Shamanic and Cultural Retreat in Mexico

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Workshop: Decoding Sacred Places with Curanderismo Techniques

 

Curandera Paloma Cervantes is going to teach students how to feel, connect, read and decode sacred places like pyramids, glyphs, and stelas, which are large stone slabs (up to tons) that have glyphs and pictures carved into it. During our class, students are going to learn how to enter sacred places to awaken the spiritual energies and guardians of the place so that as spiritual practitioners we can communicate with them.

This is a spiritual adventure to Quintana Roo, Mexico located in the  Mexican Caribbean. It is the land of the Mayan Indians and the ancient Mayan civilization. Every day we will have class and then we will travel to do our spiritual practices in special locations such as the jungle, the  Mayan pyramids, cenotes or the Caribbean Sea.

We will stay in remote and secluded places in order to be close to and visit pyramids and sacred Mayan. Because of the nature of our workshop which is “Discovering the Hidden Messages and Secret Messages of Sacred Spaces,”  we are not disclosing our locations. We want it to be a surprise for you. If you are planning to come, the less that you know about the Mayan civilization the better.

The Plan

As with all our workshops and retreats, we do a lot of spiritual practice so be prepared to be active in your learning and practice.

During our retreats we will eat healthy, abstain from alcohol, recreational,  and other spiritual drugs. There will be no bad language and most important of all, we will have lots of fun and laughter.

Everyone helps with everything. Usually, we buy our own food and prepare our meals together.

We will begin our adventure as a group at the airport in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México and spend the first night in Chetumal. You will be with bilingual people all the time, so it is not required that you speak Spanish.

Next day, early in the morning we are going to travel for almost two hours to a location in the jungle where we are going to stay in a rustic hotel or at an Airbnb. In that location we will spend several days having our workshop, visiting Mayan sites and exploring the jungle.

Then we will travel to the Caribbean Sea to another remote location where we are going to stay several days to carry on with our workshop, spiritual practices, have ceremonies, visit the famous Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Bacalar Lagoon, the Cenote Azul and have the opportunity to enjoy the beach. Aquatic activities like snorkeling, paddle boarding, swimming with the dolphins are optional.

This area has the second largest coral reef in the world. Beautiful for snorkeling and scuba diving. If you are a certified scuba diver these places are absolutely beautiful and a must for people interested in scuba diving. The water is crystal clear and the temperature is warm. If you are more adventurous, there are amazing night cavern or cave diving trips. If you don’t know how to do Scuba diving, you can take an introductory class and go with an instructor diving to a very safe and shallow place.

When our workshop is over, we will go back to Chetumal to catch the airplane back home. For those of you that can stay a little longer, we will have the opportunity to travel to San Pedro, a beautiful Caribbean island in Belize and also to Cozumel, another beautiful Caribbean island in México.

 

Details

• Spiritual Retreat dates: Saturday, September 29 to Sunday, October 7, 2018
• Workshop by Curandera Paloma Cervantes: Decoding Sacred Places with Curanderismo Techniques. Learn to feel, decode and communicate with spirits of sacred places. Learn how to enter sacred places to awaken the spiritual energies and guardians to communicate with them
• Workshop requisites: preferably know how to protect and spiritual cleanse yourself. Other than that not experience necessary
• Travel documents required: Passport, travel insurance (optional), no visa is required for México or Belize
• Optional: Stay extra days and visit other places in the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize
• More details when you book: like what to bring, what not to bring, currency, how to dress, how to protect yourself for the real dangers in that part of México like mosquitoes and the sun, etc.

 

Costs

These costs are per person and in US dollars. There are 3 separate costs: Workshop, Traveling organization fee, and “other costs” or trip expenses

• Cost #1 – Workshop
  • Cost: $750 USD
  • Deposit: $50 USD by June 25, 2018
  • Deposit cancellation policy. Non-refundable deposit
  • Balance: due August 15, 2018. After this day a 10% late fee of the balance owed is going to be added to the balance. Last day to pay September 7, 2018. After that date, you will lose your place in the workshop and your money you paid. Thank you!
  • Workshop cancellation policy: Once paid in full it is not refundable
  • How to pay: Cash, check, or Venmo. Send check to Curandero Products at 4974 N Fresno St. #385, Fresno, CA 93726. In the memo write México Retreat. Send in a separate paper your name and contact information (email and phone number)

 

• Cost #2 – Traveling organization fee. This fee is for the person that organizes the trip, calls to find the best and cheapest deals in restaurants, hotels, car rentals, and other activities. That person speaks English and Spanish and knows local people that are helping in organizing this adventure
  • Fee: $75 USD by June 25, 2018
  • Traveling organization cancellation policy: Non-refundable

 

• Cost #3- Other costs (trip expenses): All your costs are on your side. Like meals when we go to a restaurant, airfare, and personal expenses. We will share costs for car rental, lodging, buying food for preparing meals together, fuel, etc. We are making an estimate of how much money we will need.

 

Itinerary

Day One:

• Arrival to Chetumal in Quintana Roo, Mexico
• If you arrive early we will visit the Museum of Mayan Culture and a local market while we wait for the rest of the group to arrive
• We will sleep in Chetumal

 Day Two:

• Early in the morning, we will travel to our main workshop destination in the jungle (2 hours)
• Arrive at our hotel and have breakfast
• Start our workshop
• Visit two Mayan ruins sites

Day Three:

• Spiritual Practice
• Workshop
• Visit three Mayan ruins sites

Day Four:

• Spiritual Practice
• Workshop
• Visit one Mayan ruins site (big)

Day Five:

• Spiritual Practice
• Visit two Mayan ruins site
• Travel to a small village in the Caribbean Ocean (3 hours)

Days Six, Seven and Eight:

• Spiritual Practice
• Workshop
• Visiting more Mayan sites for practices
• Different optional activities like fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, eco-tours, water sports, scuba, dolphin discovery center, visiting Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, etc. or no activities like resting and doing nothing at the beach

Day Nine:

• Visit Bacalar and Cenote Azul
• Travel to Chetumal to go back home to the USA
• For those that want to stay longer, we will be going to Belize this day or next one, spend a couple of days there and then back to Mexico to go to the island of Cozumel

 

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Instructor: Maestra Paloma Cervantes. She is a Mexican Shaman or Curandera born and raised in the tradition. She works full time as a Curandera since 1986. She has a strong spiritual background inherit from  family and teachers. She also has a strong scientific background that she acquired when she studied sciencias biologicas at the university. In her teachings, she combines the tradition of her ancestors with the science. She writes and teaches about Shamanism, Curanderismo, Spiritual Herbalism and Ancient Healing Traditions. She offers private consultations too.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Sometimes Shamanism, Curanderismo, and similar traditions are misunderstood. There are many branches and ways to practice. Our group does not use any hallucinogenic plants, brews, ceremonial tobaccos, etc. Please do not use these or cannabis prior to our events.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]