Denise Bautista

I am from the Egnia, Shipibo Conibo Culture.  My Ancestors were great Masters of Ayahuasca Medicine as much as my father and mother. They baptized me with the Shipibo name of Bawan Biri. Meaning a singing bird, woman of light and medicinal plants. I started when I was 8 years old, my grandparents were in charge of walking me, so I began my learning the path of medicine with a lot of love and gratitude to medicinal plants. At the age of 12 I first took Ayahuasca, early before puberty in order to be ready for my life and my path...at the age of 15 I started taking Ayahuasca alone without a teacher. This is how I began the path of initiation as a teacher and to the woman that I am a teacher of Ayahuasca medicine, among other powerful master plants,I thank my Grandfathers and God the Father of the Universe with much love and gratitude.

Donna Berna

Healings Dona Berna practices: 
 

1. Calling back your lost soul, llamando el anima. She brings people´s life force back when it has been affected by depression, severe stress, accidents, serious illness recovery like cancers, etc. This is a special ceremony because people have to bring their clothes they will use the next morning to replace the lost energy. After the ceremony, people have to return home directly without doing anything else. They must follow the instructions to complete the ceremony itself. 
    
2. Personal despachos. These help people to re accommodate their lives, bring better luck, good health, successful business, wealth, love and so on. 
    
3. Personal healings with different items and plants brought from Peru. She analyzes the case then does a special healing, cleansing or whatever is needed for healing. These techniques are based on ancient wisdom from the Andes. 
    
4. Coca readings, past, present and future. 
    
5. Security. She creates a sort of protection for people who are vulnerable to things in daily life.

Rulionav Ramirez Rios

Rulionav Ramirez Rios “ Ruli” was born in Acomayo in the province of Cusco. Ruli speaks English, Quechua and Spanish and has been guiding all over the Andes including Bolivia and Ecuador, for more than 20 years. Ruli’s great grandmother was the healer in his town of Acomayo, his grandmother was the keeper of her mother’s Mesa for 100 years and she passed away 5 years ago- passing this Mesa on to Ruli. This spirituality is part of his culture. He practices his spirituality in all areas of life, through talking, through feeling. He has studied shamanism with Don Martin Pinedo, Don Isidro,Dona Bernardina Catari Alvarez, Nazario Quispe He studied for 5 years at the University to become a tour guide. Ruli lives in Cusco City with his wife Cynthia and daughters Almendra and Luna. 

Ashley O'Connell

Ashley is a Reiki Master celebrating 15 years of teaching this year. She is a trained Holistic Hypnotist and  Hypnosis Instructor, a Master of NLP and has completed the year long Compassionate Inquiry training with Gabor Mate. With a background in health care, as a PSW and RPN, Ashley has always been curious about alternative healing and began exploring different modalities during her career in healthcare.

Impressed with her own experiences and healing, she started her own Holistic practice in 2009  and began working with clients. As her practice evolved, Ashley added emotional release techniques and began working with Andean Shamans, healers from Peru who work with Ayahuasca medicine.

" Everything that I have found to be pivotal in my own healing journey- I have endeavoured to share with others.  My beautiful journeys in the Andes, and the  profound ceremonies with Ayahuasca medicine are powerful journeys within - and  I am honoured to share that with those who feel called." ~ Ashley