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Wisdom Healer
A Training in Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Healers.
"Every time I get the chance to help other heal, I know Pachamama will help me heal in return" Vilma Pinedo.
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." – Rumi
Welcome to the Wisdom Healer Training, a practical and transformative nine-month online program inspired by the ancestral healing practices of the Andean Hampeq Elders.
This program is for those who feel deeply committed to their personal growth, as well as for therapists who wish to bring the wisdom of Andean medicine into their work. You won’t be trained to become a Hampeq or a Shaman, since these sacred roles are passed through generations within native communities; but you will receive essential teachings inspired by the Andean spiritual traditions, and rituals, which you can apply in your own life and where appropriate in your therapeutic practice.
The training is guided by Vilma Pinedo, a medicine woman from a long lineage of H healers in Cusco, Peru, and Francisco Victoria, a cultural researcher. Together they offer both profound ancestral wisdom and grounded, practical approaches: Vilma shares direct Andean healing practices, while Francisco helps weave these teachings into a modern context.
Over the course of the program, you’ll learn how to create a sacred workspace, prepare and care for your healing tools, and strengthen your intuitive abilities, accessing the 12 steps organic Wisdom Healing Therapy . The training is ideal for practitioners and therapists who want to deepen the roots of their healing path, as well as for those who have been walking the Andean way for personal growth and are ready to explore more deeply. Whether you are new or experienced, this journey will help you anchor your healing work in a way that honors tradition while supporting your own evolution.
Who are the Hampeq?
The Hampeq are native wise women and men from the Andes mountains, dedicated to supporting and healing those in need within their communities. They generally belong to long-standing lineages that have preserved natural and cultural knowledge, passed down through generations.
Hampeq are viewed as intermediaries between humans and natural forces, invoking the guidance of the spirits of the land during healing rituals. They address ailments that affect not only physical health but also energetic and spiritual imbalances, with the ability to diagnose, treat, and heal a variety of illnesses.
Some traditional healers, like Vilma, have generously shared their knowledge with the Western world, understanding the patience required to teach an audience accustomed to academic learning. They trust that, over time, we will continue to heal, open to our intuition, and reconnect with our true nature, ultimately guiding others back to the healing ways of the Earth and its elements.
On a final note, while this training is inspired by the practice of the Hampeq, we, as Westerners, will not use this term to refer to anyone other than native Hampeq.
Instead we will learn the path of the "Wisdom Healer."
Who are Wisdom Healers?
As people who have undergone a personal journey of transformation, Wisdom Healers are practitioners open to conscious healing for themselves and facilitating it for others. At the core of their work is the understanding that they are not the source of healing but a channel for nature’s energy, allowing them to serve with humility, respect, and a deep connection to the Earth and all living beings.
In their practice, Wisdom Healers use a variety of organic techniques inspired by ancient methods, particularly those from the Andes Mountains and their cultures. These include working with elements like stones, plants, water, sound, and rituals, all designed to align the body and spirit with the rhythms of the Earth. The healer’s role is to help patients reconnect with these natural cycles, allowing them to release burdens and restore Kawsay, the life force that flows through all living beings. Healing is seen as a return to balance within the individual and their connection to their community and nature.
As both holistic practitioners and counselors, Wisdom Healers serve as a bridge that integrates ancient traditions with modern sensibilities, helping individuals rediscover their connection to nature, ancestors, and the world around them.
They understand that certain titles or even practices are reserved for those raised and live within specific cultural contexts. In doing so, they guide their patients toward healing and balance in a way that honors both the patient and the ancient traditions that form the foundation of the practice.
Training Structure & Resources
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Engaging Live Sessions: Participate in two live sessions each month, with a total of 18 sessions across the course. These 3-hour-long sessions include teachings and Muyu circles (group sharing and Q&A) for real-time engagement and deeper connection with the material.
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Flexible Access to Recordings: Miss a session? No problem. You'll have access to recordings of all live sessions via our website until March 2027, allowing you to review the teachings at your own pace.
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Pre-Recorded Videos: Receive pre-recorded exercises, techniques, and meditations from Vilma Pinedo.
