Join us for a journey of
Nine Gates of Xibalba
The Medicine Woman’s Rite of Passage
A 9-Month Online Immersion into Ancestral Healing - Soul Remembrance, through Mayan Cosmology walking the Path of the Medicine Woman.
Come as you are
- Receive - Remember - reclaim
A nine-month journey woven with lunar wisdom—each moon phase opening a portal into deeper layers of your medicine.
Step into the sacred path of the Medicine Woman, where ancestral wisdom meets embodied transformation.
Nine Gates of Xibalba is a deep initiation into ancestral healing, walking along with your shadow, and sacred plant medicine, guiding you through the mystical underworld of Xibalba and into your highest embodiment.
Nine Gates over Nine Months
Over 9 months, we will walk together, weaving the teachings of the unseen world, discovering our unseen parts, bridging our hearts through ancient Mayan wisdom, the sacred texts of Popol Vuh, plant medicine, womb healing, ceremonial work, and the alchemy of transformation.
This is an embodied Medicine women path.
The one who knows her medicine power, her truth, stands by it and holds herself strongly with the line of ancestry beside.
Rooted in ancient cosmology and sacred feminine wisdom, this journey is a spiral of remembrance.
It is a return — not only to the ancestral bloodlines that birthed us —
but to the myths, memories, and invisible forces that shape our inner and outer worlds.
Through the sacred guidance of the elements, we return to what has always been within — tending the flame of the spirit-self that has endured beneath layers of silence, story, and time.
Together we tend to the ancestral altar — not just by honouring the dead, but by entering a state of living remembrance: unweaving inherited patterns, releasing silent agreements, and reclaiming the exiled parts of ourselves still echoing in the shadows of memory.
Descent Into the Mythic Realms
This is not “shadow work” in the modern sense —
this is a sacred descent into the womb of the Earth,
a place where your body becomes a temple of remembering.
Walking through the sacred caves of Xibalba,
we trace the stories of the Popol Vuh,
and study the 20 Nawales and the 13 sacred numbers that live in our bones.
“These ancient stories are more than teachings — they are gateways to your ancestral memory and soul’s purpose.”
The Path of the Medicine Woman
You walk the path of the Medicine Woman —
the one who remembers her Spirit.
The one who walks between the seen and the unseen.
Between what has been forgotten and what is now being reclaimed.
Through cacao, plant allies, womb rituals, song, and prayer,
you call your soul-pieces back home.
You learn how to live simply.
How to serve in sacred ways.
How to belong — to the Earth, to your body, and to the lineage of women who walked before you.
Emergence & Offering
From this sacred descent, you do not return to who you were —
you emerge as who you truly are becoming.
The threads of memory, ancestral knowing, and lived experience now weave into the fabric of your soul.
Your voice becomes your prayer.
Your life becomes your medicine.
Your presence becomes a healing force — for your ancestors, your future lineage, and the Earth herself.
I hope we will be able to receive the initiation in the ceremony all together sitting by the fire.
As a woman I feel each of us have this opportunity to remember and we have to take it! By Remembering we reclaim our roots, our power, our voice, our medicine, our softness and strength and the most important our intuition.
Our intuition is our power, our natural way of living, which guides through this beautiful walk of life. Through the connection to the elements, to the cosmos and to ancestral wisdom of the ancestors you will build a bridge to your heart to the centre of your essence, to your soul.
You will continue to weave your soul's wisdom into the creation of existence in the most magical way standing in a line with all who came before you, remembering your truth with every single cell of your body.
Vika
Ceremonialist | MEDICINE WOMEN| Guide through the Nine Gates
This Remembrance journey is an activation through the embodiment of cycles of life
I believe every single woman has her own unique medicine, the expression, weaving and a lot of the time she carries not only one medicine.
I have created 9 Gates of Xibalba:The Medicine women’s Rite of Passage for the women who want to live the fully embodied truth of her! For the women who can face the darkness, who can transmute it, for the women who own her unique path, who doesn't compete, who leads, who walks through both worlds, deeply connected to the unseen and at the same time knows how to walk the human path wisely.
This training is for the woman who claims her power, for all the ancestors, who walks the life in ceremony, humbleness and love, who drops to her knees to pray for the ones who need protection, shelter, support, who never puts herself above others.
She is the one who communicates to the plants, to ancestors, reads the cosmic codes, swims through the portals of creation and lights the fire in the heart of others in humbleness and love.
