• Celebrate the upcoming cosmic shift in a place of beauty and peace
• Connect with your Higher Self, to shift, heal, and vibrationally expand.
• Explore a variety of Shamanic practices for deep spiritual development.
• Unwind in a nourishing, supportive, embracing environment

December 21st, 2012 is a just step away and there is no better way to prepare for this cosmic shift than to celebrate together with Shamanic ceremonies and Sacred circles facilitated by author and Shaman Ernesto Ortiz. Our intent is to start creating a shift in our personal vibrational frequency to align our personal Chakras with the Planetary Chakras. Here we will have an opening circle honoring the ancient ways with a powerful “Medicine Wheel” and “Sacred Pipe Ceremony” so we can enter into the new cosmic cycle of 2012 with grace and ease.

Rewind while you unwind, bring your spirit into wholeness, re-connect with your Shamanic and Sacred Selves, and become vibrationally alive as you supercharge your four lower bodies (mental, emotional, physical and spiritual) with cosmic energy as this vibrational shift ends and a new one awakens. This is an opportunity for you to consciously let go of all you have accumulated, not only in this lifetime, but all the lifetimes you have lived in the last cosmic cycle of 26,000 years.

Highlights Of Your Retreat:

• Six nights on the sultry Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
• Integrative ~ Shamanic Breathwork
• Trance Dance ~ Spirit Dance
• Shamanic Journeys; Soul Retrieval, Power Animal Retrieval
• Mask Making
• Medicine Wheel
• Native American Pipe Ceremonies
• Toning, Chanting, Meditation, Celebration
• An optional Teacher Plant Ceremony
• Group Processing
• Cacao Farm visit watching how Indians make chocolate
• Rainforest Canopy Adventure (zip-lining!)
• Fun on Punta Uva Beach!

The Goddess Garden Eco-resort & Spa

The Goddess Garden is located in the town of Cahuita, a small community in the south of Costa Rica, 40 km south of Puerto Limon. Cahuita National Park is the main attraction here, where you can watch White Faced Monkeys, Howler monkeys, Iguanas and more, just a few steps away from its white sand beach. The Spiritual Center is surrounded by huge jungle trees and just few steps away, you will find the oldest and most amazing tree in Cahuita. Its roots, as tall as a man, will leave you breathless – it is a truly a temple.

“He (the Shaman) is a self-reliant explorer of the endless mansions
of a magnificent hidden universe.”
~ Michael Harner

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Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, +866-866-5566 or email us – we can’t wait to hear from you!

• Bring more sacredness into your relationship?
• Deepen your romantic connection – sexually, emotionally, and spiritually?
• Ignite, expand, and express your love more completely and authentically?
• Share Peruvian shamanic ceremony with your partner?
• Discover ancient secrets of Tantra?

If you and your beloved are ready to set aside the illusion of separation and move courageously onto the holy ground of your own beingness – this shamanic journey is for you! Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples will be sharing their sacred Tantra Tai Chi program with you – inviting you into the heart, soul and spiritual center of both your relationship with your partner and ancient Peru.

On this spiritual journey, we will use the energies of this amazing country to assist us in experiencing Tantra, an ancient pathway to enlightenment. Through becoming aware of the subtle energies of our life force, we will merge heart and soul with our beloved and divine consciousness – expanding our awareness into the eternal sacredness of life. There will be time for ceremony and deep personal exploration as a couple on this sacred retreat.

Highlights of this Dynamic Couples Retreat:

• Time at the romantic luxury resort Willka T’ika
• Be in the presence of the Apus (mountain spirits) at Machu Picchu
• Work with the energies of the Mother Earth (Pachamama)
• Rebirth your sacred self in the cave of Kusillucchayoc
• Participate in ceremonies & despachos with traditional local shamans
• Share the wisdom of our expert Peruvian guide Romulo Castilla
• Learn to mindfully transform your relationship into a meaningful spiritual path
• Discover how sexual energy can open the doorway to your soul.
• Empower your relationship and your life with practices that will last a life-time!
• Create a soul-satisfying, meditative and purposeful relationship with your Beloved.
• Learn to recognize and appreciate the authentic presence of love.
• Unveil how to maintain the intensity and joy of an intimate bond with a significant other.
• Blend sexual & heart energy for maximum orgasmic bliss.
• Learn the basic movements of Tantra Tai Chi, a unique program that provides a framework for intimate connection

The Sacred Energies of Pachamama

You will be joined on this journey by our guide, Romulo Castilla a Peruvian Shaman, and great source of the ancient Inca teachings and traditions. Along with several other local shamans, you will participate in wonderful ceremonies to help you connect with the spirit of the land and Pachamama.

