Vyprava do Amazonie

19/12/2025

29/08/2022

On 19.8.2022 around 6pm, very heavy rains fell at the headwaters of our beloved Piatua river, in the Llanganates national park, causing uncountable landslides and floodings. Our retreat center was unharmed, but the Piatua river has changed completely the way it flows, moved even the biggest stones, created new pathways and eradicated some pools. Now the river has a lot of sediment, soil and sand, and has a ayahuasca-like color. It will take at least couple of weeks if not months for the river to get back to its crystalline state. Unfortunately, fish could not survive such violet flooding and excess of sediments, the populations are expected to get back to normal in 2-3 years.

22/08/2022

Wild found in the of

07/07/2022

In May 2022 Feather Crown hosted an event which reunited youth from all corners the Ecuadorian Amazon, including the , and . They exchanged the wisdom of their elders, painted sacred designs on their faces and talked about how they can better serve to be the protectors of and conserve their tribal values. We ended the gathering holding hands, offering roses to the sacred waters of the Piatua river, sharing to***co juice through nostrils and praying for better future of the .

28/04/2022

You are looking at the in , part pf the mountain range, where the sacred river is born. www.feathercrown.com ayahuasca retreat center is located at the foot of those mountains. Shamans connect participants of the retreat with the power and beauty of the mountain spirits, to receive blessing for their life, relations, health and work. During the ceremony, the partcipant is “transported” to the world of those spirits through chanting, and energy is shared through blowing into the crown chakra.

01/04/2022

of the body and the spirit at the sacred during www.feathercrown.com in province

25/03/2022

Guess what animal I am hugging at the in during www.feathercrown.com

22/03/2022

Today, on World Water Day, we want to open a window into the spiritual meaning and vision that indigenous peoples in the Upper Amazon have about this vital liquid.

Siekopai leader and protector of water, Justino Piaguaje, tells a story that explains the importance of this resource for his community, stressing that its significance extends far beyond its physical value.

"Water has material benefits: children can bathe in it, for example. But for us Siekopai, water is important even beyond its material use. Water embodies another world entirely. It has a spiritual identity.

In the past, our elders told us that the aquatic realm is ruled by 'Okome'. All beings living within the water live together in one big house. And in this house live our brothers and sisters, our uncles and grandparents.

We can enter this big house through our yagé (ayahuasca) ceremonies.

There is a story from the past, about a little girl who wanted to see the 'Okome'. She could not see it with her eyes alone. She simply could not see it. And so, a wise shaman told her, "If you take some of the sacred medicine of our peoples, then you will be able to see what is really inside this watery realm."

Today, we must heed the words of this wise ancestor. Until we can look at the world with different eyes, with a different perspective, we will never truly understand the importance of water to us, as human beings, and to the entire world."

text: amazonfrontlines.org
image: Piatua river, Ecuadorian Amazon

20/03/2022

To some visitors of the river, where we host our medicine retreats, the spirit of this place may present in a dream or vision in different forms, one of them being a sacred Mother, or “ warmi” ( ). The artwork on the photo was created by a local kichwa painter.

20/03/2022

In the province where we are located, there are 7 indigenous tribes: , , , , , , and