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Sunrise image over a grassy field with a large tree in the distance, beautiful lighting and light blue, yellow and orange colors in the sky, showing the retreat center land at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center.
A dirt road stretching into the distance leading to Casa del Maestro's ayahuasca center, flanked by green bushes and trees, under a cloudy sky during sunset.
A group of ayahuasca guests enjoying a sunny day outdoors near a large tree in a lush, open field.
A calm pond reflecting a blue sky and white clouds, surrounded by lush green trees and grass in the tropical landscape of Casa del Maestro.
Sunset over a small lake with trees along the banks, and pink, orange, and purple clouds reflected in the water outside Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
Tropical forest canopy with green trees and bushes under a pleasant sky during sunset at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
A lush green grassy field near Casa del Maestro retreat, with a small pond in the foreground, surrounded by trees and bushes under a partly cloudy sky. In the distance, horses are grazing.
Silhouetted palm trees and dense tropical forest during a brilliant sunset with orange clouds in the sky at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
A tranquil natural landscape featuring a calm pond reflecting cloudy sky, trees, and surrounding greenery at sunset at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
A landscape with green grass, trees in the distance, and one large tree nearby, and a small lake under a partly cloudy sky at the property of Casa del Maestro retreat center.
Peruvian Amazon sunset over a jungle landscape with trees and a grassy field.
Sunset over a grassy field with scattered trees and a small structure in the distance, under a partly cloudy sky at an ayahuasca retreat center.
A sunset over a peaceful body of water reflecting the sky, clouds, and trees on the property of Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
A green grassy field with two large trees in the distance under dark, cloudy skies on the property of Casa del Maestro retreat center.
A natural landscape with green grass and bushes in the foreground, tall trees scattered across the middle ground, and a sky with clouds and pinkish hues at dusk in Peru.
Traditional Peruvian Amazonian buildings, including an ayahuasca maloca, with thatched roofs on a grassy field, with trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
A long wooden house with steps leading to the entrance, set in an outdoor area with a tree and grassy field shown at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
Ayahuasca retreat participants relaxing in hammocks inside a wooden building with wooden floors and white paneled walls, with outdoor scenery visible through open-air screened windows.
A smiling retreat participant with tattoos on her arm and chest, wearing a tank top, sitting at a wooden table with plates of food in a cozy, rustic retreat center dining area with wooden walls and floors.
A traditional wooden house with a thatched roof on stilts, surrounded by green grass and plants, under a blue sky is shown at an ayahuasca plant medicine center.
Dining room shown in a traditional Peruvian style wooden building, with thatched roof and open sides, showing a sunny day and other nearby buildings at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat.
Main camp structures at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center, with lush foliage and shrubbery and an early morning sunrise in a blue sky.
Ayahuasca retreat participants standing outside Casa del Maestro retreat center, on small hill above a dirt road, smiling with positive energy.
Maloca surrounded by small trees and shrubs at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center, with a bright blue sky in the background.
Ayahuasca retreat guests sitting on chairs and mats inside a large round maloca with a high, conical ceiling, some appearing to meditate or relax, with a small fire or light in the center.
Open-air maloca with thatched roof, wooden floor, and seating arrangements including beds, chairs, and rockers. There are multiple buckets, towels, and personal items, in preparation for an ayahuasca ceremony in Peru.
A rustic wooden bedroom with a single bed under a mosquito net at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
A toilet with a roll of toilet paper and some packets on top, in a small bathroom with tiled walls and a blue shower curtain on the left side.
A guest bedroom with wooden walls and floors, a bed covered with a blue mosquito net, a blue plastic chair, a black mat with a white rolled towel, a small window with glass blocks at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
Public shower area with individual stalls, each separated by tiled walls and equipped with shower curtains. The ceiling is made of thatched material, and the walls are covered with beige tiles. Small windows near the ceiling provide natural light.
Retreat guests in jungle attire sitting on a boat on a river surrounded by lush green trees under a partly cloudy sky near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center.
View of the Amazon river and bank lined by thick jungle trees and foliage, with a bluish, mostly cloudy sky, near an ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
Two people standing dressed in jungle attire are next to a tree covered in vines and foliage; one is showing the other how to identify the plant medicine ayahuasca.
A group of people standing in a jungle surrounded by dense foliage and shrubs, near the land at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
Jungle canopy under a blue, partly cloudy sky at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center in Peru.
Group of ayahuasca retreat guests explore the jungle from a small river, surrounded by lush forest.
Three plant medicine retreat guests lightly dressed walking through a dense green forest, near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
Two ayahuasca retreat guests stand in a thick forest, looking up at a Remo caspi tree with sunlight shining through the canopy.
A group of ayahuasca retreat guests standing on the bank of small river near Casa del Maestro plant medicine center, raising their hands and smiling.
Close-up of a person holding a green, heart-shaped leaf from a vine plant, with additional vine leaves and soil in the background.
Two plant medicine retreat participants walking through a dense rainforest near Casa del Maestro, viewed from behind, surrounded by lush green foliage and large trees.
Bright green foliage with red flower in a dense jungle near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center, outside of Iquitos, Peru.
Group of ayahuasca retreat guests stand in a small clearing in front of a giant Lopuna tree in the Peruvian Amazon.
A group of retreat participants walk in a single file line on a trail surrounded by dense jungle, exploring the land near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
A woman sits on the front of river boat, watching an orange and yellow sunset over the Ucayali river, near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
A plant medicine retreat participant poses in front of a large Lopuna tree, surrounded by lush foliage in the Peruvian Amazon.
