Sapan Inka is a center dedicated to the exploration and research of consciousness through a holistic and transpersonal approach. Our mission, forged over 20 years of guiding Ayahuasca ceremonies, is to promote psychospiritual development and integral health, contributing to human development processes. We offer healing retreats that fuse ancestral Amazonian wisdom with transpersonal and depth psychology.
We are committed to responsibly preserving and sharing the use of Ayahuasca medicine, honoring the legacy of our ancestors. Our retreats seek to awaken your inner healing potential, facilitating a deep dialogue with your psyche and your Higher Self. Ayahuasca is a powerful sacred plant that will help you cleanse and purify physically, emotionally, and spiritually, expanding your consciousness and connecting you with the depths of your soul.
To achieve this mission, we have developed a therapeutic system that integrates Ayahuasca ceremonies, based on the Amazonian-Shipibo tradition, with transpersonal psychotherapy. Our ceremonies focus exclusively on the energetic and spiritual dimensions, while integration sessions help participants process and understand their expanded states of consciousness.
The Sapan Inka retreat center was born from a personal healing journey of Erik Hendrick and Nilda Quispe. Their encounter with the wisdom of the Shipibo curanderos led them to embark on a rigorous initiation process to become authorized ceremony guides. For many years, they dedicated themselves to mastering the use of medicinal plants and delving into traditional Amazonian and Andean medicine. Today, they share the knowledge and experience acquired directly from the Shipibo maestro curanderos.
Erik Hendrick Carpio holds a Master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Human Development at the Anthropological University of Guadalajara. Along with Nilda Quispe, he is committed to exploring the complexities of human nature. Both have extensive training that covers the study of mythology, comparative religions, mysticism, depth psychology, transpersonal psychology, and psychedelic science. Erik and Nilda are engaged in a constant process of psychospiritual development.
At the Sapan Inka Center, we maintain the highest ethical and professional standards. We approach the organization of our retreats with great responsibility, prioritizing the holistic health and well-being of our participants. Our retreats are conducted in a safe and supportive environment, with guides dedicated to the care of each person. Our work addresses multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual.
We recognize that we are living in a critical period of the 21st century, marked by profound global challenges. Faced with massification and a crisis of values, our mission is to contribute to a process of individual transformation that drives collective evolution. Our work is a significant effort for the spiritual well-being of our planet.
The current team of SAPAN INKA Retreat Center is:
It is with immense sadness and heavy hearts that we regret to inform you of the passing of our dear friend, the Shipibo curandero doctor José Shinga Paima, who departed from this plane on June 1st, 2025.
It is a word in Runasimi or Quechua language, and it can be translated as Wise Inka. However this word or name indicates a spiritual hierarchy that existed at the time of the Inka, and it was used to describe a special type of priest who was part of the spiritual Inka nobility. He was someone who had the power to lead and teach to others Incas. He had sacred ancestral knowledge about astronomy, art and mastery of stone, language and medicine.
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