of the Ancestral Ayahuasca Spirit Medicine
Tradition of the Amazonian Indigenous Shipibo Culture.
Our mission is to create safe, trauma-informed spaces, guided in the authentic and traditional indigenous Shipibo style, that supports deep healing, selfdiscovery and reconnection to the heart and oneʼs own spiritual maturation.
Our Master Plant Dieta Immersions in the Peruvian Amazon are rooted in the authentic Shipibo lineage of the Peruvian Amazon. Our retreats offer sacred and safe space for oneʼs own deep self-healing and spiritual discovery. Guided by experienced Shipibo Maestros and held with integrity and reverence, these immersions invite participants into a profound relationship with the intelligence of the plant teachers. Through deep physical, emotional and spiritual cleansing, withdrawing from the distractions of our everyday lives, we embark on our own sacred pilgrimage within, through ceremonies, silence, fasting and attuning to the frequencies of the plants and Jungle. You are supported in reconnecting with your heart, inner wisdom and true nature. The journey is an initiation into greater clarity, presence, and embodied spiritual maturity, honoring both the ancient tradition of the Shipibo Amazonian wisdom and the unique unfolding of your personal healing path.
A deep, immersive 21 day retreat and “Master Plant Dieta" shamanic apprenticeship within the ancestral spirit medicine tradition of the Amazonian Shipibo culture.
Mokan Rate Center in the Amazon Jungle of Iquitos, Peru.
24th November - 16th December
(21 days)
Master Plant Dieta, or Sama, is a shamanic apprenticeship within the ancestral spirit medicine tradition of the Amazonian Shipibo culture. Sama is the practice of cultivating a relationship with the spirits of plants — weaving a thread of connection through which their teachings and transmissions may be received. Within Shipibo cosmology, the world is understood as animistic. Nature is recognized as sentient, multidimensional, and alive — an intelligence capable of relationship. The ancient commitment to Sama is a deep crossing of the threshold into both inner and outer wilderness. It is an intentional retreat into a sacred container of spaciousness, silence, and solitude —conditions that allow for this relationship with the consciousness of these elevated plant spirits to be birthed.
A journey of deep self-exploration and inquiry. It is a prayerful communion with the mysterious and wild forces of nature, seeking teachings, visions, songs, and insights that can be carried back into community for healing, clarity, and deeper meaning. It is a portal from ego to heart. A process of emotional and spiritual maturation. An opportunity to cleanse perception, revitalize the spirit, deepen mindfulness and embody prayer. Through this practice, we begin to dissolve conditioned mental constructs and deeply rooted patterns. The heart and intuitive capacities are strengthened, allowing us to remember our truth and reconnect with the essence of the soul.
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Until June
Available when two participants register together.
A sliding scale is available for participants from South America and low-income countries (limited spaces available).
Within 30 days.
An in-take call to answer any questions and confirm your readiness.
Complete a short application form to ensure alignment with the retreat.
Secure your spot with a deposit of $1200.
Complete your payment through monthly installments before the retreat start date. Different payment plans are available.
Receive a detailed welcome guide with preparation resources and travel details.
Payment plans available. Please contact us.
Each retreat is fully all-inclusive. We will organize all the logistics, so you can focus entirely on your healing process.
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Maestro Don Rono Lopez was born in the native Shipibo community of Roaboya and was immersed in the ceremonial traditions of his lineage from early childhood. At nine years old, he attended ceremonies led by his greatgrandfather and was deeply moved by the sacred icaros. At twelve years old, he had committed to the path of curanderismo after his grandfather told him that to walk this path he must diet. He began his first dieta at thirteen with Chaikoni Rao, followed by further initiations through challenging periods of physical illness and disease, curing himself with powerful master plants including Ajo Quiro and, later, Noya Rao — the Tree of Light — an enlightened plant spirit tree that remains the central foundation of his lineage and work today.