A group of four ayahuasca retreat participants sit in an open canoe on a small stream, surrounded by thick jungle on either side, with a stripe of blue sky visible overhead.
An ayahuasca retreat guest walks on a thin trail while surrounded by bright green, dense jungle foliage on both sides.
Three retreat participants identify plant medicines in the Peruvian Amazon at an ayahuasca retreat center.
A Remo caspi tree stands in a small clearing surrounded by shrubs and other tall trees near an ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
A tall, vertical shot of an Ayahuma medicine tree in the midst of a thick jungle in Peru, with splashes of sunlight peaking through the canopy.
A plant medicine retreat participant stands with open arms and a smile on his face in front of the trunk of a large Lupuna medicine tree in Peru.
An ayahuasca retreat guest exits a wooden boat from a small stream during a rain storm in the Amazon jungle of Peru.
An ayahuasca retreat participant stands waving in front of a large plant medicine tree in the jungle near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
Several ayahuasca retreat guests in a boat navigating through a flooded river in a dense forest in Peru during rainy weather, with some using umbrellas.
Ayahuasca retreat guest smiling and swimming in a river near Casa del Maestro with tropical trees and a blue sky in the background.
A woman walks on a jungle trail at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center, with lush shrubbery and foliage all around her.
A young woman in a hat and tank top smiles in a field next to a water buffalo at Casa del Maestro in Peru.
A young woman in a blue hat embraces a lupuna tree near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat in Peru.
Maestro Alberto shows an ayahuasca retreat participant admixture plants during an ayahuasca cook at Casa del Maestro retreat center.
An ayahuasca retreat center participant is pounding ayahuasca vine on a blue tarp during an ayahuasca cook at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center.
Fresh ayahuasca vine and chacruna in a a metal pot ready to be cooked at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center in Peru.
A retreat guest is preparing a large pile of raw ayahuasca vine at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
Eliseo is chopping large chunks of freshly cut ayahuasca vine laid out on a blue tarp in an open air, dirt floor building.
Maestro Alberto, from Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center, is adding chacruna leaves to a large metal pot of ayahuasca vine.
Maestro Don Alberto adds additional chacruna leaves to two pots filled with ayahuasca vine.
Maestro Alberto Torres Davila mixes a large steaming pot of cooking ayahuasca with a wooden stick.
A large, blackened pot of ayahuasca cooking at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center.
Eliseo checks the water levels of a metal pot filled with ayahuasca, chacruna, and other admixture plants at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
A group of retreat participants pound freshly harvested ayahuasca vine at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center in Peru.
A pair of retreat guests add ayahuasca to pots in preparation for the ayahuasca cook at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
Maestro Alberto and Arlyn place a metal ayahuasca cookpot on an open flame outdoor grill made of brick at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
A hammer and a small piece of vine sit on a wooden slab during the ayahuasca cook process.
A closeup image of a hand holding a mature piece of ayahuasca vine.
Eliseo adds water to a metal pot of ayahuasca and chacruna at Casa del Maestro retreat center.
Retreat participant pounds a pile of freshly cut ayahuasca vine at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center.
A seated female guest displays a cross-section of a recently cut ayahuasca vine, with scattered chunks of plant material on the floor around her, while helping with the ayahuasca cook at Casa del Maestro.
Matt Toussaint places ayahuasca admixture plants into two large cookpots during the ayahuasca cook at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center.
Several pots of ayahuasca and chacruna are shown on a long, brick, outdoor cooking oven over an open fire at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
Close-up of ayahuasca vine wrapping around a tree in Peru.
Close-up of ayahuasca vine cuttings with orange and yellow cross-sections.
Retreat guest's hand touching a large, twisted, weathered of mature ayahuasca vine among a pile of additional vines spread on a blue tarp.
Maestro Alberto displays a green chacruna leaf, with more leaves inside a woven bag, at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
A cumaceba plant medicine tree in the forest with a bits of sunlight peaking through the canopy during a jungle walk at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center.
A variety of plant medicine tree barks in large chunks placed on a wooden bench at Casa del Maestro retreat center's cookhouse.
Large Lupuna tree trunk with a variety of buttresses is shown in the jungle near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat center.
Three chunks of Huaira caspi medicine tree bark placed on a wooden table at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat in Peru.
Large chunks of Lupuna tree medicine bark on a wooden bench, to be used in an ayahuasca cook.
A retreat participant holds a chunk of tree medicine bark, ready for the plant dieta at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center in Peru.
A tall, wide Lupuna tree in the jungle at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
A bright orange, white, and pink Ayahuma flower is held in the palm of a hand.
Pieces of capirona bark for a plant dieta on a worn wooden surface.
Close-up of a hand holding a piece of punga tree bark with a blurred natural background near an ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
A rolled log with dried mapacho tobacco leaves on a rustic wooden surface at Casa del Maestro ayahuasca retreat in Peru.
Three uchu sanango roots held in the palm of a hand in preparation for a dieta at Casa del Maestro retreat center.
A hand from an ayahuasca retreat participant holds a bundle of uchu sanango roots in preparation for a dieta at Casa del Maestro plant medicine center.
A bundle of uchu sanango roots tied with a vine rests on the jungle floor near Casa del Maestro ayahuasca center.
A closeup image of ayahuasca vines, showing its distinctive flower pattern.
A closeup shot of chunks of ayahuasca vine at Casa del Maestro retreat center in Peru.
A young ayahuasca vine grows on a thin tree branch with the forest floor in the background, near Casa del Maestro plant medicine center in Peru.
A thick, mature ayahuasca vine is shown growing in the jungle near Casa del Maestro plant medicine retreat center in Peru.

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