Sapan Inka is a center dedicated to the exploration and research of consciousness through a holistic and transpersonal approach. Our center hosts healing retreats that integrate ancestral Amazonian wisdom with transpersonal and psychedelic psychotherapy.
We are committed to safeguarding and responsibly sharing the use of Ayahuasca medicine, honoring the legacy of our ancestors. Our retreats aim to awaken the healing potential within each individual by fostering a deep connection with the psyche and facilitating dialogue with the Higher Self or spiritual essence. Ayahuasca serves as a powerful tool for physical, emotional, and spiritual purification, expanding consciousness and accessing archetypal content. This process of assimilation and integration promotes profound internal growth and healing.
Our retreat center began its journey 23 years ago and has steadily grown and evolved since then. Our mission is to explore and study consciousness, promote psycho-spiritual development, and pursue a comprehensive state of health. To achieve these goals, we have developed a therapeutic system that incorporates ayahuasca ceremonies conducted in accordance with the Amazonian-Shipibo tradition. These ceremonies focus exclusively on the energetic and spiritual dimensions. Our system also integrates psychotherapeutic work at the transpersonal level, using integration sessions to process and understand the experiences gained during the expanded states of consciousness induced by Ayahuasca.
Erik Hendrick and Nilda Quispe, during their personal healing and growth journeys, encountered the “maestros curanderos” of the Shipibo people. This pivotal moment led them to undertake a rigorous and extensive initiation process to become guides for ayahuasca ceremonies themselves. Over many years, the founders of Sapan Inka dedicated themselves to mastering the use of medicinal plants and learning about Amazonian and Andean traditional medicine, particularly the use of entheogenic plants. They were trained directly by Shipibo maestros curanderos, who ultimately authorized them to practice as healers.
Erik Hendrick 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, Erik is deeply committed to exploring and understanding the complexities of human nature. His ongoing education encompasses the study of mythology from various cultures, comparative religions, mysticism, wisdom traditions, depth psychology, transpersonal psychology, and psychedelic science. Both Erik and Nilda are engaged in continuous psycho-spiritual development.
At Sapan Inka Center, we uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in our work. We approach the organization of Ayahuasca 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 fully dedicated to the care and support of each individual. 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. Humanity is experiencing widespread massification, a crisis of values, and a sense of collective dissociation, teetering on the edge of self-destruction. Yet, we also acknowledge that this era presents unprecedented opportunities for spiritual and personal growth.
At Sapan Inka, we believe it is our responsibility to contribute to this transformative process. We are committed to offering our best to facilitate the spiritual development of individuals and, by extension, the collective evolution of humanity. Our work is a small but significant effort towards achieving the spiritual well-being of our planet.
The current team of SAPAN INKA Retreat Centre is as follows:
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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