Using the three levels of the Inca’s mythology of transcendence, we move from the underworld of separation and fear to the clarity of spiritual consciousness and oneness. The snake, puma and condor will be the symbols we use to represent our process for these 9 sacred days together at the sacred sites of Ollantaytambo, Pisac, Sacsayhuaman, and of course Machu Picchu!

Consciousness of Light

There is a story of a long-foretold alignment of the Earth with the axis of the Milky Way galaxy announcing a new dawn. In Peru, descendants of the Inca call this time the Pachakuti, “the return of the light” after 500 years of darkness. Peru is said to be the “morning of the new sun” – the portal through which rays of the new light will begin to awaken humanity to a new consciousness.

This unique journey will also awaken your intimate relationship to a new consciousness, bringing more light and love to your life – both in and out of the bedroom.
“Each moment in which you are conscious of the sacred sexual energy that runs through your veins becomes one in which you experience the divine.”
~Dr. Victoria Lee

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Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849 or 866-866-5566 – we can’t wait to hear from you!

• Connect with the feminine earth energy and wildlife of the Motherland?
• Befriend members of the Masai warrior tribe?
• Give deeply through donating and participating in community projects?
• Share and journey in sacred circle with a group of awesome women?
• Witness the most powerful animals on our planet: lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, zebras, wildebeest, & gazelles?

If so – this Woman’s Safari of the Soul with author Sheri Rosenthal and LUX World Travel owner Melinda Johnson will embrace you on every level of your mind, body and spirit. Through heart-felt circles, ceremony, meditation, and connection with our mother-earth – we will celebrate Africa, the Motherland of life. As sisters, we will honor the earth and ourselves by discovering and re-connecting to the innate rhythm of our deep personal being.

Discovering our integrity, purpose, peace, and passion through our experience of adventure, connection and giving will be powerful and fulfilling. There is no doubt that we will come home transformed, refreshed and inspired – with an intuitive knowing of where we stand in the world. Connecting with the feminine earth energy and wildlife of the motherland of all humanity is the focus of this amazing spiritual journey to Kenya, Africa.

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Highlights Of Your Adventure:

• Deeply connect with the Motherland of all humanity
• Be in the presence of some of the most graceful and powerful animals on our earth
• Experience the culture & spiritual philosophy of the Masai people
• Visit, give and be in service to the children at the Kid’s Alive Home
• Meditate under the huge skies of Africa
• Share a loving and non-judgmental women’s circle of wisdom
• Participate in group ceremonies under the stars
• Enjoy our fabulous Safari Camps for an authentic African connection
• Delicious food, fun, laughter and relaxation!
• Explore Sangare, a 6500 acre private wildlife conservancy
• Visit the Kamatongu Primary School, an in need publicly funded school
• Marvel at the Nakuru National Park, a protected sanctuary for endangered species
• Take a boat ride to explore the beautiful & private Crescent Island
• Connect with the jade-green Crater Lake & it’s vast wildlife in the Game Sanctuary

Giving of Ourselves

Although Kenya is one of the more stable countries in Africa, poverty and deprivation are rife across the land. HIV AIDS has resulted in over one million children being left as orphans with no visible means of support or care. Life expectancy rates have fallen and thousands of families struggle to survive on a day-to-day basis. With children suffering from the ravages of malnutrition, malaria, and HIV AIDS, the result is an ever-increasing child mortality rate.

For our community project, we’ll visit the Kids Alive Children’s Home (a Christian organization), and the Kamatongu Primary School a government supported school which is in dire need of a permanent source of drinking water. Proceeds from this journey will provide funds to the school to help them achieve some of their most dire goals. Our visit will be a powerful opportunity for us to open our hearts in service and experience unconditional love.

“For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.” ~ Maya Angelou

To Book our Mind, Body & Spirit Safari

Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849 or email us – we can’t wait to hear from you!

FYI: Several of the pictures above are gifts from Timothy Jackson owner of Vintage Destinations

• Tap into the wellspring of your primal creative fire & inner visions?
• Be inspired through guided visualizations, drumming, meditation & dreamwork?
• Enjoy individual guidance & group demonstrations of art techniques?
• Absorb the splendid volcanic energy of the ancient island of Santorini?

If so – join artist Linda Jacobson for an extraordinary Greek adventure in the midst of the Aegean Sea! Eight days of joyous painting, drawing, meditation and ritual on the magical island of Santorini, connected with the legendary civilization of Atlantis and ancient Minoan culture.

The clarity of air, the embrace of the water and the beauty of the light will rejuvenate and inspire you. The gods and goddesses of ancient Greece represent archetypal and elemental energies that live within each of our psyches which we will explore through meditation and art.

