Deep Healing: Retreat.guru (2022) notes San Pedro ceremonies, profoundly comforting.
Peaceful Setting: Guests on killawasicenter.com value Mindo’s forest, very serene.
Supportive Guides: Quora praises Amalia’s care, though some felt rushed.
🚩 Incident Report
After a thorough investigation across multiple platforms—including Reddit (r/Ayahuasca), Quora, Tripadvisor, Google, Facebook groups (“Psychedelic Healing,” “Ayahuasca Experiences”), news outlets, retreat forums, and ICEERS reports—no verified incidents of theft, sexual misconduct, or crime directly linked to Killawasi Healing Center were identified.
Theft: No reports on Reddit, Quora, Tripadvisor, or Google mention stolen items at Killawasi.
Sexual Misconduct: No allegations against Killawasi’s staff were found in online discussions or ICEERS resources.
Crime: No police reports or violent incidents tied to Killawasi were found in Google News, Ecuadorian media, or retreat forums.
Killawasi Healing Center maintains a clean online reputation, with positive feedback on retreat.guru and Quora emphasizing safety and authenticity. Their family-run approach, with over 15 years of experience, and preparation of medicines with prayer align with their incident-free record.
🔍 Critical Notes
Killawasi Healing Center, with sites in Mindo and near Tena, offers a family-run ayahuasca retreat, lauded on Best Retreats and retreat.guru for its deep healing ceremonies, serene forest setting, and supportive guidance from Amalia and her family. The Oviedo family’s 15-year legacy and unique practices like vision quests add authenticity, but the lack of and limited recent reviews suggest possible seasonal operations or a focus on private groups. Verify retreat schedules, facilitator availability, and travel logistics (e.g., Quito transfers) directly, given Ecuador’s regulated ayahuasca context and the center’s remote, dual-location setup.
We invite hearts that hear and feel the call to connect with their essence and take a journey to the center of the heart.
The Galapagos Islands welcome us and invite us to join these four days of retreat with sacred plants, that connect us with the Grandmother Ayahuasca ceremonially and Grandfather Peyote ritually, open the heart with this medicines, mushrooms workshops, meditation, temazcals, singing, Andean fire cleansing (for an extra charge), Rapé medicine, word circles, Cacao Ceremony, sound meditations. Those are all tools offered that allow us to connect with our essence this month of November. The Enchanted Islands (Galapagos) are the perfect setting for this trip to find the center of our hearts.
This is a Four-day retreat of activities that allow us to move our soul, body, and mind to get to know ourselves.
