Our Maestros
Our Shipibo Maestros & founders are Maestro Deodemero Matios Maynas and Maestra Rosenda Melendez Flores. They both come from a long line of healers in their family and have been working with Ayahuasca for over 20 years. With experience working in a variety of different well-renowned centers in Iquitos and Pucallpa, they are now working for themselves, together as a family. Whilst both these Maestros listed here founded the centre, we are in the beginning of our sacred journey, running small and intimate retreats in our centre. The number of retreat participants attending each retreat will determine if the medicine is served by one or both of these two powerful Maestros connected to the fertile soil of Jochipapanete. For those of you who join us at the start of our journey you may well be blessed with a personal retreat package simply by choosing to come early, which is a very personal gift only open at this stage of our journey.
Rosenda Melendez Flores & Deodemero Matios Maynas
Jochipapanete Family
We are extremely grateful to everybody who assisted with the construction of Jochipapanete and all of our workers who continue to run our retreat center. Please be introduced below to our healers and retreat staff. Listed here is the expression of the complete lineage of our family, if you come to our centre in the beginning stages of this beautiful seed being planted you may not see all of the family members listed here, however it is our hope as a family that we shall continue to grow in strength and become the embodiment of strength of the Jochipapanete Tree, our names sake over time of watering the fertile soil of our family run and owned centre.
Deodomero Matios Maynas
SHIPIBO HEALERMaestro Deodomero was 15 years old when his uncle returned to their village after a long dieta. Maestro Deodomero remembers his relatives referring to his uncle as a Meraya (the highest degree of spiritual development in Shipibo shamanism), and telling stories about their healing ceremonies with him. Maestro Deodomero’s heart was touched so much by listening to stories of his uncle and watching his ceremonies that he began his first dieta that same year at the age of 15 under the guidance of his Father (who was also a Shipibo shaman). Maestro Deodomero has dedicated his life to being a healer ever since, teaching many students of his own and continually dieting many plants to expand on the wisdom given to him by his ancestors. With over 35 years’ experience working with Ayahuasca, it is a privilege to go into ceremony with Maestro Deodomero and receive his heart felt icaro.
Rosenda Melendez Flores
SHIPIBO HEALERMaestra Rosenda was born and raised in the Shipibo village of Santa Isabel de Bahuanisho, Ucayali and comes from a long line of healers in her family. After participating in ceremonies under the guidance of family members in her twenties Maestra Rosenda felt called at the age of 30 to begin her dieta journey into shamanism and become a healer herself. Maestra Rosenda apprenticed under her brother in law Maestro Deodomero and after becoming a healer has worked in multiple well-renowned Ayahuasca centers in Iquitos and Pucallpa. Maestra Rosenda is passionate about her ancestral roots in healing, and continues to diet many plants each year to expand her knowledge and healing abilities. With over 20 years’ experience working with the ancestral medicine Ayahuasca, Maestra Rosenda brings a beautiful feminine energy to ceremony, which permeates participants through her magical medicine songs.
Hernan Fernandez Romaina
SHIPIBO HEALER
Sarela Matios Melendez
CENTER MANAGER
Alder Panduro Rodriguez
MAESTROS ASSISTANTAlder was born and raised in the Shipibo village of San Juan Pucallpa, Ucayali. Alder left high school at the age 15 to join the Peruvian Army, where he served for two years until moving to Lima in search of a family life. While living and working in Lima Alder met his partner Sarela who is the daughter of Maestro Deodomero. Taking an interest in his father in laws work, Alder started attending Maestro Deodomero’s ceremonies and began his own relationship with Ayahuasca. Alder moved his family back to Pucallpa in 2020 to assist in the construction of Jochipapanete and now works in the center assisting the shaman and participants during ceremonies and further develops his own journey with the medicine in-between retreats.
Geizer Ahuanari Fernandez
MAESTROS ASSISTANTGeizer was born and raised in the Shipibo village of Santa Isabel De Bahuanisho, Ucayali. Geizer left home at the age of 17 in search of work in Lima, where he worked as a warehouse assistant. After 2 years in Lima, Geizer moved home and met his partner Dina, who is the daughter of Maestro Deodomero. Geizer showed immediate interest in Deodomero’s work and began his own path toward becoming a healer himself completing his first Dieta under the guidance of Deodomero in 2021. Geizer worked on the construction of Jochipapanete and is now working in the center assisting the Shaman and participants during ceremonies.
Oligar Linares Rodriguez
MAESTROS ASSISTANTOligar is the partner of Maestra Rosenda and was born in the community of Sempaya Bajo Ucayali Atalaya District. After meeting Rosenda, Oligar was invited to the house of her teacher Deodomero to participate in his first Ayahuasca ceremony. The magical visions and experiences Oligar had that night motivated him to want to be a healer himself. Years after this experience Oligar started his first dieta in 2019 and continues to diet and grow his knowledge of plant medicine under the guidance of both Maestro Deodomero and Maestra Rosenda. Oligar now works in the center assisting the shaman and participants during ceremonies.
