The Inca Medicine Wheel Journey
Start living in balance and harmony with the world.
Your journey through the 4 directions from the Q'ero shamanic tradition of Peru will be led by John English, Dr. Ivory Raye, and Joni Lerner B.Msc. in a beautiful location.
4-Day Spiritual Workshop
The Inca Medicine Wheel is a life confirming journey into your most authentic self. To journey around the wheel means to commit to a series of workshops. We meet intensely for 4 days every 3 months, gaining insights to the ancient wisdom of the Q'ero Inca shamans.
Ayni: (n, Quechua)
Sacred reciprocity; the practice of living in harmony with the spirit of the earth.
What is the Inca Medicine Wheel?
A commitment to the Warriors path, the path of freedom.
The Inca Medicine Wheel is a spiritual symbol passed down from the teachings of the Q'ero shaman of Peru. Ingrained in the principle of living in harmony with nature and spirit, known as ayni, it acts as a guide for a balanced life. This wheel represents four cardinal directions, each linked to stages of life and elements of nature. It teaches us a holistic way of living and healing, helping us reconnect with our essential selves and the interconnected web of existence.
South: Healing
We start in the south, shedding past burdens like the Serpent (Sachamama) sheds its skin. We confront old narratives, transforming them from sources of pain into wellsprings of strength and empathy.
West: Transformation
The west, home of the Jaguar (Otorongo), guides us as spiritual warriors beyond fear, violence, and death. We unravel ancestral patterns, freeing ourselves to serve humanity's highest good.
North: Initiation
In the north, the realm of the Hummingbird and Ancient Ones, we delve into ancient teachings, transcending linear time. Through ceremony, we reconnect with our spiritual lineage and true nature.
East: Co-Creation
The east, governed by the Eagle/Condor, invites us to dream the world into being with Creator. We realize our healing serves as stewardship of creation, experiencing the sacred in every moment.
Medicine Wheel Teachings
The Medicine Wheel Workshop Series is composed of 4, 4-day workshops throughout a one year period.
This is a series of four separate but connected Medicine Wheel Retreats, each focusing on a direction. Every 3 months, you will learn one direction of the medicine wheel and gain tools for shifting your life and perspective. You'll spend time in an intimate group surrounded in by nature.
You begin in the South Direction, where you will shed your past and programming the way the serpent sheds its skin. In the West, you will remove your ancestral and karmic garbage and come into your power through doing your shadow work. In the North, you will learn to walk the way of the masters by drinking directly from the nectar of Life like the hummingbird. In the East, you will learn the ways of the visionary and fly wing to wing with the Great Spirit like the eagle.
We begin with learning the history and wisdom of the Toltec Teachings and the Q'ero Shaman of Peru. The course includes experiential learning, sand paintings, meditations, dreaming sessions, multiple energetic healing sessions, and receiving the rites.
You will learn to instinctively manage your life experience in a whole new way and make lifelong friends. Essentially, you will remove all that stands in the way of you living fully and purposefully in your aliveness and joy.
Your Guides
Teachings of the Inca Medicine Wheel, have been passed down for centuries.
Workshops are facilitated by John English, Dr. Ivory Raye, and Joni Lerner, B.Msc. who are trained in a wide range of approaches and modalities. They not only teach this work…but integrate it’s principles into their own lives.
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John English
INSTRUCTOR
John English is an award-winning author, shamanic healer and teacher of ancient wisdom. He has dedicated the last 25 years of his life to coaching, healing and writing to help others live a powerful life on purpose.
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Dr. Ivory Raye
INSTRUCTOR
Ivory Raye is a Naturopathic Doctor, Educator, and Health Coach specializing in Women's Health and Functional Medicine. She incorporates shamanic healing in her practice because it leads to a deeper level of healing and health.
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Joni Lerner, B.Msc.
INSTRUCTOR
Joni Lerner is a podcast host, leadership expert, and certified life coach with a degree in Metaphysical Counseling. Joni’s expertise is to facilitate dynamic change and lasting transformation.
The Program
You will arrive at Paradise Ranch Retreat where you will meet your teachers and your fellow students and begin instruction.
The workshop is both informational and more importantly, experiential. You will have specific time periods to explore the land through spirit walks.
Curated to build on the previous day, each day is different from the previous. You will receive ancient wisdom teachings and practices, be guided through meditation, shamanic journeys/trance, breath work, as well as participate in partner and group healing sessions and initiations.
On the last day you are guided into integrating back into your beautiful life.
Each direction includes ceremony such as fire ceremonies and specific Rites of thr Q’ero to support and guide you in this transformational journey. The rites correlate to the work done in each direction, aiding you in building a medicine body and connecting to the earth (Pampa Mesayok), Mountains (Alto Mesayok), and the Stars (Kurak Akullyak).
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1:45 PM | We start with a warm welcoming, followed by engaging workshop instructions.
5:30 PM | Enjoy a healthy dinner together, celebrating both the food and the connections we’ve made.
7:00 PM | Experience the powerful Fire Ceremony, a sacred moment for reflection and intention-setting.
9:00 PM | Day Ends
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9:00 AM | Instruction beings
5:30 PM | Enjoy a healthy dinner together.
9:00 PM | Day Ends
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9:00 AM | Instruction beings
5:30 PM | Enjoy a healthy dinner together.
7:30 PM | Fire Ceremony & Shamanic Rites Transmission
9:00 PM | Day Ends
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9:00 AM | Instruction on using the power of your learnings and reintegrating into your life
12:00 PM | Day Ends
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Remember that when we do our own inner work it reflects into every area of our life and out into the world. It is the greatest work we can do for the collective!
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