A journey from mind to the heart
This journey is deeply special to me, because once again I get to give back to the sacred lands that have given me so much, to the medicines, the mountains, and the wisdom keepers. And to you, the ones who feel the call.
We’ll gather in the Sacred Valley of Peru, embraced by majestic Andean mountains, a valley known as the Mecca of profound healing and indigenous medicine. For eight nights, this sacred land will hold us as we remember who we truly are.
We begin with a heart-opening Cacao Ceremony, a gentle weaving of connections between strangers who will soon become soul family.
Over the following days, we’ll walk the path of ancient medicine:
- Two powerful Wachuma Ceremonies – guided with reverence, wisdom, and safety.
- And then, we open the sacred space to Mother Ayahuasca – the Grandmother spirit who shows us the unseen, the forgotten, the hidden treasures within.
- Integration day between medicines – because we believe that the magic happens not just in the ceremony, but in the spaces in between, where insights land and the soul begins to alchemize.
We will also enter the Temazcal, the sweat lodge of our ancestors, where we’ll cleanse, release, and emerge reborn, as many generations have done before us.
Our time together will be interwoven with:
- A sacred despacho ceremony at the revered Mount Pitusiray
- Ancestral drumming and ceremonial dance
- Sound healing to harmonize and restore the energetic body
- Curated yoga and therapeutic bodywork, including deep-tissue massage
- An intimate immersion into Peruvian arts, including a guided visit to a local market
- A closing celebratory dinner with traditional Peruvian music and dance, honoring life and all that has been remembered
We are committed to creating a safe, intentional, and transformative container, guided by trained facilitators, wisdom keepers, and local guardians of the medicine.
Highlights
Integration
Integration is at the heart of every journey we offer. At Lionheart, we believe that true healing begins after the ceremony when insights are gently woven into everyday life. We support this sacred unfolding with compassion, guidance, and tools to help you embody your transformation long after the retreat ends.
Cacao Ceremony
A sacred heart-opening ritual using ceremonial-grade cacao to foster emotional clarity, presence, and connection. This gentle yet profound ceremony cultivates feelings of love, gratitude, and unity, helping participants access inner wisdom and emotional healing. It is often accompanied by music, intention-setting, and guided meditation to deepen the experience and open the heart space fully.
Wachuma Ceremony
Guided by the sacred San Pedro cactus, the Wachuma Ceremony is a deeply transformative plant medicine journey that opens the heart and heightens spiritual awareness. It fosters profound inner connection, emotional healing, and unity with nature. Facilitated with care, this experience helps participants access clarity, compassion, and a grounded sense of peace and purpose.
Ayahuasca Ceremony
An ancient shamanic ritual rooted in Amazonian traditions, the Ayahuasca Ceremony is a powerful journey of spiritual awakening and deep healing. With guidance from experienced facilitators, participants are supported as they confront emotional wounds, clear energetic blockages, and receive insights from the spirit world. It is a sacred path to self-discovery, release, and profound transformation.
Psilocybin
Psilocybin mushrooms, often called Sacred Mushrooms or Magic Mushrooms, have been used for thousands of years in indigenous ceremonies across Mesoamerica for healing, divination, and communion with the spirit world. In the Mazatec tradition of Oaxaca, Mexico, they are known as niños santos, “the holy children”,because they are believed to gently guide us toward truth, wisdom, and the heart’s calling. The main active compound, psilocybin, is converted in the body to psilocin, which interacts with serotonin receptors in the brain, leading to expanded consciousness, profound emotional release, and deeply meaningful visions.
Temazcal Ceremony
A powerful Mesoamerican sweat lodge ritual symbolizing rebirth and renewal. Inside the steam-filled dome, participants undergo physical, emotional, and spiritual purification through intense heat, sacred chants, and shared intention. The Temazcal reconnects you with Mother Earth, releases toxins, and offers a deeply symbolic experience of surrender, cleansing, and emerging anew into fresh energy.
Despacho Ceremony
A traditional Andean ritual of gratitude and prayer, the Despacho Ceremony is an offering to Pachamama and the sacred mountain spirits. Carefully selected natural elements are arranged with intention to honor nature, express thanks, and call in harmony. It’s a deeply spiritual practice that aligns you with cosmic balance, blessings, and the rhythms of life.
Ancestral Drumming & Dance
A Ritual of Remembrance and Awakening
An ancient ceremonial practice where rhythm becomes the language of the soul. Guided by the steady heartbeat of the drum, this ritual invites a return to the body, the earth, and our ancestral memory.
As we drum and move around the sacred fire, the rhythm bypasses the thinking mind and speaks directly to the bones and blood. Something primal awakens, stirring deep remembrance, grounding presence, and a sense of coming home. Many experience a profound familiarity, as if the body remembers what the mind has forgotten.
Flower Bath
A traditional Andean ritual using fragrant flowers and sacred herbs to cleanse the aura and invite positive energy.
It gently washes away emotional and energetic residue, restoring harmony to body, heart, and spirit.
Both purifying and deeply nurturing, the flower bath reconnects you to beauty, softness, and the natural rhythm of renewal, leaving you feeling held, refreshed, and rebalanced
Sound Healing
A meditative experience that uses vibrational instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and tuning forks to realign the body and clear emotional blockages. Each sound frequency interacts with your energy field, promoting deep relaxation, emotional release, and inner harmony. Sound Healing offers a pathway to stillness, clarity, and a gentle return to balance and presence.
Somatic Bodywork
A gentle, integrative offering that brings awareness back into the body through mindful movement, breath, and therapeutic touch. Through soft yoga and guided breathing, tension releases, the nervous system settles, and inner spaciousness opens. Therapeutic body massage supports this process by easing physical and energetic blockages, restoring flow, balance, and alignment. Together, these practices ground the body, calm the mind, and prepare you to enter the journeys with clarity, presence, and embodied trust.
Visit to Macchu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a mystical Incan citadel nestled in the Andean mountains of Peru, revered for its architectural brilliance and spiritual resonance. Surrounded by lush peaks and ancient energy, it invites deep awe and introspection. Walking its sacred paths connects you to the Earth, ancestral wisdom, and the profound mystery of this sacred land.
Yoga
A gentle practice of movement and breath that brings awareness back into the body. Mindful yoga helps you release stored tension, open your energy channels, and center your mind, creating the inner spaciousness needed for the journeys. It is a grounding way to arrive fully present, balanced, and receptive to the medicine’s wisdom.
Massage
More than relaxation, therapeutic massage helps circulate energy through your body, releasing blockages and easing tension. By improving flow and balance, it prepares you to enter the journeys with greater openness and alignment.
Accommodation & Food
Your sanctuary for this journey is a beautiful retreat in the Sacred Valley, surrounded by the towering Andes and infused with the ancient wisdom of the Incan lineage. It offers the perfect environment to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect.
You will be welcomed into beautifully designed single and shared rooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom for comfort and serenity. Every meal is thoughtfully prepared, wholesome vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options crafted from fresh, local produce.
Here, it’s not just about where you stay, it’s about how you feel. The land, the mountains, and the people of the Sacred Valley hold you in a field of healing energy, allowing your mind, body, and spirit to soften, release, and expand.
Meet Our Team
Meet the souls holding a safe, sacred space for your healing. Facilitators and integrators, here to gently support your inner journey.
