian rainforest have used a sacred plant brew, known as ayahuasca or yahé, for healing and spiritual awakening. This ancient medicine, referred to as el remedio or "the medicine", is a very powerful visionary tool to awaken the inner sight.

It is a truth teller and a doorway which opens inside to a place that is you, beyond the 3D sphere, that you may have caught glimpses of in your dreams and visions.

This is the first step in opening to the whole multi-dimensional reality that is all around us. Its profound physical and energetic healing properties work with the body's own natural systems to literally regenerate our physical and spiritual bodies.

Workshops

Webmaster — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:31:19 -0500

Heart of the Initiate is an intensive workshop experience. Workshops are hosted in locations around the world that offer comfort, absolute serenity and extraordinary beauty. We will provide a very intimate and private setting that will give you the opportunity you need. All workshops include accommodations and meals.

Several years ago Ralph Miller introduced a unique and groundbreaking process he calls the Heart of the Initiate. During the past seven years we have had participants from 51 different countries on 6 continents join us in England, Ireland, Holland, Barbados, United States, Canada, Colombia and Brazil in order to attend a Heart of the Initiate workshop. Read more...