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Atmosphere and feature ratings above are based on Best Retreats research (November 2026). They will be updated if Paradise Wellness Ayahuaska Ceremony submits its own information.

Paradise Wellness Ayahuaska Ceremony: An In-Depth Review for Ayahuasca Retreats in Puerto Rico

Paradise Wellness Ayahuaska Ceremony is listed as a raw food and juice cleanse in Puerto Rico followed by a private ayahuasca ceremony with a shaman called Muni at “La Casa Azul de Sanación”, about 1.5 hours away, but its only trace is an unclaimed AyaAdvisors listing, last changed in 2022, with no website, address, price or dates. Against that, no operator confirms the ayahuasca offer, no screening or medical information exists for a program that pairs a juice fast with ayahuasca, and DMT is a Schedule I drug under US federal law, which applies in Puerto Rico.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: Puerto Rico; the cleanse base was probably Luquillo, near El Yunque, and the ceremony site’s town is not given.
• Approach: A cleanse of green juices, watermelon and coconut water with sightseeing in Old San Juan and El Yunque, then a private group ayahuasca ceremony, per the listing.
• Suitable For: No one; nothing confirms the ceremony was ever offered, and it would be federally illegal. Not suitable for people taking antidepressants or with heart or psychiatric conditions.
• Costs: No ayahuasca price was found; the probable operator’s cleanse retreats cost $1,950 for 14 days in 2014, per its blog.
• Overall Assessment: An unverifiable listing, an unnamed shaman, no safety information and federal legal exposure. Directory evaluation: D.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

No reviews of the ayahuasca offer exist on AyaAdvisors, Retreat Guru, BookRetreats, Tripadvisor, Google or any other platform searched. A 2013 first-person Ebony article covers only the cleanse retreat. If you have attended, we encourage you to share your experience through our submission form.

🚩 Incident Report

We searched review platforms and English and Spanish-language news for reports involving Paradise Wellness, its founder, Muni and La Casa Azul de Sanación.

• Deaths and serious injuries: None found.
• Sexual misconduct: No allegations found.
• Theft and fraud: None found.
• Legal action: None found.

The shaman is known by one name only, which limits this search.

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident with this center, please report it confidentially.

🔍 Critical Notes

Who runs it. The name, cleanse and sightseeing match Paradise Wellness, a raw food and juice retreat in Luquillo run from about 2011 by a chef known as Skai Juice, per My Guide Puerto Rico and its blog, but none of its own pages mention ayahuasca, so the link is unverified. The shaman “Muni” has no surname, lineage or training on record.

Screening and medical support. No screening, medication policy, medical staff or emergency plan is mentioned, although a juice fast before ayahuasca adds strain from purging and dehydration.

Legal context. DMT is a Schedule I drug under US federal law, which applies in Puerto Rico, and only specific churches hold religious exemptions, per Wikipedia; no exemption was claimed here. Puerto Rico’s 2026 executive order on psychedelic research covers ibogaine, MDMA and psilocybin, not ayahuasca, per Metro.

Status. The probable operator’s last retreat offer is from May 2015 and its last blog post from January 2018. No closure notice or rebrand was found.

Corrections to our earlier profile. Our earlier page said the center was potentially closed and being monitored for rebranding; no rebrand was found, and the probable operator shows no activity after 2018. The Puerto Rico location matches the listing. Our earlier grade was C; the grade is now D.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

No contraindications are published. ICEERS notes that ayahuasca’s MAOI component makes it dangerous with SSRIs and other serotonergic drugs and that it is contraindicated for people prone to psychosis. Never stop a psychiatric medication to qualify for a ceremony without your prescriber’s guidance.

🧪 Brew Substance

Ayahuasca of undisclosed recipe and source. Ayahuasca combines the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-containing leaf such as chacruna, as Erowid explains.

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: Northeast Puerto Rico between El Yunque and the beach, per the probable operator.
• Rooms: A rented house shared by up to five or six guests, per the operator’s 2015 blog.
• Style: A raw vegan cleanse retreat with an added ceremony.

Practical guidance: Airport transfer from San Juan was not included in the cleanse retreats.

Should You Book?

No. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

The probable operator’s blog places it in Puerto Rico from 2011. We did not independently verify anyone’s training.

Prep & Integration Tips

For any ceremony, ask in writing who serves the medicine, what it contains, how medications are screened, what happens in an emergency and what legal basis applies, and plan any change with your own doctor. Our guide on how to research ayahuasca incidents can help you check any center.

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Last reviewed November 2026.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional.