If you are interested in joining the retreat in a shared double, please reach out to [email protected] to find out which spots are still available.
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.
Earth is currently going through a shift into a new level of consciousness, according to Andean Medicine carrier and lead faculty Puma Fredy Quispe Singona, in which the old destructive patterns in our human story are reaching their conclusion and a new energetic template 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 conscious leaders for this new era, we need to clear space within ourselves and allow our heart to guide us forward.
It’s time to repair our personal history and reconnect our bodies, minds, and souls to the divine soul of the world.
This Sacred Journey to Peru is a unique opportunity to activate a new and awakened you.
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.
If you’d like to learn more about this retreat, please email Program Manager Lola Young with your questions or to set up a time to speak. You may also schedule a one-on-one information session with Lola here.
This journey is for those with a courageous heart and strong mind, 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. You must be over 18 to attend the retreat.
This retreat is especially for you if:
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. We’ll have a medical doctor on site to provide support to participants.
Participants Share Their Experiences From the Sacred Journey to Peru
Dear Fellow Seeker,
What if you had an opportunity to take an epic transformational journey that would heal your heart and expand you into your highest potential while advancing your life mission in powerful ways — all while building a soul family for support and collaboration?
OurSacred Journey to Peru offers just that kind of magic — love, culture, adventure, and transformation.
Part of theSacred Journey to Peru includes the chance to work with psychedelic plant medicines in a traditional context. Working in this way is proving to be one of the fastest accelerators for those on the path of transformation, providing an opportunity to engage in rapid healing, the downloading of new roadmaps, and insight into core healing work.
More people are sharing their stories publicly as the path to legalization advances in the North. As the founding CEO of The Shift Network, I can attest that some of our most powerful and effective programs have come to me in crystal-clear ways during plant medicine ceremonies.
The good news is that, in Peru, this work is already fully legal and builds off legacies and lineages that have been operating for hundreds of years. There’s a sacred culture of working with plant medicines for healing and for vision that weaves together beautiful music, shamanic healing, and vibrational medicine to help transform body, mind, and spirit.
We believe that this Sacred Journey to Peru may well be the best investment you can make in advancing your life work and in your awakening — with the goal being for you to experience profound openings, receive deep healings, and be blessed with fresh downloads that illuminate the path to a brighter future for you and your life’s work.
This will also be a special trip because we’ll have Christine Stevens, a beloved Shift faculty and music therapist, joining our talented Andean musicians to create sacred sound healing ceremonies throughout the retreat.
In partnership,
Stephen Dinan
P.S. With a deep lineage rooted in the ancient traditions of the region, Puma brings not only years of experience but also a profound spiritual connection to the retreats he leads, making him the ideal guide for this journey of self-discovery and healing. Under his guidance, you’ll experience the true essence of plant medicine healing in a way that’s both authentic and deeply personal.
In this trip of a lifetime, you will experience ancestral traditions that have been kept alive for thousands of years.
— Puma Fredy Quispe Singona
— Heather, Sacred Journey to Peru, December 2024
The most powerful thing is ... the remembrance that we are all pollinators of consciousness and love... If you have the call, show up to it — you’ll never regret it.
— Andrea, Sacred Journey to Peru, December 2024
I experienced and saw the matrix that connects all life and everything in the cosmos. It’s a miraculous experience.
— Sally, Georgia, Sacred Journey to Peru, October 2022
It was so encouraging to watch the synchronicities of life unfold before my eyes on this journey. Every conversation, every meeting, every interaction, every ceremony, every moment in nature observing the elements and the creatures seemed so perfectly aligned from beginning to end. Absolutely amazing!
— Sarah, Sacred Journey to Peru, December 2023
I actually received a new energetic heart and was cleared of old patterns of carrying the unnecessary suffering, grief, and sadness of my paternal lineage.
— Corrina, Oregon, Sacred Journey to Peru, October 2022
My mother and I did this retreat together, and what a beautiful, loving, transformational journey it was. We already had a close relationship, but being in Peru with Puma, his family, and the beautiful Shift team deepened it in a way that is truly impossible to describe. If anything in your heart is saying to go, listen! This is a trip of a lifetime.
