Join us in Peru
Join me in partnership with Túpaq Ttito Kuntur, Carol Parker, and The Sacred Wisdom School of the Inkas for a spiritual healing pilgrimage to the Andes mountains of Peru.
Over 13 days, you will usher in a transformation of spirit. You will embark on your own personal healing journey, guided by a community of healers, and immerse yourself in an authentic experience living among the Indigenous people of the Andes.
Tupaq, Carol and Amy have partnered to bring you a solid foundation and experiential immersion in Andean Energy Medicine of the Inkas. Under their expert guidance, and Tupaq’s spiritual community of the Ayllu K’anchaq Qollur, you will be initiated along your healing path. You’ll return home lighter, more connected to yourself, and in deeper connection with the natural world and the cosmic beings here to guide you.
Experience Peru as it was meant to be felt. You won’t be lost in a sea of tourists, but held in a sacred valley of healing.
This journey is like no other.
An Immersive Indigenous Healing Experience
You’ll initiate your healing journey, in Pisac where you’ll spend three days with Amy and Carol. They are a stellar team, with decades of experience to guide and support you in learning the foundational knowledge, practices, and rituals to help provide context for your healing work with the Paqos. You’ll have time to rest, and explore the village by foot, as you acclimate to the altitude. Here we will weave our energies, and create a cohesive SAPAN AYLLU, or healing community. Next…
We’ll spend 6 days at Túpaq’s family’s ancestral home of Pomaqanchi
Immersing ourselves in the healing practices of the Paqo Andino. You’ll have the rare opportunity to learn directly from the source: Andean healing masters who have learned their craft through generations of study and connection to their lineage of light, the Pachamama and Celestial Mountain Spirits that govern the Andean Cosmology.
From Tupaq and his community of Paqos (medicine people), you’ll clarify your body-mind, deepen your connection to yourself, experience ceremonies to help you actualize your relationship to the earth, the Pachamama and the Cosmic Beings here to support you in your spiritual evolution. Through individualized attention, you’ll receive gifts of personal practices, rituals, and healing ceremonies to guide you on your healing journey that you can practice even after you return home.
Together we’ll travel to sacred sites for cleansing and purification.
We’ll culminate our journey in a pilgrimage to a holy mountain, to camp for 3 nights. On the mountain, we’ll integrate our healing with the support of the Apus (mountain spirits).
After descending from the mountain, we’ll gather in Cusco and have a bit of time to explore this magnificent and historical INKA city, culminating in a final celebratory dinner together.
Carry Home A Personalized Healing Practice
This is a rare opportunity to deeply explore your own personal healing practices while being held in a safe container by masterful healers and teachers. You’ll be immersed in the Indigenous culture of Tupaq and his brothers, the Ayllu K’anchaq Qollur. We’ll stay within their ancestral home, share traditional meals, and experience personalized healing handed down from generations in this sacred village in the Andes.
Tupaq and his Allyu will begin with an assessment of your multidimensional health and wellbeing. They’ll gift you with personalized practices and teachings to create more balance, flow, and connection in your life. You’ll experience healing directly from the Paqos while in Peru, then return home with the tools to continue your journey at home.
Your personalized healing practices might include:
Divination ceremonies (coca-leaf readings)
One-on-one spiritual guidance
Ceremonies and offerings specific to your healing path
Hands-on healing and energy medicine
Herbal detoxing, personalized medicinal herbal teas, and herbal baths
Personal fire ceremonies
Personalized rituals and practices
We’ll begin each day with morning meditations. In the afternoons, you’ll receive ceremonies and practices from the Ayllu and focus on your healing journey. Throughout our time in the valley, we’ll visit sacred sites and eventually make a pilgrimage to the holy mountain of Apu Suntur.
You’ll have an opportunity to nourish your body with delicious and healthy Peruvian meals, explore the city of Cusco, shop at Andean markets, and visit historical sites.
