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Shamanic Foundational Apprenticeship with Lance & Amy – Valley Forge Mountain 2023-2024 (WAITLIST)


  • 7 Stars Medicine Lodge (address given upon registration) Phoenixville, PA 19460 (map)

Shamanic Apprenticeship

A 200+ hour, in-depth study in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition (PMT):
Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal
with Lance Isakov and Amy Mermaid Isakov
Sanctioned Shamanic Teachers in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition

You are invited on a sacred year-long transformative journey…

  • Discover a soul-animated user-friendly multiverse

  • Participate in 12 initiatory intensives over the year

  • Participate in 12 Community Healing Ceremonies

  • 200+ hours of in-depth apprenticeship with two lineage-sanctioned teachers

  • Be part of a sacred cohort, a hoop of like-minded, spiritual aspirants.

  • Join an evolutionary community of shamanic initiates

  • Create your personal healing altar ground

  • Apprentice traditional ceremonial arts of Peru

  • Reclaim your life as a heart-awakened steward of Mother Earth

About the Shamanic Apprenticeship

The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™ (PMT): Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal is a series of immersive intensives that aligns the traditional teachings of Peru and the wisdom of its heritage with the needs of the present day.

Providing a comprehensive foundation and profound initiation into the living heart and soul of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, this apprenticeship ensures participants cultivate a deeper relationship with nature and the unseen world, receiving multiple opportunities for self-exploration, empowerment, and personal growth.

This powerful series is open to all people who desire to be of service to themselves, their families, their community, and Mother Earth, whether they are long-time mesa carriers or new to this tradition. The Pachakuti Mesa was originated by Oscar Miro-Quesada, known worldwide as a Peruvian Kamasqa curandero.

Benefits of the apprenticeship:

  • Greater connection to spirit, nature, and heart-awakened community

  • A tangible way to offer healing for self, others, and the world at large

  • A knowledge that you are keeping this ancient sacred wisdom alive for future generations

  • Provides a practical and compassionate outlook for navigating these times

  • Offers a time-proven experiential path for safely exploring non-ordinary realms of consciousness

  • A community that honors unity in diversity and teaches love by the way we live

You will leave this apprenticeship with powerful healing tools that you can use for your own soul’s growth and help your friends, family, pets, mama earth, your clients, or patients.  


Who is this Apprenticeship For?

  • People who love to adopt and make friends with rocks, crystals, feathers, shells, etc.

  • Healers looking for a tradition to hold and evolve their practices within

  • If you are reading this, this apprenticeship is for you — Welcome Home!

  • Anyone looking to find meaning in life through deeper spiritual relationship and communion with our Great Originating Mystery

  • Beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners of shamanic arts

  • Folks from all walks of life who seeking to maximize their presence as sources of healing light in the world

The PMT apprenticeship has changed my life. I view everything with so much more appreciation and awe as well as with a greater sense of personal responsibility. In each of the five weekends over the year, I learned so many things (material, meditations, practical applications and more) and then had the opportunity to go home and integrate it into my life for a few months and then reconvene to do it again. Each weekend, my understanding grew deeper. I wish it didn’t end, but I so appreciate the community I am now a member of and look forward to more classes in the future. My personal and community connections continue to grow through the Wednesday night link-ups and other gatherings.
— Suzanne G, Phoenixville, PA

APPRENTICESHIP SCHEDULE

Training includes 12 monthly community healing circles* and 12 Initiatory Intensive weekends (Saturday-Sunday)

*Monthly circles take place on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 7:30-9:00 pm

Weekend Schedule:

Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (occasionally 10PM)
Sunday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Location:

7 Stars Medicine Lodge
(Address available upon registration)
on Valley Forge Mountain
Phoenixville, PA 19460

DATES: 12 in-person weekend immersions

Weekend 1 - September 30 - Oct 1, 2023

Weekend 2: October 28 - 29, 2023

Weekend 3: Dec 2-3, 2023

Weekend 4: January 27 - 28, 2024

Weekend 5: February 24 - 25, 2024

Weekend 6: March 23 - 24, 2024

Weekend 7: April 27 - 28, 2024

Weekend 8: June 1-2, 2024

Weekend 9: June 29-30, 2024

Weekend 10: July 27-28, 2024

Weekend 11: August 31- Sept. 1, 2024

Weekend 12: September 28 -29, 2024


Tuition:

The tuition below is for the full apprenticeship which includes 12-weekend intensives, 12 community gatherings, apprenticeship materials, email/phone support, and private group access. Participants also receive 50% off private shamanic healing sessions with Amy or Lance during the apprenticeship year.

$3333 paid in full (Venmo) or 12 monthly payments of $300 **

**note: We never turn anyone away for financial reasons

Cancellation Policy
We know that schedules can change and cancellations are sometimes necessary. Tuition will be refunded less cancellation fees according to the following schedule:

$300 cancellation fee up until  4 weeks prior to the first day of class.
No refunds for cancellations less than 4 weeks prior or no-show.   (In cases of family emergency or illness we will put your tuition towards a future apprenticeship.)

All cancellations must be in writing, by email that has been acknowledged and responded to by us. Cancellation dates are the date of an email response by us.  Refunds will be processed within 2 weeks of request.

Covid19 Policy

Our medicine lodge will have plenty of fresh air circulating. It is heated with a wood stove.. Masks are optional. Anyone who feels unwell or has any cold symptoms is asked to stay home. We also ask everyone to take care to remain extra mindful of their contacts in the week before we meet so we can continue to enjoy a safe and peaceful mask-optional gathering.

For Questions: Contact Lance


REGISTRATION is FULL - if you would like to be on the waitlist please complete the application form below.

Application form

Once we review your application we will be in touch with next steps.

Please take your time to thoughtfully answer the questions below

About Lance Isakov,
Sanctioned Teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition

Lance has been drawn to shamanism since he was 5 years old and has practiced holistic and traditional medicines since 1996.

With diverse training in multiple healing arts, Lance currently practices as a licensed Five Element Acupuncturist, Shamanic energy medicine practitioner, and Yoga & Meditation teacher at his center Village Wellness, outside of Philadelphia. Lance is passionate about fostering the healing relationship between practitioner and patient and building a community focused with Loving awareness at its core.

for more about Lance visit his bio page at Village Wellness.

About Amy Mermaid Isakov,
Sanctioned Teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition

Amy Mermaid Isakov is an innovative dreamer, passionate about connection, spirituality, music, ritual arts, and how the Divine can manifest in all its forms. Having left the traditional education path, she has studied in-depth with shamans, bodyworkers, evolutionary thought leaders and green builders since 2001. While working at The Shift Network, she hosted and managed all of don Oscar’s courses, while having the privilege to host and learn from many of the world’s leading mystics, dreamers and visionaries. She is a Pachakuti Mesa Sanctioned Teacher, writer, singer and mother — among other things — and looks forward to helping as many people as possible return to the truth of interconnection in this time of dire beauty. She regularly leads gatherings in her region and beyond, subscribing to the truth she recognizes in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching “The next buddha will be a sangha.” Amy resides in Pennsylvania.