This is an introductory online class for those interested in testing the waters of Andean Mysticism as taught at ASC. The traditional Andean paq’os, or “shamans” live high in the mountains of Peru.They have a set of teachings, practices, and initiations unique to their environment, and an exemplary level of love and respect for one another that has served as a means of survival in these harsh conditions. Their whole world view or "Cosmovision" is based upon them. Often described as mystical in nature because they interact with the energetics of Creation directly, they focus on honing our everyday consciousness and refining our personal power to interact with these energies with the highest level of efficacy. They are truly Masters of the energetic realm.

The path of the Andean paq’o is a distinct form of “shamanism” that asks us to stay grounded and embrace our humanity, to see it as an instrument, not something to escape from or endure. Our job is to refine and hone these gifts, and to work with the personal limitations we put on ourselves, keeping us from that. We come equipped with everything we need to engage with the creative force effectively. The more aware we are of how we limit this and give out power away, the more effortless and more dynamic our exchanges become. This class is an  introductory exploration of these traditional teachings. It stands on its own as a sampler, or you can use it as a leaping point into the deeper teachings at ASC.

Content includes:

• Learn the basic energy medicine principles of the Andean paq'o (the Quechua word for shaman or priest). 
• Learn about your energetic anatomy, as taught in this tradition.
• Learn how to engage the energetic world around you.
• Learn about how to refine your 3 human powers and your paq'o capacities
• Learn about the misha (or mesa) 
• Step onto the path of honing your personal integrity, a profound journey to self mastery.

This sampler class is a basic introduction into the complex world and teachings of the Andean Cosmovision, as they have been passed down through oral tradition since before the Inka Empire. 

• You can use these tools and this perspective to enhance your every day life.
• It is a good basic introduction to the basics of Mystical Shamanism as taught at ASC. Get to know us!
• This is also a good primer for the more advanced Andean Foundation series, if you have no experience with the tradition.

Spend a day dipping your feet in the water and familiarizing yourself with the basics. See if this is a path for you!

This is a single day, three and a half hour zoom class with a small break in the middle. Please clear your schedule so you can be completely present the entire time. These are sacred teachings. Please sign up when you can devote your entire time and attention to being in the class.

2022 Dates offered: 

• January 30

• May 22 

• August 21

Time: 11:00 am-2:30 pm Central Time

Cost: $85 

Class size limited to 20

No recordings will be made, you must be able to attend.

When you sign up please indicate which of the above dates you are interested in.

This set of online classes are the foundational teachings of all the other Andean Healing Arts classes taught at ASC. They draw from the wisdom originally taught to Juan and Ivan Nuñez del Prado of Peru by their traditional Andean teachers, and from Joan Parisi Wilcox in her studies with Juan, Ivan, and the Q'ero Indians of Peru. (This material was not formerly covered in the ASC Mesa Carrier series and it is not the Four Winds material. Neither can be substituted for this as prerequsites for the more advanced classes at ASC, as this material is distinct in content.)

Juan, initially an anthropologist from Cuzco, studied under three Andean Masters in Peru and was in the last classes of the Q'ero "paq'o (Andean shaman) school" before it eventually shut down in the 1980's. Ivan is his son and a Master of the Andean tradition as well. Ivan was initiated into the lineages, along with his 30 something father, when he was the age of 7. Together, Juan and Ivan are considered two of the primary keepers of this ancient Andean wisdom in Peru. Joan Parisi Wilcox is one of their most studied students and author of The Masters of Living Energy. As such they are all deeply respected by the remaining Andean Masters and elders for keeping the traditional medicine and teachings pure and alive.

Joan Parisi Wilcox was encouraged by Juan to share these teachings in North America in 2015 after studying with him for decades. At her suggestion she generously shared them with Christina, mentored her extensively, and introduced her to don Juan and don Ivan. Christina and Joan have since met regularly with don Juan and don Ivan, going ever deeper into the nuances of this material, and they now co-teach several classes together.

Christina shares the content of these teachings in her own way from the perspective of an active healer. Her focus is to keep these traditional versions of the medicine alive as they were originally taught and to bring them through through to the western world in a language that is both poignant and effective. In addition to her wisdom from working as an energetic healer for over 20 years she draws on concepts from science and Jungian psychology to do this. This set of four weekends is her version of these ancient teachings based on her guidance from Juan, Ivan, Joan, and from her own practical wisdom.

