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THE HUMMINGBIRD HEALING CENTRE PERU

The Hummingbird is a rainforest retreat and shamanic healing Centre specialising in plant spirit medicines and traditional cures.

We provide a safe haven for contemporary seekers to find the healing and vision they need through the effective use of proven shamanic techniques and jungle medicines, leading to resolution, well-being, positive transformation and happiness – in short, to a better world.

We take our name from the hummingbird (el colibri) which in Peru is the guardian of healers and those who seek healing or wish to learn the shamanic arts and wisdom of the plants.

Located 14 kilometres from the jungle town of Iquitos within the Amazon rainforest, we offer healing retreats with some of the most respected and powerful ayahuasceros (ayahuasca shamans) as well as workshops and trainings with some of the world's most progressive thinkers.

WHO WE ARE

The Hummingbird is a private retreat Centre owned and run by Tracie Thornberry and Ross Heaven.

Tracie is a counsellor specialising in drug and addictions therapy who previously ran the Tranquilo Healing Centre in Iquitos. Professionally trained and qualified she integrates shamanism, plant spirit medicine and work with ayahuasca and San Pedro into her therapeutic programmes to provide a most effective way of leading people to wellness. She is very experienced with jungle medicine and has attended hundreds of ayahuasca ceremonies with many different shamans, assisting in their work.

Ross is a psychologist, healer and the author of more than 10 books on shamanism, spirituality and healing, including the well-known works on ayahuasca and San Pedro, Plant Spirit Shamanism and The Hummingbird's Journey to God. He first visited Peru to drink these medicines in 1998 and has worked with many of the country's best-known and respected shamans both in the Amazon and co-facilitating workshops in Europe and the UK. He has drunk ayahuasca well over 200 times and led plant medicine workshops and ceremonies throughout Europe for several years. Since 2007 he has also brought groups to the Amazon and Andes to work with ayahuasca and San Pedro on his Magical Earth and Cactus of Vision journeys.

WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

The focus of our work is on vision and healing, a term which, in the Amazon, has a wider meaning than its Western usage and refers to an ultimately beneficial outcome brought about by the restoration of balance and positivity to the mind, emotions and spirit as well as the physical self.

We offer a pioneering yet ancient path towards these outcomes by blending our experience of shamanism, medicine ceremonies and the therapeutic arts with the expertise of indigenous healers who embody a compassionate, sincere and heartfelt desire to assist your healing and personal transformation.

Our passion is for making the profound benefits of ayahuasca accessible to all while at the same time preserving the wisdom of tribal people, their culture, medicines and methods of healing.

OUR LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION

The Hummingbird is set in 11 acres of beautiful rainforest well away from the noise and rush of city living. Some of our land is virgin forest which has remained pure for generations; some is open garden planted with trees and flowers where you can also see the blue of the sky (something of a rarity in the rainforest!) We have some lovely walks, a pretty lagoon and trees and flowers with brilliant blossoms in all the colours of the rainbow.

Accommodation is in traditional palm leaf thatched huts called tambos or in the casa grande – the "big house" – a wooden longhouse which we have reformed to make individual rooms so you have the privacy and space you need for your personal work and reconnection to nature but never feel isolated or alone; for some the best of both worlds.

All rooms are clean and comfortable and have a bed with a mosquito net (although mosquitoes are rarely a problem here), a lamp, a table and chair – and nothing else. This is authentic rainforest accommodation, used for centuries by indigenous people, and there are no gadgets, TVs, internet or other "mod cons" to get in the way of your experience so you can let go of the outside world and focus on your healing work with ayahuasca, the vine of souls

The brew is made from ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and the leaves of the chacruna plant (Psychotria viridis). It is said that a shaman can find many sources of both by listening for the "heartbeat" that emanates from them.

The mixture is prepared by cleaning the specially-chosen vines and adding them and the leaves to water. This is then boiled and reduced for several hours, attended by our shamans who blow their intentions and good wishes (soplada) into it, make prayers to their spirits for good healings to come and singing icaros (sacred healing songs) into the brew during its preparation and in ceremony.

