Journey to the Amazon
For Awakening, Purpose & Healing
June 2018, Peruvian Amazon
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OUR INVITATION
We invite investors, changemakers and entrepreneurs to join a private transformative Ayahuasca Journey. Whether you are in a time of transition, in the process of building your life’s work or seeking access to new levels of awareness – this journey with master plants can be a strong catalyst for your evolution and powerfully inform the legacy you are called to create. Join an outstanding circle of individuals seeking to optimize their potential and elevate consciousness in their industry. You are invited to experience the profound benefits of this comprehensive plant medicine program featuring indigenous shamanic ceremonies and Integrative Purpose Coaching focused on accelerating your personal growth and evolution as a leader.
WHY GATHER
We live in unprecedented times where our individual and collective awakening has the power to contribute to the conscious evolution of our world. Never before have we had this level of power to affect change. By opening up to the ancient wisdom of plant medicine and indigenous traditions, in an optimal setting, you will have the opportunity to sit with your most pressing questions and challenges. Given our mission to support the awakening of leaders, we have created a comprehensive program designed to help you reconnect with your truth, purpose, and highest vision for the future as a powerful agent of transformation.
Evolutionary Leaders
(def.)
Purposeful Leaders dedicated to positive transformation. They recognize their interconnectedness with the web of life and seek to serve the whole. They are authentic, courageous, transparent, and willing to be vulnerable. They approach challenges and opportunities with grounded wisdom and a beginner’s mind. They are self-aware and make personal reflection and spiritual development a priority. They seek to listen deeply and take full ownership of their mistakes and the impact of their endeavors.
THE POWER OF PLANT MEDICINE TO HEAL & EVOLVE
This fascination with what is called shamanism seems to be a response to our malnourished spirits in the Western world and the longing for connection with the greater web of life and the meaning that comes from that connection. This movement toward spirit is perhaps an evolutionary one, or maybe it is a return to our birthright. Our very DNA is encoded with a memory of a time when we all lived close to spirit and its individual manifestations. […]
In the West we are now very conscious of needing to strengthen our bodies – the physical vessel – through exercise, breathing and bodywork, while eating good organic food and drinking pure water. However, we are lacking in our understanding that we also need to “clean house” internally; to empty the closets of our psyche of worn-out beliefs, old patterns, negative thought processes and unwarranted fears.
When working with plant-spirit healing, we focus on the energy body to address the source of dis-ease, rather than merely treating a symptom. There may be many manifestations of illness in a person but they all come from the same source – a disruption in one’s energy body. When we are not at home with ourselves or not living according to our own true nature, the energy becomes contradictory, causing misalignment or vulnerability.
Because of the vibratory quality of light and sound, and the high level of intelligence of plants, their ability to communicate and heal is superior to that of any other life-form on the planet, including humans. The practice of plant-spirit healing is a gift available for everyone to receive – not only those with a special interest in plants – and the Shipibo Onanya can guide us to re-connect with the plants and re-learn the heritage of wisdom that is carried by the plant kingdom.
~ Our Host, the Temple of the Way of Light
BENEFITS
Reset, recharge, and reboot your inner operating system
Remove psycho-spiritual blocks that limit you
Experience powerful insights and breakthroughs
Gain new levels of clarity around challenge areas
Align with your soul purpose
Own your truth and let go of what no longer serves you
Increase your awareness and enhance your ability to lead from a more conscious place
Heal past trauma that blocks the full activation of your purpose
Access Ancient Indigenous Wisdom and traditions
Receive visions and knowledge that will shift how you perceive reality
Remember who you are at your core and why you’re here
Engage with peers whose presence and experience will serve your path
Deepen your connection with the divine feminine and the sacred masculine
THIS JOURNEY INCLUDES
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An Integrative Purpose Coaching Program
Prior to departure
Receive two private coaching sessions and one informational group call dedicated to optimally preparing you for your plant medicine journey.
