AMAZONIAN GOLD RETREAT SERIES
II. REMEMBRANCE
II. REMEMBRANCE
⚛ A return to the sacred waters, indigenous wisdom, and the living intelligence of the Amazon Rainforest ⚛
July 22 - 28, 2026
7 Days / 6 Nights All-Inclusive
– Wild Cacao – Sacred Waters – Shuar Cultural Immersion – Plant Medicine Ceremonies – Stingless Bees – Conservation through Agroforestry – Nervous System Recoding – Embodied Sovereignty – Living Reciprocity –
Only 11 Participants
WHY IS THIS JOURNEY REVEALING ITSELF NOW?
✓ Because cacao has quietly guided many of us to this threshold. What began as a daily ritual, healing modality, or ceremonial practice is now inviting us deeper—to meet the land, people, waters, and ecosystems from which its wisdom first emerged.
✓ Because the deepest journeys are not about finding new answers, but instead about dissolving the illusions that keep us separate from the wisdom, belonging, and infinite knowing that've always been a part of.
✓ What we bring to the Amazon is equally important as what we receive. We are moving beyond a model of spiritual pilgrimage rooted in seeking, healing, consuming, and extracting—and into a deeper remembrance that the forest, the waters, the plants, and the people are not separate from us, but part of the same living conversation.
✓ We are living through an epoch of humanity with profound uncertainty, external chaos and change. Yet the wild heartbeat of the Andes and Amazon remind us that life does not require certainty to thrive (quite the opposite). It requires full presence – soul guided participation – and unwaivering clarity to stay open no matter what.
✓ Because the waters born in the Andes become the lifeblood of the Amazon—reminding us that the deepest forms of intelligence are not found through control, but through learning how to flow, listen, and participate in something greater than ourselves.
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Sometimes a journey appears precisely when your soul is ready to hear its invitation.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Daily Rhythm – Where are we going?
REMEMBRANCE begins on July 22nd in Quito, Ecuador.
From there, we journey together toward the eastern slopes of the Andes—the place where mountain waters descend into the Amazon Basin and one of the most biodiverse landscapes on Earth begins to emerge.
Unlike a conventional tour, this pilgrimage is designed to move with the natural rhythm of the land. There will be moments of adventure, moments of ceremony, moments of learning, and moments where the most important thing we do is simply listen.
While the exact flow may evolve based on weather, local opportunities, and the needs of the group, you can expect a journey that includes:
✧ A sacred hot springs immersion near Baños to begin the pilgrimage with cacao, water, rest, and renewal
✧ Scenic travel through the Andes-Amazon transition zone, stopping at natural power-spots along the way
✧ Setting up home-base at a wonderful hotel in Macas – a quiet town on the edge of the Amazon with cooler weather, abundant flower gardens, a pool and restaurant, and massive views of the Pastaza River and Andes mountains
✧ Daily cacao, movement, breathwork, music, and embodied practices designed to help you arrive more fully into yourself
✧ Time with Shuar leaders and families who are actively restoring land, culture, traditional knowledge, and regenerative ways of living
✧ Waterfall ceremonies, forest hikes, traditional meals, and opportunities to experience the Amazon through all of your senses
✧ Visits to regenerative agroforestry farms featuring wild cacao, vanilla, ishpingo, medicinal plants, and native stingless bees
✧ Direct encounters with Angelita honey and the extraordinary pollinators helping sustain one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth
✧ Group channeling, co-creation practices, integration circles, live music, storytelling, and conversations that invite wisdom to move through the collective rather than any single teacher
✧ Deep immersion into primary rainforest ecosystems and the living intelligence of the Amazon
✧ Optional participation in traditional Shuar Ayahuasca ceremony for those who feel called, prepared and facilitated by Shuar elders
✧ Spacious time for rest, reflection, integration, and allowing the experience to unfold in its own unique way
✧ A final return to Quito for grounding, closing practices, and preparation to carry the experience home
WHEN BOOKING YOUR FLIGHTS:
✧ Plan to arrive either on the 21st or early morning on the 22nd. Most international flights will be arriving between 2AM - 7AM. We will assist you with airport pickups and provide a relaxing space to ground upon arrival for the morning of the 22nd. If you'd like an actual hotel room for the night of the 21st, we ask that you book that independently (though we can provide suggestions).
