The Sacred Valley of
Cusco, Peru
Portals Of The Sacred Valley:
A Retreat on Life, Death, and Becoming
Cusco, Peru
August 27-Sept 2, 2026
Enter the Portal
The Sacred Valley of Peru has long been understood as a place of passage; a fertile corridor between worlds. Nourished by the Urubamba River and held by the Andes, this land has supported life, ritual, agriculture, and devotion for thousands of years. It is a valley where cycles are visible: growth and decay, emergence and return, birth and death coexisting as one continuous movement.
We call this retreat Portals because the Sacred Valley itself functions as one. Here, the boundary between inner and outer worlds feels permeable. The vastness of the mountains meets the intimacy of the body. The cosmic realms and the earth mirror one another. This is not a place to escape death, but to understand it more honestly: to feel how transition, loss, fertility, and becoming are woven into everything that has been born.
Our home for the week is Samadhi Sacred Valley, a boutique eco-retreat center designed with extraordinary attention to energetic detail, sustainability, and beauty.
An Experience For
This retreat is for women of any age who find themselves at a threshold.
It is for:
Mothers and women considering motherhood, navigating identity shifts and layered responsibility
Women longing to revisit past versions of themselves with forgiveness, understanding, and freedom
Women who know grief, loss, longing, or unspoken endings
Women who are seeking psychological depth & spiritual grounding
Women uncertain about what comes next — personally, relationally, or professionally
Women seeking deeper connection to their body’s cyclical intelligence and natural rhythms
Our Journey Together
Our mornings begin with classical Hatha Yoga from the Sivananda lineage, accessible to all levels, emphasizing alignment, breath, and energetic balance. This is followed by traditional pranayama and meditation, grounding the body and mind before the day unfolds.
From there, we move into a carefully curated flow of:
Ritual and ceremony
Mindfulness and psychology-based workshops
Group dialogue and reflection
These offerings are led by Diana Caribe, Parashakti Alexandra, and at times co-facilitated, weaving insight, somatic awareness, and ancestral wisdom.
The retreat unfolds through the themes of Birth · Becoming · Death · Remembrance
Within these themes, we explore compassion, acceptance, grief, forgiveness, and purpose… not as abstract ideas, but as lived experiences within the body and psyche.
Because this work is emotionally and energetically deep, the schedule is intentionally paced. There is ample time for rest, integration, solitude, and playfulness, allowing insight to settle rather than overwhelm.
Midway through the retreat, we pause for a full-day pilgrimage to Machu Picchu. This journey acts as a powerful energetic pace — reconnecting us to the land, movement, and travel itself — before returning to the intimacy of the group container.
Intention
The intention of this retreat is to broaden our relationship with life, death, and transformation.
Rather than resisting endings or clinging to identities that have completed their purpose, we practice living in trust, flow, and surrender with the cycles that shape us. We learn how to remain present during transition, allowing decay to fertilize wisdom, and uncertainty to open possibility.
This is not about fixing or forcing change.
It is about learning how to stay with change when it arrives.
Accommodations
Samadhi is composed of seven bungalows, each aligned with one of the seven primary chakras. Every bungalow offers: 360° mountain views, a private balcony and garden, flowers planted in the color of its corresponding chakra, crystals placed intentionally within the space, a color-filtered shower window, allowing you to literally bathe in the light frequency of that chakra
The yoga shala features floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic mountain views, creating the feeling of practicing within the peaks themselves. Our dining space, where three nourishing meals are served daily, offers sweeping views of the valley, grounding the retreat in both beauty and embodied presence.
The overall atmosphere is intimate and refined: boutique, eco-conscious, and deeply intentional. Every detail is designed to support regulation, receptivity, and transformation.
Guests may choose from the following accommodations:
Triple bungalows with three single beds
Double bungalows with two beds
Private bungalows with one bed
Guests may also choose to share a private bungalow together and share a bed, if desired.
accommodation & cuisine
Meals
All meals are included during the Portals of The Sacred Valley retreat. On the evening of check-in, dinner will be provided, and on the morning of check-out, breakfast will be served. On all full days in between, you’ll enjoy three nourishing meals per day. Snacks, coffee, milk, and fruit will also be available for grazing between meals.
We are able to accommodate all dietary needs and restrictions, including fish, poultry, vegetarian, gluten-free, and other specific requirements. Meals are prepared fresh on-site by the retreat chef using high-quality ingredients.
