Analysis and Introduction to the Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Tobacco retreat with ceremonies for Healing and Awakening of Consciousness. Seminars on Traditional Amazonian Shamanism in Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland.
For the past 14 years, ceremonies have been organized four to five times a year creating strong bonds among the participants over the years forming a Swiss community that fosters personal healing and re-awakening through ceremony, meditation and plant medicine. The ceremonies are held over a week-end long retreat in a beautiful countryside location in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
Every once in a while we organize a public evening lecture together with a sacred tobacco ceremony. These lectures cover a variety of topics concerning spirituality, shamanism, modern society, healing and medicinal plants.
Opening up the space with tobacco, the blood of Arutam, bringing calmness into the mind, centering, arriving. The Tumank slowly guiding us, increasing the sensation of the medicine felt in our bodies.
The chanting stirring up resistances, shaking our structures of illusion, our justifications of wrongdoing and deception, our constructs about ourselves, our misbeliefs.
Patterns and visions may arise, to be understood and transformed into our daily lives. The sounds of the Kaer intensifying the vibrations within… The teachings of the elders, words of wisdom, echoing in our souls. Entering our hearts to the depths of existence.
The flute and the tobacco working in unison, changing the patterns, leading towards immense clarity, a deeply felt understanding — peace.
Every ceremony is different, guiding me on the shamanic path, a path of truth and responsibility. The transmissions and teachings are dripping into my daily life like raindrops falling to the earth — nourishing, growing the seed that was lying dormant, now blossoming.
Higher sensitivity, demanding my attention, demanding changes — of myself, of my life — to become a better human being. This work is not only for ourselves, but for the world, for the Spirit. For the care of everything that is.
Ayu
Nina
You will have the opportunity to experience the learning of Ayahuasca, Tobacco and San Pedro in company of Arutam Ruymán’s art, healing and wisdom.
The majority of participants are looking to change something in their lives. Many return several times as they see the benefits they bring to their daily lives and their relationships.
The ceremonies are a very profound experience: they remain faithful to the Shuar traditions of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They remain unaltered, and do not try, in any respect, to adapt their content to the “Western” comforts. For this reason, not everyone is qualified to experience such ceremonies.
Find out when the next ceremonies in Switzerland from the calendar. The ceremonies are open for anyone looking to experience a deep connection with themselves and awaken their own sensitivities to life.
One or two nights
The ceremonies are held in a house with dormitories and showers in the beautiful countryside. Breakfast is served on both days and lunch prior to the second ceremonies.
Limited to 20–25 people
The price covers the ceremony costs, including meals, supplies, and accommodation. For more details, please contact us or check the link provided.
If you are interested in attending a conference or ceremony, please don’t hesitate to send us a message using the form below. The organizer will get in touch with you by email, and may also offer to speak with you by phone to answer any questions you may have.
The ayahuasca ritual, deeply rooted in the indigenous traditions of the Amazon, awakens a mixture of curiosity, doubts and spiritual search among those who approach this experience for the first time. Beyond its mystical dimension, the rite involves conscious preparation and a clear understanding of its cultural context.
In this FAQ section, you will find essential answers to guide you in the practical, ethical and symbolic aspects of the ritual, favoring informed and respectful participation.
Every ayahuasca practice must consider safety as a foundation. A ritual of this type requires the guidance of an experienced shaman, who has worked deeply with the plant and knows how to accompany amplified states of consciousness.
It is important to carry out a prior evaluation before the ritual, to know the physical, emotional and energetic state of each person. The environment must be carefully arranged: quiet, stable and conducive to introspection.
Those who accompany must observe carefully and have an intimate knowledge of the plant and its effects, to protect the process in its entirety.
The path to an ayahuasca intake begins before the encounter. It is suggested to take care of your diet, rest your body, silence your mind and protect your sexual energy. These actions prepare the internal ground for medicine to work more clearly.
Those who dispose themselves with humility and attention open themselves to a deeper experience. And just as preparation is important, so is what comes next: continuing with this care for at least two weeks allows what has been experienced to stabilize and integrate with meaning.
During the process with ayahuasca, the person may go through experiences of great emotional or spiritual openness. In those moments, the role of the teacher is key: someone with a deep journey, capable of accompanying from silence or intervening wisely when required.
