VIDAYA COMMUNITY & JOURNEYS
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DEEP JUNGLE RETREAT
February 2nd - 9th 2026
Join us for an 8-day immersive retreat in the untouched jungle of Jama, Ecuador, a sacred land of wild cacao, howler monkeys, and ancient silence.
Guided by Plant Medicine Taita, Medicine Woman Mama Avelina Rogel, and Artivist & Ethno Therapist Nicolas Chaka Schipper Pérez, this journey takes you deeper, beyond comfort, beyond habit, into the raw embrace of nature.
Held in the remote Jama-Coaque Reserve a 2,900 acre sanctuary protecting rare cloud and evergreen forests, this retreat is physically and spiritually demanding, designed for those ready to truly meet themselves.
Through powerful ceremonies, healing rituals, meditations, and jungle immersion, you’ll reconnect with who you are, while directly supporting the land and local community that sustains this sacred space.
INNER GUIDE RETREAT
Coming Soon
This Inner Guide experience is 6 days of connection with yourself and your Inner Guide, through plant medicine ceremonies, nature, nutritional meals, purpose talk, connection and authentic experiences in the middle of a beautiful natural reserve at a place called Mindo Valley, Ecuador.
This retreat is designed for you to dive deep in self discovery using the support of plant medicines and ancestral traditions in the process of reconnecting with your inner guide. Guided by our Tayta (Shaman), Medicine Woman Avelina Rogel, Artivist & Ethno Therapist Nicolas Chaka Schipper Pérez.
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“This retreat was very transformative and allowed me to learn a lot about myself and to develop a bond of respect, compassion and love with myself. As a whole, it was very powerful in terms of love and presence. You did an incredible job! Thank you and congratulations to you for what you created and for helping us all.”
“Simply a fantastic, heart opening, deeply spiritual and beautiful experience which I am so grateful to have had and shared with you (Nico and Cecilie) and all of the other amazing people from around the Globe, who also attended the retreat. I learned much about myself, my own spiritual journey and about how to eat and drink more nutritious food. I am grateful and honored to have been part of your very first retreat in Ecuador.
“I do not say this lightly.. This experience has been one of the most impactful experiences of my life. Every aspect of the retreat was so beautiful in ways that transcend words. I’ve formed deep relationships that I will cherish for the rest of my life, and I’ve experienced such a level of healing and personal growth that my life will never be the same. My deepest thanks to Cecilie and Nicolas for opening their lives in this way, and for creating this space for us to heal and grow together.”
“The VIDAYA Inner Guide Retreat was life changing and beautifully transformative. Deep worldwide relationships and a community was formed, a connection to nature, the Mindo Jungle and Ecuador and the ability to experience the sacred medicines in the true traditional ways was profound. This retreat has reconnected me on a soul level to myself which I realized after the retreat I haven’t done in quite some time and renewed a passion for my life purpose.”
“I’m still in a kind of disbelief about the healing I received but I will be eternally grateful. I really did not expect physical healing! I cannot explain it and I will not try to, all I can do is enjoy my pain free life and be thankful for it.”
Most incredible experience of my life.