Travel With Us to Peru for the Trip of a Lifetime!

Take a journey to the frontier of your consciousness, retreat in a natural mountain sanctuary, open your heart to new depths, and propel your life to new heights.

Your 10-Day Program Includes:

• Guided visits to sacred sites, including Machu Picchu, Cusco, Qorikancha, Moray, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, and Saqsaywaman
• Two nights of ceremony with Ayahuasca in a traditional context
• Two ceremonies with Huachuma (San Pedro) in a traditional context
• Special welcome circle and closing night celebrations
• Four nights of sacred music
• Special Andean cultural experiences
• All food, lodging, and travel, from arrival in Cusco to departure
• Yoga and meditation
• Small-group integration sessions throughout the journey to develop intimacy, community, and mutual support
• Expert talks on the frontier of healing with sacred plants
• Two online preparation meetings in advance of your arrival
• Three online faculty integration meetings after the retreat
• Access to Puma’s recent online video course, Working With the Plant Spirits of Ayahuasca and Huachuma… Christopher Bache’s program, Exploring the Cosmic Mind Through Psychedelics… and selected sessions from The Shift Network’s Shamanic Wisdom Summit and Psychedelic Healing Summit

Realize the truth of who you are with a community of fellow explorers in a magical land, and emerge as a more realized, clear, and empowered version of yourself, with an expanded vision for your life and your work on this planet.

I Am Puma

About This Journey of a Lifetime

Have you ever been on a journey that changed your life forever?

Travel is a potent portal to growth... and when you travel to one of the most powerful sacred locations on Earth, accompanied by great healers, to work with ancient traditions and life-changing plant allies, true magic is possible.

The goal of this Sacred Journey to Peru is to create a unique, life-changing initiation into traditional ways of healing with sacred plants, devotional music, Andean culture, and beautiful natural environments — all within a supportive community of conscious peers.

Healing experiences will be combined with modern wisdom, integration resources, and heart-centered community... to bring you into connection with your truest Self, open your heart to new depths, and propel your life to new heights.

The Shift Network has brought together the best guides, facilitators, and healers we know for an unprecedented convergence at a pivotal moment.

According to lead faculty Puma Fredy Quispe Singona and his lineage, Earth is currently going through a shift into a new level of consciousness in which the old destructive patterns in our human story are reaching their conclusion and the new is being born.

This shift is happening through us. We’ve all endured traumas and hardships that may be perpetuating patterns that don’t serve us or the greater good. To emerge as leaders for this new era, we need to clear space for what’s to come.

It’s time to repair our history and reconnect our bodies, minds, and souls.

This Sacred Journey to Peru is a unique opportunity to activate a new and awakened you.

As a participant, you’ll work with ancient healing practices and profound sacred plants. Ayahuasca and Huachuma have long been considered master healer plants in Peru.

In recent years, the modern world is finally catching on to what the ancient healers have known for millennia, and the psychoactive effects of these plants are proving to be powerfully therapeutic in clinical settings and modern psychological research.

Ayahuasca, often referred to as Grandmother and used in nighttime ceremonies, offers a kind of “tough love.” Huachuma (or San Pedro), on the other hand, is called Grandfather, and offers “gentle love” medicine in the light of day.

Both plants, when approached with respect and honor, can catalyze great wisdom for us. By cultivating a deep relationship with these plants — along with the healing power of ceremony — you can transcend feelings of disconnection, depression, and dis-ease, and shift into an awakening of your consciousness.

In Peruvian time-honored tradition, these plants are more than mere substances. They’re living, revered entities that hold a profound intelligence about the unique pathway of healing and awakening for each individual.

Seekers from around the world have been drawn to Peru, especially the Sacred Valley, by something deeper than tourism. There’s an unspoken recognition that this land is a birthing ground for a new humanity.

Cradled by some of the largest mountains on Earth and nourished by verdant landscapes and ethereal Andean music, you’ll have the support of master healers in both plant and human form to reconnect the deepest layers of your being, open to your heart, and uplevel your life in alignment with your soul.

The Sacred Valley forms around the Vilcamayo River, itself one of the headwaters of the Amazon. Nearby, the majestic citadel of Machu Picchu and the historic Incan epicenter of Cusco add to the mysterious magic of the land.

Peru has long been a favorite for travelers on a spiritual path, and you’ll have the chance to savor some of its highlights, such as the archaeological wonder of Machu Picchu, while also going deep into experiences that the vast majority of tourists miss.

Seasoned pioneers in plant medicine will guide you through your journey both in Peru and after. To ensure you receive long-lasting (and safe) positive benefits, you’ll have access to traditional healing knowledge, with the support of Western medical supervision and pre- and post-integration work that addresses psychological, spiritual, and physical healing protocols. 

