ITINERARY
Gatherings and meetings with Jeremy Pajer & Stephanie Urbina Jones will take place throughout this program. Exact times to be announced on site. Itinerary subject to change
Welcome to Mexico
The Adventure Begins
Day 1
Welcome to Mexico. Upon arrival, you will be picked up at the airport and brought to a beautiful old-world hotel in the heart of Mexico City. There we will gather for dinner and our opening circle as we begin this sacred journey together. Your personal pilgrimage of healing, transformation, and remembrance begins the moment you arrive.
The Butterfly Sanctuary
Where Faith Takes Flight
Day 2 , early departure
As part of our Pilgrimage to the Mother, we will journey deep into the sacred mountains and forests of Mexico to witness one of the greatest miracles in all of nature—the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary.
Here, millions of monarch butterflies complete an extraordinary migration across thousands of miles, returning year after year to this one sacred place on Earth to rest, renew, recreate life, and begin again. Scientists still marvel at the mystery of how generations of butterflies—who have never made the journey before—somehow remember the way home.
And perhaps that is part of why we are being called here too.
To remember. To trust the invisible guidance within us. To believe in something greater than fear.
To witness the divine orchestration and intelligence woven into all of life.
Together, we will ride horseback up the mountain paths through the ancient forest, ascending slowly toward the sanctuary in reverence and awe. The journey itself becomes part of the initiation—a pilgrimage into the heart of nature and the miraculous beauty of creation.
As we arrive among the butterflies, we become witnesses to the profound perfection of Mother Nature.
Explore the Mountain Town
Day 2
We will explore a charming mountain town near the monarch butterfly sanctuary, where we’ll check into our hotel and settle in together. The afternoon is for wandering cobblestone streets, shopping, playing, and enjoying one another’s company. We’ll close the day sharing a beautiful dinner, deepening connection and presence together.
The Forest of Remembrance
Listening for the Mother’s Whisper
Day 3
Hidden deep within the ancient pine and cypress forests just outside of Mexico City lies the mystical former monastery known as Desierto de los Leones — a place where silence, nature, history, and spirit seem to meet between worlds.
Built in the early 1600s by Carmelite monks seeking solitude and communion with the divine, this ancient monastery surrounded by towering old-growth forest, mist-covered trails, stone archways, hidden chapels, and sacred silence, the monastery became a sanctuary devoted to contemplation, meditation, and spiritual awakening. It has long been a place where seekers came to listen more deeply… to God, to nature, and to the truth within themselves.
This is a day devoted to listening. Listening to the wind through the trees… to the wisdom carried by the earth… to the ache of the heart… and to the quiet whisper of the Divine Mother calling us home to ourselves.
As we walk the forest paths and sacred stone corridors of Desierto de los Leones, we are invited to release the noise of the modern world and remember our belonging to something ancient, holy, and alive.
In the stillness, intuition awakens. Grief softens. Prayer deepens.
And the soul begins to remember its own voice again.
This is not simply a visit to a convent in the woods.
It is an initiation into presence, devotion, and sacred listening.
A return to the Mother. A return to the heart. A return to ourselves.
The energy of the forest surrounding the convent feels alive and timeless. Birds echo through the trees. Fog drifts between the mountain paths. The silence itself becomes part of the experience. Many describe the monastery as feeling suspended between heaven and earth—a place where the soul naturally softens, reflects, and remembers.
Because somewhere in the quiet of the forest… beneath the ancient trees and stone corridors… something inside begins to awaken again.
The Dreaming House
Day 3
Tucked behind ancient stone walls in the village of San Sebastián Xolalpan—just steps from the sacred pyramids of Teotihuacan—lies the enchanting boutique sanctuary The Dreaming House. More than a hotel, it feels like a living portal between worlds… a place where artistry, spirituality, history, and transformation all converge.
The Dreaming House is filled with colorful Mexican architecture, handcrafted furnishings, lush gardens, labyrinth paths, rooftop terraces, sacred gathering spaces, and sweeping views of the pyramids themselves. Each room is uniquely designed with the soul of old Mexico—blending indigenous artistry, warmth, comfort, and creativity. Modern conveniences are thoughtfully included, while the noise and overstimulation of modern life are intentionally left behind.
Guests often describe the atmosphere as peaceful, mystical, and deeply restorative. Birds sing through the gardens. Morning coffee is served overlooking ancient landscapes. Evenings invite reflection beneath the stars beside the energy of one of the most sacred ceremonial cities in the world. The hotel’s yoga room, teaching salon, outdoor terraces, and ceremonial gathering areas create an ideal setting for retreats, healing journeys, spiritual immersions, and creative awakening.
