DISCOVER THE YAWANAWA - TreeCasa Hotel & Resort Nicaragua

Retreat from March 13th to 17th, 2024

At TreeCasa Hotel & Resort Nicaragua

We are deeply honored to welcome the Yawanawa People to Nicaragua, directly from the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, for the first time.

Join us for a deep connection with the ancient culture of the Yawanawa, under the guidance of great spiritual leaders who are committed to sharing the gifts of their ancestral wisdom with the world.

A special opportunity to dive into a journey of self-knowledge and connect with life through the lens of a culture that embodies the power of joy.

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Getting to Nicaragua

Getting to Nicaragua might be slightly more difficult than going to the grocery store, but it is infinitely more exciting.

There are 2 airports to choose from, Managua, Nicaragua or Liberia, Costa Rica. WestJet offers direct flights to Liberia which would be the easiest flight route.

Either way getting to TreeCasa from the airport are equal rides in length and scenery (volcanoes, lakes, and windmills) so choosing the airport is a matter of flight costs, convenience and your overall travel plans.

Yawanawa spirituality is a sacred territory where never a woman had dared to step, for since ancestral times, it had belonged exclusively to men. In 2005, Putanny and her sister were the first women to make the sacred oath of the Yawanawa people. They have since been recognized as the first women to undergo Yawanawa spiritual training. After a year of strict diet, Putanny earned her communities' respect as spiritual leader, opening the way into this sacred path for other Yawanawa women. A break in tradition that united the male and female universes - and brought the magic of feminine spirituality to strengthen the Yawanawa culture. Together with her husband, Chief Nixiwaka, Putanny currently leads the place of origin of the Yawanawa people, considered the cultural sanctuary of this Nation.

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Chief Nixiwaka is one of the most relevant indigenous leaders of our time. He has dedicated his life to reclaiming his people's ancient culture and spirituality. After reconquering the rights over their ancestral territory, Nixiwaka, alongside his family, led the opening of their culture to the outside world. Its main element is the Yawa Festival, which is held annually since 2002 in the village of Nova Esperança ("New Hope"). In the past years he has spent most of his time in the Sacred Village, dedicated to spirituality and healing, receiving teachings from the elders, in order to carry on the Yawanawa legacy. In his few journeys out of his village to represent his people, he's also visited other spiritual leaders around the world and has partaken in the sharing of many cultural traditions.

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Referred to as the "Little Chief', Mukaveine is the youngest son of Yawanawas chiefs Nixiwaka and Putanny, he also comes from a long lineage of indigenous leaders and medicine men and women. Mukaveine has the name of the prophet of the Yawanawa people, who received many visions, such as the invasion of white men. The prophet thus instructed the Yawanawa people to make alliances with the white man and keep peace. "Little Chief" Mukaveine is thus expected and raised to be a leader of the Yawanawa people in the future. He lives in the Sacred Village with his family and after recently completing a year of dieting alongside his mother, Mukaveine has been honoring his name and prophecy, representing the culture, songs and stories of his people like few others, despite his young age.

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Mukashahu is the youngest daughter of Yawanawa chiefs Nixiwaka and Putanny, she comes from a long lineage of indigenous leaders and medicine men and women. She has been raised to be a leader of the Yawanawa people in the future. She lives in the Sacred Village of the Yawanawa people where she studies their spirituality, history, language and songs. From an early age she mastered the acoustic guitar and now in her teenage years brings out a strong voice ready to accompany her sisters and her mother. Mukashahu has just come off a year-long spiritual dieta with her mother. She and her brother, Mukaveine, are the first children of the Yawanawa nation to undertake such a profound spiritual dieta within the Yawanawa culture.

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Peu is one of the most devoted spiritual leaders from the younger generation of the Yawanawa people. He committed to the sacred "samakei" (diet), the Yawanawa's highest spiritual initiation, for five consecutive years. In this period he received direct teachings from the elders Tata and Yawa, who have recently passed away. His studies with the elders brought exceptional strength to his work with the sacred healing prayers of his ancestry. Today Peu is responsible for preparing and serving the medicines in the Sacred Village. He is also a talented musician, as has traveled to Europe, North America and Asia sharing Yawanawa spirituality.

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Saku is a very powerful medicine man of the Marubo nation in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, although of young age. Considered part of the family by chiefs Nixiwaka and Putanny, he has been working assisting them in the healing of participants. In the Marubo nation, medicine men and women identify the children who will continue their work and they start doing healing work at a very young age, as Saku, who started when he was age 4. He has for decades deeply studied the indigenous spirituality of his people, having undergone thru very strict dietas to serve as channels for the healing of his patients. He's a master of ancient spiritual codes and techniques which he uses on the patient's body and spirit to bless the person in the way needed.

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