We invite you to step out of yourself and enter the Mystical World of Peru, the cradle of a unique culture and its Spiritual Traditions. You are invited to participate in an authentic ritual led by a practicing Healer who is a Seer in the Andean tradition and a modern day representative of an age-old line of Spiritual authority. And you are invited to a Sound Healing Ceremony at Machu Picchu.

For most of our journey we will be enjoying the breathtaking gardens of Willka T'ika Guesthouse, a modern Spiritual Retreat Center in the Sacred Valley of the Inka. The surrounding gardens are filled with Andean medicinal plants, brilliant flowers and organically grown vegetables, all featured in our gourmet organic vegetarian cuisine meals. The magnificent meeting room and yoga studio built from earth materials has hardwood floors, great heating and wonderful lighting, with rays of morning sun streaming into the studio to start off each day.

This program also offers you a spiritual and cultural adventure for Mind, Body and Soul. Each day after your yoga session and a relaxed buffet breakfast, you will visit a different Ancient Inkan site in the Sacred Valley. Time is set aside for hiking and your personal exploration and meditation inside each Sacred Site."

While at Willka T'ika there will be time to schedule a private Massage/Healing Session in our Healing Rooms, a Crystal Bed Treatment, or a soak in our hot outdoor Andean Baths filled with Minerals from Pachamama and medicinal Herbs and flowers from the Gardens. Seven Sacred gardens for healing and meditation, indoor meditation rooms, solar-heated floral medicinal baths, healing massage rooms and a Crystal Healing Bed room from John of God in Brazil.

• The package includes six nights at Willka T’ika, two days in fascinating Cusco City, two days at Machu Picchu, guides, Authentic Andean Ceremonies, transport, hotel accommodation, entrance tickets and tourist train to Machu Picchu. All meals at Willka T’ika, a welcome lunch in Cusco and special dinner at Machu Picchu are included.

Deposit For Sacred Journey-Remainder to be paid by September 1st.

Wednesday, November 3 2010
Day Two
After a buffet breakfast in the hotel, early bus to the Inkan Ritual Fountain at Tampumachay, the perfect starting place for our program on Andean cosmology. “Where there is water, there is life.” To the Andean people water is sacred and we invite you to participate in a water ceremony to balance and open your energy centers, activating and enhancing your creative and healing forces. A brief Coca-Leaf Ceremony will invite you to tap into the energies of Pachamama (Mother Earth). Continue onward with a visit to the Sacred Sites at Saksaywaman overlooking the city of Cusco. Impressive stonework and structures weighing hundreds of tons will leave you in awe. How did the ancestors of the Quechua and Inkans build those structures without the use of the wheel and steel implements? Return to Cusco for lunch on your own or free time to explore some of the quality silver shops on the main square. Group meets back at the hotel for afternoon departure to the Sacred Valley and Willka T'ika Garden Guest House, your base over the next week.

Willka T’ika was built especially for groups to practice yoga or related activities such as movement, music and meditation in a garden setting, all while enjoying the splendor of the Andes. Orientation at Willka T'ika followed by a welcome dinner and introduction to our friendly Quechua staff, who will take care of your needs during your stay

Spa in the Andes:

Enjoy an Andean full body massage with aromatherapy oils for $65 per hour. At night under the stars treat yourself to a solar bath filled with aromatic medicinal flowers from our gardens and mineral salts for purification for $30 per bath. A half-hour treatment on our crystal bed imported from the miracle healer John of God in Brazil is $30 for a half-hour healing session, a wonderful offering to balance body and spirit."

Thursday, November 4 2010
Day Three
Special day with Authentic Andean Ceremony. Morning meditation and buffet breakfast. After breakfast group orientation tour of the Seven Sacred Gardens at Willka T'ika. Incorporating Andean symbols, these magnificent flower and herbal gardens bring wholeness to our being and have been built with love and guidance from nature. Group attunement and meditation in the gardens connect us with Pachamama and further enhances our connection to the energies of the Sacred Valley. Our guests are encouraged to spend time and meditate in the splendors of nature during their stay at Willka T’ika and during visits to nearby ancient sites.
Energetic guests may hike in the countryside, stopping at a neighbor's chicharia to see how the traditional drink is brewed. Chicha, made from Sara (sacred corn), is an important component in ceremonies to the Apukuna (mountain spirits). Our staff, all children of traditional Quechua campesinos will happily accompany you and invite you into their nearby homes. Others may wish to use the time to rest, paint and write in their journals. Early afternoon also is the best time to schedule coca-leaf readings. After an early dinner, an Authentic Pakko – a ritual specialist – invites the group to participate in a special Andean offering ceremony to Pachamama. Conducted for the well-being of the group and practiced by Andean Quechua for thousands of years, this despacho healing ceremony invites you into their spirit-filled world. The despacho ends with a fire ceremony, preparing our mind, body and spirit for our pilgrimage to Machu Picchu.



Friday, November 5 2010
Day Four
Sun Chakra day:After breakfast, we welcome the sparkling energies of the day with a drive through the Sacred Valley to the spectacular Ruins of P'isaq. Overlooking impressive Inkan terraces, we hike the non-tourist trail to the Inkan Temple of the Sun, a doorway to the upper Andean world of the Condor, messenger of the Gods. Optional meditation and optional hike down the mountain to the colorful market of P'isaq. Be prepared - this market offers a wonderful opportunity to buy woven goods, jewelry, colorful wall hangings and hand-painted beadwork, as well as wonderful photographic opportunities. Observe the colorful traditionally-dressed campesinos coming to barter and sell their produce. Our guide will recommend some delicious options for an inexpensive al fresco lunch, where you can watch the lively activities of the market. Return to Willka T'ika in the afternoon with time to relax before dinner.

