The Sacred
Shedding
Sacred Valley, Peru · November 2–9, 2026
Apply NowWhat is the Sacred Shedding?
The Sacred Shedding is a 7-day Wachuma and Shadow Work Retreat designed for People of Color who are ready to release the stories, emotions, and protective patterns that no longer serve them.
This is not a vacation. It is a carefully held transformational experience rooted in Indigenous Andean traditions, shadow work, yoga, and community.
Through ancient Andean ceremony, Wachuma (San Pedro), yoga, shadow work, ritual, and community, participants gently explore the emotions we've been taught to silence.
- Shame
- Guilt
- Anger
- Grief
The retreat is designed to help participants understand these emotions, work with them safely, and return home with practical tools for continued healing.
What is Wachuma?
Wachuma, also known as San Pedro, is a sacred cactus medicine native to the Andes. It has been used for thousands of years by Indigenous Andean healers and is known as Grandfather Medicine.
Unlike medicines that can feel overwhelming or disorienting, Wachuma is considered gentle, grounding, expansive, and heart-opening. It tends to reveal truth through love, presence, and connection rather than force.
Wachuma supports healing by bringing awareness to emotional patterns, unresolved grief, shame, and guilt, not by bypassing them, but by illuminating them with care.
When paired with shadow work, Wachuma creates a container for release, clarity, and deep self-trust. The medicine and the practices work together. The result is not transformation forced upon you, it is transformation remembered within you.
Participation in plant medicine ceremony is always optional. You will be fully supported whether or not you choose to drink.
Why Peru?
There is no better place to engage this work than the Sacred Valley. Surrounded by mountains, rivers, and ancient traditions, you will be immersed in an environment that naturally supports shedding and renewal.
Peru is the birthplace of Wachuma, where this sacred medicine has been tended and protected by Indigenous healers for thousands of years. The land itself is alive with memory. Each mountain a protector, each river a teacher, each stone carrying stories of resilience and reverence.
To walk here is to walk with the ancestors. To sit in ceremony here is to return to a lineage that has always known how to live in relationship with the earth.
The Sacred Valley is not only breathtaking in its beauty, it is also a mirror for transformation: expansive, humbling, and deeply rooted. Healing here becomes both deeply personal and deeply ancestral.
You are ready to shed
- You are a Person of Color ready to engage your healing in community
- You are willing to slow down and be present with what's unresolved
- You are curious about plant medicine and open to ceremony
- You want to understand the emotions you've been taught to silence
- You are seeking integration, not escape or peak experiences
- You can show up with honesty, accountability, and care for the group
- You are open to both ancestral wisdom and modern shadow work practices
Please read carefully
- You are not a Person of Color
- You are in active mental health crisis or require clinical support
- You are on medications contraindicated with Wachuma (heart, blood pressure, psychiatric)
- You are looking for a quick fix or breakthrough experience
- You are unwilling to engage with group agreements, consent, and emotional accountability
- You are not able to commit to the pre-retreat preparation container
This vetting process protects you and the group. It ensures that when we gather in Peru, everyone is prepared, resourced, and ready to do this work together.
What makes this different
Three Shadow Work Facilitators
You will not navigate this alone. Three experienced facilitators hold the space together, ensuring no participant falls through the cracks during integration or ceremony.
Indigenous Andean Healers
The ceremonies are led by Indigenous Andean healers who carry this lineage with integrity. The medicine is held in its proper cultural context, not extracted from it.
Trauma-Informed Throughout
Every element of this retreat is designed with nervous system awareness and trauma-informed principles. You will never be pushed beyond your capacity.
People of Color Only
This space is designed specifically for and by People of Color. The container holds ancestral wounds, collective grief, and cultural specificity that a mixed space cannot.
Shadow Work Before, During and After
Ceremony without preparation is incomplete. Shadow work without integration is unsustainable. This retreat holds the full arc: preparation, experience, and return.
Medicine Is Always Optional
Participation in Wachuma ceremony is always your choice. You will be fully supported, welcomed, and included regardless of whether you choose to drink.
