Sacred Maya Tours
MAYA / KUNDALINI YOGA
JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHAKRAS
Balance the 7 Chakras through the practice of Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and participation in ceremonies and rituals at 7 specific sacred Maya sites in the Yucatan
Dates: September 6 - 13, 2008
Location: Yucatán, Mexico
Price: $1,630.00 USD double occupancy ($215 single supplement)
The Maya / Kundalini Journey through the Chakras is about Serpent Power; the weaving together of the two authentic lineages of serpent power, Kundalini Yoga and the Ancient Maya Wisdom. During this journey we will visit 7 Maya sites, each one connecting to a specific chakra, where we will work to clear and balance this chakra. Our Kundalini experience will encompass specific kriyas (completed action) for each chakra and will resonate with the energies of the sites and temples we visit. Our goal is to clear our chakras and balance our inner male and female forces.
Through the daily practice of Kundalini Yoga, meditations, lectures, discussions, chants, Maya ceremonies, and visits to sacred Maya sites we will open ourselves to receive an energetic transmission from the feminine serpent power, Mata Shakti and the Maya Goddess Ix’Cheel.
On this journey we will:
* explore the mysteries of Maya sites with Miguel Angel Vergara
* practice Kundalini Yoga daily with Kathryn McCusker
* participate in Maya ceremonies at the sacred sites
* learn to work with our feminine serpent power
* journey through the Maya underworld at the Loltun Caves
* connect deeply with the Maya Sacred Feminine at Uxmal
* visit Chichen Itza and the Kukulkan pyramid
* connect with the ancient Maya teachers at their sacred sites
* share experiences with other spiritual seekers
* balance our inner sacred male and sacred female, bringing ourselves into wholeness
Leading us on our journey are Master Maya Teacher Miguel Angel Vergara and Kundalini Yoga Teacher Kathryn McCusker. Miguel Angel has great knowledge, clear understanding, and deep respect for the sacred teachings of the Maya. He teaches in a heart-centered style that connects rapidly and profoundly with his students. Kathryn is a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga and is passionate about sharing this transformational practice. She teaches throughout London and offers yoga workshops and retreats worldwide. Her career as a professional singer and teacher informs her approach to mantras, which are integral to Kundalini.
INVOKE THE FEMININE SERPENT POWER OF THE MAYA AND KUNDALINI YOGA TRADITIONS!
For full itinerary, more information, or to register please contact Trudy Woodcock by using the contact form or by sending an email to info@iluminado-tours.com
Goddess Ix’Cheel invites you to join her
on a journey through the ancient world of the Maya to honor and activate the Sacred Feminine.
Dates: October 10 – 16, 2008
Location: Yucatán, Mexico
Price: $1,475.00 USD double occupancy.
Price includes the teachings, site entry fees, ceremonies, accommodation, ground transportation, most meals, and more.
The Ixcheel Maya Goddess Program is about the Maya Sacred Female Force: the Goddesses and sacred women of the ancient Maya world. The time of the Maya is now, as their visionary calendar approaches its end-date in 2012. This signifies the transition into a new era. Major transformation is predicted for the planet. It is a necessary transition and we can assist by harmonizing our feminine and masculine natures, bringing ourselves into wholeness and balance.
Through a series of lectures, discussions, meditations, chants, ceremonies, and visits to sacred Maya sites we will learn how to connect with the Goddess energy and how to use it in these rapidly changing times. This program is open to men and women. The goal is to balance the male and female in each of us.