Option available to extend your stay to Santorini until the 23rd!

Highlights Of Your Adventure:

• No prior art experience necessary!
• Nurturing, non-judgmental environment for beginners!
• Experts: leave with constructive tools to enhance your technique
• The workshop is limited to a small, intimate group
• Special exercises for accessing your inner creativity
• Outdoor studio classes overlooking the Caldera for discussion & sharing
• Discussions & demonstrations of color theory, composition & art media
• Stimulating assignments are balanced with freedom to work on your own projects
• One-on-one guidance designed to unfold your personal creative vision
• Ample time for personal exploration, relaxing, swimming, sightseeing & shopping!
• Evenings of group sharing, discussions of our art, group dinners, and even Greek dancing at the local taverna!
• Being at home in the spectacular cliff-side town of Oia, overlooking the Aegean Sea
• Experience a “traditional” cave apartment hand-carved into the volcanic cliff-side
• All our rooms are unique with terraces & views of the Caldera
• Private boat excursion to Nea Kameni, the volcanic island
• Tour of the island, includes black sand beaches & ancient villages

Ancient Beauty

Santorini is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from the mainland of Greece. Santorini is also known by the name of the largest island in the archipelago, Thira or Thera and is the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands. This stunningly beautiful island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the last several thousand years when it erupted cataclysmically about 3,500 years ago.

“The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.”
~ Lord Byron

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Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849 or email us – we can’t wait to hear from you!

• Have a culturally authentic Day of the Dead experience?
• Create from the heart, and your deepest desires, rather than from the mind?
• Take your life to the next level and infuse your dream with joy, creativity and audaciousness?
• Create your own altar to those you love (or even an old version of yourself, a relationship that has ended, or to someone you would like to forgive)?
• Explore Monte Albán, one of ancient México’s most impressive ceremonial centers?

If so – join author Sheri Rosenthal for the heart-centered holiday of Day of the Dead and learn how to enjoy life fully, cultivate your joy and vitality, and explore your manifestation as a true “Artist of the Spirit.” Indeed, becoming a supreme artist of the spirit involves creating living our hearts desires without fear of judgment or limiting thoughts. And although folks often say they are afraid of death, perhaps the real truth is that the biggest fear humans possess is the fear of living life boldly and audaciously – free of what others think of us!

On this amazing week long journey, we’ll celebrate one of the most beloved Mexican holidays – in Mexico’s most beautiful culinary and artisan center. Here we’ll be connecting with the feeling of joy deep in our souls and to using that feeling to stir the flow of creative juices within us! By the end of this spiritual journey you’ll feel inspired to leap forward in life and take action to do those things you have been putting on the back-burner of life for years.

Highlights Of This Amazing Adventure:

• Explore Oaxaca, one of Mexico’s shining colonial jewels & a culinary and artistic center
• Celebrate one of the most beloved Mexican holidays: El Día de los Muertos!
• Build your own altar - a profound, deeply moving experience.
• Help a local family prepare their grave in the Xoxocotlan graveyard
• Watch families build private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed
• Experience the San Miguel Cemetery as 10,000 candles are lit for the holiday
• Fun, food, and sacred ceremony are the order of the day on this journey!
• Visit the amazing “Day of the Dead Tianguis” at the Abastos Market
• Meditate with the Tule tree, “El Arbol del Tule” said to be the world’s largest tree
• Have lunch at at the home of a family of candle makers in Teotitlan del Valle
• Explore the Santo Domingo Church — one of the great monastery-church compounds of Mexico since the 16th century
• Visit the XVI century convent of Cuilapan de Guerrero & wood carving village of San Martin Tilcajete
• See the making of the famed black pottery of the village of San Bartolo Coyotepec
• Be in ceremony at the beautiful sacred ruins of Yagul or Mitla
• Group lunch at the fabulous restaurant Casa Oaxaca Café, in Colonia Reforma
• Eight nights at the charming Hotel Casa Vertiz

El Día de los Muertos

Oaxaca buzzes with energy as family and friends gather together to pray for and remember those beloved friends and family members who have passed away. For the Mexicans this is a time of great celebration and joy.

According to Travel + Leisure magazine, Oaxaca is one of the TOP TEN “world’s best cities,” and NUMBER ONE in Mexico/Central and the South American region, based on “sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people, shopping, value.” We know you’ll agree!

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
~ Henry Miller

Want to Join Us?

Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849 or email us – we can’t wait to hear from you!

**Thanks to Luz Castilla for the photographs of the wonderful food, textiles, weaver and grave in the above slideshow.