The Property
Samadhi Sacred Valley is located in the heart of the Sacred Valley, just outside the town of Urubamba — an area known for its fertile land, open space, and grounded pace of life. This part of the valley feels quieter and less touristed, offering a sense of seclusion while remaining deeply connected to local culture and landscape.
The retreat center is approximately a 1.5–2 hour scenic drive from Cusco International Airport (Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport). The drive descends into the valley, allowing the body to naturally acclimate to altitude and settle into a slower rhythm.
Hiking trails wind through the property itself, offering opportunities for quiet walks, reflection, and integration between sessions without needing to leave the retreat grounds.
Lodging & Investment
Your investment reflects a fully held retreat experience. All accommodations, programming, daily meals, ceremonies, excursions (including Machu Picchu), and ground transportation are included. The only thing not included is your flight to Cusco.
We will provide one group van for airport transfers from Cusco and will coordinate a pick-up time to align with participant flight arrivals, making arrival and departure as seamless as possible.
Our home for the week is Samadhi Sacred Valley, where each bungalow is intentionally aligned with one of the seven main chakras. Lodging is not just a place to sleep; it is part of the energetic architecture of the retreat, supporting your process throughout the week.
Each bungalow includes 360° mountain views, a private balcony and garden, chakra-colored flowers, crystals aligned to its energy center, and color-filtered shower light, allowing you to bathe — literally — in the frequency of your chosen chakra.
The prices shown reflect the total investment for the retreat. Your initial commitment is a $500 deposit, followed by a six-month payment plan that supports ease and spaciousness. The final balance will be due by August 15, allowing you to prepare financially while staying present with the journey ahead.
ROOT CHAKRA — Teachers’ Residence
This bungalow is home to your retreat leaders, allowing us to remain grounded, resourced, and deeply connected as we hold the container for the group.
SACRAL CHAKRA — Private Bungalow
Invokes and balances pleasure, presence, creativity, sensuality, and life force.
$2,797 — private (solo)
$2,650 per person — shared bed with a friend or partner
SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA — Shared Double
Invokes and balances inner power, embodied decision-making, purpose, conscious identity, and inner fire.
$2,650 per person
(2 single beds)
HEART CHAKRA — Shared Triple
Invokes and balances the soul, love, compassion, forgiveness, devotion, and divine connection.
$2,497 per person
(3 single beds)
THROAT CHAKRA — Private Bungalow
Invokes and balances clarity between heart and intuition, authentic self-guidance, and the refinement of inner and outer expression. Supports filtering out stagnation and distraction to access spiritual truth.
$2,797 — private (solo)
$2,650 per person — shared bed with a friend or partner
THIRD EYE CHAKRA — Private Bungalow
Invokes and balances inner wisdom, deep self-trust, intuitive clarity, and the integration of emotion and logic. Supports psychic awareness and visionary perception.
$2,797 — private (solo)
$2,650 per person — shared bed with a friend or partner
CROWN CHAKRA — Shared Triple
Invokes and balances spiritual understanding, acceptance, peace, clear perspective, and relationship with the Divine and Higher Self.
$2,497 per person
(3 single beds)
If you are experiencing financial hardship and feel deeply called to this retreat, you’re welcome to inquire about limited sliding-scale opportunities. While availability is limited, we will do our best to support you.
Your Guides
Parashakti Alexandra is the founder of As I Am: School of Yoga + Healing Arts. She is a trauma-trained facilitator with over 600 hours of yoga training certifications and is also a somatic coach specializing in the female nervous system and its relationship to the menstrual cycle. Her work centers feminine wisdom, cyclical intelligence, and the stories held in the womb.
She has been leading retreats, teacher trainings, courses, classes, workshops, ceremonies, and community gatherings since 2020. Parashakti’s facilitation weaves education with embodiment, safety with depth, and structure with intuition.
She is also a mother, poet, and creative; roles that deeply inform her relational, grounded, and reverent approach to this work. Alexandra is a Leo sun, Aries moon, and Sagittarius rising.
You can follow her on Instagram here
Diana Caribe is a cognitive psychotherapist with an existential approach and over a decade of experience weaving psychology, mindfulness, and spirituality into holistic healing. Her work is grounded in the belief that the body, mind, and spirit must be tended together in order to live an authentic, meaningful, and purpose-driven life.
Born and raised in Tulum, with a cenote in her backyard, Diana grew up in close relationship with the unseen worlds — attuned from an early age to ancestral guidance, cyclical time, and the wisdom of the underworld. This deep-rooted connection to nature and lineage continues to inform her therapeutic and spiritual work today.
