$3333
2 spots open
Womxn’s Ceremonial Retreat to Guatemala
February 20th - March 5th 2024
14 Days & 14 Nights
Explore GuateMaya with Nana Xochiketzalli + travel with her Mayan Maestras Nana Tomasa Suye & Nana Sebastiana & meet other guest AjQ'ijab during the trecena of 1 kawok.
In the CholQ'ij Mayan Calendar the nahual kawok represents community/la comunidad & family/familia. Kawok speaks to gathering, teamwork, & community building. It translates to thunder and is the nahual of the rains, lighting, storm. We will study the calendar during this trecena’s energy that will guide us all 13 days as we travel together, build relationships, and weave together the threads to our cosmic family.
- GuateMaya -
During this 13 day ceremonial pilgrimage across rural Guatemala explore Maya culture, consume delicious meals, and relax on the waters of the deepest lake in central america.
+ misty highlands, Mayan villages, volcano circled lake, famous markets, tropical jungle,Gumarkaaj Ruins in Quiche, Tikal National Park/Mayan Pyramids + Daily Sunrise or Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremonies.
1 night in Antigua
5 nights in Santa Cruz Lake Atitlan
3 nights in Chichicastenango
3 nights in outside Flores, Peten
Last night in Guatemala City
- Itinerary -
February Tuesday 20th - March Tuesday 5th
14 Nights (1st night Red Eye Flight) & 14 Days (Last day am flight to LAX)
Day 0 - Tuesday 20th - Meet at LAX airport at 8pm for Redeye nonstop Flight
Day 1 - Wednesday 21st / 1 Kawok - Guatemala City to Antigua
Flight from LAX - Guatemala City (lands 5:48am)
Shuttle 1.5 hr travel to Antigua
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony
Night 1 @ Hotel Casa Antigua
Day 2 - Thursday 22nd / 2 Ajpu - Travel Antigua to Lake Atitlan
Noon Shuttle 2 hr travel to Panajachel + Boat
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony in Santa Cruz
5 Nights @ Villa Palatalik
Day 3 - Friday 23rd / 3 Imox - Lake Atitlan
Morning Offerings to Lake Atitlan
Afternoon Rest & swim
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony
Day 4 - Saturday 24th / 4 Iq’ - Lake Atitlan
Sunrise Mayan Fire Ceremony in San Marcos
Afternoon exploration of towns San Pedro & San Juan
Evening Full Moon Cocoa Ceremony
Day 5 - Sunday 25th / 5 Aq’ab’al - Lake Atitlan
Sunrise Mayan Fire Ceremony in San Marcos
Shopping/Exploration of village
Evening Full Moon Temezcalli/Sweatlodge
Day 6 - Monday 26th / 6 K’at - Lake Atitlan
Free time
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony
Day 7 - Tuesday 27th / 7 Kan - travel to Chichicastengo
Boat ride to Pana + Shuttle 1.5 hr travel to Chichicastengo
Explore Chichi + Visit Galeria Pop Wuj
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony
3 Nights @ Hotel Museo Mayan Inn
Day 8 - Wednesday 28th / 8 Kame - Chichi + Ruins
Morning visit to Ixpiyakok Ixmukane Healing Center
Day trip 40m to Gumarkaaj Ruins + Mayan Fire Ceremony
Day 9 - Thursday 29th / 9 Kej - Chichicastenango
Morning Shopping at famous Chichi Market’s
Afternoon Visit at Healing Center + Evening Fire Ceremony
Day 10 - Friday 1st / 10 Q’anil - Travel Chichi, Guate, Flores
Morning Shuttle 3 hrs to Guatemala City
National flight to Flores
3 Nights @ Casa Wayak Luxury Villa
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony on Lake Petzen Itza
Day 11 - Saturday 2nd / 11 Toj - Flores
Morning Relax
Explore Flores
Sunset Mayan Fire Ceremony
Day 12 - Sunday 3rd / 12 Tz’i’ - Flores
Tikal Pyramids + Mayan Fire Ceremony
Day 13 - Monday 4th / 13 B’atz’ - Flores to Guatemala City
Sunrise Mayan Fire Ceremony
Flight from Flores to Guatemala City
Last night @ Hostal Villa Toscana
Day 14 - Tuesday 5th - Morning nonstop Flight from Guatemala City 7:40am - 11:06am to LAX California
- Food -
Enjoy 2 included handmade meals each day, from tropical fruit, fresh vegetables, handmade corn tortillas, and so much more…
Breakfast - Enjoy an included group morning meal each day at our hotel of eggs, fried plantains, fresh avocado, beans, tortillas, fruit…
Lunch - Group Lunch at different restaurants, picnics, or at AirBnB
Dinner - Optional to gather together at different restaurants, go out on your own, or cook something on your own at AirBnB’s. This meal is not included in pricing.
