PresentS:
Love Meets Legacy
peru gathering 2027
the sacred valley
February 6–14, 2027
8 Nights between The Lunar New Year - Valentine’s Day
Munay Sonqo Retreat Center
Love. Lineage. Leadership. Legacy.
welcome to love meets legacy.
This is a specially curated gathering designed to clarify, empower, and evolve some of the most meaningful aspects of our lives:
Love. Leadership. Lineage. Legacy.
A gathering where your deepest prayers are met by a council of resonant souls coming together at the commencement of the Fire Goat Year of 2027.
Together, we will begin the year inside a powerful field of prayer, ceremony, ancestral connection, psychospiritual education, nervous-system-rooted transformation, and community.
The Center of Destiny, Sacred Ancestry, and Marilu Shinn have come together to offer a profound threshold.
A space where love, partnership, family, purpose, leadership, and legacy are no longer experienced as separate domains of life, but as interconnected expressions of who you have come here to be.
Many people have been taught, explicitly or implicitly, that they must choose.
Between love and purpose.
Between partnership and freedom.
Between family and impact.
Love Meets Legacy is rooted in a different possibility.
The understanding that a deeply fulfilling partnership, meaningful contribution, healthy family system, and purpose-led mission are not competing desires, but reflections of personal choice and integration.
This retreat is for those who know, deep in their bones, that life is calling them into a greater chapter.
✦ Deep, aligned conscious partnership.
✦ Greater visibility.
✦ The next threshold of your embodied leadership.
✦ Wider impact.
A chapter where the decisions being made today have the power to shape the trajectory of relationships, family, ancestral lineage, community, culture, and our planetary futures.
Whether you are preparing for partnership, marriage, parenthood, a new level of purpose-led mission, or simply the next evolution of who you are becoming, this gathering is designed to support that transition with depth, spiritual resourcefulness, and the nervous-system foundations that allow lasting change to take root.
Love Meets Legacy is a bridge between the future you envision and the person leading your life today.
We believe that legacy is not only found in what we build.
It is found in who we are becoming in the process, and how much joy, love, and liberation we allow ourselves to experience along the way.
Munay Sonqo
Retreat CenteR
Munay Sonqo Retreat & Yoga Center is an award-winning sanctuary in the heart of Peru’s Sacred Valley, surrounded by the sacred mountain spirits, the Apus.
‘Munay’ meaning “Loving Heart” in Quechua, Munay Sonqo is an intentional space where ancient Andean wisdom, regenerative design, and heart-led hospitality come together to support healing, renewal, and profound transformation.
Rooted in the principles of Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share, Munay Sonqo is committed to giving back through Sach'a Munay, while offering a powerful environment for spiritual growth, deep connection, and bringing your highest vision to life.
A Sacred Gathering
for Those Ready to Meet Their Next Chapter of love and legacy.
Love Meets Legacy is a gathering for soul-led humans who are ready to be fully met in the depth of who they are, the magnitude of their calling, and the future that awaits them.
For those who sense that life is preparing to entrust them with more.
✦ A bigger love.
✦ Greater visibility.
✦ Wider leadership.
✦ Deeper service.
✦ Ecstatic alignment.
Perhaps you can feel that destiny is calling you toward your next threshold.
✦ A vision ready to be sanctified.
✦ A partnership ready to be received.
✦ A family ready for generational flourishing.
✦ A body of work waiting to be fully birthed.
And perhaps you know that the question is no longer whether this life is possible.
The question is whether your identity, nervous system, relationships, embodiment, and support structures are prepared to receive it, sustain it, and steward it well.
