Practitioner Type:
Other
Areas of Specialty:
Coping, Holistic Approach, Psychedelic Integration, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Spirituality, Trauma Focused
Group Therapy Offered:
Yes
Conditions Treated:
Anxiety
Psychedelic Assisted Services:
Ayahuasca, Psilocybin
Substance Assistance Services:
Ayahuasca Assisted-Psychotherapy, Psilocybin Assisted-Psychotherapy
Population Served:
Adults, Elders
About
About Aya Madre
In 2018, Maestra Estela Pangoza officially founded her 25 year healing practice as “Aya Madre” and began turning her vision for a healing space deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle into reality.
Maestra Estela has seen for herself the current trend of Ayahuasca tourism, often with its disregard for native and indigenous communities. She wasn’t satisfied with this model, so she decided to create something better.
At Aya Madre, Maestra Estela provides a holistic, uncompromising approach to the traditional form of Shipibo plant medicine she began learning over 25 years ago, a tradition that sees Ayahuasca as but one of many master plants. Her vast knowledge of plants and plant treatments provides guests powerful diagnoses, purgatives, and ultimately helps to connect us more deeply with the healing power within ourselves and all around us. This form of Shipibo plant medicine has been practiced for thousands of years, and at Aya Madre, guests are immersed in the full system of healing under Maestra Estela’s care and guidance.
Aya Madre is proud to be the only Ayahuasca-based center in Iquitos fully owned and operated by a female, indigenous shaman. This is no small task in a world of shamanism dominated by men. Maestra Estela invests profits back into the Shipibo community while providing a safe, nurturing, empowering environment where you can experience the deep healing of the jungle, Ayahuasca, and the Shipibo plant traditions.
The Center
Aya Madre is located an hour South from the international airport in Iquitos, Perú deep in the Amazon jungle, past the tiny village of Nueva Esperanza.
Situated on a beautiful, natural clearing, the environment of Aya Madre provides guests with mesmerizing white sand formations, mysterious patches of soft jungle moss, nature trails, and a nearby creek for swimming. The property contains approximately 22 acres of land, much of it pristine rain forest.
The rustic center is fairly remote and secluded, hosting twenty individual hut-like tambos, lodging for Maestra Estela’s family, a kitchen, 2 large ceremonial malocas, a medicine house, a recreational field, three outdoor bathrooms and four outdoor showers.
Aya Madre’s amenities are simple and not extravagant, however, we provide guests with all they need on our natural, campground-like space to manifest their souls’ intentions. All tambos come with bed, mattress, sheets, pillow, bookshelf, candles, insect repellent incense, and mosquito nets. Internet access and cell phone reception are both very, very limited. We do our best to provide a wifi hotspot for emergency communication. (Arranging ahead of time with work, family, and friends, that communication will be limited or non-existent during one’s time at the center is strongly advised.)
Come stay at Aya Madre and integrate yourself in a traditional, yet innovative healing community.
