On-Site Residents

Sacha Rumi is held and animated by the people who live and work here. Our on-site residents are practitioners who have woven their personal practice, client work, and daily rhythms into life on the land.

Living at Sacha Rumi allows for a slower, more attentive way of working—one shaped by continuity, relationship, and deep familiarity with the environment. The residents below use Sacha Rumi as the primary setting for their client work, offering a steady presence that supports both individual processes and the wider field of the retreat space. Each brings their own lineage, modality, and way of listening, while sharing a common respect for the land, the community, and the long-term unfolding of healing work here.

John Patton

John is an on-site medicine practitioner whose work at Sacha Rumi is grounded in long-term experience with Amazonian plant medicines and disciplined ceremonial practice. His approach is rooted in extended shamanic dietas, which form the foundation of his work with Ayahuasca, Huachuma (San Pedro), and Kambo.

Sacha Rumi serves as a primary base for John’s client work, providing a stable and familiar environment that supports continuity, integration, and depth over time. In addition to his work here, he has facilitated ceremonies and dietas in the rainforest region around Tarapoto and in the Andean landscape of the Sacred Valley of the Incas near Pisac.

His role as an on-site practitioner reflects a commitment to steady, well-held processes that support balance, clarity, and meaningful inner work through plant-based ceremonial practice.

Life at Sacha Rumi is shaped by long-term presence, respectful practice, and a deep relationship with the land and its rhythms.