Retreat/Diets at Takiwasi 2020

The dates of our Retreats/Diets for 2020 are now online:

• 16 - 25 April
• 14 - 23 May
• 11 - 20 June
• 16 - 25 July
• 13 - 22 August
• 17 - 26 September
• 10 - 19 December

The Retreat/Diet (commonly referred to as "dieta" in traditional medicine), is the deepest therapeutic practice of traditional Amazonian medicine. It consists of a 7-day retreat in isolation, in a very simple hut in the jungle, with the ritualized ingestion of the so-called "master plants", accompanied by a special diet and strict physical and psychological norms.

This process allows to expand perception, re-connect with repressed emotions, cleanse and strengthen the body, and connect with the holy dimension. It favors dream production, remembrance of past situations and experiences that weren’t well-processed and deep introspection.

For more information and to start the registration process please write to: terapia@takiwasi.com

Synergism between Catholicism
and Indigenous Spirituality

The association between spirituality and medicine is unfolding as a research theme that may have increasing practical implications in healthcare systems. Both spiritual and scientific dimensions are present within the treatment protocol for addiction applied at the Takiwasi Center, a pioneer therapeutic community that combines western approaches, including psychotherapy, biomedicine and Catholic practices, with traditional Amazonian medicine.
Through a series of open-ended and semi-structured interviews conducted on nine workers of the center during fieldwork research and comparison with the information obtained from literature review, the present article aims at testing the existence of an effective synergy between Catholic religiosity and indigenous-mestizo spirituality within the therapeutic process performed at the Takiwasi Center and puts in evidence some stimulating and problematic issues that arise from this synergy.

Synergism between Catholicism and Indigenous Spirituality within the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program of Takiwasi, a Therapeutic Community in the Peruvian High-Amazon. Authors: Alberto Dubbini, Marco Gallizioli, Fabio Friso, Jaime Torres, Jacques Mabit, and Matteo Politi. Article published in Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, December 19, 2019.

Takiwasi Center
Prolongación Alerta 466, Tarapoto, Peru
Phone: +51 (0)42 522818 / +51 (0)42 525479
www.takiwasi.com
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