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Founder of @evolutionaryjourneys
Lover of beauty, artistry, and the wild earth
Guiding voyages into the heart of the sacred 🌎
🌳: Oakland, CA

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If we are going to create a more beautiful world together, we need to bring everyone in. Women carry a special capacity to listen to the whole, to bring balance and harmony. We, women are the Peace Makers.

Mayan Wisdom Keeper Nan Amalia, friend of the Rainbow Chalice, offers us great insight into ancestral teachings of the way women shine in their leadership.

How do you bring leadership to your community?

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Lake Atitlan
Sits at 1,562 meters (5,125 feet) above sea level.
Positioned in a massive volcanic caldera and framed by three prominent volcanoes—San Pedro, Tolimán, and Atitlán.

Mama Atitya
Queen of inspiration
Priestess of the Waters
Angel of Beauty

Atitya means, “where the rainbow gets its colors”. She is our inspiration for The Rainbow Chalice Prayer, our Women’s Retreat.

She is the main healer and facilitator of our gathering, she is the medicine. She has called us.
Words can’t explain this relationship with this sacred land, mirror of water, it’s something to be experienced.
We invite you to nurish this relationship and receive her loving medicine.

We are bringing offerings to Mama Atitlan. Join us. 🌈

📸 @kanikitalokita

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There is a wisdom, an advanced technology, that resides in our bodies, in our wombs, in our hearts.

We live in a system that has disconnected us from the great oracle that is our body, our womb. How wonderful it is to know that it is in our hands, to return to our essence, to reconnect with the wisdom of being a Wombman.

Ñan Ix-kik shared this and more with us in her masterclass in August. If you want to receive the entire transmission, check the link in our bio.

And wow! What a joy to know that we will be in a circle with her and her Mother Nan Rosalia and her sister Nan Odilia, Mayan teacher sisters who will share their codes of ancestral feminine arts with us at the Women’s Retreat, The Rainbow Chalice at Lake Atitlán - Guatemala, @mysticalyogafarm this October. Meowwww🌈🌈

Here we come, Mama Atitlán!

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Ancestral teachings that invite us to relax the mind and open the heart.
In the masterclass that Nan Ix’kik shared with us last month, she made a huge emphasis reminding us to go back to our bodies, to feel life rather than be all the time on our heads. Such an important reminder. If you want to receive the full transmission the free masterclass is available on the link in our bio. 🌈

On our women’s retreat, The Rainbow Chalice, these teachings from our mayan sisters, are complemented with deep transmissions on Heart Somatics and Cermonial Arts.

Today, on a world that over stimulates the rationality of our human nature; this is an invitation to feel more, to be more present in the body, in the heart, in our womb, so our body temple can be a chalice where the light is reflected and our presence can radiate the beauty of the rainbow frequency, manifested in our life through our words, actions and service. Our life, our art.

🌈The Rainbow Chalice🌈
Women’s Retreat
15th-23rd of October
LAKE ATITLAN GUATEMALA

Last days of early bird. Text us. Or link in bio for more info. ✨

Ps. Footage of this video was created in Mt. Shasta during The Gift of Inner Peace retreat, July 2026.

🌈🏺

📸 @mariaxtaly and @kylekesterson

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Meet Nan Ix’kik Lopez Zabala.

Daughter of Nan Rosalía Zabala.

They are Mayan Wisdom Keepers, midwives of lineage, guardians of feminine wisdom passed down generation after generation. Leaders of their community, mothers, sisters, weavers, healers.

We are deeply honored that they will be joining us for *The Rainbow Chalice this October 15-20 at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala.* where they will share, fire ceremony, womb healing, obsidian healing for the womb (they will bring obsidians for each participant so we can carry it and use it on our lives), Rainbow Faja (protection and healing belt) initiation weaved by them specially for us, yoni steam, cacao ceremony, cacao divination, and so, soul much more!! What a blessing to have them for our women’s gathering!

If you missed Nan Ix’kik’s Masterclass in August on Womb Healing and Feminine Healing Arts, we invite you to listen to her transmission. Link in bio.

And if this calling makes your heart smile, we invite you to join us in Guatemala this October.

Welcome, sister.

🌈🏺

📸 @mariaxtaly

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The prayer has been heard ❤️‍🔥
We have the support from all the directions 🪶
Blessings have been given ✨
The Rainbow Chalice is happening! 🌈
Mama Atitlan waits for us ❄️
Our sisters Mayan Wisdom keepers, Nan Rosalia, Nan Ix’kik will share their ancient treasures 🔥
A Rainbow Maloka (literally) at @mysticalyogafarm to unlock the wisdom of our heart and body guided by the expertise of @dorothymorganna , held by the potency of rites of passage and ceremonial art transmissions with @ka_munay to carry with us forever. ♾️

We are so excited!

