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Shamanic Apprenticeship

The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition (PMT): Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal with Sanctioned Shamanic Teacher Emma (Chio) Robalino-Rivas

  • Join a heart-awakened community of shamanic initiates engaged in the evolution and healing of humanity and the planet.

  • Apprentice in traditional ceremonial arts of Peru.

  • Create your personal healing altar ground incorporating the five directions of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition.

  • Reclaim your life as a heart-awakened steward of Mother Earth.

  • Utilize a time-proven experiential path for safely exploring non-ordinary realms of consciousness

  • This apprenticeship is a journey of 12 months which includes:

    • Three in person immersion weekend intensives. Each intensive level is an initiatory lineage activation and transmission that must be fulfilled sequentially. For example, the first level is a prerequisite for the second level.

    • A monthly Zoom meeting for questions, answers, and deepening practices.

    • 2 Solstices and 2 Equinoxes ceremonies on Zoom.

Who is this Apprenticeship For?

  • Everyone looking to find meaning in life through deeper spiritual relationship and communion with our Great Originating Mystery

  • Beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners of shamanic arts

  • Folks from all walks of life who seeking to maximize their presence as sources of healing light in the world

  • People who love to adopt and make friends with rocks, crystals, feathers, shells, etc.

  • Healers looking for a tradition to hold and evolve their practices within

  • Folks from all walks of life who are seeking to maximize their presence as sources of healing light in the world

This foundational apprenticeship (taught in English) provides a comprehensive foundation and profound initiations into the living heart and soul of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition. It ensures participants cultivate a deeper relationship with nature and the unseen world, receiving multiple opportunities for self-exploration, empowerment, and personal growth. It provides tools to develop your connection to nature, spirit, and heartfelt community, offering a practical, compassionate path for navigating these transformational times in planetary and human history. It is based on the teachings of don Oscar Miro-Quesada, founded upon the traditional teachings of Peruvian shamanism and the wisdom of its ancestral lineage. This powerful apprenticeship is open to all people who desire to be of service to themselves, their families, their community, and Mother Earth.

Immersion Weekends Description

Part I: The Call to Heal (Releasing the Past): Participants will be initiated into the Pachakuti Mesa, a powerful and sacred altar. Each student will learn how to create their own mesa and work with it for self-empowerment, transformation, and helping others. Through shamanic journey and visionary states of consciousness, participants will explore the three worlds of the Andean cosmovision, sacred reciprocity with all that is, the core ingredients of ceremonial mastery, sacred sound and ritual language, healing and curanderismo, and the inner world of the ukhupacha.

Part II: A Balance of Power (Transforming the Present)​: An apprenticeship in the center direction of the mesa, traditional Peruvian perspectives on the flow of energy through the realms, focusing on the kaypacha, the middle world. Students will explore the kaypacha’s elemental matrix and magico-spiritual power, and learn about the sun and moon’s presence in the middle world, mapping the cosmos on Earth, and celestial death and rebirth.

Part III: The Condor’s Quest (Creating the Future)​: This initiation is a deep dive into the paqokuna, don Benito’s contribution to the PMT. The Andean Shaman/Priesthood mystical path, the lineage of the sacred mountains, and the five virtues of the mesa come alive in this intensive, including how to make a despacho (earth offering). Participants will also journey to and experience the hanaqpacha, the upper world beyond the physical     realm, work with the unseen world there and deepen their connection to their own spiritual resources.

Part IV: The Hummingbird’s Ascent (Living the Mystery): Participants will be initiated into the healing arts of this tradition and learn about the lightning bolt of mystical illumination - the flow of kamasqa - the power of Creation. They will work with the elements, the forces of the universe, the body of Mother Earth, and sacred healing objects. In sacred reciprocity participants will create despachos to honor the sacred mountains, the elements, the unseen world, and prepare for a paqowachu, a sacred pilgrimage.

Part V: The Shamanic Self (Serving the Earth): An experiential intensive into soul and spirit through ritual process, including the spiritual creation, activation and care of an apacheta (stone altar). Students will work with the power of dimensionality and time, the hampikamayoq breathing techniques, and be exposed to ancient hermetic wisdom. Participants will be further empowered by evoking both seen and unseen sources of cosmic awareness within their mesa, sacred objects and own being, and initiation into the lineage of this revered tradition.

In-Person 3 Immersion gathering Intensive Schedule

  1. October 9-13, 2024:

    • Part I - The Call to Heal: Releasing the Past

    • Part II - Balance of Power: Transforming the Present

  2. March 26-30, 2025

    • Part III - The Condor’s Quest: Creating the Future

    • Part IV - The Hummingbird’s Ascent: Living the Mystery

  3. June 27-29, 2025

    • Part V - The Shamanic Self: Serving the Earth

On Wednesdays Oct 9 and March 26, and Friday June 27 please arrive at Seminar House by 3-4 pm.  Dinner will be served at 5 pm and apprenticeship will begin at 6:30 pm.

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Location:

Mirabellenhof (Seminar House) Grünstraße 11 16359 Biesenthal Germany

Tuition

Sacred Reciprocity for the full 12 month apprenticeship

3300 Euros if registered prior to June 30, 2024.

3500 Euros and lodging not guaranteed, if registered after June 30, 2024.

Apprenticeship which includes:

  • 3 immersion gathering intensives.

  • Double room accommodations (guaranteed if registered prior to June 30, 2024).

  • Healthy, delicious vegetarian meals for Wednesday night dinner. Thursday, Friday, Saturday breakfast-lunch-dinner. Sunday breakfast and lunch.

  • Monthly Zoom gatherings (approximately 60 to 90 minutes) to be held on the first Tuesday of each month beginning in November 2024, and ending in October 2025.

  • Zoom ceremonies for Solstices and Equinoxes.

  • Apprenticeship materials.

  • Email/phone support.

What is not included:  Transportation to and from in-person immersive weekend intensives.

Please note that all apprenticeship materials and instructions will be in English.

For further information and to register 

Cancellation Policy

We know that schedules can change and cancellations are sometimes necessary. Tuition will be refunded less cancellation fees according to the following schedule:

400 Euros cancellation fee up until 4 weeks prior to the first day of weekend immersion on October 9, 2024.

No refunds for cancellations less than 4 weeks prior to October 9, 2024 or no-show. (In cases of family emergency or illness we will put your tuition towards a future apprenticeship.)

All cancellations must be in writing, by email that has been acknowledged and responded to by us. Cancellation dates are the date of an email response by us. Refunds will be processed within 2 weeks of request.

Chio Robalino-Rivas, PT

Chio’s passion for healing started in 1992 when she became a Physical Therapist specializing in neurological and vestibular rehabilitation. Her devotion to healing guided her to look into other modalities, eventually leading her to European Shamanism in 2014, opening her up to Spirit in a profound way. In 2019, Chio was introduced to the significance of rituals and ceremonies through the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, a gateway to a heart centered connection with the Lineages of South America. Having a great grandmother who was sought out for her midwifery and herbal healing skills, Chio’s family lineage is one of community healing. She is immensely honored to be of service to Pachamama and to all life on Pachamama. She embodies compassion and guides students through this multi-layered tradition while providing a supportive space for personal healing and transformation. Chio was born in the mountain city of Riobamba, Ecuador, and has maintained a deep connection with Chimborazo and Altar Apukuna (Mountains) of her birth - the lineage of the Andean traditions is embedded within her DNA. She now resides in Sacramento, California.