December 9 – 17, 2026 · Willkaroca, San Salvador
Peru Retreat
Between heaven and earth. Wachuma and mushrooms in the Sacred Valley — a circle of sisters, max 12 women, by application only.
$1,390 USD · all inclusive
Nine Days in the Valley
Through the week we journey through our inner sacred valley of wisdom — heart-centered, releasing, sharing — building the beautiful stones of a new, delightful world. We gather around Abuelo, grandfather Wachuma, and Los Niños Sagrados, the sacred children — in the Andean valley that mirrors our own.
Healing the Feminine, to Heal the Masculine
Divine Sisters is not a retreat for women instead of men. It is the work that makes healing the masculine possible at all.
Much of what we call the wounded masculine begins upstream — in a feminine divine that has forgotten how to receive, how to rest inside the bond instead of only holding it together. Before we can heal him, we heal her.
This is a retreat of sisters — women joining not to escape the masculine, but to become soft enough, strong enough, healed enough to meet it differently. We gather around Abuelo, grandfather Wachuma, and Los Niños Sagrados, the sacred children — old teachers who know the way back to the feminine divine healer in each of us.
Four Altars, Four Directions
Earth, fire, water and air are raised on the four ceremonial days and stand through the nine — the ground every session returns to, and the shape the whole journey is built around.
What opens here is not finished in nine days. Most who do this work keep training their own consciousness for years afterward — learning to conduct their attention and life-force rather than be scattered by it. This retreat lays some of the beautiful stones in that longer practice.
Woven through the week is also a quiet review of personal leadership — not the kind that pushes for a result, but the kind that can stand still and hold a circle.
Two Lineages, One Cosmology
This week is held inside two living cosmologies that have always known how to speak to each other. In the Andes, Abuelo walks with the mountain spirits and Pachamama, the four directions and the four altars that shape our days. In Oaxaca, Mexico, Los Niños Sagrados carry the heritage of María Sabina and her Mazatec lineage — the sacred mushrooms as niños, children who teach through vision and song.
Two cosmologies, two lineages, one circle.
The two energies: Vertical — masculine — builds a house, asks, reaches, requests a result. Horizontal — feminine — is the bond. No forcing the result. Only presence.
The Journey Day by Day
9 December — Arrival
Journey down into the valley. Welcoming circle of sisters at dusk, and the opening of the first altar.
10 December — Abuelo Ceremony · EARTH
A full day in ceremony with Abuelo — grandfather Wachuma — held by the lineage keepers. Four altars stand at the four directions.
11 December — Integration
Rest, walking, and a cacao circle at the laguna — letting what surfaced settle into the body, sister beside sister.
12 December — Sweat Lodge · FIRE & WATER
Morning temazcal, a half day of purification — held together as one body of women.
13 December — Circle & Storytelling
A day to speak what is stirring, and to hear what stirs in the sisters walking beside you.
14 December — Labyrinth & Los Niños Sagrados · AIR
A walking workshop through the labyrinth by day; an evening ceremony with the sacred children, held in circle, closing in shared storytelling.
15 December — Integration
A quieter day — personal time, and space for a one-to-one check-in with your facilitators.
16 December — Temple of the Archetypes · THE CIRCLE CLOSES
The fourth altar. Four feminine archetypes stand as mirrors, and the circle closes as one body — the feminine divine healed, and healing.
17 December — Departure
A closing breakfast, and the journey back out of the valley — carrying Abuelo and Los Niños Sagrados home in the body.
Practical info
The retreat is by application only and begins with a short discovery conversation. You'll receive the location, travel guidance and final details once your place is confirmed.
When
Wednesday 9 to Thursday 17 December 2026 — nine days in the Sacred Valley.
Price
$1,390 USD — all ceremonies, accommodation, food, activities and individual coaching are included. Flights to Cusco are not included.
Where
Willkaroca in the Sacred Valley near Cusco, Peru — with the ceremonial hall, the stone circle, the ancestor shrine, the sacred river and the valley walls as the frame.
Who it's for
Women in transition — ready to meet the feminine divine healer honestly. No ceremony experience required.
Group
Max 12 women, held as one circle throughout the week.
Format
By application only. It begins with a short discovery conversation with Anne before your place is confirmed. The retreat is held in English.
The Space Is Held by Anne Esther
"We join to heal."
Anne Esther Boukris is a certified integration therapist and gestalt coach, drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a historian, researcher and teacher. In Peru she holds the circle together with Andrea Lombardi, facilitator and retreat owner at Willkaroca in the Sacred Valley — from the welcoming circle at dusk to the closing breakfast.
Questions, or simply want to hear more before you apply? Write to her.
Experienced facilitation and a safe, held space
One-to-one check-ins and coaching along the way
Discretion, safety and trust at the centre
The valley mirrors your own.