She is rooted on Mother Earth strongly and can hold the space, facing and protecting the ones who gravitate to her naturally.
They can find she is open to receive and she knows how to stay in balance, she remembered what is the energy of reciprocity and how to live in the embodiment of it.
She shines her radiant light, her uniqueness in all! In her voice, her walk, her body language, she radiates her spirit, she is seen when she is needed to be seen, she is invisible when she chooses so, she knows exactly how to move through her path and navigate the challenges of life.
She is the one who blossoms in all cycles of life, because she owns her truth, her ancestral wisdom.
She is the bridge for future generations as she naturally feels in love with herself and with all she is surrounded with.
She feels at home in her body, trust her body and follows the needs of the body through the guidance of her intuition.
9 Gates of Xibalba : The Medicine women’s Rite of Passage for the women whose nature is her medicine
This Journey is open & inclusive to all
I would like to invite you to join this passage to activate your ancestral knowledge through the medicine of your heart, through the most powerful teachings of the earth, water, fire, air, cosmos, plants, ceremony, the heart of the sky, the heart of the earth and ancient Mayan cosmology codes.
Why Should You Join the Medicine Woman’s Rite of Passage?
Because the world needs more initiated women walking with power, purpose, and remembrance.
This is not just a course. It is a sacred initiation into the deep mystery of who you are beneath the layers of conditioning, fear, and forgetting. If you are here, you are likely a woman who carries medicine—seen or unseen. You feel the call to serve, to guide, to remember… yet something inside knows: your own rite of passage must come first.
This journey through the Nine Gates of Xibalba is for you if:
You are a Medicine Woman being summoned home to your essence.
You hold space for others, but long for a deeper connection to your own soul. You’ve done the healing, the learning—but now you seek initiation.
Not by theory, but by direct experience with ancient wisdom, elements, fire, cacao, and your own shadow. This is the missing piece: not more information, but transformation.
You are ready to walk through the underworld and reclaim your power.
We live in a world that fears the dark. But as women, our true power lives there: in the void, the blood, the grief, the stories of our grandmothers, the pain we’ve inherited, and the magic we’ve forgotten. This rite of passage is about facing the mirror of Xibalba—the Mayan Underworld—not to suffer, but to retrieve the quetzal: the radiant essence of your soul, once lost, now ready to return.
You seek a path rooted in Earth, Ancestors, and Spirit.
This is not a modern spiritual bypass. This is a return to ancestral cosmology, ceremony, and the sacred cycles of time. The wisdom of the Mayan elders—carried with humility and integrity—guides us back into relationship with the fire, water, wind, earth and ourselves. It is a reweaving of broken threads. A remembering.
You are reclaiming your body, your voice, and your womb.
True initiation includes the body. Through womb healing, self-massage, plant medicine, cacao, and song, we remember that our body is the altar, our blood is sacred, and our voice is the original prayer. Rooted in ancient Mayan wisdom and teachings inherited from Mayan elders, this journey reawakens the temple within and honors the sacred knowledge carried through generations.
You want to serve from overflow, not depletion.
Too many Medicine Women burn out because they begin to serve before rooting deeply into their own essence. This path, held by the wisdom of the Nawales and the ancestral teachings of the Mayan lineage, invites you to fill your ch’umilal—your inner light—before offering it to others. Only when your own fire is tended with devotion can your service rise from joy, integrity, and sacred remembrance.
This is for the woman who knows…
She didn’t come here to play small.
She carries ancient codes of healing in her bones.
She is ready to let go of who she thought she was, to become who she truly is.
Her ancestors are whispering, “It is time.”
Reconnecting to the Sacred Rhythms that Remember You
Live Full Moon Ceremonies
Each Full Moon is a sacred gate—a portal of remembrance and transformation.
Rooted in the Mayan Cholq’ij calendar, these ceremonies are living prayers where ancestral wisdom flows through cacao, fire, and your body.
You’ll be guided to soften, release, and listen deeply—to the voice of your soul, your ancestors, and the Earth.
With each moon, your path as a Medicine Woman becomes clearer, more embodied, and aligned.
New Moon Masterclass - Gates of Initiation
Each New Moon opens a ceremonial gate into deeper remembrance.
Rooted in ancient cosmology, these masterclasses guide you through the underworld of Xibalba, awakening the ancestral codes within your bones. This is not just learning—it is a path of transformation.
