Meet the team

As an experienced therapist, I’m still fascinated by each client’s authentic process and courage to welcome transformation, self-development and awareness.

Ali works with some incredible teachers in the Andean tradition and is proud to work alongside them when teaching. Here is some more information about who she works with:

Don Agustin

Q’ero Elder and Pampamesayoq Don Agustin Machacca Florez became a healer when he was 16 years old. He stayed all night in a cave on Wamanlipa mountain and built his mesa there. He made a haywariqui and then received the Pampamesayoq rite.

This was a proper initiation, there were coca leaf readings to make sure that he was on the right track, as well as visions from Don Agustin and his Grandfather, who was an Altomesayoq.

Some of Don Agustin’s khuya’s were passed down to him from his Father. He has a condor khuya that was passed down from spirit. Spirit decides which khuya’s are passed down through the lineage.

” When Agustin tells his stories the ancestors gather and use him as a clear channel for their words. I love this about him because even when we think we know what we are going to expect, we are always left with a wide-open heart at the end”.

(Ewa DeMahina, Karpay Retreat Facilitator in Sweden 2019).

Lineage For Don Agustin Machacca Florez

Don Agustin’s Grandfather: Altomesayoq Manuel Machacca Zamata
Don Agustin’s Father: Pampamesayoq Don Francisco Machacca Zamata
Don Agustin: Pampamesayoq Don Augustine Machacca Florez
Don Agustin’s Son: Pampamesayoq Santos Machacca Apaz

Don Agustin offers healing sessions and coca leaf readings online

Santos Machacca Florez

Don Agustin’s son Pampamesayoq Santos Machacca Apaza, also works closely with him. Santos is completing his training to be a Pampamesayoq and currently is the communication bridge between Q’eros and the Western world. Santos translates from Qechuan to Spanish or English.

The Mystical Path Training

We are very lucky to have the support and guidance of Don Agustin and his son Santos for the duration of the Mystical Path training. They will be working via Zoom at certain points to bring you special karpay or energy transmissions, connecting you to a pure lineage of Q’ero paqos or healers. Don Agustin and Santos will be offering the Kinsantin Karpay, the N’usta Karpay, plus Despacho and Mesa Workshops. These ceremonies and workshops can also be booked separately as stand-alone events.

Mesa cloths available

Mesa Cloths Available

Please Note Mesa Cloth, bells, and ties (Inti Watana): can be shipped for an additional cost of £250 plus postage. The package includes hand-woven masculine + feminine cloth from the Q’eros nation; two bells, and a sun tie.

100% of funds received for mesa materials go directly to Q’ero weavers.

Clients Say

"I experienced a deeply transformative series of shamanic journeys with Ali. I found her to be a powerful authentic shaman and gentle wise guide. This work has helped me to rediscover my wholeness in a way that many other approaches that I have tried have not. "

"Ali’s Arts Counselling helped me to strengthen my resilience in difficult times. I have learnt a range of excellent techniques to help me cope with the stress and anxiety of being seriously ill. I’m no artist and have always had a fear of blank sheets of paper, however there was no judgement. Her sessions have been invaluable to me during a period of ill health. Overall, they have helped me build resilience to the slings and arrows that cancer treatment can throw at you. After each session I have always felt calm and at peace, often rested and re-energised, as well as feeling much more in control of my own health and well being."

“I found Ali’s level of therapeutic skill and clarity most useful about the sessions, as well as her kindness and compassion. I loved the secluded and dedicated space used for the sessions, with green nature right outsideI was helped to move forward on several occasions, when very profound things that I had felt completely blocked about and were severely limiting and impacting my life for years, even decades, were suddenly not issues anymore. This happened both with issues I took to Ali, and also things I hadn’t even mentioned yet that were suddenly lifted as a bi-product of the work done in session. Also the sessions have helped me to see and understand certain parts of myself in completely different ways: a peace-giving shift that can never be undone.The shamanic sessions with Ali have given me a greater confidence that I have resources to guide me and lead me on my true path. They have also given me a deeper connection with my true self and a higher spiritual plane, a new level of clarity on my healing and direction, a clearer sense of who I am and a greater capacity to live in alignment with that rather than frequently making choices that left me unhappy.”

“I felt reassured that what I was feeling was OK and acceptable. I felt safe and not judged by Ali. I learnt to accept being me again was all I neededI have been able to let go of old beliefs that were sitting deep inside and feel so much more at peace with myself. I have a lot more patience , I am not rushing at life and just accepting things day by day.The soul retrieval was the most profound and potentially life changing for me. A very powerful and wonderful experience.”

Shamanic Practitioner and Arts Counsellor

Meet the team

As an experienced therapist, I’m still fascinated by each client’s authentic process and courage to welcome transformation, self-development and awareness.

Mesa cloths available

Clients Say