Despite the early physical challenges in his life and the passing of his grandfather, Rono continued his training with dedication, working independently as a healer by nineteen and later serving his community alongside his brother Don Enrique Lopez, working at Riosbo for over a decade, before founding his own center, Mokan Rate, meaning “Traditional Medicine of the Ancestors.”
At Mokan Rate Center, rooted in the Shipibo tradition, he guides authentic plant dietas with integrity and care, transmitting ancestral knowledge through ceremony, treatment, the icaros, the language and the living wisdom of the master plants — including Noya Rao, supported by Bobinsana, Chullachaqui, Chiric Sanango, and Marusa — each carrying its own distinct spiritual medicine and teachings.
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Mathis is a plant medicine facilitator from switzerland who has dedicated much of his life to traveling the globe. With over 9 years of experience in studying and applying entheogenic medicines. His commitment lies in guiding individuals towards their genuine state of being and facilitating healing through various modalities, including body movement, sound healing, and medicine music.
Having honed his musical prowess as a professional musician touring worldwide for more than a decade, mathis is passionate about integrating his personally composed medicine music into... Read More
Mathis is a seasoned plant-medicine facilitator from Switzerland with over ten years of experience supporting healing, growth, and transformation through entheogenic work. His approach is rooted in sound therapy and ceremonial music, guiding people into deeper connection.
A professional musician with more than a decade of international touring, Mathis weaves ancestral and contemporary musical practices into his ceremonies. His original medicine music shapes each journey, while his teachings aim to help others reconnect with ancient ways of exploring consciousness.
Grounded primarily in the Shipibo tradition of Ayahuasca and complemented by training in the Chavín lineage with San Pedro, Mathis continues to return to Peru’s sacred sites to deepen his study and devotion to this path of ancestral medicine.
Raised in South Africa, Cassandra has been a student exploring Shipibo curanderismo for seven years. Before being initiated into the Shipibo lineage through her first Noya Rao dieta, she spent several years exploring the Huni Kuin tradition. This path led her deeper into her journey when she travelled to Acre State, Brazil, to live with the Huni Kuin tribe, spending three months immersed in their communities, apprenticing and dieting within their tradition.
The start of 2020, she began her devotion to studying and apprenticing, dieting in the Shipibo tradition... Read More
Raised in South Africa, Cassandra has been a student exploring Shipibo curanderismo for seven years. Before being initiated into the Shipibo lineage through her first Noya Rao dieta, she spent several years exploring the Huni Kuin tradition. This path led her deeper into her journey when she travelled to Acre State, Brazil, to live with the Huni Kuin tribe, spending three months immersed in their communities, apprenticing and dieting within their tradition.
The start of 2020, she began her devotion to studying and apprenticing, dieting in the Shipibo tradition alongside the Lopez family of Maestros — Enrique, Rono, and Angela — and later worked as a facilitator alongside Don Angela and Don Rono at Riosbo Center and the Ayahuasca Foundation for two years. Since then , she has been freelancing as a facilitator in European Retreats and organizing her own retreats in Peru, with the Lopez family.
Cassandra is currently a student of Compassionate Inquiry and Aletheia, Advanced Coaching Programs, expanding her experiences, bringing in psychospiritual and psycho-somatic therapy and mindfulness into the sessions with her clients and participants of the retreats. She is also qualified as a 200-hour Tantra Yoga teacher and a transformational breathwork facilitator. Cassandra is a Freelance Artist and illustrator, creating art since childhood. She also weaves her love of art, into containers for art therapy for her clients and participants on retreats. She is passionate about music and loves to facilitate song circles, sound journeys, voice activation, and medicine circles.
Mokan Rate “Traditional Medicine of the Ancestors” is an indigenous Healing sanctuary and School of spiritual studies, that welcomes students of the Shipibo lineage and the “curanderismo” practice, where one can apprentice under the guidance of the Maestro, in the ancient shamanic practice of “Dieta”.
