February 1st - February 8th, 2020
Peru Plant Medicine Retreat
Yoga Mandala Center
Sacred Valley, Peru 

Join us for this all-inclusive immersion into yoga, adventure and wellness. ​

Nestled within the Andes mountains, in the Sacred Valley of Peru, the Yoga Mandala Center offers seclusion and relaxation, providing the perfect environment to reflect inward. The simple, rustic accommodations encourage guests to disconnect from the stress of life. Take time to invest in yourself and grow through experience and exposure to like-minded people. Three delicious, vegetarian meals prepared by an on-site chef will keep you nourished. Daily yoga, meditation and self-reflection will open your body and mind in order to connect with your spirit. 

Investment & Accommodation
 7-Day Yoga & Wellness Retreat: $1,800.00 USD without Machu Picchu or $2,220.00 including Machu Picchu
Price Includes: Shared room accommodations for 7 nights, 3 plant-based, organic meals per day,
Daily ​Yoga and Guided Meditation, 1 Sound Healing Circle Ceremony, 1 Temazcal Ceremony (Sweat Lodge), Pisac Ruins & Market Day Excursion, Local Waterfall Hike. 

 Flight, Ayahausca & Wachuma not included and additional fees apply.
A $500.00 deposit is due to reserve your spot.
Remaining balance must be paid 30 days prior to the retreat start date.

Flight Information
You are responsible for booking your own flight to and from Cuzco, Peru. 
Please wait for email confirmation from Wild Roots Yoga before booking your flight. 
Travel insurance is required and can be purchased when you book your flight. 
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Please note: Due to the intimacy of the accommodations, the high demand of this retreat, and our intention behind it, we are selecting individuals of like-minds that will contribute to the environment of growth we are working towards achieving. Be advised that submitting this application does not guarantee you've been selected. We will advise you if you have been selected before we run your credit card for the deposit. 

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MEDICINE OFFERINGS:   
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​SOUND HEALING CIRCLE
Duration: 1:00hr - Included in Retreat Pricing
A magical experience that you will deeply enjoy with crystal bowls, ancient Peruvian instruments as well as other native instruments from around the world. With the powerful energy of this site will help you balance all your chakras and go to a deeper level of healings within your subtle bodies!!!

WACHUMA CEREMONY
Duration: 1 day - Price: $150.00 per person
Healing journey with master plant cactus. Medicine couple Doris and Jose will guide and hold space into a healing meditation to connect with the sacred spirits of the mountains called Apus.

TEMAZCAL CEREMONY
Duration: 3 -5hrs - Price: Included in Retreat Pricing
It’s a natural therapeutic experience of heat and steam, which is inspired by pre-Hispanic ancient practices of traditional medicine. Its use through history has been therapeutic and as a ritual/ceremony, practice has survived through the years as a tradition of the various indigenous communities in South America. Relaxation that generates experience urges us to a profound state of peace, introspection, reflection and full attention. Temazcal therapy is a well beautiful and powerful moment in our life, an opportunity to reconcile us with ourselves, a unique experience of purification and re-connection with our internal source of wisdom and unconditional love. Closing a cycle and opening a new one in our lives, we release attachments, negative thoughts, fears and mental conditioning, delivering them to the heat of the stones Mama Willka Rumicuna grandmothers of the Earth.

AYAHUASCA CEREMONY
Duration: all NIGHT Price: $170.00 per person
The Ayahuasca medicine is a sacred plant brew that has been used by indigenous Amazonian cultures for thousands of years – primarily for healing, divination and spiritual awakening.
Working with Ayahuasca is an intense, profound, and almost always a highly transformative experience that can facilitate deep healing on all levels of your being – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Ayahuasca is a doorway to inner worlds that allows us access to higher states of consciousness and the experience of spiritual awakening. To many people it reveals the multi-dimensional nature of reality and ourselves and it leads us back to who we truly are.
Note: Dietary preparations will be required leading up to the night of the ceremonies. Details will be sent out once a confirmed booking has been made
EXCURSIONS:

​PISAQ RUINS AND MARKET
Duration: 6hrs Price: Included in Retreat Pricing
Pisaq Ruins .The site sits on a hilltop with a gorge on either side, spread out into clusters on the mountain spur. The central, dominant figure of the Pisaq temple group is an outcrop of rock jutting above two levels of platform, surrounded by a D-shaped wall of the finest masonry. There are four rock projections in the Pisaq temple group known as inti-huatanas, which in Quechua means hitching place of the sun (inti). They were intended for solar observation and worship. Beside the Pisaq inti-huatana is a magnificent two-domed rectangular building, which may have been the temple of the moon. Immediately above the inti-huatanas is a group of houses surrounding a courtyard, where there is a rock sculpted into a seat for resting. From the courtyard is a path that leads to a climb up the western flank of the mountain. Pisaq Market. For most of the week, the colonial town of Pisaq is a quiet Andean village where locals relax in the plaza or enjoy fresh bread baked in an old-fashioned clay oven. Here there is a popular market for tourists where you can pick up an array of souvenirs. But the village comes alive on Sunday when the famous weekly market takes place. Pisac’s Sunday market attracts locals and international tourists alike. The main square gets crowded, especially after the mass, which is celebrated in Quechua. The congregation leaves the church in a colorful procession, led by the Mayor holding his silver staff of office. 
Includes: Transportation, guide, entrance ticket and lunch in Mullu restaurant.

