Despacho Medicine Wheel Ceremony
A Gateway Altar to the Spirit of Mount Shasta
Opening the doorway for Gratitude, Balance, and Renewal, this Medicine Wheel Despacho is more than a ritual—it is a living altar, a sacred prayer woven from your intentions, offerings, and dreams. Born of two great traditions—the Andean Despacho and the North American Medicine Wheel—and guided by the ancestral spirit of this mountain and river, this ceremony is a bridge: between your heart and the living presence of Mount Shasta.
Release old pain
Clarify your next steps
Amplify your spiritual path
This sacred Despacho ceremony offers a threshold: a place to let go, call in, and honor the sacred relationship between you and the Mountain.
Every person comes to Mount Shasta for a reason.
For some, it’s clear. For others, it’s a feeling they can’t explain—a pull from something greater. Wherever you are on your path, this ceremony opens a threshold. Here’s how it may speak to you:
• For the Seeker of Healing and Renewal
If you’re carrying grief, heartbreak, or old patterns you’re ready to release… if you’ve been walking through uncertainty and long to find clarity, or simply feel the need for a deeper connection to your true self—this ceremony offers a place to lay it all down. Here, you can wash away what no longer serves and open the way to vision, love, and a renewed sense of purpose.
• For the Spiritually Awake and Aligned
If you are already walking a conscious path and feel called to Mount Shasta for a higher connection—this is where that connection deepens. Together, we’ll honor the Spirit of the Mountain, call in its guardians, and open space for vision and expansion. This is an authentic, reverent way to experience Mount Shasta’s sacred places with a guide who will walk beside you, honoring your path and holding the ceremony that amplifies your spiritual purpose.
• For Those Who Carry the Native Soul
If you resonate with ancestral ways—whether through lineage or heart—and seek to honor the land and its spirit in a good way, this ceremony offers that space. We’ll call in the wisdom keepers, the ancestors, and the living presence of Mount Shasta as we create a prayer bundle together. This is more than a personal ceremony—it is an offering of respect and reciprocity to the Mountain and the spirits who still walk here.
Reserve a Private Ceremony -
for individuals, private groups,
or adjunct to your group retreat.
Join a Public Ceremony -
Scroll down to see our Summer public dates.
The Ceremony Experience
Each prayer and gift you bring is placed with intention on a vibrant altar of natural elements, creating a bundle of gratitude, healing, and vision. At the close, this bundle is carried to a sacred place on the mountain and buried—rooting your prayers here for all time. Wherever you journey in life, this gift remains a thread that ties you to the spirit of Mount Shasta.
This offering is not a re-creation of tradition but a weaving of what has been entrusted to me to carry for over 15 years—through teachings from Andean priests and Native elders—with what is arising now, for you, in this moment. It is a prayer for renewal, a call to vision, and a doorway into your own soul’s unfolding.
Origins of This Medicine Wheel Ceremony:
After 15 years of learning the teachings of the Medicine Wheel under three Indigenous medicine men, instructing me on how to adopt them into my life and work as a teacher and transformational life coach, and then in 2009 being taught and commissioned by Andean priests to carry the Despacho ceremony, I was called to unite them. This union is the prophecy of Eagle and Condor—a weaving of two medicines into one ceremony of reciprocity, harmony, and transformation.
What Is the Medicine Wheel?
If you are new to the Medicine Wheel, it is a sacred map for living in balance—a model carried by Indigenous peoples of North America for countless generations. The Lakota Wheel I teach, combined with years of guidance from Native elders, offers profound insight into the cycles of life and the geometry of consciousness.
In this 4-hour ceremony, I will guide you through the Wheel, sharing teachings from each direction and inviting you to bring those insights into your own life.
Mount Shasta Medicine Wheel Despacho Ceremony
How to Reserve or Join One...
Private Rituals for Individuals, Group Retreats
For those seeking a deeply personal experience, I offer private or small-group Despacho Medicine Wheel ceremonies in the sacred spaces of Mount Shasta. Each ceremony is customized to your intention and may include Medicine Wheel teachings, prayer, and a sacred fire or river offering.
For Individuals - this is a profound and monumental altar time reflecting on the great medicine wheel of your personal life, where we take special time to honor all of the important times and areas of your life, the things you are now working through, and calling in the answers to prayers with the Great Spirit, mountain and ancestors you are asking them to bring. A true healing, vision, and rebirthing time.
For Groups - as stated above, with a little more attention to the cohesion of the group, and honoring the theme of your retreat.
Booking Details:
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Half-Day: $555 (a 4-hour altar ceremony at the River)
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Full-Day: $1,000 (where we extend our ceremony to bury the gift bundle together)
Available for individuals, couples, or groups.
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Option 2:
Join One of Our Public Ceremonies
Held Throughout the Summer
Just like the private group ceremonies, while you meet and share with others from our community, or from all over the world.
Public Despacho Dates for August & September
Each one is Limited to 12** people, so book early!
All public-help ceremonies start at 9am at the Sacramento River
**Space is limited to 12 participants for each ceremony. These gatherings often fill quickly—especially during the Lion’s Gate portal. Reserve your spot now and step into this sacred experience of renewal and connection.
Interested in a different date? Contact me for a private Despacho Ceremony 503-679-2165
What Happens in the Ceremony:
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Opening circle and intention setting
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Guided creation of the Despacho offering
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Medicine Wheel teachings, direction by direction
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Blessing, energy alignment, and prayers
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Closing with a fire or river release
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The gift bundle is buried in the presence of the mountain as a secret cache of gifts and prayers, remaining as your gift laid on or near the mountain for all time.
How to Prepare:
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Reflect on what you’re releasing and inviting in
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Bring small symbolic items (stone, feather, photo, thread)
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Dress for the elements; bring water and snacks
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Download this Guide below to Prepare for Your Ceremony:
Learn more about the Despacho and 4-Directions, Setting Intentions, Gifts for the Altar.
Your experience begins before you arrive. Download the preparation guide for everything you need to know.