It was a joy and a pleasure to share this journey with these beautiful paquos, who stepped onto the Andean shamanic path, delved deep into their personal work and emerged mesa carriers. I honor their courage and their authenticity showing up as beautiful souls. I look forward to our continued journey together and as always, "see you around the fire". Munay, Kathleen

In the Andean tradition, winter solstice is the celebration of the shortest day and longest night and the new year or Willka Kuti (Return of the sun). In South America it’s celebrated around June 21 st  and in North America around December 21 st  each year. On this day, the sun travels its shortest and lowest path across the sky and never crosses the equator. In the absence of light, we honor this sacred pause, as Pachamama holds her breath, and releases so we can create. We