SHAMANIC
MASTER CLASSES
SACRED VALLEY, URUBAMBA, PERU 2024
JULY 6-13 | 15-22
HOSTED BY
MERAV ARTZI & JASON GRECHANIK
Hello everyone. We are excited to invite you to a unique workshop for learning shamanic techniques, which will take place in July 2024 in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru.
The classes will be taught
by two teachers and friends:
Ornita Livne Leibman
Ornita lives, practices and teaches in the lineage of the Mayan healers. She guides men and women on their path of healing and awareness.
I grew up in the north of Israel at the foot of Lebanon, in a small village located in the beautiful Banias Valley.
There were almost no children my age, and most of the day, I would spend in nature, in the creek and on walks with the horse my father raised. The Banias Valley raised me, and nature enveloped me in all the love I needed.
I saw things differently than others, and my observation was deep and different as a child. Unfortunately, I grew up early. In the shadow of the Lebanon war, which lasted about five years, I became a girl older than my years.
At the age of 21, I traveled the world for about six years, which expanded my consciousness a lot.
I met with many spiritual teachers. I was looking for me, the combination between color, shape, and healing.
In India, I was initiated as a Reiki master and followed the Vipassana path.
I studied art and theater in Jerusalem and was a set and costume designer for the Fringe Theater.
The theater moves the shaman, who wears masks and costumes and performs for the people, to the stage. Theater, to me, is a ritual for the white man to go deeper and look inside. This was when I started writing rituals.
I started my path in the lineage of Mayan healers when I signed up for the language of light, which is the basics of sacred geometry. The night before the first class, I dreamt that the teacher came and bathed me in a pool of clear water. She was wearing a white dress with a braided rope and had black curly hair. When I came to class, I was amazed to find that the teacher was exactly the woman from the dream, wearing the same dress with the same braided rope.
I’ve come a long way over the years. I was educated with many teachers from the dynasty. I traveled around the world to learn and to educate more and more healing techniques.
I was in the USA with the holder of the dynasty Starr Fuentes and was trained by her as a teacher of teachers, as well as in Germany and Portugal.
Today, I work in my clinic in Pardes Hanna, teaching and educating people on the path of healing, development, and growth.
www.ornitalight.com
A teacher, therapist and healer specialized in natural treatments. She is a spiritual guide for work with the earth element (Pachamama).
Eva Aranguri Torres
I am Eva Aranguri Torres.
My father was called Bartolome Aranguri Causto, and my mother was Francisca Toress Olwin. I have 8 siblings, however, I am the only one following in my father’s footsteps as I inherited his gift.
I spent many hours of my childhood following my father while he was performing the ritual of reading the Coca leaf or curing with an egg.
My mother was from Chaullhuahucho, my father came from Pallanca. I remember I was 8 years old when my father recognized that I have a gift and started to share his knowledge with me . He was my first teacher. With time my experience grew and expanded.
When I was 11 years old my parents sent me to the Paredes Clinic in Cusco work as a helper.
I worked hard and I was open to learn new things. I got to experience many different cases and patients from all walks of life. They all came to the clinic looking for a cure.
In this pivotal time of my life I learned a lot about how to diagnose different kind of illnesses and cure patients.
I had a few teachers then, however I took a lot from the mountain people whom I got to know and respect. I was impressed how well off they were. They lived in remote areas and learned how to manage without access to health care. I learned from them how to make use of the local medicinal plants and how to live in harmony with nature. When I implemented this knowledge to the best of my ability at my work in the clinic, I was able to help many patients and my efforts were recognized and I got promoted.
I learned so many things and had the privilege to combine all these elements as I advanced at my position in the clinic .
Today I am 73 years of age, I work from home offering healing in my community.
I have not forgotten where I come from, my connection to the land, nature and my ancestry.
As long as I am alive I will remember and keep the memory alive by helping others to remember their own connection too.
These two women will conduct practical classes in which they will pass on shamanic practices to the students, as well as practical tools that will be given. We will use these practices in a hands-on manner, and there will be an opportunity to practice what was learned under their guidance.