- Lodging -
Lodging will consist of shared double rooms with 2 single beds and large AirBnB home rentals with shared rooms. The hotels and rooms below are reserved, yet may be subject to change due to different conditions.
1 night in Antigua @ Hotel Casa Antigua
2 per room with 2 full beds
5 nights in Santa Cruz, Lake Atitlan @ Palatalik lakeshore Villa
AirBnB House Rental + Cabanas (2 per room)
(Shared King Bed Master Room, 2 separate Shared King Bed Cabanas , 2 Single Beds in small BedRoom, 2 Queens in 1 room)
3 nights in Chichicastenango @ Hotel Museo Mayan Inn
Colonial style Shared Rooms - 2 twin beds, 2 per room
3 nights on Lake Peten Itza @ AirBnB Casa Wayak
Private Lake side Remote Residence with 5 Shared Bedrooms
(3 bedrooms in house - master queen bedroom, queen bedroom, 2 doubles bedroom + 2 separate Cabanas with 4 beds each
Last night in Guatemala City @ Hostal Villa Toscana
Shared Rooms - 2 twin beds, 2 per room
- Flights -
1 international flight and 1 national flight will be included in overall pricing of the pilgrimage.
It will be up to each participant to fly into Los Angeles, California where we will meet at the airport on Tuesday 20th at 8:00pm for a red eye nonstop flight. We then will be traveling as a tight group the rest of the trip, until our return to LA on March 5th..
International Flight - LAX to Guatemala City
Nonstop United - UA 1137 (4 hrs 48 min) 11:00pm - 5:48am
Tuesday March 5th (Return)
Nonstop United - UA 1138 (5 hrs 26 min) 7:40am - 11:06am
National Flight - Guatemala City to Flores
Nonstop TAG Airlines - 5U160 ( 1 hr) 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Nonstop TAG Airlines - 5U161 (1 hr) 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Quien Somos? -
For those who do not know me, my name is Xochi Quetzalli and I have been walking the path of an AjQ ij the past 12 years. In 2015, during my 2nd trip to Guatemala I was initiated to this path of Mayan Medicine and the world of Maya Curanderismo by my teachers, curanderas Nana Tomasa Suye and her eldest daughter Nana Sebastiana.
In the past decade we have continued to work together, whether i bring my maestras up north to my home or i travel to theirs, yet our relationship has continued, along with more learning.
This will be my 6th journey to these lands, 8th reunion with mis maestras, and yet the first journey bringing a group of like minded womxn with me.
Nana Tomasa Suye, Grandmother and matriarch of her family is a powerful healer and speaker. She is an initiated Aj’Q’ij, along with most of her children. Her family is very important to her and she has 7 children & dozens of grandchildren. Most of them all reside together on the same parcel in their hometown Chichicastengo. With the help of her children, she heads their healing center - Healing and Holistic Recuperation Center - Ixpiyakok Ixmukane.
Nana Sebastiana is a profound healer, channeler, and curandera. She is an Aj’Q’ij / Mayan Daykeeper and healer specializing in full body mayan massage, reiki, and mayan womb massage. She also worked alongside her grandmother growing up, learning the ways of an indigenous midwife. She now works alongside her mother, when she is not traveling and teaching internationally. She has a true gift in her hands, is extremely intuitive, & a very powerful masseuse. She also offers limpias, divinations, and heart to heart platicas. She will be available for these extra services when she joins us on the pilgrimage.
