10 Days Care & Healing Shamanic Retreat with Ayahuasca, Brazil

This ten-day shamanic healing retreat at Sítio dos Oriundos in Itacaré, Bahia, is designed for travelers seeking a deeply personal, carefully guided experience with ayahuasca and complementary therapies in a small, nurturing setting on Brazil's lush Atlantic coast. What sets this program apart is its one-on-one attention. Rather than a one-size-fits-all schedule, the team builds each guest's journey around their particular emotional and physical needs. The work centers on self-understanding, personal development, and what the facilitators describe as cellular awareness — a deep, body-level approach to releasing stored stress and old trauma. Treatment may weave together therapeutic massage and acupressure to loosen physical tension, alongside energetic practices aimed at restoring balance across mental, emotional, and physical layers. Sacred plant medicine ceremonies form the spiritual core of the retreat, offering participants an opportunity to explore expanded states of consciousness in a held, respectful container. These ceremonies are complemented by a rhythm of daily practices that help anchor and integrate whatever arises. Mornings and evenings may include meditation, Qi Gong, self-massage techniques known as Do-In, guided relaxation, stretching, and breathwork. Regular talking circles give guests a space to process their experiences with the support of facilitators and fellow participants. The setting itself plays a quiet but essential role. Sítio dos Oriundos sits in Vila Camboinha, just outside the laid-back surf town of Itacaré in southern Bahia, where dense rainforest meets pristine beaches and the pace of life naturally slows. This combination of immersive nature, intimate group size, and a care model that blends shamanic tradition with hands-on bodywork makes the retreat well suited to those approaching plant medicine for the first time as well as experienced participants looking for a more individualized, supported container. Over the course of ten days, guests are invited to move at their own pace, supported by a team that prioritizes gentleness and professional attentiveness throughout every stage of the process.