Shamanic Practitioner and Arts Counsellor

Having worked and studied with Ali, it was real privilege and opportunity to experience the teachings of Don Agustin, Together with his shamanic partner and wife Doña Benita , son Santos and daughter-in-law Doña Remigia , firsthand. To experience the sacred sites And mountains of Peru and engage with them in The sacred traditions of the Q’ero community was profound. I am still processing the shifts and transformations weeks later. I’m very grateful to being given The opportunity and invited to stay in Coccha Mocho and home of the family. I have been humbled and honoured multiple times during this trip to have experienced Peru and the Q’ero teachings like we did. I’m very grateful for Ali to have kept the vision and brought it into reality. It really was a trip of a lifetime.

This retreat was a huge leap of faith for me. I joined at the last minute after being 'called' by the mountains. Nothing like this has ever never happened to me before. But I'm so grateful I was able to follow my heart because the whole experience was incredible. So much beauty, majesty, generosity, friendship, love and grace. I know the person who returned home is not the same one who left. Unnecessary layers have been stripped away and I've become more 'me'. Thank you Ali for sharing these amazing people and nature beings with us. It was a life-changing experience.

The whole trip of going to and being at Q’eros being with Don Agustin, Benita and Santos and Remiga and family at their home and Apu Wamanlipa receiving Pampamesayok Karpay seeing the milky way, and the humour and camaraderie with all our compadres in the group ❤. I loved my healing with Don Agustin and the hot springs were wonderful.

This trip was amazing beyond belief. It is difficult to find words to express it. Ali contained our group through the ups and downs, the group itself was compassionate and connective; the energy beings themselves were nearly overwhelming in their huge presence. And Don Augustin and his family held us all together, ever vigilant, providing initiations and healings and education. Q’eros was purely sacred. I can't say enough about this wonderous pilgrammage.

"If you are looking for a spiritual retreat, where you feel recharged, re-energised, and re-filled with love, compassion and fortitude. I strongly recommend you consider joining this Taripaypacha Retreat. First of all, you'll experience an immediate energy of love and compassion from the organiser Ali and facilitator Eva, who invested all their energy to ensure that this retreat was the highest light vibration. The Master Q'ero Elders from the High Andes, were also present and shared their wisdom with complete love.

So you may think all right this is full of love and light, what do I get out of it? I am a New Yorker, who took my butt to England to attend this retreat. I didn't know anyone and I didn't know what to expect. It was about 10 days full of love and I left all my stress from the United States of America behind, I was sad that I had to come back. So if you're contemplatng I ask you, what can you do to bring joy to your life and peace? Consider attending one of Ali's retreats or events with Don Agustin and Santos, and do it for your soul.

I loved recieving the Karpays from Don Agustin and meeting him and Santos ! I am so grateful and feel it was an experience of a lifetime for me. I will always remember the lovely home cooking and catching up with Alethea each day when she came in to cook for us 💗 I also loved making new friends and the interaction and playfulness and bonding with all of us . I had such a comfy lovely room to retire to and could see the stars each night from my window. The retreat was a life changing dream come true for me. Thank you 🙏🏼

There are some things in life that we dither about doing, maybe from fear we might make a wrong decision, be uncomfortable, out of our depth or the misfit in a group of strangers. If that’s how you are thinking when considering this Retreat, you won’t feel any of those things. You will find your place in a group of compassionate and wonderful people, in a beautiful setting, and you will be allowed to be you, whoever you are.The Retreat came as a whole bundle of experiences, learning, companionship and relaxation - a complete escape from everyday life. To have the chance to listen to, learn from, be in the presence of, and healed by Don Augustine and Santos is truly a once in a lifetime event and I feel so privileged to have been given, and taken up, the opportunity.I have taken away a real sense of self, calm and surety in wherever I am next led. If this is a path that you want to explore further, have been interested in or don’t yet really know much about but want to, then you will get everything you are looking for from this Retreat, and almost certainly a whole lot more.

"For me it was fantastic magic to meet the Andean spiritual tradition. It feels like I've found home, found what I've been looking for. So grateful and happy about the initiations. I feel their energies spin in my body. I feel even more at peace of mind and body. The condor (white) is with me and gives me an even greater understanding of my task in this life. I see even more clearly. Have even more understanding in heart. All knowledge needs to be integrated in my heart, in order to be integrated into life. I feel the connection with Peru, Agustin & Santos & the twelve mountains in my heart. I connect with love and the energy flows. The relationship with my mesa has deepened considerably. We're talking."

"This retreat was a dynamic, powerful and penetrating experience. Each day included a Karpay/ Intiation which opened my heart and mind to a whole different level of consciousness and brought me back into the essential experience of being. I was plunged to the depths of my body and soul and then elevated to the higher realms of the cosmos. At one time I felt I was caught in the emotional backwash and riptides of the ocean - pain,sadness and grief erupted from every cell of my body to be released and washed away. Everything felt shiny and new - smells, taste and moving my body was at first strange, then I realised how disconnected I had been. I was finally at one with myself and united with the energetic Multiverse. We had the privilege of meeting Don Agustin and his son Santos who are Q'eros from the Andes near Cusco Peru. Don Augustine is a master working with living energies. His power, knowledge and wisdom shine through his twinkling eyes and his spontaneous laughter. During the 8 days Don Agustin offered personal healings which had a deep and profound effect. I feel very lucky and humble to have had the opportunity to meet one of the last Q'ero elders to be working in this way. This practice is alive, grounded and very real. Brightest Blessings"

"I Joined TariPayPacha in Sweden 2019. It is hard to describe this experience in words.. I will try. Sitting with Don Agustin and Santos.. listening and learning in depth the history of the Inca and Pre- Inca times was both heart opening and gave real insight into their lives. Their songs.. their weavings that are directly connected to Life and other dimensions. Don Agustin is a powerful healer and so is Ewa in her own right. Between them my soul was cleansed and put back together. Receiving the Karpay’s was beyond my words right now but I feel them. I feel taller stronger... I have a deeper understanding, love and gratitude for all I am learning and living. Don Agustin.. Santos.. Ewa and Nadjia.. Thank you all so much for this life changing retreat"

"I am grateful for the path I walk. I am grateful for the healing that I am blessed to receive. I am grateful for the old wisdom and light that has been held and carried and is now being shared by the Q'ero people of the Andes. The world needs this medicine to help us remember what it can mean to be human. Thank you Thank you Thank you"