A Return to What’s Real

Next retreat dates to be announced soon! | Tena, Ecuador

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This is Not a Retreat

This 9-day immersion is a partnership with the Kichwa Napusamai community. It is a chance to receive from the wisdom of the Ecuadorian Amazon and offer something in return. It is designed to reset the nervous system, imprint cellular memory, and catalyze collective care.

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"Our biggest motivation is to invite visitors to heal and rejoice in our culture."

- Juan Andi, Kichwa Napusamai Maestro

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Where You’ll Be

Tena, Ecuador |
Napo Region Amazon Rainforest

Nestled in the lush Napo region, Napusamai sits on a protected reserve stewarded by the Andi-Vargas family for generations.

A 4-hour journey from Quito, it borders the Los Llanganates National Reserve, home to sacred sites, healing waters, and deeply rooted in ancestral heritage.

8-Night Accommodation

✔ Rustic wooden cabins with private bathrooms
✔ Double or single occupancy, window screens, mosquito nets
✔ Fresh linens and towels provided
✔ Surrounded by jungle sounds and a nearby river to bathe and ground in

Peaceful, Scenic Jungle Lodge

***This is a rustic location: no electricity, no WiFi, or hot water.

***This is not luxury. This is nourishment and a return to what's authentic.

✔ Direct from the family garden and local market
✔ Includes grains, legumes, cooked vegetables, occasional fish, eggs
✔ Vegan, vegetarian, and nutrition accommodations available

Delicious Homemade Organic Meals

Who This is For

For those seeking a raw, grounded, and humble reconnection with Earth.

For those who understand that real service includes mutual aid, not just self-healing.

True Plant Immersion

Guided By

Kichwa Maestros

Carlene

The Land + Plants

Primary teachers in this immersion.

Don Luis, Maestro Juan, Doña Ines, and Irene Bertilla.

Founder of Spira Breathwork, bridging ancient wisdom with modern breath.

Niza

Founder of Meraki Path, weaving corporate Exec leadership experience with ancestral remembrance, global travel, and deep ties to the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Carlene Kanellis

Carlene Kanellis is a somatic healer, Breathwork practitioner and spiritual guide devoted to creating spaces where people can remember their own medicine. Rooted in Celtic and Nordic lineage and shaped by the wisdom of Mayan and Native traditions, her work bridges ancient ritual with modern healing. Through ritual, breath and ceremony, Carlene offers grounded, soulful guidance for people longing to be seen, held, and reconnected to their power.

Known for her down-to-earth presence and reverent approach, Carlene weaves together nervous system healing, spiritual practice, and honest conversation. Her spaces are tender and real, where grief and joy, mystery and mess, laughter and tears are all welcome. This is more than her work; it’s her living prayer.

Niza Disla

Founder of Meraki Path, Niza blends two decades of executive leadership with sacred remembering. Bronx-born with Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Mexican roots, her work is grounded in Mayan and Taíno lineage and shaped by deep ties to the Ecuadorian Amazon. Known for bridging boardrooms and ceremony, she offers living, breathing invitations into embodied connection, ancestral reverence, and reciprocal healing.

The Land + Plants

Primary teachers in this immersion.

Alive with memory and encoded wisdom, the land and plants of the Ecuadorian Amazon are central to this work. These living teachers hold stories, medicines, and frequencies that guide each participant home to deeper remembrance. Every leaf, root, river, and breath is part of the ceremony.

Kichwa Maestros

Don Luis, Doña Ines, Juan, and Irene are multi-generational wisdom keepers of the Kichwa Napusamai Community. Together, they offer an authentic lineage-based container for plant medicine, rooted in ancestral tradition, lived experience and embodied gnosis. With reverence, they guide participants through sacred ceremonies, weaving protection, prayer, and medicine with deep care. This is their lifework passed through blood, earth, and spirit.

Why This is Different

You will experience:

This is not about aesthetics or performance. This is about long-term reciprocity, ancestral integrity, and embodied remembrance.

Sacred Ayahuasca ceremonies (if aligned)
Plant teachings, traditional saunas, and sacred site visits
Community rituals, breath, sound work
Land stewardship practices
Integration tools for post-retreat embodiment

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What You Will Experience:

Rituals of Reciprocity: Giving and receiving with the land as a conscious exchange.
Elemental Immersion: Work with the elements intentionally as recalibration tools.
Sensory Encoding: Connect with our senses to anchor memory at a cellular level.
Nervous System Repatterning: Through nature immersion, collective regulation, ceremony, and somatic tools.
Embodied Integration: Receive tools and practices to carry the shift home with you.
Mutual Aid: Give back to the local community who stewards these lands and learn to engage & build community at home.
Legacy Activation: You are not simply receiving this work. You are the next ripple to carry the frequency forward into your life, relationships, and greater work in the world.