Join the cosmic dance

Authentic plant medicine experience in the heart of Brazil

Next Retreat January 2026

Why join us?

A unique and sacred gathering rooted in ayahuasca traditions, guided by Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian leaders, and held on ancestral quilombola land.

At Kura, we don't just sit with the medicines, we prepare them with our own hands, guided by the elders and the forest.

We walk slowly, listen deeply, and act in reciprocity.

What makes Kura different?

Ceremony & Sacred Work

  • Ayahuasca ceremonies
  • Umbandaime, Jurema & Cacao ceremonies
  • Feitio: prepare ayahuasca & rapé with the whole community
  • Sananga, Kambô and tobacco rituals
  • Spiritual leadership from Adana Omagua Kambeba, Alvaro Tukano, Bane Gildo Huni Kuin and the Santo Daime Community

Earth-Based Practices

  • Forest meditations, yoga & breathwork
  • Herbal baths, music, traditional local markets
  • Organic natural meals
  • Integration circles and private consultations available

Indigenous Partnership

Kura is co-created in alliance with Indigenous leaders, not just as guests but as architects of the experience, shaping its vision, teachings and collective future.

Schedule Highlights

SaturdayForest walk + Ilumina Ceremony

SundayFeitio (ayahuasca cooking) + music + integration

MondayCeremony with Alvaro Tukano

ThursdayVisit to slave cemetery + Jurema Ceremony

FridaySerra do Cipó waterfalls + Cacao Ceremony

Full schedule, including breathwork, rapé crafting, and markets, included upon registration.

📍 Location and Transportation

Céu da Divina Estrela, an ayahuasca spiritual center with over 600 ceremonies held, located in a forest preservation just 45 minutes from Confins International Airport (Belo Horizonte), one of Brazil's most modern and well-organized airports, with full traveler infrastructure. Guests arriving internationally will find transfers fast and straightforward.

  • Accessibility: The center can be reached easily by private transfer or rental car.
  • Connections: Belo Horizonte is a short one-hour flight from both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil's main international hubs.

This is sacred land — protected, lived on, and honored.

What Your Presence Supports

  • Biocultural conservation of sacred plants (plant your own ayahuasca vine!)
  • A living alliance with Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian spiritual leaders
  • A fund for local land defense and community empowerment
  • A spiritual Embassy to the Amazon in Minas Gerais
  • A sacred plant education program with decolonial pedagogy

Meet your Retreat Hosts

Our retreats are guided by Dr. Glauber Loures de Assis, a Brazilian scholar, ceremonial leader, and lifelong student of Santo Daime. Glauber brings a rare combination of academic insight and lived spiritual practice. He has spent decades working at the intersection of healing, justice, and tradition, walking alongside Indigenous elders, supporting families in ceremony, and shaping international conversations about plant medicine. His approach is grounded, inclusive, and deeply rooted in Brazilian cultural lineage. At Jornadas de Kura, Glauber doesn't lead from the front. He holds space beside you.

This is not a retreat business. It's a living forest built through relationship, ceremony, and resistance.

A place where comfort supports transformation

When you step into this space, you'll find thoughtfully designed accommodations, nourishing meals and a grounded environment.

Retreat Inclusions

  • 7 transformative days of healing, collaboration, sacred traditional ceremonies and mindfulness practices.
  • Personalized wisdom guided by Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian spiritual leaders.
  • Thoughtfully designed accommodations surrounded by nature. Each retreat guest will have their own private room.
  • Shared community living, bathroom and kitchen facilities.
  • Relaxing outdoor area with pool and loungers.
  • Daily nourishing meals for your body and soul including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
  • Fresh drinking water readily available.
  • Traditional hands-on activities to help preserve the future of plant medicines.
  • Pre-retreat preparation and post-retreat resources & community to keep the transformation alive.
  • Arrival and departure airport transfers (pre-arranged).
  • All transport including airport transfers
  • Comfortable accommodation
  • Food and beverage throughout
  • Traditional ceremonies
  • Hands-on activities
  • Visits to local archaeological sites and places of interest
  • Post-retreat community

Want to join us on our next retreat?

Here are the steps to take:

  1. Apply to attend a retreat, including a call with our team.
    If suitable you'll be invited to:
  2. Complete your booking, including payment of $5,000 USD per person.
  3. Join our pre-retreat preparation community.
  4. Join our Retreat.
  5. Continue on in our post-retreat community with other like-minded people.

ACT NOW — healing is not a service. It's a relationship.

Don't wait to give yourself the gift of peace and clarity. This retreat is your chance to reset, recharge, and rediscover the essence of who you are.