The team that assists must also be prepared to act prudently, taking care of the harmony of the environment and the collective experience. To accompany does not mean to lead, but to sustain. That support extends to the entire community present, protecting the delicacy of the group and ensuring a space where everyone can go through their process with confidence.
Not all people in medical or psychological treatment are in a position to undergo an ayahuasca process. There are medications that can interfere with the effects of the plant, and also emotional situations that require special protection.
Therefore, it is essential to clearly inform the personal condition before starting the work. Adequate accompaniment begins from that first dialogue, and must always be based on discernment, prudence and respect for each story.
The ayahuasca process offers a profound opportunity for transformation, both physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It often invites us to look inward, towards what is difficult: painful memories, ingrained patterns or denied parts.
But by going through those moments with courage and inner commitment, a space opens up where the person can reconnect with the sacred, strengthen their vital energy and rediscover a clearer and more authentic orientation in their life.
The ayahuasca ritual can open very deep spaces within the person, but the true transformation settles later. Integration begins when we return to the everyday and allow what we have experienced to speak to us through simple gestures.
Taking care of the body, keeping your inner calm and getting away from the fast pace are ways to sustain the process. The key is not to forget it, not to turn it off with distractions. A well-conducted ritual leaves clear signs, and integration consists of following them carefully and truthfully.
The path of shamanism can only be fully lived within an ancestral lineage. It is not a mixture of ideas, but a set of living rituals that have been passed down for generations. These rituals are not repeated meaninglessly: they are actualized with each master, with each sincere apprentice.
A lineage is not a rigid hierarchy, but a way of caring for the sacred. Rituals teach more than a thousand words, because they awaken direct understanding. Learning them within a lineage allows you to experience their potency without distortion. Lineage protects. It protects the one who teaches, the one who learns and the ritual itself. When that chain is cut, power is weakened.
That is why, in shamanism, living transmission is what keeps the flame burning. Today, in the midst of great turmoil, true rituals are beacons. They remind us of where we come from and where we can go, if we walk with respect, dedication and truth.
The Uwishin does not play a technical role in the ceremony: it is a channel and a living presence. From its union with the spirit, its task is to contain, guide and awaken through song. That song is not born of thought, but of the instant.
Each vibration is a bridge to the essential, to what the participant needs to see, feel or let go. It is not a beautiful song: it is a healing force. It vibrates deep and guides the process without words.
Only someone trained in this tradition can occupy that place. It is not an external function, but a presence that inhabits space from the purity, sensitivity and deep knowledge of the human soul.
In the Amazonian ritual context, ayahuasca – called Natem by the native peoples – is considered a master plant for its ability to transform, teach and heal from the depths. It is not just any substance, but a wise spirit that guides from within.
During the ritual, Natem acts as a mirror of truth: it exposes the veils of the ego, internal wounds, and unresolved conflicts. Although challenging, this experience offers a real cleansing, which releases what prevents growth. Thus, this master plant reveals the essential that lives in each one.
The power of Natem is in what he awakens: a vital energy that heals, reorganizes and reactivates the link with the spiritual plane. For this reason, in well-guided rituals that respect their tradition, ayahuasca becomes a deep channel of reconnection with the sacred and with oneself.
In the sacred ritual of ayahuasca, tobacco occupies a central place as a master plant. The Amazonian peoples, such as the Shuar, consider him the blood of Arutam: a living expression of the Great Spirit on Earth.
It is not smoked: it is prepared in water and inhaled with reverence at the beginning of the ritual, as a preparation of the soul, and at the end, as an act of spiritual crowning. Its presence allows you to focus the mind, align the body, and open the heart to what is about to be revealed. Throughout the ritual, tobacco serves as an anchor and channel.
The shaman uses it wisely, at key moments, to guide, protect or awaken. It is a powerful medicine that vibrates in tune with the Whole. At its core, tobacco sings the memory of unity.
In a traditional ayahuasca ritual there is no room for the superficial. This is not a curious or alternative experience, but a serious spiritual practice, with deep roots in the Amazonian shamanic tradition.
It takes authentic guidance, conscious preparation, and a heart willing to step into the unknown. Ayahuasca, as a master plant, does not grant whims: it reveals. And what it shows can be hard.
It confronts the masks, cleanses the mind of deception, and confronts us with what we have been avoiding all our lives. That is why the ritual is not easy, but it is true.
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