Welcome hermanas!

The Rainbow Chalice October 15–23 · Lake Atitlán, Guatemala.

If you didn’t know or see the free masterclasses we shared on August:
***Watch the classes inside the Rainbow Chalice Circle Hub and meet the wisdom behind the journey. Link in bio.***

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Reclaiming the Waters of Femininity: The Heroine’s Journey 🐉

Who is the heroine?

Who is this archetype who has been collectively forgotten by mainstream culture?

Who are the role models women look to for inspiration in a world that has been dominated and fragmented by masculinity?

When I found the answer, my whole world changed— drastically

It doesn’t matter your gender identity— the heroin is an archetype we all have access to

Because we all carry masculinity and femininity within

& yet, the feminine is now ready to rise, because she is the advocate for life itself

The heroine attunes herself to the waters within — her feelings

She does not muscle her way through adversity

She feels it

She knows that adversity is not something “out there”

Adversity is within

Adversity lies within our own resistance to life itself

Our feelings

The waters

She does not resist it

She feels it

All of it

Completely

The hero fights the monster and prevails

The heroine is swallowed by the monster

Consumed

Her feelings, the very thing that once held her back, become the solution itself

In the discomfort, she creates the medicine of her own rebirth

Renewal

The waters flow clean

The waters give life

The muddled waters flow clear and what was once stagnant becomes a source of renewal

I care for this Earth. I care for these waters within and without.

I care for the people of this planet.

I am overjoyed to be able to share this wisdom to support us living harmoniously with ourselves, each other, and this planet.

🌈 If this message resonates with you, you are invited to join us at the Rainbow Chalice, October 15th-23rd, in Lake Atitlan Guatemala at the @mysticalyogafarm

More scholarships are opening to create more access. If you feel called to join, comment HEROINE and I will send you more info

Together we rise 🐦‍🔥

Photos by @kylekesterson from Evolutionary Journey’s the Gift of Inner Peace in Mount Shasta, July 2026

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Eight years ago, Lake Atitlán brought us together.

What began as a meeting became a deep friendship, a shared reverence for Mayan wisdom, Life, the medicine of Mama Atitlan, and a bond that life has continued to weave across time and space. A heart of the North (Dorothy from the U.S), a heart of the south (Munay from Ecuador) united in a sisterhood of love and reciprocity.

This summer, under the blessing of Mt. Shasta, we found ourselves together again; and filmed this invitation for the women who may feel called to join us.

Eight years after our first encounter; with the support of Evolutionary Journeys, we are returning to the place where our paths first crossed, to hold space for a circle for women.

The Rainbow Chalice is an intimate, lovingly curated journey of Mayan Wisdom, Somatic Awakening, Ceremonial Artistry and sisterhood - held on the shores of Lake Atitlán.

A journey of coming home to our essence, remembrance of the sacred, & awakening the feminine wisdom that lives within our DNA.

October 15–23 · Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Hosted by the beautiful community of @mysticalyogafarm ✨

Some journeys begin long before we know we are on our way.

The 🌈 Chalice is calling

Link in Bio or DM for a Discovery Call🌹

We’ll see you there hermanas!

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What if CEREMONIAL ART is not something we simply practice, but something that helps us remember? Integrate life?

Across generations and cultures, humans have gathered to mark the moments that change us, births, endings, transitions, beginnings. Or/And “just” the blessing of a new day.

Ceremony gives us a moment to pause, listen, honor what has been, and consciously welcome what is becoming.

This Monday, I’ll be sharing in our next Rainbow Chalice Circle, exploring Ceremonial Artistry, Ancestral Mindfulness, Rites of Passage. As part of our Free Masterclasses prior our women’s Retreat in October at Lake Atitlan Guatemala.

Together, we’ll explore how ancestral wisdom can become a living practice, and how we can bring ceremony back into the ordinary moments of our lives.

✨ What in your life is asking to be honored today?

Join us this Monday. 🌈 LINK IN BIO
Come listen. Come remember. Come experience.

#RainbowChalice #CeremonialArtistry #EvolutionaryJourneys #AncestralMindfulness #WomenInCeremony

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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples🍃

Every August 9th, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated in recognition of the first United Nations working meeting on indigenous populations, which took place in Geneva in 1982.
While this recognition is appreciated, every day is a day of resistance for native Peoples arround the world.

There are more than 476 million Indigenous peoples living in 90 countries around the world, representing only 6.2% of the global population, due to genocide and greed of other humans.

Remarkably, they help protect and steward 80% of the Earth’s remaining biodiversity.

We honor their resilience and resistance, culture, wisdom, values, and the care of Mother Nature.

