Shining Tree Temple - Colorado
About Us
Hola Familia From Afar,
We have relocated to the mountains above Boulder, Colorado to grow new roots and continue our offerings and service.
The offerings include:
-Weekend group Grandmother retreats
-Individual one on one medicine sessions with Grandmother, Kambo, Mushrooms and Toad allies.
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Grandmother Retreat Details:
The group retreats are held on selected weekends beginning Friday afternoon and ending Sunday afternoon. The ceremonies begin each evening as day fades into night and spirit comes out to play. The journeys are rooted in the Shipibo tradition and adorned with Shipibo icaros, Sanskrit and Eastern incantations, mantra, and other medicine songs from around the world. Song is intertwined with musical and sound healing instruments including piano, guitar, handpan, flutes, singing bowls, chimes and more. The icaros are woven rhythmic songs calling in our spirit and plant allies to help us heal and return to ourselves. The Sanskrit, mantra and incantations call in Eastern deities and wisdom to remind us of our true nature- inherently awake and basically good. All of the music, sound, and vibration are shared with the intention to communicate open states of being beneath the conceptual mind- to the core of our being.
The weekend includes:
2 grandmother ceremonies
A personal energetic cleanse or soplada with mapacho and agua florida
A circulo de palabra group discussion with our plant allies mambe and ambil
A closing integration circle with cacao
Optional Kambo session
Please reach out with questions or for upcoming retreat dates.
Individual One-On-One Medicine Sessions:
Group retreats are a powerful way to engage in personal healing while connecting with our greater community. However, sometimes situations and journeys call for a more intimate and individualized container. We work with grandmother, kambo, mushrooms and toad medicine in these personalized and focused spaces. Each of these medicine allies speaks to and helps us to find our way back to the same ultimate reunion with ourselves, Mother Earth and Great Spirit, but they all have a unique way of illuminating the path.
If you are interested in partaking in an individualized session with a medicine ally, please reach out and we can discuss options for you.
About Misa:
Over a decade ago, Misa traveled to the Peruvian jungle and immersed herself in the ways of an indigenous shamanic tribe called the Shipibos. Through an initiatory process, she began to tune into the inherent intelligence and wisdom of the natural world. Upon returning to the States, she felt a strong calling to delve into meditation and train her mind to access the deeper non-conceptual rhythms and communications of the Earth. She took Buddhist Monastic Vows and spent many years immersed in retreat, seeking the ability to listen and open to the living world around her. Today, she continues to travel biannually to the jungle to continue her studies with the Shipibos, working with master plant allies such as Noya Rao (the Tree of Light), Blue Lotus and Mapacho. She weaves her contemplative Buddhist studies and musical background into her retreats and offerings. She believes that all the large-scale problems of this world are symptoms of a deeper root cause. War, environmental destruction, political discord and so on, are merely symptoms of a profound disconnection from ourselves, our communities and the earth. She believes that as we begin to mend these basic disconnections, we will automatically find ways to live in harmony. She has found South American shamanism, Eastern wisdom traditions, and music from the heart to be powerful allies in her dedication of service to a more harmonic world.
With love, in service of Great Spirit and the Mystery,
Misa Mentari and the Shining Tree Temple
9 Reviews on “Shining Tree Temple - Colorado”
Misa is one of the most talented and authentic space holders and medicine workers I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. In the two ceremonies I have taken part in with her, Misa has time and again demonstrated her capacity for empathy, intuitive awareness, and genuine caring for all those who she was working with. Her music, prayer and direct guidance have kept me feeling grounded and supported on many occasions in ceremony. She is truly committed to helping everyone in her care by ensuring that they have the most beautiful and transformative experience that they are able to in that moment. Thank you Misa for the work that you do!
I am so fortunate to know and to have worked with Misa. She is a person of great heart and is extremely dedicated to her work in holding ceremony. She is quite fierce in her belief in the inherent goodness of the human spirit and holds tremendous space in her heart for a person’s growth and transformation. I have benefitted greatly from my association with this lovely soul!
Misa is one of the kindest & most gentle souls you will ever meet! She is so sincere in her practice and so dedicated to bringing the healing wisdom of the plants to enlighten a dark world who has forgotten itself. She makes you feel really seen and heard, and is exceptional at holding space. Sitting in ceremony with her is something I cherish. I got to speak with those I’ve lost and let go of many regrets I had been carrying for years. Her musical talent really shines and is such a beautiful backdrop to journey with. Really I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to sit with her! She’s one of the best friends and mentors you will have the honor to meet in life. I can’t recommend her enough!!
Misa is one of the best human beings i know !
I know on “the path” comparison is discouraged, however the level of genuine compassion, patience, empathy and interest shown by Misa during a sit has a gentle depth and love i have not experienced in other ceremonies.
My humble opinion is western seekers need western shaman – the gap in similarity and shared understanding is too great – too many misunderstandings occur, Misa is a balanced bridge between the two worlds.
peace and love to all
Misa is a beautiful soul and a powerful healer. I have participated in two ceremonies and they were amazing and powerful. The way that she has weaved her music is magical. After my first ceremony I understood the true definition of gratitude and love. Her attention to detail and compassion for not just the ones that she is sitting with but also the spirits that are we are getting in contact with it is above anything I’ve ever experienced. She has taught me a lot. She has helped me through some really dark times and I can’t wait to sit with her again and continue to learn truth and enlightenment.
I had the privilege of getting to sit with Misa for a ceremony. It was a very beautiful experience and she was such a comfortable presence to experience that with. I would highly recommend her for her understanding of the medicine and her commitment to personal growth and healing for herself and others. She has the heart and soul of a healer and it shows up in a genuine, intentional and comfortable experience.
Misa is a friend of trees. Misa is in service to the plants and heeling. I have been so grateful to find her to serve me medicine, grandmother and other jungle medicine. She has a beautiful synthesis of modalities and practices.
I’ve had the honor of sharing several ceremony spaces with Misa, and have a lot of trust for who she is and the work that she does. I can’t say enough about the integrity, dedication and care with which she walks this path and holds ceremonies. She is someone that has and continues to do the work on herself that is so needed in order to do this work in the right way. If you choose to sit in ceremony with her you can trust that you are in good hands.
I have had the honor of attending many ceremonies with grandmother, with different hosts. I can confidently say my experiences with Misa were the most full of light and I felt the most safe comfortable and well taken care of. Misa radiates with good intentions and purity and I wouldnt recommend anyone else to hold these sacred spaces and experiences. She is an incredible musician and wonderful host. She always makes sure you have what you need & are comfortable. She continues to surprise and inspire me with her knowledge and the way she integrates the ceremonies. I am very much grateful to know her and witness the magic!