Sacred Ayahuasca Retreat with Nico and Johana
With Nico and Leydi Johanka Ramirez Lopez
August 21 - 23, 2026
$947 | 3 Days, 2 Nights | Maine
We are grateful to welcome you into this sacred experience at Pachamama Sanctuary’s Ayahuasca Retreat outside of Portland, Maine. Guided by our experienced Medicine Carriers, Nico and Johana, this 3-day, 2-night immersion is designed as a fully supported container for healing, reflection, and deep inner transformation.
Everything is thoughtfully included—meals, accommodations, and ceremonial activities—so you can step away from daily life and fully devote yourself to your inner journey.
Throughout the weekend, you will participate in two powerful ayahuasca ceremonies on Friday and Saturday, supported by grounding practices such as breathwork, yoga, integration circles, and music. We close on Sunday morning with breakfast and a final group gathering before departure, leaving space for reflection, connection, and integration.
To support your continued healing, Pachamama Sanctuary offers unlimited online integration sessions at no additional cost. You are welcome to join whenever you feel called—days, weeks, or months after the retreat—as you continue integrating your experience into daily life.
We are honored to hold a safe, respectful, and nurturing space for this work, and we are grateful to walk alongside you on your path.
What You’ll Experience
• Two sacred ayahuasca ceremonies (Friday & Saturday nights) guided by Nico and Johana
• Breathwork, yoga, meditation, integration circles, and music throughout the weekend
• A supportive, intimate group setting designed for connection and reflection
• Closing Sunday breakfast and group gathering before departure
• Unlimited post-retreat online integration circles for ongoing support
Accommodations
Your space for the weekend is intentionally simple, grounding, and designed to support deep inner work.
Each participant is provided with a comfortable memory foam mattress, along with a pillow and blanket prepared for your arrival. This becomes your personal space for both ceremony and rest throughout the retreat.
For those seeking additional privacy, semi-private shared room options are available with twin or bunk-style beds. These rooms offer a quiet, cozy environment for rest and integration between ceremonies.
All accommodations are designed to feel peaceful, supportive, and connected to nature—allowing you to fully relax into the process.
A Safe and Held Container
Your safety and well-being are central to everything we do. All participants complete a pre-retreat health screening, and our experienced team holds a grounded, respectful ceremonial space throughout the weekend.
This is an intimate retreat environment, allowing each guest to feel seen, supported, and fully held.
We are honored to welcome you into this space of healing and transformation, and grateful to be part of your journey.
Leaders
Nico’s path with Ayahuasca began 16 years ago through an apprenticeship under Taita Florentino Agreda, from Putumayo Colombia. These first few years of regular ceremonies were a powerful initiation, which brought a lot of clarity and established a deep relationship with this medicine. With Taita Florentino Nico has traveled throughout Colombia, assisting in ceremonies, playing medicine music, and eventually learning from Taitas of other traditions. Some names include Taita Isaias Munos Macanilla (Kitchwas community from the Amazon), Taita Querubin Queta (Cofan), Taita Leonel Tascon (Embera), to list a few. Another profound experience during these years of exploration and healing was living with the indigenous Kogi people in the town of Sebiaca, in Sierra Nevada, Colombia where Nico taught and played music with the children of the community. A unique experience where he learned about the cosmology and the healing practices of these indigenous people, the simplicity and beauty of life in…
Learn more about Nico
Medicine woman 10 years ago, born in Colombia, mother, walker of the red road in service with fire, for sacred altars as they are, Temazcales of medicines and awakolla. Practitioner of the shamanic medicinal wheel of Mother Earth, she provides therapeutic accompaniment through different integral medicines such as ancestral feminine wisdom, lunar sowings (woman), ancestral gynecology (uterine healing), works with obsidian and its different geometries. Johana is currently studying natural fertility, trained in mixed international circles, pregnancy and childbirth as a ceremony (Mhuysca) and placental medicine (Mhuyscas). Facilitator of ancestral medicines such as ayahuasca, kambo, sananga, mambe, ambil, rape, cocoa apprentice with a guide and from personal practice, with the purpose of sharing a rite of passage as it is the blessing of the road for pregnant families and future generations. Founder of the ETNEUF project in Colombian territory whose objective is socio-family work; co-founder of malocas such as, Atawaira…
Learn more about Leydi Johanka Ramirez Lopez