Click HERE for Ecuador registration packet download.
March 13-27, 2010
Ecuador 2010 –Path of the Sun, Rainforest, and
Mountain
Acupuncture Journey
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"There is no other region in the world that surpasses the Upper Amazon
in its cultural and biological diversity." - Alwyn Gentry
AWB's second international World Healing Exchange program will
take
place in stunning Ecuador over 14 days of ecological adventure, deep
cultural immersion, and community acupuncture treatments in local
villages. The trip will visit key cultural and ecological
areas of Highland and Amazonian Ecuador. Nighttime tours of
Quito monasteries, sunrise tea ceremonies with local healers and hikes
through what is considered to be the epicenter of orchid diversity on
Earth are only the beginning of what this trip has in store.
As AWB travels between towns and villages throughout Ecuador, at each
stop participants will meet with local healers, herbalists, midwives
and shamans to experience the traditional medicine of the
community. AWB will offer acupuncture to provide
free services to villagers and community members, introducing our
medicine and exploring the potential for longer-term training
programs. This is a tremendous opportunity to provide service
in a very high-need area and learn from a culture that is rich with
indigenous healing traditions.
Trip Dates: March 13 - 27, 2010
To hold a space send a $500 deposit to:
AWB, 37 Kelly Lynn Drive, Sandia Park, NM 87047
Trip Fee (does not include international airfare):
Early Bird: (full payment by January 15, 2010)
$3590 Standard/ $3390 AWB Members
Regular Rate: (full payment by February 15, 2010)
$3790 Standard/ $3590 AWB Members
(3% discount if paid by check rather than credit card)
Itinerary
Schedule is subject to changes. Some clinics are still in
process of
being set up and are not in the schedule. Spontaneous clinics may arise
during the trip as well.
We recommend that you consider arriving a day or two early, to
settle
in, recover from the trip and possible jet lag, and to be ready for the
journey ahead! For pre and post-trip arrivals and departures, you will
need to make your own accommodation arrangements.
Each day (with a possible few exceptions) will include some
form of
internal practice as a group…either meditation and/or
qigong. We will also include time to have group discussion about the
trip, the treatments, etc.
Community acupuncture treatments will mainly be the NADA 5
point
protocol. When possible, we will do other points as we are able,
depending on the circumstances. We recommend that you attend an AWB
training if at all possible prior to this trip. This is, however, not
required to come on the trip.
Day 1
Group meets in Quito, Ecuador. Spend the night at a quaint
hotel.
Day 2
Drive to Papallacta hot springs and rejuvenate. We
will spend
the night here in nice cabins with private hot springs.
Day 3
We depart the following morning to arrive early in Tena. We
settle in
our hotel and visit the region.
Day 4
Visit sacred waterfalls and powerful rivers and rainforest,
then meet
for healings we will arrange with local people.
Day 5
Visit local homes in the Archidona area, and visit the
Mamallacta
families. They are of Quijos Kichua ancestry.
Day 6
We drive to Jatun Sacha and visit a very important forest
type, the
Tropical Wet Forest region, between 600 and 800 meters above sea level.
This region is among the earth’s largest in biological
diversity. We will meet and do treatments with villagers.
Day 7
We depart for Puyo and arrive in afternoon to Amazanga village.
Day 8
4 am - Sunrise Guayusa tea ceremony with Don Rafael
and Mama
Lucila.
Meetings and healings with community people. These people are
of
Kanelos Kichua ancestry.
Day 9
We depart for the Rio Tigre, world’s epicenter of
Orchid
diversity, beautiful jade green river! We arrive at Baños in
afternoon.
Soak in hot springs.
Day 10
We visit Baños and soak in springs, hike to nearby
waterfalls.
Day 11
Drive early to Riobamba and check into hotel. We will stay at
a mission
run hostel here close to the villages. We meet with the Pilco family,
listen to traditional music, and share a traditional meal.
Day 12
We visit their reforestation project and meet with local
healers, do
