We invite you to join us for a 9-day Ayahuasca and Death, Dying and Rebirth retreat from March 15 - 23, 2024.  This retreat will be held at the Tantraya Center and our group will be small to maximize individual attention for each participant. This is a chance for deep individual work, with a strong emphasis on practices designed to awaken the full potential of the medicine inside of ceremony and support the integration of all aspects of our higher selves into our daily lives.

Retreat Schedule:

Day 1
12p. Arrival at Tantraya
2p. Fire Puja
5:30p. Dinner

Day 2
8a.  Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Practice
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
6:30p. Q + A 7p. Puja
8p. Ayahuasca Ceremony

Day 3
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Meditation
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
5:30p. Dinner

Day 4
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Practice
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
6:30p. Q + A 7p. Puja
8p. Ayahuasca Ceremony

Day 5
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Meditation
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
5:30p. Dinner

Day 6
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Practice
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
6:30p. Q + A 7p. Puja
8p. Ayahuasca Ceremony

Day 7
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Practice
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
5:30p. Dinner

Day 8
8a. Meditation
9:15a. Breakfast
11a. Additional Practice
12:45p. Lunch
2p. Meditation
6:30p. Q + A 7p. Puja
8p. Ayahuasca Ceremony

Day 9
9:15a. Breakfast 10:30a Closing Ceremony
12p. Car to Cusco

Our work with the medicine is heavily influenced by the Tantric traditions.  TAN means to expand, stretch. TRA means to liberate. AYA means the little death.  So we expand and liberate through surrender and recognition, gaining realization in the after-death-like state.   Before each ceremony, we do Tantric Puja, calling on allies, Gods, Goddesses, ancestors, and helpers from the plant and spirit realms to empower, heal, and liberate the spirit.

Our Shaman, Paul Diamond, is initiated into a multitude of lineages, and offers an unprecedented degree of spiritual and energetic protection, based on over 20 years training in the world’s wisdom traditions.  When travelling in the inter-dimensional realms, it is necessary to have an experienced and knowledgeable guide. Safety is paramount when dealing with the unseen. Participants will experience a field of love, and a safe intimate space conducive for Kundalini awakening, deep realizations and liberation.

Throughout time, the Masters have taught that, in order for true Initiation to take place, one must ‘Die before one Dies’.

This is allegorical, but becomes a matter of actual experience in shamanic practice and teachings- one must (somewhat) literally, go through the death and dying process, in order to be truly Reborn.

In this retreat we will be exploring this profound, personal and intensely relevant Shamanic Initiation from a variety of deeply personal and experiential perspectives.

You will receive fundamental teachings on:

Working with Deities and Intermediaries of Death- Santa Muerte, Hecate, Persephone and Kali.

Ancestor Work and Ancestor Magick.

The Redemption of the Ancestors.

The teachings and practices of the Bardo (intermediate) realms.

The practice of the ejection of consciousness at Death (Phowa).

Teachings on Karma, Akash, and freedom from incarnational bondage.

The books of the Dead from various cultures.

Working intensely with Mother Ayahuasca, the Vine of the Dead, and other plants of Death and Dying (henbane, wormwood, datura etc).

Death and Dying Contemplative work.

Powerful practices that induce knowledge, perception and experience of death, dying and the world of the Dead.

This course promises to be intense, powerful, and deeply transformative. You will come as close to the Death and Dying process as one can come without actually passing over, and will have the gnosis, and technology to successfully navigate it, when you do inevitably and eventually pass….

Please join us if you feel called to this profoundly intense, personal and neccesary work.

Please note; this is not a course for beginners in the medicine. Applications will be considered from those with similar or relevant experience, but this is NOT a course for absolute beginners.

We look forward to living, dying and Being spiritually Reborn with you.

Total cost is $1750 (USD) and includes all activities, lodging, food and transportation to/from Cusco.