The Madre Selva Healing and Arts Center has been a dream in Moises’ mind for more than 20 years and it is now becoming a reality. This dream has danced through the waves of many moments in his life, being influenced and developing along the way. Here we tell you some key events of this history and talk about the future vision for this 100-hectare piece of land near Pucallpa, Peru that came to us at the start of 2020 and will be the home of this Center.
The vision was born when Moises was attending the Usko Ayar Amazonian School of Painting, directed by the legendary Visionary Artist Pablo Amaringo and cofounded by the Colombian Anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna. One of the values of Usko Ayar was to love nature and to show this love through drawing, portraying its beauty in paintings, music, and other art forms, and finding practical ways to preserve the fragile environment in order to help the conservation of the Amazon and the planet. He was taught to find beauty in his surroundings by noticing trees, plants, animals, rivers, and rain, and by observing and practicing with people doing their ancestral practices. These moments changed Moises’ life because he developed understanding while becoming aware and conscious of the environment. He started to see and appreciate what he saw with the eyes and heart of an artist, loving, respecting, and enjoying every moment in its splendor.
Over the years, these visionary lessons reappeared again and again in continuously stronger form, teaching and preparing Moises for the next steps. A milestone change happened about six years ago in 2014 when he decided to immerse himself more deeply in ancestral practices with entheogenic plants and spirit medicine. He had practiced with these plants for 15 years prior with the intention of self-improvement and finding visions to paint, but answered a call to become a maestro curandero that came in the form of a suggestion from his teacher Don Jose. Plant and spirit medicine healed deep wounds in his physical and emotional body, mind, and spirit, aligning him with the flow of life, igniting his purpose, and helping him to deeply face his own shadows and darkness with acceptance and the desire to grow. He learned that in order to truly recognize the love and light that we are, we must consciously allow the Great Spirit to manifest its love and strength, allowing and receiving abundance of the universe. Understanding more clearly how the laws and values of our great universe operate, he answered the call to serve others while continuing to help himself through these incredible healing modalities.
With the knowledge and acceptance of his new mission to share with others, Moises began traveling the world as an artist, life coach, spiritual leader, and plant medicine practitioner. He connected with so many different souls, always with the desire to inspire them to believe in themselves, find love and creativity, and appreciate jungle conservation. He teaches people to be pure cocreators of their own existence by affecting major change through action and being their own healers.
During this process, Moises found his life partner Amy toward the end of 2017. She had been on a spiritual path of self-improvement for many years and had just started to learn about the shamanistic tools and music that further unite their shared love and dreams. They triggered each other’s remaining wounds and fears to heal their deepest parts, yet committed to crossing this very vulnerable bridge to find balance in life together as man and woman. They have traveled the world together for the last two years, learning, improving, celebrating, and connecting with some of the most amazing people and places they could have hoped to meet. They find value and purpose through this line of life, fueling the flame of inspiration and deepening the intention to help and serve others through the Madre Selva Healing and Art Center.
Moises always says that teamwork makes the dream work, and anyone who is inspired to grow into their full potential and transcend the duality between their human and spiritual experiences on this earth is welcome to join us. We are eternally grateful to all our co-creators, friends, and family for their loving support.