WHO THIS IS FOR
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For those holding a big prayer:
Aligned long-term partnership and God-led divine union
Family, motherhood, fatherhood
Generational healing, prosperity, and flourishing
Your next inspired body of work and creative legacy
Deeply aligned belonging, relationships, and community
A life oriented around your values, passion, gifts, and empowered expression
Vision, mission, brand scaling, embodied leadership
Visibility, transmission, and message for public figures
Nervous system support, structures, and strategy for the next chapter of your sacred work
The healing, mending, and evolution of human consciousness
Protecting land, preserving Indigenous wisdom, and regenerating resources for future generations
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You are emerging into or estabished:
Founder, entrepreneur, conscious business owner
Artist, creative, or cultural tastemaker
Practitioner, healer, therapist, or guide
Coach, educator, thought leader
Author, speaker, public figure
Doctor, naturopath, wellness professional
Facilitator, retreat leader, community connector
Creative director, multimedia producer, event producer
Curator and builder of meaningful projects, movements, or bodies of work with earth-led and heart-led impact
Conscious mother or father, or preparation for conscious conception
Land steward, herbalist, permaculturist, or guardian of the living world
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what feels expansive:
Receiving secret letters on your bed each day to spark insight, contemplation, clarity, and inspiration.
Immersing yourself in ancient wisdom traditions, authentic culture, shamanic fields, land connection, and meaningful human connection.
Healing ancestral and relational patterns that shape how you experience love, partnership, belonging, family, and community.
Expanding your capacity to be fully seen, felt expressed, and supported in your sacred work.
Transforming unconscious patterns that keep us disconnected from highest fulfillment, life direction, embodied leadership, and strategic action that feels good.
Fully inhabiting your body and your one-of-its-kind frequency to confidently walk your God-led path.
Meet the Team
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TARA TAO
Tara Tao is the founder of The Center of Destiny, a transformational ecosystem devoted to the evolution of love, leadership, lineage, and legacy.
Through its branches, The Center of Destiny is an expanding body of work that includes high-level coaching, global retreats, conscious dating experiences, multimedia storytelling projects, thought leadership, and an embodiment and marketing agency supporting founders, practitioners, artists, public figures, and change agents in bringing their deepest work into the world.
Tara weaves together a decade of study, client work, and facilitation spanning digital marketing and advertising, trauma-informed and somatic-based transformation, Internal Family Systems, ancestral healing, VITA™ relationship coaching, tantric arts, and earth-based wisdom traditions.
Over the last four years, she has curated and hosted transformational retreats around the world, creating spaces where soul-led humans gather to deepen their relationship with animate life, ancestors, creative potential, embodied leadership, and aligned connections.
Her work is rooted in regenerative, relational, decolonial, and matriarchal principles that honor both personal transformation and collective flourishing.
Drawing inspiration from Taoist philosophy, Tibetan Buddhism, and Q'ero cosmovision of the Andes, Tara helps individuals and communities translate profound soul-led dharma into rooted, practical, and embodied implementation.
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TORIE FELDMAN
FOUNDER OF SACRED ANCESTRY
Torie Feldman is the Founder of Sacred Ancestry. A global movement of people connecting to their ancestors and healing their lineages.
With over a decade of experience in the arts of healing, facilitation, and priestesshood, Torie weaves together spirituality, shamanism, mysticism, womb wisdom, and ongoing study of Mystery Schools and cultures all over the world.
She specializes in the intersection of ancestral healing, earth-based wisdom, and spiritual studies — helping people connect to their ancestors, trust their magic, and reclaim their spiritual gifts in a deeply grounded and embodied way.
Her degree in Cultural Anthropology, alongside her year spent working on cultural revitalization projects on a reservation, deeply informs her work — grounding the esoteric into practical wisdom and ancestral healing practices. Torie offers Ancestral Healing Sessions and leads group courses online year-round, including The Honeyed Womb, Lineage of Love, Sacred Transitions, Way of the Healer, and the Ancestral Healing Certification Program.
She is honored to be woven here into this web of Love Meets Legacy alongside Tara and Marilu. -
MARILU SHINN
Q’ERO TRADITION SPIRITUAL TEACHER
Marilu Shinn is a Medicine Woman trained and initiated in the Inca, Q'ero Tradition.
She is a weaver of meaningful women's retreats and gatherings, a steward of the Earth and a whisperer of ancestral wisdom.
She has walked the Qapac Nan (The Andean path) for over 2 decades and works in close proximity with the Q'ero Elders.
She teaches earth based courses informed by the Andean chakana and cosmovision.
Her work, passion and purpose in the world is to anchor the prophecies of the Ancient Future.
Marilu's work is at the intersection of social and Earth justice, truth and reclamation of an ancient, reciprocal way of being.
She is excited to share and join the Center of Destiny team in Peru.
