Do you hear the Enchanted Forest calling?
Do You Long To Reconnect With Nature, Spirit And
The Deeper Truth Of Who You Are As Part Of The Wider Web of Life?
IF SO, YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE
Immerse yourself in the School of Nature and learn through lived- experience with a Huni Kuĩ community in the Brazilian Amazon who still has it's spiritual roots intact
This is much more than the typical Ayahuasca tourism experience.
This is for you who want to dive into a deeper spiritual relationship with Yourself and Nature.
17 November–1 December 2026
Boa Vista Village | Upper Jordão River Indigenous Territory | Acre, Brazil
Read more below & fill in the form to join the interest list
Invitation
The Reconnection Journey to the Enchanted Forest is for those who feel called to deepen their relationship with Nature and Spirit — and to become more rooted, resourced and connected as they walk their path through life.
For two weeks, we invite you into the School of Nature in the remote Huni Kuĩ community of Boa Vista in the Kaxinawa Indigenous Territory of Upper Jordão River in the Brazilian Amazon.
This is not a typical retreat or ayahuasca tourism experience.
It is an intimate, small group, carefully supported journey of cultural immersion, spiritual learning and lived relationship with the Nature (which includes all of life including your body, mind, the elements, plants, animals, people and all visible and unseen beings and forces that are part of the wider web of life).
The experience is co-created with the community of Boa Vista, which unlike many other Huni Kuĩ communities, remains deeply rooted in its living traditions, still speaks its native language, carries the stories of its ancestors, and practices the true prayers, rituals and ways of relating to the forest that have been transmitted across generations.
The journey is co-hosted by Minna Pyhälä (Txana Siriani), a Finnish spaceholder and bridge-builder who grew up as a third-culture kid and is married to Rua Inu Huni Kuĩ, chief of Boa Vista village. Drawing on trauma-informed Western and scientific approaches alongside spiritual and Indigenous understandings, she weaves together perspectives, practices and resources to help participants navigate the meeting of these different worlds with greater awareness, grounding and discernment.
Dates
Nature & Cultural immersion Experience (incl. Nixpu Pima initiation)
17 November–1 December 2026
These are dates for arrival & departure from the municipality of Jordão, Acre, Brazil - more information about travel times to Jordão available after joining the Interest List via the form at the bottom of this page.
Rare Muka Dieta (Optional add-on)
Starting 4 December 2026
Arrival in Jordão latest on 1 December 2026. Duration is flexible. Recommended min. 2 weeks.
What the journey includes
The journey begins before you enter the forest.
You will receive preparation and practical support to help you arrive more grounded, informed and resourced — including nervous-system support tools, cultural orientation, preparation guidance and access to the Sacred Plant Medicine Journey online program.
In Boa Vista, you will enter an intimate two-week immersion experience and learn from the way of life of the Huni Kuĩ people — their rich culture, spirituality, and living connection with the forest — shared through everyday family and community activities and a variety of activities, including:
- Huni Kuĩ spiritual teachings, ancestral stories, music and cultural exchange
- the traditional Nixpu Pima initiation
- three Ayahuasca ceremonies
- a Kambo session and encounters with other traditional medicines of the forest
- excursions, community life and learning through direct relationship with Nature
- group care, sharing circles, cultural and language translation
- accommodation and three meals per day
Time in the village offers a rare opportunity to learn through direct experience — to witness and participate in kinship, generosity, reciprocity, resilience, and joy that sustain community and harmony with Nature.
The heart of the experience is participation in the Nixpu Pima initiation - which for the Huni Kuĩ people is an opening into spiritual connection with Nature (read more about Nixpu Pima below).
For those who hear the calling and are spiritually ready for the challenge, there will also be an opportunity to dive deeper into relationship with Nature through dieta with Rare Muka beginning on 4 December 2026. (Read more about Rare Muka dieta below. Note: the Nixpu Pima initiation is a pre-requisite for doing the Muka dieta.)
In addition to the above activities, we will be guided by the theme of RECONNECTION.
