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A Peruvian tradition brought down from high in the Andean mountains, a despacho is a ceremonial offering of our intentions and prayers to pachamama (the maternal/feminine spirit of earth) and to the apus (mountain spirits). In the spirit of ayni (meaning reciprocity), it is about being in harmony with nature and sharing an offering in order to receive. It is a powerful and lovely way to dispatch our prayers. Despacho ceremonies are done all the time by Peruvian people; examples include: when there is a marriage, a birth, a death; to shift or reverse energy; to support a large purchase or sale; or any event worth commemorating or honoring. 

Paqos are the high shaman or wisdom-keepers from the Q’ero lineage in the Andes of Peru. For hundreds of years they have used the ayni despacho ceremony. Central to their cosmology is the understanding that the universe is benign and only seems predatory when humans are out of balance. They believe that the world mirrors back our own state of ayni or right relationship. Coming back into ayni allows energy to work on our behalf once again, restoring the flow of synchronicity.

When we work in ceremony, such as the despacho, we work at the level of the soul. A despacho is similar to a mandala or sacred creation that holds symbolic elements and the prayers of the participants. As the practitioner adds the elements to the despacho, the vibration of the participants and the room rises. The despacho becomes a living prayer that initiates energy shifts and healing. 

In shamanic tradition, a despacho is done with the intention to bring oneself and one’s community into right relationship with the natural world. It creates a sense of union, harmony, and reciprocity with nature.

For the despacho, the practitioner begins with a large piece of paper that will serve as a wrapping to bundle all of the offerings. Coca leaves or bay leaves are used to create k’intus and hold prayers. All items have significance and represent our intentions. Each receives prayer before being placed on the paper. For example, sugar and various sweets bring sweetness and love to the prayers, where corn and other grains represent nourishment of participants and pachamama. The silent or spoken prayer added to a symbolic item magnifies the overall intention.

Once all items and prayers have been added, the practitioner carefully folds the bundle into the shape of a square gift and secures it with ties. After a despacho is sealed, the practitioner may use it to cleanse the energy body of each participant, depending on the purpose of the despacho. To close the ceremony, the despacho is placed in a ceremonial fire (for release), buried in the earth (for manifestation), or released into the water (for merging).

Options

• Single 90-minute session for an individual (in person or remote)

• Group session: book as a 2-hour on location group ceremony for up to 10 people (travel beyond a 90-mile round trip drive commute will incur additional costs to the host)

On location at your property, residence, or place of business to reset the energy of the space.

Many different tools can be used for clearing, including herbs, crystals, grains, sound (drum, singing bowl, rattle), and other items to represent the intentions of the client. It is highly recommended to add a Consultation to your cart so Shannon can bring the most appropriate combination of tools for your intentions.

Clearing is done for many different reasons to celebrate, commemorate, honor, or shift energies. Examples:

• new purchase with desire to clear energies of previous owners

• desire to sell to clear your energy and make room for potential buyers

• merging of lives

• loss of life/lives

• new building or new addition to existing building

• reorganization, upsizing, or downsizing of a business or company

• history or pattern of accidents, disease, trauma

• discovery of burial ground site

• discovery of aquifer

• anniversary of purchase or acquisition

• honor nature’s spirits

• ask for permission to build, cut down trees, or reshape the land

Does your space need some undivided attention that you don’t have the time or energy to address?

We’ve all seen it… that storage closet that has holiday decorations; the file room with stacks of unfiled paperwork; the storage unit that is packed to the ceiling. Nobody plans for life’s accumulations to become unmanageable, but it can easily happen in the distracted and busy world we live in.

Organizing and decluttering tends to be the last thing on the list or the task “I will get to” when you have time, yet sometimes the task list grows and the clutter builds faster than you can address it. Sometimes it is emotionally charged, due to sentimental items, a death in the family, or closing of a company.

I am here to help you transform your space so you can operate at your full potential.

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