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María Apaza & Q'ero Elders
One of the great honors of Love Meets Legacy is the opportunity to welcome María Apaza and members of her family to share their despacho ceremonies, blessings, and transmissions.
This experience is being made possible through our dear friend Lu, who will be supporting translation and helping bridge this sacred exchange between our guests and one of the most revered wisdom keepers of the Andes.
María Apaza is an Altomisayoq prietess of the Q’ero Nation, a title given to master spiritual elders within the Andean tradition.
Traditionally, this path is not chosen through study alone, but through a lifetime of initiation, devotion, service, and sacred calling.
Born in the high Andes nearly a century ago, María is a lineage priestess having influenced many reflections of Q’ero wisdom in the western world.
She is widely regarded as one of the last remaining female elders carrying this level of traditional Andean spiritual authority and has dedicated her life to living the ways of the Q’ero cosmovision.
Beyond the teachings themselves, there is something profound about being in the presence of a human being who has spent nearly a century in relationship with the mountains, the land, ceremony, and the living traditions of her ancestors.
Imagine…
Imagine arriving in the Sacred Valley of Peru, one of the most spiritually potent and energetically preserved places on Earth.
Imagine...
✦ Resting into eight nights of deep nourishment at a world-class retreat center, surrounded by a carefully curated circle of extraordinary humans committed to truth, healing, purpose, depth, and service.
✦ Landing in a circle of aligned humans where your gifts, expression, and vision are not merely understood, but deeply seen, prayed over, and amplified.
✦ Receiving a secret letter on your bed each morning, inviting you into deeper reflection, insight, inspiration, and clarity.
✦ Tea ceremonies, ancestral traditions, movement and embodiment practices, transformational teachings, shamanic journeys, temazcal, cultural excursions, full spa amenities, and meaningful connection with extraordinary humans.
✦ Sharing your calling, gifts, and dharma with aligned souls who see the greatness within you and encourage its fullest expression.
✦ Surrounding yourself with the Indigenous wisdom tradition of the Q’ero people of the High Andes, and allowing your life to be reorganized by a powerful cosmovision and life-changing initiations.
Rooms + Pricing
DELUXE PRIVATE ROOM
Deluxe Private Room with King Size Bed & Private Bathroom
Single Price
Standard: $6,200
Early bird: $5,900
Shared Bed (Couple) Price
Regular: $11,000
Early bird: $10,500
✦ Pricing is all-inclusive
✦ Early Bird pricing is available for the first 10 enrolled guests through August 1, 2026.
Payment Options
Pay in Full
Guests who pay in full upon enrollment will receive two complimentary gifts during their stay at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center:
• A 90-minute massage with your choice of Deep Tissue, Relaxation, Shiatsu, Thai, or Hot Stone Massage
• A private Coca Leaf Reading offering spiritual insight, personalized guidance, and connection to a sacred Andean wisdom tradition
Payment Plan
Reserve your spot with a non-refundable $1,000 deposit. Your remaining balance will be divided into automatic monthly payments and must be paid in full by January 6, 2027.
All payments are processed securely through Stripe. Applicable processing fees (currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) will be reflected at checkout.
Debit and credit cards accepted.
DOUBLE ROOM
Shared Double Room with Two Double Beds & Private Bathroom
Price Per Person
Standard: $4,200
Early Bird: $4,000
✦ Pricing is all-inclusive
✦ Early Bird pricing is available for the first 10 enrolled guests through August 1, 2026.
Payment Options
Pay in Full
Guests who pay in full upon enrollment will receive two complimentary gifts during their stay at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center:
• A 90-minute massage with your choice of Deep Tissue, Relaxation, Shiatsu, Thai, or Hot Stone Massage
• A private Coca Leaf Reading offering spiritual insight, personalized guidance, and connection to a sacred Andean wisdom tradition
Payment Plan
Reserve your spot with a non-refundable $1,000 deposit. Your remaining balance will be divided into automatic monthly payments and must be paid in full by January 6, 2027.
All payments are processed securely through Stripe. Applicable processing fees (currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) will be reflected at checkout.
Debit and credit cards accepted.
