08/01/2026
Today is Pachamama Day.
In the Andes, August begins by honoring our Great Mother.
The earth rests. The soil regenerates. Offerings are made in gratitude for all that has been received, and in prayer for all that is yet to come.
If you’ve been here for a while, you’ll know Peru has become a second home to my soul.
Over the past few years, I’ve returned to learn from my Andean maestro, Puma, and the wisdom keepers of the Sacred Valley. Much of what has transformed me has happened quietly... in ceremony, in prayer, and in relationship with the Earth.
Today feels like the right day to share that part of my world. For the first time in our new home, I created a despacho.
Every seed.
Every leaf.
Every flower.
Every prayer placed with intention.
Not because Pachamama needs my offering. Because I do.
Offerings don’t change the Earth. They change the one making them.
There is something humbling about placing your dreams, gratitude, grief, and prayers into the hands of Mother Earth.
It reminds me that life is never a solo journey. It is relationship. With the land. With our ancestors. With Spirit. With one another.
One of the most beautiful teachings in the Andes is Ayni - sacred reciprocity. Life isn’t about taking. It’s about participating in the sacred exchange of life.
Receiving with gratitude.
Giving with love.
Trusting the unseen cycles long after we’ve planted the seed.
As I stood in prayer today, I reflected on this new home. I realized I haven’t just been building a house. I’ve been preparing a place where women will come to exhale. To remember themselves. To return to the truth of who they are.
A place where nervous systems soften, hearts open, breath becomes medicine, and women remember the power that has always lived within them.
Today, I offer my deepest gratitude to Pachamama, my maestro Puma, and the wisdom keepers who welcomed me into these teachings.
May the seeds planted today become healing for every woman who walks through my door, every woman who journeys beside me in Peru, and every woman finding her way back home to herself.
Blessed Pachamama Day. 🤍🌿
May we remember that we belong to the Earth.
She has been hol