Benefits of the Healing Pilgrimage
You’ll leave…
Feeling clearer, calmer, and more connected to yourself, the earth, the Pachamama, and the celestial beings here to support you
With personalized tools and practices to maintain that connection and develop it more profoundly when you go home
With connections within a spiritual community of fellow travellers
May 23-28:
Sacred Valley of Pomaqanchi Wasi
We’ll travel to the Sacred Valley of Pomaqanchi Wasi, the ancestral home of the Kuntur Brothers, Túpaq, T’tio and Claudio. Here your healing journey will begin. We’ll start each day with meditation and ceremonies. Then in the afternoon, you’ll receive personal healing practices from the Ayllu. We’ll travel to sacred sites, share traditional Indigenous meals, and revel in the peaceful beauty of the Andes mountains.
Itinerary
May 20-22
Bienvenidos a Perú!
Arrive in Cusco by 2 p.m. on the May 20th.
Travel to Pisac. Rest and acclimate.
Our program will begin, with a celebratory dinner together.
You’ll spend three days in Pisac with Carol and Amy, preparing for our work with the Paqos. This will set the tone for our journey and get to know one another. You’ll meet the other members of your spiritual community.
JUNE 1:
Experience Cusco & Say Goodbyes
On our final full day in Peru, you’ll have an opportunity to explore the historical sites and markets. We’ll gather for a final celebratory dinner at a local restaurant.
JUNE 2:
Travel Home
We’ll say our final goodbyes and part ways! You’ll carry all of your spiritual growth and teachings home with you to implement into your daily life.
MAY 29-31:
Holy Mountain Pilgrimage
We’ll make a 3-day pilgrimage to the sacred mountains. On this holy walk, you’ll prepare to receive your healing medicine and commune with the guiding spirits. We’ll camp under the stars.
We’ll return to Cusco after lunch on May 31st, to rest and integrate from our sacred work with the Apus, the holy mountain spirits.
Free time and dinner on your own.
INVESTMENT
Your investment is $3875
$3675 when you register
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The full payment is due by JANUARY 15, 2023
A 3.5% surcharge will be added to payments made via credit card or Paypal.
Included:
Zoom Pre-departure orientation session (Date TBD)
All inclusive meals & lodging for May 23 - June 2, 2024
(meals not included travel days and days off in Cusco)All transportation for our day trips and mountain trip
Double occupancy lodging, with private bathrooms, in Pisac, Cusco and Pomacanchi
3 days of teachings with Amy and Carol, in foundations of Andean Energy Medicine
6 days of personal healings, ceremonies and divinations with the paqos
3 nights camping accommodations in the mountains
Payment to Túpaq’s team: Tupaq & Paqos, drivers, cooks, assistants.
English translator
Horses, if needed for the mountains
Ceremonial supplies
You will be responsible for:
All flights: US domestic, international, or flights within Peru
Airport Shuttle to/from airport. (Amy can help arrange)
Your visa for international travel
Airport departure taxes within Peru
Transfers for independent arrival or departure—Machu Picchu trip can be arranged if interested
Meals on the following days: May 20 (D) May 21-22 (L,D) May 31 (D) June 1 (L,D)
TIPS for driver, cooks, paqos & translator (budget approx. 400USD for tips)
Meals on travel days, and additional meals on your own as outlined in the itinerary.
Additional hotel nights made necessary by airline schedule changes or other factors.
Insurance: Travel Insurance/Trip Cancellation insurance is required. Send Amy a copy, with the final balance due April 1st.
Items of a personal nature (laundry, toiletries, phone calls, etc.)
Single supplement charge, if requested ($30 extra per night)and, if available.
Sleeping bags and mats for camping.
Please note:
The $500 deposit is non refundable. Payments are refundable up until December 15, if a notice is sent in writing to amy@amynicholson.co.
After December 15, all payments are non-refundable. Deposits and payments cannot be transferred to another participant. We cannot provide refunds or discounts for arriving late, leaving early, unexpected illness, or prohibitive weather conditions—no exceptions. Travel insurance is required, to protect you from unforeseen circumstances that may result in travel changes or cancellation.