You’ll meet the forgotten parts of yourself, reclaim your intuitive gifts, and begin to embody the way of the Medicine Woman—as a bridge between worlds, in service to life.
Sacred Threads Woven Through Your Rite
In-person ceremonial gatherings – Rites of Passage on Sacred Land
As part of this deep initiation, you’ll be invited to gather in sacred Earth portals during the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes, with an optional Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony. These are not retreats—they are living rites of passage, aligned with cosmic rhythms and ancestral wisdom.
The Equinoxes mark powerful thresholds of balance and transformation. To meet them in ceremony is to walk in harmony with the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Held in the presence of sacred fire, ancestors, and the elements, these gatherings offer a chance to embody your path, receive direct transmissions, and be witnessed in your becoming.
The optional Winter Solstice Fire is a night of deep visioning—where silence, darkness, and sacred flame open space for ancestral messages and renewal for the cycle ahead.
Codex of the Medicine Woman – Your Living Map of Soul Remembrance
As you walk through each of the nine gates, you’ll receive a sacred companion: the Codex of the Medicine Woman—a beautifully crafted ceremonial guide that carries ancestral wisdom and Earth’s whispers.
Each chapter mirrors a module, weaving Mayan Cosmology, Nawales, Xibalba, plant allies, womb rituals, and elemental practices into your journey. This is not just a manual—it’s a living transmission, guiding you to anchor each teaching through presence and devotion.
The codex becomes your map of remembrance, helping you awaken the medicine woven into your bones.
Mayan Fire Ceremony & Closing Rite – The Initiation of the Medicine Woman
At the end of this sacred journey, you’ll be invited to step into the fire—either in person or from your own altar—for a powerful Mayan Fire Ceremony and Closing Ritual.
This is not simply an ending, but a ceremonial threshold into the next chapter of your path as a Medicine Woman.
Rooted in ancient tradition, the fire becomes your guide—honoring all that has been shed, reclaimed, and awakened. This final rite is an initiation: a remembering of who you truly are beneath the layers.
Whether gathered on ancestral land or in your own sacred space, this ritual seals your passage through the Nine Gates and welcomes you into your medicine—whole, true, and ready to serve.
Option to join Ancestral Immersion at
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala - Walking with Mayan Elders During Wayeb (February, 26)
Wayeb 2026: A Living Rite of Passage
Join a rare and intimate pilgrimage during Wayeb 2026—the sacred five days of emptiness that mark the end and rebirth in the Mayan calendar. Held on the shores of Lake Atitlán, this threshold invites deep cleansing, ancestral ceremony, and dream work guided by Mayan elders.
In this liminal space where time softens, you’ll receive ancient transmissions, connect with the pulse of the land, and remember the wisdom woven in your bones. More than a retreat, this is a ceremonial passage into your role as a Medicine Woman—rooted in prayer, service, and sacred transformation.
A Rite of Return: Passage into Ancestral Wisdom and Embodied Feminine Power
🌕 Live Full Moon Ceremonies
🌑 New Moon Masterclasses
📖 Masterclasses with MAYAN ELDERS
🔥 Final online Mayan fire ceremony
🌀 9 Monthly teaching modules /9 GATES - Codex of the medicine women
Codex of the medicine Women supports your reconnection with:
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The energetic blueprint of each module, aligned with the lunar cycles and sacred Mayan time
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Plants, Cacao and tobacco as sacred plant allies and ceremonial guides
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Elemental ceremonies and Earth-based practices for grounding and empowerment
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Ancestral guidance and altar work for building bridges across realms
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Sacred womb practices to awaken intuition and creativity
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Ceremonial templates to begin birthing your own sacred spaces
🌍 Option to join in-person Solstice + Equinox gatherings
These in-person ceremonies will take place on sacred lands in Greece or Guatemala, chosen for their energetic potency and deep connection to the ancestral world. To gather in community, on the Earth, in real time—this is where transmission becomes embodiment, where the Medicine Woman path becomes not only something you walk, but something you live.
✨ Community portal (WHATSAPP + Satkara Temple school)
The Nine Gates
The curriculum month by month
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Gate 1: The Sacred Elements
Work as the earth women.
(15 September-October)
You will begin to hear the language of the directions and elemental forces—their quiet whispers offering guidance, grounding your steps, and nurturing your way forward.
