Kuauhtli & Delfina in Terra Booma @ Alto Paraiso, Brazil ~ June 11-18
Plant Medicine Retreat ~ Guided by Kuauhtli Vasquez & Delfina Mun
June 11-18, 2024 at Terra Booma, Alto Paraiso, GO, Brasil
Contact : Neci :
WhatsApp ~ +905324605050
Email ~ community@terrabooma.org
*Cidadãos brasileiros, favor visitar a versão em português deste documento: https://delfinamun.com/news/altoparaiso-portugues
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Ancestral traditions uniting in music, ceremony, prayer and wisdom.
It is with great honor and gratitude that we will be in retreat with Kuauhtli and Delfina, carriers of the Eagle-Condor ways in the mystical lands of Alto Paraiso de Goiás, Brazil. Together, they bring the heart, spirit, and wisdom traditions of the North and South. We will gather and celebrate at Terra Booma for six nights and seven days of community, fresh meals, music, dance, prayer and ritual.
The magic of this retreat will be to experience these sacred rituals and music in such powerful and life transforming lands, cleansed by the crystalline waterfalls and quartz that are abundant in the area. We will also be joined by amazing musicians from our beloved community in Brazil.
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Activities
Temazcal / Sweatlodge ~ Grandmother Ceremony ~ Hikuri Ceremony ~ Sacred Altars preparation ~ Waterfalls & Nature Hikes ~ Music Circles ~ Yoga ~ Integration ~ Song Workshops
OPENING TEMAZCAL
Harnessing the energy of the four elements, the sweatlodge is a traditional purification ceremony, as a sacred steam bath with chants and prayers. A deep cleanse of mind, body and spirit in the womb of the Earth.
Grandmother Ceremony
A beautiful opportunity to be embraced by the feminine force of the medicine of the Amazon, guided by the icaros, chants of the healing rainforest plants and divine healing music. A profound and sacred time to align with our spirituality, clear and cleanse our minds and bodies, connecting with the invisible world within and around us, fortifying our vision.
We will start in the early evening and continue past midnight. The ceremony opens with traditional chants that invoke protection and healing of the participants. Later into the evening inviting musical instruments, medicine music and dance. We will also be offering the rapé (hapé) medicine and natural perfumes/smudges.
Hikuri Ceremony
These ceremonies are powerful community prayers that aid us in manifesting our good intentions and a path of beauty, by holding positive thoughts, transforming and connecting with the elements in gratitude and celebration. We will have prayers with four tobaccos and half moon altar, sacred water and fire, with the peyote’s heart opening guidance.
On a physical level, this medicine is an antiviral, antibiotic, balances hormones and enhances cell functions, growth and repair, as well as creating a natural state of well-being on a mental, physical and emotional level.
The ceremony will start in the evening and go on until sunrise. During the following day we will receive a closing with the Flower Blessing in the way of the Mexicatl Xochitl in Cuicatl.
Singing Circles and Wisdom Sharing
During the retreat we will have opportunities to gather in Song circles, where Delfina and Kuauhtli will explain the meaning of songs and also share songs for you to learn, for people in all levels. They will share the native vision and origins of these practices, as well as vocal techniques. These are precious and unique opportunities to learn songs and knowledge that are only transmitted orally. If you play instruments you are welcome to bring them.
Sacred Movement
Master Plant Ceremonies are powerful moments of transformation that will be supported by Yoga and Dance movement practices, wisdom sharing and integration circles, as well as nutritious food and a connection to natural surroundings to hold our prayers and journeys. Hikes to nearby power places, where rock formations and incredible waterfalls create energetic portals will be highly supportive to uplift our prayers and spirit.
Facilitators
Kuauhtli & Delfina are the founders of Xinachtli.co, and they co-facilitate ceremonies uniting the forces of their spiritual lineages, the Condor and Jaguar representing the South and the Eagle and Deer the North. The synergy of ancestral culture fuels personal evolution and global consciousness through initiations into embodiment and ceremony.
Delfina Mun
Delfina Mun Akarâ Huitzilcuicani is a visionary who’s paintings and music interweave expressing the healing, transformation and great mystery of praying with the sacred plants and animals of our Mother Earth. Her study of the ancestral voice has roots in her homeland Puelmapu, Argentina, and is enhanced by her deep studies in the Amazon Rainforest with the Madha and Yawanawa people. Delfina shares her unique voice and arts in traditional ceremonies around the world.