The retreat center is 3 hours outside of the city of Iquitos, Peru, secluded in the Amazon Jungle. You will stay in your own private Tambo (Jungle hut) for the entire duration of the Dieta. The ayahuasca ceremonies are spaced out, taking place every other night, in the Maloka - the Healing temple. Mokan Rate is a big piece of land, teeming with Noya Rao, Chullachaqui Bobinsana, Marusa, Chiric Sanango the rest of the Master Plants, and is surrounded by beautiful jungle, big trees, exotic plants and wildlife.
There are small hikes and well maintained paths leading through the jungle for you to wander and explore. Maestro Rono works with a team of night guards, jungle guides and workers, who look after the land, protecting and maintain the safety and security of the participants.
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This offering explores the role of song, vibration, pattern, and intention in shaping our inner and outer reality. Through voice activation, intuitive vocal expression, and ceremonial practices, participants are guided to reconnect with their voice as a powerful tool for healing, creativity, and spiritual connection.
We work with the voice as medicine—moving beyond performance into authentic, heart-centered expression. By cultivating awareness of the body, breath, and intention, participants learn to access and trust their natural voice.
A central focus of this work is using sound, song, and prayer as tools for communication with the subtle realms, including plant spirit consciousness. Through guided practices, participants are supported in opening as channels, allowing sound to emerge intuitively in relationship with the energetic field. This process supports the transmutation of emotional states, deepens selfawareness, and strengthens connection to intuition and spirit.
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"The Ancient Wisdom Has Been Given To Me, As A Beautiful Gift From My Shipibo Grandparents, As Their Grandson Born, Brought Up And Lived, Under The Loving Warmth Of My Family.
Honoring My Roots Of The Shipibo Cradle, I, Rono Lopez With Deep Knowledge Of The Cosmology Of The Indigenous Shipibo Culture, Have Decided To Dedicate Myself To The Healing And Liberation Of Those Suffering And To Share My Knowledge With My Students Who Follow In My Footsteps.
I Recognize My Duty To Share The Real And Truthful Information About The Origin Of The Shipibo Culture. It Is My Desire To Promote And To Capture The Energies And Living Forces Of All The Knowledge Of The Wonderful Shipibo World."
Our Retreats are an all-inclusive immersion, designed to support deep healing, insight and embodied transformation, guided by traditional Shipibo wisdom with other supportive healing practices and modalities.
Days unfold in rhythm of the jungle life, weaving together ceremonies, personal healing and integrative practices. You can expect profound physical and energetic cleansing through plant baths, saunas, vomitivos, and traditional jungle medicine preparations, alongside deep spiritual treatments guided by the Maestro.
Your journey will be supported with meditations, breathwork, yoga and somatic practices that help you stay present, regulated and connected to your body. Classes in Curanderismo and Shipibo cosmology will offer context and understanding, while one-on-one therapy, coaching, and private consultations provide personalized guidance throughout your process.
Creative expression is also an essential part of the healing work. Art therapy, vocal activation, ceremonial song and creative empowerment practices support self-expression, reconnection to heart and inner child awakening. Sharing circles within a trusted, intimate community offer connection, mirroring, reflection and grounded support.
Dieting requires deep dedication, an assertive mindset and the passion to learn and empower yourself beyond your physical and mental limits. As practiced in traditional and ancient style of dieta, you will be in isolation and silence in a private tambo (jungle hut) abstaining from all contact with the outside world, from talking unecessarily, from sex/masturbtion, from foods with salt, sugar, fruits and oils.
It is required to dry fast for the first 48 hours, from once your dieta has been opened.
Thereafter, you continue fasting with water for as long as you can. Long term dietas require dry or water fasting every other day or during the time period when you are drinking the teacher plant medicine.
The fasting alows the body to absorb the spirit of the plant to ensure a strong connection. the spirits of the teacher plants and trees approach and converse with the dieter in silence, they share their gifts and teachings in the dream realm, in deep meditations and in the ceremonies of Ayahuasca.
You will be required to drink the extract of the teacher plant for 3 days on, 3 days off and so forth continued throughout the dieta. you will also be required to smoke Mapacho (sacred tobacco) in a pipe made of Noya Rao, Chullachaqui or Bobinsana wood depending on what you're dieting. (Pipes will be for sale from mokan rate center).
