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SUMMARY:Earth Medicine Shamanic Apprenticeship
DESCRIPTION:A lived path of spiritual maturity\, grounded in the body\, the Earth\, and your\ndirect relationship with Spirit.\nWe are living in a time that is calling us into balance with our true nature. To be at home in our bodies and bring our agency into the world. When we cultivate embodied harmony within our inner landscape\, it naturally shapes how we live\, the ways we show up and our impact on this planet. This apprenticeship is an invitation to remember who we are and to live in alignment with that truth. Our ancestral lineage lives in our bones\, blood\, and breath. By activating inherited wisdom\, we unlock what has been hidden and answer the call to love\, purpose\, and remembrance in this lifetime.\nRooted in core shamanism\, this program offers earth-honoring tools to navigate life with presence\, power\, and precision. Through relationship with the four directions\, the elements\, and Spirit\, participants refine personal authority\, deepen intuition\, and learn to work consciously with the energetic forces of reality. Rather than being swept by chaos\, we root into that which is unchanging—our essential I AM.\nThis apprenticeship includes:\n\n\nAncestral healing and lineage connection\n\n\nThe Four Directions and elemental teachings\n\n\nLife–death–rebirth Sun/Moon cycle teachings\n\n\nMesa building and sacred bundle creation\n\n\nLand offerings (Despacho) and fire ceremony\n\n\nRattle making\n\n\nBreathwork\n\n\nRites of the Medicine Keeper initiation\n\n\nTwo plant spirit healing ceremonies\n\n\nThis is a path of embodiment\, initiation\, and devotion—for those called to walk in deep relationship with the Earth and their soul truth. It is a life journey of dedication and service to life – to your aliveness – and the holiness that awakens within.\nApply Here\n\n\nThis program is curated for Healers\, Plant Medicine Facilitators\, Doctors\, Nurses\, and Therapists who are looking to bring a deeper level of personal transformation to their own individual and collective work. This might be a fit for you if you answer yes to the following questions:\n\n\nAre you feeling called to come into deeper balance and embodiment as a response to the times we are living in?\n\n\nDo you sense that your spiritual path is asking to be lived through your body\, your daily life\, and your relationship with the Earth—not just as a belief system or concept?\n\n\nAre you experiencing a deeper call to shamanism—one that feels less like curiosity and more like remembrance\, responsibility\, or initiation?\n\n\nAre you willing to take responsibility for your inner landscape and engage practices that cultivate presence\, personal authority\, and integrity?\n\n\nDo you feel a pull toward ancestral healing and a desire to understand how lineage wisdom lives in your bones\, blood\, and breath?\n\n\nAre you open to ritual\, ceremony\, and initiatory processes as pathways for transformation rather than seeking quick fixes or passive healing?\n\n\nDo you trust that the signs\, cycles\, and teachings of life itself are guiding you toward greater purpose and meaning?\n\n\nApply Here\n\n\nCourse Details:\n\n\n10-day in-person training\n\n\n4- four hour online classes over the course of the year\n\n\nTraining Manual – with four modules of teaching/homework\n\n\n4- one hour private mentorship calls with me\n\n\nBi-monthly partnership calls\n\n\nMonthly ritual practice\n\n\n\nDates & Location\nIn-Person Immersion: September 8–17 – Kootenay Lake\, British Columbia\, Canada\nOnline Classes (2–6 PM MST):\n\n\nDecember 9\, 2026\n\n\nFebruary 24\, 2027\n\n\nApril 28\, 2027\n\n\nJune 30\, 2027\n\n\n\nRegistration: \n1️⃣ Fill out Application form \n2️⃣ I will reach out and book a consultation call with you to determine if this is a fit \n3️⃣ Payment is due upon acceptance as follows:\nTuition Investment: $4\,444 USD\nThrough Pay pal\, or call in credit card for International students and e-transfer for Canadians.  Payment plans (up to 5 instalments) are available. All payments must be complete by August 1st 2026\n\n\npayment in full $4444 USD\n\n\n2 X $2222\n\n\n3 X $1488\n\n\n5 x $898\n\n\nAccommodation at the retreat centre is booked separately upon approval to program\nLink for accommodations\n  \nApply Here
URL:https://sarahsalterkelly.com/upcomingevent/earth-medicine-shamanic-apprenticeship/
CATEGORIES:Psychedellics,Retreat,Sacred travel,shamanic journey,Teachings/Discussion,Trainings,workshop