When ayahuasca is drunk it can open up a new world for us that is extraordinary, amazing and healing – and yet it is the same world we are part of every day; ayahuasca simply opens our eyes to what is really before us.

The experience normally begins soon after drinking with a feeling of warm presence in the stomach which spreads throughout the body. Most people describe this as very pleasant, like being in a warm, body-temperature bath.

Approximately 40 minutes later visions begin, which may be of "other worlds" or new perspectives on "this" world and/or recollections in words, sights, sounds or feelings of episodes and events from your life which need to be healed and which you can now approach from a position of knowledge and strength, aided by the spirit of ayahuasca.

Healing comes through a subtle shift in awareness, a deepened understanding of your place in the world or an increase in personal power.

Icaros, the healing songs of the shaman, are integral to the ayahuasca experience and direct the ceremony and the visions which may arise. The shaman has songs for each person's needs, the vibrations of which summon healing energies with words that tell of Nature's ability to heal.

As the shaman sings you might even see these things in your visions (ayahuasca was once known by the scientific name telepathine because of its ability to work in this way). Another common experience is to see rainbows streaming from the shaman's mouth as he sings to you, becoming white light or healing colours as they enter your energy field.

Healing takes place as the vibrations of these songs rearrange the patterns, waveforms and frequency of your energy system, also empowering and directing the ayahuasca you have drunk so it can act with greater intensity and focus on your behalf.

As a result of this shift in energy you become, in a sense, a new person who can see and understand life from a new perspective and sadness, illness, anger or other unhelpful energies can be transmuted into ecstasy, well-being and love.

For more information on our work visit www.ayahuascaretreats.org or email ross@thefourgates.com for a copy of our brochure.

About the Author

Ross Heaven is a therapist, workshop leader, and the author of several books on shamanism and healing, including Darkness Visible, the best-selling Plant Spirit Shamanism, and Love's Simple Truths. His website is http://www.thefourgates.com where you can also read how to join his sacred journeys to the shamans and healers of the Amazon.

What is the healing power of Reiki?

Dr. Mikao Usui Reiki founded in the mid-nineteenth century, when it was research of the ancient secret of healing. It was in the Indian sutras, written in Sanskrit, where he discovered a formula to communicate with a higher power that could provide a cure. During a 21-day fasting and meditation in the mountains of Kort-Yama, followed the formula and saw a beam white light that had the power of consciousness and healing had been seeking. This beam of light struck him in the forehead, knocking him unconscious. During this state arose from his physical body and shows lovely light colored bubbles containing the symbols of Reiki. As he contemplated each symbol received an introduction each symbol and the knowledge of their use. This was the beginning of the practice of Usui Reiki healing energy across Japan for the rest of his life. It is much more about the history of Reiki. I encourage you to see "The Spirit of Reiki by Walter Lubeck, Frank and William Rand Petter Arjava Lee, "Reiki: Universal Life Energy", by B. Baginski and Sharamon S., "The Reiki Handbook" by Arnold L. and S. Nevius, "Empowerment by Reiki ", by Horacio P., Reiki and Touch", by JC Stewart.

Reiki is a hands on energy healing. It can also be a couple of inches of the body and healing long absence away. Traditional Usui Reiki practitioners given to different levels of Usui Reiki symbols has been to Mr. shown on the mountain. Kort-Yama. This allows the universal energy of life force flows through our bodies and our hands on our customers. Our hands can be heated or our customers can feel the heat flowing through their hands organisms. In the case of healing energy long distance that we send through a tube of the ether to our customers. With Reiki, you are actually conducted the universal energy of love. This healing energy is ducted in different parts of the body most for healing the client, the Reiki practitioner, and the universe. We're not a cure. The client decides whether or not cured with the power to help the healing and the universe. We facilitate the process of energy and see the results! Reiki was shown to provide many kinds of miraculous healings. Can and can occur. However, for the practice of Reiki and healing demand due to illness or illness or any other type of disease is incorrect and out of integrity. The healing energy is always present with Reiki it's just that we, as a way of life based on carbon ego does not know what is the real cure for each client. Many healing is associated with the lessons we learn in this incarnation. I urge you not to be tied to what you think is the healing of each individual. It will not benefit you or your customers. Love is all that is real when it comes to healing.

