Amenities
- 501c3 Non-profit
- Meals Provided
- Female Led
- Kambo
- Sanaga
- Integration Provided
- Dieta Enforced
- Coed Ceremonies
About Us
Welcome!
Please message us for our current availability- spots fill quite quickly because we hold small group ceremonies. We typically host retreats twice per month.
Please e-mail us if you’d like to get more information or sign up.
Our mission is to provide a safe, honest and sincere space for people of all walks of life to come and heal. We believe in the combined power of plant medicine, community and emotional vulnerability. These key elements are the fertile soil for beautiful transformation to occur in our lives!
Maharani Medicine Circles first opened its doors in 2018– since then, we have served 100 retreat weekends. We are proud to be a culturally diverse hub for seekers of all sorts. We are honored to be of service to anyone with a desire to grow, learn and heal regardless of background, age or creed.
Here are some things that set us apart from other groups:
- Our groups are ALWAYS intimate & small. We will never serve a group larger than ten people. This fosters a sense of community between participants & staff, creating a safe, familial atmosphere.
- We keep a supportive staff-to-participant ratio so we can all feel fully supported in this intense journey. We strive to have 3-4 facilitators on board in addition to our Medicine Woman. Our team members are humble volunteers with ample personal experience with plant medicine. Each facilitator brings their own unique flair to retreats 🙂
- Our medicine is brewed “in house”, sourcing high quality materials from sustainable sources from Central America. We brew one jar at a time, prepped especially for each upcoming retreat <3
- We place a strong emphasis on Integration. Integration means applying the lessons learned during ceremony to everyday life. Integration is what separates recreational use of medicines from ceremonial & intentional use! It is very important we honor ourselves and our medicines in this way. We offer multiple integration circles during the weekend and also provide supportive resources for our participants when they go home.
- Our Plantswoman has been blessed with immense musical gifts that activate and amplify our Medicine. Most specifically, our participants often laud her voice as one of the highlights of the experience. Many Plant Medicine traditions suggest that music is the vessel which carries the ceremonial energy. The music harmonizes with the medicine and serves as a “Lighthouse” that helps each participant navigate their internal shadows & light alike. The music serves as a compass to bring us back our hearts. Whether it be the mysterious sound of the steel drum, the call of the flute or powerful icaros (medicine songs), we are confident these voices will sing you home.
- We are officially a non-profit & church as of this year! Spirituality is very important to us, but we will never be dogmatic or pushy about these beliefs. While our ceremonies are Spirit based, they are very universalist as well. Folks with secular beliefs will not have issues connecting to the ceremony experience.
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Above all else, we strive to “keep it real”. It can feel extremely overwhelming to find the right practitioner, modality or healing space when we live in such a fast-paced world. We are happy to provide a simple, organic and humble space where you can just be yourself. We believe that everyone is a student in this space— we are all learning from one another at all times! We hope you will join us in this incredible opportunity to unravel & remember who we truly are.
Our Retreats are for you if…
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You are looking for a retreat that is not overwhelming in size.
- You are seeking a supportive community to connect with in the long-term– Whether it be for integration, friendship, spirituality or medicinal purposes!
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You are unable to travel to South America or commit to a longer term retreat.
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You are ready to commit to four weeks of Dieta- the physical and mental cleansing that prepares us for ceremony.
- You feel a profound urge to become a better human, work on trauma, process challenging emotions, foster a deeper connection with Nature or expand your relationship with Spirit/Source/The Universe.
We are a “mobile ministry”. This means that we split our time between Upstate New York and the high desert of Arizona. We feel the call to be in service to both sides of this country. We also hope to someday soon travel to other states and offer our retreats in more locations.
In Arizona, we are hosted by community members on their properties. For our New York offerings, we have a beautiful property in the woods that we hold our retreats in. Because we host small retreats, we don’t have the need to have a large retreat center. This means that our accommodations are humble and communally shared.
Our website is currently under construction but will be posted here soon! If you’d like to hear some music from our ceremonies, please check us out here:
https://soundcloud.com/eliana-maharani
Please message us if you’d like more information about our retreats or upcoming schedule. We are always available to talk about this work if you have any questions. Thanks so much for reading and many blessings!
