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Keeping Ancestral Wisdom Real – Roman Writes for Mozaic

posted by The Paititi Team on January 12th, 2019

Roman recently wrote for Mozaic, an online publication run by the folks at The Assemblage, a co-working space with Ayurvedic menus, meditation rooms and other features you wouldn’t find in any normal office. Roman will speaking there next year on the Humanity Awakening Tour, so watch our events page for the upcoming details. “Though times […]


Reflections from our Recent Embodying True Nature Retreat

posted by The Paititi Team on August 31st, 2018

“How deep does the rabbit hole go?” is a rhetorical question with each Embodying True Nature retreat, pointing an infinite depth of ancestral wisdom peeling away the layers of conditioning and demonstrating the timeless and immeasurable nature of who each of us are. After recently finishing another of these retreats, we’re settling into the integration […]


Paititi Institute Highlights 2017: A Year in Review

posted by The Paititi Team on February 1st, 2018

Like a bright comet passing in a blink of the eye, 2017 is over. It’s been an awe-inspiring and productive year for Paititi Institute, igniting greater motivation to support the shared heart of humanity while witnessing the benefit this work brings to so many in our local and international communities. We want to thank you […]


Image shows Paititi 2016 and onwards core team of staff for healing and permaculture

A Year in Review: What Happened at Paititi in 2016?

posted by The Paititi Team on January 26th, 2017

Dear friends, This last year was a magnificent landmark for our humble initiative to be the difference in the world today, truly supporting the freedom and timeless happiness for all of you and countless other beings. Many friendships have been strengthened, new heart-centered bonds have been forged and the truth is continuing to shine ever brighter as […]


An Amazon Trip

posted by The Paititi Team on October 31st, 2013

A few weeks ago, Ishacko offered to take me through the Amazon, to see where his family lives, in a pueblo named Buena Unión. I jumped at the opportunity, feeling that we would be able to see a lot of different plants, and that I would finally get to see the ‘river ocean’, the Amazon […]


Nuestra Casa

posted by The Paititi Team on September 18th, 2013

So, as you know we are currently on the transitional move to a mountain land, and in the meantime, have shifted focus to reaching out to a local school and its children. We have had three classes so far, one a week, and are focusing on using our facilities as educational launch points. Some things […]


First Day of School

posted by The Paititi Team on September 11th, 2013

As many of you have heard we are transitioning the focus of our current center outside of Iquitos Peru. In the last 4 years much love has been pored into this land, much healing has taken place and the gardens are really starting to bear fruit in many ways. It is our wish to bring […]


At the Telluride Mushroom Festival

posted by The Paititi Team on September 1st, 2013

For the past 32 years Telluride has held Mushroom Festival. This year the festival was under the direction of The Telluride Institute. our of Paititi’s family in the US – me (Kirsten,) Scott, Indira, and Anastacia – spoke about the work that we are doing down in the Amazon, held a screening of the Sacred Science, and […]


Women’s New Moon Circle

posted by The Paititi Team on August 31st, 2013

*** Paititi loves how we’ve inspired members of our community to start and develop communities of their own.  Here’s a recent update from some family in Colorado.*** The Eagle’s Nest might be in a place where it is not yet ready to have large gathering, but we’ve (Indira, Anastacia, and Kirsten) been feeling out whether […]


Full Moon Gathering

posted by The Paititi Team on August 20th, 2013

*** While not technically a part of Paititi Institute, our actions have spawned a number of community building efforts, which we love.  This is an example and update from one of them.*** As a part of the process of gathering the local support and energy to hold the space for a retreat center in Colorado, […]


Stucco Workshop

posted by The Paititi Team on August 15th, 2013

Stucco is a real hands on processThe land in Crawford, CO, which is called The Eagle’s Nest in deference to the Prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle, is intended to create a space which works with the land and allows for people to come, worship, and heal in ways traditional to the Western Colorado region.  Growth and […]


Seeking a Permaculture Manager and Volunteer Coordinator

posted by The Paititi Team on June 25th, 2013

We are seeking a capable, solutions oriented and passionate Permaculture manager and coordinator to oversee and grow our work study service program at the Paititi Institute in the Peruvian Amazon.


Roman Hanis at the Horizons Conference

posted by The Paititi Team on June 25th, 2013

Co-founder, Roman Hanis spoke at the Horizons Conference in October 2012. The lecture “Amazonian Grass Roots Research on Entheogen-based healing of Physical Pathologies” is available here, Enjoy! You can find more talks and interviews with Roman and others at Paititi’s YouTube channel.


Called to Council

posted by The Paititi Team on May 3rd, 2013

Receiving the call to Tulum rang strongly in my being.  What resonated was the request to come for a Vision Council or perhaps it was the unwritten call to the fibers of my being.  Frankly, the location could have been a slum for all I knew.  That being said it was mid-winter in New England […]


Embracing the Purification and Opening the Portal: Deep Transformation in the Paititi Realm

posted by The Paititi Team on December 26th, 2012

Many of you who have met us are familiar with the traditional indigenous Amazonian sacred science perspective of diseases being the messengers of divine intelligence and mothers that usher the spiritual evolution. This perspective greatly differs from the western conventional view of pathology and its nihilistic approach towards the elimination of the symptoms relating to […]


RIP our Dear Sophie

posted by The Paititi Team on November 5th, 2012

Just thought we should share that a couple weeks ago our little precious Sophers passed away in the night. We are very saddened by this,  but even in her absence her legacy is with us. We buried her next to the Maloka with a Toé, planted over her, and still feel her loving presence strong. […]


Roman’s lecture at the Horizons Conference

posted by The Paititi Team on October 9th, 2012

At the Paititi Institute we are always looking for more ways where we can bring deeper awareness of the importance and practical use of our ancient indigenous traditions in our modern life. We are pleased to announce that Roman Hanis will be a speaker at the sixth annual “Horizions: Perspectives of Psychedelics conference” to be […]


healing waters for our yahua friends

posted by The Paititi Team on May 8th, 2012

By Roman Hanis We are deeply devoted to the well-being and the environmental health of the world and especially local Amazonian native villages. Many indigenous settlements have been severed from their original natural medicine practices while receiving no tangible help from the government and conventional healthcare system. People also have no clean water sources and […]


New Arrivals

posted by The Paititi Team on April 30th, 2012

Love is in the air at the Paititi Institute. We recently had 5 black kittens and 15 baby ducks.


Permaculture + Spirituality?

posted by The Paititi Team on January 23rd, 2012

There is quite an active debate in the Permaculture community currently regarding whether or not metaphysics should or should not be incorporated into Permaculture Design Courses and we feel that this is a very important conversation to share with our community. As many of you know we have created a course we call “Shamanic Permaculture” […]