Course content
In addition to the exercises to access and work with your inner being, this retreat also includes:
- Basic meditation and breathwork skills through the use of sophisticated biofeedback training devices (Wild Divine computer software)
- Guided imagery meditations designed to enhance communication between the mind and body conducive to transcendence
- Progressive relaxation skills for accessing deeper states of being
- Regular morning yoga classes
- Optional individual tuition on request (with additional cost)
Meditation and regression
Since the ayahuasca experience occurs in a modified state of consciousness, the spiritual insights, visions, symbolic messages, and communications received during the ceremonies can be difficult to comprehend in the ordinary day-to-day state of mind.
Meditation training may help to create a mental space for the new visions and insights to sit more comfortably until the mind has time to fully incorporate all of the information received. During the retreat, various meditation, workshops, and regression exercises take place.
Although in the unconscious mind, time does not exist and everything is happening right now. Participants can re-visit past, future, or parallel lives and eventually unblock resources to reconnect with the power within.
Yoga
The ancient practice of yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline that leads one to a state of peace. Within the journey of yoga, one may attain health benefits and spiritual awareness.
The class is composed of pranayama (breathing exercises), asana (poses), mudra (energetic seals), and meditation. The state of presence attained through yoga allows the practitioner to feel calm, relaxed, and confident.
Spirit Vine offers non-compulsory yoga classes that are gentle and easy, with a beautiful flowing style; a great introduction for beginners and deep relaxation for those with more experience.
Ayahuasca ceremonies
During this retreat, four ceremonies will be held at night in the beautiful, purpose built ceremony room in the jungle. In this room you will be protected from insects inside by mosquito nets, and outside, the jungle orchestra with the frogs, animals and insects is the perfect backdrop to a night of spiritual discovery.
The fifth ceremony is held in the day time with the intention to connect with nature. During the ceremony, if you feel ready, you can go walk around the gardens, swim and float in the natural pond, and you can also spend time in hammocks or watch the tapestries in the massage room. Spirit Vine Retreat Center always have a facilitator in the ceremony room and outside in the area where the you can walk to ensure safety and provide support when required.
Please note that the plant ceremonies are always optional; while it is recommended, it is not essential that participants attend all of the activities. Read more about our ayahuasca ceremonies.
The ritual of ayahuasca ceremony is an ancient practice that has traditionally been performed by shamans in South America for many thousands of years. The ayahuasca ceremony is a powerful spiritual experience that opens the participant to a greater awareness of the essence of oneself in this realm.
The ceremonies at Spirit Vine are held at night in the beautiful, purpose-built temple inside the jungle, and beside a stunning lagoon. Outside the temple, the symphony of sounds from the frogs, animals, and insects at night is the perfect backdrop to a night of spiritual discovery.
Music is carefully chosen for the ceremony that supports, triggers, and guides the participant in their spiritual journey with ayahuasca. Music can often be a powerful medium for spiritual awakening and the music played at Spirit Vine are sublime soundscapes that allow the mind to expand into endless space where visions and feelings of cosmic awareness flow as rivers of consciousness.
Spirit Vine is a trans-denominational space that is designed to allow the participants to optimize their own inner spiritual processes and development through self-reflection and integration.
An instructor will work individually with each participant before and after the ceremonies to ensure they are ready and feel safe in the experience. During the retreat, the group process is very important and regular sharing circles are an intrinsic part of the reflective experience, which often lead to deeper understandings.
Spirit Vine Retreat Center grows its own ayahuasca vine and Chacruna plants and the tea is made here on the land with much loving care and attention. It is devoted to ayahuasca and the spirit of the plants permeates through the land and everywhere in the center.