DAY TRIP TO MACHU PICCHU
Duration: all day Price: $420.00 per person 
A magical one day trip to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu It includes transportation to and from the train station. Train tickets to and from Aguas Calientes, round bus tickets to the archeological place, guide and lunch at El Indio Feliz.

SALT MINE + MORAY TOUR
Duration: 4hrs Price: $110.00 per person 
This tour introduces to some of Cusco’s most interesting Inca sites. The tour starts with a visit to the Colonial town of Maras and its church. From Maras we continue to the nearby Inca site of Moray, a magnificent series of terrace circles set into the ground that were once used by the Incas for experimentation with crops. Our final destination are the salt mines which have been in use since Pre-Inca times. Water from a subterranean stream is channelled through pools where it evaporates and leaves behind pure salt crystals. With thousands of stark white pools stretching down the valley, the views are stunning. Includes the transportation, guide, entrance tickets and lunch in Huacatay restaurant.
ACCOMMODATIONS​YOGA MANDALA - SACRED VALLEYABOUT SACRED VALLEY, PERU

Yoga Mandala Sacred Valley Retreat Center is located at the base of sacred mountains Pitisuray and Sawasiray in Arin valley right underneath a beautiful waterfall nestled in the sacred valley of the Incas. Here you will see the native cultures (Quechua speaking) working the land as they have for centuries, with love and simplicity. We are a family that likes to practice yoga and live in harmony with nature, welcoming every type of visitor that likes to share our dream. Yoga Mandala has been designed to have the least possible impact on the surroundings eco system, maintaining a virtual non polluting operation. The center is eco-friendly, made from local materials, and spacious—providing you with personal privacy and solitude ideal for your own spiritual growth.
  ​According to The Only Peru Guide, the Sacred Valley lies between lofty mountain peaks of over 16,000ft. The Valley is over 100 miles long and is considered sacred because of the astronomical relationship with the Milky Way, which during certain times of the year, arcs high above the valley. In addition to the breathtaking views, the region offers many cultural and historical components that are more than worth exploring.

​Check out The Only Peru Guide for more information. ​

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    Policies
    IF YOU CANCEL THE YOGA RETREAT:
    • 60 days or more prior to the start of the yoga retreat, you receive:  Any money paid above the $500 non-refundable deposit, less a credit card fee of 3%, we cannot refund any travel costs incurred.
    • 0-60 days prior to the start of the yoga retreat, no refunds or credits will be given.
    To cancel, you must send an email stating that you wish to cancel to: info@wildrootsyoga.com
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    IF WE CANCEL THE YOGA RETREAT:
    • We have never had to cancel a retreat, however, if we do cancel a trip due too few participants, we will refund to you all deposits and payments you have paid. We cannot however compensate you for airfare or travel costs incurred. In the unlikely event that Wild Roots  Yoga must cancel a yoga retreat due to weather, natural disaster or political upheaval, we cannot guarantee a refund – it will be depending on receiving a refund from the venue / tour operator we work with. To cover these risks, we require you purchase travel insurance.

    TRAVEL INSURANCE: 
    • We require all participants traveling with us to purchase trip insurance. Travel Insurance can protect you in case:
    You cancel your participation in the yoga retreat
    Retreat is cancelled due to weather, natural disaster, or not enough participants to run the trip
    Lost baggage
    Medical expenses and the cost of repatriation should you become ill or injured
    We recommend TRAVELGUARD, which offers a variety of travel insurances, including the option for a comprehensive “cancel for any reason” policy. If you cancel your retreat – for any reason – your airfare, hotel, retreat costs, etc. up until 48 hours prior to travel, will be covered. This comprehensive package is called the ”Gold Package Cancel for Any Reason Policy”. You must contact Travelguard and purchase the policy within 15 days of buying your airline tickets or incurring any costs for any part of your travel. You can also just insure your air tickets. Travelguard can give you quotes for each scenario.

    FLIGHT:
    • Please book your travel arrangements through Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in the city of Cusco.
    • Please book your inbound flight to arrive no later than Saturday, February 1st, 2020. Check-in at the retreat center is at noon and the retreat center is about one hour from Cusco. You are reliable for any accommodations if you chose to fly in earlier than 2/1/2020. Our opening ceremony will be after dinner on the 1st, so arrival time is flexible for that entire day. 
    • Outbound flight must be booked February 8th, 2020 in the afternoon, ideally. If you wish to extend your stay in Peru, you will need to arrange your own accommodations. 
    • Once you have booked your travel arrangements please send a copy of your itinerary with your travel insurance verification to info@wildrootsyoga.com
    FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
    • Due to changes in altitude between the city of Cusco and The Sacred Valley, altitude sickness is an expected ailment for anyone who may be sensitive. Please bring whatever you think you will need in order to treat the symptoms. Drinking a lot of water and getting good rest is always the best bet.
    • The country of Peru is, by definition, a third world country. Please maintain expectations of the accommodations, restaurants, markets and of the people in general that reflect an open mind to experiencing culture that is different from what you may be used to. Wild Roots Yoga, its affiliates, and anyone who travels with us agrees to honor and respect the culture and traditions of the peoples and places that host us.