On this journey we will:
| * | explore the mysteries of Maya sites with Miguel Angel Vergara |
| * | participate in a Maya ceremony at Mayapan |
| * | learn about the role of women in the ancient Maya world |
| * | journey through the Maya underworld at the Loltun Caves |
| * | connect deeply with the Maya Sacred Feminine at Uxmal |
| * | take part in a night time ceremony under the stars |
| * | participate in a Full Moon Ceremony on the beach |
| * | connect with the ancient Maya teachers at their sacred sites |
| * | investigate our role in this coming great shift in consciousness |
| * | share experiences with other spiritual seekers |
| * | balance our inner sacred male and sacred female, bringing ourselves into wholeness |
Leading us on our journey is Master Maya Teacher Miguel Angel Vergara. He has great knowledge, clear understanding, and deep respect for the sacred teachings of the Maya. He teaches in a heart-centered style that connects rapidly and profoundly with his students. The Goddesses played a very important part in the ancient Maya society. Miguel Angel has done a study of their role and has written a book in order to share this information with us: The Maya Goddesses and Their Sacred Symbolism by Miguel Angel Vergara Calleros.
Sharing in the teaching roles throughout the journey are; Trudy Woodcock, Leonide Martin, Maya shaman don Jose, along with the many of the ancient Maya teachers, still available to us, at the sacred sites, cenotes, and caves of the Yucatán.
BE PART OF THE 2012 TRANSFORMATION
OF CONSCIOUSNESS!
For full itinerary, more information, or to register please contact Trudy Woodcock by using the contact form or by sending an email to info@iluminado-tours.com
MAYA SACRED PATH TO 2012
Return to the Sacred Path of the Sun
Presented by Iluminado Tours and
Sacred
Earth Journeys. Journey with us and
Return
to the Sacred Path of the Sun on our
2008 Maya Sacred Path to 2012 program.
Dates: November 28 to December 7, 2008
Location: Yucatán, Mexico
Price: $2,659.00 USD double occupancy.
Price includes the teachings, site entry fees, ceremonies, accommodation, ground transportation, most meals, and more.
This is a tour series which began in 2005 and will be offered each year leading up to and past 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. Each year we focus on different aspects of Mayan teachings and visit different Mayan sites as part of our journey. These journeys are for serious students who wish to evolve a deeper awareness of the true Mayan teachings and thus, evolve themselves through a spiritual awakening of cosmic consciousness.
This year, our focus is on the role of the sun, our sacred central star in the solar system of planets, and the cosmology of the Mayan understanding of the sun in the evolution of our consciousness.
In ancient times, the Maya Lord Ah-Kin-Pech travelled this path and connected with the soul of the sun while he planted the seeds of wisdom he received from the essence of the Sun. We will follow in his footsteps, back to the source of the Sun, and participate in sacred Mayan ceremonies and rituals where we will harvest the sacred wisdom from these seeds, planted by Lord Ah-Kin-Pech, to understand the value this wisdom contains.
Our journey will take us through the scenic and diverse regions of the Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, visiting unique and ancient Maya sites along the way such as, Edzná, “The House of the Sacred Mantras”, Chicanná, Kalakmul, “the Place with Twin Pyramids”, Kohunlich, “The Temple of the Father Sun”, and Becán, “The Initiatic Path of the Serpent”. We will venture off the beaten track to explore these less visited sites for private and peaceful ceremonies, and to work intimately with the energies of each site.
Our ceremonies will help to quiet our minds and to open our hearts for inner teachings to be revealed to each of us, and are intended to help us evolve as spiritual beings. We will also immerse ourselves deep in the lush jungle to listen to and discover the captivating sounds and sights of nature, and then end off our journey at the beautiful Tucan Siho Playa beach for a welcomed rest before returning to colonial Mérida.
We will combine our visits to the sacred sites with traditional Mayan ceremonies led by Miguel Angel Vergara and his informative teachings of the Maya Wisdom and Cosmology. We will also have three lectures with Richard Jelusich: The Sun and the Maya,an immersion into the esoteric teachings of the Maya and the deeper meaning of their relationship to the sun; Why the Maya studied the Heavens, a discussion on Mayan Astroarchaeology and the concept of the “Yugas”; and Past Lives, Karma and Reincarnation, an exploration of the cycles of birth and rebirth and the enigmatic mystery of the Maya’s appearance and sudden “disappearance”.