What makes The Dreaming House especially transformational is its proximity to Teotihuacan itself—often translated as “the place where humans awaken to their divinity.” The energy of the pyramids, the Avenue of the Dead, and the surrounding sacred sites seem to permeate the entire property. Visitors come not only to rest, but to remember… to reconnect to intuition, purpose, spirit, creativity, and a deeper sense of self.
The experience is intimate rather than commercialized. Meals are often communal and rooted in traditional Mexican flavors. The gardens and courtyards invite deep conversations, ceremony, silence, laughter, and transformation. It is the kind of place where time softens… where dreams become clearer… and where many leave feeling profoundly changed by both the land and the experience itself. This sacred sanctuary will hold and feed as we seek the wisdom, love and divine connection with the mother.
The Sacred City of the Gods
Day 4
Sacred Ceremony at the Pyramids of Teotihuacan
Ancient Wisdom & Divine Feminine Awakening
Waking early in the morning, after breakfast and coffee beneath the Mexican sky, we will watch the hot air balloons rise gently over the ancient valley of Teotihuacan—floating like prayers above the pyramids as the sun awakens the sacred land.
From there, we will make our way into the ancient ceremonial city known as Teotihuacan—“the place where divinity returns.” A place where seekers, mystics, and pilgrims have walked for thousands of years in search of transformation, wisdom, and remembrance.
Together, we will take the leap of faith into the mouth of the Feathered Serpent… offering our intentions, our fears, our prayers, and our becoming to this sacred journey.
We will walk slowly down the Avenue of the Dead—not as tourists, but as pilgrims. With every step, we walk our prayers. We honor what is ready to be seen… felt… witnessed… digested… surrendered… and transformed.
This ancient city becomes a mirror for the soul.
And as we emerge before the Pyramid of the Moon—said to represent the sacred womb of the Great Mother—we enter into a deeper remembrance of the Divine Feminine… the great mystery of creation, intuition, compassion, life, death, rebirth, and love itself.
There, standing in the presence of this sacred feminine energy, we open ourselves to rebirth.
A new heart. A clearer vision. A deeper trust. A more awakened intention for the life we are here to live.
And from that place, we continue forward… walking our prayers with the Mother… allowing the sacred earth beneath our feet to guide us home to ourselves.
Toltec Sacred Journey Breathwork
Breathing With the Mother
Day 4
Later in the afternoon we will enter into a powerful Toltec Sacred Journey Breathwork experience—a ceremonial journey inward through the breath, into the heart, the body, the spirit, and the living presence of the Divine Mother within us all.
In many ancient traditions, breath is understood as life force itself. The sacred inhale and exhale…the invisible bridge between the physical and the spiritual…between humanity and the divine.
Through intentional breath, music, prayer, presence, and guided inner journeying, we begin to soften the noise of the outside world and open ourselves to a deeper remembering.
A remembering that we are not separate from life. Not separate from love. Not separate from the Mother.
As we breathe together, we breathe with the Earth. With the rhythm of creation itself. With the same sacred breath that moves through the trees, the oceans, the butterflies, the wind, and every living thing.
This experience invites us to breathe into the Mother… to hear her call… to feel her presence moving through our hearts, bodies, memories, grief, joy, longing, and awakening.
With each breath, we open to deeper connection. Deeper trust. Deeper surrender. The breath becomes a pathway back home to ourselves.
Many experience profound emotional release, healing, insight, forgiveness, clarity, peace, and renewed life force during this sacred process. Hidden emotions may rise to be honored. Old stories may soften. Inner wisdom may awaken.
And somewhere in the breathing, something beautiful begins to happen…
We stop searching for the Divine Mother outside ourselves and begin to realize that her love, wisdom, creativity, compassion, and life force have always been alive within us.
Not separate. But becoming. Becoming more embodied. More awakened. More loving. More whole.
This is more than breathwork. It is communion.
A sacred remembering that the Mother is not only around us…she is breathing through us. And through that breath, we remember who we truly are.
The Temazcal Ceremony
Entering the Sacred Womb of the Mother
Day 5
On Day Five of our pilgrimage, we will journey just outside the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan to experience one of the oldest sacred prayer and purification ceremonies in the Americas—the Temazcal.
This ancient indigenous ceremony is said to represent the womb of Mother Earth herself.