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Resource Library: For those who like to dive deeper into Andean wisdom with additional reading materials that support and enhance the topics covered in the live sessions and videos.
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Active Online Forum: Join our community through an online group where you can share experiences, ask questions, and connect with other learners on the same path.
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Direct Support via WhatsApp: Get direct support when you need it through WhatsApp, providing a convenient way to stay connected with peers and instructors.
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Global Healing Network (Ayllu): Become part of our Ayllu, a global network of healers and practitioners who share a common bond through Andean wisdom and healing practices, offering a supportive and collaborative environment.
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Certificate of Completion: Upon finishing the course, you'll receive a digital certificate of completion, as a having completed this level of Wisdom Healer training.
Schedule
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Live Sessions will be given in the following dates.
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All times are either Friday or Saturdays from 10 am through 1 pm /US east coast time/ (with 15 mins recess in the middle). For other regions outside the US Please consider Daylight Saving Time.
April: Fri 3, Sat 11, Sat 25
May: Fri 1, Fri 8
June: Sat 20, Fri 26
July: Sat 11, Sat 25
August: Sat 1, Sat 15
September: Sat 12, Fri 18
October: Fri 30
November: Sat 7, Sat 28 -
Dec: Fri 4, Fri 11
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Extra Material will be provided to complement the classes.
If changes in the schedule were to happen, they will be announced in advance.
Training Curriculum
A. Andean cosmology, Origins of the Hampeq tradition and the Meaning of Wisdom Healer.
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Introduction to the Andean Worldview: Interconnectedness of all living beings and the cyclical nature of life in Andean cosmology.
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Origins and Evolution of the Hampeq Tradition in the Andes.
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The Hampeq lineage of Vilma Pinedo: The history of Wasao and its connection to the Huascar lineage. Stories of ancestors, including Don Melchor Deza, Don Benito Qorihuaman, Don Francisco Sanchez Vargas, Martin Pinedo, and María Sanchez.
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What is "Wisdom Healing"? Definition and principles of the practice.
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The Role of the Wisdom Healer: Responsibilities and Skills
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Differences Between a traditional Hampeq and a Wisdom Healer.
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What does it mean to heal yourself?
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What does it mean to help others to heal?
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Bridging the gap between theory and practice.
B. Building and holding a connection to the Earth Spirits supporting the Wisdom Healer's work.
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Main Earth Spirits in Andean cosmology and how they support the healing work:
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Places of power.
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Ancestors.
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The elements.
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Other Earth Spirits.
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Recognizing and connecting to your environment: Awareness of your Surroundings, grounding techniques.
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Paqarina (your place of birth and the place of birth of your patient) and its energetic significance.
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Approaching the Earth Spirits responsibly: protocol for connection, techniques and rituals.
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Building sustainable relationships with the Earth Spirits as a Healer: periodical ceremonies, pilgrimage and daily recommended exercises.
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Exploring the energies present in your current workspace.
C. Knowing and working with the Energy Body.
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Overview of the Energy Anatomy in the tradition of the Hampeq.
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Interaction and influence between the Energy and Physical Bodies.
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Three main Nawikuna: centers of perception in the human energy body.
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The Qosqo: center of strength and magnetic field creator.
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Beyond the 5 senses: how our bodies interpret and interact with different environments and people.
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Temperature: cold and heat in the energy body.
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Relation between energy bodies: the invisible threads that connect and tie us to others.
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Rules an recommendations when interacting with the patient's energy body.
D. Traditional Understanding of Ailments in the Andes, and its perspective on Modern Ailments.
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Andean understanding of Health as a balance between the individual and their environment.
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The good and the bad: Different energies and spirits in the Andean world, where they live, how can they affect people of different sex and age.
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The role of ancestors, and nature in maintaining the sacred balance of life.
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Sources of the different types of Ailments: Spiritual, Environmental and Cultural.
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Animism in Disease: living entities with personal characteristics.
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3 kinds of key ailments in the andes: manifestations, causes, and typical treatment methods. Case studies and Anecdotes.
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-Mancharisqa.
