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We strive to offer you an eco-friendly stay with us. We make significant efforts to reduce our environmental impact, both behind the scenes and in our guest rooms.
Waste reduction with our compost and recycling projects, and sustainable dining with our farm to table meals sourced from locals, are just a few examples of how we reduce our environmental impact.
El Nido is more than just a retreat center, it's a gateway to a genuine Peruvian experience. Set in an excellent location in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, discover this gem of a land - from lush nature to ancient traditions.
Our garden sauna offers a peaceful retreat to relax and rejuvenate amidst nature.
Marc's multifaceted approach to healing combines his personal experiences, recovery mentoring skills, Somatic Breathwork practitioner training, and his boundless love.
He is dedicated to guiding others on a journey back to the heart. His own healing path has led him to reside in the Sacred Valley, Peru, where he lives in harmony with the divine medicine of the land. Living in the moment, with joy and in service, Marc embodies a lifestyle that is in union with expansion, love, and joy.
The Guide to Your Spiritual Path
Marc's journey is a testament to resilience and transformation. Having endured challenging times early in his life, Marc made a pivotal decision to dedicate his life to serving and following the Heart. This commitment has imbued him with a sense of grace, which is extended to the souls he meets from all walks of life.
On this heart-led journey, Marc is deeply committed to continuous self-exploration and following his Heart's purpose. He possesses an intuitive gift for helping others connect with their Hearts, guiding them to discover their own paths and purposes. Marc integrates this ability with his belief in the holistic mantra of “healthy body, healthy mind, healthy spirit”, focusing on the complete well-being of individuals in their growth and healing.
A Constant Pursuit of Healing and Joy
Since 2013, Marc has been deeply involved with master plant teachers and has been facilitating one-on-one sacred journeys since 2017. He brings his deep reverence for these incredible teachers to El Nido, where his experiences and insights add immense value. Additionally, Marc leads Somatic Breathwork ceremonies, a practice that facilitates deep emotional release and works synergistically with plant medicine integration.
Throughout his travels, Memo has also explored the realms of spirituality. Guided by inspiring mentors, he has embraced "la voie du sentir" de Luis Ansa, learning to listen the sensation of the body. Always in search of love, without proof.
His encounter with Marc in 2023 in the Sacred Valley marks a natural progression in his journey : settling down to co-create a place of love, El Nido.
The Nomad Liberated by Discomfort
Guillome, better known as Memo, embodies the spirit of the indefatigable traveler. He has been constantly on the road since 2014, exploring distant lands and diverse cultures. For Memo, discomfort is synonymous with freedom, serving as a gateway to new experiences and discoveries. His unwavering adaptability and compassion for others have allowed him to thrive in a nomadic lifestyle, where each day brings its own adventures.
As a passionate autodidact, Memo has specialized in graphic design, working as a freelance designer for six years. His talent lies in creating unique visual identities, helping businesses stand out and prosper in the market. With an honest and authentic approach, he infuses each project with his passion for art and creativity.
A Lover of Untamed Paths
Harboring a deep affection for humanity, cultures, and history. He takes great pleasure in integrating himself into and engaging with the local communities he encounters throughout his travels, seeing it as a rewarding opportunity for continuous learning and contributing to collective well-being.
His connection to nature is equally profound: he finds solace and inspiration in the mountain peaks, where he connects with and rejuvenates amidst the living beings that surround him.
JoLyn dreams of a future rooted in ancient remembrance. Where we return back to the cycles of nature and live in harmony with the land. And where we connect with each other in community and share from a place of authenticity.
Dancer of the Soul
JoLyn is a dancer at heart moving through the cycles of life with as much ease, grace, and adaptability. Since childhood, dance has always been the most natural self-expression for JoLyn. When she came to live in the Valley in 2019, she was instantly drawn to the ecstatic dance community where she started reclaiming lost and abandoned parts of herself through reconnecting with dance and expression through movement.
