A path back into alignment with your true nature.
If you are ready to step into a life that feels more connected, aligned, and coherent, dieta offers an ancient Amazonian path of healing and return.
We are deeply grateful to have Misk’i Takiy (Gareth) lead this dieta, carrying forward ancient teachings passed through the lineage of Maestro Alonso del Río. We are grateful to Maestro Alonso and to all those who have held this knowledge across generations, allowing us to benefit from it today.
Through these teachings, we enter into communion with the higher intelligence of a Master Plant. The plants work with us on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels, helping to reveal and heal the blocks and disharmony that stand in the way of a more aligned and empowered way of being.
As what separates us from our natural way of being begins to fall away, life can return to greater fulfillment and coherence. We can feel more alive, centered, and connected—to who we truly are and within the relationships of our lives.
A relationship with a teacher from the plant kingdom.
Dieta is an integral part of the Amazonian healing tradition, used since time immemorial by healers and curanderos—not only to heal with the plants, but to learn directly from them. In Peru, it has especially deep and ancient roots.
Hundreds of plants are known within this tradition as master teachers and master healers. Some are psychoactive and others are not—but this is no measure of their potency or of what can be received from them. Everything begins with humility, respect and a willingness to become teachable.
During dieta, we drink a concentrated preparation of one plant once or twice each day, inviting its unique vibratory signature into our system. Your plant will be selected with Gareth’s guidance according to your needs, experience and where you are in your Life.
As the days pass, the relationship deepens. Dreams, emotions, memories and physical sensations all become part of the Dieta. Ceremonies with the Grandmother medicine will support and deepen this process. The Master Plant is within us and around us, guiding the process toward the roots—into the core of our being.
Misk’i Takiy
Gareth Morgan
Gareth has been a devoted student of plant science and sacred ceremony since 2010. For over a decade, he has lived and worked alongside the renowned Peruvian teacher Maestro Alonso del Río.
His work is rooted in both the Sacred Valley and the Peruvian Amazon. He has studied and served alongside teachers from Amazonian, Andean and North American traditions, including a five-year apprenticeship with Don Javier Arévalo, a fourth-generation healer from the Napo region of Peru.
Gareth is also Chief of the Seven Directions Vision Quest in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. After many years walking the Red Road and supporting his own chiefs, he received permission to plant this prayer and carry the Vision Quest forward on these lands.
At the heart of his work are the four elemental altars—Earth, Water, Fire and Air—and a prayer for unity, harmony, balance, peace, sovereignty, mutual empowerment and unconditional Love.
We are grateful to Gareth for offering these teachings in such a good way.
Held by the living forestThe jungle is part of the medicine.
Nature is our greatest teacher and most powerful healer. Immersed in the sights, scents and sounds of the lush Amazon rainforest—in its infinite living diversity—we remember the depth of our connection to all Life.
Sitting on the banks of the river, watching macaws fly overhead, glimpsing a monkey or sloth, or noticing butterflies and brilliantly colored insects can awaken the childlike wonder so easily lost in everyday life. The jungle invites us back into a world of magic and enchantment.
The simplicity of life in the jungle—drinking the plant, resting, listening, dreaming and allowing the intelligence of the forest to support the process—is what I look forward to most.
Simple accommodations immersed in the jungle provide the space and solitude needed for each person’s journey. Rustic yet comfortable, they allow us to feel held while remaining close to the elements and the natural world.
A priceless journey.
Outside of ceremonies, integration sessions and essential communication, we remain in noble silence and spend most of our time alone. This quiet allows the presence of the plant—and our own inner experience—to become clearer.
What's included
- Transportation by boat from the town of Puerto Maldonado to the Bahuaja Conservation Area
- Ten nights of simple accommodation immersed in the Amazon jungle
- An opening tobacco purge to purify and prepare us for the Dieta
- Daily intake of an individually selected Master Plant, with support throughout the Dieta
- Four prayer ceremonies with the Grandmother medicine, led by Misk’i Takiy, to support and deepen the process
- Noble silence and extended time in solitude
- Traditional Dieta food and/or fasting protocol
- Teachings and integration sessions throughout the journey
- Connection with the jungle through quiet walks and time in nature
- Time for rest, meditation, journaling, prayer, dreamwork and creativity
- Online preparation sessions, packing and travel guidance, and an integration session after returning home
A $400 deposit is required to reserve your place. The deposit is refundable until 60 days before the Dieta begins. After that, it is non-refundable but may be transferred to the following year’s Dieta.
APPLICATION
Dieta asks us to contract our senses for a time, knowing that expansion will follow.
Dieta is a profound gift—and it asks something of us.
For the duration of the Dieta, we step away from many of the things that normally fill our attention: unnecessary conversation and physical contact, phones and internet, music and outside media, sexual activity, and foods or personal-care products that are not compatible with the Dieta.
These guidelines reduce outside influences and help us become more sensitive to the relationship with our plant.
There may be beauty, peace, creativity and profound connection. There may also be discomfort, resistance or moments when the mind searches for distraction. All of it is part of the practice.
From Sofia
Dieting with the Master Plants has been one of the greatest blessings of my Life. Each Dieta has brought profound shifts, opened new doors and expanded my consciousness in ways I could not have imagined.
As a student of the plants and a somatic therapist, I have experienced how this work can help us meet the deeper patterns held in the body and reconnect with our Life Force.
I am deeply grateful to help create the bridge into this experience, and to support each person in preparing for and integrating their journey. If you feel a sincere call toward this work, I would love to connect with you.
— Sofia Zilberman
Step In.
This is for those ready to go deep within and do the work of reconnection. You do not need to be an expert—only sincere, humble, emotionally mature and willing to honor the container, even when the process becomes difficult.
If something in you feels ready, I invite you to apply. We will follow with an intake call to explore whether this Dieta is right for you at this time.
APPLICATION
