The Convergence
Where the Andes and the Amazon meet. Where two medicines speak as one.
Ten days in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Four ceremonies. Four master lineage holders. This is the first time Ananda Lodge has brought together both Amazonian and Andean traditions under a single container. For those who have already walked with medicine and are ready to go further than they have gone before.
For those who have already walked with plant medicine and are ready to go further.
Where Amazonian and Andean medicine converge.
For the first time, Ananda Lodge brings together both Amazonian and Andean lineages under one container, master medicine carriers working in concert to guide experienced practitioners through a cross-cosmological healing journey. Over ten days, you'll work with two medicines, sequenced to unlock deeper layers of integration only possible when both traditions converge.
Everything you need to know at a glance.
August 13–22, 2026
Sacred Valley, Peru
2 Huachuma San Pedro
2 Ayahuasca
Lineage holders across both traditions
Your own private room
Intimate by design
Traditional Andean offering performed by Quechua Paqos
Thermal pools + hydrotherapy
Day 8, no extra cost
10,000 ft Sacred Valley
Private sanctuary grounds
Round-trip group transfer from Cusco town center
6 weeks preparation
12 weeks integration
2 prep + 3 integration
45 minutes each
Farm-to-table dining throughout all 10 days
Payment plans available
Scholarship inquiries welcome
Something shifted after your last ceremony.
You have sat with medicine. You know what it feels like to surrender, to move through. And now you are holding a different kind of question. Not whether this path is real. Whether you are ready for how deep it actually goes.
- You have done real ceremony work
- You are ready to deepen with teachers and mentors, not just facilitators
- Peru is calling in a way that feels deliberate
- You are ready for a room of peers at depth
- You feel called to the land where these medicines originate
- You know there is more available than what you have accessed
The beginning is behind you. The Convergence is what comes next.
You're ready to…
- Take your relationship with the plants to the next level, moving beyond nerves and into the deeper spiral within.
- Work alongside people who have walked this path for years, lineage carriers who show up as mentors to guide you deeper.
- Sit in ceremony on the land where these medicines originate: the Sacred Valley, the Apus, the unbroken lineage of thousands of years.
- Go where the medicine wants to take you and what it wants to teach you, beyond the beginning, deeper into your knowing.
This Convergence is designed for…
- Plant-medicine students committed to the path of purpose and up-leveling their lives.
- Those who have done ceremonial work, preparation, navigation, trust, and integration, and are looking to go beyond.
- Individuals wanting to learn more deeply from the plants and the teachers who honor the lineages they carry.
- Adventurous spirits drawn to the land as an integral part of the work, a calling for Peru that feels curated, intimate, and purposeful.
Two medicines. One integrated arc.
This is not parallel facilitation. Huachuma opens and illuminates. Ayahuasca descends and purges. Sequenced together across ten days by carriers who have developed collaborative practice specifically for cross-cosmological integration, these two traditions reveal what neither can achieve alone. Held at a location that has hosted sacred ceremony for thousands of years.
A Location Unlike Anything Else
The Source Peru sits at 10,000 feet in the Sacred Valley, steps from a pristine 100-foot waterfall. Architecturally designed using sacred geometry, surrounded by the Apus, the ancient Andean mountains that have held ceremony for millennia. The land itself is a co-facilitator.
Intimacy That Creates Depth
Maximum ten guests. Four carriers across ten days. This holding ratio is unavailable in standard program models. Each person's arc is tracked individually across every ceremony by carriers who bring years of dedicated lineage work to this medicine.
The Best of What Ananda Does
Somatic trauma-informed facilitation. Comprehensive preparation and integration. The CARE framework that has defined Ananda's approach since the beginning. All of it transported to the Sacred Valley and woven with four of the most experienced carriers in either tradition.
Days to Breathe and Explore
Ceremony days are balanced with integration mornings, a half-day spa, excursion opportunities, and free time to wander extraordinary land. Machu Picchu, the Cusco ruins, the Pisac market, all within reach on your personal days.
The Source Peru.
Your physical container for this profound work is The Source Peru, an extraordinary "edge-of-luxury" retreat nestled at 10,000 feet above sea level in the Sacred Valley.