The pipe becomes your ally, protective tool and aid to connect to your dieta plant. Every 3rd day is a ceremony of Ayahuasca, the opportunity to connect deeper to your teacher plant and to practice singing icaros in ceremony under the Mareacion of Ayahuasca.
Ingestion of Dieta plant extract, being in periods of silence and isolation in your :
We will inform you of your post diet instructions. Pork is prohibited for life after dieta. We will initiate the process with "Treatment" of 3 days, prior to starting dieta. Dieta will be just over 2 weeks.
Patients wanting deep physical, emotional, spiritual cleansing and healing, have the option to do treatments. as a group we will do certain treatments before dieta, to cleanse the body of any obstructions that may prevent deep connection to the teacher plants.
Patients who would like to continue with treatments, purification and healing with the endless variety of potent medicinal lants that the amazonian jungle offers, can choose the option of treatment whilst dieting. treatments include a range of powerful medicinal plants, guided by the spirits of the plants themselves and specifically prepared depending on the llness and disease of the patients. whether it be emotional, physical or spiritual.
The first 3 days of "treatment" will consist of certain treatments. purgatives and saunas. these saunas release dense energies, addressing traumas, stress, and lnxieties. specific plants, known by shipibo maestros, are used for their effectiveness in the healing process.
Dieters receive different plant baths for cleansing, protection, and inner illumination, amplifying their connection with the plant they are dieting...
Dieters receive different plant baths for cleansing, protection, and inner illumination, amplifying their connection with the plant they are dieting. In the Shipibo tradition, plant baths are an important part of the dieta process and are used not only for physical cleansing but also for energetic alignment with the spirit of the plants.
Baths made from the Master plant that a person is dieting are often given to deepen the connection with that plant's intelligence and teachings. These baths help open the energetic channels so the dieter can receive the plant more fully in dreams, visions, and subtle awareness.
As the dieta approaches completion, protective plant baths are commonly used to close and seal the process. These baths help stabilize the energy of the Master plant within the body and protect the dieter while they transition back into everyday life.
There are also aromatic flower or Love Baths, prepared with fragrant plants and flowers. In Shipibo practice, these baths are believed to strengthen magnetism, attraction, beauty, good luck, and harmonious relationships. They uplift the spirit, brighten the energetic field, and help cultivate a sense of openness, joy, and connection. Together, these different plant baths form a key modality used by Shipibo curanderos to support the physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation that occurs during a dieta. In some cases, plant baths are done every day or every other day. They also cleanse on energetic, emotional, and psychic levels and can lead to profound shifts in health and consciousness on their own.
Sometimes called plant steam baths or jungle saunas, are a traditional Amazonian healing practice used to cleanse, purify and prepare...
Sometimes called plant steam baths or jungle saunas, are a traditional Amazonian healing practice used to cleanse, purify and prepare the body before entering a plant dieta or receiving the medicine of a master plant. These therapeutic steam baths are prepared by boiling a selection of medicinal jungle plants and allowing their aromatic vapors and healing compounds to envelop the body. The warmth opens the pores, stimulates circulation and encourages the body to release toxins, tension and stagnant energies.
The baths often contain seven powerful medicinal plants, with the revered Cinco Médicos, meaning Five Doctors, forming the foundation of the preparation. These plants are deeply respected in Amazonian herbal traditions for their potent detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic properties.
Beyond their physical benefits vapor baths are also believed to support emotional and energetic cleansing. They are traditionally used to help restore balance in cases of trauma, anxiety, mental confusion, emotional heaviness and negative energetic influences. Through warmth, aromatic medicine and ritual intention the baths help bring the body and spirit into a state of openness, harmony and receptivity. In this way vapor baths serve as an important preparatory step, helping the body become clear, grounded and receptive before receiving the wisdom and healing of the master plants.
In the Shipibo healing tradition, purgatives are often given at the beginning of a treatment process to cleanse the body in preparation...