In this opening gate, remembrance roots itself in your bones. It is a soft homecoming for the woman learning to walk with the Earth beneath her feet, to move in rhythm with Spirit, and to live in sacred devotion to life.
This is the beginning of deep belonging—an initiation into ancient wisdom and the embodied path of your Medicine Woman self.
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Gate 2: Sacred Mayan Texts & Mythology
Walking with Myth & Memory
(15 October - November)
Steping into the sacred stories of the Popol Vuh and Mayan mythology—living teachings that illuminate the foundations of Mayan cosmology. These myths are more than ancient tales; they are spiritual maps that guide us through cycles of creation, death, and rebirth.
In this gate, you’ll learn to engage with myth as a ceremonial tool—opening portals to the unseen, connecting with ancestral forces, and deepening your spiritual practice. Myth becomes a dialogue with the invisible world, where symbolic language reveals the medicine you carry.
Here, you begin to walk in rhythm with the stories that shape the cosmos and your soul’s path.
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Gate 3: Journey Through the Underworld
Walking Through Xibalba
(November 15-December)
Xibalba, the sacred Mayan underworld, is a realm of profound transformation—a mirror to the hidden landscapes of your soul. In this gate, you’ll journey into the depths where ancestral memory, myth, and unseen energies reside.
Through sacred stories and ceremony, you’ll learn to meet the unseen and unspoken parts of yourself with reverence—those long-held imprints and forgotten truths that quietly shape your path. Xibalba becomes a portal of deep initiation—dissolving inherited patterns, reclaiming your wholeness, and awakening the radiant medicine within.
This is a descent into your soul’s depths, and a return to the world renewed, aligned, and empowered.
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Module 3: Navigating Xibalba
Mayan Cosmology & the 20 Nawales. (November 15-December)
Work with the first set of 10 Nawales, understanding their energies, lessons, and how they shape your path. Deep dive into extended Mayan Cross and the ancient stories elders are sharing with us about each nowale.
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Gate 4: Navigating Xibalba – The Dance of Mayan Cosmology
Navigating the Nawales
(December 15-January)
In this gate, you’ll explore the profound wisdom of 10 Nawales—spiritual energies that shape life’s rhythm and your destiny. These living archetypes guide, protect, and challenge you, revealing patterns influencing your path as a Medicine Woman.
Through the extended Mayan Cross, you’ll gain clarity on how these energies interact and imprint upon your soul. Guided by Mayan elders’ teachings, you’ll deepen your connection to ancestral knowledge and awaken the medicine within. This is a sacred conversation with the cosmos itself—one that deepens your connection to ancestral knowledge and awakens the medicine within.
This is an embodied journey, aligning you with the unseen forces that empower your fullest expression.
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Gate 5: Navigating Xibalba – The Dance of Mayan Cosmology
Navigating the Nawales
(January 15 - February)
In this passage, you continue your journey through Mayan cosmology by exploring the next powerful constellation of 10 Nawales. You’ll deepen your understanding of these sacred energies, their teachings, and their influence on your life and spiritual path.
Guided by Mayan elders’ wisdom, you’ll connect with the myths that bring each Nawale to life, uncovering the invisible forces shaping your inner world and the cosmos.
As you move through this gate, your journey through Xibalba—the transformative underworld—deepens, revealing ancestral memories and cosmic wisdom. The Nawales become allies, supporting your remembering and self-discovery.
This stage invites you to integrate these teachings into your daily life, enhancing your connection to nature, intuition, and the sacred rhythms of your Medicine Woman path.
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Gate 6: The Sacred World of Plants & Grandfather Tobacco
Whispers of the Plants
(February 15 - March)
Step into the sacred realm of plant medicine, where your intuition is awakened and ancient wisdom comes alive through your connection with plant allies. In this gate, you’ll learn to listen deeply to the spirit of the plants, receiving their healing and guidance on your Medicine Woman path.
At the heart of this journey is Grandfather Tobacco, a revered teacher who clears energetic blocks and strengthens spiritual clarity. Through ceremony, you’ll cultivate a personal, intuitive relationship with the plants—integrating their medicine into your life and practice.
As your senses sharpen and your inner knowing deepens, the plants become trusted allies, helping you walk with confidence, clarity, and alignment with nature’s rhythm.
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Module 3: Navigating Xibalba
Mayan Cosmology & the 20 Nawales. (November 15-December)
Work with the first set of 10 Nawales, understanding their energies, lessons, and how they shape your path. Deep dive into extended Mayan Cross and the ancient stories elders are sharing with us about each nowale.