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SUMMARY:Trauma as Medicine Fall Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Healing Through Presence\, Accountability\, and Embodied Wisdom\nTrauma as Medicine is a ceremonial and integrative healing retreat rooted in a simple yet radical truth: \nOur pain is not a mistake. \nWhen met with presence\, responsibility\, and skilled support\, trauma becomes a doorway to wisdom\, wholeness\, and embodied freedom. This work is not about fixing what is broken—it is about remembering what is whole. \n\nThe Principles of Trauma as Medicine\nTrauma Lives in the BodyTrauma is held in the nervous system\, tissues\, breath\, and patterns of contraction. Healing requires somatic presence\, regulation\, and embodied awareness—not insight alone. \nPower Is Restored Through ResponsibilityThis work does not reinforce victim identity. Participants are supported in reclaiming agency:I may not be responsible for what happened to me\, but I am responsible for how I meet it now. \nHealing Happens in RelationshipTrauma often occurs in isolation. Repair happens within safe\, intentional relational fields—with land\, Spirit\, and community. \nAltered States Reveal; Integration Makes It LastExpanded states of consciousness can open insight\, emotional release\, and spiritual remembrance. Integration is what transforms experience into lasting change. \n👉 REGISTER HERE\n\nThe Role of Forest Medicine 🍄\nPlant Spirit Healing is used in this retreat as a ceremonial sacrament and therapeutic catalyst\, not a recreational substance. \nWithin a carefully held ceremonial container\, Forest Medicine 🍄 supports: \n\n\nAccess to unconscious and somatically held material \n\n\nIncreased emotional processing and nervous system flexibility \n\n\nA felt sense of connection\, meaning\, and belonging \n\n\nSoftening of rigid trauma-based identity structures \n\n\nForest Medicine 🍄 does not heal on its own.It reveals\, amplifies\, and illuminates. \nHealing occurs through: \n\n\nPreparation and intention \n\n\nSkilled facilitation and energetic containment \n\n\nSomatic awareness and self-inquiry \n\n\nPost-ceremony integration and accountability \n\n\n👉 REGISTER HERE\n\nWhat This Retreat Includes\nThis retreat weaves together ceremonial\, somatic\, and integrative practices to support deep healing and embodiment. \nCore Elements \n\n\nTwo deep-dive evening Forest Medicine 🍄 ceremonies \n\n\nOne small-dose daytime Forest Medicine 🍄 ceremony \n\n\nOne Hapé ceremony \n\n\nShamanic journeying \n\n\nIntegration circles \n\n\nLand-based teachings \n\n\nMeditation \n\n\nEcstatic Dance \n\n\nSelf-inquiry practices \n\n\nPartner dyads \n\n\nAccommodation and organic meals \n\n\nAll practices are designed to support recognition that the capacity for healing already exists within you. \nPreparation & Integration Support\n\n\n1 × Intention-Setting Session (60 min\, Zoom) \n\n\n1 × Post-Ceremony Integration Session (60 min\, Zoom) \n\n\nThese sessions support continuity\, safety\, and real-world integration. \n👉 REGISTER HERE\n\nPlant Spirit Healing 🍄\nRainbow Serpent Lodge\nRainbow Serpent Lodge is the ceremonial healing lineage through which Forest Medicine 🍄 is shared in this retreat. It was received by Sarah in 2007 through direct spiritual transmission from her guide Thoth\, associated with wisdom and divine order in the Egyptian tradition. \nWithin the lodge\, Forest Medicine 🍄 is shared in two evening ceremonies\, supported by: \n\n\nLive\, channeled medicine songs \n\n\nHands-on energetic healing \n\n\nTobacco cleansing \n\n\nShamanic prayer and ritual \n\n\nThe lodge creates a coherent energetic field that supports participants in meeting deep personal material with safety\, clarity\, and compassion. \n\nAdditional Practices\nSelf-InquiryGuided investigation into identity\, belief systems\, and trauma patterning\, supported by journaling and shamanic journey. \nFire CeremonyA cleansing and prayer-based practice from the Inca Medicine Wheel tradition. \nEcstatic DanceSomatic\, non-verbal movement for emotional release\, vitality\, and embodiment. \nIntegration CirclesFacilitated group sharing to metabolize insight and ground experience into daily life. \n\nAbout the Facilitator\nSarah Salter-Kelly\nSarah Salter-Kelly is a spiritual teacher\, ceremonialist\, and trauma-informed facilitator with over 30 years of experience in healing and consciousness work. \nHer