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    Walking to the Holy Mountain (Apu Ausangate, Peru): A Journey of Initiation

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    Join Lea Motlow, Jeff Firewalker, and the Andean Paq’os from the Q’eros Nation as they guide & assist you on a spiritual, soul quest journey to sacred power spots in the sacred valley in Peru. You will be supported all along the way as you walk towards your Higher Calling. Receive Karpay’s (shamanic initiations) that will clear and activate as you step into this deeper way of being on this 11-day journey of Deep Reflection, Healing, and Transformation. 

    We will end at the base of the Holy Mountain, Apu Ausangate, where you will receive the Power and Light of the Chaka-Runa (Bridge Person). As you walk out from Apu Ausangate, you will be walking toward your new life. The one that returned from the Mountain and “The Give Away “ of your Gifts to the World. This Soul Quest journey is to support and heal yourself, your family, your lineage, and also the Collective. It is an initiatory pilgrimage of light and hope for this changing world. This trip is also considered a high-level or advanced Quest.

    In the Andean teachings, we are in the unfolding of the Taripay Pacha (Re-membering). It is the age of Meeting ourselves again. A time in which we have the opportunity to raise our energy and consciously evolve into new modes of being. We are moving towards a golden age of harmony and well-being.

    Both Lea and Jeff have traveled to Peru, Europe & the US extensively over the years, so you can feel confident in their experience to assist you as you travel to Peru with them.

    WHAT’S INCLUDED

    • Travel to each place, along with pick up and delivery to the Cusco airport as required
    • Single or shared double rooms
    • Tents, sleeping bags, mats, and blankets while at Ausangate – including horses if needed!
    • Sacred Teachings and Ceremony with the Paqo’s (Andean shamanic healers) – including translation and ceremonial supplies
    • Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with a last night celebration meal

    THE JOURNEY

    DAY 1: Travel “GROUNDING”
    You will be picked up from the Cusco Airport before we head to Urubamba, a town in the sacred valley. We will have lunch on the way and get settled in our hotel. That evening, we will have a welcome ceremony, a group Coca Reading, and a Fire Ceremony for our soul’s grounding.

    DAY 2: Kinsa Cocha (Three Lakes) “OPENING”
    We will head to Kinsa Cocha to create access to the altar of Pachamama. To weave a relationship with her and help us with our personal processes we will be offering a Despacho here. The Paqo’s will Activate the layers of what is to be Released.

    DAY 3: Wakay Willka/Apu Veronica “RELEASE”
    We travel to Waky Willka, a power spot that commands both Fear and Reverence, where we will work with our ancestors. We will open or activate the lineage of our personal worlds in relation to our relatives or ancestral wounds that need to be released. The Paqo’s will be doing healings during this time.

    DAY 4: Puma Marka (Puma Village) “MUNAY” (THE HEART)
    This sacred site represents the “Kay Pacha,” the world of the living. The puma is a symbol of strength and wisdom and will guide each one of use to stand strongly in our heart space, to open your luminous energy bodies expanding your Munay. Here you will Activate and Receive the rites of Munay from a Karpay transmission.

    DAY 5: KILARUMIYOQ, The Temple of the Moon, “BIRTH”
    We will work with the Yachay, to activate the three dimensions of the mind and power of our decisions. Cleanse, clarify, and power up the connection of breath over the mind to open and support your process of activating heavy energies into light energy. In this place of the Divine Feminine, you will receive the Karpay of the Power of Pachamama. Walk through the Threshold to become the Chaka-Runa (Bridge Person) and walk forward into the world to share your gifts.

    DAY 6: Wanakauri “CLEARING”
    This is one of the more important Wak‘as of the Inca Culture. We will be working with Llank’ay, (our will, action) with the support of our intentions or our Mangos Wasi, (our celestial light bodies), on our own personal pain and doubt to heal the root of our spiritual structures. This is a wonderful place to replace fear to cross the tunnel of space and time. You will receive the transmission of Light from the Paqos to open the door of your walk as a Pampa Misayok, one who follows the path of the Heart. We walk in Oneness with Pachamama and work with the energy of the Cosmos.

    DAY 7: Apu Ausangate “The Quest”
    We will head to the Holy Mountain of Ausangate… to Pacchanta, the beginning of the trail to Azul Cocha at the foot of Apu Ausangate. You will be walking through the “Threshold” of your Quest, as you walk towards the Mountain it will be a journey into another world. You will also be integrating the power of the Chaka-Runa and what that means for you in your personal Soul’s Calling. This will be a 3-hour journey. Horses will be available if needed.

    We will be camping at the base of Apu Ausangate.
    All camping equipment will be supplied.

    DAY 8: Otorongo (PUMA) COCHA (Lake) A Portal
    This lake holds the powerful transformational waters of Ausangate. Absolute pure waters of Astral Dimensions. We will be guided by the Paqos on our work to do here as we prepare to receive the light the next morning. This portal is one of Chrystalline Chuya energy.

    We will be camping another night at Ausangate.

    DAY 9: Azul Cocha “INITIATION” receiving the light.
    After breakfast, we will visit the lake at the base of Apu Ausangate, an initiation for your spiritual path. You will also receive light energy from Inti Tayta. After our ceremony, we will say goodbye to The Holy Apu, Ausangate.

    We will hike out and head down the mountain. As we walk out we will still be in the portal of the quest along with walking towards our personal calling in this life. Embodying the vision of the “One that Returned” from the Quest.

    We will be staying in Pacchanta and will be able to enjoy the hot springs. We will be spending the night there in the community.

    DAY 10: Stepping back through the Threshold to our New Life
    After breakfast, we will walk to the Apacheta right outside of Pacchanta. Here, the Paqo’s will offer guidance along with prayers. There will be a Ceremony to bring each participant back through the Threshold to their New Life. We will have lunch and then load up the bus and travel back to Cusco.

    DAY 11: Integration Day
    We will be using this day to support the group as they prepare to return to their Village. To offer ceremony and teachings around the “Return,” the one that came home…and also speak about the “Giveaway.” We will be enacting a personal ceremony of giving, for it is important when you receive the illumination that you channel it to others. Also, you may not feel powerful or ready, but it is the willingness as you return from your quest that matters. The path will unfold as you return, and that is when the true Soul Quest begins. We will have our farewell dinner that evening.
    The following day, the group will be dispersing and going home. We will make sure everyone has a way to the Airport on that day.

    COST

    $500 deposit upon registration.

    Please email Lea Motlow to discuss registration and payment arrangements: lea@golden-threads.com

    Once you are registered, you will receive guidance and information on how to prepare for your trip.

    ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT!

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    Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Av. Velasco Astete, Cusco, SE 08006, Peru
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