Vive Yoga Naturaleza
ADVENTURES & WELLNESS
Gracias Pachamama
To live with empathy, respect, harmony, and love.
Something that, in today’s society, is often forgotten — a world that sometimes pushes us in the complete opposite direction. I’ve lived it, and I’ve seen it up close.
That imbalance was what led me —almost instinctively— to search for other ways of living. And it was in Mother Nature where I found refuge.
She revealed a truth that had always been there, but that I couldn’t see through all the noise. That’s how this journey began… And today I ask myself: When did we drift so far from Nature? Can we heal the harm we’ve caused her — and the harm we cause each other?
I believe we can.
The answer lies within each of us. It all depends on oneself. No one can walk this path for you. And when we accept our responsibility —our part— that’s where true change begins.
A little about how I got here
Since I was a child, I loved art, music, and sports. I never went to university — I preferred to explore different paths: graphic design at first, then culinary arts. I worked as a chef for almost eight years, both in Peru and abroad. Although I achieved a certain level of material success, something was missing… What’s the point of all that, if you feel life is slipping away
and you’re losing your peace?
It was the ocean and surfing that connected me with nature. In those moments of silence and solitude in the cold Pacific waters — sometimes surrounded by sea lions and dolphins —
deep questions began to arise: Who am I? What am I doing here? What is this life for?
I was searching for answers, sometimes out of rebellion, other times just trying to escape.
In 2005, while working in the Amazon, I encountered the mother of the master plants — Ayahuasca. Those first ceremonies changed my life. They showed me that there is a deeper, more authentic path, and that the greatest work is the one we do within. That’s when a journey began — one that has never stopped.
After years of working as a chef, with my physical and emotional health weakened, I decided to let everything go. Afraid, yet full of faith, I left my profession. I returned to the ocean, and later to the jungle. I trusted — and the signs guided me to Cusco, a place that feels like I’ve lived many lives before. There, I became a rafting guide, and later a trekking guide, living outdoors, exploring, and meeting people from all around the world. That time felt like a dream becoming real —
not always easy, but deeply meaningful, filling my days with a profound and simple joy. It was also during that time that I came to understand the fine line between life and death —
a dynamic of existence over which we have no control.
One day, by “chance” — the same week I began my river training — I stepped into my first yoga class. It was challenging for my restless mind, but at the end of the session, I could feel the shift within. From then on, I began to attend regularly after my river days, and years later, I trained to become a yoga teacher — never imagining that one day I’d share this practice with others.
I also continued to work with master plants — through dietas, fasting, and silent retreats demanding but deeply transformative processes. Those years in the forest gifted me
a glimpse into the mystical side of existence, and I am eternally grateful for all that I saw and lived there.
I also continued to work with master plants through dietas, fasting, and silent retreats —
demanding but deeply transformative processes. Those years in the forest gifted me
a glimpse into the mystical side of existence, and I am eternally grateful for all that I saw and lived there.
I share what has helped me heal: yoga, nature, surfing, sacred walks, master plants, and retreats.
Because I believe it’s time to return to the essential, to the simple — to the Earth, to the soul, to conscious breathing, to the sacred.
This journey isn’t over — I know there’s still much to walk but today, my heart tells me: share.
Because we are alive, and life is about that… leaving something beautiful, true, and meaningful for the world.
¨If you’re reading this, you might also feel that whisper of the soul… That silent calling that comes from the ocean, the wind, the jungle. You’re not lost — you’re simply remembering. Your path is sacred, even when it hurts. Trust your heartbeat, your steps, your intuition. You didn’t come here just to survive…
you came here to bloom. And if you fall — rise again! Return to the river, to the mountain, to your inner fire. There you will always find your truth, waiting for you.¨
OM GURAVE NAMAHA
¨I honor and thank my first teachers (my parents)
and to all my teachers, every person and experience that
I cross my path to teach me how to find
to my inner Maestro.¨