In the midst of our ever accelerating race, that which is timeless within us beckons us to return to our origins. The remedy to our existential malady is born from reconnection, from remembering. Hence rises the renaissance of shamanic ceremonies and ancient sacred medicines.

A carefully crafted combination of ancient shamanic techniques, traditional Amazonian medicine and natural wellness are the keys to our work. 

We named our healing practice ‘Wistin Origins’ in honour of our celestial heritage. ‘Wistin’ means star in the Shipibo language.

We spent 5 years learning curanderismo with masters from Shipibo, Quichua and Mestizo lineages in the Peruvian Amazon. Our training consisted of traditional initiations and ’dietas’ (fasting and spiritual communion with master plants) in complete isolation as part of a strict purification process.

Our mission is to preserve the sacred practices of ceremonial healing and help restore the realisation of our true nature as human beings. 

As healers, our work is to diagnose and treat spiritual, energetic and emotional imbalances and intrusions — ultimately to strengthen and inspire the person to be able to heal themselves. On a community level, we strive to awaken authenticity, compassion and responsibility, to help heal our families and relationships to all beings.

We find deep fulfilment in sharing of the great teachings and tools bestowed onto us in order to help empower and equip others to consciously navigate in the spirit world and daily life alike, for they are one and the same. This whole life is a ceremony ❤

Our Commitment

Every year we return to the Amazon rainforest to reconnect with our spiritual home and make the sacred remedies.

The process of cooking the medicine is not only an act of following a recipe and boiling certain ingredients together; it is an ancient craft and a sacred ritual. While the medicine is being made, we eat very humble, basic foods and abstain from all distractions, in order to create a sacred space for the brew, and honour the way of the curanderos. During many hours of cooking, we sing Icaros for the spirits, calling in the beautiful visions and healing energies. Mapacho, the sacred Tobacco, is blown over the brew as a blessing.

Every loving intention, prayer and song adds an ingredient,  just as water holds memory. 

Ayahuasca is Quechua for ‘vine of the soul’. 

The beloved child has many names. It is known throughout the Amazonian tribes by at least 42 different names, like Yagé, Natem, Oni, Caapi, Mado and Nixi. 

In the preparation of this potent remedy, the ayahuasca vine endures a heavy, heavy pounding. In order to create maximum surface area, to yield maximum amount of the medicinal properties in the cooking, we must hammer the vine into very fine splinters. 

Perhaps in the healing process of our soul, now Ayahuasca in turn gives us a good hammering – pounding away at the negative aspects of our ego! 

To learn more about the remedies we work with, click here

Sustainability

To respectfully work with the plants, we must also take into consideration the wellbeing of the land and the culture where they come from. Therefore, when we begin to harvest, we must also begin to cultivate.

In the Spring of 2019, we purchased 5 hectares of beautiful Peruvian jungle land, with an intention of protection, cultivation and having a place of our own to prepare the remedies.

As well as preserving this small part of the precious rainforest, we financially support a beautiful older couple who live on the land as guardians. This symbiosis means that Don Simon and Señora Estefania live in their preferred way, in the place that they love, while the precious land with its medicine trees and plants is  watched over and protected.