News
24 September 2025
In this webinar, we explore the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern clinical research in addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with a special focus on military veterans.
22 September 2025
Overcoming Depression and Addiction with Medicinal Plants: Maribel’s Story
In this courageous testimony, Maribel shares her healing journey at Takiwasi. Her experience reflects the challenges and lessons of a true process of change: leaving behind dependence on medications and alcohol, facing family attachment, overcoming doubts and fears, and finally discovering inner strength and humility as the foundation of a new life. Recently at Takiwasi we opened the possibility of outpatient addiction treatment for women, responding to the many requests we had received. In 2023 we took a first step with a one-month seminar exclusively for women struggling with addiction, with excellent results. In 2025 we went further by integrating women into a mixed treatment, where they participate in plant sessions and therapeutic workshops alongside men, though under a semi-residential format.
10 September 2025
We Have Completed the Reconstruction of the Maloca!
Dear friends, we are very happy to announce that, after a few months of hard work, at the beginning of this September we completed the reconstruction of the patients’ maloca, which had been destroyed by a falling tree last April. To celebrate this event, we also held a small inauguration and blessing ceremony for this therapeutic space, so important for Takiwasi, where we will continue welcoming more people in search of healing. We are deeply grateful to all those who supported us in this process of renewal!
08 September 2025
The Mother-Child Bond in the Development and Overcoming of Addiction
Webinar led by María Virginia Erazo, Gestalt Psychotherapist specialized in the treatment of addictions and member of the Takiwasi team, who addresses the fundamental role of the maternal bond in the development and overcoming of this issue. During the talk, clinical case examples are shared to provide a more concrete understanding of how maternal dynamics create processes of dependency and codependency.
27 August 2025
Master Plants & Ayahuasca Retreat Testimonial - Former Captain US Army
What does it mean for a soldier to surrender and retreat? In the military, these two words are unthinkable. Yet Trevor, a former infantry officer and U.S. Army captain, discovered at Takiwasi a place where “surrender” and “retreat” take on a deeply healing meaning. In this testimony, he shares his first experience at Takiwasi where he underwent a master plant dieta in the jungle, guided by our therapeutic team with decades of expertise. A sincere and transformative testimony about the transition from military life to the path of self-knowledge, and how Takiwasi offers a unique opportunity for silence, introspection, and truly meeting yourself.
