OFFERINGS
OFFERINGS
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7-Day Ceremonial Retreat & Pilgrimage Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru January 8th-14th, 2027
“One of the ancient functions of pilgrimage is to wake us from our slumber.”
― Phil Cousineau, (From "The Art of Pilgrimage")
We are living in a pivotal moment of collective transformation.
As the 14th-century Incan prophecy of Pachakuti once foretold (literally, “to set the earth/time right”), we are amidst a time of intense metamorphosis, ushering in a new sense of equilibrium and profound individual & global spiritual awakening.
Through this initiatory passage, we are each being invited to be courageously immense:
to make the timeless pilgrimage into the inner well-spring of our Soul and the Heart of Creation,
and to creatively bring back the gifts of what we discover
as an offering to renew the Soul of the World.
If you are feeling the call to this journey we are speaking of,
we invite you to join us for Returning To Source.
Returning To Source is a ceremonial retreat and pilgrimage, summoning those seekers who feel called to remember and return to their essence, to their unique path and ancestral connection, and to the guiding wisdom of Earth and Spirit.
Returning To Source is an evocation of homecoming, an opportunity to nourish the roots of your being, fortify your spiritual connection, and deepen your relationship to what is most essential and meaningful in this period of your life.
Returning To Source is an invitation to slow down to the pace of Soul and enter into the practice of Deep-Listening - to leave the monotonous hum of everyday life, and to enter into the regenerative potency of sacred ritual, ceremony, and community.
If this speaks to something deep within you, we welcome you to apply.
Ceremony • Pilgrimage • Soul-Work • Earth-Based Wisdom
The Sacred Work
Returning To Source honors the transformational potency of mystery, woven together with the careful curation of ritual process. Our journey together is intended to be a bridge between the healing journey and initiatory passages: transmitting both of a sense of rejuvenation (through embodiment, soul-centric, and contemplative practice) and awakening (through sacred ritual, ceremony, and pilgrimage).
Our container will offer you:
✾ Andean Wisdom Transmissions, Sacred-Site Pilgrimage & Haywarikuy (offerings to Pachamama). Guided by our elder teachers from the Q’ero tradition, you will be introduced to the Andean cosmovision, including the use of the sacred plant, Mama Coca. Through ceremony, pilgrimage and offerings, you will have the opportunity to strengthen your ancestral connection and clarify your personal direction - moving through portals opened by the elders, the Apus, and the living land itself. You will also receive a jaguar (puma) transmission from the elders, opening a doorway to greater empowerment and grounded connection to life. We will open and close our time together in collaboration with the wisdom-keepers of this territory, receiving their blessings and guidance as we enter into, and complete, our shared journey.
✾ Therapeutic, Contemplative, and Earth-Honoring Teachings. To ignite and deepen your process of remembering, open new perspectives, and embody transformation in your life, we will engage in powerful, regenerative, and integrative practices. The main facilitators and guest healers will offer guided group ritual and therapeutic processes that support embodiment, connection, and the strengthening of your innate knowing.
✾ Two Ceremonies with Sacred Earth Medicines. Held with exquisite attunement, care and skilled guidance, our team of facilitators will offer ceremonial experiences that will support you to connect deeply with the wisdom of your inner teacher, the medicine of the earth, and the mystery.
✾ Cleansing with Plant Baths, the Spirit of Tobacco and Sweat Lodge. We will engage with energetic practices, including tobacco cleansings and plant baths, and an Andean sweat lodge to support greater clarity and protection as you move through your experience.
✾ Nourishing Meals & Spaciousness for Deep-Listening. Nourishing, thoughtfully prepared meals will be offered daily to support your body, mind and nervous system throughout the journey. There will also be spacious periods of rest and contemplation with yourself and the land, to listen deeply to, and receive, the medicine that is calling you.
Our Accomodation
The Source
The Source is an incredible private property surrounded by a stunning 100-foot waterfall, a tranquil river canyon, and majestic Andean peaks. This unique sanctuary sits underneath the sacred Apus of Pitusiray & Sawasiray, encompassed by the lush greenery of eucalyptus groves, fruit trees, and medicinal plants.
This one-of-a-kind haven in the Sacred Valley brings the best of both worlds together - offering a pristine ceremonial ground for inner-work, as well as world-class amenities to enjoy our journey together. At 10,000 feet above sea level, it offers breathtaking views, serene landscapes, and the chance to reconnect with nature in a setting steeped in Incan heritage.
We carefully selected this sanctuary because of the essence of tranquil beauty that it exudes, in tandem with the intentionality carried by the stewards of this specific land.
We are very blessed to journey together here.
Lodging & AMENITIES
Our retreat space, The Source, comfortably hosts our group of 16 participants, including the facilitation team, with options of either a shared room (2 people per room) or a private room to yourself (at an extra cost). Laundry is included at no extra cost, as well as nutritious and delicious meals prepared on site every day (including dietary and allergy accommodations).