TRIPLE ROOM
3 Single Beds with Private Bathroom
Price Per Person
Standard: $3,700
Early Bird: $3,500
✦ Pricing is all-inclusive
✦ Early Bird pricing is available for the first 10 enrolled guests through August 1, 2026.
Payment Options
Pay in Full
Guests who pay in full upon enrollment will receive two complimentary gifts during their stay at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center:
• A 90-minute massage with your choice of Deep Tissue, Relaxation, Shiatsu, Thai, or Hot Stone Massage
• A private Coca Leaf Reading offering spiritual insight, personalized guidance, and connection to a sacred Andean wisdom tradition
Payment Plan
Reserve your spot with a non-refundable $1,000 deposit. Your remaining balance will be divided into automatic monthly payments and must be paid in full by January 6, 2027.
All payments are processed securely through Stripe. Applicable processing fees (currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) will be reflected at checkout.
Debit and credit cards accepted.
What You Will Experience
TESTIMONIALS
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Center of Destiny Movie
From the founder
Love Meets Legacy exists because this land changed my life.
The Andes, the Q'ero people, their cosmovision, the Chakana, the teachings of Ayni, and the initiations of Munay Ki have profoundly shaped the way I understand love, healing, leadership, reciprocity, community, and what it means to live in right relationship with life itself.
One of the greatest gifts Peru has given me is the experience of being met.
Met by the mountains. Met by the purity of spirit. Met by rites and ceremony. Met by the animate world. Met by the unseen. Met by a living and intact wisdom tradition.
My relationship with Peru is not something I leave behind when I board a plane home.
There is a spirit bridge between my heart and these mountains that continues to resource me wherever I am in the world.
Whether I am living in Boulder, Colorado, or traveling elsewhere, this bridge reminds me that I am loved, held, guided, and connected to something far greater than myself. It feels like a part of me. And when I lose touch with it, it can feel as though I am missing certain limbs of my own being.
I believe the Q'ero cosmovision, and the sacred technologies preserved by these wisdom keepers, including my Q’ero teacher, Marilu Shinn, who will be joining us at Love Meets Legacy, hold profound medicine for our modern world.
The teachings of Ayni, sacred reciprocity, help us mend our relationship with ourselves, one another, Spirit, and the living Earth. They remind us that life is relational, that healing is relational, and that we belong to something far greater than our individual stories.
My deepest hope is that you do not simply visit the Sacred Valley, but enter into relationship with it.
That you experience the profound remembrance so many have found here.
A homecoming into a way that integrates ancient and future. .
And the realization that love, purpose, leadership, community, and legacy are not separate paths, but one coherent expression of who came here to be.
Love & Devotion,
Tara Tao
WHERE LOVE MEETS LEGACY
At certain stages of growth, the challenge is no longer a lack of information.
Your vision may already be clear.
Your gifts may already be developed.
Your path in love, family, leadership, and contribution may already be strong.
Love Meets Legacy is a vehicle for landing into a greater capacity and deeper coherence, not only with what we are creating, but with how we are creating it.
This is about how well, resourced, and supported we feel in the journey.
Through the unique design of Love Meets Legacy, each day is devoted to cultivating greater clarity, deeper self-love, embodied leadership, and an expanded sense of what is possible for your life, your relationships, and your God-led legacy.
Munay Sonqo Retreat Center
Our Promise of Generative Reciprocity
Every offering is rooted in reciprocity.
Your investment not only supports your own healing, growth, and transformation, it also circulates outward to nourish the communities, wisdom keepers, and living traditions that make experiences like Love Meets Legacy possible.
A portion of the proceeds from this gathering will be given directly to Q’ero lineage wisdom keepers, families, and children, as well as local community initiatives in the Sacred Valley that can benefit from Love Meets Legacy having taken place on this land.
Our intention is that this gathering creates value far beyond those in attendance, contributing to a larger cycle of reciprocity, stewardship, cultural preservation, and collective flourishing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is included:
8 nights of accommodations at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center
Nourishing, locally sourced breakfast, lunch, and dinner during your entire stay
All workshops, teachings, ceremonies, and retreat programming
Any cultural excursion(s) included in retreat programming
Full access to the Qhalilla Spa
Group airport transportation between Cusco Airport (CUZ) and Munay Sonqo Retreat Center on February 6 (start date) and February 14, 2027 (end date)
What is not included:
International airfare
Travel insurance
Personal purchases
Additional wellness services such as massages and private treatments
Transportation outside of the designated group airport shuttle schedule
For guests traveling within Peru before or after the retreat, or arriving and departing outside of the designated airport shuttle schedule, we will provide a list of trusted local drivers who can assist with transportation to and from Munay Sonqo Retreat Center and throughout the Sacred Valley.
