Shining Tree Temple
Spirit, song, and medicine
in service of a more harmonic world.
Shining Tree Temple
Spirit, song, and medicine
in service of a more harmonic world.
We recognize many of the challenges facing humanity as symptoms of a disconnection from ourselves, one another, and the natural world. Through fostering reconnection, self awareness, community, and relationship with the earth, we seek to support a more harmonious and compassionate way of living for both people and the planet.
About Shining Tree Temple:
Grandmother Group Retreat Details
Group retreats are held on selected weekends beginning Thursday or 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 which is 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
- Retreats beginning on Thursday night open with a breathwork session
Please reach out with questions or for upcoming retreat dates.
Individual One-On-One 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. Individual sessions can be assisted by a variety of medicine allies in these personalized and focused spaces:
Each ally 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.
Misa Mentari: Medicine Woman & Ceremonial Leader
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 to the jungle regularly 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.
Misa believes that all the large-scale problems of this world are symptomatic of a deeper root cause. War, environmental destruction, political discord and so on are merely expressions 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.
Plant Dietas
Noya Rao Tree of Light
Noya Rao Tree of Light
Plant dieting is a traditional shamanic practice of working in deep relationship with a specific plant, inviting its wisdom to guide and shape our inner world. Rooted in Amazonian traditions, it is a path of reconnection, restoring our relationship with the Earth, our own nature, and the living intelligence that surrounds us.
Noya Rao Tree of Light
Noya Rao Tree of Light
Noya Rao Tree of Light
Shining Tree Temple takes its name from Noya Rao the legendary Tree of Light, revered within Amazonian plant medicine traditions. She is regarded as an enlightened tree spirit who illuminates truth and the path forward by awakening compassion, clarity and wisdom within our own being.
The Shipibo Tribe
Noya Rao Tree of Light
The Shipibo Tribe
The Shipibo-Conibo are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon known for their deep relationship with plant medicine, spirituality, and sacred artistry. They carry a rich tradition of healing, ceremony, song, and intricate geometric designs that reflect their understanding of the interconnected nature of life, spirit, and the living forest.
Mambe & Ambil
Noya Rao Tree of Light
The Shipibo Tribe
Mambe and ambil are sacred plant medicines traditionally shared within the círculo de palabra, an ancestral practice of gathering in prayer, reflection, and intentional dialogue. Mambe, made from coca leaf, is regarded as a plant of clarity and presence, while ambil, a concentrated tobacco medicine, is associated with grounding, integrity, and focused intention.