work is deeply informed by lived experience\, including the homicide of her mother and a long journey of grief\, forgiveness\, and embodied integration. This path became the foundation for Trauma as Medicine—both the methodology and the text. \nSince 2007\, Sarah has: \n\n\nMaintained a private clinical practice \n\n\nCreated and led shamanic training programs \n\n\nFacilitated retreats and ceremonies internationally \n\n\nWorked with plant medicines in ceremonial and therapeutic contexts \n\n\nGuided thousands through integration and embodiment \n\n\n\nThis Retreat Is a Fit for You If…\n☐ You feel called to meet trauma at the root☐ You are willing to take responsibility for your healing☐ You understand psilocybin as a sacrament\, not a shortcut☐ You value preparation\, ceremony\, and integration☐ You can remain present with discomfort and uncertainty☐ You seek spiritual depth without bypass \nThis Retreat Is Not a Fit for You If…\n☐ You are seeking a recreational or purely visionary experience☐ You expect psilocybin or the facilitator to do the work for you☐ You are unwilling to engage in integration or accountability☐ You are currently in acute crisis requiring clinical care☐ You are seeking escape rather than embodied presence \n👉 REGISTER HERE\n\nPraise for Trauma as Medicine\n\n“This book provides not only a story of tremendous healing but gifts the reader a thorough roadmap to navigate our own healing and ultimately contribute to the collective wellbeing of our planet.”— Teresa Callihoo\, MBA\, Wetaskiwin AB \n\n\n“Sarah Salter Kelly took the agonizing pain of personal catastrophe and turned it into soul medicine for herself and others.”— Marianne Williamson \n\n\nTestimonials\nKate Hook — Onoway\, AB“Working with Sarah and Trauma as Medicine has been a tremendous gift. Her ability to empower me to heal myself—without reliance on anything outside my own inner truth—has been remarkable.” \nDianna C — Edmonton\, AB“Traumatized is the best word to describe myself when I started working with Sarah. Every teaching was medicine for my soul and body. I learned to love myself and awaken my Spirit after years of trauma.” \nJae Wright — Vernon\, BC“To share our stories in a space with no judgment—only support—was profoundly healing.” \n\n  \n \nWith Marianne Williamson \nWaking up Human with Mandy Trapp \nWaking Up Human with Mandy Trapp: #008: Opening the Door to Plant Medicine with Sarah Salter-Kelly on Apple Podcasts \nBeyond the veil with Tara Kabatoff \nhttps://youtu.be/FVJxBW5b7Yg \nMicrodosing for Healing with Kayse Garett \nMicrodosing For Healing: Trauma as Medicine: Healing with Plant Medicine and Forgiveness with Sarah Salter Kelly on Apple Podcasts \nI have my reasons with Deandra Dey \nI Have My Reasons Podcast | Deandra Dey \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sarahsalterkelly.com/upcomingevent/trauma-as-medicine-fall-retreat-3/
LOCATION:Sentinel Retreat Centre\, 5278\, Amundensen road\, Kaslo\, BC\, V0G 1M0
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SUMMARY:12 Day Immersion in Peruvian Shamanism
DESCRIPTION:Peruvian Shamanism is paving the way as a leading transformational resource for these times.  Rich in cultural teachings and practices from the high Andes to the Amazon\, this land holds an awareness of Spirit that we have forgotten in the Western World. This journey is for those who seek to remember. \nIn this experience you will be led by three Shaman: myself of Celtic Slavic lineage living on Treaty 6 territory in Canada\, Juan Q’espi Paq’o of the Q’ero Nation and Maestro Sani our Shipibo Ayahuascero. \n\n\n3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies\n3 Despacho Ceremonies with traditional Limpiar and Karpays\nShamanic journey’s for ancestral healing\nMachu Piichu tour & other sacred sites\nTemazcal Ceremony\n\n\n\n\n				\n					\n				\n			\n\nSince time immemorial\, the Q’ero people have preserved the integrity of their cultural heritage. Known as the last of the Incas\, they have traveled down from the mountains over the past sixty years to fulfill the prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle. This prophecy foretells a time when the peoples of the north and south will unite to create a new way of being—a time of Pachakuti\, where everything turns upside down\, allowing us to see the world in a new light.