— Ryan, Sacred Journey to Peru, August 2023
The huachuma ceremonies were most helpful for me in working with forgiveness and healing family and ancestral trauma. The ayahuasca ceremony taught me how blessed I am with abilities of insight and knowingness without the need for plant medicines. I came to love and accept my “normal” state of consciousness as a blessed state and to not take it for granted.
— Anonymous, Sacred Journey to Peru, August 2023
I experienced a shift in awareness and presence; more ease with what is, including moments when shadow is passing through. I experienced more being in the present; increased moments of simple joy — catching myself and shifting to joy and gratitude.
— Judah, Sacred Journey to Peru, December 2023
During my journey I was able to release so much pain and grief over an extremely toxic relationship. I have felt a tremendous amount of peace since returning.
— Kim, Texas, Sacred Journey to Peru, October 2022
— Dennis, California, Sacred Journey to Peru, October 2022
Through the direct transmission of icaros in my second ayahuasca plant medicine ceremony, I came to know Puma, his family, and ancestors as upholders of pure love and light of the highest order. Reverence for Pachamama and all life is vital and intact through Puma’s traditional Peruvian ancestral lineage. I will work with and expand upon this experience of receiving unconditional love in the entirety of my being for the rest of my life. It was the greatest homecoming as a remembering of our true sacred nature. All healing, magic, and miracles, senses of belonging, vitality, connection, and creation come from the ultimate frequency of LOVE.
— Reneigh, Canada, Sacred Journey to Peru, October,2022
I felt this journey provided a safe container to explore this wonderful method of transformation and awakening.
— Anonymous, Sacred Journey to Peru, October 2022
— Retreat Faculty Anodea Judith: “It Felt Like Everyone Was Lit Up and Coming Into Their Truest Self”
— Retreat Faculty Master Mingtong Gu: “This Journey in Peru Has Been a Cosmic Feast”
— Terry N.: “It Was an Indigenous Cultural Homecoming to Aspects of Myself I Hadn’t Discovered”
— Andrea S.: “It’s a Joy to Consider All the Ways We Can Pollinate This Magic”
— Lloyd M.: “Shifting From Doing to Being Is a Very Deep Shift”
Bear in mind that this is the starting vision and that the cosmic plan will likely take over to make it even better!
If you’d like to learn more about this retreat, please email Program Manager Lola Young with your questions or to set up a time to speak. You may also schedule a one-on-one information session with Lola here.
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 on to self-limiting beliefs and patterns, 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
If you’d like to learn more about this retreat, please email Program Manager Lola Young with your questions or to set up a time to speak. You may also schedule a one-on-one information session with Lola here.
Machu Picchu is a citadel built on top of the mountains right above the Willka Mayu or Willka Nota River, where the altar of Apu Salkantay, the most important mountain spirit god of the Inca people, resides. Built with white granite in the shape of the condor, and known as the crystal condor, the myth and legend is that the crystal condor carries the soul of the people of this Earth to the sun of divine origins. In Machu Picchu, you can connect with your original soul purpose and learn what you need to manifest in this lifetime, to leave as an offering and a legacy for generations to come. Machu Picchu is the temple of liberation, self-realization, and enlightenment, and honors the most important constellation of the Inca people — the southern cross constellation — also known as the heart of the Milky Way.
Qorikancha, the “Temple of the Sun,” is the center of centers of the Inca civilization. Completely adorned in gold, silver, and precious stones, with life-sized sacred spiritual symbols, it represents the cosmovision. This land is known as a vortex, where many ley lines converge. It was believed that the disc representing the sun was in this temple — made of crystals and precious stones (some believe from materials not of this Earth!). Top chiefs, governors, military and religious leaders, and high priests and priestesses came to this sacred temple to ask the oracle questions and make important decisions for the Inca civilization. The people of the community were only allowed outside the temple walls to pray to their ancestors, the sun disc, and the Divine... for enlightenment, self-realization, and illumination.
Saqsaywaman, the “Temple of the Enlightened,” is also known as “satisfied hawk” or “great head of the puma.” This temple was for the head of administration, top military, government, and religious leaders. The enlightened head of the puma is a terrace in the shape of lightning with lithic pieces and stones brought from a quarry 25 km southeast of Cusco, weighing approximately 120 tons. At this temple, you can connect with the power of leadership, the enlightened mind, and enlightened consciousness. Here, the Andean people give homage to Father Sun and Mother Earth and keep ancestral ceremonies, rituals, and offerings of gratitude alive.