For thousands of years, people have entered this sacred space seeking healing, renewal, clarity, forgiveness, purification, and rebirth. Guided by an indigenous elder, we as pilgrims will gather with our prayers, flowers, copal incense, songs, and intentions as we prepare to enter the sacred womb together.
One by one, we will bow low and crawl into the darkened dome of the Temazcal—symbolically returning to the womb of the Great Mother.
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Inside, surrounded by heat, steam, prayer, earth, fire, water, and song, we will be invited to release whatever keeps us separated from our truest selves…
fear…grief…shame…old stories…limitations…and anything standing in the way of fully activating our own love and truth.
This is not merely ceremony. It is remembrance. A remembering that healing happens in community. That prayer has power. That the Earth herself holds us.
Together we will sing. Raise our voices. Open our hearts. And offer our prayers into the fire in joyful communion with life itself.
As the steam rises and the songs echo through the sacred chamber, we prepare ourselves for the deeper walk still to come in the days ahead.
Calling in prayers not only for ourselves…but for our loved ones…our ancestors…our children…our communities…and for the healing and rebirth of the world itself.
And when we emerge from the Temazcal, we do so symbolically reborn, cleansed, softened, opened, and more deeply connected to the sacred rhythm of life, the Earth, and the Mother who continues to guide us home.
Sacred Preparation
Building the Prayer Bundles
Day 5
This will be a powerful and intentional day of going inward in preparation for the sacred journey ahead. As we slow down and gather ourselves, we will also recount the miraculous story of Juan Diego and the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe—a story of humility, faith, devotion, and the extraordinary power of believing with the heart of a child.
Juan Diego was not a priest, a king, or a powerful man. He was simple. Humble. Open-hearted. And yet it was to him that the Mother appeared. His willingness to listen…to trust…to keep walking despite doubt…
becomes part of the inspiration and fuel for our own faith as pilgrims preparing to walk toward the Basilica of Guadalupe.
After days of ceremony, prayer, remembrance, purification, and awakening, we will pause… slow down… and gather our energy before continuing onward on our sacred pilgrimage.
This is a day devoted to preparation.
Together, we will begin creating our prayer bundles—sacred offerings filled with prayers, intentions, memories, hopes, grief, gratitude, and blessings for ourselves, our loved ones, and the world. These bundles will become symbolic companions we carry with us on the pilgrimage… physical reminders of what we are praying for, surrendering, honoring, and calling into our lives.
This day invites us into sacred silence and deeper inner awareness. A time for listening, reflecting, writing, praying, breathing, remembering.
We will nourish ourselves gently, allowing the body, heart, mind, and spirit to replenish and restore. Like pilgrims preparing for an ancient journey, we honor the importance of stillness before movement… of silence before prayer becomes action.
As we prepare for the road ahead, we begin to feel the deeper meaning of pilgrimage itself—not simply traveling somewhere outwardly, but becoming more present inwardly. Like Juan Diego, we are invited to walk with faith…to trust what we cannot yet fully see…and to believe that the Mother still speaks through miracles, love, nature, and the human heart.
By the end of the day, each pilgrim will carry not only a prayer bundle in their hands… but a clearer awareness of what they are truly walking for.
And in that quiet preparation, the journey to the Mother deepens once again.
The Pilgrimage
Walking Our Prayers to the Mother
Day 6
In the wee hours of the morning, in the sacred quiet between the moon and the rising sun, we will awaken and begin our pilgrimage—the great walk of prayer from the sacred pyramids of Teotihuacan to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Step by step, in the stillness of the night, our group will begin walking together through the ancient land with our prayer bundles, intentions, hopes, griefs, gratitude, and dreams carried close to our hearts.
At first, it will be only us…walking in silence beneath the stars…listening to our footsteps…our breath…the rhythm of prayer moving through the darkness before dawn.
And as the morning unfolds and we begin entering the outskirts of Mexico City, something extraordinary begins to happen.
We join the sea of souls.
Thousands upon thousands of pilgrims from all walks of life moving together toward the Mother—each carrying prayers, candles, photographs, flowers, memories, heartbreak, gratitude, miracles, and faith.
Some walk in silence. Some sing. Some cry.
Some laugh. Some walk for healing. Some for thanksgiving.
Some for those they love. Some because they promised they would if a miracle came true.
And suddenly we realize…we are not walking alone.
We are part of something ancient. Something living. Something deeply human and holy.
As we walk, we will be lovingly supported by our own pilgrimage van and support team along the route. If anyone needs rest, nourishment, water, encouragement, or additional support, you will never be abandoned.
This pilgrimage is not about perfection. It is not about performance.
It is about the sincerity of your heart’s intention.
