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Hapé (also called rapé, hapeh, rapeh, and rapey) is a tobacco-based snuff used in South American shamanism. This ancient medicine is a mixture of powdered plants, usually containing some kind of tobacco and tree ash, which is blown into the nose of the receiver through a special pipe called a Curipe or Tepi.

This ancient tobacco-based snuff has been used for centuries in South American shamanism to facilitate healing and transformation. 

In fact, in Amazonian traditions, Tobacco is revered as a Master Plant. His spirit is invoked to purify, protect, and rid the receiver of negative energies, preparing the mind for profound experiences with other powerful plant medicines such as ayahuasca.

Sharing Hapé was traditionally done in a ritualistic way. Because the medicine can have stimulating or psychoactive effects (depending on what plants were used to make it) receiving Hapé can bring about a profound experiences of relief, peace and grounding. 

Because they consider this medicine to be sacred, the indigenous take Hapé as a prayer calling upon the forces of Nature, the blessing of the animals of the forest, and power of medicinal plants to heal us and give us strength.

Even for those of us who don't live in the Amazon, or who might live in urban, industrialized areas, we can still incorporate this powerful shamanic practice to support our busy, distracted, stressful modern lives and bring balance to our Divine Masculine energies. 

Does this sound like you?

1. You are new to Hapé and Sacred Tobacco: Whether you're completely new or have had limited exposure in ceremonies and don't know how to start your journey with this medicine, this online initiation will guide you in cultivating a respectful and meaningful relationship with sacred Tobacco.

2. You Are Seeking Deeper Connection: If you're already familiar with Hapé but sense a need to refine your relationship with the medicine and facilitation skills - you may fear abuse, misuse and unnecessary harm and wish to gain confidence in your capacity to provide healing and transformational spaces for yourself and others - this initiation is your pathway to a deeper, more respectful engagement with the medicine.

3. You Are Elevating Your Facilitation Skills and Impact: For experienced facilitators looking to refine their skills and expand their impact, this mastercourse will teach you how to harness the full potential of your practice and establish sacred reciprocity with the indigenous carriers of the medicine, ensuring your work not only heals but also honors its origins.

What if you could...?

• Gain Comprehensive Knowledge: Educate yourself on both ancient traditions and modern studies of Hapé medicine so you can embody Divine masculine energy and represent the essence of an impeccable Tobacco Guardian for your community.
  
  
• Connect with Indigenous Leaders: Establish impactful relationships with indigenous tribes and make a direct and transparent benefit on the worldwide plant medicine movement.
  
  
• Explore Hapé Benefits, Blends and Sacred Tools: Discover the healing diversity of Hapé blends, and learn to engage with the Hapé marketplace ethically, fostering a healthy and respectful bond with the medicine and its makers.
  
  
• Refine Your Facilitation Techniques: Learn how a range of application blow techniques can expand your capacity to connect with the medicine in different situations and confidently facilitate beneficial experiences with different people and intentions. 
  
  
• Learn a Trauma informed approach to Hapeh Ceremonies: Engage with harm reduction principles to ensure your ceremonies are safe and gain confidence in screening competent facilitators. 
  
  
• Awaken your Warrior Spirit: Learn how to cultivate a personal and authentic ritual and connect with a community of international plant medicine people in training.

Meet Aluna Lua

Aluna Lua is the co-founder of the multimedia production company Ascension Arts and head coach of The Plant Spirit School. She works as an entheogenic facilitator, ceremonial musician and integration coach. Lua is from Brazil and has been an ally for indigenous communities for over a decade. She is specialized in the medicines of Hapé, Kambo and Cannabis and is based in Los Angeles, CA. She provides peer support at Burning Man through the Zendo Project and offers harm reduction trainings for ceremony guardians and trip sitters.