Curanderos

León Fidel Andy Grefa

Fidel Andy was born in 1966 on the river island La Soga in the outskirts of Tena, Ecuador, where he still lives and practices.

Javier Arévalo

Javier Arevalo Shahuano, nací en la comunidad de Nuevo Progreso, Río Napo, en el departamento de Loreto – Perú;.

Elisa Vargas Fernandez

Bio coming

Aeli Ronin Yaka

Thirteen years ago, Thirteen years ago, Mary Ann Eddowes felt the urgent need to discover her true essence, wondering why she was here and what her mission in this life was…

Pedro Panduro Navarro

Pedro Panduro Navarro apprenticed in Lamas, Peru, a department of San Martin spending 2 years dieting "palos vegetales."

Wendy Luckey

Wendy Luckey was born in Minot, North Dakota into a family with mixed cultural diversity.

Marie Luisa Garcia

Marie Luisa Garcia de Armas was born in Caserio de Sucayo. She is a Huesero, a specialist in dislocations, i.e. bones that are out of socket.

Percy Garcia Lozano

My name is Percy Garcia Lozano; I was born on the 7th of September 1973, in the community of Aucayo.

Ron Wheelock

I came to Peru in March 07, 1996 with the intention to become a healer. My first trip here i drank ayahuasca two times in Tamshiyacu with Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez.

Don Agustin Rivas

Don Agustin Rivas is a well known healer, shaman and Ayahuasquero, who has been trained by respected native healers over 37 years ago where he experienced many years of intensive discipline and profound work with sacred ceremonies and sacred medicines. He is a ceremonial leader, teacher, healer and a self-taught psychologist, philosopher, musician and artist.

He was born in the village of Tamshiyacu, on the stores of the Amazon River. He left his village at age 13 to attend seminary school, but he had already been exposed to Amazonian shamans and their practices, which left a strong impression in his young mind. He left seminary school and learned many trades in his journeys, at last becoming a master wood craftsman, making fine furniture in Lima, the capital. He later settled in Pucallpa, where he raised his family. It was there he began to learn from some famous shamans. During this apprenticeship he saw a vision of wood sculptures and his wood craftsmanship took a new form. He began to sculpt the many fantastic creatures of the phantasmagoria of Amazonian Shamanism. After many years of rigorous training in Shamanism, his teachers said he was ready and he began to heal children. At the same time he became a famous sculptor, doing expositions all over Peru, and in Austria by invitation of the Austrian government. His career as a sculptor came to a tragic end when an accident tore the tendons of his hands. He regained partial use of his hands, but he could sculpt no more. He then dedicated all his time to healing.

He started to treat young addicts at his jungle camp with great success. Many foreign people came to visit him and invited to go to North America and Europe to conduct workshops on Peruvian Amazon Shamanism. He returned to his home village of Tamshiyacu, where he built a beautiful encampment about 2 hours walk into the jungle. Many people from all over the world have visited him and his camp has become a healing and teaching clinic where people come for learning, healing, vision, transformation and empowerment. An accomplished musician, he delights us with his Icaros (chants) during ceremonies. In his camp, don Agustin employs the local people from the village to cook and care for the many visitors. With the money that he earned from these groups, he started an arts school in his village where young and old alike learn how to sculpt and paint. Don Agustin also started a scholarship fund for children and built a primary and secondary school in Tamshiyacu, where children from the village are finally getting educated. He also bought land for 60 families who were displaced by coca growers and helped support them while their crops grew.

All the people who meet him are aware of his sensitive, caring nature. Don Agustin is a visionary, a healer, an artist and a humanitarian. Every person who meets him leaves with profound new perspectives and teachings and a renewed joy in life.

Website: http://www.sacharuna.com/