Essays

Ayni is a powerful principle and practice in the Quechua culture here in Peru. It means reciprocity or mutual exchange. It means as we give, we

Paz y Luz, my retreat center in Pisac, is 20 years old this month. We began with 4 guest rooms and a listing from Lonely Planet

There are words and there is meaning beyond words – a literal language and the language of the senses. Kiara, my soul, has been speaking with

During a sweat lodge ceremony last month, I received a message. “When you say yes to what you don’t want or don’t like, it becomes something

Love isn’t a feeling two people have for each other or a group of people share with one another. Love is energy, a vibration, a frequency.

My earliest childhood memory that I still picture so vividly is myself at three on a swing in our backyard in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) As I

I believe there is a force within each of us that longs for expansion, to know and experience new and better things beyond our current awareness.

The Sacred Andean Tradition is one that works primarily on an energy level. By tuning into the refined energy of the apus (mountain spirits) andPachamama (Mother

Toward the end of my work in South Africa, before I moved to Peru in 2000, I had a dream where there was a major dispute