Saturday, November 6 2010
Day Five
Heart Chakra Day: Early morning group session based on the cosmology of the day and the incredible power of place, we will journey within to share our own abundance with a local school of children. Bring with you something that you feel will be a gift to a local child to enhance their lives. After breakfast, we will begin our very special visit to an Andean mountain school (weather permitting). For fifteen years willka Tika has maintained contact with dedicated school teachers and traditionally-dressed pupils in isolated high mountain communities, in areas that few tourists are privileged to visit. With each visit, we see how Andean communities, so dear to our hearts, are progressing. The warmth and joy of the children and their openness in bringing us into their daily lives are experiences not easily forgotten. Visitors always are humbled and deeply moved by this cultural exchange. After our visit with the community, we will make our way to the Ollantaytambo Ruins with its wonderful stonework and sun temple. Preparation for Machu Picchu.




Sunday, November 7 2010
Day Six
Morning train to Aguas Calientes, the lively village situated below the nearby Machu Picchu Ruins. After a brief check-in to your hotel, ascend by bus to the sunlit terraces of the historical Inkan center of spiritual and political power. In the morning you enter Machu Picchu as tourists and follow our special guide on a tour of the "Lost City of the Inka." Thereafter there is plenty of time to return in the afternoon as pilgrims for meditations and explorations in feminine and masculine energy sites. The guide will assist the group in deciding which areas they might wish to further explore or hike.
Meet at the hotel at 6pm. Weather permitting, the group is invited to participate in an outdoor Shamanic Sound Healing Ceremony. Throat Chakra and fully Body Balancing. The Healer uses special custom-made instruments to tune in deeply to the core essence of Machu Picchu. After the hour-long ceremony, Magical Journey invites you to a delicious three-course dinner in one of the finest restaurants in Aguas Calientes.

Monday, November 9 2010
Day Seven
Full morning free to wander through the colorful town of Aguas Calientes,focus on the Third Eye Chakra. Open to inspiration and intuition. soak in the outdoor Thermal Baths, visit the shamans shop and general market for gifts, clothes and crystals, and have lunch along the river. The energetic wishing to climb Waynapicchu, Young Mountain, for a spectacular view of Machu Picchu, may leave on the 5:30am bus and must have ready approx $45 to reenter the ruins and $15 for a return bus trip. The guide will meet you back at the hotel in the afternoon at the appointed time to catch your afternoon train back to Ollantaytampu where you will transfer to Willka T'ika in time for dinner.



Tuesday, November 10 2010
Day Eight
A day of mindfulness. After Machu Picchu, participants welcome time to unwind and integrate their experiences. Group leaders have time for their final group activity. Massages and Crystal Bed Healing Sessions are available to pamper the body. Some of you may wish to hike into the village of Urubamba and visit the local ceramic studio where beautiful art is handcrafted or check out top-quality alpaca sweaters in a nearby shop. Farewell dinner celebration at Willka T’ika. An evening of Chanting, Sacred Sound Chanting, Ceremony & a Group Past & Future Regression lead by Deborah Skye. The Group's Merkaba will be activated to assist in viewing the events leading up to December 21, 2012, you will be given clear insight what your next steps are in serving humaity.



Wednesday, November 11 2010
Day Nine
Morning group shuttle service to Cusco airport to catch flight to Lima airport. A light continental breakfast is served. There will be one bus transfer for the group to Cusco Airport for the flight to the Lima airport and connecting flight home. Please coordinate your departure flight times with the group leader. Booking on the same flight works best. Passengers have to be at the airport two hours before the flight and it takes one hour and fifteen minutes from Willka T’ika to the airport. To avoid getting up at dawn, we suggest that you book your departure from Cusco at around 11:00-11:30am. Multiple flight departures may require multiple transfers from the guesthouse at additional cost. With some airline exceptions, overseas flights out of Lima tend to leave in the evening.
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The order within this itinerary may vary slightly to suit the needs of the group or if circumstances warrant change. Weather in the Andes is unpredictable and may cause delays or cancellation of flights or activities. We also select days to visit sites when fewer tourists are likely to be there. As we see fit we may add other local activities or ceremonies as time permits.

Willka T’ika facilities:

Two magnificent sunlit Yoga Studios look out to the mountains and flower-filled gardens. The well-equipped studios are built from natural earth materials, with heating and hardwood flooring. The new Kuntur Runtu Studio and The Yogawasi Studio are gorgeous to do Kundalini Yoga in daily.

The Takiwasi Music Room has a supply of Andean musical instruments for your pleasure. Our Yachaywasi Library with its cozy fireplace has a great selection of books on all subjects. Guests are encouraged to tune into nature or simply enjoy the peace and flowers in the gardens.

· River rafting on the nearby Urubamba River. The cost of this four-hour outing is $50 per person and includes lunch. You will be picked up and returned by the rafting company. Professional outfitters also offer mountain bike riding.

· Horse riding. Nearby stables offer guided rides on local trails. The cost is approximately $25 per hour and arranged directly with them.

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