Teolinda is 55 and lives in Pucallpa. She grew up in Río Pisqui Obispo Irazola, a community near Contamana on the Ucayali River. For more than 15 years, she has dedicated herself to dietas with master plants, healing with Ayahuasca, and the healing frequencies of the icaros. Her commitment to this path is unwavering, and she holds deep faith in the power of plant medicine to support healing.
Her introduction to traditional medicine came through her grandfather, a curandero. As a child, she watched him prepare Ayahuasca, gather plants in the forest, and care for the sick. At times, she sat in ceremony and listened to his icaros. When she was 26, she traveled to Iquitos to sell her handicrafts. There, in order to heal a particular condition, she visited a local tribe and completed a one-year dieta for her own healing. After returning to Pucallpa, she chose to deepen her knowledge of traditional plant healing and continued dieting for many years to learn.
She developed a special relationship with Kamalonga, through both her grandfather and father, who were also curanderos. Before meeting a Chilean curandero, she had trained for ten years. He later invited her to Iquitos to give ceremonies in retreat centers for Westerners. She also learned traditional art from her mother. From the age of 12, she began practicing and later learned traditional pottery.
Teolinda’s message to the world is simple and powerful: although there are many illnesses in this world, she feels confident in addressing them through plant medicine. She trusts completely in the healing power of plants and in traditional Shipibo medicine for all types of diseases. She believes it is our personal responsibility to step into our own healing and co-create these healing experiences with the plants and with all of humanity.