Ga'an: The Sacred Mountain Spirits of the Apache People
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Nana Amalia is a gifted healer, naturopath, and renowned spiritual leader of the Maya Kaqchiquel tradition. Founder of the elder council Iq’B’alm and a member of Guatemala’s commission of sacred sites, she teaches how common plants, rooted in Maya cosmovision, can heal yourself and others.
Mazatlan, Mexico | September 22nd - October 3rd, 2026
Benki Piyãko is a globally recognized political and spiritual leader of the Ashaninka People. Mentored by his grandfather Samuel Piyãko, a revered Antaviari, he shares ancestral wisdom and healing ways with the world, and has planted 3 million trees through reforestation and community work in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Ashaninka
Apiwtxa, Amônia River, Acre, Brazil
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Benki Piyãko is a globally recognized political and spiritual leader of the Ashaninka People. Mentored from a young age by his grandfather Samuel Piyãko, a revered Antaviari, a healer and messenger of the Ashaninka, Benki absorbed the profound knowledge of his people’s traditions, spirituality and medicinal plants. He is dedicated to sharing this ancestral wisdom and healing ways with the world. Benki Piyãko embarked on his journey of reforestation, community development and education at a young age within his Ashaninka community of Apiwtxa on the Amônia River in the Brazilian Amazon. Since the 1990s, Benki has collaborated with various institutions, non-profit organizations, global activists, and local indigenous and non-indigenous communities to restore degraded areas. Benki has planted 3 million trees, his work has inspired individuals and groups to strengthen their communities and build projects to protect water basins, rivers, lakes, forests, and the environment as a whole. Benki was honoured by the Brazilian government for his dedication to human rights in 2004; the Human Rights Award in Weimer, Germany in 2013; the Culture for Peace Award by the Chirac Foundation, in partnership with the Culture and Diversity Foundation in France in 2020; and the 43rd Niwano Peace Prize in Japan in 2026.
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With your membership, we will gift you an Aniwa 2026 Daily Planner as a daily companion designed to help you bring more awareness to your daily life.
Inside the Aniwa 2026 Daily Planner you will find:
Start your day with purpose. Track your intentions and align your actions with your goals.
Maintain consistency in your spiritual practice with dedicated spaces for tracking your daily progress.
Deepen your journey with guided monthly reflections and devoted space for journaling profound insights safely.
Connect with the energy of each day through the Choq’ij Maya calendar.
Sacred Gift For You
With your membership, we will gift you an Aniwa 2026 Daily Planner as a daily companion designed to help you bring more awareness to your daily life.
Inside the Aniwa 2026 Daily Planner you will find:
Start your day with purpose. Track your intentions and align your actions with your goals.
Maintain consistency in your spiritual practice with dedicated spaces for tracking your daily progress.
Deepen your journey with guided monthly reflections and devoted space for journaling profound insights safely.
Connect with the energy of each day through the Choq’ij Maya calendar.
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G.B.
Student, The Sacred Power of Sexual Energy with Mamo Kunshemaku
“What I found so fascinating was the immediate connection to Nana Amalia. Her authenticity, respect, and love she has for the plants and nature shines through in her words and way. She is a true gift and a mentor that I will forever look to for guidance.”
Sage Moffitt
Student, Heal Yourself & Others with Sacred Plants with Nana Amalia
“Watching this was such a blessing. I am so grateful to be able to see and benefit from your wisdom and all that you create in reciprocity with our sacred Pachamama. Munay winaypaq.”
Charlene Coscarelli
Student, Ancestral Healing Icaros with Maestra Inez, Laura, and Lila
“This session was an incredible opportunity to learn from a profound elder. Benki Piyako has a way of speaking that enchants everyone around him. It was great to attend live and have the ability to watch again — looking forward to more with Aniwa!”
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Student, Kamarampi (Ayahuasca) A Sacred Plant of Consciousness with Benki Piyãko
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Meredith Myers
Student, Family & Partnership Unity with Mamos & Zagas
“The Love and Truth Túpaq brings forth during these teachings are truly life-changing. If you’re thinking about doing these teachings, just do it — you won’t regret it. The deep transmissions will alter your course in life and bring you to the real Truth.”
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Maya Herrera
Student, Ga’an: The Sacred Mountain Spirits of the Apache People
“Grandmother LánéSaán Moonwalker is a gifted communicator whose love for the Tree People and dedication to tradition created a beautiful space to help us decompose the mental frameworks that hold us back from experiencing true reciprocity with Mother Earth.”
Kennah Robertson
Student, Sacred Trees: Building Reciprocal Relationships with Trees
“I could feel the Zagas deep in my heart all the way from Taiwan. The first time they started dancing, tears came streaming down my face — tears of release and tears of joy all at the same time. Thank you for all that was shared.”
Efan Chen
Student, Sacredness of the Feminine from a Zaga Perspective
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“Thank you for this incredibly precious teaching. I am seeing my world with new eyes of appreciation, gratitude, and precious empowerment of my role as caretaker and co-creator of this precious weaving. Thank you for this opportunity to walk in better relation with my world.”
Tayel Songbird
Student, Family & Partnership Unity with Mamos & Zagas
“Túpaq’s teachings are conveyed in profound simplicity — they truly are transmissions. This experience gave me a deeper understanding of the foundations of my inner being, and how I can access this space with practice. This wisdom will gratefully remain with me forever.”
Charlotte Skyla Westerlundh
Student, Manqospi Kawsay with Túpaq T'ito Kuntur
“Thank you so much for the opportunity to learn the way of Being in Alignment from this beautiful Grandmother. Soul changing.”
Deborah Goslin
Student, Sacred Trees: Building Reciprocal Relationships with Trees
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