Dharma Effect Yoga retreats are designed to bring you back to yourself. To encourage daily activities that awaken your spirit and empower your heart and mind. Twice a day Yoga, local adventures, a ceremonial visit to the world renowned Machu Picchu ruins, local farm to table nutrient rich foods, impeccable retreat grounds to invigorate your senses, spa accommodations, and hosts that treat you like family will bring your retreat experience to a whole new level of restoration and rejuvenation. 

Willka Tika is the Sacred Valley’s original yoga center founded in 1995 as a sustainable luxury wellness retreat. The healing energies of its lush Chakra Gardens, its sacred spaces, its rich integration of authentic Andean spiritual culture with yoga philosophy, the delicious organic vegetarian cuisine freshly harvested from our own land and prepared with loving attention, and the loving care of our dedicated professional Quechua staff, are its special features. 

Fly through Lima and arrive in Cusco before noon. A van will be waiting to bring you and your luggage to the Sacred Valley and Willka T'ika. We'll have a light lunch followed by time to get settled into your room. That will be followed up by light flow yoga, opening circle, and dinner. Each evening at yoga, we will go over the schedule for the next day.

Today is the day we drop in to the pace of Willka T'ika. We start the day with a power flow followed by breakfast. A Q’ero healer from the high mountains will be on hand to lead us through an authentic and transformative Andean fire ceremony to honor Pachamama, yourself and your loved ones.

The ceremony will remind us to focus our intention for this journey and serves as a wonderful preparation of mind, body and spirit for the pilgrimage to Machu Picchu.

Power yoga, School Visit, Yin + Restorative

In an ayni exchange, the group will offer an interactive activity for the Quechua children. Continue with your guide to the spectacular ruins of P'isag. Overlooking impressive Incan terraces, the group can enjoy a hike through the ruins. Meditate as a group or walk in silent reflection.

Return to the main square of P'isaq by bus (or hike!) and visit the colorful market filled with woven goods, jewelry, wall hangings and hand-painted beadwork.

No yoga today! We'll wake up early, grab a quick breakfast and take a short van ride to Ollantaytambo. From there, we will take a 90 minute train along the Urubamba River to Aguas Calientes. After a couple of hours hiking Machu Picchu, we'll return to Aguas Calientes for lunch and shopping. The train will take us back to Ollantaytambo where a van will be waiting to take us back to Willka Tika for dinner.

Optional activities to the Ollantaytampo Sun Temple and lunch on our own in the quaint picturesque town with cobblestone streets and a visit to the colorful local market.

Visit a lively Peruvian market, and the famous Seminario ceramics shop.

After Breakfast, check-out of Willka T'ika, and depart for Cusco via group van transport. Visit the spacious Incan archeological site of Saksaywaman overlooking the city of Cusco. By these majestic ruins, experience a traditional K'intu blessing. A visit to the local village of Chinchero and a local Mercado de Artesanias.

Breakfast at the Cusco Hotel, followed by Check-Out. Independently arrange with the hotel for your departing transfer to the Cusco airport, to connect to Lima, and your outbound flight home.