After completing advanced studies in death psychology, Diana chose to remain in Barcelona, where her own intimate relationship with death profoundly reshaped her understanding of life, presence, and purpose.
Diana brings clarity, depth, and compassion to this retreat, holding space for grief, meaning-making, and becoming with steadiness and reverence. Learn more abour Diana by visiting her website or follow her on Instagram
Frequently Asked Questions
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this retreat is for you if you read the above descriptions on the website and felt something. it’s for women who feel themselves at a threshold… sensing an ending, a becoming, or a question they can’t yet fully name. It’s designed for those drawn to psychology, cyclical feminine wisdom, and honest inner work held in community.
you don’t need to be in crisis or have clarity about what’s next. you do need a willingness to slow down, listen to your body, and engage in emotionally and energetically rich experiences with care and presence.
if this offering feels less like urgency and more like recognition, that quiet yes is often the answer.
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Only you can know whether something is beyond your edge, and we trust your inner wisdom in that. Both Alex and Diana are trauma-trained, with Diana being a licensed cognitive psychotherapist, and together they bring deep experience in embodiment, nervous system regulation, and trauma-informed facilitation. They are attuned not only to what participants share, but also to when someone may be moving beyond what feels resourced or supportive.
Alexandra’s close relationship with grief — shaped by the unexpected loss of her father in 2011 — profoundly informed her spiritual path and work in service. Diana’s own life-changing loss led her into advanced study in death psychology and continues to guide her therapeutic approach. This retreat was created with that lived understanding.
If you feel more lit up than overwhelmed when you read about this retreat, it may be supportive for you. If it feels like too much right now, honoring that is also an act of care — another offering may meet you more gently in the future.
All of you is welcome here — including your grief, your tenderness, and your uncertainty.
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Classical Hatha Yoga will be offered each morning, pairing asana, meditation, and pranayama to support nervous system regulation, embodiment, and presence. Throughout the retreat, yogic philosophy and wisdom on the cycles of life, death, and rebirth will be gently woven into workshops and teachings, offering a grounded, experiential bridge between the body, psyche, and spirit.
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There are some physical elements to be aware of. We will be at high altitude, and the visit to Machu Picchu can feel physically demanding for some. To support this, we intentionally encourage ample rest, hydration, and a slower pace to help the body acclimate and reduce the effects of altitude sickness.
The retreat takes place in the Sacred Valley, which sits at a lower altitude than Cusco, and most people feel more balanced and regulated once there. Daily yoga practices are open-level and accessible, with options offered for all bodies and experience levels. You are always invited to listen to your body and rest when needed.
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yes. the schedule intentionally includes spacious time for rest, integration, spa services, walks on the property, and personal reflection.
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You’ll fly into Cusco (CUZ). From there, we will provide one shared transport van, scheduled to align with the group’s collective flight arrivals. The drive to the retreat center in the Sacred Valley is approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours, offering a beautiful descent into the mountains as you arrive and begin to settle into the land.
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we can help you with the logistics to book your flight, like sending you the direct links to options we recommend. also, once registered, we bring participants into a group chat so you can organize group travel together. even if you are coming solo, you may not have to be during your transportation.
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no, but airport transfer to and from Cusco airport are!
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you will need a valid passport. please note that a passport is not considered valid if it expires within 3 months of your trip. you do not need a visa to visit panama; you can stay up to 90 days visa-free, but you need proof of a return ticket, and sometimes customs will ask you to show proof of funds (around $500) as well as your accommodation details
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your investment includes accommodations, all meals, daily yoga and meditation, workshops, group experiences, macchu pichu excursion, airport transfers
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flights, optional travel insurance, and any personal purchases outside of scheduled meals or activities
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yes, it is listed in the registration application
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there are shared and private accommodation options
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we have all 7 chakra bungalows reserved exclusively for our group. If interest is high, we may expand into additional suites, at which point the entire property will be fully reserved for our retreat.
In the unlikely event that other guests are present on the land, their stay will not interfere with our container. We have exclusive access to ceremonial spaces, studios, and practice areas, ensuring privacy, continuity, and a deeply held group experience throughout the retreat.
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absolutely. many women attend solo and find deep connection and sisterhood during the retreat.
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we are happy to extend payment plans to make this work for you. if you need more installments to have smaller increments, just ask. if you are facing financial hardship and need more assistance, reach out and we’ll see what we can do to get you there!
