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COST: $ 485.00
USD Our two-days experiential
tour is designed to give visitors a high Professor Mario Incayawar, a Quichua physician and expert in traditional healing and transcultural psychiatry, will lead the tour. Professor Incayawar is the former Henry R. Luce Professor in Brain, Mind and Medicine - Cross-Cultural Perspectives at the Claremont Colleges, and the William F. Quillian International Professor at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. He is currently conducting research funded by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation on the psychiatric diagnostic skills of yachactaita (Quichua healers). During the
educational tour you will explore (1) the common roots and equivalent efficacy of Quichua healing
interventions and Western Take advantage of
this unique opportunity and learn first hand from Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance The
tour is limited in size. Please secure confirmation of
registration before purchasing airline tickets, etc.
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quality learning experience on
the nature of traditional Quichua healing of the Andes.
psychotherapy; (2) the underlying neurobiological
mechanism of Quichua healing interventions; and (3) some elements of
Quichua herbal medicine. The tour
includes a visit to a local healer, two lectures offered by Professor
Incayawar; fieldtrips to an open market of medicinal herbs, along with readings, and class discussions.
the world's leading
experts on traditional healing and the Quichua people themselves.
You will enjoy learning from a "within" perspective and becoming
acquainted with the local Quichua culture, as much as the spectacular mountainous surroundings,
lakes and wonderful valleys.
