Ian 'Ram Dass' Darrah - Yoga, Fitness & Wellness

It has been a beautiful journey creating this home together with my beloved Gaby, Ma Samananda, in her family building here in Lima, Peru.
After completing our apartment and preparing two private guest rooms, we began welcoming Airbnb visitors from around the world.
In less than a year, we have hosted travelers coming to experience the many wonders of Peru: the Amazon and its Indigenous cultures, Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, trekking through the Andes, yoga and wellness retreats, and the vibrant culture of Lima.
Some guests also come for affordable dental care, medical services, longer stays, or simply a peaceful place to rest while exploring Peru. We are now able to offer optional wellness experiences as well, including private yoga, meditation,
breathwork, ceremonial cacao, massage, and medicinal plant steam baths.

Here are our newly finished and decorated rooms:
Room 1:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1446824668767742282?unique_share_id=b6292455-b3b5-4a8c-8449-c8a7a
8936274&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Room 2:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1564030423081340124?unique_share_id=21d1fa49-d2ed-4675-b67f-a1d36
9ffe751&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

We would love to welcome you to our home in Lima.

So beautiful to share this precious time in Lima with Krista and her son, Blake.
Walking and biking through Barranco and Miraflores, enjoying wonderful food, and sharing a healing medicinal plant steam bath, ceremony, and sauna with our beloved friend, musician, and maestro extraordinaire, José Antonio Ukumari.
Grateful for friendship, meaningful experiences, and these special moments together.

Back in the Amazon jungle.
I arrived yesterday for another month of teaching yoga and supporting two retreat groups. Almost
immediately, I felt the healing effect of the jungle in my body and energy.
My body simply loves it here, and my mind follows.
I feel calmer, healthier, and more grounded. My allergies disappear, my sinuses clear, and there are no
headaches from traffic, noise, or constant movement. The sounds of the jungle feel like a massage for the
nervous system and mind.
Now we are preparing everything for our first group of people arriving from around the world.
We are setting up the yoga mats and blocks. Cleaning everything again and again - Just another one of the
trials and tribulations of jungle life.
The Indigenous Shipibo healing team is also here preparing medicinal plants for remedies, flower baths, and
v***r baths.
Their beautiful tapestries have been washed and are drying on the grass beneath the Amazon sun.
Nowhere else do I sleep so deeply and effortlessly. The Amazon always seems to offer me some of the best
sleep of my life.
I feel incredibly blessed, healthy, connected, and happy to be here.

Meet the newest members of our family: Rami and Shakti.
Rami is the little boy and Shakti is his beautiful sister.
They are incredibly affectionate, playful, and completely devoted to each other. They spend their days
playing, exploring, sleeping together, and filling our home with joy.
It is beautiful to watch them grow and flourish. Their presence feels amazingly healing and therapeutic, and
we give them all our love and attention.
A few days ago, we experienced a terrible scare.
During a brief moment when a window was open, Rami fell from our third-floor window - almost 30 feet. The
security camera captured the moment.
By some miracle, he was completely unharmed. Not a scratch, bruise, or sign of pain.
We are beyond grateful that our little Rami is safe and healthy. It was also a powerful reminder of how
quickly an accident can happen and how important it is to secure every window when living with kittens.
Our little miracle boy.

For many people, simply learning, memorizing, and regularly practicing the basic Sun Salutation can
become a powerful and complete practice.
First, we learn the physical sequence.
Then we synchronize each movement with the breath and learn where to direct the gaze and attention.
As the sequence becomes more deeply embodied, new levels of awareness can begin to open - from the
physical and energetic to the mental and spiritual.
We may start to notice how different elemental qualities feel within the body: earth, water, fire, air, and
space - and how our practice can help us cultivate greater balance.
Over time, we may also develop a more subtle awareness of the chakras emphasized within each posture
and reflect on how these energetic qualities relate to our habits, emotions, and daily lives.
One sequence. Many layers of practice.
Learn more: MediYogi

The moment I enter the Amazon jungle, my brain and nervous system get a nice massage — stress dissipates, and I feel healthier and more alive. 🌿 Eight days into the Living in Alignment Retreat at Temple of the Way of Light, alongside an extraordinary Shipibo healing team — offering gentle Yin, Therapeutic Yoga, and Meditation in this setting is pure blessing, pure inspiration. So happy to support this group’s journey toward greater health and transformation. 🙏🏽🪷



Desde el momento en que entro a la selva amazónica, mi cerebro y mi sistema nervioso reciben un buen masaje — el estrés se disipa, y me siento más saludable y más vivo. 🌿 Ocho días dentro del retiro Living in Alignment en el Temple of the Way of Light, junto a un extraordinario equipo de sanación Shipibo — ofrecer Yin suave, Yoga Terapéutico y Meditación en este entorno es pura bendición, pura inspiración. Muy feliz de acompañar a este grupo en su camino hacia una mayor salud y transformación. 🙏🏽🪷

The ocean reminds me:
Stay calm on the surface,
Stay strong underneath. 🌊

If you could master one new skill this year, what would it be?

New Year’s Resolution:Purify Body, Mind & Soul…following the timeless path of ancient Shamans & Yogis.

The call has arrived for profound cleansing.
For the next 12 days, my wife & I enter dieta — the sacred Amazonian practice of the Shipibo people.In Shipibo tradition, it is called Sama: a vow of fasting, solitude, prayer and intimate communion with Master Plant spirits.

No salt.No sugar.No spices.No red meat, eggs or pork.No dairy.No alcohol.No social media.No coffee.No sex.No phone.No talking.No work.
Only silence…the breath of the jungle…and the wisdom of the medicine.

My wife and I, each in our own simple tambo deep in the Amazon, held by Shipibo maestros, their Master Plants, and the healing vibrations of ícaros — the songs that gently call the soul back home.
This isn’t escape.It’s return — to clarity, humility, and the living intelligence of Nature.

May this New Year guide us all toward deeper alignment, purified hearts, and a nervous system that remembers true peace 🌿🕉️Om Shanti 🤍