7 days New Year's Retreat Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Cacao in the Andes of Ecuador

METAMORPHOSIS – A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

A New Year’s journey of deep transformation and community celebration at Durga’s Tiger School in Ecuador. Through Tantra Yoga, Shamanic practices, Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Temazcal, dance, Cacao, ecstatic movement, connection with the Earth and time in nature, we will create a space to listen deeply and explore what is ready to transform. Metamorphosis is a journey into the dark unknown – learning to let go, trust the process, and make space for something new to emerge. To meet this deep inner process in a balanced way, it is essential to invite enough safety, support and resources. And so, along the way, we will also be connecting with light, joy and celebration. Together, in community, we will welcome the New Year, honour where we have been, make space for what is emerging, and celebrate the gift of being alive!

This journey will include:

Tantra Yoga • Shamanic Rituals • Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony • Temazcal • Metamorphosis Dance & Voicework • Cacao Ritual • Ecstatic Dance • Plant Medicine • Integration Circles • Connection with the Earth & the Elements • New Year Celebration • And more…

* The sacred Yagé / Ayahuasca medicine is shared in alignment with the tradition of the A’í-Cofán people of the Ecuadorian Amazon, with deep respect for their ancestral wisdom and with the blessing and authorization of master shaman Don Avelino Quenama. *

PROGRAM

Day 1 – 27th of December

4 – 7 pm: Arrival and Check in
7 pm : Dinner
8 pm: Open ceremony (Energy Design, Guidelines & Setting Intentions)

Day 2 – 28th of December

8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Metamorphosis DANCE (+voicework)
1 pm: Lunch
4 pm: Intro & Setting Intention for Temazcal
5 pm: Temazcal with micro dose of San Pedro Plant medicine
9 pm: light Dinner

Day 3 – 29h of December

8 am: breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Light lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
4 pm: Intro into Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Guidelines for the Ceremony
8 pm: Yagé-Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony until next morning 7 am (includes Intention setting with sacred Tobacco and Rapé session)

Day 4 – 30th of December

8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Integration Circle
Rest

Day 5 – 31st of December – New Years EVE Celebration

8 am: Breakfast
10 am: Kaula Tantra Yoga Session
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Afternoon practice – New Year Intention setting -Journaling
6 pm: light Dinner
8 pm: Cacao Ritual and Ecstatic Dance
12 am: Welcoming & Celebrating the New Year around the fire
Goodnight

Day 6 – 1st of January

8 am: Breakfast
11 am: short Kaula Tantra Yoga Session or REST
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm: Going up the Ilaló, Coca Kintu Ritual and Gratitude Ritual – offering and sharing food with the Earth
7 pm: Dinner

Day 7 – 2nd of January

8 am: Breakfast
11 am: Chanting Circle with Cacao Meditation around the fire
12 pm: Harvest and Closing Ceremony
1 pm: Check out and Departure

We invite you to welcome the New Year in a different way – in a loving community, surrounded by nature, with space for deep inner exploration, connection, rest and celebration.
A time to honour all that life brings, to meet ourselves more deeply, to let go of what is ready to be released and welcome what is yet to come. To support each other through the unknown, to dance, laugh, share, and celebrate the beauty of being alive!

Come as you are, with all that you carry, and join us in welcoming a new cycle of life together.

THE SPACE – DURGA’S TIGER SCHOOL

Located in Tumbaco, Ecuador, on the slopes of the sacred Ilaló volcano, Durga’s Tiger School is a unique space where Tantra, Yoga, Art and Shamanism come together. Surrounded by the beauty of the Andes, with natural-material architecture, gardens and nourishing food, the school offers a welcoming space to connect with nature, community and oneself.
There is possibility to stay in single room for additional cost, please ask us!