Olga's Intensive

Coming to Peru, was very exciting and challenging for me.

Before my trip, I thought I knew exactly who I was, what I wanted, and where I need to be next. It doesn`t mean I don`t know it now, it`s just I know it better, I know the true me, and I can clearly see the world around me, and the path I need to be on.

Coming to Iquitos was like travelling back in time. In the noisy little city unspoiled by tourists, I literally felt like a white sheep. I came straight to Javier`s house where I met maestro and Andrew, who was a big help guiding me around and translating. The same night we had an Ayahuasca ceremony. I have been drinking Ayahuasca before in the UK, but it was an absolutely different experience. Javier`s house was filled with people; patients, other shamans and his students, by the time it was my turn to sit in front of the maestro, I was dying from exhaustion. He saw me through, and told me about my issues and problems, but I thought that I was fine and that`s when I began doubting.

Next morning we left Iquitos and went to the centre in a jungle. It is one of the most peaceful places I`ve ever been to. It is an ideal place to rethink, reevaluate, and appreciate life. In this place all my issues began coming out, to say I was straggling, is to say nothing. It was very hard emotionally for me to be there, to see all my insecurities, worries, and all my weaknesses. I have been put face to face with my problems, problems I didn`t know I had. They were masked behind my busy life, the noisy big city, family and friends. Here, in a jungle without any glimpse of a civilization I could finally hear. I began to hear and understand myself like I never done before. Unfortunately for me, for the first few days, I could hear my mind was screaming; “Get me out of here”. I knew I was put to test, even the Ayahuasca was not strong for me and I rather was left disappointed. Looking at it now, I understand that I needed to go through that period; to get rid of control, expectations and my ego, which were the rulers of my life.

Slowly I began to enjoy my stay at the centre, and as soon as I surrendered my mind, things began happening for me. The ceremonies in a jungle are much more energetically clearer than in a city, with less local people, so Javier could concentrate on each of us more, give us more one on one time. Every ceremony was different; we even had a chance to work with another great shaman Juan. Juan has been working with Javier for many years, but they have totally different energies, which was an awesome experience. I have seen cancer patients, deformed, crippled and very ill people coming to Javier for a healing. I have seen Juan curing a severe migraine in 3 minutes and using remedies for all sorts of things like mosquito’s bites and chesty cough, by grabbing a few plants from a jungle. The knowledge these people have is incredible.

My doubts have gone with an amazing icaro (healing song) Javier performed for my mother. I felt it, I`ve seen it, everything just fell into its place. My mom told me after that she had some beautiful visions that day (I assume it was the same time we had a ceremony). Did I get something from my trip? It`s definitely, Yes. I can see and read people much better than before, and it`s a great gift. Even being back home only 10 days ago, I can say that my perception on life has changed my priorities and outlook on life has changed too.

Ayahuasca is a great plant teacher, which is educating us, helping us to change for better, allowing us to grow spiritually. Javier is not only an ayahuascero, he`s a healer and working with him is beneficial not only for yourself, but for your loved ones also, as he can perform some distance healing if needed. So it`s a great work, spiritual growth, not only drinking Ayahuasca. I consider myself very lucky to come across Andrew`s website, to meet and work with Javier and Juan. And I know for sure that I will be back.

Olga