4-Day Ayahuasca Conscious Retreat

I came to Amaorawa as a sceptic. I left having had the most profound experience of my life.

It wasn't easy. Three nights of ayahuasca ceremonies in the mountains outside Málaga is not a gentle undertaking. It is intense, it is physically demanding, and it will ask more of you than you think you have to give. But Carlos and the team at Amaorawa held the space with such skill, such warmth, and such genuine care that I never felt unsafe, even in the most difficult moments.

Maria sat with me for hours during my hardest night with no fuss or panic. She simply stayed calm and comforting until I found my footing again. Her presence was gentle, grounding and exactly what I needed.

Desiree's facilitation during the ceremonies was extraordinary - her musical gifts alone are worth the journey, and the moment she picked up her guitar in the closing ceremony and played two songs of devastating beauty is something I will carry with me for a long time.

The setting - a hacienda deep in the Andalusian mountains - is remote and wild and absolutely right for this kind of work. The ceremonies themselves are thoughtfully structured, moving from silence to sound in ways that feel ancient and considered rather than performative.

The insights I came home with are still settling. But I know already that something significant shifted during those three nights - something I had been carrying for a long time that I didn't fully know how to put down.

My only practical suggestion would perhaps be to provide bottled water for participants. Drinking tap water while dehydrated from purging maybe didn't didn't help matters, and given the care taken with every other aspect of the experience, it feels like an easy thing to address.

I am grateful to Carlos, Maria, and Desiree from the bottom of my heart. They do important, serious work with skill and love.

Highly, wholeheartedly recommended.