Our medicine man and guide Tata Mano is a shaman initiated in the tradition of the Shuar nation from the Upper Amazonian forest of Ecuador. Mano has been studying with various master shamans from Ecuador, Peru and Mexico for over 20 years and has received the blessings of all his masters to offer the work with plant medicine from the North and South American traditions. Mano has been guiding ceremonies for many years within the authentic traditional framework. However, through his mixed European and Mexican descent, he has a deep understanding of the modern, western mind and lifestyle and in his work builds seamless bridges between the ancient traditions and modern humans. Mano is a keeper of the Sweat Lodge and a certified ‘traditional doctor’ in Mexican healing modalities and herbalism as well a bodywork healer. He is a member of various indigenous councils in North and South America who advocate for indigenous rights and the freedom to use medicinal plants. 

Upon much request for apprenticeship, Tata Mano has started passing on the teachings from his lineages in recent years to various students in western countries.