Ayahuasca Foundation

The daughter of indigenous curanderos (both parents were healers), doña Othelia never had a set initiation, for she grew up in the environment of plant spirit medicine from birth, and thus knew the science her entire life. Her childhood was an initiation. Othelia’s specialty is reading cigarettes, a form of divination similar to reading tea [...]

Don Pedro was born in 1944 in Lamas, San Martin, a region of Peru considered to be home to some of the most renown shamans in the country. A mestizo, Don Pedro began his apprenticeship at the age of 20 under the careful instruction and guidance of his brother Marcial Panduro Navaro. At the age [...]

A young ayahuasquero from the Iquitos area, don Percy is a member of the next generation of Peruvian curanderos. He believes in the importance of respecting the traditions of his ancestors, but also understands that the world is changing, and that new traditions will be needed to accomodate for new situations. He has adopted techniques [...]