Vision Statement
Our vision is to become real, present, focused, humble, vulnerable, clear, clean, compassionate, responsible and unconditionally loving persons by coming into oneness with The Spirit and Mother Earth through prayer, meditation, music and CommUnity with the firm foundational support of our ancestors and their medicines.
In a world shrouded by illusion, our medicine circles burst through the shadows as a shining light that comes from each of our hearts. We draw upon the guidance of the sacred plant teachers to shed hardened layers around our heart built by the difficulty of life.
Through dance and song, we shatter resistance keeping us from a righteous, true and all pervading Spiritual Relationship with life. This ancient Amazonian Medicine combined with spontaneous communal celebration yields profound healing for our selves, others and our planet.
Our Medicine Circle strongly believes in the Great Spirit that lives within our Hearts and all living creatures. This Spirit is alive, deeply caring and calls us to come into union with Him/She/It. We embrace all religions and creeds. We believe that all roads lead to the same One, Loving and EverPresent Being.
9 Reviews on “Maharani Medicine Circles”
I had intentions of sitting with Aya in 2022, while in Guatemala, but the timing wasn’t right. For many reasons I’ve come to find out. I wasn’t ready.
The way the medicine came to me back in October 2024, was like no other. A dear friend invited me to Maharani Medicine Circle. I went back and forth if I should go. Then the universe made it impossible for me not to go. An incredible selfless soul paid it forward so I was able to go. (I cried for days) I had a call with Austin prior to going that helped me clear up any questions or concerns I may have. He was extremely helpful and very informative about the dieta and preparation. After speaking with him, I knew I was going to the right place to heal. The moment I arrived at Maharani Medicine Circle, it felt like home. The entire weekend was intentional and full of love. The amount of knowledge and preparation Eliana and Austin bring into ceremony is a gift. I caught myself watching in awe throughout ceremony as they sang, played various instruments and weaved in and out flawlessly. I have never felt so held, safe and cared for in my life. It was very hard to leave the lighthouse when you experience love like that. But it doesn’t stop there. Integration and keeping in touch is extremely important to them. They continue to be a support system long after ceremony. If you are thinking about sitting with Aya, I am here to tell you, it will be the best thing you can do for yourself. After 20+ years of drinking, I am now 79 days sober. I continue to feel the love from Aya throughout my life almost daily. I will be forever grateful for the medicine. And I am forever grateful for Eliana and Austin and all the facilitators that showed me love and continue to stay in touch. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Aho.
Testimonial:
Maharani Medicine was brought to me by a dear friend I’d been working with to heal an intense amount of grief and shame that I had been carrying after the lost of my only son. Truthfully, I didn’t know much about plant medicine, but I felt called to receive it as a tool to help me work through the feelings I was struggling to work through on my own. Even after adopting a disciplined meditation practice, finding sobriety, and spending less time with “friends” who weren’t supporting my healing journey, I could not get past the blockages that were clearly keeping me stuck. Enter Eliana and Austin. After the call with Eliana and deciding this weekend was exactly what I needed, I was struggling with the Dieta. It was vastly different than how I had lived up until that point. I reached out a week later and asked if I should even proceed, and the response was exactly what I needed. She supported me and slow dripped belief into me. The weekend I spent at the lighthouse has completely changed my life. I have never felt so supported and safe in my entire life and the fact that I was with strangers made the experience even more meaningful. Grandmother showed me a path that involved letting go of the shame I was carrying and forgiving myself for what I had previously felt I couldn’t. I left that Sunday feeling vibrant in a way I had never felt before. Eliana and Austin and all of their facilitators are medicine right along next to Aya. I was deeply listened to, validated, and hugged in a way I had never experienced before. I would encourage anyone looking for help to seek them out. I am 6 weeks out from my retreat and still receiving new messages and guidance from Aya. Healing is possible with this powerful medicine. My journey will never be finished, but it truly started when I found these influential humans.