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Gate 7: Cacao as Portal: Ceremony, Service & Soul Remembrance
Cacao as Midwife of the Soul
(March 15 - April)
Whether you’ve long walked with cacao or are just beginning to feel its sacred stirrings in your heart, this gate invites you into a more intimate and reverent relationship with Ix Cacao—the ancestral heart medicine of the Mayan wisdom.
You’ll explore cacao as both a spiritual and physical ally, learning how to deepen your ceremony path with presence, devotion, and integrity. For seasoned space holders, this is an opportunity to open new layers of practice and understanding. For those starting to hear her whispers, it is a gentle initiation into the feminine current of remembrance and sacred service.
Cacao becomes your ceremonial companion—nurturing your intuitive gifts, mending the heart, and guiding you toward a deeper embodiment of your soul’s medicine. You’ll learn to walk with cacao through initiations, healing passages, and moments of sacred celebration.
This gate is an offering of love—a call to serve cacao as living medicine, held with grace, humility, and the remembrance of its ancient purpose.
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Gate 8: Womb Wisdom & Timeless Sacred Practices
Healing Rituals of the Womb
(April 15 - May)
In this essential passage, you will learn the sacred arts of self-abdominal massage and vaginal steaming—ancient tools that awaken the deep wisdom held within your womb, the sacred vessel of creation and intuition. These practices guide you gently through the layers of held stories and old tensions, inviting healing to flow through your body, heart, and spirit.
This gate calls you to listen to the rhythms of your cycles, to remember the medicine of your body, and to stand fully in your power as a Medicine Woman. Here, the womb is not just a place of birth but a portal to ancestral memory and the sacred pulse of life itself.
By embracing these rituals, you root yourself deeply in the earth, honoring your body as a temple and your womb as a gateway to healing, creativity, and sacred knowing. This journey grounds your path, preparing you to hold space for others with grounded presence, fierce compassion, and quiet strength.
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Gate 9: Embodied Medicine & Ancestral Song
Embodying the Medicine the passage of Returning
(May 15 - June)
In this final gate, you learn the sacred songs that awaken heart, mind, and spirit—voices carried in your bones, weaving healing through ancestral echoes. You walk through Xibalba’s shadow, humbly transmuting darkness into radiant light and power.
This is both a closing and a dawn, honored by the sacred flames of a Mayan Fire Ceremony—where transformation burns and renewal rises. You emerge a luminous bridge between worlds, grounded in truth, carrying your medicine with clear intention.
Stepping humbly into your power as a Medicine Woman, you embody a healer, a keeper of ancient wisdom, and a gentle guide. You stand fully present—whole, wise, and free—rooted in your inner knowing, moving forward with grace, courage, and fierce beauty.
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Module 3: Navigating Xibalba
Mayan Cosmology & the 20 Nawales. (November 15-December)
Work with the first set of 10 Nawales, understanding their energies, lessons, and how they shape your path. Deep dive into extended Mayan Cross and the ancient stories elders are sharing with us about each nowale.
Your Guides & Elders
Guiding this journey, you will be supported by a remarkable team of spiritual guides and ceremonialists
Vika
Ceremonialist
Vika is a dedicated ceremonialist whose spiritual journey spans over a decade, evolving from yoga and trauma-informed practices to honoring Mother Earth and the Cosmos through Mayan wisdom. Her devotion to Mayan traditions began under the guidance of Tata Walter of the Mayan Kaqchikel lineage, where she embraced the sacred Medicine of Cacao and deepened her connection to Mayan cosmovision and ceremonies.
Committed to empowering individuals, Vika helps release limiting beliefs and foster joyful, abundant, and spiritually connected lives. She weaves Mayan Cosmology, cacao and fire ceremonies, and traditional Mayan abdominal massages into transformative offerings such as the Mayan Cacao Ceremonialist Apprenticeship and personalized mentoring.
Within the Nine Gates of Xibalba, Vika guides participants through ceremonies, ritual, and somatic practices that awaken ancestral memory and spiritual embodiment. She bridges ancient Mayan teachings with intuitive healing modalities, offering a grounded yet mystical space for deep transformation and soul reclamation.