Transportation arranged outside of the designated group shuttle schedule is the responsibility of each participant and paid directly to the driver.
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Vegan, gluten-free, food allergies, and dairy-free dietary needs can be accommodated with advance notice.
You will have the opportunity to share your dietary preferences, allergies, and food requirements in your onboarding form prior to the retreat.
Three nourishing meals are provided daily throughout the experience, featuring fresh, locally sourced ingredients from the Sacred Valley and a variety of protein-rich plant foods designed to support energy, vitality, and wellbeing throughout the retreat.
Guests who would like animal protein may add the Chicken & Fish Protein Upgrade for $75 USD, which includes choices of chicken and fish options during lunch and dinner service throughout the entirety of the retreat.
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No. Love Meets Legacy does not include psychedelics or plant medicine as part of the retreat experience.
One of the core intentions of this gathering is to explore the profound states of insight, healing, connection, expansion, and spiritual communion that can emerge through our many rituals, ceremonies, workshops, contemplative experiences, and embodied practice throughout our retreat programming.
Participants will have the opportunity to discover how deeply we can journey into the body, the ancestral lineage, the heart, our highest vision, and the practical integration of that wisdom into everyday life through embodied and integrative practices, without the use of psychedelics.
For participants who wish to extend their time in Peru:
Following Love Meets Legacy, we will provide information about a legally operated ayahuasca center with whom members of our team have established relationships.
The center may offer the opportunity to participate in one or two ceremonies approximately 5–6 days following the conclusion of Love Meets Legacy.
Any such experiences take place after the retreat has concluded, are not included in the Love Meets Legacy program, require separate registration and payment, and are independently owned and operated by their respective organization.
Participation is entirely optional and subject to the screening, approval processes, policies, procedures, and medical requirements of that organization.
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Love Meets Legacy will be held at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center, an award-winning sanctuary nestled in the Sacred Valley of Peru between the ancient towns of Pisac and Calca.
Surrounded by the Andes Mountains, regenerative gardens, sacred ceremonial spaces, and breathtaking views of the Apus, Munay Sonqo offers a rare environment for rest, connection, transformation, and immersion in the living wisdom traditions of Peru.
The retreat will take place across the Mesa and Jardín campuses, featuring beautiful accommodations, gathering spaces, temples, nature trails, a traditional temazcal, and access to the Qhalilla Spa, complete with a saunas, cold plunges, pools, and hot tubs.
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Participants are asked to fly into Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) in Cusco, Peru, the closest airport to Munay Sonqo Retreat Center.
Group transportation between Cusco Airport and Munay Sonqo on the retreat arrival date (February 6, 2027) and departure date (February 14, 2027) is included in your enrollment.
The shuttle ride to the retreat center is approximately 60–90 minutes.
For guests traveling within Peru before or after the retreat, or arriving and departing outside of the designated shuttle schedule, we will provide a list of trusted local drivers who can assist with transportation to and from Munay Sonqo and throughout the Sacred Valley.
Transportation arranged outside of the included group shuttles is the responsibility of each participant and paid directly to the driver.
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Travel insurance is not required, but it is strongly recommended. Travel insurance can help protect your investment and provide coverage for unexpected circumstances such as trip cancellations, travel delays, lost luggage, medical emergencies, and other unforeseen events.
Participants are responsible for securing any travel, health, or cancellation insurance they deem appropriate.
Please note that The Center of Destiny does not provide travel insurance and cannot reimburse costs associated with travel disruptions, cancellations, medical expenses, or other unforeseen circumstances.
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The primary language of Love Meets Legacy will be English.
Some ceremonies, teachings, and cultural experiences with local wisdom keepers, Q'ero elders, and community members may be offered in Spanish or Quechua and will be translated into English.