A Path Of Spiritual Evolution

The main theme of this journey is that of increasing our levels of everyday consciousness and honing our perceptive abilities to have increased personal power, or effect, in both the energetic and material world. You can use this facility, once cultivated, however you choose. As adept paq'os (Andean shamans) we interact consciously with the Universal energies in an exchange called ayni. The energetic world responds to our level of ayni in kind, affecting our experiences in the material world. The more aware we are and the more refined our perceptions are the better our exchange with the Universe becomes. This set of eight classes will give you a practical set of skills and practices for engaging in your every day life more effectively, whatever your vocation is. 

In these AF classes you will be taught the three main tools for moving energy and we will do many different group exercises to clean, clear, and empower ourselves. Together, it is all one body of work designed to activate your true self (Inka Seed) and put it into gear. Each section (Paña, Chaupi, Llankay) focuses on a different but complementary aspect of the Andean Cosmovision. Traditionally Paq'os studied all three aspects.

In the end you will have a path for evolving your consciousness toward one of an enlightened being, one who has integrated both their darkness and their divinity. One with their feet planted firmly on the ground but also within the metaphysical. In this integration you refine your personal power, and finally your ayni. In so doing you can have more reach and engage with an increasingly larger effect on the world at large. How far you take it will be up to you... but the sky is the limit, as they say!

These four weekends serve as the foundation for your training as a paq'o in the Peruvian Andean energetic healing arts. You will learn how to create a misha (mesa), learn how to make despachos (prayer offering), and you will be introduced to and initiated into, two main lineages from the Andes, the Huaskar Lineage and the Inkari lineage. You will learn the teachings from three master fourth level paq'os don Juan studied under. You will learn about the Andean Cosmovision, many useful energy practices to use on yourself and others, and you will be introduced into the steps to take your level of everyday consciousness higher. This series is the basis, or foundation, of all our other trainings at ASC. You can take it for interest or go deeper with optional homework assignments between each class that encourage your development and take you deeper onto the path of the paq'o.

Content Includes:

• The Paña, or right side of the path. These are the teachings of Master Don Benito Qoriwaman. This is the path of knowledge and wisdom, the yachay path. It teaches us about the Andean Cosmovision and how to interact with the external energetic world. We receive initiations, learn about how to engage the energetic world, begin the journey of honing our perceptions of energy, learn the core energetic practices of this tradition, learn about despachos, and we build a misha (mesa) or medicine bundle. We spend two weekends here.
• The Chaupi, or middle path (traditional path of the Q'ero Indians). These are the teachings of Master Don Andreas Espinosa. This is the teaching of Munay, or unconditional love. This work is relational. It addresses your energetic exchanges with others. You will learn in depth about your energetic anatomy, as it is defined by the Andean systems, and your capacities. You will receive the bands of power and learn how use them to tune energy to several different frequencies as a healing practice. This is our 3rd weekend.
• The Lloq'e, or left side of the path. These are the teachings of Master Don Melchor Desa. This is the path of action or llank'ay. It is the path of going within to refine your personal power, or karpay. We will do a lot of energetic exercises in this side to help you evolve to a person of great energetic effect. This is the path of action and embodiment, of purposely working on stepping yourself up to a more evolved and effective holder of personal power. This is our fourth and final weekend.

Why would someone want to take these classes? They are based on an ancient system of self development, considered a path to enlightenment. We are all born with an Inka Seed beneath our hearts. It is ours to develop and bring into its full potential. The more conscious we are the more aware we are. The more aware we are the better we are able to hone our personal power and use it effectively.  And when we evolve we push the human collective consciousness forward. While some of you may want to use this material to lay down a foundation for being a more adept healer, this set of classes is an effective set of teachings and exercises to help anyone become more aware and effective at whatever they do!

It is strongly recommended, although not required, that if you have no experience with these teachings, you take the Introduction to Andean Mysticism online class at ASC before starting the AF training, and if you have time, read Joan Parisi Wilcox's book Masters of Living Energy. The intro class covers the basic lay of the land, familiarizes you with the basic concepts, and starts the process of becoming familiar with some of the important Quechua terminology we will be going into depth with in the AF. This path is both a shift in cultural perspective and yet also a set of universal principles. Taking the intro class and reading the book will open you up to the language and concepts of this world and to its thinking.

This series is taught as four weekend-classes spanning a period of two months. We are offering it three times this year: Winter, Summer, and Fall. Please make sure you are available for the entire weekend class period, both Saturday and Sunday, and for each of the four weekends. Your presence and participation are imperative! These are sacred teachings...

This cannot be taken by recording only, you must be present to recieve the recordiings after each weekend.

No exceptions!

