Awaken Your Ancestral Memory

A 5-Night Retreat with Manari Ushigua in cooperation with Woman on a Mission.

December 2–7, 2025 | Jungle Retreat Center, near Tulum, Mexico

Traditional Ceremonies · Sápara Teachings · Dreamwork · Earth Connection

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Are you ready to leave old patterns, pains, and coping mechanisms behind to live a life you’re truly in love with?

Do you want to connect with your true self, and remember who you truly are?

Release emotional weight, a racing mind, and self doubt, so you can feel deeply at home within yourself?

Meet Manari Ushigua

Spiritual Guide · Dreamwalker · Voice of the Rainforest

Manari is a visionary leader, traditional healer, and spiritual teacher of the Sápara Nation—an Indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Amazon with a lineage of dreamers, guardians of sacred memory, and stewards of the rainforest.
His presence is a transmission.

Recognized internationally for his environmental and cultural advocacy, Manari walks between worlds: the ancient and the modern, the spiritual and the visionary strategic. He speaks not only with words, but with vibration—with song, silence, and ceremony.

To sit in circle with him is not to be taught—it is to be remembered and a true honor.
 

The Journey We Will Walk Together

Over five nights and six days, we will be guided through a sacred arc of remembering. The rhythm of this retreat follows the intelligence of the rainforest: slow, spacious, sacred.

We will gather in:

• Two traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies guided by Manari
• Daily Sápara teachings on dreamwork, ancestral wisdom & nature
• Group sharings and integration spaces
• Earth-based rituals and connection to the land
• Silence, song, and deep energetic transmission

This is not a retreat of doing—but of being. A sacred pause. A soul retrieval.

A return to something you didn’t know you had forgotten.

The Medicine: Ayahuasca

A Sacred Plant Ally for Healing & Vision

We will sit in two traditional ceremonies with Ayahuasca, held with deep respect and spiritual integrity.

Ayahuasca is a sacred vine medicine of the Amazon rainforest, traditionally used for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Known as “la medicina” or “the vine of the soul,” it opens us to layers of consciousness where deep truths are revealed, pain is transformed, and visions are born.

Ceremonies will be conducted in the traditional Sápara way—through song, prayer, and energetic guidance. You will be prepared beforehand and held with care during and after, with space for integration and grounding.

This is powerful work. And you will not walk it alone.

The Location: A Jungle Retreat with the Frequency of Healing

Our home for this journey is a simple, authentic retreat center nestled deep in the Mexican jungle. Far from noise and distraction, this land invites you into stillness and simplicity.

• Shared jungle cabanas or rustic rooms, single occupation available as well
• Compost toilets and solar showers
• Delicious Plant-based, nourishing meal
• Nights under the stars, days in barefoot presence
• A pool to cool down, as well as freshwater cenotes and the Caribbean beach nearby

35 min away from Tulum, in the middle of the jungle you find the Retreat Center

Feel the vibe…

This is not luxury in the traditional sense—there are no infinity pools or marble floors.

But it is the luxury of truth, of Earth, of deep listening.

Come as you are. The land will receive you.

Retreat Flow: The Rhythm of the Days

(Please note: we work in the traditional Amazonian way, which means the schedule will likely be adjusted to Manari’s intuitive flow.)

We will also visit local Cenotes, the beach, and the Maya Ruins of Tulum.

Who Is This For

This retreat is not for everyone.

• It is for those who feel ready to leave behind the patterns that keep them stuck in suffering and stuck in old traumatic wounds.
• For those longing to return to soul, to source, to truth and their real authentic selves.
• For those ready to do the work. Plant medicine is not for the faint hearted and is asking for commitment and full self responsibility, when the mirror of yourself is held before you.

You may be a seeker, a leader, a healer, or an artist.
You may be navigating change or standing at the edge of the unknown.
You may not know why you’re called—but you feel the call. That is enough.

This retreat is limited to a small group to preserve intimacy and depth.

Retreat Contribution & Exchange

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We honor the sacredness of this experience and the Indigenous wisdom being shared.