You will be welcome to roam the beautiful space and vibrant land on this large private property, surrounded by a plethora of medicinal plants, flowers, ancient Incan boulder-shrines, and lots of room to sit quietly on the earth and bask in the pristine energy that this location has to offer.
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Who This Retreat & Pilgrimage
is for
✾ Individuals seeking a deeper approach to healing and transformation beyond conventional and individualistic models – those who wish to journey inward in the presence of community, supported by the synergy of therapeutic, shamanic, and integrative methods within ceremonial and psycho-spiritual work.
✾ Those longing for respite from the monotony of modern life and the demands of constant productivity, who feel drawn to restore balance by reconnecting with their inner landscape and the natural world. This experience will offer time, space, and support to unwind, reflect, and reorient toward what truly nourishes.
✾ Those in transition — individuals at a crossroads, moving through a significant life change, who are ready to deepen their commitment to their inner development and personal transformation. This offering is for those who recognize that meaningful change is not instantaneous, and who are willing to engage a thoughtful, embodied, and ongoing process, rather than a quick solution.
✾ Those longing for sacred space, ritual, and ceremony — individuals who feel a genuine call toward the transformative paradigms of pilgrimage, rites of passage, and initiatory processes. This journey is for those who sense readiness to enter threshold spaces with reverence, humility, and a willingness to be shaped by the unknown.
✾ Those called into service and greater purpose — individuals who understand their personal development as an offering in devotion to the soul of the world, their ancestral lineages, the well-being of humanity, and the more-than-human realms.
✾ Those drawn to ancestral healing and remembering — those who wish to explore their relationship with lineage, bring care to intergenerational patterns, and cultivate a living connection with ancestral wisdom and support.
✾ Those who have reverence and care for Mother Nature — individuals who feel drawn to sense the presence, power, and wisdom of the Peruvian land, and who long to listen, connect, and be held within the embrace of the natural world.
This retreat and pilgrimage has been intentionally designed with a rhythm of spaciousness and depth—offering time to reflect and connect with yourself, the land, and fellow participants, alongside immersive practices and rituals that invite presence and engagement. We wish to name with care that this is not a vacation or a conventional “wellness retreat.” Rather, it is a journey that may include moments of discomfort, activation, or challenge. This work asks for a willingness to stay present within a shared group field, where edges and triggers can naturally arise, and to meet what emerges with curiosity, compassion, and self-responsibility. We are calling in participants whose hearts feel ready for full participation—those who are willing to engage their own healing while also tending the collective field we will be weaving together. This path asks for the courage to keep showing up, even when the terrain feels tender or unfamiliar. Ultimately, this is the essence of ceremonial work and pilgrimage: a devotion to presence, to relationship, and to the unfolding mystery.
Meet the Facilitation Team
We are your main facilitators, teachers and guides for this retreat and pilgrimage experience.
Alyona Kobevka
Alyona Kobevka is the co-founder of A Healing Bridge. She is an integrative psychotherapist, ritualist, and group facilitator who accompanies individuals, couples, and groups moving through psycho-spiritual awakenings, initiatory passages, and the ongoing work of healing and maturation. She has devoted most of her adult life to the helping professions, working in prisons and shelters with the homeless, supporting asylum seekers and refugees, and serving in academic settings such as the Metavision Institute. She was the Program Director of the Ecstatic Mysticism Initiatory Training for three years, and continues to serve the community as an advisor, workshop facilitator and collaborator. With 15 years of experience in relationship with plant medicines, she understands her apprenticeship to diverse wisdom traditions and practices as a lifelong journey of personal transformation and loving service. She honors her teacher, Lila Vega, as well as her elders in Peru, Ecuador and Gabon for their ongoing guidance and mentorship. She currently resides in the Sacred Valley of Peru with her beloved husband, Alexandre, sweet dog, Nala and trickster cat, Hampi. You can find out more about Alyona here.
ALEXANDRE JODUN
Alexandre Jodun is an integrative psychotherapist, group facilitator, ritualist, and co-founder of A Healing Bridge, with a Mauritian-creole ancestral heritage. With an eclectic background, he has apprenticed and trained within sacred medicine traditions, transpersonal & integrative paradigms, and afro-diasporic music traditions, for over a decade - bridging the worlds of mysticism and psycho-spiritual maturation. Alexandre has mentored and facilitated grief-work alongside Francis Weller, and learned from various wisdom keepers, elders, and indigenous communities from around the world, including Lila Vega, the Mitsogo/Babongo in Gabon, the A'i in Ecuador, the Wixárika in Mexico, and the Q'ero in Peru. He has trained in Holistic Psychotherapy through the Metavision Institute, Psychedelic Therapy through AWE (NGO), and traditionally initiated in Gabon into Dissumba, the men's-only branch of Bwiti. Alexandre is a student of the way of Yagé, and is also an apprentice Tabaquero, working specifically with sacred Tobacco (Nicotiana Rustica) in the mamankunawa lineage. He is grateful to live in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru, alongside his dear wife, Alyona and animal family. You can find out more about Alexandre here.