New 2022 dates for the 4-weekend series: 

• Winter Series: February 12/13, February 26/27, March 12/13, 26/27

• Summer Series: June 4/5, 18/19, July 9/10, 23/24

• Fall Series: September 17/18, October 1/2, 15/16, 29/30

Time: 11:00 am-3:00 pm Central Time.

There will be 4 hours of instruction each day (with a small human comfort break midstream), initiations, and both group and partner practices. Please wait until your deck is clear to take these classes. They are cannot be done effectively while multitasking. 

Class size limited to 20.

Cost: $650 for the whole series. [Have you already taken the series? Come back for a repeat at the donation of your choice!]

When you sign up please indicate which set of the series you are signing up for, Winter or Fall.

"Who would have thought internet conference technologies developed for traditional corporate business would become the backbone for new innovative platforms for delivering high quality non-traditional education. Christina's Andean Mysticism Program is a good case in point. Classes are easy to access regardless of where you are in the world ... Hong Kong, LA, London or Maui or a small ranch in the backwaters of NE Texas. What you give up in the in person educational experiences you more than make up in convenience, cost, and quality of instruction. And even the in person aspects have found new ways to be taught and experienced through this fascinating technology. Christina's Andean Mysticism Foundation Program gets a Five Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  rating. Extraordinary program with lots of energy work woven into the instruction. For me, the best program I have ever participated in within the field commonly referred to as "shamanic teachings". This is a truer teaching comparatively, the Lamborghini of Andean indigenous teachings." GAB

This is a five part, in-person, program designed to deepen our teachings from the Andean Foundation series. The Andean foundation series IS the prerequisite! It’s a way for you to anchor all those teachings into a personal truth through application and experience. Using the symbolism of the Inka Seed growing into a grand tree of personal expression, we are going to work with the seven teqseapukuna (universal spirit guides). Each seed needs Water, Earth, Sun, Wind, the Moon, and the Divine to become a full expression of itself as a magnificent tree! 

And we will address the personal work necessary to climb the qanchispatañan (seven steps of consciousness). We will focus on the capacities of our 7 ñawis to hone our ayni, our three personal powers (Yachay, Munay, and Llankay) and to stretch into becoming the fourth level paqos we have chosen to become. Each class will be a combination of self work (ñawis and capacities), exploration of the given spirit guide itself, and ceremony to deepen our connections with it.

You must have completed the Andean Foundation series to take these classes. We work here from all of those teachings and take them deeper. No exceptions.

The Waters: Mama Unu

This is a class where we connect with Mama Unu, the universal spirit guide of the Waters, the rains, and we start working with the unconscious aspects of us affecting our atiy (the control of our impulses, reflexes, and instincts) so as to cultivate right timing, and we work with how hone those powerful forces so they are useful instead of creating hucha. We will dive into shadow work and do ceremony with the Waters to help us through our process.

The Earth: Mama Alpa 

We connect to Mama Alpa and deepen our relationship with the Earth. We work with our mishas and our attachments, kuyay (attachment). How do we engage without needing to take ownership? How do we engage when we cannot? What stories keep us in unhealthy, hucha laden forms of attachment? Let’s work with Mama Alpa to teach us through her wisdom of cycles.

The Sun: Taita Inti 

This is the place we work with bringing that Inka Seed more fully into form. We look at places where our crafted self impedes the expression of our true nature. We step more fully into kanay, to know your true self. We work with fire and Munay, as ways to burn off the crust, crack the husk, open up the seed and the heart. The Sun, the one without shadow... is akin to our heart, or sonqo, that creates no hucha. Here we hone our relationship with our Inka Seed, Sonqo and Inti Tai Tai.

The Moon and the Wind: Mama Killa and Taita Wira

The Moon teaches us of cycles and is considered the intermediary between the heavens and earth, and the Wind is a messenger. We will dig in with these spirit guides to explore beginnings and endings, limited beliefs, rimay (expression), new ways of being, and refined ways of expressing ourselves. We will connect with both spirit beings for guidance in the process.

The Divine Masculine and Feminine: Wiracocha and Pachamama

There is a time when it is important to step out of our stories from childhood and into the story that is awaiting us in adulthood. This is the place of exploring the tawantan of the Self, wholeness, the integration of the earthly with the divine, the three worlds, and who we are as empowered 4th level beings... reaching up the qanchispatañan to the 5th and beyond. How do we become taitanchis ranti? Create heaven on earth? Work with the collective? This is using our qaway, this is the paqo way, let's step into it!

Each class starts on a Friday evening and ends on Sunday. The five classes are a series you will want to commit to, an all or nothing thing, as they progress on themselves and you are creating an allyu (tribe) that weaves together by your shared experiences. Modules will be offered monthly for 5 months.