✧ You will be looking to book your flight home on July 28th. We'll be staying at a relaxing countryside hotel near the airport on the night of the 27th, allowing for flexible departure times on the 28th.
A NOTE ABOUT THE ITINERARY
This pilgrimage is intentionally designed as a living experience rather than a fixed production schedule.
The Amazon has its own rhythm.
Weather, seasonal opportunities, community invitations, ceremonial timing, ecological conditions, and the natural momentum of the group may influence the exact sequence of events.
Our commitment is not to a rigid itinerary.
Our commitment is to creating the most meaningful, authentic, and transformative experience possible while honoring the people, plants, animals, waters, and places that make this journey possible.
What's included?
INCLUDED:
✓ 6 nights of private accommodations
✓ 7 days of guided experiences and cultural immersion
✓ Daily cacao ceremonies and activations with Legacy Founder (unlimited Amazonian Gold ceremonial cacao)
✓ 2+ nourishing meals per day featuring local and traditional foods
✓ All transportation from Quito onward
✓ Intimate 11-person group allowing for deeper experiences
✓ Opportunities to learn directly from Indigenous knowledge keepers, farmers, conservation leaders, and local families
✓ Shuar cultural immersion experiences and traditional community visits
✓ National park, waterfall, and protected area entrance fees
✓ Rain boots and ponchos for rainforest excursions
✓ Founder host and retreat facilitator Searaya Sinnette
✓ Ecuadorian host, translator, and cacao expert
✓ Dedicated logistical support team throughout the pilgrimage
✓ Daily yoga, movement, breathwork, and integration practices led by Nicole Lindstrom
✓ Guided visits to regenerative agroforestry projects, wild cacao groves, vanilla cultivation, medicinal plant gardens, and stingless bee sanctuaries
✓ Group channeling, co-creation, storytelling, and community circles
✓ Live music woven throughout the journey
✓ Contributions that directly support local families, cultural preservation, regenerative agriculture, and conservation initiatives
✓ Optional participation in traditional Shuar plant medicine ceremony for those who feel genuinely called
NOT INCLUDED
✗ International airfare to and from Ecuador
✗ Travel and international health insurance
✗ Alcoholic beverages
✗ Personal purchases and souvenirs
✗ Gratuities for local guides, musicians, drivers, and hospitality staff
✗ Additional spa treatments or personal wellness services
Shuar Wisdom & Living Culture
Share meals, stories, ceremonies, and conversations with Shuar families actively restoring traditional knowledge, land stewardship, and community wellbeing. This is not a performance. It is an opportunity for genuine relationship and mutual exchange.
Traditional Plant Medicine Ceremony
For those who feel called, there will be an opportunity to participate in traditional Shuar plant medicine ceremony (Aya) held within its aligned, grounded cultural context. Participation is optional and approached with deep respect.
The Pulse of the Amazon
Journey into one of the most biologically rich landscapes on Earth. Experience the extraordinary diversity of birds, insects, plants, rivers, fungi, and wildlife that emerge where the Andes and Amazon meet.
Wild Cacao, Vanilla & Medicinal Plants
Walk among the plants that have shaped both rainforest ecology and human culture for thousands of years. Explore wild cacao, vanilla, ishpingo, medicinal species, and the intricate relationships that allow diverse ecosystems to flourish.
The Angelitas & the Sweetness of Reciprocity
Meet the native stingless bees that quietly sustain one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. Taste honey directly from their cerumen pots and explore what these remarkable pollinators can teach us about relationship, contribution, and abundance.
Sacred Hot Springs & Living Waters
The pilgrimage begins where the waters born in the Andes emerge from deep within the Earth. Explore hot springs, hidden waterfalls, rainforest rivers, and the living waters that give birth to the Amazon Basin.
Regenerative Agroforestry & New Models for the Amazon
Spend time with local leaders building thriving futures for both people and forest. Learn how conservation, native pollinators, biodiversity, traditional wisdom, and regenerative agriculture can create resilient communities and living ecosystems.
