01
you land in Flores
a short flight from Guatemala City, then the road out to the lake. the group gathers before dark on the Sunday, and the week begins the way it will go on — quietly, together, with the water in front of you.
02
the day opens on the water
daily sadhana on the lakeside platform: yoga, breath, movement, meditation, sound healing, vocal activation. the practices are chosen for where the group is that morning, not for a timetable.
03
ceremony at the pyramids
fire ceremonies with the twenty Nahuales, cacao, and the inípi sweat lodge — led by Tata Rolando and local Mayan elders, with special permission to gather and share sound at the sacred sites themselves.
04
the ancient city
Tikal spans sixteen square kilometres and more than four thousand five hundred structures. its seven great pyramids are set in a pattern that echoes the Pleiades — the seven sisters. the Mayans who lived here said that is where they came from.
05
and then nothing at all
an afternoon in the plunge pool after the temazcal. a boat across the lake. a hammock, a book, and the sound of the forest. the week has as much space in it as it has structure.
06
the closing fire
on the last morning everyone lays a log into the same fire. you fly home on the Sunday carrying something you did not arrive with.