In this once-in-a-lifetime experience, Puma, an Andean lineage holder trained in ancient ways by his grandfather from the age of six, will take you on a profound journey of evolution and healing for yourself and your mission.

What Previous Participants Have Said About This Trip

Who Is This Journey For?

This journey is for those with a courageous heart and strong mind, who will no longer accept feeling disconnected, depressed, or full of dis-ease, but who are ready to delve into the core of their being to realize the truth of who they are with a community of fellow explorers in a magical land.

While it’s helpful if you have previous experience working with sacred plants in a ceremonial context, it’s not a requirement. All races, colors, genders, ages, and religious orientations are welcome.

This retreat is especially for you if:

• You’ve felt called to explore sacred plant medicines in a safe, legal, and supportive context
• You’ve had powerful experiences with psychedelics that provided a glimpse into their healing potential, and you’d like to go further
• Certain parts of your history are holding you back, and you desire healing so you can move forward in life
• You have a large vision for your business and want to clarify and commit to the path forward
• You feel like you’ve reached a plateau on your growth path and are curious how plant medicines might open you to another level
• You’re being intuitively guided to Peru

This journey is not for you if you have psychological or medical contraindications, or you’re not prepared to enter with a spirit of respect, reverence, and willingness to do the real work that’s often required for lasting results. We are requiring any applicants over 70 to have a special medical clearance to ensure that this is an appropriate next step for you.

Faculty

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Special Musicians & Facilitators

Music Medicine

What People Are Saying About Puma

“There’s really so much to learn in Puma’s teachings.”

Puma creates a learning environment in which you can really grow. He creates a safe space in which you can be your very own best. You’re so secure that you can be free. You’re connected, and you’re engaged in choosing your own path to evolve. There’s really so much to learn in Puma’s teachings. It’s like the threads that are already woven between you and the ancestral forces, the spirits, the essences, the elements, the animals, Pachamama.
— Marion Conaway

“The gifts of Puma and these teachings are beyond measure.”

I feel so blessed to be able to study with Puma. His knowledge, wisdom, presence, and loving heart continue to invite me into a deeper truth of self. I am able to love more fully, to be that love, and to be in love with all that this life is offering in ways I was not before. Through the teachings and the Mesa, I feel so supported by Pachamama, the ancestors, and all allies. I feel held in a constant field of love, beauty, cosmic intelligence, and grace, and I am deeply grateful to know how to use my Mesa to offer this back in service and support of others. The gifts of Puma and these teachings are beyond measure. Much love and gratitude.
— Lakita, Oregon

Itinerary Overview

Bear in mind this is the starting vision and that the cosmic plan will likely take it over to make it even better!

• Day 1 — Arrive to Cusco airport and transport to the beautiful Taypikala for the opening welcome night
• Day 2 — Introductory talks, preparation with faculty, first integration groups, visit to Ollantaytambo, and evening music
• Day 3 — Visit the sacred site of Machu Picchu, and special dinner on return
• Day 4 — First ceremony with Huachuma, accompanied by Wiñaypaq Takin, and evening sound-healing concert with Tito La Rosa
• Day 5 — Morning faculty talks and integration circles, Despacho ceremony with Q’ero elders, and evening Ayahuasca ceremony
• Day 6 — Rest, faculty talks, integration circles, and evening Ayahuasca ceremony
• Day 7 — Second Huachuma ceremony and an evening concert with Ali Maya
• Day 8 — Expedition to the sacred site of Moray and the Chinchero weaving co-op
• Day 9 — Transfer hotels to Palacio del Inka, visit Saqsaywaman, explore Cusco, integration and support talks, and final night celebration with music and dancing with Ñutu Runas
• Day 10 — Closing circle, ceremony, and end of journey

Preparation & Integration Sessions

• Preparation for your journey — dates and times to be announced closer to the trip
• Integration sessions to turn your journey into new opportunities for your life — dates to be announced

Integration: Bring Your Alchemical Treasures Home to Share

About the Plant Medicines

The following descriptions were developed by Puma and his team, who see these plant medicines primarily through a traditional healing lens. Note that it’s not required to work with these plant medicines during the trip. You’ll always have the choice and you can opt to commune directly with the healing spirits, as you’ll learn from Puma’s online program.

San Pedro (often called Huachuma) is a cactus that’s native to the Andes and known to have been used by pre-Inca civilizations for up to 4,000 years. The active component found in this medicine is mescaline, and the nature or personality of this plant is perceived by many as the masculine grandfather spirit. It’s often depicted as having the spirit of the hummingbird.

