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Spirit of Peace Healing: An In-Depth Review for Ayahuasca Retreats in the Sacred Valley, Peru

Spirit of Peace Healing is a small Sacred Valley organizer founded by Ayurveda and yoga practitioner Jessica Inman that held a six-day retreat with three ayahuasca ceremonies and a master plant dieta in Urubamba, Peru, for up to six guests from $1,599, with healer Lidia Huayta Ramirez and unnamed Shipibo curanderos, per its retreat page, and now sells online preparation and integration sessions. It requires medical documents and an interview before booking and keeps groups very small. Against that, it has no reviews, its curanderos are not named, no contraindication list, medical staff or emergency plan is published, and no retreat has been dated since September 2025.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: Based in Taray and Pisac in the Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru; the 2025 retreat was held in Urubamba, and retreats move between private venues.
• Approach: Three night ayahuasca ceremonies with a master plant dieta in the Shipibo tradition, a Q’ero despacho opening, one-to-one sessions with a healer, Ayurveda and yoga.
• Suitable For: People wanting a very small, carefully prepared retreat who also want structured integration. Not suitable for people taking antidepressants or with heart or psychiatric conditions.
• Costs: $1,599 to $2,250 for the six-day retreat depending on booking date in 2025; online preparation or integration sessions cost $80 each or $420 for six. No refund terms or inclusions are shown for the retreat.
• Overall Assessment: Small groups, required medical documents and integration support, offset by unnamed curanderos, no published medical safeguards, no track record and uncertain status. Directory evaluation: C.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

Spirit of Peace Healing has no reviews on Retreat Guru, and none were found on Tripadvisor, Google or AyaAdvisors; a former BookRetreats profile now redirects elsewhere. 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 Spirit of Peace Healing, Jessica Inman and Lidia Huayta Ramirez.

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

The ayahuasca curanderos are not named, so this absence offers limited assurance.

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

🔍 Critical Notes

Who runs it. Jessica Inman describes herself as a clinical Ayurvedic specialist and yoga teacher who moved to Peru in 2017 and has completed more than 25 master plant dietas with Shipibo curanderos, per her teacher profile (unverified). Lidia Huayta Ramirez works with guests inside and outside ceremony; a healer named Lidia Huayta is also listed by Dreamglade near Iquitos, possibly the same person (unconfirmed). The Shipibo curanderos who serve the ayahuasca are not named. No website, company or tax number appears.

Screening and medical support. Guests must send medical documents and complete an interview before paying a deposit, but no contraindication list, medical staff or emergency protocol is published, at high altitude in the Sacred Valley. The founder ran a public webinar on ceremony safety in 2025.

Listings. The center page tags a pool, spa and sauna while saying retreats move between venues, and some program descriptions call a one-hour online session a “1 day ayahuasca retreat”.

Status. The most recent dated retreat ran from 31 August to 6 September 2025; online sessions remain bookable, and no 2026 retreat was found.

Legal context. Ayahuasca is legal in Peru, its traditional use is national heritage, and there is no licensing regime for retreats, per ICEERS.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

Ask to see the screening criteria behind the interview. 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 served by unnamed Shipibo curanderos; its source is not published. Ayahuasca combines the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-containing leaf such as chacruna, as Erowid explains.

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: Cool, high Andean valley around Pisac and Urubamba.
• Rooms: Not described; venues are chosen for privacy.
• Style: Shipibo dieta tradition combined with Ayurveda and yoga.

Practical guidance: Fly to Cusco (CUZ) and allow time to acclimatize; transfers are not described, so confirm them in writing.

Should You Book?

Possibly, for a very small retreat. Ask in writing for the curanderos’ names and training, the venue, the screening criteria and contraindication list, who on site is trained in first aid, the emergency plan and nearest hospital, the refund terms, and the legal entity you are paying. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

Spirit of Peace presents itself as a gentle blend of Shipibo plant medicine, Ayurveda and yoga for small groups. We did not independently verify anyone’s training.

Prep & Integration Tips

Before you go: Disclose every medication and condition in writing and plan any change with your own doctor. After you return: Use the integration sessions offered and arrange support from a qualified therapist at home. 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.