Shamanic Apprenticeship

A foundational 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 journey…

• Discover a soul-animated user-friendly multiverse

• Participate in 5 intensive trainings over approximately 1 year

• 90+ hours of in-depth apprenticeship with a lineage sanctioned teacher

• Join an evolutionary community of shamanic initiates

• Create your personal healing altar ground

• Apprentice ceremonial arts of ancient 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

No experience in healing work or shamanism is necessary and beginners are encouraged to apply.

“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

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APPRENTICESHIP SCHEDULE

Retreat Weekend Schedule:

Friday night: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

Location:

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

DATES: Five Weekend in-person Retreats

Part 1: May 20th-22nd, 2022
A Call to Heal: Releasing the Past

Participants will be initiated into the Pachakuti Mesa, a powerful and sacred altar. Each student will learn how to create their own mesa and work with it for self-empowerment, transformation, and helping others. Through shamanic journey and visionary states of consciousness, participants will explore the three worlds of the Andean cosmovision, sacred reciprocity with all that is, the core ingredients of ceremonial mastery, sacred sound and ritual language, healing and curanderismo, and the inner world of the ukhupacha.

Part 2: August 5th-7th, 2022
A Balance of Power: Transforming the Present

An apprenticeship in the center direction of the mesa, traditional Peruvian perspectives on the flow of energy through the realms, focusing on the kaypacha, the middle world. Students will explore the kaypacha’s elemental matrix and magico-spiritual power, and learn about the sun and moon’s presence in the middle world, mapping the cosmos on Earth, and celestial death and rebirth.

Part 3: October 28th-30th, 2022
The Condor’s Quest: Creating the Future

This initiation is a deep dive into the paqokuna, don Benito’s contribution to the PMT. The Andean Shaman/Priesthood mystical path, the lineage of the sacred mountains, and the five virtues of the mesa come alive in this intensive, including how to make a desapacho (earth offering). Participants will also journey to and experience the hanaqpacha, the upper world beyond the physical realm, work with the unseen world there and deepen their connection to their own spiritual resources.

Part 4: February 3rd-5th, 2022
The Hummingbird’s Ascent: Living the Mystery

Participants will be initiated into the healing arts of this tradition and learn about the lightning bolt of mystical illumination - the flow of kamasqa - the power of Creation. They will work with the elements, the forces of the universe, the body of Mother Earth, and sacred healing objects. In sacred reciprocity participants will create despachos to honor the sacred mountains, the elements, the unseen world, and prepare for a paqowachu, a sacred pilgrimage.

Part 5: May 19th-21st, 2023
The Shamanic Self: Serving the Earth

An experiential intensive into soul and spirit through ritual process, including the spiritual creation, activation and care of an apacheta (stone altar). Students will work with the power of dimensionality and time, the hampikamayoq breathing techniques, and be exposed to ancient hermetic wisdom. Participants will be further empowered by evoking both seen and unseen sources of cosmic awareness within their mesa, sacred objects and own being, and initiation into the lineage of this revered tradition.

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Tuition:

Tuition below is for the full 5 Part Apprenticeship

$1675 paid in full ($335/weekend) or $430 paid per weekend (5 weekends)

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:

$50 processing fee until 8 weeks before class,.
$200 cancellation fee from 4-8 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. All participants are spaced at least 6” apart. 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. Depending on the situation in March and through 2022, we may ask that everyone test 72 hours before arriving.

For Questions: Contact Lance

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This Year’s apprenticeship is currently full. However, if you are interested in getting first access to our next year’s apprenticeship please fill out 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.