In the Shipibo healing tradition, purgatives are often given at the beginning of a treatment process to cleanse the body in preparation for receiving a dieta and other plant medicines. This purification helps remove physical toxins and energetic blockages so the body can receive the healing and teachings of the plants more clearly.
Shipibo curanderos work with a variety of purgative plants, each chosen for its specific medicinal properties and prescribed according to the individual's condition. Once the medicinal preparation is drunk, vomiting is usually induced by drinking large amounts of water. This process is considered an important cleansing of both the stomach and energetic field, helping remove toxins, parasites, and stagnant energies from the body.
The sap of Sangre de Grado (Croton lechleri), or Dragon's Blood, may be used in small amounts as a purgative. It is widely respected in Amazonian medicine for its ability to support healing of the digestive tract. It helps regenerate the stomach lining and intestinal walls and is traditionally used for ulcers, gastritis, and leaky gut, while also having antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. A tea made from Hierba Luisa (Cymbopogon citratus, lemongrass) is boiled and drunk to cleanse and soothe the stomach. This aromatic plant supports digestion, relieves gas and discomfort, and helps clear mucus and toxins from the digestive system.
The milky sap of the Ojé tree (Ficus insipida) is a well-known Amazonian antiparasitic medicine. It is traditionally used to eliminate intestinal parasites and deeply cleanse the digestive tract, and is administered carefully by experienced healers.
A decoction made from the boiled bark of the Cedro tree (Cedrela odorata) is used to cleanse the lungs, liver, and blood. Cedro is valued for its detoxifying and protective qualities, helping clear respiratory congestion, support liver function, and restore balance to the body. Through these purgative plants, Shipibo healers prepare the body for deeper healing, opening the system so the teachings and energies of the Master plants received during dieta can be integrated more fully.
Otherwise known as Palo Volador (the flying tree), is a very mystical, unique and enchanted spirit of which only a few are known to exist. Maestro Ro...
Otherwise known as Palo Volador (the flying tree), is a very mystical, unique and enchanted spirit of which only a few are known to exist. Maestro Rono Lopez has been blessed with a few Noya Rao trees on his property. Also known as the Tree of Light, whose leaves glow in the dark, enhances the intuitive perception and who guides the dietero through profound transformation on their path of self- discovery, self-illumination and authentic purpose. The mythical Noya Rao has been used by the Mahua lineage for centuries and is renowned for being an essential teacher in the path of becoming a healer.
Is a small delicate unassuming spindly plant with white flowers, and she is known for her potent teachings and guidance on the path of becomin...
Marusa is a small delicate unassuming spindly plant with white flowers, and she is known for her potent teachings and guidance on the path of becoming a healer or curandera. She is a very sensitive plant and requires extra caution in post dieta, known for a activating the nervous system, releasing blockages, trauma and grief, neutralizing masculine and feminine imbalances and healing issues related to female reproductive system.
Is a mersmerizing beautiful brush-like pink flowery bush, who enhances lucid dreaming, amplifies visions, opens the heart, releasing traumas and...
Bobinsana is a mersmerizing beautiful brush-like pink flowery bush, who enhances lucid dreaming, amplifies visions, opens the heart, releasing traumas and emotions, whilst teaching compassion and self love. She is also a potent medicine for purifying the blood, alleviating rheumatism, treating disorders of the uterus, and used as a powerful contraception. Those trying to fall preganant should avoid her.
Is a purple, violet and white flowered shrub, also known as “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. “Chiric” refers to tingling in Quechua. As ingesting...
Chiric Sanango is a purple, violet and white flowered shrub, also known as “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. “Chiric” refers to tingling in Quechua. As ingesting the concoction can activate the blood circulation and nervous system giving a tingling sensation. He is a powerful medicine for rheumatism, arthritis, inflammation, flus and colds. He teaches the student lessons of willpower, self dignity, courage and self esteem, mental clarity, bravery and belief in oneself. Chiric Sanango is a very sensitive plant and requires a strict post dieta avoiding certain contra-indicatory foods.