In the Amazon
Work with westerned-trained therapists, somatic practitioners, and coaches to help maximize your integration through individual and group sessions. Embodiment practices such as Yoga, Qi-Gong, dance & meditation will be offered on a daily basis to further support your integration.
Upon your return home
Receive two private coaching sessions and four group calls focused on helping you integrate your insights, visions, breakthroughs while aligning your life more fully with your soul purpose.
Sacred Plant Medicine Ceremonies
Engage in 5 ceremonies over a 9-day period, accompanied by daily floral baths and plant remedies. Sit with highly experienced male and female Peruvian shamans from the Shipibo tradition. Receive a high level of attention and support during ceremony (high Shaman to participant ratio + facilitator). Have a private wellness consultation with the shamans and western facilitators prior to your first ceremony. Experience a guided walk exploring the healing power of native plants.
Stimulating Peer Community
Exchange ideas and incubate visions with a curated group of like-minded peers dedicated to your evolution.
WHAT A TYPICAL DAY LOOKS LIKE
7:00am Yoga
7:30am Plant remedies
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Quiet time & guided self-inquiry
12:00pm Floral bath
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Afternoon Integrative Sessions
6:30pm Yin Yoga in preparation for ceremony
8:00pm Plant medicine ceremony or rest
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TAKE AWAY
A New Perception of Reality & Thrivability
Your experience with the metaphysical realm of the plant kingdom will expand and deepen your perception of reality and inform your views on thrivability.
An Inner Operating System Upgrade
Regain your sense of clarity and freedom as you experience a deeper connection to self, nature, and others.
A Personal Roadmap
As part of your integrative purpose coaching program, receive a roadmap that will support you to live in alignment with your vision, mission, and values.
Mindfulness & Grounding Practices
Simple practices designed to help clear your mind, protect your energy, reduce stress, and set healthy boundaries.
Greater Access to Intuition & Flow State
Walk away with a heightened capacity to access flow state and trust your intuition.
A Supportive Community
Authentic and empowering relationships with peers designed to yield new collaboration and long-lasting friendships.
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
You are looking for a fresh perspective on how you approach your life’s work
You are interested in elevating consciousness in your field and community
You aspire to be or currently identify as an evolutionary leader
You are drawn to ancient indigeous wisdom
You have a spiritual practice
You long for guidance through multi-dimensional intelligence, including altered states of consciousness
You are seeking a deeper connection to Source
You value peer to peer support with an inspiring circle of conscious leaders
You want to uncover and resolve subconscious patterns that hold you back
You want to surround yourself with peers dedicated to building transformational entreprises
WHAT TO EXPECT
Inclusivity
We honor uniqueness in all its forms – embracing diversity carries power.
Legality
Drinking Ayahuasca is legal in Peru.
High level of experience
The Peruvian Shipibo shamans have been carefully selected based on their extensive experience leading the ceremonies and often decades-long study of a variety of medicinal plants. Each ceremony is also supported by a highly trained and experienced western facilitator.
Safety
The safety and wellbeing of our clients is our outmost priority. Our host facility has served 4000+ participants since its inception in 2007.
Spirituality
Awaken Leaders and the Temple of the Way of Light are not dogmatic. We honor the beliefs and faith of all individuals.
Privacy
We know and respect that trust and privacy are critical to the integrity of your experience and personal transformation.
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YOUR GUIDES
Hi,
I’m Magalie Bonneau. I am a guide, social entrepreneur and former world-class sailor. I am dedicated to helping you embody the most awake and purposeful self that you are meant to be. Midwifing a culture where our humanity and divinity are honored is in my DNA.
I envision a world where aliveness, purpose and resilience are at the center of our lives and relationships. I believe in our power to shape a thriving future by deepening our ability to tap the wisdom within our heart, soul, body, nature and community. The quality of our presence determines the quality of the culture we shape. I have dedicated my life to understanding and evolving how humans relate to themselves, one another, our environment and our evolutionary impulse.
