Mamos in Mazatlan:

Ancestral Gifts for Healing & Protection

Dates: Saturday, November 8 - Saturday, November 15
Mazatlan, Mexico

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Mamos in Mazatlan: Ancestral Gifts for Healing & Protection

We invite you to a once-in-a-lifetime retreat with Mamo Rodrigo and the Mamos & Sagas of the Sierra Nevada, Colombia. These wisdom keepers are considered the guardians of the “Heart of the World,” carrying an unbroken lineage of ancestral knowledge.

Together, we will journey to the ancient sacred sites of Mazatlán to restore balance in nature and our personal lives. Through offerings (pagamentos), ceremonies, storytelling and teachings, participants will receive deep spiritual healing, protection, and new strength for their path.

What You Will Learn & Receive


✨ Spiritual cleanse, shield & protection from negativity.
✨ Strength and resilience against spiritual weakness.
✨ Power in your words and writings, respected by the seen and ability to manifest in the unseen.
✨ Fertility, abundance, and health through connection with water energy.

✨ Release of past romantic relationship imprints to welcome new love.

✨ Practices you can continue in your home.

This is a rare opportunity to walk with the elders, learn from their wisdom, and participate in ancient rituals that connect us back to nature, spirit, and our true selves.

Retreat Highlights

  • Herbal Bath: Receive a cleansing plant bath to release negative energies.

  • Cave on Isla Venados - a sacred site were leaders & rulers once gathered.

    • Receive a spiritual bracelet, mask, attire, and a shield for protection against harmful words, gossip and negative energies.

  • Las Labradas Archeological Site - these carvings are considered the first form of writing and ancestral archives.

    • Receive spiritual power in your writing and prayers - Your writings will be respected and understood, this will also open paths for the spiritual world to hear and manifest what you are asking for.

  • Las Pintadas - a site connected to the animal kingdom and it’s survival.

    • Participate in a pagamento (offering) which honors the insects that organize the soil, asking forgiveness for humanity’s harm and receive materials to bring back and place in your home, so the connection to this sacred site protects and nourishes your own home, land and animals.

    • You will receive strength to eliminate weakness (fear, fragility, spiritual vulnerability and disease), fortifying your spirit.

  • Huya Aniwa - a place where once there were trees that produced water and have now been cut down, leaving nature thirsty.

    • Participate in an pagamento (offering) to heal the thirst of nature and water sources and learn practices to continue this work at home.

    • Receive protection against drought in your own home: your plants, food, and land will be nourished.

    • Nourish your spiritual body by feeding it with water energy from the practice from this day.

    • Receive flow, clarity, fertility, abundance, and health in your own life.

  •   Sacred Weavings Practices - weaving is a way to record spiritual wisdom and thoughts and provides teachings on womanhood, manhood and relationships.

    • Receive practices to clear hurt from past romantic relationships and open the path for true romantic love to manifest.

    • Men’s Weaving: Hat Making

      • Men will learn how to help heal the women in their lives

    • Women’s Weaving: Mochila Bag Making

      • Women will learn how to prevent womb illnesses, miscarriage, urinary infections, etc

      • Receive teachings on how to discern whether a man who attracts you could harm you in the future.

      • Women will learn to help heal men who have been deceived, so they too can find true partnership.


*Retreat itinerary subject to change.

Meet the Elders

  • Mamo Rodrigo

    Wiwa, Colombia

    Mamo Sewigu Kakamukwa (Mamo Rodrigo) comes from a lineage of Mamos that goes beyond his great-great-grandfather, his family comes from the Kakamukwa lineage and there has been Mamos in his family in every single generation.

    Mamo Sewigu (Mamo Rodrigo) was an educator and leader of his community before receiving his Segwa at the head of the Jerez River when being ordained as a Mamo.

    Mamo Sewigu is not only a Mamo, but he was a Maestro first.

    For the Tayrona, a Maestro is a weaver, a storyteller, a musician, a teacher, and is also in charge of making Sacred Objects for the community.

    A Maestro is the weaver who makes the walls of the Temple and the hats the Wiwa people wear, a Maestro also makes the Carrumbo (Sacred Object: a spindle) that the young females use to spin the cotton.

    Mamo Sewigu/Rodrigo was the teacher who opened the first bilingual School in 2007 inside the Reservation to teach basic Spanish and Math, as well as their Traditional Knowledge, to prevent the youngsters to leave the Reservation while preserving their Cultural Identity. He has also worked for the Colombian Public Health Department during Public Health campaigns as a nurse. His knowledge of the Tayrona languages as well as his knowledge of the Wiwa and Kogi territory in the state of Guajira enables him to act in the capacity of an intercultural bridge.

  • Mamo Duavico

    Arhuaco, Colombia

    Mamo Duavico is a revered spiritual leader of the Arhuaco people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Born in the sacred territory of Sogromis, where three rivers converge beneath snow-capped mountains, his life has been guided by the ancestral traditions of his people since birth.

    Destined to be a Mamo, he was isolated from other children early in life and entrusted to his grandfather to begin his spiritual training. Raised in the high mountains among the wisest Mamos, Mamo Duavico underwent rigorous preparation in solitude and deep connection with nature.

    Through sacred rituals, pagamento offerings, and a lifelong commitment to harmony with the natural world, he has become a guardian of Arhuaco wisdom and the sacred laws of the universe.

    Today, he shares his knowledge to help humanity remember its place in the great web of life and to care for the Earth with reverence and reciprocity.

Accommodations

The retreat accommodations will be at a private home in Mazatlán. All rooms at the home are shared. If you would like to request your own room, please inquire via email to nikka@aniwa.co.

Getting There

Please fly into Mazatlan Airport (MZT) airport on November 8th, 2025 and from there you will take a taxi to the accommodations. Please book your flight back home for November 15th.

*If you are coming from Southern California, it may be cheaper to drive to San Diego, take the Cross Border Xpress to the Tijuana airport, and then from Tijuana fly to Mazatlan (MZT).

Contribution Information

- $3000 for entire retreat (stay in penthouse) or $2500 for entire retreat (stay in Oscar and Vivien's home).

- Your contribution includes accommodations, meals, and all transportation during the retreat. (not included: flights + transportation from the airport to the accommodations).

- Please pay your non-refundable deposit of $300 through the ticketing site (click here). Our retreat coordinator will be in touch to collect the remaining balance.


 If you have any questions, please reach out to nikka@aniwa.co.

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