Nana Xochi Quetzalli or Xochi for short, is an initiated Aj’Qij’ (Mayan Daykeeper/Spiritual Guide) and as well an Artist, Healer, and Teacher. She offers classes and healings based in Curanderismo & Mexica or Maya Cosmology at Spirit Medicines Folk Healing Center in Eureka Ca. She honors her ancestors of Native California Indian, Mexican, & European descent in all the work she does. Her lifelong commitments to her dances, Sundance and Moondance for the past decade have shaped her at a young age and brought her to this path. She has worked in ceremony with many nations all over Turtle Island, is a pipe carrier, and walks the Good Red Road.
Is this Pilgrimage what you are looking for?
This is an intimate, limited size group pilgrimage for up to 10 womxn who are interested in connecting to the Maya Ceremonial traditions. There will be daily ceremonies, sunrise mayan fire ceremonies, & group full moon ceremonies. This will not be your normal luxurious, relaxing retreat, yet instead an intensive immersion into Mayan Culture and el Saq’Be (The Mayan white sacred path of healing).
Rural Transportation
Much of the travel will be through the rural highlands of Guatemala on fast, curvy mountain roads. Transport is included and will consist of shared private vans & small motor boats across the lake + a national flight from Guatemala City to Flores. Travel in Guatemala is unique, fast, and an arduous journey at times.
Shared Lodging
Lodging will consist of shared double rooms with 2 single beds in Antigua & Chichicastenango Hotels. On the lakes lodging will be large AirBnB rentals with shared rooms and possibly shared queen beds in Santa Cruz and Peten.
Ceremony
There will be daily community sunrise or sunset Mayan Fire ceremonies, travel to different sacred altars, and late night full moon rituals. All are encouraged to participate daily with Nana Xochiketzalli and the different guest AjQ ijab, but if one decides they need to rest and abstain from ritual, that is ok.
We will be meeting up with Nana Tomasa y Nana Sebastiana in their hometown on day 7. There we will visit their home, tour their healing center, and then all travel together to Flores to visit Tikal Pyramids/Ceremonial Sacred Center.
This style of group travel may bring up shadow work or unaddressed traumas, yet there will be space to face these “underworlds” while being held by the different AjQ’ijab.
- Pricing -
Your monetary exchange for this 13 day spiritual pilgrimage includes:
- International flight from Los Angeles, California to Guatemala city
- National flight from Guatemala city to Flores
- All local transportation (taxis, shared vans, buses, boats..)
- 13 nights of lodging (2 to a shared room)
- 2 handmade meals a day (breakfast and lunch)
- Entrance fees to sacred sites
- Donations to guest Aj’Qijab
- Exchange to Nana Xochiketzalli
- Any extra expenses
Total of $3333
You will be required to cover your own cost to LAX airport, dinner’s out, massage or healings, shopping…
A nonrefundable Down Payment of $1111 is required to secure and reserve your limited spot. Only 1 space available. There are 10 spots.
The rest of your $2222 is due via Cash, Check, or Venmo by November 21st. (Refundable only if you find someone to take your place.)
PAYMENT PLAN
Payment Plans are offered to those who are unable to make the full payment as I believe in attempting to make things more accessible, tho this is very hard in this case of international travel. If you need a payment plan, know that your palabra sagrada (sacred word) will work as a contract to secure your spot and require you to finish all payments.
Payment Plan - $3333
Non Refundable Down Payment of $933 to secure your spot
+4 monthly payments of $600
Monthly Payment plans due around the 1st of each month. With this plan, payments are non refundable and con la palabra sagrada, you must agree to complete all 4 payments of $600 before 2024.
October 1st, November 1st, December 1st, January 1st
Please reach out with any questions or if you are interested in securing a spot in this intimate pilgrimage al corazon del mundo!
Blessings,
Xochi Quetzalli