Keeper of the Teocali Quetzalcoatl altar, Delfina travels throughout Abya Yala - Anahuak praying for the waters, preserving culture and land, as an activist with deep love for the people of the earth and the lands that formed her. She highlights the importance of spiritual alliances, offering her song with reverence, remembrance and re-cultivation of ancestral healing practices and indigenous culture.
www.delfinamun.com
Kuauhtli Vasquez
Kuauhtli's years of involvement in the movement for human rights and activities to preserve the indigenous ways of life served as preparation for his current path bringing ceremonies around the world. In the nahuatl language Kuauhtli means ‘eagle’. Kuauhtli’s love and devotion to Tonantzin, our sacred mother earth, and his many years of Sundance are an inspiration to many following the Red Road.
For the past 25 years, Kuauhtli has dedicated himself to conducting Mexica ceremonies of "Xochitl in Cuicatl" (Flower and Song), Native American Church tipi meetings, Temazcal (sweat lodge) and Mexica danza, contributing to the awakening and reconnection of humanity with Nature. Kuauhtli has visited 36 countries while actively promoting the legalization and medical research of peyote and other entheogens. He's participated on panels, films, festivals and shared his music world-wide.
www.kuauhtli.com
Location
Terra Booma is an organic agroforestry farm and retreat center with farm to table cuisine, located in Vale do Moinho, 9 km from Alto Paraíso de Goiás, central city of Chapada dos Veadeiros. Situated at the top of an ancient plateau, estimated to be 1.8 billion years old. With more than 300 cataloged waterfalls, Terra Booma is in the cradle of waters, which allows us to bathe and hydrate in the purest and most crystal clear waters!
Chapada is a magical land of diverse landscapes home to people looking for a simple life, music, respect for nature, connection with mother earth and intelligent food consumption. A place where cultures meet, Alto Paraíso is known as a holistic city for several reasons, mainly due to the amount of crystals in the soil: the largest quartz veins in the world!
Terra Booma is a beautiful organization aiding in the regeneration of lands and promoting actions that transform spirit and expand minds. In this sacred lands we will enjoy their amazing maloka with epic views of the mountains, walks to the nearest waterfall and sweet rest in the beautiful bungalows. As well as the incredible organic food, much of it harvested in the land, and cooked by a talented local chef. Learn more about Terra Booma here.
Schedule
11-18 June
Week schedule ~ This is our reference schedule. Times may be adapted to fit the most fluid dynamic of the group.
11.06.24
14-17.00 Arrivals
15.00 Lunch
17.00 Music & Sharing circle
20.00 Dinner
12.06.24
08.30 Temazcal
10.00 Breakfast
11.00-14.00 Spaciousness
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Booma Waterfalls
18.00 Sunset Music & Movement
20.00 Dinner
13.06.24
8.00 Morning Yoga
9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Ceremony Q&A
15.00 Lunch
19.00 Grandmother Ceremony
14.06.24
10.00 Breakfast
Rest
15.00 Lunch
16.00 Booma Waterfall time
20.00 Dinner
15.06.24
8.00 Morning Yoga
9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Ceremony Q&A
15.00 Lunch
16.00 Altar preparations
21.00 Hikuri Ceremony
16.06.24
09.00 Breakfast
10.00 Flower & Song Blessings
12.00 Waterfall Offerings
15.00 Lunch
14.00 Rest
20.00 Dinner
17.06.24
9.00 Breakfast
10.00 Waterfall Hike
15.00 Lunch at Waterfall
17.00 Integration circle
20.00 Dinner
18.06.24
9.00 Breakfast
12.00 Departure
Exchange
Nurture your spirit in nature’s embrace and reconnect to the ancestral wisdom of the earth.
All meals and programs are included
Shared Dormitory (four) $2065
Shared Chalet (triple) $2250 per person
Shared Chalet (double) $2400 per person
Private Single Suite $2880 per person
Private Single Chalet $2960 per person
*Airfare and transport to Terra Booma are not included, however we are happy to assist you in organizing local taxi from the nearest international airport, Brasilia (BSB,) to the retreat center.
*50% deposit will be required to book your space in the retreat.
*More information and further guidelines will be shared upon confirmation.
Neci, our beloved friend, is an experienced retreat and medicine ceremony organizer, will be aiding in any questions you my have.
Contact :
Neci’s WhatsApp : +905324605050
Neci’s email: community@terrabooma.org
Brazilian citizens please visit the portuguese version of this document: https://delfinamun.com/news/altoparaiso-portugues