Chinchero, the “Land of the Rainbow,” was derived from the word Sincheraq — the people of highly evolved souls who discovered and offered their gifts from an early age to the family and community through the Tawantinsuyu (the four regions of the sun). In ancient times, this was a university where young people were trained in the arts of weaving, architecture, engineering, astronomy, and military. Today, Chinchero is an amazing altar for the sunset. It’s believed that these altars facing the west are meant to honor the ancestors, leaders, and high priests and priestesses, who have set with the sun and, with their light, are still guarding us to be in service... for our evolution and self-realization. Chinchero is also known as the land of the rainbow and is the temple of the seven rays, which are the most important lineages and traditions of the world.
Quillarumiyoq is a sacred place of ceremony and sharing in communion with nature and the Apus (powerful mountain spirits), and serves as a portal to connect with Mother Earth and the Divine Feminine, fertility, and rebirth. Archeologists just recently discovered these sacred caves, altars, and ceremonial platforms in 2005, and they remain relatively lesser known.
Puma Fredy Quispe Singona Paqo, Andean Medicine Carrier
Puma Fredy Quispe Singona began training with his grandfather, the late Don Maximo, after being struck by lightning at the age of six — learning and mastering the Andean traditions and rituals of the Rainbow Lineage from the Inca people of Chinchero. He has studied the direct lineages of the Huachuma plant from the coast of Peru and with Ayahuasca, the sacred plant of the Amazonian Shipibo people. Puma conveys a profound respect for Pachamama (Mother Earth) and ancestral plant medicine. He facilitates ceremonies to support our global consciousness awakening and has been featured in books and films about the Andean medicine path. Read full bio...
Dr. Marie Mbouni Trauma-Informed Ceremonies and Integration Facilitator, Spiritual Guide, Coach
Devaa Haley Mitchell Co-Founder of The Shift Network, Women's Spirituality Expert
Christine Stevens Speaker, Author & Music Therapist
Lola Young Retreat Manager & Facilitator
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Rustica (Sacred Valley)
Welcome to Rústica Urubamba - Cusco: Discover a cozy retreat in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Our hotel offers spaces with stunning views, a panoramic pool, and heated jacuzzis, ideal for relaxing after a day of exploration. Just minutes from Ollantaytambo and an hour from the city of Cusco, we are strategically located for you to experience the magic of the Andes and the history of the ancient Incas. With a welcoming atmosphere and impeccable service, we invite you to enjoy an unforgettable experience in one of the most beautiful destinations in the world.
Palacio del Inka (Cusco)
Considered a historic landmark, Palacio del Inka is a 5-centuries-old mansion located in the heart of downtown Cusco. The luxury hotel’s unique and captivating design embraces historical aspects of Peruvian culture while maintaining world-class luxury and modern conveniences. You’ll find stone archways, authentic Hispanic art, and ornate gilded antiques. Join a delectable meal at Inti Raymi, the hotel’s on-site restaurant serving an array of epicurean cuisine, and enjoy a selection of wines. Harmonize your body and soul with a signature treatment or massage at the luxurious Andes Spirit Spa. Directly across from Koricancha, the “Temple of the Sun,” this luxury hotel is just minutes from the shops and museums in the main square.
If you are interested in joining the retreat in a shared double, please reach out to [email protected] to find out which spots are still available.
Price is per person; airfare not included
Reserve your spot with a $500 application fee and deposit. Upon registration, you’ll be directed to a health application intake form to complete. Should your health application be declined, all deposits, payments, and fees will be refunded in full. See details below.
Payment Plans
To provide you with greater financial flexibility, a multi-pay option spreads your payments over several months. The earlier you register, the more months you can spread your payments over. See the payment boxes below for more information.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Upon registration, you’ll be directed to complete a health application intake form. Should your health application be declined, all deposits, payments, and fees will be 100% refunded.
*Please note that this refund policy pertains to the payments and 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 included with your registration.
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