GUEST REVIEWS

We’re very proud to host people from a variety of places and backgrounds, and are always striving to provide impactful experiences. See what guests have to say about their time on our retreats.

“I visited the retreat in October 2019, it was a turbulent year for me regarding my MS. With fear and anxiety into a new place, in a completely different country. Once I stepped foot in the retreat I felt at home. The residents of the retreat were a big family. I felt welcomed and I started my journey with David. The great Shaman of the Amazonas! He helped me to heal, I had so many symptoms which started to fade one after the other. I started to feel a new beginning and I was not wrong. It was a turning point in my journey and I am ever grateful to everyone especially my long life friend/brother David. I left the jungle but the jungle never left me and I still think about it often and plan to go back again and again. It was an experience of a lifetime is the least I can describe it.”

“For the first time since I was a child I was able to truly ‘clock off’: no materialistic distractions, phone off, back to basics, back to myself, back to God. I have spent two months there on two separate trips. It has been life changing with regards to my spiritual development, introduction to plant medicine and overcoming addiction issues. I have also made friends for life that I met at Maya. David runs his retreat with kindness, comedy and an inspirational faith, not to mention his shaman skills which are next level, and the way he holds the space in ceremony is spectacular. I’m desperate to go back again, and were it not on the other side of the world I’d be a regular guest. I didn’t know I needed it until I experienced it. The world has its ways of pushing me off my true course, the medicine returns me to my higher self and life is sooo much better as a result. The staff are friendly, the dogs are gorgeous, the vibe is bang on. I could literally write a book about all the healings and teachings I have received over those two months and since then as a result of my new friendships. But I’ll keep this short and sweet….Go, Go, Go..”

“I’ve had the beautiful experience of staying at the retreat twice, and words can’t explain how healing this place is. I release pain from the past, I learn, I become stronger, I let go of what doesn’t serve me, and I reconnect to nature on a deep level. It’s as though I return to my true self which is confident, peaceful, clear minded and always laughing! I have a lot of gratitude for David who is a very powerful Shaman, he’s so dedicated to Ayahuasca and the well being of his guests. The medicine is so beautiful and the ceremonies are very very special. I have had Earth shatteringly profound experiences in that Maloka! I always miss the jungle, it’s people, it’s energy, the sounds, the food, and I am so thankful to know I can always go back.”

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