I am the visionary behind Awaken Leaders and the Founder of Dancing Without Borders, a non-profit dedicated to “Dancing the World Awake”. With a background in leadership coaching, community building and creative facilitation, I have led leadership retreats, social innovation labs, and large-scale community art projects both in the U.S. and internationally. I work with private individuals and organizations committed to ushering in a regenerative paradigm.
How I serve my clients is informed by a 15 year journey of researching consciousness, working with plant medicine as well as, pursuing an Olympic quest as a sailor. In 2005, I ranked amongst the top 2 Olympic female solo sailors worldwide – a result I achieved as I deepened my capacity to access the “feminine intelligence” found in embodied presence.
I hold a BAA in Business from HEC Montreal and a Certification in Coaching from the Coaches Training Institute. I have also been certified as a Purpose Coach by the True Purpose Institute, as an Embodied Present Process Facilitator, and as a Vision Quest Guide with Wilderness Reflection. Originally from Quebec, I currently live in California and identify as a global citizen.
Hi,
I’m Sylvaine Hughson
An executive coach and former producer for NBC News. I have dedicated my life to seeking out the best teachers, masters, and mentors around Peak Performance to help unlock the human potential of my clients.
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the field of human potential. Whether it be on the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual level – my training spans the worlds of Eastern, Western and Shamanic wisdom teachings as well as modern science.
I am an Executive Health & Lifestyle Coach® and the Founder & Director of SNH International, LLC – The Art & Science of Optimized Living®. As the principle coach and consultant for SNH – I work closely with high-level professionals, performance-driven groups, and Fortune 500 companies. I help my clients unleash the power of optimized mindset, wellness & lifestyle to fuel their Peak Performance and accomplish their most important goals.
To best serve my clients I became a certified Master Transformational Coach, Professional Life Coach, Yoga Instructor, Holistic Health Coach, Raw Living Foods Health Educator, FirstLine Therapy Lifestyle Educator, Corporate Wellness Consultant & Provider, and Traditional Reiki Master.
As a former producer and field producer in New York City for NBC News: Dateline NBC, The Today Show, Nightly News and MSNBC Specials, I understand the pressures and demands placed on individuals in the workplace and their need for exceptional performance.
WHERE WILL THE JOURNEY TAKE PLACE?
The Temple of the Way of Light is located in the Peruvian Amazon outside of Iquitos.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 8 nights of accommodation at the Temple of the Way of Light in single occupancy, private tombos (huts) Double occupancy is available upon request
- All meals while on-site at the Retreat Center
- 5 plant medicine ceremonies
- All therapeutic programs offered during your stay at the Temple
- Transportation to / from Iquitos to the Temple of the Way of Light via bus and boat
- 2 private coaching sessions to prepare you for your retreat with either Magalie Bonneau or Sylvaine Hughson
- 1 group informational call prior to the retreat
- 4 post-retreat group sessions with Magalie Bonneau, Sylvaine Hughson and Tanya Maté to integrate and sustain the benefits of your experience
- 2 post-retreat individual coaching sessions with either Magalie Bonneau or Sylvaine Hughson to integrate and sustain the benefits of the retreat
WHAT IS EXCLUDED
- Flights
- Travel Insurance (highly recommended)
- Accomodation and meals in Iquitos upon your arrival
PAYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
You may pay in full and be gifted with a $100 discount or pay in 2 installments: 50% upon registration and the remaining 50% at least 90 days before the retreat. If you register less than 90 days prior to the retreat, the full payment is required.
The quoted retreat price does not include airfare. Travel insurance is highly recommended. By registering for The Awaken Leaders Retreat, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions. Click to review a copy of our TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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Ready to experience a Transformative Journey with Evolutionary Leaders in the Peruvian Amazon?
The journey is limited to 15 participants
Interested in bringing your own group to the Amazon?
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