Founder of the Temple of the Way of Light, Matthew is based in the UK and travels to Peru 6  / 7 times a year. Following through with the vision he received in 2007 when he first built the Temple, his goal was to provide an authentic healing center where the focus is not financial gain but genuine healing, ceremonies with compassion and where the healers truly care for the guests.

Matthew was led to the Maestras through a series of synchronicities and has dedicated his life to developing the Temple to now become a highly respected healing center with a fast growing reputation for providing a safe, compassionate and protected environment to work with Ayahuasca and the Master plants of the Amazon. His dream is now being realised as word of mouth is really spreading about our work from the people who count - the guests of the Temple who have undergone profound and often life changing healing.

Matthew deals with all enquiries, bookings, promotion, and general publicity of the Temple as well as other "back end" operations essential to keep the Temple running smoothly. He is deeply committed to the healing of all guests, to the well-being of the Maestras and to presenting the healing potential of the Medicine & the Master plants - he feels extremely blessed to be involved in this work. 

Matthew has put in place a hard working, experienced and deeply committed team to hold workshops and operate the Temple. He is in contact with the team and the Maestras generally on a daily basis and coordinates all aspects of the Temple whilst also concentrating on ensuring that people find the Temple and that the message about our work is heard.

Matthew is also focused on setting up an NGO to raise funds for projects in the Shipibo communities and we expect to be able to release more information about these projects by Spring 2010.

Matthew's wife and occasional workshop co-facilitator (when she is in Peru).

Brian is the Operations Manager of the Temple. With a background in Environmental Anthropology, Brian has worked with the Shipibo for 6 years developing a waste management collection and treatment service in the largest Shipibo community, San Francisco de Yarinacocha. Whilst in San Francisco, Brian also worked with Ayahuasca with the local healers of the community.

Here at the Temple, Brian is managing the grounds and maintenance crew and is developing & implementing permaculture design elements and organic gardening with the goal of becoming completely self sustained.

Brian is also a fluent Spanish speaker and student of the Shipibo language. He is also maried to Luz Marina, a Shipibo from San Francisco, who helps out around the Temple

Coordinator of the Shipibo

Our bridge to the Shipibo communities and general all round fixer / doer. Aroldo manages the team of healers at each workshop and also carrys out some healing himself.

Workshop Facilitator

Tracy's professional background before working at the Temple was predominantly focused on helping people in the areas of emotional processing and addiction recovery. Using an intuitive and metaphysical approach, Tracy has worked for years transforming dis-empowering emotional and behavioral patterns.

Tracy specialized in the area of energy psychology and had developed powerful techniques to support people through the profound transformations. Tracy's Masters Degree from The American School of Psychology at Argosy University as well as her training and certification from the Coaches Training Institute and The Hypnosis Motivation Institute, give her a strong background in personal development, and extensive experience in the technologies of human transformation. 

Tracy's passion for learning and spiritual development has extended beyond the academic arena bringing her under the tutelage of many highly regarded teachers around the world including her work with Sacred Geometry wiz Cory Herter, her leadership training with Morten Nygard in Norway, and her work with the Maestras at the Temple of the Way of Light.  Tracy has extensive experience in meditation and stress reduction techniques.

By combining the ancient healing methods of the Shipibo & Ayahuasca and her extensive background in coaching and psychology, Tracy is bridging ancient and modern transformation systems and is a strong ally for anyone seeking to transcend emotional blocks and addictive patterns.

Translator and Workshop Assistant

Throughout her nine years of work and study in South America, plant medicine and traditional healing practices have been a critical element of Lucine’s healing work. Since 2001 she has participated in Ayahuasca ceremonies with shamanic healers from various tribes throughout Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as well as served as a translator and assistant for these healing ceremonies.

Lucine’s work has been a path of healing, which has taken her to work around the world. Her primary focus has been empowering people to transform traumatic experiences into the opportunity for growth and renewal.  She is also trained as a yoga teacher, as well as in massage from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA, USA .  She is further trained in mediation and facilitation of intergroup dialogues and has an MA and MPhil in Conflict Resolution from Bradford University in the UK.  Her work and research in the field of healing and reconciliation from violence and conflict has won her a Fulbright Scholarship in Colombia as well as the Rotary World Peace Fellowship.

Lucine continued her path of work in healing and transformation by becoming a certified Life Coach, and has been focused on empowering people to transform their personal struggles and challenges into the opportunities to make powerful life choices and realize their full potential.   She works both in one on one coaching and holds group workshops, integrating all of her previous work in yoga and conflict transformation.

Throughout Lucine’s work with healing and reconciliation she has learned to view “problems” as possibilities, and she empowers the people that she works with to transform and transcend past limitations as a source of opportunity and growth.

General maintenance and helps with just about any job around the Temple.

General maintenance and helps with just about any job around the Temple.

General maintenance and helps with just about any job around the Temple.

General maintenance and helps with just about any job around the Temple.

One of our wonderful team of cooks

Help us tirelessly with our (often rather dirty) laundy and cleaning of the Temple / tambos, etc