Travel to Peru for Sacred Learning, Spiritual Initiation & the Journey of a Lifetime!

Immerse yourself in a profound in-person apprenticeship at the core of Andean shamanic culture — exploring uncharted territories of consciousness within a serene mountain sanctuary and propelling your life’s journey to unprecedented heights and depths.

Your 28-Day Program Includes:

• 20 day-long immersions in Andean healing traditions and cultural transmissions — Monday to Friday every week
• Intimate apprenticeship in a community circle, working with Puma, his extended family, and other respected Peruvian elders
• Guided visits to sacred sites, including Quillarumiyoq, Chinchero, Ausangate, Sayhuite, and Saqsaywaman
• Three optional ceremonies with Huachuma (San Pedro) in a traditional context and one Ayahuasca ceremony (imbibing the plant medicine is optional)
• Special welcome and closing night celebrations — including traditional sacred music with amazing Peruvian musicians
• A one-on-one coca leaf ceremony and consultation with Puma to discern the wisdom you need for the next steps of your journey (20-30 minutes)
• Special Andean cultural experiences, including musical, culinary, and weaving arts with Puma’s family and the local community
• Lodging, from arrival in Cusco to departure
• All meals and local transport included in the program, Monday to Friday; optional weekend travel excursions are not included
• Small-group integration sessions throughout the journey to develop intimacy, community, and mutual support
• Engagement with several elder wisdom carriers sharing about how to work with herbal medicines, energy, and ceremony
• Three online preparation meetings in advance of your arrival (Jan. 24, Mar. 28, May 23)
• Two online integration meetings post apprenticeship (Sept. 5, Nov. 7)
• Access to selected sessions from The Shift Network’s Shamanic Wisdom Summit and Psychedelic Healing Summit
• $1,000 discount on future Sacred Journey to Peru adventures with Shift

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.

Overview of Your Month-Long Learning From Masters

As you’ve already experienced, Puma is guided in each moment in a way that serves the group, so any curriculum or itinerary is only an approximation of what will happen (which will actually be even more magical!). The following roadmap gives you a sense of how this apprenticeship will unfold.

Each week will include:

• Morning practices will consist of walking meditations in the mountains of Chinchero with specific intentions to receive guidance from spirit allies
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Monday through Friday, featuring delicious local Peruvian cuisine
• From around 9:00am to 5:00pm, we’ll dive deep into core teaching sessions, demonstrations, rituals, and ceremony
• Special weekly 1-hour sessions that focus on Peruvian cooking skills (Monday), traditional weaving arts (Wednesday), and Peruvian music (Thursday)
• Sacred site visits, ceremonies, ancestral plant medicine, and much more!

More 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 apprentice with ancient traditions and life-changing plant allies, true magic is possible.

The goal of this Sacred Apprenticeship in Peru is to create a unique, life-changing initiation into traditional ways of healing with plants, energy, ceremony, culture, and beautiful natural environments — all within a supportive community of conscious peers.

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

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

As a participant, you’ll have the opportunity to work with ancient healing practices as well as profound sacred plants, including Huachuma, a visionary cactus that has long been considered a master healer plant in Peru. Huachuma (San Pedro) is often called Grandfather, and offers “gentle love” medicine in the light of day.

When this plant ally is approached with respect and honor, it can catalyze great wisdom for us. By cultivating a deep relationship with it — 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, Huachuma is more than a mere substance. It’s a living, revered entity that holds a profound intelligence about the unique pathway of healing and awakening for each individual.

To ensure you receive long-lasting (and safe) positive benefits, you’ll have access to traditional healing knowledge, with the support of pre- and post-integration work that addresses psychological, spiritual, and physical healing protocols.

In this life-enriching apprenticeship, 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.

Highlights From the 2022 Sacred Journey to Peru

What Previous Participants Have Said About Shift Network Journeys to Peru With Puma

Who Is This Apprenticeship For?

This apprenticeship is for those who feel called by their soul to engage in this work. It is not a journey primarily for entertainment or tourism but an opportunity to engage in a deep wisdom transmission and spiritual apprenticeship. We believe that those who are called to come are responding to a specific sacred purpose — which may or may not be known in advance — so that the medicine of this beautiful culture can be shared.

All you need is a courageous heart and committed mind, as well as a willingness to dive into the core of your being in a community of fellow explorers. We invite participants to be vulnerable, real, and committed to drop deeper into your heart each day.

This program is only open to those who will have completed the online 12-month immersion with Puma (or special exceptions for people who have already been apprenticing in-person with Puma) so that he can review the foundational teachings and focus on expanding into more advanced levels that can only be passed on in person.

While it’s helpful if you have previous experience working with sacred plants in a ceremonial context, it’s not a requirement. You can choose to connect with the plant spirit of Huachuma and not imbibe the plant medicine. All races, colors, genders, ages, and religious orientations are welcome.

This apprenticeship is not for you if you have psychological or medical contraindications that make it unsafe, 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 change. We are requiring any applicants over 70 to have a special medical clearance to ensure that this is an appropriate next step for them since the altitude and climate adjustments can be challenging, and working with sacred plant medicines can be contraindicated. If you have questions about your medical clearance, please click here to schedule a meeting with Program Manager Lola Young.

Faculty

Special Facilitators, Elders, and Musicians

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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

About Huachuma (San Pedro)

The following description was 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 this plant medicine during the trip. You’ll always have the choice, and you can opt to commune directly with the healing spirits, as you have learned from Puma’s online program.

San Pedro (often called Huachuma), a cactus native to the Andes, is 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 in our lives, gently guiding us to release what no longer serves us. San Pedro ceremonies are performed with psychological preparation and physical cleansing.

Ceremonies for deep physical and energetic cleansing precede ceremonies that can bring healing 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.

Psychoactive Masters of the Plant Spirit Kingdom

Sacred Site Visits Included

Optional Excursions

Local Immersion: Sacred Sites, Local Traditions & Cultural Exchanges

Hotels

In order to optimize your integration and spiritual journey, Puma requested that all participants stay in single rooms in the town of Chinchero or in his own ceremonial center. We will be in the following hotels, which are rated as a 3-star level of accommodation:

Chinchero Boutique Hotel

La Casa De Barro Lodge

Free Resources Included in This Journey

• Curated selection of sessions from The Shift Network’s Shamanic Wisdom Summit and Psychedelic Healing Summit
• $1,000 discount on future Sacred Journey to Peru adventures, enabling you to return more easily to Peru should you wish to continue your apprenticeship through Shift.

Availability: We have a hard limit of 24 spaces in this program. All spaces include single bedrooms for the full 28 days in order to optimize your integration process.

Price is per person; airfare not included.

Ticket Price (Single Occupancy)

Cancellation & Refund Policy

• If your application/health intake form is not accepted, your registration fees will be promptly refunded in full.
• In the last year, there has been some instability in Peru which appears to be over. Rest assured, if The Shift Network needs to cancel the apprenticeship in the event of a recurrence, your registration fees would be refunded in full.*
• In the event the apprenticeship is canceled by The Shift Network for another reason, your registration fees will be refunded in full.*
• If your application/health intake form is accepted, the following refund policy applies:*
   
  • Before November 1, 2023, within 24 hours of purchase, registration fees are fully refundable. 
  • Before November 1, 2023, past the “24 hours of purchase” window, a non-refundable $500 deposit is retained. 
  • From November 1, 2023 through December 15, 2023, 50% of collected tuition is retained by The Shift Network. 
  • Beginning December 16, 2023, no refunds are available.
• The registration fees must be paid at least 30 days prior to attending the apprenticeship.
• 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 that you choose 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