Message from Silvia Polivoy, organizer of the "Ayahuasca-Healing" Retreats, Brazil.

I'm Silvia Polivoy, a licensed clinical psychologist. I have been involved in investigating modified states of consciousness for over twenty years. I have carried out field research in Mexico with Mazatec shamans, as well as worked extensively with ayahuasca, San Pedro, and other sacred plants, in their native habitats. For the past decade I have been hosting seminars and shamanic retreats in both the Peruvian and the Brazilian Amazon. At these retreats participants have the opportunity to "meet" ancient teacher plants in their natural environment - the jungle. Also, many of the world's leading authors and researchers in the field of consciousness studies join our seminars to share their latest research and wisdom.

At the core of the Ayahuasca-Healing Retreats programs is self-empowerment. We learn the value of self-reliance and how to reclaim our inner resources, instead of giving our power away. Our retreat participants focus on how to access and use personal and sometimes hidden abilities that stem from the true shaman that is within us all: the higher self. To this end, all plant ceremonies are facilitated by me, using special music embedded with psychoactive frequencies. The plants we work with, together with what is taught in our intensive programs, offer the means by which we can gently and safely explore the unconscious, the doorway to the soul. Insights into who we really are and what we're here for can be gained through this process. Our participants have reported profound life-changing experiences as well as healing on many levels.

I invite you to one of our retreats and work through limitations, blocks, and fears, as we walk into the worlds of the divine within yourself.