Chullachaqui Caspi is named after the legendary Chullachaqui, a mythical trickster dwarf spirit of the Amazon forest. The tree has a striking appear...
Chullachaqui Caspi is named after the legendary Chullachaqui, a mythical trickster dwarf spirit of the Amazon forest. The tree has a striking appearance, with sturdy roots that grow out of the trunk and rise above the ground, giving it a powerful and ancient presence in the jungle.
In Amazonian and Shipibo traditions, Chullachaqui is considered a guardian ofthe forest and a protector of the plants and animals. The spirit is said to watch over the jungle and defend its plant allies, ensuring that the balance of the forest is respected.
As a Master Plant, Chullachaqui Caspi is known for its strong grounding energy.It helps calm a scattered or restless mind, bringing stability, focus, and clarity. Dieters often work with this plant to cultivate inner strength, courage, and resilience. It is also valued for strengthening energetic protection, helping aperson establish strong boundaries and develop a deeper sense of self assertiveness.
Many who diet Chullachaqui Caspi describe it as a powerful warrior teacherthat supports discipline, mental steadiness, and connection to the deepwisdom of the forest. Its energy is associated with protection, balance, and standing firmly in one's own strength.
is a sacred Amazonian brew traditionally prepared from two powerful plants: the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, often called the Caapi or Yagé vine, and the...
Ayahuasca is a sacred Amazonian brew traditionally prepared from two powerful plants: the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, often called the Caapi or Yagé vine, and the leaves of Psychotria viridis, commonly known as Chakruna.
The Caapi vine contains natural compounds called harmala alkaloids, primarily harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine, which act as MAO inhibitors (MAOIs). These compounds temporarily inhibit the monoamine oxidase enzymes in the digestive system, allowing certain psychoactive compounds to remain active in the body. Beyond their biochemical function, these alkaloids are believed to have neuroprotective, therapeutic and mood-regulating effects on the brain and nervous system.
The Chakruna leaves contain DMT (dimethyltryptamine), a powerful naturally occurring psychedelic compound. When consumed on its own, DMT is normally broken down in the digestive tract. However, when combined with the Caapi vine, the MAO inhibitors prevent this breakdown, allowing the DMT to pass through the bloodstream and cross the blood–brain barrier where it becomes active and produces profound psychological, emotional and visionary experiences. Within Amazonian traditions Ayahuasca is regarded not simply as a medicine but as a teacher plant or master plant spirit, used for healing, introspection, spiritual insight and deep psychological transformation.
This retreat is an invitation to remember and embody spirit through the human form, and to listen deeply for the unique rhythm of your own becoming.
Through the container of dieta, sound, prayer, and somatic practice, participants are gently guided into the resonance field of the heart — awakening the heart-mind and its innate intelligence. As the heart softens and opens, perception begins to shift: from effort to listening, from fragmentation to coherence, from survival to soul-led presence.
This work supports the unfolding of one’s dharma — the remembrance of purpose, calling, and the singular path each soul is here to walk. By attuning to the subtle cognition of the heart, we begin to sense what is truly ours to carry, to offer, and to embody in this lifetime.
As emotional waters are cleansed and recalibrated, layers of unresolved experience held within the body — personal, ancestral, and multi-generational — are invited into release. Trauma stored in the cells, in the nervous system, and in the unconscious field gently loosens its grip, restoring clarity of attention and reopening pathways of intimacy with self, spirit, and life.
In this softened state of presence, we begin to perceive through the heart rather than the wounds of the past. The lens shifts — from trauma-shaped seeing to heart-based knowing. From here, a living relationship with the plant spirits can emerge. Participants attune to the mycelial intelligence of the forest — sensing the subtle tendrils, threads, and resonance of the plant network, and recognizing themselves as part of this vast, interwoven field of life.
Sound, song, and creative expression become tools of integration — anchoring spirit into matter, rooting consciousness into the body, and allowing what has been received to take form. Through deepening embodiment, spirit is no longer abstract or distant, but lived, felt, and carried through the breath, the voice, and the cells themselves.
