{"id":181,"date":"2026-10-06T19:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/?p=181"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:23:27","slug":"awakolla-retreat-%c2%b7-pawkar-raymi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/en\/awakolla-retreat-%c2%b7-pawkar-raymi\/","title":{"rendered":"Awakolla Retreat \u00b7 Pawkar Raymi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Flowering of the Spirit \u2014 Altars of Imbabura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An Encounter with the Ancestral Medicine of the Andes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>February 5\u201310, 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AyaPuma Samay \u00b7 Taita Imbabura \u00b7 Ecuador<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From February 5 to 10, 2027, the AyaPuma Samay Association will hold a six-day retreat dedicated to an encounter with Awakolla, the ancestral sacred cactus of the Andes, also known as San Pedro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retreat will take place in the territory of AyaPuma Samay, on the Imbabura Volcano, bringing together learning, ceremonial experience and a direct connection with the land. We will explore the gardens where the medicine grows, its cultivation and care, as well as the spiritual and ceremonial principles that accompany this path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-02.03.05-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the time of Pawkar Raymi, an Andean celebration of flowering, renewal and gratitude to the Earth. In this spirit, the process invites us to recognize what is coming into bloom, renew our relationship with life and give thanks to the territory that sustains the gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journey will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Offering walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Fire cleansings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Temazcals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ceremonies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Traditional Pawkar Raymi rituals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Sharing circles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Traditional music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Guided integration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retreat will be guided by <strong>Taita Santiago Andrade Le\u00f3n<\/strong>, a yachay from Imbabura and a medicine man of the Sumak Kawsay tradition, as well as a leader of the Vision Quest and Sun Dance at AyaPuma Samay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will work with a small group to sustain a carefully held space and offer a closer relationship with the territory and with each participant\u2019s individual process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Limited spaces available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Information, guidance and reservations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jelena Rimani\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+385 99 879 0631<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">info@ayapumasamay.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>AyaPuma Samay Association \u2014 Guardians of the Cloud Forest<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flowering of the Spirit \u2014 Altars of Imbabura An Encounter with the Ancestral Medicine of the Andes February 5\u201310, 2027 AyaPuma Samay \u00b7 Taita Imbabura \u00b7 Ecuador From February 5 to 10, 2027, the AyaPuma Samay Association will hold a six-day retreat dedicated to an encounter with Awakolla, the ancestral sacred cactus of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayapumasamay.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}