\n\nWe are currently in this transformative period\, which is ripe for profound change. The Q’ero share the rich wisdom of their traditions to guide Westerners home to Pachamama. Juan Q’espi is our master teacher for this journey. I have known him for over fifteen years and have great admiration for his work within his community\, his family\, and as a shaman.\n\nFor twelve days\, he will lead you through his teachings\, ceremonies\, and initiations to help cleanse you of heavy energy\, open your heart\, and lay a solid foundation for your work as a healer.\n\n\n				\n					\n				\n			\nWhy Choose Ayahuasca? Our spiritual growth requires us to embrace who we are\, acknowledge our past experiences\, and love ourselves completely. Ayahuasca guides us into the depths of our soul\, helping us recognize what we hold onto that prevents us from aligning our true selves with our daily lives. It also makes us aware of what we can change within ourselves.\n\nWe are joined by Maestro Sani\, a Shipibo Ayahuascero from Contamana\, who grew up in a family of shamans and operates his own retreat center\, Sanin Mai\, in the Amazon. He will be with us in the Sacred Valley for three transformative ceremonies\, each designed to support you on your spiritual journey. Please read your intake form for information about diet and preparation.\nSacred Valley – This landscape will transform you. Who you are now will never be the same after a trip to Peru. It is simply what is. Through the ceremonies that Juan will share with you at the Ancient Incan temples\, to the work you are doing with ayahuasca; your awareness of who you are and what matters in this world changes. In this way you are cleansed by the land\, becoming a brighter more authentic version of your true self. We will be exploring some sights off the beaten path\, as well as two days at Machu Picchu – one of the 7 wonders of the world. \n\n				\n					\n				\n			\nPrerequisites: You must have a history of working with me. If you are new to my work this means you will have to do a minimum of three private sessions in person or on zoom prior to the trip. Book a quick chat to talk details \nRegistration:\n\nEmail me your interest and we will set up a call to chat details\nFill out Intake form here \nPay deposit $1500 non refundable USD (direct wire transfer through bank USD or e-transfer in the current exchange rate to CAD or pay pal to sarahsalterkelly@gmail.com or call in your cc to me to manually enter – pay pal and cc incur a 5% additional fee)\nBook your free introduction session here (60 min)\n\nCost: $4188 USD twin shared occupancy or $4688 USD private\, with a non refundable deposit of $1500 USD by June1 st. Payment in full by August 15th. Note there are limited spots and yours is held when you give your deposit. \nDates:  \n\nGroup Zoom meeting September date tba\n12 Day Shamanic Initiation November 4-15 2026\nOptional add on Q’ero extension November 15 – 21 message me for details\nGroup Zoom meeting integration Dec date tba\n\nYou must have an updated version of Zoom &  Whats App \nGroup size – maximum 14 people \nAltitude – You will be in high altitude for this trip so its important to note that you will be adjusting in the first couple of days. It is recommended to drink lots of mate de coca – coca leaf tea – when you land and to even chew the coca leaves which is what the local people do. \nWhat’s included: \n\nIntroduction session\, post trip integration session\nGroup Zoom preparation meeting pre trip & post trip integration\nHotels & Retreat Center\nAll food while at retreat center\nAll breakfasts\nFinal supper\nTickets for Machu Picchu\, hikes & other sacred sites\nPrivate Tour guides\nPrivate Bus\nTranslator\nAir port transfers\nThree Ayahuasca Ceremonies & personal diagnostic with Shaman\nFour group Despacho ceremonies & Initiation rituals with Shaman\nIntegration Circle\, meditation\, and work with Sarah\nTemazcal Sweat lodge & Salt room ceremony\nMorning Qi-gong class with Mark\n\nWhat’s not included: \n\nSupper day 9 & 10\nLunch day 9 & 10\nFlight\nGratuities\n\nTestimonials  \nSarah’s many years of wisdom and travel experience\, combined with her open hearted\, accessibility make travel and adventure possible in challenging places and all situations easy. She is well thought out\, communicative\, prepared for all potentialities and her caring nature makes everyone know they can participate in the way that is best for them. It was truly a pleasure to go on an adventure of a lifetime! -Janice Gerken \nSarah and team are fantastic facilitators. I was supported by Sarah on my Ayahuasca journey many weeks