despacho
& fire ceremonies

In the Incan Shamanic tradition, an Ayni Despacho is done with intention to bring oneself and one's community into right relationship with the natural world.  It creates a sense of union, harmony, and deep reciprocity with nature.  When we work together in ceremony, building a Despacho, we work at the level of the Soul.  The Despacho holds symbolic elements for the intentions of all participants.  It becomes a living prayer that brings energy shifts and healing within our lives.  The participants are then blessed or smudged with the offering, and then it is brought to the fire to alchemize and transform the intentions in the energetic, ultimately affecting the physical world.