Mountain Medicine Retreat
7th- 10th of August 2026, Engadin, Switzerland
Somatic Work, Breath, Mountains & Prayer
With Mela, Paula & Yari
We immerse in nature, receiving the beauty of the mountains, the fresh water, and give us a space to receive through breath and prayer.
3 Days of cultivating and deepening the connection to our body, through somatic work, breathwork, and a special andean prayer ritual.
A space to slow down, listen and be with nature. Immersed into the deep mountains of Switzerland.
Prayer Ceremony with Andean Medicine
The ceremony will be held during the night and is guided with live medicine music by Yari. The music will help you enter into your individual process.
Releasing what doesn't serve us any more, we will enter in a more heart centred state of being. Protected and held by prayers of tobacco smoke, you have the opportunity to do your inner work, supported by an experienced team. Calling to the elements, the four directions, all forces of nature, spirits of light and our ancestral lineages, we unite to celebrate this unique experience of life on earth.
With local plants originally coming from the Andean mountains of Peru, the simplicity and beauty from this very ancient cultures will heal, nurture and inspire our life path, step by step, slowly and safe.
Cacao Ritual
With cacao we will be using an other ancient medicine, to deepen our prayer with the focus on staying connected to our heart.
Our cacao comes from Guatemala, from local businesses, where it's been collected and fermented all by hand.
With drinking a high dose of cacao, we are influencing our neurotransmitters, and release more serotonin and dopamine, our so called happy hormones. Using these qualities of the cacao, we will work to deepen the connection to ourself and everything around us. Cacao is a wonderful tool, to help us integrate previous work, because of it's heart opening quality and it is a great preparation to enter the breathwork ceremony.
Breathwork:
The more conscious you breathe the more connected and aware you become.
Breathwork uses a simple technique, called “conscious connected breath”, a profound technique that deeply supports the clearing away of old energies, conditioning, negative thoughts/patterns and emotions.
It helps us to open up the doors for new possibilities and a greater consciousness. If done properly it is a “gateway” to your inside world, to truly see who you are with all layers of a human being, emotionally, physically and energetically. And yet the outcome is always a surprise, as we are all individuals caring different stories and backgrounds. The main result is pure presence & awareness, which eventually leads us into a fuller acceptance of what is.
Important to know:
This retreat is not suitable for you in case of pregnancy, or if you suffer of any severe heart disease, psychosis or epilepsy. It is required to fill out a health questionnaire, only after that you will be accepted to the retreat.
Please get in touch if you are in any doubt about your health situation.
Schedule
Day 1
Day of Arrival
Body awareness practises
Somatic and gentle Breathwork
Day 2
Walk/ Hike to the lake, Silence,
Sharing Circle and Prayer Ritual
Day 3
Integration Day
Sauna, Rest, Walks, Nourishment.
Its highly recommended to stay until Monday morning.
Who is guiding you:
Mela Mariposa, is a breathwork facilitator, spirit coach and cacao mama, she loves sharing her passion in rituals and ceremonies.
Mela has a huge background knowledge, she worked for over 12 years as a nurse in psychiatric clinics, she is a holistic nutritionist and spent years studying the science and practise of traditional yoga. She has lived, trained and taught in various communities in Asia and Europe. Nowadays she integrates shamanic work, western therapeutic elements and elements from traditional Yoga & Tantra.
Yari and Paula
We dedicate our life to study the Andean cosmovision and its master plants. With the inspiration of different traditions, a growing medicine family and local plants, we are rising our altar to honour life. Always learning & growing with humbleness, doing our best for the earth to be a better place for the future generations. Focused on sustainable living, balance & simplicity, we are walking a path of prayer and manifestation of our dreams, always sharing with everybody everything we are and everything we have. We are a couple for 5 years and are living in a small community in the South of Portugal. Guardians of a native forest, fruit trees and vegetable gardens. Living in harmony with nature, honouring every being that is alive on our mother earth. Always grateful for all the blessings of father sky.
Location & Details
7-10th of August 2026, Engadin, Switzerland
The retreat is held at the Moon Heart Temple.
We are living on a shared land with 7 other families, horses and lots chickens. It is in the middle of the nature, where the night sky is shining bright and the silence is touching your soul.
The work is either held outdoors, or inside the dome. Accommodation is basic and yet we give everything to make it as comfortable as possible.
Prices:
Retreat fee, includes organic/local vegetarian food.
Sliding Scale : 260.- to 350.-€
Accommodation:
(has to be booked separately and paid in cash at the venue)
Own Van/Tent: 10.-/ Night
Shared bell-tent with provided bedding 20.-/ Night
Private tent with bedding: 25.-/night
Private bell-tent 40.-/night
Caravan (ideal for 2 friends or a couple) 60.-/night
Bring your own sleeping material to sleep in the Dome: 10.-/Night
you are welcome to stay until Monday morning.
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