A lifetime of ceremony, healing, and transmission across African, Amazonian, and Native American indigenous traditions.
He arrived at Rustlers Valley in the Maluti Mountains in December 1994, in a white VW Combi van, with a border collie and a talking parrot. He had just lost everything in a fire and was searching for a new way to be. The old way wasn’t working. He had a didgeridoo and a drum he was still learning to play. He stayed for twenty-five years.
Born in South Africa, Nixiwaka became the fire keeper at Rustlers Valley, a community in the Maluti Mountains which drew shamanic teachers from across the world. His first Ayahuasca ceremony was in 1996, in a tipi circle he built himself around a medicine wheel of standing stones. He was initiated as a Sangoma in Zululand, South Africa. Now living in Costa Rica, where he continues to hold ceremony, build instruments, and focus on passing the flame of his experiences to his son Adam.
Read moreNixiwaka’s son, Adam sings his prayers using his voice and his guitar. A guitarist, visual artist, Fire keeper and co-facilitator. Together they create a ceremonial container that bridges two generations, honoring our ancestors and the living tradition of sacred music, true prayer and healing.
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“There is no path…………”
Our ceremonies are five to six hours of live singing, prayer, and intuition, rooted in Amazonian, African and Native American traditions. The Plant is the teacher.
Learn moreThe African Sweat Hut is essentially a Sweat Lodge: four rounds honoring the directions. A ceremony of purification, prayer, and deep ancestral connection. I am African and I learned about the sweat lodge in Africa. I also participate in the Native American Sun Dance held in Brasil, so I weave the African traditions with the Red Path teachings.
Learn moreTraditional Amazonian frog medicine, used by indigenous tribes for physical and spiritual purification. A powerful cleanse for body, mind, and spirit.
Learn moreThe sound journey is a shamanic journey initiated by the consciousness-altering magic of sound. Didgeridoo, shaman drum, rattles and voice weave a field of deep release. A deep meditation guided by sound.
Learn moreHandcrafted from Guapinol wood and natural hide, each drum is made with intention and care. No two are the same. These are artistic creations made to sound good, influenced by my teachers along the road, they are instruments of healing.
EnquirePentatonic ‘Marimbas’ and ‘Balafons’ tuned by hand using coconut resonators. Rooted in African tradition and crafted in Costa Rica with local hardwoods and natural materials from the forests and beaches of Costa Rica.
Enquire“The drumming and the didgeridoo clears cellular memories, it literally removes stuck traumas. It is like acupuncture on every cell. None of them come close to a Nixiwaka ceremony.”Natalia Gilmour · Healer, Actor & Writer Read more testimonials
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