Surcharges from payments made with credit cards, Paypal, or international bank transfers are the responsibility of the participant. In the event that we cancel the pilgrimage, all participants will receive a full refund for the cost of registration. Travel costs will not be refunded.
HEALTH, COVID-19 Testing, and Travel Info
Hiking at high altitudes is part of this experience. Please talk to Amy if you have concerns about this.
For more information about COVID-19 Travel entry and departure requirements:
Immerse Yourself in Healing
Join us for a truly unique travel and spiritual experience. Tupaq and his Ayllu K’anchaq Qollur do not offer their teachings to just anyone. You’ll have the rare opportunity to experience healing, directly from spiritual masters and immerse yourself in spiritual practices personalized specifically for you.
Deepen your connection to the Pachamama and the celestial spirits guiding you. Remember who you truly are.
Ready to join Us? YES!!
Thank you so much for your interest in joining us! Space is limited to 10.
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Once your form is received, a non-refundable $500 deposit is required to secure your place.
Your space is not confirmed until we receive the deposit.
Thanks again for your interest in this incredible journey!
INFO SESSION
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27
7:00 PM CENTRAL TIME
Bring your questions and learn more about what to expect.
YOUR GUIDES
About Amy
Amy integrates more than twenty years of experience and training in integrative mental health, bridging somatic therapies with Andean indigenous traditions of the Paqos. In her work with clients, Amy specializes in attachment disorders and complex trauma, offering somatic and transpersonal psychotherapy, nervous system coaching, spiritual mentoring, shamanic sound healing, and psychedelic integration. She also teaches somatic skills for mental wellness, facilitates spiritual embodiment retreats, and guides annual pilgrimages to Peru.
Amy's introduction to indigenous cosmologies began during her ethnobotanical studies at The Evergreen State College. She then embarked on a decade of intensive study with North and South American shamanic teachers. In 2007, she traveled to Peru and received her first initiation from the Q’ero elders. In 2009, she led her first group to Peru to work with the paqos, through Madison College, where she taught in the Center for International Education. In 2011, she met her mentor, Altomisayoq Paqo Túpaq Ttito Kuntur. This collaborative teaching and learning relationship has evolved to Amy and Túpaq co-leading annual pilgrimages in the high Andes, facilitating learning retreats in Wisconsin and North Carolina, as well as hosting community events in partnership University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Counselor Education Department, and Madison College, Center for International Education. In 2020, they co-founded Ayni Munay Ayllu, an online school offering donation-based classes, while directly supporting the impoverished elders, and children in Pomacanchi, Peru.
About Túpaq
Túpaq Ttito Kuntur was born in Pomaqanchi, Peru. His journey in Andean medicine began as a child under the guidance of his grandfather and parents who worked with plant medicines as pampamisayoqs.
Túpaq has experienced many of the classic initiations for becoming a medicine person. He has been struck by lightning twice (as a child and an adult) and then as a teenager, he lost his grandfather and his father tragically soon. Sick with an incurable, mysterious illness, he left home to learn how to heal himself, and initiated his path as a paqo, first becoming a Pampamisayoq and then after many years of personal tests and training the Apus (the mountain spirits) gave him the Celestial Misha of High Misayoq, or Altomisayoq (Achiq Akulleq paqo).
In addition to being in service as High Misayoq, he has been called to become Willaq Uma a messenger and prophet of the ancestors and the spiritual cosmos, to continue with the prophecy that his Inka ancestors left, to gather and restore the spiritual power of the Tawantinsuyu of the Inkas, along with his brothers chosen for these times according to the Pachakutiq and the Inka prophecy.
About Carol
After extensive training with indigenous teachers and the School of Lost Borders, Carol has been leading vision quests in Death Valley and Canyon de Chelly since 2005. Starting in 2007 she began leading pilgrimages in the Peruvian Andes with traditional Paqos (high mountain shamans). She founded the Eco Psychology program at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM as one way to bring these teachings to her students. In addition, with the blessings of her North and South American indigenous elders, she incorporates wisdom teachings, ceremonies, and healing techniques into her work as a psychotherapist and graduate school professor.
