12/09/2025
An ancient system of Amazonian plant-spirit healing, a plant dieta is the next step for people who have previously attended an ayahuasca retreat with us at The Hive.
This profound, deep healing work combines ayahuasca ceremonies with a master plant or tree diet, reaching into and cleansing the taproots of traumas and self-limiting programs that affect us on physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual levels.
We are honored to invite our Hive family to join us as we return to our sacred initiatory homeland of Peru. Together, we will enter the Amazonian jungle to our beloved Oni Nai family, where we will be received by Maestro Francisco, Neten, and the rest of the Ventura family. Guided by the founder of The Hive, Maria Camila, as well as Joseph MartĂnez, and facilitated by traditional doctor and fourth-generation Shipibo curandero Maestro Francisco and his daughter Neten, this retreat is designed to support each individual on their path of awakening and healing.
This master plant dieta is a traditional process of meeting and connecting with the spirits of the plants, enabling the specific plant spirit to directly share its teachings and wisdom and to imbue and embed its healing medicine within you.
By creating a respectful bond with a plant spirit, you ensure their guidance and assistance during your healing journey. By dieting a master plant or tree, you build a relationship with the spirit (ibo in Shipibo) that analyzes the biography of your life and helps you recognize the errors of your waysâyour blind spots, judgments, projections, the roots of your pain, where your life is out of balance, and the source of your psycho-emotional struggles. Deep awareness of who and what you really are flowers from within during and after the process of a dieta.
Through showing commitment, devotion, and respect to the plant, coupled with trusting and surrendering to the process, a profound shift in your relationship with yourself arises. When you have established a connection with the plant, it becomes an inner guide and ally that supports you for the rest of your life.