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The grounds are beautiful and the Facilitators are amazing the work they do is top notch. They are doing this work because it is a passion and they want to help the broken and that truly shows. No matter if it is making you dinner or being there for you to talk or handing you a bucket lol , they do it with love. Please don’t come into the experience thinking it will be fun or easy because it is not. The weekend I spent in the container was the most traumatic/beautiful experience of my life. If your not ready to have the medicine burn you to the ground spit on the ashes and rebuild you perhaps your not ready for what she has to offer. The conversations I had and the relationships I built with the other participants will be everlasting. I will never forget my time I spent with them. I am so grateful for the experience and deep change it has made. Thank you to everyone involved in my rebirth..
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Maharani Medicine Circle is a sacred container that feels so safe and nurtured that it allows the full expression of your process, no matter what it looks like. It was a life changing experience for me that felt divinely orchestrated. God/Source/Spirit brought me to this community. You can trust it. What makes this retreat stand out is that the facilitators share their wisdom instead of taking a hands off approach when it comes to integration of the experience. And they are WISE! They also move with the full embodiment of LOVE. As a guest you feel like family and they will do anything and everything to make sure that you have the best, most profound, experience possible. I am eternally grateful for their service to humanities awakening.
I’ve attended several ceremonies at the Lighthouse, each more profound and beautiful than the last. This space has literally changed my life in ways I never knew were possible. You are not only getting a sacred opportunity in these ceremonies, you are held in a safe and beautiful container by people who are also deep in their own healing journey. Those who understand the work and show up with passion and integrity in sharing it. For those ready to dive deep and truly meet themselves for their highest growth, this is a must have experience.
I recently attended a shadow work + medicine ceremony retreat, and it was one of the most profound experiences I’ve ever had.The environment was so supportive and nurturing—it allowed me to really let go and dive into my shdow and heal deeply.
The ceremonies were deep, in the best way possible. They pushed me to confront parts of myself I had been avoiding for years, but I always felt cared, guided and supported through the process.
The facilitators (austin, prem, nishchala, erin) all were sooo incredible—so compassionate and wise, with a deep understanding of the medicine and the journey each of us was on.
It wasn’t always easy, and there were definitely some emotional ups and downs, but by the end of it, I felt lighter and more connected to myself. I left the retreat feeling more at peace than I’ve ever been, with a new perspective on my life and the things that have held me back. Honestly i cant wait to get back to it
If you’re considering a retreat like this, and you’re ready to go deep, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s truly a life-changing experience that helps you reconnect with yourself on a level that’s hard to put into words. The whole process was beautifully transformative, and I’m so grateful for the experience.
I am so thankful for Eliana and her team for facilitating these ceremonies. The small group atmosphere really made you feel safe and that you were with friends and family. I tend to have very intense experiences with ayahuasca and I was grateful that everyone was so patient with me and let me have space to work through my experience. The knowledge, understanding, kindness, and generosity of everyone was also deeply appreciated. Looking forward to working with them again!
Soul Tender Eliana/Maharani Medicine Circles has been a sanctuary for me. A safe space of profound growth through humble and humbling experiences. The land is medicine. Eliana honors this place with her impeccable vocabulary and inter-dimensional integrity. She owns her humanness which shines in the Lighthouse whose rays invite the Seeker to breathe in, lean in and get out of your own way. Her music is medicine and beautifully allies with integration. Her Partner Austin brings in the Divine Masculine, is of Service, supporting and tending the boundaries. Her Medicine Lineage is top notch and reflects her mature playfulness, Love for ceremony, devotion to family and those she serves. Pinak
Maharani Medicine Circles was my first introduction into the intentional medicine space, and I sit here writing this both humbled and inspired. Never have I witnessed such dedication and precision in bringing a vision to life. Eliana and the facilitators stand with presence and acceptance ~ providing a place of safety where no one that comes is a stranger. The way the medicine is carried through song, prayer, and honest communion and the emphasis that is put on integrating afterwards, speaks magnitudes to the respect and integrity that is at the core of this work.
I am forever grateful for being a part of and witnessing the healing and connection that happens here. For remembering the Spirit that resides within. And for knowing I am never alone in my pain and joy.
Thank you MMC <3
If you have the chance and feel the calling, take the plunge! Your soul will thank you.