FIRST WEEK
July 6 – Opening day
8:00-9:30 am Check-in
9:30-10:30 am Introduction and orientation
10:30 am We will open the retreat with an offering to mother earth
1:00 pm Lunch
Ceremony continues
8:00 pm Dinner
July 7
7:30–9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Plant Baths
We will experience Eva’s powerful plant bath that works on all bodies, the physical, emotional, and mental to clear and clean patterns and beliefs that are not serving us.
We’ll go for an excursion to collect plants for our bath with Eva in the mountains where the baths will take place at a special location.
1:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Ceremony continues
7:00 pm Dinner
July 8
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am Visiting places of power with Eva to connect with the mountains
1:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Ceremony continues
7:00 pm Dinner
July 9
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Initiation to the ‘Balancing the elements in our body’ technique with Ornita
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
6:00 pm An evening of ‘Transition between dimensions’
9:00 pm Dinner
July 10 & 11
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am We will practice ‘Shamanic medicine breath’ with Ornita
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 pm Class continues
8:00 pm Dinner
July 12
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Community clinic with Ornita and Eva
This is a beautiful opportunity to give something back to the community and receive a chance to practice the techniques that we have learned this week with the teachers present.
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 pm Closing ceremony
7:00 pm Dinner (with special surprise celebration)
SECOND WEEK
July 15
8:00-9:30 am Check-in for new arrivals
8:00-9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am ‘Cradle’ technique with Ornita
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 ‘Soul pulling ceremony’ with Ornita
7:00 pm Dinner
July 16 & 17
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am ‘Release of sorrows’ with Ornita
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 pm ‘Healing with colors’ with Ornita
7:00 pm Dinner
July 18
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am ‘Coca leaves ceremony and reading’ with Eva
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 pm Ceremony continues
7:00 pm Dinner
July 19
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Working with the elements of fire and air at a sacred site
1:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Ceremony continues
7:00 pm Dinner
July 20
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Working with the elements of earth and water at a sacred site
1:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Ceremony continues
7:00 pm Dinner
July 21
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Community clinic with Ornita and Eva
This is a beautiful opportunity to give something back to the community and receive a chance to practice the techniques that we have learned this week with the teachers present.
1:00 pm Lunch / Break
3:00 pm Closing ceremony
7:00 pm Dinner (with special surprise celebration)
*** There might be last minute changes in the schedule and times of the meals according to the needs of the teachers so they can better transfer the material we are about to learn.
More Info
All teachings will be held in English and/or translated into English. Ornita speaks English and Hebrew. Eva speaks Spanish, translation into English will be provided.
The retreat will take place at the charming hotel “La Capilla”, in the town of Urubamba, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and includes three full meals a day, snacks, and hot and cold drinks. Accommodation is in a private room or a room for two guests.
*6% percent discount for those attending both weeks
One week in a private room
$1200
One week in a room for two (price for one person)
$1000
One week for residents of the Sacred Valley (accommodation not included)
$650
The cost of the retreat*
Optional accommodation
Guests have the option to stay at hotel La Capilla up to 3 nights before the start of the retreat, from July 3rd.
(Double room) $20/night, pp
(Single room) $35/night, pp
Transportation from Cusco to Urubamba
For those who would like to get a taxi from Cusco to Urubamba please contact one of the following phone numbers via WhatsApp:
+51 986 002 363
+51 980 730 741
+51 978 969 605
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Jason Sadhana Grechanik and Merav Artzi are long time colleagues organizing retreats together in Peru and around the world.
They have each done their training in the Amazonian Jungle of Peru, practicing with Tobacco and medicinal trees under the guidance of Maestro Tabaquero Ernesto Garcia Torres and are part of the Mamankonawa lineage.
For the last four years they have joined together to train apprentices that want to serve Tobacco within the tradition of their lineage.
They have been based in Peru for over a decade. They feel passionate about plant medicine, art, anthropology history, food and shamanic practices.
Jason and Merav together as well as separately have held space, organized and initiated hundreds of ceremonies and retreats. They hope to bring their passion and experiences to good use at this event.
Jason Grechanik
nicotianarustica.org
‘The Universe Within’ podcast: jasongrechanik.com/podcast
Merav Artzi
tobaccodiets.com
