Master Shipibo Shaman Ricardo Amaringo
Visionary Artist & Retired Peruvian Ayahuasquero

Master Shipibo Shaman Ricardo Amaringo has over 20 years of experience as a traditional curandero and ayahuasquero. He is one of the most skilled Shipibo healers of his generation, having refined his skills through intensive dieting and arduous work. Ricardo has developed a profound knowledge of medicinal plants, traditional Shipbo ayahuasca ceremony and icaros (traditional healing songs); and hopes to share traditional Shipibo healing with those who need it the most. He has deep knowledge of medicinal plants, and his experience and his knowledge follows from the rich and ancient healing tradition of his people, the Shipibo-Conibo of Amazonia. Born in Pucallpa, near the Ucayali river, he lives presently in Llanchama, Peru. READ MORE>>>

Joe Tafur, M.D.
Producer – Convergence, Apprentice

Dr. Joe Tafur is currently developing a medical education program in Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine. This program strives to bridge the world of academic medicine with traditional healing knowledge. The Office of Ancestral Medicine draws upon our own experiences in traditional Amazonian healing and will explore the relationship between this work and exciting and relevant topics in modern medicine, including: psychoneuroimmunology, functional medicine, epigenetics, and the responsible use of psychedelic medicine in modern psychiatry. READ MORE>>>

Olivia Arevalo
Curandera

Olivia Arevalo, a Shipiba curandera and ayahuascera, carries forth the tradition of her people, and her family, many of whom were and are master curanderos. She has been practicing and healing for over 60 years! READ MORE>>>

Sitaramaya
Producer – Convergence, Apprentice

Sita has now been formally studying and practicing Indigenous Plant Wisdom for eight years. She has undertaken an apprenticeship in the Shipibo tradition. She works and learns from the Master Plants and dietas
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