What is Spiritual Health?

In today's culture, the concept of the spirit has been scientifically removed from our belief system. Only through the study of other, much older cultures have we been reminded of what our ancestors knew as fact but has been changed into a ritual of words with no meaning. What our ancestors and these ancient cultures knew is that the spirit is real. This spirit within each of us is capable of much more than we could ever imagine, and by encountering it and learning what and who it is, we can begin to expand the boundaries of our true potential, so far as to gain the power to heal ourselves completely.
Many physical and emotional sicknesses are the result of a disharmony in the spirit. Something is not right in the spirit, and it has manifested into a problem within the emotions or in the physical body. By treating the body, the affliction can only be maintained, but not cured, like cutting a weed that grows back a short time later. Consciously working with the spirit, however, can allow an individual to discover the roots of an illness and to pull up these roots and alleviate their own suffering.
The spirit can manifest an illness and it can manifest pure joy. The power lies in the truth of our intentions and our willingness to believe in what we can never know, but can feel. In surrendering to the infinite we find ourselves in good hands.
Spiritual ignorance has infected nearly every culture of the world by now, and there are few people left who intimately know the spiritual dimension and the powers of the human spirit. The movement to retain the ancient wisdom of the spirit is growing quickly but it is a race to gather information about the earth before it is destroyed. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the last places that has not been destroyed... yet. Humans are not the only ones with spirits. Everything has a spirit, and ancient forests contain a spiritual wisdom that should humble us all. It is a teacher far wiser than any human will ever be.

Our Yanapuma Jungle Retreat is an adventure into the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. By drinking Ayahuasca and allowing the power of the forest to raise our consciousness, we will connect more fully with our spirits, and with the help of a local shaman and the spirits of the plants, we will be healed completely.
Much of the healing will be done by our own spirits, but believing in our ability and having faith in the loving power of the universe will allow us to do this healing. The shaman influences our intentions and helps to strengthen our beliefs. The plants are the key, however, for they are the ancient link to the universal energy, god.
Plant medicine has been used by humans for millenia, and the majority of synthetic medicines used by modern cultures originated in a plant. Nearly all the medicinal plants of the world can be found in the Amazon Rainforest. Shamans are students of plant medicine for their entire lives, because there are simply so many plants. Thankfully, herbal medicine is becoming more and more popular in western culture. Perhaps we will see that by destroying the rainforest and its indigenous cultures, we are destroying the future of humankind. Nature can provide all the healing we need, if we get to know her intimately instead of destroying her. She is our mother and she deserves our love and respect.

| The Retreat | The Shaman | The Healing Ceremonies | Photographs |


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