Embark on a powerful life changing journey into the living mysteries of the Peruvian Andes, one of the strongest energy centres on earth.
Guided by the alchemy of yoga, the shamanic traditions of Peru, and spirits of this ancient land, this journey will lead you on a transformational and healing journey into the depths of your heart and soul.
Ancient indigenous wisdom, yogic teachings, and exploration of sacred sites blend harmoniously to create a portal for remembering who you truly are.
Our ten day experience will be guided by Alena and Master shamans of Peru. This experience includes:
❃ Morning Yoga Practice & Theory in Patanjali's Ashtanga Tradition ❃
❃ Evening Practices in Yoga, Tantra, Embodiment, and Shamanism ❃
❃ Powerful Breathwork ❃
❃ Three days adventure to the sacred Ausangate Mountain ❃
❃ Lessons & Practices in Andean Medicine & Cosmovision ❃
❃ Shamanic Ceremonies ❃
❃ Master Plant Medicine ❃
❃ Hiking in the Peruvian Andes ❃
❃ Experiencing natural hot springs ❃
❃ Accommodation at Willka Tika Luxury Retreat Centre ❃
❃ Vegetarian Meals and Local Cuisine ❃
❃ Powerful & Healing Meditations ❃
❃ Experiencing authentic Peru like a local ❃
❃ Exploring local Weaving Communities and Markets ❃
❃ Despacho Offering Ceremony ❃
❃ One on One Healing Work ❃
❃ Divination ❃
This journey will lead you on a transformational and healing journey into the depths of your heart and soul.
Entering the portal to health, holistic wellness, and remembering who you truly are.
Join me and my Andean family on a journey of a lifetime.
YOGA
Yoga is the Shamanism of the Himalayas, the twin mountain range of the Andes. Some even say the shamanic practices of the Americas originated from the Himalayas millennia ago. During this retreat we will explore the practices of both and how they are harmoniously and fundamentally interwoven. The practices of yoga and shamanic traditions both lead us back remembering our true selves, to healing all that no longer serves us, to discovering our inner power and purpose, and to living in states of harmony.
This retreat will cover Patanjali's Eight Limbed Ashtanga Yoga in theory, practice, and practical application. You will be guided to deepen and establish your personal practices, and to be reminded that you are your own best teacher and healer.
Classes will include
Ashtanga vinyasa inspired asana classes and Mysore style practice
Anatomy & Physiology of Asana practice
Pranayama, Meditation, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Chanting
Satsang & Theory
Alchemical Properties of Yoga (how yoga heals, transforms and empowers your life)
Exploration of Tantric and Patanjali's Lineages
Ashtanga Yoga & the Feminine
Power of Ritual
Classes are suited for all level of practice and are open to everyone
MEDICINE
Ceremony is an integral part of Andean life. This retreat will include several forms of ceremony and medicine to guide us in connecting with ourselves and the vibrant world around us.
Ceremonies will be led and guided by Maestros (master shamans) of the sacred Andean medicine path who walk their paths with love, wisdom, and integrity. We will have the opportunity to work with sacred plant medicines such as Mama Coca and Wachuma (San Pedro), which serve as powerful guides and loving spirits that thin the veils between the worlds and help guide us back home to our inner knowing.
Wachuma is a medicine of the heart, which works gently but profoundly to realign ourselves with our divine source and release all that holds us back from living in joy and in love.
This subtle but powerful medicine does not come with strong visuals but instead works gently and viscerally to guide you into the heart space.
Through ceremony, medicine, working with both Masters seen and unseen, grounded in the sacred sites within the Andes, this journey will guide you into remembering the beauty, power, and truth of who you are.
EMBODIMENT
We will be working with various powerful medicines and modalities to awaken you to healing and insight, and thus integration is equally important.
Return to Impulse is a deep practice of Embodiment that will allow you to integrate your healing and insights in the most powerful and practical way: through your physical body.
When we integrate medicine and wisdom into our bodies, they become a living and powerful part of our lives forever. Return to Impulse is a way to welcome the power of integration and lived wisdom through movement and somatic experience.
This practice is about the deepest listening to your body. It is a return to your body's own impulse. It is a way we may leave behind all the structures, knowledge, and thinking to return back to the original pulse of life that resides within our bodies. This practice is about letting all of the external knowing go and listening to what the body wants to do, feel, and experience.
When we decide to return to the original impulse of the body we: hear what the body wants to say, move how the body wants to move, transcend structure, and realise that there is only impulse. We are journeying through form to into the body's innate wisdom.
We will be moving, exploring, listening, witnessing and returning to the primal voice of our embodied self for integration, release and grounding into the depths of ourselves. This beautiful offering is a completely unique and original way of experiencing the self, healing and integration.
This practice is led by Corina, a medicine woman and powerful healer who believes in the radical reclaiming of your own embodied wisdom. Return to Impulse was born from her many years of walking and embodying her medicine path as a way of awakening the body’s own insight, power and magnificence. Born and raised in Papua New Guinea, Corina brings with her the wild and pulsing energies of the jungles.
Photos by @belamicardenas
STAY
This retreat is hosted at the beautiful Willka Tika Luxury Retreat Center in the Sacred Valley.
Find inspiration, refreshment, revitalization, and a wonderful connection to Mother Nature through Willka T’ika’s peaceful energy and mystical surroundings. Located in one of the most energetically charged places on earth, our goal is to facilitate mind, body, and spirit connection.
Willka T’ika was founded in 1995 as a sustainable, culturally responsible wellness retreat. You can relax and enjoy your stay, knowing that you are supporting the local community, respecting our natural environment, enjoying nutritious, farm-to-table organic food, and experiencing the Andes in comfort and authenticity.
