27 December 2024

Celebrating the achievements of indigenous students supported by Takiwasi and Fondation Vermont

This December we celebrate the graduation of Mayra, Mardin and Shano. They are three young Awajún from the remote community of Yutupis, in the Peruvian Amazon, who have spent the last five years of their lives in Lima, to study Education at the Schiller-Goethe Pedagogical Institute and thus become teachers.

20 December 2024

Participant experiences of icaros during ayahuasca ceremonies at Takiwasi

New paper by Maya Sherwin, MA in Music Therapy, in collaboration with our research team published in Journal of Psichedelic Studies. This study offers a medical ethnomusicological contribution to the phenomenological mapping of musico-healing experiences of Amazonian curative songs under the altered state of consciousness produced by ayahuasca.

03 December 2024

Webinar on the icaros and their role in Ayahuasca ceremonies

We continue with the presentations of our research team. The next appointment is on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 11:00 am, to present the research carried out in Takiwasi by Owain Graham, PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of California, Riverside.

19 November 2024

Healing Heroes: A Unique Retreat for Veterans & First Responders

Starting in 2025, Takiwasi is offering dedicated retreats for Veterans and First Responders. These transformative programs address mental health, trauma, and substance abuse using our effective, low-cost therapeutic protocol with proven results. We will host three exclusive retreats each year, with the first sessions in June, July, and August 2025.

12 November 2024

Sustainable use of cat's claw in indigenous communities

The new talk by our research team will be broadcast through our Facebook on Tuesday, November 26 at 11:00 am (Peru time).