Every step becomes prayer. Every blister becomes offering. Every breath becomes devotion.
And finally, after miles of walking, praying, remembering, and surrendering… we will arrive at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Together, we will make our way into the Basilica and pass beneath the sacred Tilma of Juan Diego—the miraculous image of the Mother that has called pilgrims home for generations.
And there, beneath her gaze, something comes full circle.
The revolution of the heart.
The journey of faith.
The prayers we carried.
The healing we sought.
The love we remembered.
Not arriving as the same people who began the walk…but transformed by the pilgrimage itself.
Because somewhere along the road, we remembered: the Mother was walking with us the entire way.
Feast Day of the Mother
Sacred Celebration of Life
Day 7
After the long walk… after the prayers…after the silence, the songs, the tears, the remembering, and the transformation…we will gather together once again to honor the journey, the Mother, and one another.
December 12—the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe—is one of the most sacred and celebrated days in all of Mexico. A day when millions gather in devotion, gratitude, music, prayer, and celebration to honor the presence of the Divine Mother and the miracles of love, faith, and belonging she represents.
And on this holy feast day, we too will come together in sacred celebration.
A day to rest in the sweetness of all we have shared… all we have carried…all we have witnessed…and all we have become.
Together, we will feast. Laugh. Reflect. Sing. Dance. Pray. And celebrate life itself.
This is a day of communion. A day of gratitude. A day of honoring the courage it took to say yes to the pilgrimage.
We will honor the prayers that were spoken…
the burdens laid down…
the miracles revealed…
the friendships formed…
the hearts softened…
and the love awakened along the way.
Because pilgrimage changes us.
Not always loudly.
Not always instantly.
But deeply.
And somewhere between the pyramids, the forest, the butterflies, the Temazcal, the sacred walk, and the Basilica… something inside us was reborn.
On this feast day, we gather not only as travelers who completed a journey…
but as pilgrims who allowed the journey to transform us.
And together, in sacred celebration of life, love, faith, and the Great Mother, we bring the pilgrimage full circle.
With grateful hearts.
With joyful spirits.
And with a deeper knowing that miracles are not rare…
They are woven into life itself.
Closing Circle and Dreaming House Family Goodbye
Day 7
We will gather in closing circle to honor the lessons, medicine, and gifts of the Mother, with a heartfelt send-off from the Dreaming House family.
Returning Home or Playful Joyous Extension to Las Grutas de Tolantongo
Day 8
Those who choose to return home will travel back to airport after breakfast.
For those who feel called to continue the journey, Day eight offers an optional sacred and playful extension into the breathtaking mountains of Mexico to the legendary healing waters of Las Grutas de Tolantongo
Hidden deep within the canyon walls and sacred landscape of the Hidalgo mountains, these steaming mineral-rich waters flow from the Earth herself—warm, healing, wild, and otherworldly. Surrounded by dramatic cliffs, caves, rivers, waterfalls, and endless sky, this place feels less like a destination and more like stepping into a dream woven by the Great Mother.
After days of pilgrimage, prayer, ceremony, walking, reflection, and transformation, we arrive here to soften…to restore…to play…to receive.
Immersing ourselves into the warm healing baths, it almost feels as though we are re-entering the womb of the Mother herself—held by the sacred mountains, nourished by the waters of the Earth, and invited into deep restoration of body, heart, mind, and spirit.
All Are Welcome at the Mother’s Table
Even if you choose not to walk
We lovingly acknowledge that there may be some of you who feel deeply called to join us on this sacred journey, yet may not feel called—or physically able—to walk the full pilgrimage itself.
Please know: you are still welcome.
This pilgrimage is not measured by miles walked, but by the sincerity of the heart.
We warmly invite you to come and participate in the way that feels most aligned for you. You may join us in prayer, ceremony, reflection, community, sacred witnessing, and presence. During the pilgrimage walk itself, you are welcome to remain in prayer vigil within the Mother’s sanctuary at The Dreaming House, holding spiritual communion with the group as we journey forward carrying all of our prayers together.
Your presence matters.
Your prayers matter.
Your participation is deeply valued and appreciated equally.
We honor that there are many ways to walk a pilgrimage.
Some walk with their feet.
Some walk with their hearts.
Some walk through prayer, devotion, silence, love, and sacred presence.
All are welcome at the Mother’s table.
So if you feel called, do not hesitate to join us.
Together, we honor all forms of prayer…
all forms of devotion…
and all sincere paths that lead us back to the Mother, to one another, and to the sacredness of life itself.