About
🦅 Condor Eagle Retreat
A Journey of Cleansing, Prayer & Transformation
24–25 July Berkeley Farm
Hosted by Inti & Waira House
The Condor Eagle Retreat is a two-day ceremonial experience inspired by the ancestral traditions of the North and South of the Americas. Through Sweat Lodge, sacred fire, prayer, music, sound, silence, and nature, we create a space to release what no longer serves us and reconnect with our true essence.
This retreat is open to anyone seeking healing, clarity, spiritual growth, and a deeper relationship with themselves, nature, and community.
Book a Free Initial Conversation
If you would like to learn more about the Condor Eagle Retreat, we invite you to book a free initial conversation with us.
This is an opportunity to ask questions, understand what to expect, and explore whether this retreat is the right path for you.
The retreat may support you in:
🌿 Detox and cleansing
❤️ Emotional healing
🔥 Releasing heavy energies and limiting patterns
🌎 Reconnecting with nature and your authentic self
🕊️ Finding clarity and direction
💚 Strengthening your prayer and personal purpose
🌱 Supporting recovery from addictive behaviours and unhealthy habits
🤝 Building a deeper connection with yourself, your community, and the natural world
✨ Remembering who you truly are
Every person's journey is unique. We are happy to answer your questions and help you decide whether this experience is aligned with your needs.
To arrange a conversation, please contact us:
📧 contact@intiandwairahouse.com
We look forward to connecting with you and welcoming you around the fire. 🔥🍃
Day One – Friday 24 July
Night Sweat Lodge – Rebirth Through the Four Elements
Our journey begins around the sacred fire before entering the Sweat Lodge, an ancient purification ceremony representing the womb of Mother Earth.
Working with the four elements—Earth, Water, Fire and Air—we reconnect with the natural forces that live both within us and around us. Through prayer, heat, steam, song and silence, we seek balance between body, mind and spirit.
The Sweat Lodge also offers an opportunity to honour our ancestors, recognise the gifts and challenges of our family lineage, and bring harmony to the relationship with those who came before us.
As we move through the ceremony we work with Atlachinolli, the sacred union of Fire and Water, symbolising transformation and the transmutation of heavy emotions, limiting beliefs and stagnant energy. The intention is to leave behind what no longer belongs to us and emerge renewed.
The ceremony concludes with gratitude to Mother Earth, the giver of life, planting strong prayers for self-love, healthy boundaries and the life we wish to create.
🌿 Retreat Programme
Arrival – 7:00 pm
Please arrive between 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
We kindly ask that you eat as lightly as possible before arriving, as this will help you prepare physically and mentally for the Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
8:00 pm – Opening the Sacred Space
We will gather around the fire to open the ceremonial space.
Together we will:
Light the sacred fire.
Place the stones into the fire to begin heating them for the Sweat Lodge.
Light our tobacco and offer our prayers.
Hold our water prayer, setting our intentions for the night and giving thanks to Mother Earth and all our relations.
10:00 pm – Sweat Lodge Ceremony
We will enter the Sweat Lodge, an ancient purification ceremony where we work with the four elements through prayer, song, silence and the heat of the stones.
This is an opportunity to release what no longer serves us, reconnect with ourselves, and honour our prayers.
12:00 am – Closing
The Sweat Lodge ceremony will finish at approximately midnight.
Afterwards, we will gather to share fresh fruit and herbal tea, allowing time to rest, reflect and gently return from the ceremony.
🌿 Day Two – Saturday 25 July
Sacred Fire Ceremony – Walking Through the Darkness Towards the Light
Our second night is dedicated to the traditions of the South, where the sacred fire becomes our guide through the darkness.
Around the fire we learn about the respectful use of sacred plants, particularly tobacco, as an offering and prayer to connect with the Great Mystery.
Throughout the night we embrace silence, reflection and music while exploring the symbolic journey from darkness into light. This is an invitation to meet our shadow with compassion, soften the ego and reconnect with our deepest truth.
Inspired by the wisdom of Indigenous traditions from Colombia and the Amazon rainforest, the ceremony offers space for both personal and collective healing.
As dawn approaches we welcome the first rays of the sun with gratitude, celebrating a new beginning and carrying forward our prayers with clarity, hope and purpose.
🌿 Retreat Programme – Day 2
10:00 am – Morning Water & Tobacco Prayer
We begin the day by gathering for our morning water and tobacco prayer, giving thanks for the new day and offering our prayers with gratitude and intention.
Afterwards, we will share fresh fruit together as a community, breaking our silence gently and nourishing ourselves in preparation for the day ahead.
11:00 am – Integration Circle
We will come together for a group integration and sharing circle, reflecting on our experiences from the Sweat Lodge the previous night.
This is an opportunity to listen deeply, share what arose during the ceremony if you wish, and begin preparing ourselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually for the Fire Ceremony later that evening.
1:00 pm – Fruit & Tea
We will gather once again to enjoy fresh fruit and herbal tea together before the afternoon activities.
3:00 pm – Grounding Through Service
As part of our integration, we will spend some time offering our hands in service to the land.
Activities may include:
Preparing compost for the planting beds.
Helping with small tasks around the farm.
Connecting with nature through simple physical work.
This is an opportunity to ground ourselves after the ceremonies, reconnect with the Earth, and give something back to the land that is holding us throughout the retreat.
6:00 pm – Songs & Music Around the Fire
We will gather once again to learn and practise some of the traditional songs that will accompany the night's ceremony.
There will also be an opportunity to practise drumming and playing the rattle together, helping us prepare as one community before entering ceremony.
Rest & Personal Time
After the music session, there will be time to rest, reflect, journal, or simply enjoy the peaceful surroundings before preparing for the night's ceremony.
9:00 pm – Preparing for Ceremony
We will begin preparing ourselves in silence and with intention before entering the ceremonial space.
10:00 pm – Sacred Fire Ceremony
Our overnight Sacred Fire Ceremony will begin at 10:00 pm and continue throughout the night until approximately 6:00 am on Sunday morning.
Throughout the night, we will pray, sing, share teachings, sit with the fire, and embrace both silence and music as we journey together into the dawn.
🌅 Sunday Morning
9:00 am – Breaking the Fast Together
We will gather to break our fast together, sharing breakfast as a community.
During the meal, there will be space for reflection, conversation, and sharing our experiences from the Fire Ceremony.
🌿 Integration & Individual Support
Participants are warmly invited to stay until Monday if possible. Taking extra time after such deep ceremonial work can greatly support the integration process, allowing space to rest, reflect, and gently return to everyday life.
Throughout Sunday, we will also be available for individual conversations with anyone who would like additional support, guidance, or the opportunity to talk through their experience in confidence.
We strongly encourage those who can to remain until Monday, giving themselves the gift of extra time to fully process and integrate the teachings, insights, and healing received during the retreat.
We thank you for walking this journey with us and look forward to sharing these sacred days together around the fire. 🔥🌿
🌿 About the Facilitator
The retreat is held by the Inti & Waira House team, led by Rafa Semilla, a ceremonial facilitator and percussionist with over fifteen years of experience working with Indigenous traditions, music, prayer, sound and community wellbeing.
Rafa's work combines ancestral teachings from Latin America with music, nature and ceremony, creating safe and respectful spaces for personal transformation, healing and cultural exchange.
🔥 An Invitation
Whether you are joining your first ceremony or returning to deepen your path, the Condor Eagle Retreat offers an opportunity to pause, reconnect with nature, honour your ancestors, and walk together from darkness into light.
We look forward to welcoming you around the fire. 🔥🌿