We will have daily support sessions to connect with our body and our truth as we explore what it means to be connected with:
- the living natural world
- our bodies and nervous systems
- our inner guidance and spiritual force
- our families and communities
- the Sacred and the wider web of life
This is not about romanticising nature or expecting the journey to feel peaceful or comfortable at all times. Reconnection asks us to encounter nature—within and around us—in all its beauty, power, mystery, truth and rawness.
NOTE:
Our programme, like Nature, is living and breathing - shaped together with the community and adaptive to how life in the forest follows weather, river conditions, community priorities and circumstances that cannot foreseen.
Your Investment
€5,555 when booked before September 2026
€5,999 during September
€6,666 after 30 September
Costs of travel to Brazil and local travel outside Boa Vista are not included.
Join the Interest List via the form below to receive access to the preliminary programme, an estimate of travel expenses, Info Call replay and additional information related to the journey.
Joining the list does not commit you to participate, constitute an application or guarantee a place.
About the Huni Kuin & Boa Vista community
The Huni Kuĩ are an Indigenous people of the Pano linguistic family, whose ancestral territory spans the western Amazon rainforest — from the foothills of the Andes in Peru to the southern regions of the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Acre.
Boa Vista is known for its welcoming spirit, strong cultural identity, and commitment to preserving ancestral knowledge.
The people of Boa Vista continue to practice their ceremonies, speak Hãtxa Kuĩ, and hold profound knowledge of medicinal plants, rituals, and sacred prayers that have been carefully passed down through the generations.
The village hosts a Dieta Center, which serves as a kind of Indigenous university — a place dedicated to the study, transmission, and revitalisation of Huni Kuĩ spirituality, medicine, and culture.
-> Read more about the Huni Kuin and Boa Vista community here...
-> Read more about the village and how to get there here....
About Nixpu Pima
Nixpu Pima is an ancient Huni Kuĩ rite of passage traditionally offered to youth who feel the calling to walk the spiritual path in relationship with nature.
The Nixpu pima baptism is considered the first step for opening and activating the connection with the forces and powers of nature.
The initiation offers protection, preparation and blessings for a good life in relationship with Nature.
This is important because there exist good and bad forces in nature. Receiving the protection of the good spirits, and learning discipline are important for navigating safely in the spiritual realms of Nature.
It is also considered the initial preparation before one can deepen one’s studies with spirits of nature through the Rare Muka diet, so that one can become a professional – whether it be a teacher, technical expert, a healer (pajé), or an artist.
The initiation is understood as a kind of rebirth and as an opening into deeper relationship with the forces of nature.
The central ritual lasts three to five days and includes body painting, prayer, physical exersion, community games, concentration and rest, herbal baths as well as specific restrictions.
About the Rare Muka dieta
Rare Muka is a powerful plant teacher & ally used in the Huni Kuĩ tradition by those who step into roles of responsibility and authority.
Rare Muka is a vine that grows in the Amazon rainforest that the Huni Kuĩ diet and connect with in order to learn and obtain that which they want to achieve in life.
Among the Huni Kuĩ people, shamans, healers and leaders of the indigenous communities diet this plant in order to strengthen their alliance with nature and to be able to harness the force and power of nature so that they can better fulfill their communal responsibilities.
The dieta is an initiatory process involving restrictions, focused study and a long integration period.
The Rare Muka dieta will be offered as an optional continuation for those who feel genuinely called and are considered ready for the experience.
The Nixpu Pima initiation is a pre-requisite for doing the Rare Muka dieta as it prepares the groundwork - opening the gate to connection with the spirits of nature, creating spiritual protection, and teaching discipline. Without this foundation the Muka initiation is considered risky and potentially dangerous.
Guided across worlds & cultures
The journey will be guided and facilitated by Rua Inu Keã Huni Kuĩ and Txana Siriani—Minna Pyhälä, a husband-and-wife team whose work is rooted in cultural bridge-building, Indigenous relationship, music, story, spiritual practice and responsibility toward the Huni Kuĩ community.