Used to help perceive our self-created barriers and limitations, this medicine greatly aids in opening and connecting with our hearts. Each ceremony is a meeting with ourselves, Mother Earth, and the Divine, serving as a medicinal mirror to help us see where we hold onto self-limiting beliefs and patterns in our lives, gently guiding us to release what no longer serves us. San Pedro ceremonies are performed with psychological preparation and physical cleansing.

Ayahuasca is an ancient visionary curative medicine that comes from the Amazon. It’s traditionally used in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. Ayahuasca has two main components — the Ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and the chacruna leaves (Psychotria viridis). The spirit and character of Ayahuasca is divinely feminine, perceived as a woman or snake. This visionary plant medicine is often called “the purge,” as it helps us cleanse our physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual bodies through a powerful releasing process. This medicine moves through the body, activating and awakening our sleeping energies. When these energies are activated, they’re expressed in different ways and are ultimately removed from the body. The purge process can take innumerable forms, commonly through tremors, vomiting, diarrhea, strong emotions, tears, yawns, laughter, breath, and more.

Ceremonies that involve deep physical and energetic cleaning and cleansing often precede ceremonies with deep vision and light. The journey is often difficult to understand in the moment. However, with the benefit of hindsight and integration, the deep wisdom of the plants reveals itself in time. It’s commonly understood that the medicine will give you what you need and what you want.

Ayahuasca heals the spirit deeply and also teaches us what’s necessary for us to know, guiding us where it needs to guide us and helping us understand our spiritual world. Prior to the Ayahuasca sessions, it’s extremely important to participate in preparation and stimulation sessions that help us discern what we should learn and what we should ignore.

Psychoactive Masters of the Plant Spirit Kingdom

Sacred Sites Visits

Accommodations & Environment

Hotels

3 Free Online Study Resources Included in This Journey
(Valued at $841.00)

• Puma’s Shift Network course, Working With the Plant Spirits of Ayahuasca and Huachuma
• Christopher Bache’s Shift Network course, Exploring the Cosmic Mind Through Psychedelics
• Curated selection of sessions from The Shift Network’s Shamanic Wisdom Summit and Psychedelic Healing Summit

Pricing

Single Occupancy = $9,997

Double Occupancy = $8,997

Price is per person; airfare not included

Ticket Price (Single Occupancy)

Ticket Price (Double Occupancy)

Cancellation & Refund Policy

• If your application/health intake form is not accepted, your registration fees will be promptly refunded in full.
• We are aware of the sensitive climate in Peru right now and are paying close attention to updates as they become available. Rest assured, if The Shift Network needs to cancel the retreat, your registration fees will be refunded in full.*
• In the highly unlikely event that the retreat is canceled by The Shift Network, your registration fees will be refunded in full.*
• If your application/health intake form is accepted, the following refund policy applies:*
   
  • Until September 10, 2023: Registration fees are fully refundable, less a $200 USD processing fee.
  • September 11, 2023 – October 15, 2023, registration fees are 50% refundable.
  • As of October 16, 2023: No refunds.
• The registration fees must be paid in full prior to attending the retreat.
• Registration fees are listed in USD. You are responsible for any additional fees you may be charged by your financial institution such as foreign currency exchange fees if paying from a non-U.S. account. Contact Customer Support if you require assistance with your payment.

*Please note that this refund policy pertains to the registration fees you have paid to The Shift Network for the event as described above, and does not apply to your airfare and any miscellaneous costs, which are not covered by Shift.

Peru Is Waiting to Safely Welcome You

Insurance & Other Travel Arrangements & Terms

• The Shift Network strongly encourages participants to come prepared with health insurance and travel insurance.
• When purchasing airline tickets, we recommend you opt to include the optional insurance coverage for your tickets offered by most airlines.
• Additionally, we strongly recommended travel insurance that could potentially cover your registration fees in the event that you are not able to attend due to extenuating circumstances. Trip protection to cover unexpected events like loss of a loved one or unexpected illnesses, emergency medical insurance, emergency evacuation, and gear protection, can give you peace of mind and support your positive travel experience. While Shift does not endorse any particular provider, here are three insurance options for your consideration:
   
  • WorldTrips
  • SafetyWing
  • World Nomads
• Or, consider using a travel insurance broker, such as:
   
  • Insure My Trip

• Travel arrangements and documentation, including visas, passports, flights and transportation, travel insurance, health insurance, COVID-19 testing and policies as regards travel to and from Peru, and incidental expenses, are the responsibility of applicants/participants.
• The Shift Network and all associated organizers, facilitators, venue owners, and management are not responsible for any personal injury or illness.

Frequently Asked Questions