Ceremonies & Retreats · Cotacachi, Ecuador

A Path of Ceremony, Connection and Renewal

Sweat lodge, plant ceremony, medicine songs and time in the wild. In-person experiences to connect with yourself, with the natural world and with traditions carried through ceremony.

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Join us in ceremony

We offer these experiences as part of our annual retreats, as well as to private groups and individuals. Here’s what’s coming up.

Nectar of the Heart experience poster featuring a hummingbird over Ecuador’s Intag Valley, March 23–28, 2027 Our yearly retreat
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Nectar of the Heart 2027

March 23–28, 2027Intag Valley, Ecuador

Our yearly experience, bringing together ceremony, a sweat lodge, complete immersion in nature, holistic arts and much more. It’s a combination of all our offerings in one magnificent setting. Expect absolute magic.

  • Ceremony and sweat lodge
  • Complete immersion in nature
  • Holistic arts, and much more
Full Moon Temazcal event poster showing a traditional sweat lodge and fire pit: Saturday 21st November, 11am, Cotacachi
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Full Moon Temazcal

Saturday 21st November11amCotacachi, Ecuador

Our monthly full moon ceremony is a chance to pray, connect and purify under the energy of the full moon.

In the sweat lodge, we enter the womb of the Mother: a chance to turn inward, connect with your deepest strength and release what feels heavy.

Get in touch to reserve your place and receive the details for the day.

A glimpse of the path

Fire, song and prayer

The path

For the deep seeker

In-person retreats and experiences offer you a profound opportunity to connect: with yourself, with the natural world and with traditions carried through ceremony. For more than seven years, I’ve continued to learn and walk these ways, including Sundance, Star Dances and the Camino Rojo. They have opened me to love and discipline, and I have devoted myself to them in return.

These practices may not be for everyone. But if you are a deep seeker who feels drawn to nature and wants to connect with your heart in a profound way, you may find a lot here.

If you love nature and the elements, and feel drawn to possibilities beyond the routines of city life, these experiences may speak to you. Through medicine songs and the beat of the drum, you can explore knowledge and feeling that reach deep within:

the memory of the warrior of love.

— Nico Galvan

Ways we gather

Ceremonies around the world

We offer a range of experiences around the world, depending on where we are. I walk this path alongside my partner and a few trusted medicine men and women. Together, we’ve built sweat lodges and held ceremonies in some of the world’s most magical spaces.

Sweat lodge

Temazcal: we enter the womb of the Mother to turn inward, connect with our deepest strength and release what feels heavy.

Plant ceremonies

We offer ourselves to the night, held by the fire, singing and praying in ways preserved by Indigenous cultures.

Medicine songs & drum

Song and the beat of the drum open knowledge and feeling that reach deep within.

Medicine hikes & tobacco

From medicine hikes to tobacco ceremonies, held in some of the world’s most magical places.

In their words

After the lodge

I have also found an incredible community led by Nico Galvan and Jaymilli Borges, both of whom have had a overwhelming impact on my life. Nico has a remarkable way of being both deeply profound and incredibly gentle in how he shares his wisdom and presence.

Recently, we traveled with Nico to Intag for a Temezcal, and I had the honor of serving as the Fire Tender. It was amazing to be trusted with such an important role. I also loved sharing the experience with Rik, who has played such an important role in this new chapter of my life. Being able to walk this path together and share these meaningful experiences has been a gift.

My favourite part is actually after we all emerge from the lodge. The camaraderie, connection, and joy we share after experiencing something so challenging together are difficult to put into words. People enter a Temezcal for many different reasons, but ultimately, we’re all there for one common purpose: to become the best versions of ourselves that we can be.

JeanetteTemazcal participant, 2026
Moments from ceremony

Held by the fire

Private groups & individuals

Organise your own journey

Are you interested in organising your own journey or group immersion? We offer individual processes of discovery, healing and connection, bringing the ceremonies with us.

Individual processes

A personal path of discovery, healing and connection, shaped around you and your needs.

Group immersions

A private sweat lodge, ceremony or retreat for your group, community or team. We bring the ceremonies with us.

Healing programmes & immersions

From therapeutic healing programmes to deep jungle, coastal and mountain immersions, we have the experience and skills to support your needs.

Get in touch

Let’s talk about what you need

If you’d like to learn how we can support you, contact me directly. Questions about Nectar of the Heart or the Full Moon Temazcal are welcome too.

Helpful to include when you get in touch

  • Whether it’s for you alone or a group, and roughly how many people
  • The kind of experience you’re drawn to: sweat lodge, plant ceremony, a healing programme or an immersion
  • Your preferred dates and location
  • Any health considerations or past experience with ceremony