Yage and yoga: New year retreat in Ecuador

YAGË and YOGA: EMBODY YOUR NEW VISION

What if you could begin the year in complete and total alignment with your deepest Heart’s desires?

We invite you to step into the new year with clarity, connection, and embodied vision!

The Yagé & Yoga retreat is a sacred space for healing & transformation – a six-day immersive experience at Durga’s Tiger School on the sacred mountain of Ilaló, where ancestral shamanic wisdom meets eastern embodiment practices.

This retreat is a celebration of endings and beginnings. Through Kaula Tantra Yoga, shamanic plant medicine ceremonies, meditation and sacred embodiment rituals, we invite you to release what no longer serves, call in your highest vision, and anchor it deeply into your body and life.

Who is this for?

For seekers of conscious celebration spaces, lovers of the sacred, curious souls, and courageous hearts.

Whether you’re experienced or newly exploring this path, whether you’re coming alone, with a partner, or with friends, this is a space to celebrate New Year in a conscious, inspiring and uplifting way, to connect in community, and to welcome the New Year with intention, power and grace.

Yagé and Yoga

Yagé & Yoga – Embody Your New Vision is a sacred New Year retreat devoted to healing, transformation, clarity, and embodied vision. Over six days, we open a ceremonial space to shed the weight of the past year and step into a new cycle from a place of grounded intention, expanded awareness, and heart-centered power.

Rooted in the powerful synergy between Amazonian plant medicine and Tantra Yoga, this retreat invites you to reconnect with your essence through sacred Yagé / Ayahuasca ceremonies, Kaula Tantra Yoga, Dance Rituals, Meditations and group and personal integration. You’ll be guided through a slow, intentional, and body-based journey to remember your truth, anchor your vision, and awaken a deeper sense of purpose and presence.

Surrounded by the majestic Andes and the sacred volcano Ilaló, supported by the land, the medicine, the practices, and a loving community – this is a time to release, receive, and step into your new vision with power and trust.
Why Yagé and Yoga?

Yagé opens the inner eye to your spiritual vision. Yoga & Dance brings your vision into the body.

Through this powerful combination, you’ll not only receive insight – you’ll integrate it, embody it, and begin living from it. The retreat offers the sacred alchemy of the eagle and the condor, connecting masculine and feminine, joining mind, body and heart in harmony – yoking ancient wisdom and embodied presence.

Let your New Year begin with reverence. With truth. With inner power.

Embody Your New Vision.

RETREAT PROGRAM

– Day 1 – 28th December: Arrival and Opening:

Settle into the space, meet the community and open the sacred container for the retreat in an Opening Ceremony. Learn about the spiritual practices that will be offered and the energy design of this transformational journey ahead.

Arrival & Check In 12:00 – 15:00
Lunch 13:00
Opening Ceremony 17:00 – 18:00
Introduction into the energy design of the retreat 18:00 – 19:00
Dinner 19:00

– Day 2 – 29th December: Releasing

Let go of all that doesn’t serve you anymore to be your truest self in the upcoming year with a powerful Kali Dance Ritual. Connect with your body and relax through the ancient eastern practice of Kaula Tantra Yoga. Find your personal intention and start preparing for the first medicine ceremony.

I Medicine Night – Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony – Surrender to the deep healing power of Yagé Ceremony I. This is a powerful night of cleansing, insight, and renewal guided by the wisdom of the medicine.

Kali Dance Ritual 6:30 – 8:00
Breakfast 8:00
Kaula Tantra Yoga 10:00 – 13:00
Lunch 13:00
Yagé Intro. Talk 16:00 – 17:00
Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony I 20:00

– Day 3 – 30th December: Integration

Ground insights through yoga, rest and community. A gentle day to reflect, restore, and reconnect with your body and heart. Share your experience in an Integration circle & enjoy chanting sacred songs around the fire.

Breakfast 8:00
Kaula Tantra Yoga 11:00 – 13:00
Lunch 13:00
Integration Circle 16:00 – 17:00
Mantras & Medicine Songs around the Fire 17:00 – 18:00
Dinner 19:00

– Day 4 – 31st December: DREAMING A NEW VISION on New Year’s Eve

With the energy of the last year released, open to receive a new vision, inspiration, and guidance for your year ahead. Step into your power with the Durga Dance ritual and enjoy connecting with yourself in Kaula Tantra Yoga practice. Join a talk to learn how the medicine of Yagé / Ayahuasca is made and start preparing for the second medicine ceremony.

II Medicine Night – Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony – Dream your path forward in Ceremony II. Receive positive vision for the next year and Fill up with new inspiration.

Durga Dance Ritual 6:30 – 8:00
Breakfast 8:00
Kaula Tantra Yoga 10:00 – 13:00
Lunch 13:00
Talk: How the Medicine is Made 16:00
Yagé / Ayahuasca Ceremony II 20:00

– Day 5 – 1st of January: Integration

Anchor your new vision in the body. Through yoga and sharing, give form and breath to the insights you received. Enjoy the group Integration circle of the second ceremony and take your time to rest.

Breakfast 8:00
Kaula Tantra Yoga 11:00 – 13:00
Lunch 13:00
Integration Circle 15:00
Rest & Time for reflection

– Day 6 – 2nd December: Closing & Departure

Complete the journey in community, with gratitude and intention in the closing ceremony. Share your harvest of the retreat around the fire. Say goodbye to the land, the circle, and the retreat – carrying your vision into the world.

Meditation 7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast 8:00
Closing Ceremony 10:00 – 12:00

The daily activities can vary depending on the energy level of the group.

PRACTICES AND ELEMENTS OF THE NEW YEAR RETREAT

– Yagé / Ayahuasca Medicine Ceremonies:
Guided shamanic plant medicine journeys rooted in the ancestral A’í – Cofán tradition from the Ecuadorian Amazon and other shamanic world traditions. Includes intention setting using sacred Tobacco, Rapé and shamanic limpias from the shaman.

– Kaula Tantra Yoga:
A traditional practice from India with meditation in movement blending tantric and yogic wisdom together. This practice is perfect to prepare and integrate the Yagé / Ayahuasca ceremonies as it brings you back into your body through deep relaxation and conscious movement and breathing. This ancient practice holds space for connecting deeper with your inner wisdom balancing the feminine and the masculine aspects within.

– Kali & Durga Embodiment Dance Rituals:
Sacred Shakta Tantra dance rituals invoking the fierce energy of the divine feminine to release and empower through dynamic movements, breathwork, mudras, mantras, and meditation.

– Mantras and Medicine Songs Circle:
Chanting and singing to connect deeper with your heart and voice.

– Meditation:
Guided practices to cultivate presence, inner stillness, clarity, and connection.

– Yagé Intro. Talk; Questions & Answers:
An introduction into the use of the sacred Yagé / Ayahuasca medicine. A safe and informative space to bring all your questions and curiosities about the Yagé / Ayahuasca medicine. We will talk about the preparation and aftercare for ceremonies, share important recommendations, and explain the ceremonial flow and structure. This session is created to support you in feeling safe, clear, and confident whether you are stepping into the medicine path for the first time or are an experienced ceremonialist.

– Talk: How the Medicine is Made:
Wind will share insight into the traditional preparation and significance of Yagé.

– Collective Integration Circles:
Safe, supportive group spaces to share experiences, feel heard, supported, listen and deepen connection & receive feedback from the shaman.

– Optional: Private Somatic Integration Session (Extra Cost)
One to one Somatic Psychology based Integration session to support deeper integration of your journey.