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Dieta in Takiwasi - 2005
The Retreat/Dieta (commonly referred to as “Dieta” in traditional medicine), is the deepest therapeutic practice of traditional Amazonian medicine, stronger and more effective than ayahuasca itself, and necessary when taking ayahuasca to reinforce its effect. It consists of a 7-day retreat in isolation, in a very simple hut in the jungle, within the Botanical Reserve of Takiwasi, with the ritualized ingestion of the so-called "master plants", accompanied by a special diet and strict physical and psychological norms. The aim of the diet is a deep physical, psychic and spiritual cleansing starting from a deep energetic cleansing due to the intake of plants and the context of preparation, accompaniment and follow-up.
More information: Retreat/Diet in Takiwasi
Author : Centro Takiwasi
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : English, Français, Italiano
Ayahuasca, the Snake and I - 2003
French documentary about ayahuasca, written and directed by Armand Bernardi in 2003. This documentary shows the use of traditional Amazonian medicine in a drug addiction recovery pilot program at the Takiwasi Center.
Author : Armand Bernardi
Audio : French
Subtitle : English, Español
The Spirit of Ayahuasca - November 2001
In Tarapoto, a small town on the borders between the Andes and the Amazon rainforest, healers who come from all over the Amazon basin come together to exchange their knowledge about the master plants of the jungle. All these healers use Ayahuasca, a psychoactive sacred plant, called vine of the dead because it allows to get in touch with the invisible world. Thanks to this plant, healers try to heal drug addicted patients, allowing them to explore the psychic contents of their unconscious.
Author : Jean-Claude Cheyssial
Audio : French
Subtitle : -
A healer in Peru - November 2001
Bernadette Rébienot, a healer from the jungle of Gabon, is invited to Peru to meet with Amazonian shamans and healers. During this encounter we realize that, if cultures are different, oral tradition is only "One" and connects all First Nations.
Author : Jean-Claude Cheyssial
Audio : French
Subtitle : -
The virtues of the plants of the Amazon - 1999
In this excerpt of a report dedicated to "Green Gold", we understand why the plants of the tropical forest are coveted by the pharmaceutical multinationals. In an indigenous village of the Amazon, Segundo Pastor, a healer, treats a patient with the help of medicinal plants. Javier Zavala, shaman apprentice talks about his initiation and the virtues of the plants of the forest. In Peru, on the edge between the jungle and the city of Tarapoto, the Takiwasi Center welcomes drug addicts who want to rehabilitate themselves.
Author : Pascal Stelletta - France 2
Audio : French
Subtitle : -
The Toé intake - November 1998
The Awajún healer master Don Walter Cuñachi during his stay in Takiwasi has taught us new and important practices of traditional Amazonian medicine. Among them are purgahuasca, ginger and toé. In this video, we can see Don Walter Cuñachi together with his wife Doña Isabel taking care of a patient with a treatment based on toé, plant that has the property of healing injuries and cracks, among other physical problems.
Author : Jaime Torres
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : -
Purgahuasca, preparation and intake - November 1998
The ceremony "Datem umaja imutai waimaktasa" or purgahuasca, in Spanish, is one of the therapeutic procedures of the Awajún culture that since November 1998 ha been included as a practice within the therapeutic protocol of the Takiwasi Center, thanks to the teachings provided by the Awajún master healer Don Walter Cuñachi. Purgahuasca is a little concentrated ayahuasca preparation that is taken as in a purging session. In the Awajún tradition the purgahuasca session was a practice of initiation, so that through this means 14 years old boys could discover their vocation and know which path to follow in their adult lives. Read the article: Contribution of the Awajún culture to the drug addiction treatment
Author : Jaime Torres
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : -
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