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-Wayra.
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-Llaki.
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Exploring the parallels and differences between Andean and Western perspectives on illness: Learning to apply traditional Andean methods to modern conditions, integrating holistic healing practices into their own lives or therapeutic work.
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Recognition of emotional, physical, and spiritual causes of illness in modern society.
E. 12 Step Wisdom Healing Therapy
1. Tools of a Wisdom Healer.
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Introduction to the tools of a wisdom healer.
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How to cleanse, activate, and maintain healing tools.
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Creating an effective healing toolkit.
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Healing herbs and minerals: Varieties and preparation methods.
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Plants for different kinds of treatments.
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Ointmets for the physical and energy body.
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Incense for the space, cleansing and empowering therapies.
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Kinds of healing stones in the Hampeq Tradition.
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Charging and cleansing stones.
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Creation and enrichment of the Healing Pouch:
2. The sacred workspace of a Wisdom Healer.
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What do Hampeq consider as a workspace?
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Creating a sacred workspace as a Wisdom Healer.
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Indoor and Outdoor spaces for different kinds of healing work.
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Opening, holding and Closing your sacred workspace: practical procedures.
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Cleansing and empowering your workspace: techniques inspired in traditional protocols.
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Honoring your living space with Andean rituals: Conducting an Opening Offering Ceremony to connect with the energy of your land and workspace.
2. The sacred workspace of a Wisdom Healer.
What the Therapist Will Learn
-How to guide a complete 12-step therapeutic cycle rooted in Andean Wisdom.
-Techniques for opening, holding, and closing sacred healing space with integrity.
-Traditional diagnostic method of the egg limpia, adapted for therapeutic practice.
-Energy release, harmonization, and sealing practices with stones, breath, and natural elements.
-Ritual creation: crafting offerings, healing pouches, and ceremonies that support the patient’s healing journey.
-Practical tools for integrating earth spirits, ancestors, and natural forces into a safe healing process.
-Developing intuition, energetic sensitivity, and presence as core therapeutic skills.
-Methods for prescribing and supervising “ritual homework” to extend the therapy beyond the session.
-Holding ethical boundaries, reciprocity, and cultural respect while guiding healing.
-Building continuity and coherence across multiple sessions, ensuring integration and closure.
What the Patient Will Experience in the 12-Step Program
-A safe ceremonial container for personal healing and transformation.
-Grounding and centering practices that cultivate inner stability and calm.
-Cleansing rituals that release stagnant or heavy energies.
-Personalized healing tools such as a protective pouch or ointment created during the process.
-Deep connection with the elements: water, wind, stones, and plants; as living allies in healing.
-Emotional release and heart-centered practices that awaken compassion and joy.
-Practical self-care and ritual practices to continue the healing journey beyond the 12 sessions.
-Homework after each session: rituals such as breathwork, cleanses, serenades, ointments, or offerings, designed to extend the healing into daily life and empower personal responsibility.
F. Ethical Practice of the Healing traditions.
This is a "Transversal module", meaning it will be discussed across different modules.
-Role of the Therapist: Understanding the healer’s duty to protect and guide others with integrity and respect
-Humility and commitment in the practices.
-We are family: ways of serving your community and those in need.
-Protecting Yourself as a Healer: Importance of spiritual hygiene, ways of grounding and clearing one's own energy after healing sessions to avoid burnout or spiritual harm.
-Protecting the Client: How to ensure that clients are not left energetically open or vulnerable after healing.
-Ayni Principle: The ethical foundation of reciprocity, ensuring an energetic balance between healer and patient.
-Cultural Appropriation: Discussion on the importance of learning and practicing healing in ways that respect the Andean Culture and avoid appropriation.
-Avoiding the Trap of Ego: How to stay humble and not let the role of the healer become about ego or status
Changes to the Curriculum could happen based on the groups needs and Vilma's assessment.
Benefits of this Training
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Direct Learning with Vilma Pinedo: Hampeq healer from a long lineage, without the need for a translator. Her clear English ensures an authentic, unfiltered experience.