How to support originary communities?
🕊️Support indigenous causes.
🌈Respect their traditions and cosmo vision
♾️Support inclusion and sustainability policies
🗻Amplify their voices on your networks
🪻Value their art and Wisdom
🌀Create alliances of reciprocity

Photos:
Familia Turpo - Ausangate - Peru (pictures of our last pilgrimage in the sacred valley)
Nan Amalia - Guatemala
Nan Ix’kik - Guatemala
Mamá Juanita - jungle of perú
Children of south America jungle

Ps. While we didn’t have pictures of our sisters and brothers in África, middle East, and many other native nations of the world, we offer our gratitude and stand in solidarity.

Everyday is the day of all of those that care for life and Nature 🍃
Jayaya!

Love,
@ka_munay

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There are some women whose presence carries the memory of many generations.

Nan Amalia is one of them. 🌿🔥

We feel deeply grateful to call Nan Amalia a friend, a sister, and one of the wisdom keepers who has generously shared her presence and teachings with us over the years.

A Mayan wisdom keeper and member of the Iq B’alam Council of Elders, Nan Amalia carries a living relationship with the ancestral wisdom of her people; a wisdom rooted in community, ceremony, service, and deep love for life.

This Monday, August 10th, we have the privilege of welcoming her into The Rainbow Chalice Circle for a free live transmission:

✨ The Role of Women as Guardians of Wisdom & Leaders in Society ✨

At a time when our world is asking for new forms of leadership, what might we remember by listening to the women who have continued to hold wisdom across generations

What does it mean to lead from relationship rather than separation?

What is the role of women today as guardians of life, culture, community, and the wisdom we will pass to those who come after us?

This conversation feels especially close to our hearts because Nan Amalia will also be one of the Maya wisdom keepers joining us for The Rainbow Chalice, our women’s pilgrimage at Lake Atitlán this October. There, she will have the sacred role of guiding our opening Mayan Fire Ceremony; helping us root our journey in prayer, ancestry, Earth, and remembrance. 🔥

It is a true privilege for us to walk alongside her and to create spaces where her voice and wisdom can be received by more women.

We warmly invite you to sit in circle with us this Monday via zoom.

🌈 The Rainbow Chalice Circle
Monday, August 10
🕔 5:00 PM — Pacific Time (California)
🕕 6:00 PM — Guatemala
🕖 7:00 PM — Ecuador
🕗 8:00 PM — New York
🕑 2:00 AM — France (Tuesday, August 11)
🕙 10:00 AM — Sydney, Australia (Tuesday, August 11)
Live on Zoom
Free to attend

If you cannot join us live, register anyway and we will send the recording.

Come listen.
Come receive.
Come remember with us. 🌿

✨ Reserve your place through the link in our bio.

With love,
The Evolutionary Journeys Family

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The Rainbow Chalice is calling 🌈🏺

Sister, do you feel it?
A remembering is rising in the waters of Lake Atitlán.

Before we gather this October in Guatemala for our Women’s Retreat: The Rainbow Chalice, the Nanas - Mayan Wisdom Keepers - and the facilitators of this journey are opening a sacred doorway for you.

We invite you to a *FREE 4-Part Live Masterclass Series*
4 Moondays 🌙 in August | 5P PST
From the heart of ancestral wisdom, straight to your home.

These transmissions are weavings of Mayan cosmology, womb wisdom, somatic remembrance, and ceremonial artistry to prepare your body and spirit for the chalice we will hold together in October.

Meet the Nanas and Guides who will walk with us:

Aug 3 • Nan Ixkik Lopez Zabala - Guatemala
Mayan Midwife & Ajq’ik time keeper
_Womb healing and the rite of conscious conception of life and dreams_

Aug 10 • Nan Amalia Tum Xinico - Guatemala
Mayan Wisdom Keeper & Council of Elders
_The role of women as guardian wisdom keepers and leaders in society_

Aug 17 • Dorothy Morganna - Seattle, USA
Somatic Guide & Ceremonial Space Holder
_Somatic Awakening and Developing Heart Coherence_

Aug 24 • Karo Munay - Ecuador
Gestalt Psychotherapist, Ceremonialist & Artivist
_Ceremonial Artistry and Ancestral Mindfulness_

Come sit in circle with us.
Listen. Feel. Remember.

And if your heart says yes, join us in October at Lake Atitlán for the full Rainbow Chalice Women’s Retreat.

This is free. This is live.
Link in bio to register 🌹🌈

Tag a sister who’d love to join
Or might resonate with this medicine…🤍
The chalice is waiting for you.

#TheRainbowChalice #EvolutionaryJourneys #WomenRetreatGuatemala #LakeAtitlan #MayanWisdom NanasMayas WombHealing SacredFeminine AncestralWisdom WomenCircle FreeMasterclass WomenGathering

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