Our intention is to honor the authenticity of these traditions while ensuring that all participants can fully understand, engage with, and benefit from the experience.
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Munay Sonqo Retreat Center is situated on a mountainside in the Sacred Valley and includes stairs, walking paths, and uneven terrain throughout the property.
Participants should feel comfortable walking moderate distances and navigating stairs on a daily basis.
While no advanced level of fitness is required, the retreat may not be suitable for those with significant mobility limitations.
If you have specific accessibility needs or concerns, we encourage you to contact us prior to applying so we can explore whether this experience is a good fit for you.
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Due to the venue commitments, accommodations, staffing, transportation, and extensive preparation required to create this experience, all deposits and retreat payments are non-refundable.
We encourage participants to enroll only when they feel genuinely committed to attending.
If unforeseen circumstances prevent you from joining us, you may transfer your reservation to another qualified participant from your personal network prior to the start of the retreat, subject to approval by The Center of Destiny and completion of all required enrollment materials.
This policy allows us to honor our commitments to the retreat center, facilitators, local partners, and support team while offering participants the opportunity to preserve the value of their investment by transferring their place to another aligned guest.
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Enrollment Process
Complete the application on our website. Click on any button on the website that says “Book now” or “Join us in Peru” to access application.
Receive an acceptance decision from team@thecenterofdestiny.com
Please make sure to check your spam folder so communication doesn’t get lost in some cases.
If requested, you will be invited to book a 30-minute consultation call with Tara via Zoom video call to explore participation alignment.
Secure your spot with a deposit for your payment plan or payment in full.
Complete your onboarding materials and prepare to join us in Peru!
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and accommodations are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Absolutely. Whether you attend on your own, with a partner, spouse, family member, or friend, you are warmly welcome.
Many participants choose to attend independently and often leave with meaningful friendships, and lasting connections.
Others attend alongside someone they love and share the experience together.
If you would like to share accommodations with a partner, family member, or friend, simply indicate this in your application.
We will do our best to accommodate your request based on room availability and your selected accommodation type.
Guests attending on their own who select a Double or Triple Room, instead of private room, will be thoughtfully paired with roommates by our team.
Over four years of retreats, we have consistently had beautiful experiences matching participants and creating living arrangements that feel supportive, comfortable, and aligned.
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Love Meets Legacy is designed for individuals who are actively engaged in the meaningful work of creating a life, relationship, family, business, body of work, or legacy that is soul-led.
Many participants are founders, entrepreneurs, artists, creatives, practitioners, healers, coaches, educators, authors, speakers, wellness professionals, facilitators, community builders, conscious parents, land stewards, and purpose-driven humans who feel called into a greater chapter of love, leadership, contribution, and impact.
No specific training, certifications, or spiritual background are required.
However, Love Meets Legacy is designed for individuals who are already actively engaged in their personal growth, relationships, healing, leadership, service, creative work, or contribution to the world.
This is a deeply nourishing, heart-led gathering that weaves together ancestral wisdom, shamanic traditions, trauma-informed and nervous-system-rooted transformation, psychospiritual education, cultural immersion, prayer, ceremony, and meaningful community.
While the experience includes yoga, meditation, movement, and contemplative practices, it is not primarily a yoga or meditation retreat.
It is a immersive gathering devoted to the evolution of love, leadership, lineage, family, purpose, and legacy.
While there are always exceptions, this is generally not the retreat we would recommend as a first retreat experience.
Due to the depth, scope, and immersive nature of the gathering, participants tend to receive the greatest benefit when they have prior experience with personal growth, retreat environments, mindset, somatic and transformational work, or intentional contemplative spaces.
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We understand that joining an international retreat is a meaningful investment.
If you feel drawn to Love Meets Legacy but still have questions, we encourage you to submit an application and opt into the option for a 30-minute consultation call.
This gives us an opportunity to connect, answer your questions, learn more about your intentions, and explore whether this gathering feels aligned for your current season of life.
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A detailed packing guide to support your packing process with ease will be provided prior to the retreat start date.
JOIN US IN PERU
The Center of Destiny Presents:
Love Meets Legacy
February 6 - February 14, 2027
8 Nights at Munay Sonqo Retreat Center