Shamans
Daosha & Txada
A Shawadawa medicine man and a Kariri Xoco tribe woman, both studied at the Living and Sacred School of the Forest. Together they founded the Macaw Enchanted Institute to protect and preserve their culture through projects that intertwine forest sustainability, cultural and scientific exchange, the cultivation of native species of fauna and flora, reforestation, as well as ensuring indigenous autonomy and empowering women by making handicraft products with materials from the great forest collection. They also promote health and well-being through shamanic practices with the sacred medicines produced in the Arara Encantada village and by opening up these practices to non-indigenous people through the festivals they hold every year in the native community. Based on this knowledge, the sacred medicines path, carrying the voice of the forest, guided by the good spiritual Winds and Mother Earth.
Silvia
Students of the Forest
Bapu
A young student of the forest who, from a very young age, has dedicated himself to studying the sacred medicines, gifted with the spirit of song, has been bringing the message of the Macaws through his ancestral song.
Hudua
Counsellors
Taya
Taya is an experienced psychologist who helps to understand, address and identify patients’ psychological needs. The modalities of different types of Psychotherapy (Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Therapy, Behavioural Therapy, Rational Therapy, Provocative Therapy, Gestalt Therapy) is implemented in her treatments. Combining these different Psychotherapy approaches helps her to create individualised treatment programmes, provide recommendations on the appropriate steps for healing. Her expertise includes identifying psychological disorders that range from depression and other forms of depressive disorders, fears, phobias, communication issues with others, life crisis (mid-life crisis & childhood and adolescence crisis), parent-child relationships, childhood traumas, anxiety and other chronic disorders.
She has further expertise in cultural heritage and historical knowledge from the prestigious European Humanities University Lithuania.
She has experience living with the indigenous Latin American Shamanic Tribe Jivaro. Post experiencing Aya ceremonies with the tribe, she further dwelled into research about the natural healing medicine Aya and its benefits.
Satya
Initially trained in Psychology & Sociology (MA by Research with Highest Honours), Satya has dedicated the last 15 years of her life exploring in depth a wide range of Healing and Awakening modalities, from Western Therapy, to Tantra, different lineages of Shamanism (both North & South American, working with Spirit World, Plant Medicine, ect.). Her main teachings have always arisen from her own Life Journey, Challenges and Experiences and her Connection with Spirit.
Satya has been on the path of Plant Medicine for the last 10 years and has studied with the Shipibo Tribe, in Pucallpa, Peru. She also holds intimate Psylocibin and Huachuma Healing Journeys, where she brings together in an integrated way the Wisdoms and Understandings from Western, Eastern and South American Cultures, collected over the last 15 years of travelling the world.
Yoga Teachers
Ruki
Ruki is a yoga teacher based in Delhi and India. Since starting yoga in 2019, the trajectory of her life completely changed. She went on to complete over 1200 hours of teacher trainings in Hatha, Ashtanga, Rocket and Tantra yoga, across India, Singapore and the UK, delving deep into yogic philosophy, psychology and somatic therapy. Fascinated by the power of yogic techniques to balance the nervous system, Ruki went on to pursue an MSc in Neuroscience. After graduating, she joined the Cultural and Social Neuroscience Lab, at King’s College London as a cognitive neuroscientist. She constantly tries to draw parallels between Eastern and Western schools of thought. Her research interests include altered states of consciousness, namely, through hypnosis and yoga nidra. Her thesis involved using hypnotic suggestion to induce hallucinations and thought insertion in healthy volunteers, while capturing their brain activity using EEG. Later, she worked on projects that explored the experiences of spiritual mediums, aiming to differentiate culturally valued experiences from psychopathology.
Passionate about understanding the mind-body complex, Ruki is currently traveling around India, seeking experiences to better understand herself and others. Her classes are a synthesis of her learnings across science and spirituality, facilitating physical and mental transformation in her students.
Teo
After studying MBA and Business Informatics in Germany and Wales, Teo, worked as an IT consultant for 20 years in Switzerland. In 2021 he decided to leave his job behind and dedicate his life to his personal development and create space for healing and growth with ancient wisdom. He has practiced Sukshma Vyayama under the guidance of Reinhard Gammenthaler for many years. In 2023 he successfully completed the Anubhava Yoga TTC at AryaMarga in Bir/Himachal. Beside his interest in Ancient Yoga and Tantric Buddhism, he likes to spend time with surfing, paragliding and apnoea diving.