07 July 2025

Seminar for the Recovery and Learning of Amazonian Traditional Medicine

On the initiative of our healer Edgardo Tuanama, we are launching a new project aimed at revitalizing and transmitting traditional knowledge about Amazonian medicinal plants and the preparation of natural remedies. This initiative is directed toward young people from the area of San José de Sisa, in the San Martín region.

02 July 2025

Purgahuasca: from the initiation ritual to therapeutic applications

Inspired by the Awajún traditional medicine, the ritual ceremony of purgahuasca has been incorporated since 1998 in the protocol for the treatment of addiction at Takiwasi. Therapists and patients have witnessed the efficacy and importance of this alternative way of taking Ayahuasca. We invite you to this Facebook Live webinar on Thursday, July 24th at 11:00 am (Peru time), featuring our director, psychologist Jaime Torres.

01 July 2025

Botanical Identification of Medicinal Plants: Scientific Method vs. Traditional Perspective

This webinar, featuring Edilberto Chuquilin, Head of the Botanical Garden at the National Agrarian University of La Selva (Tingo Maria, Peru), offers a practical introduction to the botanical identification of medicinal plants, addressing both the scientific approach (taxonomy, nomenclature, ecology) and traditional knowledge based on vernacular names and cultural use.

23 June 2025

Community-led Education and Reconnection with Spiritual Roots

Interview in Spanish with Patricia Peñaherrera, coordinator of the Education Program of Amazon Frontlines, who shares her experience of more than 25 years working with Indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. From her teaching work to the revitalization of community-led education and ancestral spirituality, Patricia speaks to us about the impact of colonization, the loss of identity, and the urgent need for collective and individual healing.

19 June 2025

Experiential Seminar for Indigenous Students

Between late April and early May, a group of young Indigenous people from the Waorani, Kofan, and Siekopai nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon participated in an experiential seminar at Takiwasi to reconnect with their identity, ancestral medicine, and cultural roots. Through plants intake, therapeutic workshops, and moments of deep introspection, these young people began a process of personal healing that strengthened them and gave them new tools to face the challenges their communities face, such as alcoholism, suicide, and the loss of cultural identity.