What's included
Included in Tuition
- 7 nights accommodation at Nidra Wasi
- All meals throughout the retreat
- Opening Andean ceremony
- Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremony
- Microdose Wachuma hike
- Full Wachuma ceremony
- Daily yoga and movement
- Daily shadow work workshops
- Integration circles
- Pre-retreat preparation packet
- Required online group container
- 1:1 pre-retreat check-in call
- Group shuttle Cusco to Sacred Valley and return
- Support before, during, and after the retreat
Not Included
- International flights
- Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
- Passport or visa costs
- Personal expenses
- Optional spa or massage services
Retreat Tuition
Private room · 6 rooms available
Shared room · Per person
The Application Process
This retreat is application only. Every participant goes through a screening process to ensure the group is prepared, aligned, and safe for this depth of work.
Submit Application
Complete the online application with your health history and intentions for this retreat.
Screening Call
Every applicant participates in a 1:1 screening call to discuss fit, readiness, and any health considerations.
Medical Review
Physical and mental health history is reviewed. Physician clearance may be required depending on your history.
Acceptance
Final acceptance is sent after the screening process. Deposit secures your spot upon acceptance.
Required Before the Retreat
- Preparation packet (dieta guidance, packing list, travel details)
- Educational materials on Wachuma and shadow work
- Required online group preparation container
- 1:1 pre-retreat check-in call
- Valid passport (6 months beyond November 2026)
- Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
Travel Information
- Fly into Cusco Airport (CUZ)
- Arrival: November 2, 2026 before 3:00 PM
- Group shuttle provided from Cusco to Sacred Valley
- Return shuttle to Cusco on November 9
- Detailed travel guidance sent upon acceptance
Nidra Wasi
Sacred Valley, Peru
Nidra Wasi is a private retreat property nestled in the heart of the Sacred Valley. For the week of Sacred Shedding, the entire venue is exclusively ours, no outside guests, no interruptions. Just the group, the land, and the work.
The property includes a main house with five rooms, three casitas each with three rooms, a yoga shala, ceremony space, common areas, and gardens surrounded by mountain views.
All meals throughout the retreat are prepared on site, tailored to the group, and served communally. The environment is designed for slowing down, exactly what this work requires.
All accommodation includesPrivate Rooms
Shared Rooms
The Yoga Shala & Ceremony Space
Tailored meals,
every day
All meals throughout the retreat are prepared on site at Nidra Wasi by the venue's kitchen team. Meals are tailored specifically for the group and served communally in the shared dining space.
Eating together is part of the container. The table is where integration continues between sessions.
All dietary needs and restrictions are accommodated. Let us know at registration and we will coordinate with the kitchen ahead of arrival.
What people carry home
This is not a highlight reel. These are real moments spoken as they were lived, by people who showed up, did the work, and left differently.
"This is a safe space, a sacred space. I have not been able to find this type of community anywhere else."
"You're more than a teacher. You're a guide of every kind. There is not something like this anywhere else."
"Vulnerability, openness, and truth has to be at the forefront, because that is what she helps you bring out so that you can create it in this world."
"I just thought I was going to come here and do yoga. But the exchange. We danced, we laughed. Life was happening the way it should. Just curated."
"Every single time we've met, I've walked away and lived my life a little differently, a little better. Life feels less heavy. It feels hopeful."
"I came because of a relationship. I left having found myself. That's not something I expected to say, but it's the truest thing I can offer."
"She held space for every version of what we each needed. Guided gently and forcefully. Your heart is going to change in ways you didn't know it needed to."
"I finally let go. And something new and beautiful entered into my life. A new version of myself is emerging, or maybe the version that was always there, finally resurfacing."
Shedding is not
the end of you.
It is the becoming of who you've always been. Come sit in this sacred valley, where your shadows will be welcomed, your stories honored, and your heart reminded that you are safe to let go.
2 spots remaining · Application required · November 2–9, 2026