Maestra Tania
Shipibo name: Neten Yaca, which means Bright World Tania comes from a remote Shipibo village of Roaboya on Ucayali river. She has been working with medicines for her whole life, and comes from a lineage of traditional healers. She has thirteen years of experience working with ayahuasca. Her main Maestro was her grandfather Jose Lopez, who was the community healer at the time. Later, her uncle Americo Lopez and his partner Olga Urquia became her teachers, as well as her cousin Gabriel Lopez. Thanks to all of them, we are now a strong family group of healers, she says. Her…
Maestro Gabriel
Shipibo name: Niwe, which translates to wind or air Gabriel started training with master plants from an early age of 11. His first dieta his dad gave him was with mucura. This first dieta opened the world of the medicine to him and he decided to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors. He started serving medicine to people outside of his family in 2010. He feels very honored and proud to follow this path of ancestral wisdom. He is grateful to be given the opportunity to share the grandeur infinite love of this medicine, and the infinite happiness and…