Our retreat includes eight nights shared accommodation and meals at Willka Tika.
Single accommodation is available for a supplemental charge.
MOUNTAINS
Mountains are a sacred part of Andean life and are affectionately and with reverence known as the Apus, mountain spirits.
Our retreat takes place in the Sacred Valley nestled beneath the mountains, but we will also be journeying high into the Andes to sacred sites and ruins.
Three days will be spent with our local shaman brothers journeying and trekking to the most sacred mountain in Peru, Ausangate, where we will hold ceremony. We will hike through natural high altitude hot springs where we can rest and rejuvenate our bodies in their healing waters.
We will stay in a traditional Andean village where you will experience authentic village life as it has been for millennia. This is an exceptional opportunity to experience the high Andes in all its majesty, power and raw beauty.
We will also do local hikes around the Sacred Valley to waterfalls and Inka ruins. It is recommended to have a relatively good level of fitness to be comfortable hiking, especially in high altitude.
MARKETS
The Andes are famous for their artisanal weaving and craftsmanship with traditions that date back to the time of the Inkas.
The woven alpaca blankets and tapestries are filled with ancient symbology and imagery of the sacred Andean cosmology. Weaving communities live to uphold this sacred tradition and this ancestral way of life.
We will venture into the local markets of Chinchero and Pisac to explore the colours, scents, sounds and even tastes of the Peruvian market.
Here you will have the opportunity to purchase some of the most beautiful products to bring home. Trust me, you will want to keep space in your luggage!
PROGRAM
Welcome Despacho Fire Offerings
Daily meals at Willka Tika. We will also have Community Dinner, Afternoon Chicha, and Local food at Ausangate and the Mercado. Please note there will be no breakfast on ceremony days.
Sleep at Willka Tika Retreat Centre for every night, except the two nights we sleep in Homestay accommodations at Ausangate Mountain.
High mountain natural Hot Springs at Ausangate Mountain
Daily Morning Yoga Practice: Theory, Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Philosophy.
Two Ceremonies: One local hike ceremony to a local Inka ruin. The Second ceremony will take place on Ausangate Mountain.
Afternoon Sessions including: Teachings from Andean Shamans, Return to Impulse Embodiment and Somatic Release, Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra, Coca Leaf Divinations & Healings, Shamanic Journeys, Circle Sharing, and more...
Excursion to local Andean markets and weaving communities
INVESTMENT
Invest in yourself on this life changing journey!
Spaces are Limited!
This creates an intimate and supportive environment for deep work and transformational experiences.
$3900USD
Couple's Discount: Bring a friend or partner and save $100
Single Room Occupancy Available for $400 supplement
- Payment Plans are available for those who need financial support -
To secure your place for the Magic Mountain Shamanism and Yoga Retreat...
1. Please submit a $1000USD deposit
2. Please complete the online Booking Form.
3. Receive confirmation
4. Complete the full payment by April 1, 2022
Payment Details:
Paypal (friends+family please): ancharow@gmail.com
INCLUDES
Includes:
❃ 8 Nights Deluxe Shared Accommodation at Willka Tika
❃ Three days trekking and two nights in village accommodation to Ausangate Mountain
❃ Natural hot springs
❃ All meals at Willka Tika and on ceremony days (please note we will not have lunch on ceremony days)
❃ Ten yoga lessons, in theory and practice
❃ Two medicine ceremonies guided by local master shamans
❃ Coca leaf readings
❃ Lessons in Andean cosmology and medicine hosted by a local renowned shaman
❃ Circle work and healing
❃ Despacho sacred offering ceremonies
❃ Embodiment Work
❃ Practical tools for integrating shamanic and yogic techniques into your daily life
❃ Community Dinner and Chica
Not Included:
❃ Flights to and from Peru
❃ Travel Insurance (highly recommended)
❃ Purchases or food bought in the marketplace
Optional Add Ons:
❃ Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, or other excursions
❃ Additional plant medicines and ceremonies
❃ Transport to and from Cusco
❃ Additional coca leaf readings
❃ Private room
❃ Massage
(These are not included but can be arranged for an additional fee)
TRAVEL
Willka Tika Retreat Centre in the Sacred Valley between Urubamba and Ollantaytambo. It is 15 minutes from Urubamba, 60 minutes from Pisac, and an hour from Cusco by taxi or Collectivo Bus.
It is best to fly into Cusco Airport. A few airlines like Avianca offer direct international flights into Cusco. Otherwise it is easy to fly to Lima and change to a domestic flight to Cusco. There are many leaving daily between Lima's international airport and Cusco for relatively inexpensive if booked in advance.
From the airport to Willka Tika we can arrange a car service or you can take a local bus if feeling more adventurous. Uber is also an exceptionally easy way to get around Peru, and is much cheaper than the taxis waiting outside the airport.
Please remember that Cusco is located at very high altitude (3,400m/11,150ft). It is likely you will experience altitude sickness for the first day or so. Coca tea is the local remedy for this and works like a charm! If you are sensitive to altitude, perhaps plan to arrive a couple of days before the retreat begins to acclimate yourself so you do not feel sick during the retreat.
If you would like to stay in Cusco or continue on to other places in the Sacred Valley, Alena can give recommendations and help make arrangement.
Covid-19 Protocols
At present Peru is only requiring proof of negative Covid-19 test for entry. Keeping our group and community safe and comfortable is a priority for us. Therefore we also request that all retreat attendees present a valid negative test upon arrival at Willka Tika when checking in to protect fellow attendees, locals, staff, and facilitators.
To protect yourself from any disruptions or inconveniences due to Covid-19, please purchase travel insurance that covers anything travel or medical related to Covid-19.