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Culturally Conscious Training: This program is adapted to Western thinking while staying true to the roots of Andean healing, providing an authentic, respectful experience of traditional wisdom.
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Hands-On Practical Tools: Gain practical skills to use in your personal or professional healing practice. Learn how to correctly work with Andean tools like stones, herbs, and the healing mesa.
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Comprehensive Support: Access a resource library with additional reading materials, techniques, and exercises to enhance your learning.
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A loving Community: Join a global, supportive community through live sessions, online forums, and WhatsApp groups, where you can share experiences and grow together.
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Flexible Learning: Access recorded sessions until March 2026, allowing you to learn at your own pace and revisit teachings as needed.
Your Instructors
Vilma Pinedo was born in the embrace of the Apus, the powerful mountain spirits of Cusco, Peru. Her initiation into the healer’s path began even before birth. While still in her mother’s womb, a lightning strike nearly took both their lives. In the Andes, such events are seen as a spiritual calling. From that moment, the elders of her community began to observe her closely, recognizing the signs of a future curandera.
Raised among her grandparents, Vilma absorbed ancestral healing wisdom through daily life and ritual. By the age of twelve, she was already assisting in ceremonies. She read the energy of coca leaves, gathered sacred plants, and offered intuitive support to those seeking help.
She comes from a lineage of respected healers from Cusco, carrying the teachings of ancestors such as Don Benito Qorihuaman, Don Melchor Deza, Don Francisco Sanchez Vargas, and María Sanchez. She also pursued university studies, learning new languages and engaging with different worldviews. This path allowed her to build bridges while remaining deeply rooted in her Andean identity.
Each movement in her work carries meaning. Whether preparing coca, lighting incense, or placing ritual elements, she acts with presence and care. Her teachings arise from experience, from observation, and from a commitment to the energy that sustains life.
For Vilma and her elders, healing is a way of seeing and relating to the world. A Hampeq, or healer, understands the flow of life and death and honors the forces that connect them.
Today, Vilma receives visitors to her land, offering a direct experience of Andean medicine. She also travels to other countries, where she shares her tradition with people seeking deeper connection. Her work supports a return to balance through the remembrance of ancestry, land, and sacred knowledge.
Healing is not only something we do. It is something we become. Through the warmth of our hands, we carry life. Through our prayers, we become the smoke that rises. Through the ritual cotton, we touch what longs to be made whole.
Francisco Victoria is an argentine researcher with a background in International Affairs. Over the past decade, he has focused on the spiritual and cultural practices of Andean communities. Rather than studying from a distance, he chose to live and learn alongside native healers. Through listening and presence, he entered the rhythms of these teachings.
As an Andean Wisdom Curator and co-founder of Nunawana, Francisco has helped organize retreats, sacred journeys, and courses in Europe, South and North America. His work supports real encounters between ancient wisdom and contemporary seekers.
He is drawn to the silence of high mountains, the stillness of lakes, and the presence of sacred sites. In those landscapes, he finds something that helps dissolve noise and reconnect the soul to what matters.
Francisco invites others to walk these paths, not only for learning, but for remembering. He offers a grounded approach to ancestral knowledge, shaped by his experience and respect for the elders who have guided him.
As he often says:
"One day, we might become mountains. So now, as humans, we walk them, feel their wisdom, and in doing so, we remember."
Testimonials from our Students
"I’ve been walking this healing path for decades, and receiving these teachings feels like receiving missing pieces. These new tools fit seamlessly into the Andean medicine I’ve devoted my life to. I love these new practices and I’m weaving them into the way I work, into my ceremonies, into my mesa, and they feel like they’ve always belonged.
I wholeheartedly recommend this training to anyone called to learn about the Andean tradition in a cherished, aligned, and heart-centered way. These teachings are alive, and you both hold them with integrity and true devotion."
Joanna, U.S.A
My experience with Vilma has been a profound one. While I have been studying the Andean path for a number of years, this experience has taken me much deeper and opened new spaces for me,
Providing a deeper embodied awareness of the Andean medicine and Pachamama that will help me in my endeavors.
