Advanced Practitioners 10 Day | 9 Night Trauma Informed Huachuma & Ayahuasca Sacred Valley Immersion August 13-22, 2026

With Nikki Szeghalmi, Chase Moore and Kimberly Ocana

August 13 - 22, 2026

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Date and Time Details: August 13-22, 2026

Location: The Source Peru

Address: Sacred Valley, Calca, Cusco, Perú

10 Day Advanced Sacred Valley Immersion: Limited to 10 guests this special immersion includes: Private single or double accommodations at The Source Peru for 9 nights Four sacred medicine ceremonies guided by experienced, trauma-informed facilitators Round trip shuttle to The Source from Cusco Traditional Andean Despacho ceremony with Q'ero elders Half-day luxury spa experience at Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness Two pre-retreat somatic preparation sessions (before arrival) Two individual onsite navigation sessions during the retreat Three post-retreat integration sessions (after returning home) Farm-to-table organic meals prepared with locally-sourced ingredients Natural Springs cold plunge Onsite laundry services

  • $5,295.00 – Single Room Accommodations with Balcony & Shared Bathrooms (Limited Availability)

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS​

Intimate experience limited to 10 guests

This is the first time Ananda Lodge has brought together both Amazonian and Andean lineages under one container—four master carriers working in concert to guide experienced practitioners through a cross-cosmological healing journey.

This retreat exists for those who have already walked with these plants and are ready to go beyond single-lineage work into synthesis territory where few containers operate.

Over 10 days, you’ll work with two medicines that have each shaped you independently—now sequenced to unlock deeper layers of integration only possible when both traditions converge.

Ananda Lodge brings its transformative approach to the ancestral homeland of these sacred medicines, partnering with The Source Peru to create an unprecedented healing journey that honors both ancient wisdom and modern therapeutic approaches. 

Master practitioners from each tradition will hold space for your work across both cosmologies. This isn’t ceremonial tourism. This is depth work in the geography where these practices originated and continue uninterrupted. 

Luxury Inclusions

  • Private single accommodations at The Source Peru for 9 nights
  • Four sacred medicine ceremonies guided by experienced, trauma-informed facilitators
  • Round trip shuttle to The Source from Cusco
  • Traditional Andean Despacho ceremony with Q’ero elders
  • Half-day luxury spa experience at Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness
  • Two pre-retreat somatic preparation sessions (before arrival)
  • Two individual onsite navigation sessions during the retreat
  • Three post-retreat integration sessions (after returning home)
  • Farm-to-table organic meals prepared with locally-sourced ingredients
  • Natural Springs cold plunge
  • Onsite laundry services

The Convergence of Traditions

The convergence of Amazonian vine medicine and Andean cactus wisdom creates synthesis unavailable in single-lineage containers. You’ve worked each medicine separately. This immersion reveals what emerges when both traditions operate in coordinated sequence under carriers who understand cross-pollination at the lineage level.

 

Is This Convergence Right for You?

Medicine Experience

You don’t need orientation to ayahuasca or San Pedro, you have working relationships with each. You’re seeking a container filled with other experienced practitioners where the collective field operates at depth from ceremony one.

Synergistic Weaving

You’ve witnessed what ayahuasca reveals. You know San Pedro’s territory. Now you’re asking what becomes available when both medicines work you in coordinated sequence under carriers who understand cross-tradition dialogue.

Teachers and Mentors vs Facilitators

You recognize that working with dedicated teachers across 10 days creates mentorship unavailable in standard retreat models. You’re seeking medicine carries with depth and who can answer the questions that arise three ceremonies deep when you’re working synthesis territory.

The Wisdom of Sacred Valley

You understand altitude, land, and proximity to origin sites amplify medicine work. The 100-foot waterfall, the 10,000-foot elevation, the Incan energy grid—these aren’t amenities. They’re co-facilitators.

Intimacy = Depth

Ten participants maximum means the medicine carriers can track each person’s arc across all four ceremonies. You recognize that intimate containers allow the Maestr@s to calibrate ceremony sequences based on what emerges in the collective field. Depth requires this ratio.

Cosmological Integrity

You’ve researched dual-tradition retreats and found most either lack authentic lineage or treat the combination as novelty. You’re investing in one of the rare containers designed specifically for synthesis-level integration.

 

TRAUMA-INFORMED SOMATIC CARE

Integrate your medicine experiences through body-centered therapeutic approaches deepening your connection to Self.
Rather than just “having experiences,” our approach helps you process and integrate the medicine teachings at the level of the body, where true transformation occurs.

Your journey includes:

  • Two Pre-Retreat Somatic Preparation Sessions: Personalized guidance to prepare your nervous system for the medicine work
  • Individualized Support During Ceremony: Work 1:1 with our skilled Huachumera and somatic specialist designed to support your process of transformation
  • Two Individual Onsite Navigation Sessions: Skilled facilitation to help process emotions, sensations, and insights that arise
  • Two Post-Retreat Integration Sessions: Support for embodying your insights in daily life

LUXURIOUS TRANSFORMATION AT THE SOURCE

Your physical container for this profound work is The Source Peru, an extraordinary “edge-of-luxury” retreat nestled at 10,000 feet above sea level in the Sacred Valley.

This exceptional property features:

  • Breathtaking Natural Beauty: Surrounded by a 100-foot waterfall, tranquil river canyon, and majestic Andean peaks
  • Lush Botanical Surroundings: Immerse yourself in fragrant eucalyptus groves, fruit trees, and medicinal plants
  • Comfortable Private Accommodations: Single rooms with shared bathrooms
  • Farm-to-Table Cuisine: Nourishing, organic meals prepared with locally-sourced ingredients
  • Luxury Spa Excursion: Included is a luxurious half-day spa experience at the renowned Unno Spa in Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness

About the Guides

Nikki Szeghalmi

Nikki grew up just outside Toronto, Canada and currently lives nestled amongst the Andes in the Sacred Valley of Peru. As a teacher dedicated to working with people with special needs and at-risk youth, she has devoted her life to being a support to others.  Coming from a background of addiction and depression, she was […]

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Chase Moore

Chase Moore, a Tennessee native, is an experienced Huachumero trained in the indigenous San Pedro medicine tradition by his long time teacher, Bernhard Karshagen. He’s a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has been teaching for over a decade. Chase has dedicated over 8 years to working exclusively with the master plant of San […]

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Kimberly Ocana

Kimberly is the co-founder of Ananda Lodge Costa Rica and a certified somatic trauma-informed medicine facilitator and integration guide. As an empathic medicine woman, Kimberly brings over 10 years of personal coaching and working with plant medicine.  Experiencing the depths of corporate burnout, she turned to ancient healing traditions and plant medicine for soul reconnection […]

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