Rua Inu is born and raised in Boa Vista village and currently serves as the chief of the community. He comes from a family with strong spiritual and healing lineages and has studied Huni Kuĩ traditions, prayers and healing practices since childhood.
Txana Siriani (Minna) is a Finnish medicine woman, artist, storyteller, and cultural bridge who grew up as a third culture kid and has spent a decade studying with Indigenous teachers in the Amazon. She is trained in trauma-informed facilitation and works with an awareness of the interconnected nature of body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Together, Rua Inu and Txana Siriani seek to create a respectful meeting place between people, cultures and worlds — one that honors the depth of the traditions being shared while supporting the dignity, discernment and sovereignty of each participant.
The journey will be supported with practical and cultural orientation, reflective practices and simple resources to support participants from the nervous system level to meet the intensity of travel, unfamiliar surroundings and cultural differences with greater steadiness and awareness.
Their intention is not to remove the natural challenges of entering a very different environment, but to help participants navigate them with awareness, supportive resources, humility, care and reciprocity.
-> Click here to learn more about Rua Inu Keã Huni Kuin and Minna Pyhälä (Txana Siriani)
Meet your local hosts & guides
Embark on your journey with the guidance of those who know the forest well. Meet the people who will walk alongside you, share their wisdom, and help you discover the magic, beauty, and deeper meaning within the Enchanted Forest.
PAJÉ MEKA
Pajé Meka founded the Boa Vista village in 1975 together with his father-in-law. He is a dauya- an expert in healing with the medicinal plants of the forest. He is one of two pajé’s (shamans) currently living full time in the village. His father Txana Tuim (Humão Sales Kaxinawa) was a greatly respected Txana (healing through prayers and songs). He was born and raised on a rubber plantation along the Jordão river. He grew up learning the traditional Huni Kuĩ healing arts with his father. In his early 20s he started healing people. He will accompany our group during our entire stay with his humble and gentle presence.
PAJELA MAXI
Maxi is the gentle matriarch of the family, mother of Rua Inu. She is the daughter of the late respected Txana Kixtin (Luis Pinheiro de Lima Kaxinawa) a respected healer with a strong connected with the enchanted spirits of the underwater world.
PAJE INKAMURU
Inkamuru is a gifted healer and expert in the medicinal plants of the forest, who resides in Boa Vista village. During the past decade he has travelled extensively in Brazil and internationally. His ability to extract physical objects from his patient’s bodies is particularly impressive. He will be accompanying and supporting our cultural immersion together with his wife Nanke.
NAWA PANA HUNI KUIN
Nawa Pana is the son of Pajé Inkamuru and has a long experience in their ceremonial work. He is one of the younger generation spiritual leaders of the Boa Vista community and is a recognized Txanaand has travelled extensively in Brazil and abroad during the past decade. Nawa Pana, his wife Tira (sister of Rua Inu) and their children will support and enchant us during the cultural immersion.
PAJE SIÃ
Paje Siã is one of Pajé Meka’s younger brothers. He has been studying on the path of shamanism since the age of 12 and is a respected and talented Pajé. He is an expert in the songs that are part of the Nixpu Pima baptism and will be the leading pajé of the Nixpu Pima part of the festival. He currently resides in the village of Chico Currumin, which is located about 1 hour from Boa Vista by boat up the Jordão river.
Curious to know more?
We know that considering a journey of this nature can bring many practical, personal and spiritual questions.
Join the Interest List by filling in the form at the bottom of this page, to receive more information.
You will also receive a few emails with additional information to support your decision making, including Minna's story of how she overcame her fear and resistance when she followed her Soul's Calling to travel to Boa Vista for the first time.
These resources are offered to help you learn, reflect and discern whether this journey may be right for you.
You might consider exploring these resources even if now is not the time for your journey and you simple wish to begin preparing for a future visit.
Receive the full journey information
Join the Interest List to receive immediate access to:
*the preliminary program
*current participation costs
*the Info Call replay and presentation
*introductory travel information
*more information about Nixpu Pima & Rare Muka initiations
*instructions for how to apply to join us
*and other information to support your decision-making
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It does not reserve a place or create any commitment.
