Ayahuasca Retreat San Diego
7 Day Ayahuasca Retreat San Diego
A retreat at the Ayahuasca Retreat Vancouver island Center offers you the opportunity to experience traditional plant spirit medicine under the expert guidance of a highly skilled curandero. Our lead curandero, Manain, brings over 45 years of dedicated healing experience and has been working closely with us for over seven years.
Ayahuasca offers profound healing and teachings in diverse and individualized ways. It cleanses and purifies the body both physically and energetically, helping to release limiting beliefs and habitual patterns by bringing them clearly into our awareness. The medicine facilitates emotional release and healing through a cleansing purging process.
This cleansing experience is unique for each participant. A truly remarkable aspect of working with ayahuasca is the personalized care provided by the medicine spirits. They intuitively understand each individual’s needs, guiding you through a deeply personal process that aligns with your intentions, available time, and healing goals. Our role is simply to allow this transformative process to unfold, surrendering and trusting fully in the medicine.
A retreat at the Ayahuasca Retreat Vancouver island Center is an intense yet profoundly rewarding journey toward deep emotional healing and self-discovery. It addresses and clears deeply rooted emotional blocks and past traumas, enabling you to reconnect with your authentic self and live more naturally and freely. Our daily experiences are often shaped by unconscious limiting beliefs from our past. Ayahuasca brings these patterns to light, helping us let go of them and build healthier, more empowering belief systems that foster a more fulfilling and open-hearted life.
Established in 2010, the Ayahuasca Retreat Vancouver island Center closely follows the wisdom and guidance of master ayahuasqueros, consistently delivering exceptional results through traditional Amazonian plant medicine. Over the years, we’ve refined and expanded our approach, incorporating contemporary teachings about human consciousness, thought patterns, and belief systems. This integrated method significantly enhances personal transformation and life-changing experiences.
In addition to ayahuasca ceremonies, each retreat also features at least one ceremony with San Pedro, the visionary cactus native to the Andes. Known affectionately as Grandfather Huachuma, San Pedro is a powerful yet gentle healer that beautifully complements ayahuasca’s work. Renowned for its heart-opening qualities, Huachuma facilitates the gentle yet deep cleansing of emotional burdens we may unknowingly carry.
At the Ayahuasca Retreat Vancouver island Center, retreats offer a comprehensive healing experience within a secure, nurturing, and supportive environment. Your safety, personal healing journey, spiritual growth, and transformation are our primary focus. We thoughtfully balance powerful ayahuasca ceremonies with insightful activities and ample opportunities for rest and reflection, ensuring you are fully prepared and rejuvenated for each subsequent ceremony.
Highlights of our 7 Day Ayahuasca Retreat include
Guest Healer Stacy Keast on Schedule
We are honoured to welcome Stacy Keast — shamanic teacher, healer, author, sacred space holder, and retreat facilitator for two 7 day retreats in January, 2026.
For over 12 years, Stacy has been bringing her students to Hummingbird to work with the medicine, the land, and the spirits. Trained with Shipibo curanderos in Peru and Tuvan shamans of Siberia, she blends ancient wisdom with modern tools for deep healing, awakening, and transformation.
As the founder of a Shamanic Practitioner training program, Stacy is internationally known for guiding people through profound emotional and energetic healing. Her approach is heart-centered, trauma-informed, and rooted in creating safe, sacred spaces where true transformation can unfold.
During the retreat, Stacy will offer teachings, and be available for private 1:1 sessions, which may include:
- Healing & energetic clearing
- Shamanic coaching & guidance Ritual & ceremony
- Ritual & ceremony
- Energy work & spiritual awakening
Her 1:1 session will cost $100 and may be booked onsite during the retreat.
Stacy’s presence offers a sacred and supportive space for those ready to heal, reconnect, and step fully into their authentic power.
Daily Schedule
Day 1
| 10:00 am | Pick up at 10 AM at the Fizcaraldo restaurant on the Boulevard |
| 12:00 pm | A hearty lunch in accord with the ayahuasca diet |
| 2:00 pm | An orientation meeting at 2 PM |
| 4:00 pm | Cleansing plant bath to prepare for ayahuasca |
| 6:00 pm | Guided Meditation |
| 7:00 pm | First ayahuasca ceremony |
Day 2
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am | Group integration meeting |
| 12:00 pm | A hearty lunch in accord with the ayahuasca diet |
| 4:00 pm | Cleansing plant bath to prepare for ayahuasca |
| 6:00 pm | Guided Meditation |
| 7:00 pm | Second ayahuasca ceremony |
Day 3
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am | Group integration meeting. After this we will have talk about San Pedro, tomorrows ceremony. |
| 12:00 pm | A hearty lunch in accord with the ayahuasca diet |
| 4:00 pm | First talk on the power of our subconscious mind and changing our belief systems |
| 6:00 pm | Your first dinner at the Ayahuasca Retreat Vancouver island Center! |
Day 4
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 10:00 am | First talk on the power of our subconscious mind and changing our belief systems |
| 12:00 pm | A hearty lunch in accord with the ayahuasca diet |
| 1:00 pm | Mud bath, weather permitting. This requires a sunny day and may be held on a different day |
| 3:00 pm | Cleansing vapor bath to prepare for ayahuasca. We are going to sweat!! |
| 6:00 pm | Guided Meditation |
| 7:00 pm | Third ayahuasca ceremony |
Day 5
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am | Group integration meeting. After this we will have talk about San Pedro, tomorrows ceremony. |
| 12:00 pm | A hearty lunch in accord with the ayahuasca diet |
| 4:00 pm | Meet in the moloca for additional energetic healing by the ayahuasquero |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner and a relaxing evening to rest up for San Pedro day! |
Day 6
| 8:00 am | Begin the San Pedro ceremony. This is an all day experience that lasts 10-12 hours. It is with you, the medicine, and nature. People maintain their ability to function well and will have the run of the property. |
| 12:30 pm | Snacks of raw vegetables and fruit put out for those that are hungry. |
| 4:30 pm | Our traditional San Pedro Day Soup. A big pot of soup is served and left out all evening so people may eat at their convenience. |
Day 7
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Meet in the moloca to receive your Arkana, energetic protection to help preserve your new vibrational state |
| 9:30 pm | Leave the center to return to Iquitos |
A Guided Retreat Experience Focused on Healing
Throughout your retreat, our experienced facilitators will be readily available to support you in understanding and integrating your journeys. They provide compassionate coaching and personalized guidance, recognizing the uniqueness of each person’s healing process.
Our core focus is on facilitating your healing journey. We encourage you to gently push beyond your comfort zone, stepping into new, positive behaviors and transformative ways of thinking about yourself and your relationships with others.
This retreat is designed to help you relax and rejuvenate. Time spent alone for reflection and integration is essential to your healing process. Journaling, artistic expression, and exploring your creativity are strongly encouraged, with materials provided to facilitate these practices.
Each morning following an ayahuasca ceremony, we hold group circle meetings where you can openly discuss your experiences with our curandero and facilitators. These meetings offer valuable opportunities to ask questions, gain deeper insights into your personal journey, and learn more about how ayahuasca uniquely interacts with each individual.
By hearing the stories of others, you’ll gain appreciation for the diverse ways ayahuasca facilitates healing and growth. This process fosters a deeper respect for your personal journey, empowering you to authentically express your experiences without comparison.