Ramon Aleman
Ramon Aleman has, from a young age, been gifted with a deep sensitivity, empathy, and an ability to make others feel comfortable and understood. This innate propensity inspired an early curiosity about humans, suffering, spirituality, and the mind–heart connection. He believes his medicine lies in his grounding presence and loving gentleness and has often been described as a “gentle warrior.”
His path has led him to explore many forms of meditation and contemplation, attend Lakota Sundance, journey on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, study yoga in India, learn from Maasai elders in Kenya, and complete a three-year training in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with an emphasis on Indigenous wisdom.
He is honored to have traveled to and learned from plant medicine traditions in Gabon with the Babongo (Iboga), Mexico with the Wixárika (Peyote), and Ecuador with the Ai (Yagé).
Ramon is most passionate about soul work, rites of passage, and the transformation of suffering into wisdom.
You can find out more about Ramon here.
Our Guest healers & Facilitators
Retreat Details
6 Nights / 7 Days
Begins January 8th, 2027 (in The Sacred Valley, at The Source)
Finishes January 14th, 2027 (in Cusco)
This ceremonial retreat & pilgrimage is limited to 16 participants.
We will begin with an opening ceremony, guided by our Q'ero elders.
During our retreat, we will offer two sacred earth-medicine ceremonies.
The Huachuma ceremony will be led by our guest facilitator, Iris,
supported by the main facilitation team.
The Mystery ceremony will be led by the main facilitators, Alexandre, Alyona and Ramon. Participants will also be able to experience an Andean Sweat Lodge within the retreat.
The main facilitators will offer various daily practices, communal rituals, ancestral connection teachings, and supportive group processes to enrich the container.
The final day will conclude with a pilgrimage and transmission to the sacred-site, Killarumiyoq (Temple of the Moon Stone), guided by our Q'ero elders and traditional healers. This is when participants will receive an energetic transmission / initiation of the Jaguar ("Otorongo").
Pricing & Inclusions
(All prices shown are in USD)
Early Bird Prices (Available until May 14th, 2026)
Shared Room = $2,600 per person (Deposit $800 wire transfer / Second Payment $1300 wire transfer / Final Payment $500 in cash on the first day of the retreat)
Private Room = $3,000 per person (Deposit $950 wire transfer / Second Payment $1550 wire transfer / Final Payment $500 in cash on the first day of the retreat)
General Prices (After May 14th, 2026)
Shared Room = $2,850 per person (Deposit $900 / Second Payment $1450 / Final Payment $500 in cash on the first day of the retreat)
Private Room = $3,200 per person (Deposit $1050 / Second Payment $1650 / Final Payment $500 in cash on the first day of the retreat )
The Deposit is due upon acceptance (to secure your spot).
The Second Payment is due on, or before, October 1st, 2026.
The Final Payment is due in cash on the first day of retreat, January 8th, 2027.
The price for the retreat & pilgrimage includes:
* Lodging at The Source for 6 nights (January 8th-14th) *
* 2 preparation calls prior to the retreat + 2 integration calls after the retreat *
* 2 Sacred earth-medicine ceremonies *
* Guided teachings & practices by the main facilitation team *
* The full presence and support of the main facilitation team throughout the retreat *
* A pilgrimage day (including transport) to Killarumiyoq & Jaguar Transmission from Q'ero elders *
* Healthy meals per day *
* Laundry service during the retreat *
The price for the retreat & pilgrimage does not include:
* Flights or any transportation outside of the retreat dates, including to The Source *
* Travel insurance *
Application Process
As Returning To Source is both a retreat and a pilgrimage involving deep inner inquiry and shared group process, we take great care in reviewing each application—attending to intentions, medical history, and overall suitability—to ensure a supportive and aligned experience for everyone involved. We warmly welcome participants from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, with a commitment to showing up with humility and a beginner's mind. If you feel called to join us for Returning To Source, we invite you to apply through the application process below.
1. Complete the Application/Intake & Medical Form
This form helps us get to know you and your background context. We will also review your physical and psycho-spiritual suitability for the ceremonial retreat work, including the sacred earth medicines being offered.
2. Book A 30-Min Interview
This conversation offers space to meet members of the facilitation team, share your intentions and hopes for the retreat, ask any questions you may have, and supports our mutual discernment around fit and readiness.
3. Initial Acceptance
Following our review of your Application & Medical Form and the interview, you will receive an email confirming if you have been accepted. If you are accepted, you will be sent the Retreat Agreement & Waiver.
4. Sign the Retreat Agreement & Waiver, and Submit your Deposit
The Retreat Agreement & Waiver includes all relevant details and agreements, including policies related to participation, cancellation, and logistics. Once we receive your signed agreement and deposit, your place is officially reserved. You may then proceed with booking your flights.
5. Final Payment
The final payment is due on or before October 1st, 2026. Upon completion, your participation is fully confirmed, and you are all set for the retreat.
If you have any questions or enquiries about Returning To Source,
you can email us at returningtosourceperu@gmail.com
We look forward to meeting you.
~ Ramon, Alyona & Alexandre