A Holistic Approach to Food
Jolyn's involvement in the ecstatic dance community is what led her to start to be in service through food in 2021.
She started cooking for weekly ecstatic dance events which soon led her to other opportunities to cook for dinner parties, events, and holistic retreats. Over trial and error, JoLyn found her own creative expression through a holistic and ancestral approach of using food as medicine.
It was at that time that she started realizing that her other personal interests like herbalism, water consciousness, and holistic health and wellness were intertwined with creating high vibrational food. JoLyn knew that her approach and understanding of food is a gift to share with others. JoLyn believes that she has been put on the Food Path as a way to be in service that will lead her to her most aligned truth and deeper purpose.
Ayahuasquero and Master Sound Healer
Nacho Rodriguez and his team of experienced, male and female facilitators share the healing of the sacred medicinal plant Ayahuasca with integrity, love and divine connection.
Nacho's intention is to create a bridge between the plant and the person's spirit, in order to delve deeply into the river of self-knowing, and in so doing, allowing that person to leave behind what prevents them from being happy and acknowledging themselves as the beings of light that they are - without masks, without fears and without insecurities.
In this way, Nacho acts as a portal to open this channel to true divine connection with oneself, creating internal and external peace within and therefore the ability to live life with joy and inspiration.
The exceptional quality of Nacho's musical abilities make Nacho’s ceremonies some of the most ethereal and beautiful you are likely to experience. He is a multi-instrumentalist of extraordinary ability.
His vast experience with the sacred medicine and his commitment to this very disciplined path, make him an exceptional Ayahuasquero. Together with his wife and two children, Nacho embodies a life of sovereignty, joy and service.
Ayahuasquera
Milagros is the cofounder of SacredValleyTribe (where we drink Ayahuasca), and La Pacha community.
Milagros has been drinking plant medicine since the year 2000. She has guided and taken part in over 1500 ceremonies and retreats.
Today Milagros manages activities at SVT, is the mother of two amazing kids/teachers/and fellow travelers, and was Diego Palma’s wife for 20 years before he passed in October 2019.
Milagros is convinced that the most powerful teachings are the simplest, and she tries her best to hold space and pieces together. She feels in tune with her drum and her family and she believes teachings can be firm and gentle at the same time. She lives and loves La Pacha community, and feels blessed to share this space and medicine with so many beautiful souls.
David, Gonzalo, Rodrigo & Melissa
David and his family are a loving medicine family born in Cusco, Peru, who will guide our Wachuma group ceremonies.
With many years of experience in the path of healing, inspired by the Andean Cosmovision, they offer ancestral ceremonies in service of Mother Earth, Father Fire, Mother Water and Father Wind- such as cacao ceremonies, coca leaf readings, temazcal ceremonies, shamanic drum making, ceremonies with sacred plants such as wachuma, tobacco, rapé and coca leaves.
In addition to working profoundly with master plants, their work focuses on the creation of sacred spaces, such as circles of women and men for the unification of the Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine energies. This is exemplified in the holistic Andean marriages they perform.
Their main objective is to provide training and instruction on ancestral knowledge through workshops, ceremonies, rituals and holistic activities for self-knowledge and reconnection with the inner teacher and the recognition of the importance of inner power for a full existence.
Shamanic Wisdom
A seasoned practitioner of shamanic wisdom with a decade of immersion in practices and connections with indigenous communities like Shipibo, Wixarika, and Q'ero.
Having completed a transformative 10-year apprenticeship, I bring a diverse background from the art world, financial advising, real estate, business, and investing. My unique expertise allows me to bridge ancient wisdom with contemporary success, empowering entrepreneurs to refine their life purpose.
My teachings, rooted in deep shamanic knowledge, aim to blend tradition with innovation. I explore non-psychedelic states through ancient practices, emphasizing a holistic approach for personal and entrepreneurial transformation.
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Holistic Sanctuary and Retreat Center in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru.
