8-Day 'Wellspring Within’ Yoga & Huachuma Plant Medicine Retreat in Sacred Valley

The Wellspring Within Retreat is a journey to your Divine Self: the deepest conversation that you can possibly have with Life right now. Through various practices we will deepen our connection to the inner landscape, the phenomenon of life arising within & without and go beyond the content of the mind into our heart & Awareness. We can begin dusting off the debris of what is no longer in alignment with our lives, reveal our true nature and connect to our greatest potential and purpose for our lives. What follows? a life lived with presence, heart & connection, trust & authenticity, flow & ease, inner stability, deeper relationships, simplicity, purpose & aliveness.

Yoga & Meditation

Yoga is a practice of presence & Awareness. A discovery of the nature of the Self where mind, body & soul aligns in Union. Vinyasa Yoga practices will start off with a guided Self-Inquiry and Awareness Meditation to connect to a deeper aspect of ourselves that is always here & unchanging. We will then move into the art of Yoga movement. A deep, dynamic physical practice guided by breath - moving with breath into, through and out of asanas (poses). Yin Yoga practices are a meditative practice of stillness holding gentle passive asanas (poses) for at least 3-5 minutes allowing enough time to get deep into the connective tissues (ligaments, joints, bones, and the deep fascia networks of the body and meridians. Increasing mobility through hydration and energy flow to the organs and entire system. Gives us the space to experience and release any stuck emotions or tensions in the body.

Huachuma Ceremony

As the centrepiece experience of the retreat, we will work with the medicine of Huachuma (San Pedro) at the sacred lakes of Kinsa Cocha. San Pedro, or Huachuma in Quechua (language of the Andean people) is used in traditional healing to dissolve the personal ego and to connect one with one’s Divine Self, the inner seat of consciousness. Considered a master plant teacher, San Pedro is known to alleviate anxious and depressive qualities while healing any divide between the head and the heart. Containing mescaline, a psychoactive alkaloid, it is regarded as a powerfully transformative and visionary plant-medicine. Our intention is to provide a safe and supportive container for this Grandfather Medicine to work with you and empower you to live your life to the fullest potential.

Life Visioning

Life visioning is a meditative expedition of self-inquiry that places you in direct dialogue with your Divine Self. As a result, you gain the Divine wisdom and guidance to confidently direct your journey forward in Life.

Authentic Relating

Developing a commitment to connection and deep engagement with Self and Other. The process includes self-revealing and clarifying values and intentions to ensure you are bringing forth your most authentic life-expression.

Cacao Ceremony

‪We will open the heart with Ceremonial Cacao & a devotional Song Circle to pray & connect. The Ceremony includes a guided Self-Inquiry & a guided Eye-Gazing Meditation - an opportunity to engage in the present moment & experience the interconnectedness with an ‘Other’. This guided meditation can dissolve the mind (e.g concepts, labels, judgments, identities, illusions of separateness) into the experience of the one shared being we are underlying all content & experience.‬

Temazcal Sweat Lodge

Sweat Lodge, Inipi and Temazcal is an ancestral and native healing ceremony that invites us to purification, allowing us to travel to the interior of our being and the Womb of Mother Earth. Connecting with the Spirits of the Elements, our Ancestors, Guides, the cycle of life and death, rebirthing and celebrating the present. We reborn with more clarity, with a new energy and we detox our being from many different energies. The ceremony is designed to be a safe but challenging experience.