Pachamama Munai FAQ
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We know that being part of a retreat is an experience that will change your life, and want to make sure you have all the information you need. Below are some of our frequently asked questions and comprehensive answers to get you started.
Ayahuasca — also known as the tea, the vine, and la purga — is a brew made from the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub along with the stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. This drink was used for spiritual and religious purposes by ancient Amazonian tribes and is still used as a sacred beverage by some religious communities in Brazil and North America, including the Santo Daime. Traditionally, a shaman— an experienced healer who leads Ayahuasca ceremonies — prepares the brew by boiling torn leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine in water. When the brew has reduced to the shaman’s liking, the water is removed and reserved, leaving behind the plant material. This process is repeated until a highly concentrated liquid is produced. Once cooled, the brew is strained to remove impurities.
7 days before ceremony:
Drink at least 2 liters of water a day
Stop Eating Red Meat
Stop Eating Pork
Stop Eating Red Pasta
Stop Drinking Alcoholic Beverages
Stop Drinking Sodas
3 days before ceremony:
Bathe every night with warm chamomile water without using soap or shampoo. The next morning, you can bathe as you regularly would.
Abundant diet in soups, vegetables and fruits, chicken and fish.
Try not to eat garlic or hot sauce.
Stop smoking Marijuana (highly recommended)
Day before and day of ceremony:
Don’t eat rice
Diet abundant in soups without meat vegetables and fruits
Stop any medical treatment (see our medical information guide in the FAQ question labeled “What medical information do I need to know for a healing retreat?”
No, you just need to qualify as an eligible participant. To determine your eligibility, please complete the Intake Form that you fill out at the bottom of the healing retreat event pages.
Download our Medical Information Guide below to describe our sacrament to your health care team, as well as a general guide to herbs, prescription medicines and illegal substances. Some medications should be stopped within 48 hours.
We cannot provide medical advice. Please engage your healthcare team with any questions. Although this list is extensive, it is not all inclusive, and does not replace medical advice. Please consult with your doctor if you have specific questions or concerns.
Rapé is a Sacred Plant Medicine and is often made of several Amazonian plants, the core of most rapé snuffs is the tobacco species Nicotiana rustica. This Amazonian tobacco, also known as mapacho, is used extensively in tribal rituals and is much stronger than N. tabacum, the type of tobacco found in cigarettes. In addition to the tobacco, rapé usually includes the alkaline ashes of other plants such as cinnamon, tonka bean, clover, banana peel, mint and others.
Rapé can help you in the following ways:
*Helps focus and sharpen the mind.
*Clears a person or space of distracting ,negative, or bad energies in preparation for intention setting.
*Detoxes both body and mind and clears your energetic field. Because of this, rapé is often used in conjunction with ayahuasca ceremonies.
*Clears sinuses of mucus and bacteria, thereby helping to combat colds and respiratory ailments.
*Provides a calming, grounding effect on the emotions that lasts much longer that the initial sensation.
*Can be used in conjunction with other treatments for addiction and mental illness.
*Helps release traumas and blockages
*Aligns the chakras
Sananga is a traditional medicine of the indigenous groups of the Amazon. Those tribes have been using Sananga and other Amazonian plant medicines for generations. They use Sananga for healing both spiritual and physical ailments, which include improving their focus and clearing out distracting energies before going on a hunt.
Benefits of Sananga:
While the tribes of the Amazon have been working with sananga for many generations, it can benefit the whole world and has been known to assist in the healing process of:
*Prevents and treats diseases like cataracts, glaucoma, astigmatism, nearsightedness, and farsightedness
*Helps with detoxing the body from bad energies and toxins
*Helps with addiction, depression, and other psychological issues
*Opens the third eye and improve spiritual vision
*Increases visual perception and enhances colors
*Clears blocked emotions and memories
*Resets energetic field
Cacao takes root from South and Central America where the ancient Mayan civilization occupied the Western land of the Andes Mountains. The aroma and magical benefits of the cacao trees captured the attention of the Mayan tribe. The ancient Mayans of Belize treated cacao as the “Food of the God” under the name “Theobroma cacao”. “Theo” stands for “food” and “Broma” stands for “God”. Thanks to the wide availability and the brilliant benefits that cacao impacts on the human soul and body, the ancient native American dwellers started consuming its fresh fleshy fruits. They turned it into a drink in their spiritual and medicinal ceremonies to awaken one’s inner self and creativity.
Cacao is the medicine of the heart. It awakens our beings and helps us feel even more aligned & connected.
Raw Cacao opens your heart and third-eye chakras, priming these energy centers to provide deeper access to our inner worlds, heightens our psychic senses, opens us to divine guidance, and expands the quality of our third-eye vision.
Kambo is a substance that comes from frog secretion, and for many indigenous cultures in the Amazon, this purgative, immunity-boosting medicine is very important. Known in Portuguese as the “vaccine of the forest,” it has also gained renown outside of the Amazon as a powerful treatment for chronic pain and drug dependence.
Possible Benefits of Kambo:
Research conducted since the 1980s has shown the chemical makeup of kambo to contain short chains of amino acids, known as peptides, that affect gastrointestinal muscles and blood circulation as well as stimulate the adrenal cortex and pituitary gland in the brain. While there are no clinical studies that definitively back up kambo’s efficacy, the properties of kambo peptides suggest it may be a promising treatment for the following conditions:
Depression
Migraines
Blood circulation problems
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
Vascular insufficiency
Organ diseases
Cancer
Fertility problems
Deeply rooted toxins
Chronic pain
Addiction to opiate or prescription painkillers
Fever and infections
Negative energies (traditionally known as “panema”)
Clears and balances the Chakras and energetic field.
& much more.
Pachamama Munai Offerings & Services
- Community Gatherings
- Community Support & Connection
- Family Friendly Events
- Women’s Circles
- Ecstatic Dances
- Drum Circles
- Sacred Community Healing Ceremonies with Plant Medicines
- Sacred Private Healing Sessions with Plant Medicines
- Shamanic Teachings
- Alternative, Holistic Approaches to a Healthy Lifestyle