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Special Activities & Highlights

~ Visiting Uxmal, Mayapán, Ek Balam and Chichén Itzá

~ Carrying out ceremonies at sacred sites in the Yucatan

~ Learning more about 2012 and the Mayan calendar from the Maya perspective

~ Celebrating the Maya New Year, which will be the year 4 Kan (Year of the Seed)

~ Bathing in several cenotes (underground limestone water area)

~ Welcoming the start of the Maya Tzolkin (sacred calendar) 1 Imix (crocodile or water lily), which represents the Earth mother, receptivity and beginnings

~ Optional sessions in programming rocks and crystals at sacred sites

Journey Details

PROGRAM COST

~ Single occupancy room: $1,350
~ Double occupancy room: $1,200
~ Triple occupancy room: $1,100
~ Prices do not include round trip airplane fare to the program site, which will begin in Mérida.

PROGRAM INCLUDES

~ 5 nights of lodging in Mérida, at Hotel Misión Mérida
~ 1 night of lodging in Valladolid, at Hotel Quinta Regia
~ 5 Breakfasts
~ 3 Lunches or Dinners
~ All transportation to sites
~ Transfer to and from airport
~ Entrance to all archeological zones and cenotes
~ Participation in all conferences, teachings, rituals and meditations
~ Spanish/English translation
~ Optional crystal meditations

RESERVATIONS

To reserve your place on this journey, a deposit of 50% of the program cost is needed. The remainder must be paid at the latest two weeks prior to the beginning of the program. Payment can be made by personal check or money order to: Jade Journeys, LLC/34B Stonehouse Lane/Keene, NH 03431.

 

JOURNEY ACTIVITES
AND TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Tuesday, July 21:
Arrival and check in
Evening: Jade Journey group welcome and dinner

Wednesday, July 22:
This day is the 13th day Ahau of the Tzolkin calendar. It represents the end of one cycle to prepare to enter a new one. It is a day to go within and encounter our own internal light.

7:00 am: Optional: Crystal meditation (Skye Stephenson)
10-12 am: Introduction to the Mayan sacred calendars and sites (Skye Stephenson)
Lunch and afternoon free to explore Merida
4 pm: Opening ceremony with Mayan priest Don Idelfonso
5 pm: "The energies for this New Year 4 Kan (seed)", Ahaukin Oxkin
7 pm: Meditation led by Ahaukin Oxkin

Thursday, July 23:
This day is the first day of the Tzolkin calendar, known as 1 Imix. It is a day to nourish ourselves; it is a day of new birth. We will begin with a bath in the crystal waters of a cenote, to purify ourselves in the interior of Mother Earth. We will then visit Uxmal, a center of the planetary power of feminine energy, a place to connect ourselves in meditation to the heart of Mother Earth. We will also connect with the energy of the Great Teacher Kinich Ahau, who is the guardian of this ceremonial center, and is connected with the energy of Father Sun.

7:00 am: Optional: Crystal meditation (Skye Stephenson)
9:00 am: Leave for cenote of Chocholá for a ritual bath
11:00 am: Leave for the ceremonial center of Uxmal
1:00 pm: Meditation for the beginning of the Tzolkin
2:30 pm: Lunch in Uxmal
3:30 pm: Free time to visit Uxmal
5:30 pm: Return to Mérida

Friday, July 24:
This day is 2 Ik (2 Wind). We will visit Mayapán, place where our spirit communicates and the energies of the south and the north, of the eagle and the condor, are united.

7:00 am: Optional: Crystal meditation (Skye Stephenson)
9:00 am: Leave for the ceremonial center of Mayapán
10:30 am: Visit and ceremony to the four directions in Mayapán
2 pm: Departure to the Hacienda of Tepich, with lunch on own at hacienda
5 pm: Return to Mérida

Saturday, July 25:
The day 3 Akbal (3 Night) is known as the day "beyond time". It is the last day of the Mayan Haab year 3 Cauac (Storm). It is the day of universal pardon, the day to go into our own interior and bring out the best of ourselves. We will celebrate in Ek Balam, a site where the Beings of Light make themselves present in the Maya world. Here we will do a ceremony of abundance and happiness, focusing on our intentions for the New Year.

Transfer to hotel in Valladolid Quinta Regia:
11:00 am: Ceremony, meditation and visit to Ek Balam
2:00 pm: Departure from Ek Balam and bathe in cenote Sac in Valladolid
5:00 pm: Remainder of afternoon and evening free in Valladolid

Sunday, July 26:
The day of the New Year 4 Kan (Seed) will begin in the cenote Xcecen, where the pure waters will help our wishes and intentions for the New Year begin to germinate. We will go to the ceremonial center of Chichén Itzá, a site where the energies of heaven and earth are balanced. We will make a circle to send from this energetic point on the planet our positive intentions to the four directions of the universe so that they will be manifested in the year of the seed.

Transfer to hotel in Mérida
8:00 am: Departure to Cenote of Xcecen (natural wonder) for ritual bath
10:00 am: Leave for Chichén Itzá
11:00 am: Visit Chichén Itzá and group meditation for Mayan New Year 4 Kan.
2:00 pm: Lunch in Piste
3:30 pm: Free time in Chichén Itzá
5:30 pm: Return to Mérida
Dinner Free

Monday, July 27
9:00 am: Ceremony and closing circle
12:00 pm: Leave hotel room
Departure