Reiki I students experience the introductory class, learn the history and lineage of Reiki Master, a position from the positions of kanji, the earth and centered, scanning and beaming, with hands on clinical practice, and other more specialized for Reiki Master. In Reiki II students experience the opening of the second level, discover some of the Reiki symbols, distance healing long, emotional healing and balance the heart, the root / sacrum and mental level, eliminating the cloud emotional, hands in clinical practice, and other techniques more specialized as the master of Reiki. In Reiki III Master students experience of certification of listening to the third level, Empowerment learn Reiki Master symbol, how to teach Reiki, tuning for students at all three levels of Reiki, how to love and heal yourself, clinical practice with the hands, and other more specialized for the Reiki master. I must stress that Reiki has become so popular among many teachers and consequently there are many different techniques and preferences that have been incorporated in Reiki in the traditional Usui Reiki. One thing I recommend is to find a teacher who will give you lots of hands on clinical practice.

In addition, there are many other practices of Reiki that have emerged in recent years. No type is better than another. It is the intention and humility of the teacher and Reiki Master Professional is most important. Thus, the different practices Reiki resonate for you. You're the only one who knows what works best for you. I found more than 30 forms of traditional Usui Reiki and Reiki founded by Dr. Mikao Usui. I encourage you to read their research and determine their own path of Reiki or looking for a Reiki Master or Reiki Practitioner that resonates with you. Here there are some useful websites to start your search: href = "http://www.reiki-4-all.com/index.php?showtopic=17" http://www.reiki-4-all>. com / index.php? showtopic = 17 and http:// www.medindia.net/alternativemedicine/reiki/Reiki7.htm .

Here is a quick list of different types of Reiki I found: Usui Reiki, Tibetan Reiki, Usui / Tibetan Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Gendai Reiki Rainbow Reiki, the five elements Seichem, Seichim or Seichem or Sekhem, Seichem Tera Mai ® Tera Mai Reiki and Shamballa ®, Kundalini Reiki, Imara Reiki Raku Kei Reiki Shamanic Reiki, Radiance ® technology (TRTAI), Reiki Plus ®, or Jo Johrei Reiki, Reiki ® Chho men or Medicine Dharma Rei Kei ©, traditional Japanese Reiki, Satya Japanese Reiki, Reiki Jin Kei Do-©, Buddho EnerSense, the golden age of Reiki, Reiki New Life, Blue Star Reiki, The Husband ®, Reiki Saku, Sun Li Chung Reiki Reiki or Reiki Jinlap Jinlap Maitri Tibetan Chi Sekai Reiki, Reiki and Violet Flame Reiki Vajra. I'm sure this is not an exhaustive list. Do your own research. This will help you get started.

I would like to reiterate that there is a better method. That is what attracted the integrity and humility of the Master Teacher of Reiki, and intent. If a teacher says his Reiki method is superior to others then I would say a red flag of the ego. Not connected with arrogance. Follow your intuition. All healing modalities are up.

Finally, a way of life allows interpretation of Reiki and its teachings is the practice of the five spiritual principles of Reiki Plus

1) Just for today I will trust in

2) Just for today I will do my work honestly

3) Only for today, I accept my many blessings

4) Just for today I will be at peace

5) Just for today I will respect the rights of all forms of life

I start with a simple quote Reiki is simple. Reiki is passive.
To do anything that is not nothing. Done, done, done. Amen! Peace to you all! About the Author

Rusty Stewart is a Quantum Leap Life Coach using Law of Attraction and Manifestation Principles. He is also an Unwavering Conscious Heart relationship coach, incorporating Harville Hendrick’s Imago and David Deida’s relationship stages work. As a psychotherapist in private practice, he utilizes an integrated energy approach to healing including Heart Centered Hypnotherapy, breathwork, reiki, and shamanic journeying. He also specializes in alternatives to traditional addictions recovery and designs and facilitates workshops, groups, and healer certifications. Rusty has a Ph.D. in Psychoeducational Processes and Group Dynamics and is an adjunct professor at several universities as well.