before the retreat emotionally and spiritually. Once in Peru every aspect was considered in the journey. I was especially fond of the private chef who cooked our meals\, making the best food with our diet. The shamens and many ceremonies were beautiful and will always be in my heart. Sarah as always shows her beautiful heart at all times and makes sure that you are ok. Thanks Sarah!! – Lynn \nI am grateful to have waited the 32 years I waited to visit Peru. Sarah is the best organizer\, guide\, ceremonial advisor\, connection to the Peruvian people I could possibly have chosen\, I am very grateful to have been with her and the group this year 2024. Our group witnessed Sarah being honoured by the Q’ero family at a Despacho ceremony. She was gifted a beautiful fedora style hat with a woven rainbow coloured band. Sarah has been a rainbow bridge between our (north -American) culture and the beautiful Peruvian people. The moment the hat was placed on her head\, my eyes welled up with tears and I knew in my heart she was being “crowned “ in recognition of her amazing work. When Sarah led us in a meditation on the land at the site of the sacred feminine\, I saw my maternal grandmother\, I said hi grandma\, then I saw my mother\, and my half sister. I was no as happy to see mom and sister; and I suddenly felt a huge emotional charge\, I cried\, sobbed\, and felt the pain\, anger and resentment for these two disappear. A wonderful healing moment\, thank you Sarah. – Jean Lloyd \nOne of Sarah’s many gifts is her ability to create a safe\, nurturing space that supports and empowers individuals on their journey of personal healing and transformation. Her wisdom and work with plant medicines have profoundly changed my life. – Risa \nYour team – My husband and partner of 30 years – Mark Kelly – is now joining me in all of my retreats and will be offering support\, Qi-gong and integration guidance for our tour. \n  \nItinerary –  \nDay 1 \nYou will be picked up at the airport and taken to our retreat centre in Arin which is about a 2-hour drive away. Opening Ceremony in the afternoon. Please arrange for your flight to arrive before noon. \nDay 2 \nMorning Circle – Intention Setting & first Despacho ceremony to bring us into balance with the land \nTravel to the Sacred sight of Moray \nDay 3 \nWe head bright and early to the sacred site of Pisac. Here we will receive teachings in Andean cosmology from Juan as we explore the mystery of this ancient temple. After a picnic lunch we will explore the market. \nFirst Ayahuasca Ceremony – Maestro Sani \nDay 4 \nMorning integration circle with Sarah \nAfternoon – time to process and reflect from medicine journey \nDay 5 \nEarly morning adventure to the temple of Killarumioc for Nuesta despacho ceremony and connection with Pachamama. Sarah will lead us through a shamanic healing in realeasing ancestral bondage in our mother lines and connecti with the Pachamama. \nSecond Ayahuasca Ceremony \nDay 6 \nMorning integration with Sarah & Maestro Sani \nThis afternoon Juan takes us the little known sacred site of Puma Marca for Mosaq Karpay despacho – to call home all of your energy and replenish your being. \nEvening free \nDay 7 \nMorning Circle & Teachings –Sarah \nAfternoon reflection time \nThird Ayahuasca Ceremony \nDay 8 \nMorning Circle Maestro Sani \nToday we travel via van and train to the jungle to the town of Aguas Callientes at the base of Machu Picchu mountain. The scenery is incredible as around every bend of the valley ruins of sacred temples can be viewed\, many still used by the local indigenous people. When we arrive in town you will be able to adventure on your own for the evening or take some time alone to journal. \nSupper free time \nDay 9 \nAre you ready for it? Early morning bus up to Machu Picchu where Juan and our travel guide will lead us through understanding the history and ceremonial use of this seventh wonder of the world. \nIn the evening you have free time to check out the local hot springs. \nSupper Free time \nDay 10 \nOnce again\, we take the early morning bus up to Machu Picchu only this time\, we hike to the Huayna Picchu fortress. \nLate afternoon travel to Cusco \nSupper free time \nDay 11 \nOur final day in the sacred valley we voyage to a little known temple for our final despacho ceremony and closing circle. \nGroup Supper \nDay 12 \nReturn home – \nDay 12 – 18 Optional add on to head to the sacred mountain of the Q’ero people – message me for details on this.