Class times are:

• Friday: 6:30- 10:00 pm
• Saturday: 10:00 am- 8:00 pm
• Sunday: 10:00 am- 1:00 pm.

Location: South West Austin Hill Country

(We are still anchoring in a place. It is currently under construction. Once complete we can confirm price and dates)

Cost: TBD (probably ~$575/module)

Dates: TBD in 2023... so get your foundation work done this year!!

Christina Allen and Joan Parisi Wilcox co-teach several classes and lead paq'o practice groups on zoom together. All of them require the Andean Foundation Series (see above) as a prerequisite. This is the three-part traditional teachings of the Paña, Chaupi, and Lloq'e necessary to do these more advanced workshops. The former ASC Mesa Carrier program and the Four WInds trainings are not equivalent! 

The Inner Tawantan:

This is a set of four classes exploring the Tawantan of Self: The Persona, Shadow, Animus and Anima, and Self. We use the lens of Jungian psychology to dive in deeply on how we are still not completely congruent with expressing the potential of our Inka Seeds, the Andean equivalent of the archetypal "Self," and as a result are still creating hucha (slow energy). After reading through informational handouts and doing some deep self inquiry pre-work on our own we come to class and discuss our discoveries. Then put our Andean Healing tools to use in moving through and processing that hucha.  Each 3 hour class is a blend of class interaction and discussion followed by a series of energetic exercises that take the pre-work into the experiential realm. 

There are two classes during 2022, and class size is limited.

Class times are 1 pm – 4 pm ET, 12 pm – 3 pm CT, with a session held every two months.

There are two class options to choose from:  

• Sundays: February 20, April 17, June 12, August 14
• Wednesdays: March 9, May 11, July 13, September 14

The cost of the course is a single nonrefundable payment of $280 USD, or if paying with foreign currency $300 USD. 

Registration: Please use the sign up form below to ensure there are still spaces available in the class you are inquiring about and to reserve your place. Please specify which class track you are interested in.

The four-part series class “Inner Tawantan” was a powerful continuation of exploration and evolution of the self. It was a privilege to have both Christina Allen and Joan Parisi Wilcox as teachers. Both are amazingly brilliant, wise, insightful, and compassionate. I found that the prework given before each class nudged me to dive deeper into the theme of the class and then allowed me to have profound insights during the guided exercises. The class gave me new tools to navigate this world through the direction of my higher self, my Inka Seed, rather than creating hucha by sourcing from old wounds and negative voices. It is as if a veil has been removed and I can clearly sense so much more now, knowing the beauty in myself and all around me. It has truly made a tremendous difference! This is an excellent class to take again!

K.V. California

Paq'o Practice Group:

We are offering a new poq'o practice group in 2022. This is a small group of AF graduates that meet once a month, for 6 months, to put the rubber to the road. We invite the group members to send in topics for discussion and then Joan and Christina create a group practice class out of your interests. These can be formally Andean, or discussions on how we would apply the Andean work to everyday concerns or even your healing practice. It is a way for you to deepen your relationship with the material learned in the Andean Foundation Series, be in community with other practicing paqos, and to put it into gear so it all works for you.

Paqo Practice Group: $180/$190 foreign currency, six classes

• Paqo Practice Group info:
• Mondays, 1 pm – 2:30 CT / 2 pm – 3:30 ET
• January 10, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 9, June 6
• A second 6 months will be available for those who wish to continue: July 11, August 8, September 12, October 3, November 14, December 5

Anyone who wants to continue after a year of classes we will invite into the 2023 Advanced Paqo Practice Group (see below)

Advanced Paq'o Practice Group:

For those of you who want to continue on with being part of a practicing paq'o community after your year of being in a paq'o practice group (see above), we have a collective group for all who want to continue on, keep plugged in to the medicine, and be part of a community of paq'os who want to work more deeply with the Andean healing Arts. This group is ongoing with a choice to renew every 6 moths.

Advanced Paqo Practice Group: $180/$190 foreign currency, six classes, six classes, 1 pm – 2:30 CT,  2 pm – 3:30 ET)

• First cycle: Fridays: January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, June 3
• Second Cycle: Fridays: July 8, August 5, September 9, October 7, November 4, December 2

When signing up below please reference which of the above class(es) you are interested in.

