Sankené Kai
“Sankené” are the sacred songs (icaros) that pattern the seen and unseen worlds. In the sacred Shipibo art of weaving, from the unseen into the seen, each pattern is a living prayer, a map of harmony.
“Kai” is the Hawaiian word for ocean, a mother, a body of memory, a rhythm of feminine vastness. Together, they form Sankené Kai: a ceremonial convergence of forest and sea, thread and tide, remembrance and becoming.
This immersion invites you to enter a shared field of medicine, where the vibrational wisdom of Shipibo healers and the deep-rooted spirit of Aloha co-create a space for collective reweaving.
Date: November 6-9 & November 13-16 [2025]
Where: O’ahu
“Jacon shaman aquinra” “I call deeply the energy to myself in order to help.”
— Shipibo saying
“By listening to the plants, that is healing.”
There is a sacred weave of healing carried by the Shipibo; songs that see, patterns that stitch spirit, and ceremonies that perform precise surgeries of the soul. These visionary song-patterns are vibrational blueprints. The Shipibo medicine is not metaphor, but a living ecology rooted in relational intelligence, ancestral memory, and reciprocal rigor. In this rare convergence, their visions meet the breath of Hawai‘i’s ‘āina, where makai and mauka speak their own frequencies of coherence. To be with us here in this field is to be rewoven, body, lineage, land. To receive is to reciprocate, to heal is to become a thread in the beautiful emergent tapestry of tomorrow.
Meet Your Guides
In this immersion, you will be guided by two masters, both steeped in the ancient and modern traditions of the Shipibo. Together, they will lead you through a transformative sacred and ceremonial journey, including optional workshops and learning of the Shipibo language, cosmovision and stories.
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Shipibo cultural guardian
Lila Lopez Sanchez is an Indigenous Shipibo Onanya Maestra from the native community of Roaboya in the Ucayali basin of the Amazon of Peru.
Maestra Lila ‘Caná Jisbe’ in Shipibo, was born into a family lineage of Traditional Healers, including her mother, highly respected and renowned Onanya Maestra Ynes Sanchez.
From a young age, Maestra Lila was initiated into the study of the Plants and Ancestral Healing System through various rigorous Dietas under the guidance of her grandfather, Maestro Jose.
Lila is a living library of knowledge and wisdom from the ‘Warmi’ Plants, and is known for her strong and striking voice through her Icaros, sacred chants filled with love and joy. Lila’s vivacious and grounded energy is infectious, as she imbues an open heart led way to live.
Lila is a Mother of 2 children and a Traditional Midwife, specializing in Female Reproductive Health, Womb Massage, Bone setting and Vaginal Care.
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Shipibo cultural guardian
Damian Pacaya is an Indigenous Shipibo Onanya Maestro from the native community of Nuevo Nazareth in the Ucayali basin of the Amazon of Peru.
Maestro Damian is a very devoted, powerful and humble Traditional Medico (Healer). His Life trajectory led him to inherit his Ancestral Lineage through his grandfather and carry on the knowledge passed onto him.
Before Damian committed to his life as a Healer, he was fully dedicated to his career in Agroforestry — offering him a plethora of experience and understanding in working with the Plants.
It wasn’t until his grandfather passed that he sought out his uncle to help Damian heal himself, thus catapulting him into the Path of Curanderismo.
Maestro Damian carries a clear vision for the future, as he works with tremendous dedication, humility and love in honoring the Sacredness of the Healing Work with the Plants. Those who know Damian can attest to his incredibly caring nature and the fountain of Wisdom that he is.
Damian is a Father of 7 children, a master Agriculturalist and a Medico Healer specializing in strong Tree + Plant Remedies as well as Massage.
Reciprocity: Samati Xobo
An Ancestral Shipibo Healing and Education Center run by Onanya Maestra Lila Lopez Sanchez and Onanya Maestro Damian Pacaya. Tucked away in the lush Amazon Rainforest of Iquitos, Peru, Samati Xobo opened its doors with the core intention to welcome worldwide seekers of healing and transformation, as well as devoted students of the Plants. With a diverse approach to offering their Traditional Healing work, Samati Xobo coordinates Master Plant Dietas and Cultural Immersions. Samati Xobo
Some of our activities
Kené Nete: The World of Kené - weavings, painting + pottery
Shipibo art markets
Two plant/flower baths before healing ceremonies
Icaro Technology workshop
Two healing ceremonies
Mapacho & Bobinsana workshops
Post-ceremonies expression circle
Pre-immersion and post-immersion integration calls
Learning about Samati Xobo’s vision and intention
Optional: Lomi massage
Optional: Private healings