URL:https://sarahsalterkelly.com/upcomingevent/12-day-immersion-in-peruvian-shamanism/
LOCATION:Peru\, Peru
CATEGORIES:Retreat,Sacred travel
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SUMMARY:Q'ero pilgramage - Peru extension
DESCRIPTION:The Q’ero people are an indigenous group residing in the Andes\, specifically in five communities approximately 75 miles east of Paucartambo\, Peru. These communities are located at high elevations\, with the highest village soaring to 14\,000 feet above sea level. Recognized as the last direct descendants of the Incas\, the Q’ero people escaped the Spanish conquest by retreating to remote highlands\, allowing their ancestral traditions to remain largely unaltered. \nIn the past 50 years\, they have started sharing these traditions with Westerners\, aiming to foster healing for the Earth. They heed the prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor\, which suggests that healing will manifest when the Condor of South America and the Eagle of North America unite. \nAs master weavers both literally and energetically\, the Q’ero intertwine the threads of existence to foster meaningful relationships and restore balance amid turbulent times. They engage in a conscious daily practice of honouring the living web of life in all its forms\, focusing on remaining in Ayni—reciprocity—with all beings. This involves communicating with Pachamama (Mother Earth)\, the Apus (mountain spirits)\, and the Starlight ones\, who serve as their primary guardians. Believing in the interconnectedness of all things\, they maintain communication with the natural world; encompassing stones\, plants\, trees\, mountains\, stars\, and ancestors. \nA vital element in preserving their traditions is through ceremonies\, such as Despacho\, which gives homage to Pachamama and the Apus. These rituals include crafting intricate offerings made of symbolic ingredients like coca leaves\, corn\, grains\, sweets\, flowers\, and other natural elements. Each ingredient represents a relationship the Q’ero holds\, with the prayer to bring this into harmony\, be that for themselves or the groups they are supporting. The way in which each object is placed in the Despacho signifies what the Maestro (shaman) is invoking or giving thanks for. Everyone participating in a Despacho ceremony is cleansed in ritual with the offering before it is placed in a fire. \nAdditionally\, the Q’ero share Karpays\, or initiations\, as part of the Andean Shamanic practice. These initiations are passed through sacred bundles known as mesas\, with prayers aimed at each individual’s energetic centers. They believe they are watering the seeds of light already present in your being through these initiations and it is up to you to care for them in your own love story of bringing them into the world. \nVisiting the Q’ero community directly gives you a chance to immerse yourself in their cosmology and experience their generous heart. The landscape is rich with the contrasts of high Rocky Peaks\, and great carved valleys where Alpacas and llamas roam. Living in simple stone or concrete homes\, they grow their own food – primarily potatoes\, weave their own clothes\, and live sustainably. Spending time with the Qeros helps us to let go of our imagined or idealized concept of what living core shamanic practices look like and open to the practical beauty of remembering. Remembering that all of us humans have the capacity and birthright to live in balance with the land – in fact\, it is our responsibility to do so. It also helps Westerners to recognize how privileged we are and use this awareness to make a change in our world. \nThis trip is offered as an extension to those who are participating in the 12 day Shamanic initiation in Peru. \n  \n\n				\n					\n				\n			\nCost: $975 USD \nIncludes: \n\n2 nights hotel in Cusco\n4 nights in tents in Q’eros (note tents are set up inside a concrete building for warmth)\nAll meals Day 2\,3\,4\,5\,\nBreakfast Day 1\, Breakfast & lunch Day 6\, Breakfast Day 7\nCusco tour of Sacsayhuaman\nTravel to Q’eros and all food/accomodation\n\nWhat is not included: \n\nLunch and Supper Day 1\, Supper Day 6\nTips\n\nBasic Itinerary\nDay 1 – Cusco tour Sacsayhuaman – overnight in Cusco \nDay 2 – Leave for Q’eros – Walk through the ancient burial grounds of the Q’ero people at the hidden sacred site of Nina Marca. Venture through the town of Paucartambo exploring their traditional market and enjoying the local food for lunch. Arrive in Q’eros for supper \nDay 3 – Create your own lasting connection with this incredible land through walking down the valley from the Village of Challma Champana to Hatun Q’eros – about 10km (all down hill). Listen to the stories shared by our guides as they tell the tales of myth and legends of their people. Lunch in Hatun Q’eros followed by despacho ceremony to bring us into balance with their homeland. Return to Chalma Champana by truck. \nDay 4 – The Q’eros traditional weaving is a cosmology unto itself. Learn how they gather the wool\, spin and weave with prayer and ceremony. After lunch experience a guided shamanic journey with me then spend time with your own Mesa on the land investigating what teachings these Apu’s are sharing with you. Why are you here? Why have these Apu’s called you? \nDay 5 – The Sacred Mountain of Huaman Lippa is the principle Apu & glacier which cares for these people. Today we head up to altitudes of 17000 ft on horse back to greet this powerful being. At the local ceremonial altar we will have a despacho ceremony and Karpay initiation of the Kudak a kuyak – She/He who chews the coca leaves and talks to the stars. \nDay 6 – Return to Cusco\, overnight in Cusco \nDay 7 – Return Home \n 
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