Nervous System Recoding & Embodied Sovereignty
Modern life often rewards control, certainty, and constant stimulation. The Amazon offers a different invitation. Through water, movement, cacao, ceremony, music, and immersion in living systems, we will move into a deeper state of trust and surrender to expand our capacity for holding the unknown as pure potentiality.
Remembering our Original Blueprint
Perhaps the deepest teaching of the Amazon is not something new. Perhaps it is the removal of what has obscured what was already there.
The rivers, forests, plants, animals, and people all point toward the same possibility: that we are not separate from life, but participants within it.
CHOOSE YOUR CONTRIBUTION
We are offering a sliding scale of pricing for this expedition.
The three contribution levels reflect your capacity and calling to support the broader ecosystem of people, places, and projects connected to this work. Every participant will receive the same accommodations, meals, transportation, experiences, ceremonies, and access throughout the journey.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION — $4,800
For those who feel deeply called to join and need a more accessible rate.
STEWARD CONTRIBUTION — $5,500
Supports local partnerships, cultural exchange initiatives, and fair compensation for the many people who make these journeys possible.
GUARDIAN CONTRIBUTION — $6,800
Helps fund conservation efforts, archaeological preservation, indigenous partnerships, stingless bee initiatives, and future regenerative projects throughout Ecuador.
WHERE YOUR CONTRIBUTION FLOWS
FAIR PROFIT
Every dollar carries energy.
From the very beginning, Legacy Cacao has operated from a simple belief: money is not meant to be accumulated and extracted from life—it is meant to move through healthy relationships, creating more life wherever it flows.
Nine years ago, Michelle and I committed to a philosophy we call Fair Profit.
Rather than paying the lowest possible prices, we intentionally pay well above market rates whenever possible—for cacao farmers, indigenous communities, guides, drivers, musicians, translators, logistics teams, and local partners.
Why?
Because excellence deserves to be recognized. Stewardship deserves to be honored. And because we believe the people carrying the deepest wisdom are often among the least financially supported.
These pilgrimages continue that commitment.
Every guide, driver, host, musician, translator, farmer, knowledge keeper, and organization we work with receives compensation designed to communicate something deeper than a transaction:
"Thank you. We see you. We value what you carry."
Your investment is not simply purchasing an experience.
It is participating in an ecosystem of reciprocity.
FUTURE LEADER SCHOLARSHIPS
We believe these experiences should not be limited only to those who can easily afford them. A portion of every pilgrimage supports scholarship opportunities for young leaders, visionaries, and community builders who feel called to this work but may not otherwise have access.
TRINIDAD DORADA
A portion of every pilgrimage directly supports our flagship conservation and regeneration project in Ecuador.
Trinidad Dorada is an emerging collaboration between indigenous communities, regenerative cacao producers, native stingless bee stewards, scientists, conservationists, and international partners working together to protect biodiversity while creating thriving local livelihoods.
The project focuses on preserving wild cacao genetics, expanding regenerative agroforestry systems, supporting native pollinators, strengthening local economies, and demonstrating new models where conservation and prosperity grow together rather than compete.
A LEGACY OF QUIET GIVING
Over the past nine years, our community has quietly supported projects around the world.
Together, we have gifted thousands of bags of ceremonial cacao through our original buy-one-give-one initiative (2017-2019).
We helped to fund an indigenous Mayan community to reclaim ancestral lands that had been taken generations before—supporting families as they returned home and built new lives on their own land (2020).
We helped fund weaving cooperatives, purchase traditional looms, and support indigenous women returning to school (2017-2024).
These projects were never marketing campaigns.
They were expressions of a deeper belief:
That abundance becomes meaningful when it moves.
That giving and receiving are part of the same living current.
And that every one of us has the opportunity to become a steward of that flow.
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REMEMBRANCE: Amazon Expedition July 2026
Interested in Exploring Week 1?
Original Wild Cacao Lineage – Oldest Ceremonial Cacao Site on Earth – Private Archaeological Immersion – Exclusive Night Ceremony in the Spiral – Expand into Ancient Cosmovision – Anchor Direct Relationship with Cacao's Birthplace – Returning to Original Coherence