San Pedro Ceremony
At Samadi Healing we hold shamanic ceremonies, retreats and dietas with different master plants and medicines including San Pedro; also known as the Medicine of the Heart. In addition to this ancient medicine we enrich our traditional shamanic practices with healing modalities that help to harmonize body mind & spirit.
A San Pedro ceremony can be a deeply transformative and helpful experience. Whether you're interested in exploring consciousness or guiding your healing journey, the master plant can be a very supportive energy for you. Our ceremonies take place in a beautiful supportive natural environment surrounded by peaceful gardens and we ensure you get the care and attention you need throughout the journey. While you’re with us, your safety and healing are our priority. We therefore only serve San Pedro medicine that is prepared by us in an intentional and sacred ritual.
Ceremony Day
A San Pedro ceremony is a whole day activity, commencing around 8 am and running until 2 pm. In the Morning we gather at the ceremony space where everyone shares their intentions. At this time, we share supporting tools and guidelines about navigating the experience before serving the medicine.
The set and setting when working with psychedelics are very important and greatly impact your experience. Therefore, Our ceremonies occur in a beautiful space that opens into a private garden. Each participant is provided with a mat, blankets, and pillow to ensure a comfortable journey.
The first hours of our ceremony are led and guided by traditional icaros (healing songs) as well as sound healing practices, with the intention to clear, open, and harmonize the energies. We also offer healing conversations to guide the energies and facilitate your healing journey. During the afternoon, we invite you to sit in contemplation with the spirits, journal, and connect to nature. San Pedro can induce a strong sense of connectedness with the natural world and time spent outdoors can be an enriching part of your experience.
During the ceremony, we serve fruits, cacao, and fresh herbal tea. In the afternoon we serve medicine-friendly snacks, make a fire (if the weather allows), and around 6 pm we serve a vegan dinner.
Ceremony Schedule
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We ask all participants to arrive at our location between 7:30 and 7:45 am. We start our San Pedro ceremony at 8 am
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The San Pedro medicine is ingested at the start of the ceremony. It takes approximately 15 to 40 minutes to start feeling the effects. During the first four hours, the intensity of the experience increases until it reaches a peak. The peak state typically lasts for about 2 hours. After this, the intensity gently decreases over the following hours
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We invite everyone to spend time in the gardens and the space remains open, guided, and supported by us. The afternoon allows for alone time, contemplation, and journaling. This time of the day allows us to gain more insight and start integrating the energies of the morning. During this time we are available for guiding conversations and support
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Around 6pm a light evening meal of vegetable soup or stew is served. Dinner is a good milestone to ground the energies
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After dinner you are invited to sit by the fire where we will close our ceremony day with a Kintu of gratitude. This is also a great time for gentle conversation and sharing with other participants.
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It is important to consider time to rest. After the San Pedro ceremony, you can find yourself tired and needing to relax, physically but also mentally and energetically. We recommend having an extra day after the ceremony to rest and do regenerative activities
Preparations
What to wear & bring
We recommend to bring several layers of warm clothing as you can go through fluctuations in temperatures during the ceremony. Please make sure you also bring a hat as the sun can be very strong in the Andes. The ceremony is a very sacred and private container. We ask you not to bring your phone or to at least turn it off and not record or take any pictures during the ceremony. You are more than welcome to take pictures or videos outside of the ceremony.
Safety
Your safety is our priority. We therefore require every participant to fill out a medical screener, to conform to important restrictions and preparations prior to drinking the medicine. We will evaluate if any physical or medical conditions are counter-indicative and prevent you from drinking the medicine.
To make sure you are prepared to work with San Pedro, we ask you to follow the guidelines below. There can be some additional restrictions requested depending on the person and this is why, every participant is required to fill up a medical form. The main restrictions before the ceremony are:
No Alcohol for 7 days
No drugs or other plant medicines for 7 days
No Medications (some exceptions can apply, please talk with the guides)
Keep clean food, no sugar, canned food, or other chemical products for 7 days
Follow a vegetarian diet for a week before the ceremony starts
You will furthermore be asked to sign a standard liability and safety waiver and conform to our safety agreements in the Morning before attending our ceremony. If you have any questions in relation to these restrictions please contact us.
Booking & Prices
We ask for an energy exchange of $250 per person for the participation in our San Pedro ceremony. This price includes all the ceremony services as well as the food and refreshments we serve.
We also offer private or one-on-one ceremonies on request that you can book for an additional price and a by using a exclusive application form. You can contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible to discuss the details and dates.
Accommodations next to our ceremony space can be arranged for an additional cost at the Healing Gardens. If you choose to return to your hotel we can arrange a taxi to collect you at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Integration
Post - Ceremony Restrictions
We recommend eating a healthy and very clean diet for at least 3 days after your ceremony. It is generally recommended to be gentle and take it easy and to not expose yourself to intense energies to let the healing work and experience settle into your system,.
No sugar, canned food or other chemical products for 3 days
No sexual activity with self or others for 3 days
No Alcohol, drugs or other sacred plants for 7 days
No violent or skittish meats for 14 days
Post Ceremony offerings
We offer every participant a 30-min free Integration Call that can be used to discuss any questions that might arise after this first introduction to San Pedro. We also offer different services that can be valuable to support your integration and continuous Healing Journey. You will find these offerings on our website under Services.
Your ceremony guide
Samer Mouawad
In search of a way to heal childhood trauma, Samer started working with plant medicines in his early twenties. After a profound experience on his first retreat, Samer decided to dedicate his life to the plants that helped heal him. He started formal training as a Shaman almost five years after he embarked on his healing journey at one of Peru’s largest Ayahuasca retreat centers.
Samer founded Samadi Healing to share the healing arts and spiritual teachings he received from the spirit realm with the world and support others on their Healing Journey. He has worked with thousands of people from all over the world, guiding and supporting them through Ayahuasca and San Pedro ceremonies and retreats as well as shamanic plant dietas.
As a shaman, he applies and works with different plant medicines according to what is needed to bring depth of healing and transformation in people.
Among working with traditional shamanism and sound therapy, Samer also continued to educate himself in Naturopathy. He is a certified lymphatic iridologist, herbalist, and detoxification and regeneration specialist.