As I am a shamanic healer and work with the Andean medicine, Vilmas perspective is very valuable because she has a direct connection to the Hampeq Lineage and works with these energies as a healer. I know without a doubt that she is a clear channel to this lineage and transmits a deep awareness of it.
Anthony, U.S.A.
What impresses me about this Wisdom Healer course is feeling securely held, while I take the responsibility to invest in myself, by doing the homework. I have found the exercises, to be simple yet moving. They shift my energy, or feeling states, in subtle ways. Ways that stop my over active
mind from distracting me from the feelings that want to come out and be seen.
Jan, Canada.
"How to put into words the energy behind Vilma’s teachings and Francisco’s guidance and how he is able to hold the space for the energy to flow. The teachings are giving me a compass to navigate all the changes that are taking place in the world as it is shifting into a global community instead of a regional one. I feel that they are healing to me and helping me to live the best life possible as I am traveling on this earth and in this body. The rituals help to bring the teachings from my head (knowledge) to my heart (experience). I feel blessed by the connection of our Allyu."
Cindy, U.S.A.
"My work with Vilma has been a doorway to deep transformation and healing. She has helped me uncover my inner wisdom and connect to the knowledge of my ancestors. Her work creates a space for self-discovery, revealing talents and opportunities for personal healing, which I now share with others. Francisco is also an integral part of this journey. His energy and wisdom provide a beautiful balance, holding space for Vilma with his masculine power, allowing her feminine energy to flourish even more".
Cecilla, Denmark
"I very much appreciate Vilma’s honest talks about the Peruvian culture and the realistic and raw background of the Andean living, that at times gets neglected or embellished with the efforts to make the teachings friendly oriented".
Listening to the stories she so lovely and eloquently shared with us awakened childhood memories of running barefoot in the mud while grandma cooked talking to the plants and fire. As a Peruvian (with curandera ascendants) living in the US, this experience and shared moments with all of you has been very revealing and has ignited the call of my seed to continue integrating the wisdom of the Andes and Peruvian path to my work as a therapist and into all the layers of my life".
L. Peru/U.S.A.
Student Profile and Application process.
To join this program, an application is required. Please read the following:
THIS PROGRAM IS SUITED FOR:
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Healers and Therapists: Those already practicing as healers, therapists, or energy workers who are looking to expand their toolkit by incorporating traditional Andean healing methods. This training is perfect for those seeking to bring more structure, authenticity, and cultural depth to their existing practice.
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Individuals on a Spiritual Path: This training provides a structured way to further explore personal healing, connection to nature, and ancestral wisdom.
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Culturally Conscious Practitioners: People who are not only interested in healing but also in the cultural context behind the practices. This program is suited for individuals who value cultural preservation and want to ensure that their approach to healing is respectful.
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Seekers of Practical, Hands-On Knowledge: This training is for those who want to learn practical tools they can apply in their lives or healing practice.
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Those Seeking Community and Connection: The program is well-suited for those who want to be part of an interactive, supportive community of like-minded individuals.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT SUITED FOR:
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Those Seeking Only Intellectual Knowledge: This program might not be for you if you're solely looking for academic or intellectual insights.
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People Unwilling to Engage in Personal Healing: We require a commitment to your own healing journey
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Individuals Looking for a Quick Fix or Instant Results: The path of the Wisdom Healer is one of gradual learning and deep transformation.
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Culturally Insensitive Individuals: The training is deeply rooted in Andean spirituality, and it emphasizes the importance of respecting these ancient traditions and the people who preserve them.
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People Expecting Initiations or Formal Certification as a Hampeq: This training will not make you a Hampeq healer, as that title is reserved for those within native Andean lineages.
To apply for this program please fill in the contact form below.
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Payment Options
This Training can be paid in 2 ways:
Option 1: 3 payments of 400 each total 1200 usd. Due dates: Feb 28, June 1st, Sept 1st.
Option 2: 1 Payment of 1050 usd.
Payment is done via PayPal. Once you complete the application process, if you are admitted into the program, you will receive a welcome email with a PayPal button.
Do you have any questions or need any kind of support regarding payment?
please contact us to ayllu@nunawana.com
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