Private and Group Kambo Ceremonies
Andrea hosts regular ceremonies in Connemara, Co. Galway.
Ceremonies are held in a peaceful and tranquil location in Cashel, Connemara. It is approximately a 1 hour drive from Galway city centre.
Accommodation is available nearby.
If you are interested in kambo and wish to attend a ceremony in another location, please get in touch.
The Private Ceremony
A private ceremony allows you to experience kambo in a one-to-one setting, with undivided attention from me as your practitioner. Your private ceremony will last approximately three hours and include the following:
Pre-ceremony: Personal suitability assessment and Kambo Information and Preparation Pack PDF.
Private consultation: A consultation beforehand allows us to explore where you are currently in your life and healing journey, where you would like to go and how kambo could assist you in getting there. This can provide clarity surrounding what intentions you will be working with during the ceremony. You have full control over how deeply we delve during this consultation. People often find that having this discussion before working with kambo allows them to sit with the medicine with renewed strength and surrender.
Comprehensive overview of the kambo process: This allows you the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of kambo medicine and address any questions or concerns you may have. Together we will ensure that you feel comfortable and confident before your treatment begins.
Grounding meditation and creation of sacred space.
The kambo ceremony.
Optional short sananga ceremony after kambo: This is an Amazonian eye medicine which facilitates us in grounding and clearing emotions. For more information on sananga, see below.
A light organic vegetarian/vegan lunch.
Integration and aftercare advice.
The Group Ceremony
I regularly host two types of group ceremonies - open and closed.
Open group ceremonies are arranged for the general public, anyone can request to join. To view upcoming open group ceremony dates, visit the events page here.
Closed group ceremonies are arranged for a specific group of people. For example, you and your partner and/or friends. The group will be limited to these participants.
A group ceremony will last approximately four hours and includes the following:
Pre-ceremony: Personal suitability assessment and Kambo Information and Preparation Pack PDF
Comprehensive overview of the kambo process: This allows you the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of kambo medicine and address any questions or concerns you may have. Together we will ensure that you feel comfortable and confident before your treatment begins.
Co-creating sacred space and sharing of intentions.
The kambo ceremony.
Optional short sananga ceremony after kambo: This is an Amazonian eye medicine which facilitates us in grounding and clearing emotions. For more information on sananga, see below.
A light organic vegetarian/vegan lunch.
Integration and aftercare advice.
Pricing
I offer a sliding scale payment system for both private and group kambo ceremonies. The invitation is to pay what you can afford, within the pricing bracket.
This offering is to support those who are experiencing financial difficulties or have lower incomes, by making kambo more financially accessible. My ability to extend this offering on a continuous basis will be supported by those who can afford to pay at the higher end of the scale for their kambo ceremonies.
Sliding Scale Pricing
Private Ceremony: €100-€150.
Energy Wave Kambo (Private): €130-€180.
Group Ceremony: €70-€120 pp.
Energy Wave Kambo (Group of 2): €100-€150 pp.
Warrior Initiation (3x3): €200-€250.
What is rapé?
It is said that when we work with rapé, we are connecting with the spirits of the forest and sending a request for help.
Rapé is a shamanic medicine made by various tribes of the Amazon. In its simplest form, it contains a mixture of tobacco and the ashes of medicinal trees. It is a fine powder in form, which is administered through the nostrils by another person using a pipe called a tepi, or self administered using a smaller pipe called a kuripe. For thousands of years it has formed part of the tribe's culture and rituals, being used for initiation, healing and socialising.
The creation of rapé in itself is a ceremony, involving the ceremonial pounding and sieving of tobacco and other ingredients over a number of days. Through this ritual, the creator infuses the mix with his own intentions and blessings.
Tobacco is known as a Master plant (a teacher and healing plant). It allows us to release energetic and emotional blockages so that our energy may flow unencumbered throughout our body. Working with tobacco opens us up to a sacred relationship with this plant spirit, who will protect us and provides us with a powerful ally in our healing journey.
The initial hit of rapé will bring you instantly into your body, cutting through mind chatter and centring you in the present moment. It brings us clarity of mind whilst connecting us to our intuition and inner calm. Depending on the rapé blend, you may feel the medicine working on particular energetic centres of the body. Rapé also aids in detoxification, as it allows for the release of excess mucus. From an energetic perspective, this purging releases us of what is no longer serving us.
The subtle magic of rapé is that each blend contains its own energetic medicine, created by the specific ingredients as well as the intention put into the mix by the tribe member who created it. The beauty of this is that each rapé will interact with you in a different way.
The rapé ceremony offers you the opportunity to witness how this Amazonian medicine communicates with you as a holistic being.
What is sananga?
Sananga is a traditional Amazonian eye medicine made from the shredded root of the Undulata shrub. It is part of the Apocynaceae plant family, so along with other members of this family, contains the active ingredient Ibogaine. It has been used by many tribes throughout the Amazon for millienia for its physical and energetic benefits.
On a physical level, sananga is traditionally used to refresh the eyes and is applied prior to hunting, to enhance eyesight and sharpen visual perception. It is also used as a traditional remedy for eye diseases such as a cataracts, glaucoma and conjunctivitis.
From an energetic perspective, it is said by Amazon natives that the spirit (energy) of sananga can tap into and act on the root cause of psychosomatic disease, as well as lifting panema (negative energy, depression, bad luck, malaise) which may be attributed to this disease.
It grounds us and reconnects us to ourselves as holistic beings, allowing for the release of energetic blockages and repressed emotions. It is believed to balance our energy body and open the third eye, leading to greater inner vision. It also calms the mind and assists a deeper meditation practice.
It is often applied in ceremony before drinking ayahuasca to enhance the visual experience.
The application of sananga is intense, causing a burning and sometimes vibrating sensation in the eyes for several minutes. This instantly gets us in touch with our bodies and our breath, grounding us and causing us to surrender to the medicine and the healing taking place.