Tour Leaders: Renowned spiritual teacher, healer and author, Richard Jelusich, Ph.D. has been teaching, giving lectures, workshops and private sessions for over 20 years. He is the author of Eye of the Lotus: Psychology of The Chakras, his work about how dominant chakras affect the way we perceive and react to our life’s experiences. Maya Master Teacher, Miguel Angel Vergara, Master Maya Teacher, studied for 17 years with Mayan elder and wisdom keeper, Don Vincente Martin, and teaches seminars in Mexico and abroad on Mayan astronomy, philosophy, calendar, glyphs & symbols, medicine, cosmovision, traditions and prayers, ceremonies and healing.Tour Summary
Day 1 Arrive in Mérida
Day 2 Day of the Dead Closing Ceremony
Day 3 Edzná
Day 4 Chicanná
Day 5 Kalakmul
Day 6 Kohunlich
Day 7 Becán, Xpujil, Tucan Siho Playa
Day 8 Full beach day, Candle-lit Closing Ceremony
Day 9 Campeche, Mérida
Day 10 Depart Mérida
FEES:
TOUR PRICE PER PERSON (LAND ONLY)
Per person, double occupancy$2,659.00 USD
Single Supplement, $500 USD
Please join us on this transformational journey – but please book early to avoid disappointment – our tour filled quite quickly last year, and the group size is limited to 25 participants. Also, please note that it is not required that you commit to every year in the Maya Sacred Path to 2012 program, you may join us for one or more journeys as you please. Each tour is a stand-alone program.
For full itinerary, more information, or to register please contact Trudy Woodcock by using the contact form or by sending an email to info@iluminado-tours.com
SACRED MAYA JOURNEY
Opening Our Hearts to Mother Earth
Journey with us to Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico to invoke the Sacred Feminine through drum, chant, ceremony, sacred site visits, and quiet reflection.
Date: February 14 – 21, 2009
Location: Chiapas, Mexico
Price: $1,895.00 USD double occupancy (single supplement $250)
The Maya calendar’s end-date of 2012 signifies the transition into a new era. For many of us it is obvious that the Earth is now in the midst of a major transformation and in order for us to play our role, fulfill our purpose in this evolutionary transition, we must find a way to raise our vibration and achieve balance and harmony in our lives.
On this journey, we connect deeply with the energy of the Sacred Feminine as it increases and seeks balance with the Sacred Male energy. Through Maya ceremonies, teachings, discussion, site visits, drumming, devotional song, reflective time, and more, we'll invoke the Sacred Feminine and learn to connect with this energy and how to use it in these rapidly changing times, skills that are so important for both men and women as we seek balance and harmony.
On this journey we will:
* visit the Maya sites; Palenque, Bonampak, Yaaxchilán * participate in Maya ceremonies
* drum, chant, and sing daily
* take a boat ride on the Usumacinta River
* connect deeply with the Maya Sacred Feminine
* connect with ancient Maya teachers at sacred sites
* find our role in the coming shift in consciousness
* share experiences with other spiritual seekers
* relax, reflect, swing in a hammock, read, have fun!
Leading us on our journey:
Miguel Angel Vergara is internationally well-known for his great knowledge, clear understanding, and deep respect for the sacred teachings of the Maya. He is author of many books, including one on IxCheel, The Maya Sacred Feminine. He teaches in a heart-centered style that connects rapidly and profoundly with his students.
Judy Piazza is known in and out of the country for her extraordinary talent, creating resonance and rhythms that excite the spirit, calm the mind, expand the heart, and feed the body. Her generous and clear style is well received, respected, and grounded in her love and gratitude to all our relations.
JOIN US IN PALENQUE AS WE DRUM, CHANT, AND CONNECT WITH THE MAYA SACRED FEMININE
For full itinerary, more information, or to register please contact Trudy Woodcock by using the contact form or by sending an email to info@iluminado-tours.com
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