- Set between a 100-foot waterfall and a river canyon, surrounded by eucalyptus groves and ancient Incan ruins
- A ceremonial temple designed with sacred geometry to harness the energetics of the location
- Private rooms with high-thread-count linens, down duvets, alpaca-wool blankets, and Sacred Valley views
- Organic meals prepared fresh daily on site
- Library, temple, fire pit, and expansive grounds for rest and reflection
- A short distance from Machu Picchu and the sacred sites of the valley
A journey, day by day.
A rare opportunity to experience both medicines while bringing in rest, comfort, and time for exploration.
Arrival: Welcome, Settle In
Group shuttle departs Cusco town center at 3pm. Arrive at The Source Peru, meet your fellow guests and carriers. Orientation to the property, the land, and what the ten days will hold. Shared dinner to open the container.
Despacho Ceremony: Opening the Container with the Land
A traditional Andean offering ceremony performed by local Quechua Paqos, trained specialists in the art of the Despacho. Offerings are assembled with intention, prayers are spoken in Quechua, and the bundle is burned to consummate the agreement. The container is now open.
Huachuma San Pedro, Ceremony 1: Opening. Illumination.
The first San Pedro ceremony with Chase Moore and Nikki Szeghalmi. A daytime medicine with an unbroken ceremonial lineage stretching back over 3,000 years in Peru: a full-day hold that opens perception and brings what is held in the body to the surface with clarity rather than force. Fruit offering at ceremony close, shared group dinner.
Ayahuasca, Ceremony 1: Descent. The Night Medicine.
The first Ayahuasca ceremony with Felix (Soi Pino) and Safa, held in Shipibo tradition. Morning integration circle to process what Huachuma opened. The night ceremony descends into the root layers the San Pedro illuminated, with Shipibo icaros sung throughout.
Ayahuasca, Ceremony 2: Going Deeper
The second Ayahuasca ceremony. The consecutive structure is deliberate: the second night often goes where the first night pointed. The carriers track each person's arc and calibrate the ceremony accordingly. What remains unresolved from night one has space to complete on night two.
Integration Day: Land. Rest. Receive.
Morning group integration circle with all four carriers. 1:1 consultations available throughout the day. Rest, walk the gardens, sit by the waterfall, or take an optional excursion. This is where the Ayahuasca work begins to settle into the body.
Huachuma San Pedro, Ceremony 2: Integration Through the Body
The second San Pedro ceremony, again with Chase and Nikki. What Ayahuasca worked with in the dark, Huachuma now brings into daylight, integrating everything that has moved through the four preceding ceremony days into the body, into coherence, into lived experience.
Half-Day Spa, Included: The Body Receives
A half-day at Unno Spa, included in your program cost. Hot pools, thermal hydrotherapy, massage, and relaxation. This is somatic completion, not an add-on. The Machu Picchu excursion is also available this day for those who register in advance.
Personal Day: Sacred Valley at Your Own Pace
Explore, rest, or both. Optional off-site excursions (Cusco ruins, Pisac market, horseback riding, Huaypo Lagoon). Optional on-site massage, yoga, or natural spring cold plunge. Evening final dinner together.
Departure: Closing Circle. Carry It Forward.
Morning group closing circle with all carriers. Final breakfast together. Departure at 10am. The immersion closes here, but the integration arc continues for twelve weeks.
Moments from the Sacred Valley.
"Something real happened to me at Ananda, and I'll never forget it. Working with Chase and the medicine reached a place in me that needed healing for a long time. He never pushed, just held the space with this calm, grounded energy, and somehow knew what needed to be done. I'm still processing everything, but something is different. I'm different."
Christina · Huachuma Guest"The ceremonies were profoundly healing, transformative and illuminating in ways that continue to unfold. The medicine met me in ways that are difficult to describe."
Susan · Ayahuasca Guest"I am overwhelmed with deep gratitude for my experience at Ananda's ayahuasca retreat. Having sat with the medicine ten years prior, I knew I needed a Shipibo-led ceremony with all of the components critical for a safe, meaningful, and integrated experience. My stay far surpassed my expectations."
Scott · Ayahuasca GuestYour investment.
We limit this container to ten guests, each with their own private room. The first four guests to register receive queen-bed accommodations.
