Kauyumari NYE 2025 Retreat
Friday, December 29 - Sunday, January 5th
Mazatlan, Mexico
We are thrilled to invite you to our 4th annual Kauyumari New Year's Eve Retreat! Join us in receiving the transformative medicine of the blue deer as we co-create an unforgettable journey into the new year from December 29th to January 5th in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Take advantage of our Early Bird special now; payment plans are available through Klarna.
About
Together, we will offer our prayers, expressing gratitude for all the blessings of the past year and setting our intentions to welcome the New Year through sacred ceremonies, imbued with beauty, nature connection, healing, and transformation.
Have you achieved your goals this past year? What intentions are you putting forth for the year ahead? To embark on a new journey, it is essential to establish rituals that help us overcome obstacles and move forward with clarity, open-heartedness, and a deep sense of connection with ourselves and the divine. Our destiny reflects how we live—through our thoughts, words, and actions. When these are in harmony, life unfolds without limits.
In our upcoming retreat, we will seek guidance through ceremony and express our gratitude for even the most challenging moments that have offered us fresh perspectives on life. Together, we will heal and open our hearts, empowering our prayers to carry greater strength and lay the groundwork for realizing our dreams in the coming year.
Ceremonies
We will be working with an ancient cactus medicine from the sacred Wirikuta desert, in Mexico. This powerful medicine heals and purifies the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. It regenerates our cells, reboots the immune system, alkalizes the body, and countless people have reported being healed from serious disease. This sacred cactus is a means of communication between the physical and spiritual worlds, during this ceremony we are able to connect to our ancestors and receive their guidance as well as heal our family lineage. We dive deep into the heart, our true essence, allowing us to break patterns, heal trauma, depression, anxiety, bringing clarity, focus, and empowering creativity. It connects us to Nature and to life itself!
This gentle yet profound teacher plant is ideal for those experiencing plant medicine for the first time and has been revered for thousands of years by the peoples of North America for receiving guidance and sacred wisdom.
This experience is led by Matzuwa Oscar and his wife, Vivien.
Itinerary
Retreat Dates: December 29 to January 5
The retreat will feature 3 plant medicine ceremonies, 2 sweat lodges, sacred nature offerings, sharing circles, separate circles for women and men, and ample time to enjoy the beach and the stunning natural surroundings.
Getting There
Please fly into Mazatlan Airport (MZT) airport on December 29th and from there you will take a taxi to the accommodations. Please book your flight back home for January 5th.
* If you are coming from Southern California, it may be cheaper to drive to San Diego, take the Cross Border Xpress to the Tijuana airport, and then from Tijuana fly to Mazatlan (MZT).
Accommodations
The retreat accommodations will be at a private home in Mazatlán, and the ceremonies will take place at an eco-retreat center in La Noria de San Antonio. All rooms at the home are shared. If you would like to request your own room, please inquire via email to nikka@aniwa.co.
Space is very limited for these retreats, so please register as soon as possible.
Our leaders
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Matzuwa Oscar comes from the Yoreme people of Sinaloa, Mexico. He has been a pilgrim of Wirikuta desert for over 18 years, learning within the Wixarika tradition, he has taken the sacred oath as a Mara’akame, or spiritual leader.
Matzuwa has undergone various initiations and vision quests which also granted him the fire to run Inipis - sweat lodges.
Matzuwa is an anthropologist specialized in traditional medicine, and a traditional singer and musician.
Matzuwa's passion for culture exchange took him around the world, where he shared and learned from different indigenous communities. Inspired by his experiences, he established the Huya Aniwa Institute, dedicated to implementing sustainable land stewardship practices. Through the institute, Matzuwa continues his mission to honor and protect the Earth's natural heritage while nurturing cultural diversity and traditional knowledge
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Vivien, native of Brazil, is a healer, philanthropist, and activist, dedicating her life to her spiritual studies and the preservation of indigenous culture.
Initiated into ancient healing traditions by highly respected elders across the Americas, she took an oath as a Mara’akame, or spiritual leader, under the guidance of the revered late Mara’akame Don Eustolio Rivera de la Cruz, and opened various commitments within the Wixarika tradition and their sacred sites.
Vivien has been on several vision quests and extended diets in the Amazon, where she continues to study under Ashaninka master Benki Piyãko.
Fueled by her reverence for indigenous culture and healing practices, Vivien founded Aniwa, a platform sharing indigenous wisdom online and through an annual gathering. She also founded The Boa Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to indigenous-led initiatives. Vivien expanded her vision with the creation of the Huya Aniwa Foundation and Institute, devoted to preserving sacred lands and native traditions.
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Maraka’ame Casiano de la Cruz and his wife, Maraka’ame Wiwiama, are the main spiritual leaders of the Tseriakame ceremonial center in the Cohamiata community. Both are gifted healers who work together in the sacred hikuri ceremony. They will join us for the New Year ceremony on December 30th.
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