Facilitator Positions
Facilitator Guidelines
The facilitator is the most important support element at Kumankaya. Therefore, we select our facilitators carefully. A good facilitation team allows Kumankaya to function in its highest capacity. A strong facilitator is the backbone of Kumankaya. They are here to support the guests and their process and also to support Remi and Ashley in whatever capacity is necessary so they can provide the utmost healing to guests.
For an individual to be considered for a facilitator, one MUST come to Kumankaya to diet for a minimum of 2 weeks. This is important for 2 reasons:
1). Namely, an applicant needs to see how Kumankaya functions, how we run daily life, how ceremonies function, etc. It is also important that we see (and the applicant sees) if our energies and value systems are compatible.
2). Secondly, an applicant must have Master Plant dieting/ceremonial experience before facilitating guest healing experiences. This is very important. One must have first-hand dieting experience before they are able to support others during their process.
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Facilitator Tasks
Your role is to create the safest and warmest human container for the guests to have the most efficient healing experience at Kumankaya. By your mindful awareness, connect with the guests and make them feel at home.
1 / Upon Guests Arrival:
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Greet guests outside as soon as they get out of the car. Be sure to warn them about Yoda (and keep dogs away)
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Process them through the house orientation and have them sign the waiver
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Collect payment for remainder of balance
2 / Ceremony Orientation:
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Follow the guidelines of the ceremony orientation
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Prepare guests for ceremony
3 / Plugging into Guests Experience:
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Eat meals at the table with the guests (except for private retreat)
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During the day, talk to the guests and plug into their experiences and lives
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Report to Ashley and Remi if someone is having some trouble
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Facilitate vomotivo if and when there is one scheduled
4 / House Tasks:
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Leave the kitchen as you found it (dishes cleaned and put away)
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Work starts at 9am, out with the guests
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Morning shift: 9am-3pm; Evening shift: 5pm-9pm
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Night shift: required to clean up after dinner and prepare popcorn. Facilitate Saturday night movie night.
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Making sure the house is in order: coffee cups and dirty dishes cleaned and put away, tea stocked, hot water outside, ashtrays cleaned
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Help unpack the groceries upon arrival
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Be around during the day and be present to the guests
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Take care of dinner for non-ceremonies days (cooking and cleaning)
5 / Ceremonies:
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Prepare Maloka by 7pm
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Check several times throughout the night for insects inside (if noises) and outside the Maloka
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Serve no more than half an ounce of medicine for second drink
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Be aware of when to bring people to Ashley’s and Remi’s mats and when to bring them back to their mat
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Facilitate the peaceful fluidity of the ceremony
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(If necessary, help calming down if someone has a hard time and is disrupting the ceremony)
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At the end of ceremony, go to guests’ mat and ask them about their night and check in with them
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Take medicine and glasses back to the house with you and blow out bathroom candles
A strong facilitator is so much more than a bunch of bullet points.
This is the absolute minimum that is expected. We ask that facilitators bring their positive energy / attitudes and strong work ethic to elevate the Kumankaya experience for both guests and the Kumankaya team. We teach by living a different way and showing others it is indeed possible to live a peaceful, harmonious joyful life. We demonstrate this through our actions, behaviors, words, and the way we treat others.
IN RETURN, A FACILITATOR WILL RECEIVE:
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Free lodging and meals
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2 Ayahuasca ceremonies a week
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A free Master Plant diet for 1/2 the length of service
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Learn how to work with the medicine
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Learn how to be of service
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Learn Shipibo and ceremonial/healing practices.
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Deepen their own personal healing with our support.
