San Pedro and Thanksgiving Ceremony (1 day)

If you want to you will accompany our shaman to Cusco’s local market San Pedro where you will buy the necessary paraphernalia for the ritual like Coca leafs, chicha, sweets and fruit. After buying the paraphernalia you take a bus up to a place close to the Inca ruins Sacsayhuaman, a very mystical place in the upper parts of Cusco, where the ceremony of Thanksgiving will take place, including different rituals like Coca leaves Reading and Aura Cleansing, performed by the Shaman in the traditional Andean way that has been passed verbally from generation to generation. The first part of the ceremony will be the Coca Leaves Reading ritual, which serves to identify the objectives of the participants for the future they can ask “Pachamama”, Mother Earth, for. The second part of the ceremony will be the Aura Cleansing, a ritual that serves to “clean” the participants from any negative energy. Then, the most important part of the ceremony begins: the thanksgiving ritual, where the actual offering to “Pachamama” is made. Then we continue with San Pedro you will start by talking with the shaman / spiritual leader to present and talk about your personal intentions to the Spirit Wachuma. Coming together with the other participants and the shaman, you will take the medicine. After having ingested the medicine you will have a different perception of your body. You will feel lighter and more sensitive to anything that might occur around you. You will go through moments of visions, during which you will have a chance to appreciate nature with more interest and sensitivity than in normal conditions.