"Travesía Ancestral": 8 days of transformation, ritual, and joy in Tulum, Mexico

Retreat Highlights

• Silent walk and meditation at Mil Columnas Cenote, a portal of deep ancestral energy.
• Ritual at Xcacel Beach, a natural reserve and sea turtle sanctuary.
• Cacao ritual with medicine music and kirtan chanting to open the intention of the retreat.
• Immersive sound healing with high-frequency (8D) headphones, a profound introspective experience supported by water.
• Integration circles, silence, and conscious pauses.
• Mazatec tradition temazcal, an ancestral ceremony of purification and rebirth.
• Activation and reading of the Mayan Kin as a personal and collective energetic guide.
• Restorative yoga and conscious movement to gently awaken the body with presence.
• Private yacht to Cozumel: 8 hours of sailing in the Caribbean Sea, snorkeling, manta rays, and starfish.
• Exploration in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (Natural World Heritage Site), including:
• Boat navigation through the Muyil and Chunyaxché lagoons, along ancient Mayan canals.
• Floating experience in a natural lazy river.
• Guided visit to the Muyil ruins, walking through Mayan jungle trails.
• Hike and climb to a natural viewpoint with panoramic views over the reserve.
• Sac Actun Cenote, the longest underground river in the world, the aquatic heart of the Mayan world.
• Sensory workshop and blind tasting, awakening the senses and body connection.
• Visit to Azulik Museum.
• White party, a celebration of the journey and the gathering of the tribe.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Virginia

Juan

Flor

Federico

Barbs

Erick

Virginia Herther

Guardian and co-creator of Pepem Holistic Retreats, the sanctuary in the Mayan jungle that will be home to Travesía Ancestral. For more than 18 years, she has walked a spiritual path, supporting processes of conscious transformation. Pepem was born from her shared vision with her life partner, Juan Carlos Camberos, to create a living space sustained by the jungle and designed to host retreats where body, mind, and spirit can return to their center. She is a temazcal guide initiated within the Mazatec tradition by her teacher Erick Palma, who also participates as a facilitator in this retreat. Her training honors lineage, deep respect, and the living tradition of the temazcal. From Pepem, as part of her medicine work, she supports groups in reconnecting with their spirit through cacao rituals with ancestral chants, temazcal ceremonies, and introspective practices in a cenote of powerful energy—where silence, water, and intention become portals for clarity and inner expansion.

Juan Carlos Camberos Vizcaino

A conscious builder and sensitive soul, he shaped this space from a self-sustainable and organic vision, honoring the land, the jungle, and natural resources—not to impose upon them, but to live in harmony with them. A lifelong seeker since childhood, his path began at an early age with a deep curiosity about the origin of life, the care of the planet, and the knowledge of the supreme being. At 11 years old, he began his inner journey through sacred texts such as the Popol Vuh and the Bhagavad Gita, planting an understanding of love in all its expressions. For more than 40 years, he has practiced transcendental meditation, a discipline that has led him to connect with his ancestors, guides, and teachers of universal wisdom. Without formal spiritual training, Juan supports others through deep listening and intuition, channeling the information each person needs to receive in their moment—always from the heart. Juan, the youngest and last-born, walks with humility, presence, and a wisdom that arises from silence and lived experience.

Flor Giusti

Her intuition led her to self-discovery and to learning about emotional management as a path toward her spiritual awakening. Her mission is to guide people on a journey of self-knowledge, helping them observe their thoughts and reconnect with their authentic essence. She is the guardian of the holistic center Amaitá and trained in ontological coaching at the National Technological University. Sensitive, loving, and charismatic, she is an eternal student of life and the human experience..

Federico Baudino

Creator and Guardian of Amaitá, a holistic center in Villa Carlos Paz. Trained in yogic sciences and specialized in Hindu techniques for raising levels of consciousness. A bridge between worlds and creator of the “Science and Spirituality” channel, his tireless curiosity has led him to explore shamanism and practical keys for becoming a great player in this game called life.

Barbs Pereyra

Special Guest Bachelor’s Degree in Contemporary Popular Music and New Earth Artist. Creator of music for the awakening of consciousness, supporting processes of deep connection. Her songs are not just melodies… they are living affirmations that settle into the subconscious, transforming our perception. Her music is medicine. It is art, movement, and ritual — a call to shine and remember.

Erick Palma Herrera

Special Guest Holistic Therapist and trainer in traditional medicines. From a very young age, he showed a special sensitivity toward the spiritual world and ancestral knowledge. Throughout his path, he has deepened his understanding of various disciplines, cultures, and Indigenous traditions of Mexico — including the Mexica and Mazatec — integrating wisdom that he now shares with humility and a spirit of service. He is the founder and lead teacher of the Sia’an Ka’an Wellness Center, based in Cancún and Tulum, dedicated to the training of therapists. There, he teaches traditional therapies such as Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, Mayan herbalism, Mayan bodywork (sobada), temazcal, among other disciplines, sharing knowledge through lived experience, respect, and living practice. Recognized for his generous heart and loving presence, he supports people without expectations, offering guidance and clarity when it is needed. During the Travesía Ancestral retreat, he will be facilitating temazcal ceremonies and offering individual support through an ancestral reading known as the Mayan Kin, which helps participants understand the soul’s purpose and the path each person is here to walk in this life — like a spiritual map that guides with depth and respect.

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