Payment plans available · Scholarship inquiries welcome · Connect with Emma at [email protected]
- 10 days / 9 nights at The Source Peru
- Your own private room throughout
- Traditional Andean Despacho ceremony
- 2 Huachuma San Pedro ceremonies (full day)
- 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies (night)
- All meals throughout the immersion
- Round-trip group shuttle from Cusco
- Half-day spa at Unno (Day 8)
- Daily group integration circles
- 1:1 on-site consultations
- 6 weeks pre-immersion preparation support
- 12 weeks post-immersion integration support
- 3 individual integration sessions + group call
- Weekly preparation and integration emails
- In-depth integration guidebooks
- Access to Ananda alumni community
Not included: international flights, travel insurance, optional excursions, personal items. Arrival: Cusco Airport (CUZ). Shuttle departs 3pm August 13.
You are held for the full arc.
Purposeful Preparation
Comprehensive intake and medical screening. Two individual preparation sessions (45 minutes each). Weekly preparation emails, a virtual group preparation call, and dietary and protocol guidance.
Daily Integration
Morning group integration circles after each ceremony. A dedicated integration day on Day 6. One-on-one consultations available throughout the ten days with any of the four carriers.
Intentional Integration
Three individual integration sessions (45 minutes each). One group virtual integration call. Weekly integration emails and in-depth integration guidebooks to carry the work forward with structure.
Integration with weight
Post-ceremony integration is the most underleveraged part of plant medicine work. At Ananda, it receives the same weight as ceremony itself. What happens after you leave is what determines what actually changes.
Sacred Valley excursions
Half-day at Unno Spa on Day 8 is included. Additional optional excursions on your personal days let you explore some of the most extraordinary sacred sites on earth. Confirm excursions by May 15, 2026.
- Machu Picchu · $380–$420
- Cusco 4 Ruins · $85
- Pisac Market & Ruins · $65
- Sacred Valley Deluxe · $130
- Horseback Riding · $90
- Huaypo Lagoon · $115
Your medicine carriers.
Master teachers of each lineage, working in concert to hold this cross-cosmological container.
Felix (Soi Pino)
Felix first came to the medicine seeking to heal from Lyme disease. After finding relief in Peru in 2013, he stayed on to learn traditional healing, spending years working closely with the medicine and the Shipibo people, assisting in over a thousand ceremonies before deepening his apprenticeship in Pucallpa.
With the full blessing of his maestro's lineage, Felix holds this medicine with great love and respect, and a deep passion for service.
Safa
Safa has walked the path of ayahuasca for nearly two decades. After an extensive apprenticeship with the Shipibo-Conibo in the Amazon, she and her husband have run a center in Peru offering retreats and dietas since 2019.
She brings over twenty years of work with subtle energy medicine and ongoing study in non-duality, a visceral, direct lens that helps guests recall the pieces that have forgotten their true nature as love.
Chase Moore
A Tennessee native trained in the traditional San Pedro lineage by his longtime teacher Bernhard Karshagen, Chase has dedicated over ten years to working exclusively with San Pedro, completing extensive diets and holding diets for others.
"The Huachumero Chase is one of the kindest, most humble, and most competent teachers I've worked with. It was easy to feel safe and to trust the people and the medicine.", Vanessa, Cayman Islands
Nikki Szeghalmi
Coming from a background of addiction and depression, Nikki was called to Peru in 2018 to work with her teachers Bernhard Karshagen and Chase Moore for a deep dive into her own healing. She offers a safe space of presence and love, weaving in mind, body, and energetic practices.
A balance of grit and softness, she meets each guest where they are, often cracking jokes and seeking lightness and joy amidst the challenges of life.
The Convergence, answered.
Why work with both San Pedro & Ayahuasca in the same container?
What is a Despacho ceremony?
Do I need previous experience with San Pedro or ayahuasca?
How do I know if I'm ready for this level of work?
Where does the retreat take place?
What are accommodations like?
Are there optional excursions available?
How should I prepare for the altitude?
Your heart is calling you home.
Experience the profound power of the grandfather and grandmother medicines on the sacred land of Peru.
- August 13–22, 2026 · Only 10 spaces available
- Single-room accommodations · First 4 guests receive queen beds
- $5,295 · $4,765 Alumni Special, save over $500
- Payment plans available