In the West we think of ourselves primarily as minds and bodies, but in traditional indigenous communities it is our enteric “souls” that define our experiences. Most of us have places where time has condensed around unresolved emotional issues of our past, creating energetic residue and emotional triggers that continually derail us. This generates energetic sludge that affects our overall health, and emotional blocks that keep us stuck in destructive pattering. For some these blocks have manifested themselves more deeply as disease and injury. For others we just know things are stuck or not working. Although the reason is often unclear, because we have deeply buried it, we do know we need to shift somehow.

This is where shamanic healing shines over other forms of healing. First, shamanic healing, as taught at ASC, involves learning how to hold someone safely as they journey to their innermost self. It utilizes intensive tracking skills, for locating the origin of wounds, and their resultant limited beliefs and coping mechanisms. It requires mastery of Andean energetic clearing and tuning techniques, and it also requires an understanding of how to effectively employ consciousness shifting techniques, with breath, for example, to release the fear based mind from its grip on its identification with its story. All together this is a healing modality that digs in deep and makes lasting and effective changes that change people’s lives.

• Do you have emotional triggers or limiting beliefs that take you completely off track?
• Do you have irrational fears, abundance issues, or feel "cursed"?
• Do you know something happened to you sometime in the past, something you can’t remember, and you need to heal from it before you can feel whole, but you don't know what it is, so you keep stumbling around it?
• Are you having trouble moving on from a relationship, or wanting one but not finding it? Perhaps you are in a relationship and it has issues. Perhaps you have issues with intimacy or attachment.
• Do you have an injury that will not heal, or a chronic illness?
• Do you feel blocked from your "calling" and unable to move forward into your potential?
• Do you have negative voices in your head that undermine your efforts, or make you loathe yourself?
• Do you feel plagued by chronic illnesses such as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, or others that keep you from reaching your true potential?
• Have you been diagnosed with a terminal illness that you feel may, or may not, be terminal but regardless, you need help healing your past and finally putting things to rest?
• Do you need help coming to terms with the end of your life?
• Do you feel derailed by events in your life, and like a piece of you has been lost?
• Have you suffered a trauma you cannot seem to move past?
• Do you feel like you are broken and part of you is missing?
• Do you keep having the same kind of destructive or dysfunctional relationships, over and over?
• Are you finding it difficult to take the next steps that will advance your career?
• Are you having trouble integrating the experiences of your psychedelic therapy of ceremony?
• Do you have inner children who need to be heard and helped to heal?

We all fix the things that we can on our own, but if our souls are wounded, all the affirmations, surgery, Reiki, and cognitive therapy work in the world cannot stop these dysfunctional patterns from reappearing. They are being run by unconscious programs that are sabotaging our efforts. Shamanic healing sessions are so effective because we help you shift out of your ordinary state of consciousness into one where you are more aware of your true self. All sessions start with meeting your soul and listening to where it says it is wounded. It can involve inner child work, soul retrieval, listening to your inner voices, reframing limited beliefs, intimacy and relationship work, personal power issues, working through trauma, processing dense emotions, working with boundaries, and reclamation of your power, just to name just a few. 

It is important to note that we heal in layers, for to do all this work at once would blow our circuits. At ASC we go session by session, at your pace, and at your request.

A typical session consists of roughly:

• 30 minutes listening to your story, discussion of patterns and blocks
• 50 minutes of energy clearing, tracking, paced breath work, processing, and energy realignment work
• 10 minutes for re-framing and creating a healing map to go home with

This cannot be shortened into a smaller session, as this is generally the amount of time it takes to do the work properly. Most basic issues require 1-3 sessions done over a period of several weeks; more complex problems and serious diseases may require more sessions. Clients often say that one session cleared what they hadn't been able to clear in 15 years of therapy. Because we work at the level of the soul, and not just the mind, this work not only helps you see your issues, it can remove the triggers that keep you stuck and can help you reprogram both your brain and your patterns of behavior, eventually aligning you with whole new life trajectories, in some cases.

Because we are working at the energetic, and with the unconscious, sessions are equally effective in person as they are over the phone. The important part is that you are in a safe cozy place to do the work uninterrupted. 

Cost: All sessions run roughly 60-90 minutes.

• Virtual session cost $175 each. You will be billed through PayPal or Venmo before the session begins. Zoom, Skype or FaceTime.
• In person sessions: $225

The fee for the healing work is for the healer's time and expertise. The work of Spirit is, of course, always free. 

Booking a session: Session times, in general, are at Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 1:00, 3:00, and 5:00 Central Time. Please sign up with the form below to get a list of the current available openings!

Christina looks forward to working with you!

"Thank you Christina, for your life-altering work. What we accomplished with only one meeting was far greater than I accomplished in 52 years of therapy combined! You are a blessing and a gift."

E.R., Austin, Texas

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