Despacho Ceremony

 A despacho ceremony is an ancient indigenous ritual from the Q'eros who live in the high Andes mountains of Peru.

It is a beautiful way to express our gratitude to nature for its abundance and to maintain our connection with the spiritual realm.

To live in harmony, it is essential to equally balance the exchange of energy between humans, nature and the universe. 

In a despacho ceremony we bridge the ordinary and non-ordinary realms to honour this sacred exchange. 

This is the principal of "Ayni"

~today for you, tomorrow for me~

It is the sacred and honourable act of reciprocity, through gratitude from the heart, maintaining a healthy balance between receiving and giving, keeping the energy flowing in both directions.

Creating a despacho is an intentional, focused sacred ceremony in which an amulet-like bundle is filled with ingredients which hold symbolic elements that represent prayerful intentions. Ayni gifts are placed in the form of a mandala, and will be offered to the fire. 

Despacho ceremonies can be held for many occasions: rites of passage, births, healing emotional or physical illness, restoring harmony, reestablishing balance, expressing gratitude, or when there is a specific request of the spiritual world.

A despacho ceremony can be done to invite what we would like to happen in our lives or the lives of our loved ones. The ceremony connects participants to the source of wisdom in their hearts.