Because this retreat includes sacred plant ceremonies, personal guidance, and a rare opportunity to sit with Manari in an intimate setting, participation is by application only.

We do understand that every person’s financial situation is different and therefore offer different price tiers depending on the accommodation style.

Options available:

• Double occupancy with single beds, or single occupancy with queen & king size beds.
• 2 Glamping tents
• 4 Casitas / Bungalows
• 4 private rooms in main house.

The prices range from $1150 – $1750 EARLY BIRD (till September 7th) to $1250 – $1850 FULL PRICE)

Full details will be shared in a personal discovery call, where we’ll explore if this journey is aligned for you.

Spaces are limited and will fill quickly.

Meet the Organizers

Co creating a very special experience for you, it’s important to us you get to know our whole team.

Brenda Basurto

Retreat Co-Host · Intuitive Guide · Nature Connector

Brenda is a space holder and intuitive guide with a deep connection to the rhythms of nature and the wisdom of the animal world. Her work is grounded in presence, sensitivity, and the quiet power of deep listening.

Before dedicating herself to this path, Brenda worked in the corporate world. Her journey of transformation deepened through several extended stays with the Sápara Nation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where she experienced life-changing teachings and ceremonies alongside her husband Simon. It was there that their son was conceived, and the vision for this retreat was born.

Brenda’s gift lies in creating spaces of safety and authenticity, where people can gently reconnect with their own intuition, sensitivity, and inner truth.

She carries a calming presence and an ability to bridge the visible and invisible—supporting others in returning to the natural intelligence of their body, emotions, and soul.

Her work is rooted in simplicity, connection, and the remembrance that healing begins when we come home to ourselves and the Earth.

Simon Rilling

Retreat Co-Host · Transformational Guide · Founder of Beyond Perception

Simon Rilling is a transformational guide, coach, and the voice behind the Beyond Perception podcast—a platform exploring consciousness, freedom, and the human journey beyond societal conditioning.

After a successful career in investment banking, Simon left the corporate world to follow a deeper calling. His search for meaning led him into indigenous wisdom traditions and creative self-mastery.

Over the past years, he has facilitated hundreds of transformational spaces, supporting others in reconnecting with their purpose and power.

Simon’s work is shaped by his close relationship with the Sápara Nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, where he and his wife Brenda spent extended periods of time in ceremony, cultural exchange, and spiritual study.

Bridging structure and spirit, logic and intuition, Simon creates grounded, clear, and empowering spaces for personal transformation—inviting people to return to who they truly are and to create from that place of authenticity.

Franziska Freitag

Retreat Co-Host · Founder of Women on a Mission

Franziska Freitag the founder of Women on a Mission (WOAM)—a creative agency and collective that supports women in building purpose-driven businesses with clarity, integrity, and soul.

She brings over a decade of experience in branding, business development, and international consulting. Alongside her work in the business world, Franziska has spent several years living and working closely with Indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, particularly the Yawanawá people of Brazil.

Through years of dietas, ceremonies, and cultural exchange, she has walked a path of deep respect and reciprocity—co-leading retreats and founding a nonprofit called The Floresta Association, dedicated to supporting Indigenous knowledge, land, and sovereignty.

Her work is a meeting point between worlds—where systems and strategy are infused with lived experience, ancestral wisdom, and a devotion to building new ways of doing business, leadership, and life. She is committed to co-creating a future rooted in reciprocity, reverence, and the deep remembering of our place within the living world.

A Sacred Invitation to Transformation

December 2-7 2025

5 nights, 2 ceremonies, daily traditional teachings + group calls before and after.

Any form of plant medicine ceremony is more than just a spiritual practice—it is a profound commitment to your own healing, growth, and evolution. It is an opportunity to clear what no longer serves you, receive the wisdom of a master plant, and step into a new level of clarity, alignment, and purpose.

This is not for everyone. It is for those who feel the deep call—who are ready to surrender, listen, and trust in something greater than themselves.

If you feel that call, trust it. The journey with Noya Rao is one of illumination, purification, and transformation—one that will stay with you long after the retreat ends.

Are you ready to begin?

Fill out the application form today, and we’ll get in touch with you asap.