A Physician’s Journey into the Ancient
Traditions of the Andes of Ecuador:
Accessing our Deepest Inner Resources for Living and Healing
July 5-17, 2012
This Journey provides an extraordinary opportunity to learn and experience the sacred traditions of Ancient Andean healing and share in a cultural exchange combining the wisdom of healing the whole person -body, mind, and spirit. Together we will explore different approaches to integrate these ancient traditions (alternative methods) with conventional medicine to facilitate the body's innate healing response.
Some of our experiences include:
- Intimate time with the Tamayo family, surrounded by pristine mountains, rivers and waterfalls in the natural sacredness of the village where don Esteban and don Jorge live and work
- Sacred teachings that include 6 Initiations into the ancient Yachak ways of healing
- Heart opening Fire Ceremony
- Hikes & ceremonies on the sacred volcanoes
- Journey to Tundo Pogio (sacred spring) to receive a sacred bathing ritual
- Open dialogues & cultural exchange
- Shopping in Ecuador's most colorful Indigenous open market place in Otavalo
- Time to replenish in the natural volcanic fed hot springs of Papallacta Thermas
Our journey takes place in the Valley of the Dawn, a powerful vortex in the heart of Ecuador's sacred Andean volcanoes to learn from two of the world's most powerful Master Yachaks of the High Andes, Don Esteban & don Jorge Tamayo.
Don Esteban and don Jorge will share teachings their ancestors have passed down for countless generations, teachings that utilize the power, energy and wisdom of the elements. Like their ancestors before us we will experience a path of ancient initiation and healing. They will share with us their experience working in collaboration with the medical community in Ecuador and how they, collectively, have begun to develop and open to new paradigms of wellness utilizing ancient wisdom with contemporary medicine.
Trip Facilitators :
Dolores Mannix, Founder of Earth Summit, is a guide, teacher and healer with an intimate knowledge of, and deep connection to, the Tamayo family and land we work with.
Dr. Carol Ferris, doctor of Emergency Medicine, has forged a link with the shamans in Ecuador, both in the Andes and the Amazon jungle. She has a deep desire to share these life-changing spiritual adventures in bringing together both the ancient healing wisdom of the Andean Shamans and the modern health practitioners that are drawn to this experience.
Cost: *$2,450 (including all expenses except airfare to Ecuador and $500 Shamans exchange)
* a percentage goes into the medical relief fund to support the Andes/ Amazon communities
For Reservations: call Dolores Mannix (518) 441-6336 or
