remembering, returning, and honoring
the sacred ways
A Walk with Hapé is an intentional journey for those who feel a new chapter of their evolution unfolding. For those who hear the call of the Earth, their Ancestors, and the Spirit of Plant Medicine in their bones...for those ready to slow down, listen deeply, and enter into right relationship with Hapé.
Over these eight weeks, we’ll explore ways to connect with Hapé, how to listen, why to sit, and what it means to truly be in relationship with this medicine.
We’ll explore the roots of this practice, honoring the Indigenous lineages, cultures, and keepers who have carried it with care.
We’ll sit in ceremony, build altars, and cultivate the inner stillness that lets the medicine speak.
We’ll learn how to serve ourselves with humility, clarity, and respect.
This is not a course of quick techniques or shortcuts. It is a remembering.
A return...
To Spirit...
To the breath...
To the ancestral ways that still live inside us.
If you've heard the call and somehow, you've been guided here, you’re already on the path.
Let’s walk together.
our walk begins...
we walk together every Sunday from May 18th to July 6th (1:30-4:30 pm PST/ 4:30-7:30 pm EST)
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the week by week flow of our journey
Week 1 (5/18) : Opening Ceremony
We open this journey with intentions, prayer, and giving thanks. Get to know your medicine family for the next 8 weeks. Laying out the framework of our journey.
Week 2 (5/25) : Honoring the Roots
The basics of Hapé- how the medicine is crafted, the energetics, cultural context, and indigenous uses. The Spirit of Tobacco and approaching like a friend. Properly administering the medicine for yourself. We will learn the Hummingbird blow and commune with Cacao Hapé.
Week 3 (6/1) : Creating Sacred Space
Creating your altar & preparing yourself to journey. The power of breath, prayer, and language. Incorporating other Plant Teachers in our practice (we'll sit with some next week). We will learn the Tortoise Blow and commune with Rose Hapé.
Week 4 (6/8) : Live Group Medicine Ceremony
We will sit with Cacao, Sananga, and Hapé together, guided by Shanti. Sit at the altar you created, connect with your fellow practitioners, and learn how to hold yourself with other Plant Teachers in a safe space. We'll incorporate gentle movement and opportunities to share songs, poems, and stories.
Week 5 (6/15) : Re-indigenizing Our Practice
Decolonization + Re-indigenization go hand in hand...what does it mean, how do we do it, and why is it important? We dive into the colonization of Tobacco and how to spot & reduce colonial behaviors/mindset in our modern day. We will learn the Jiboia Blow and commune with Paricá Hapé.
Week 6 (6/22) : The Stewards of Hapé
Listening to the voices of indigenous leaders, stewards, and tribes who have passed on wisdom about Hapé and Amazonian plant medicine. We will learn the Deer blow and commune with Samaúma Hapé,
Week 7 (6/29) : Embodying Right Relationship
Embodying the right relationship required to be a medicine carrier and guide: sacred reciprocity, deep practice, humbleness & integrity. We'll discuss serving Hapé to community- the responsibilities, ethics, initiation & how to know when you're ready.
Week 8 (7/6) : Closing Ceremony
Celebrating and congratulating one another's journey thus far. Telling the stories of our experience on this walk and how we have been changed. Reflecting with gratitude. One last medicine sit together.
what you'll receive...
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8 Live Community Circles — weekly video gatherings for teachings, discussion, Q&A, and practicum.
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Community chat for support and engagement — share, connect, and grow in a circle of devoted medicine practitioners all around the world
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Ongoing Access — lifetime access to all course materials so you can return to the teachings whenever you feel called
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Medicine Kit— every student will receive a kit with a Wooden Kuripe, 6 samples of Hapé, 1 sample bottle of Sananga eyedrops, and a sample pouch of Ceremonial Cacao from Dreamy Earth
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4 Animal Blows —the power of the breath and the art of blowing when serving is rarely discussed within the Hapé community, yet is essential to inviting depth & expansion into your practice
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a solid foundation — you will have plenty of opportunities to receive guidance from Shanti, a Hapé practitioner, carrier, ceremonialist, and teacher for the last 5 years. While Shanti has created a plethora of free educational content online, the depth of discussion and wisdom needed to build a solid foundation in your practice is only available in private containers.
This course is an intentionally designed immersion for practice, remembering, and spiritual unfolding. You’ll always be supported.
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A Walk with Hapé
past student reflections
"Shanti created A Walk With Hapé container with so much love & intent. Grateful for the space to explore Grandfather Tobacco, journey deeper into Hapé realms- learning the origins, proper techniques, wisdom & insight. This program completely transformed my relationship with Hapé. I deepened my trust within myself, as well as with Plant Medicine. Shanti is an incredible facilitator- walking the path with integrity & respect. she creates a safe space that allows you to fully soften, open & receive. She is extremely knowledgeable, and it truly was an honor to have the opportunity to learn from."
Jamie Thompson (Cohort 1)
"This course was not only a walkway for giant yet gentle shifts in my life, I also found it crucial, as learning how to commune in sacredness with the plantcestors is almost always best learnt from someone who has a lineage of ancestors guiding them in their remembrance. Shanti radiates kindness, groundedness, and wisdom. She is a powerful holder of healing space. It was really special to receive the gift of this course, growing both inwards and outward compassion through hearing the stories of other people, and being able to share your own. So grateful!"
Caroline Asbille (Cohort 1)
"Shanti is very knowledgeable, attentive, patient, graceful, and a blessing to share space with. During the Hapé immersion, I felt supported throughout the journey and was surprised at how my practice with Hapé deepened so quickly. Shanti is the real deal, and I trust her completely as I continue my walk with Hapé."
Keema Giesselmann (Cohort 3)
"It is truly hard to express through words. This immersion has been truly life changing. Not only did it help connect with abuelito hapè , but also with myself. I am grateful to have come across this wonderful teacher. 🙏🏽"
Sandra Padilla (Cohort 3)
Your ancestors walked with prayer.
Now it's your turn.
Healing + expansion is most powerful when done in community
There’s something powerful about praying and communing with Earth + Spirit in the presence of others—witnessing and being witnessed, sitting in silence together, learning through each other’s questions, stories, and breakthroughs.
In this course, you’ll be part of a community held with care, where each person’s presence adds depth and meaning to the journey. Healing and expansion doesn’t have to be in solitude. In community, we remember that we are not the only ones listening, grieving, growing, or becoming.
When we walk together, our path deepens and our remembering ripples in all directions & all dimensions... to the collective, our Ancestors of the past, and our descendants in the future.
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