Tata Walter
Spiritual Guide Kachikel Lineage
Tata Walter is a revered spiritual leader and guardian of ancient Mayan traditions. Rooted in the sacred Cholq’Ij Calendar and the 20 Nawales energies gifted by the Universe he carries the ancestral ability to work with sacred fire, the four elements, and cacao medicine.
With humility and authenticity, Tata Walter shares profound teachings that connect participants to Mayan cosmology, nature, and their inner wisdom. His transformative cacao and fire ceremonies create sacred spaces for healing, gratitude, and spiritual awakening.
As part of '9 Gates of Xibalba: The Medicine Women's passage', Tata Walter offers a rare opportunity to experience the depth of Mayan traditions. His presence invites participants on a journey of connection, transformation, and remembrance, guided by the timeless wisdom of his lineage. You will receive his blessings on completion of the journey through Sacred Mayan Fire Ceremony.
Nana Lu
Mayan spiritual guide
Nana Lu is an Aj’q’ij, a Mayan elder, and spiritual guide who bridges ancient Mayan traditions with modern therapeutic approaches. Rooted in Guatemala through her mentor Tata Constantino Zapeta, she has been on a devoted spiritual path since 2008, collaborating with organizations like SEN Body Psychology and guiding transformative rituals such as Mayan baptisms, womb healings, and rites of passage.
In 2020, Nana Lu expanded her ceremonial work to the U.S., leading ceremonies in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sedona, and Mount Shasta. Her passion for empowering women reflects her belief that healing a woman heals her entire family.
At the 9 Gates of Xibalba Nana Lu offers a rare opportunity to experience authentic Mayan traditions. Through her deep knowledge and compassionate presence, she creates sacred spaces for healing, transformation, and profound spiritual connection.
Nana
A very special guest spiritual guide - midwife, medicine women to be announced soon!
She is the one who walked the path of underworld many times. She is the one who bridges the worlds when the soul comes to this world. She is from Guatemala and walks the path of Medicine women. It is an honour to learn from he during this passage.
JOIN THE JOURNEY
This is a sacred investment in your path, your healing, and your becoming. The energy exchange honors the depth of this 9-month ceremonial container, the ancestral guidance, the live transmissions, and the lifetime access to the teachings.
We offer several tiers to meet you where you are — in trust, in reciprocity, and in the spirit of inclusion.
No matter which tier you choose, you will be held in the same sacred container — with reverence, love, and community.
This is not just a payment — it is a prayer. A yes to your becoming. A torch lit in your hands.
Enter The Gate
Energy Exchange
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This rite of passage is a temple of transformation — a living prayer woven across nine moons. The energy exchange honors not only the teachings, transmissions, and ceremonial spaces we will share, but also the years of devotion, study, and ancestral guidance that have shaped this path.
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By entering this sacred container, you are not simply purchasing a course — you are offering your “yes” to the spirits, to the sacred fire, to the remembrance of your medicine. Your exchange is a ceremonial act, a gesture of reciprocity to the wisdom keepers, the plants, the land, and the unseen forces that walk with us.
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This investment is an offering into your becoming — a commitment to your own transformation and to the reawakening of the feminine mysteries.
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Let this exchange be made from a place of devotion, integrity, and resonance with the path your soul is ready to walk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this for?
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For the woman who feels the stirrings of something ancient within her — a call that cannot be ignored.
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For the one who holds space for others and knows it is time to walk herself through the sacred fire.
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For the woman who has touched the edges of her medicine and is ready to deepen her relationship with it.
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For the soul who carries a quiet knowing — that true service begins with remembrance.
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For the weaver, the keeper, the tender of unseen worlds — ready to return to her own center.
This rite of passage has been primarily designed to support existing students and past participants of Satkara Temple, offering them a space to deepen, expand, and root further into their medicine.
However, the gates are open to new sisters who feel the resonance in their hearts. Whether you are returning or just arriving, you are warmly welcomed into this sacred circle. What matters most is your sincerity, your willingness to walk through the shadows with courage, and your devotion to the sacred.
What if I miss a session?
All live sessions will be recorded and uploaded to the Satkara Temple Online School, where you’ll have lifetime access to revisit the teachings, ceremonies, and transmissions at your own pace. While live presence is encouraged for the energy of the container, your journey will remain supported even if you cannot attend in real time.
Do I need previous experience?
No previous experience is required. This journey is open to both new and experienced seekers. However, to ensure energetic alignment and depth, each woman will be invited into a short interview call before joining. This allows us to honor the integrity of the circle and ensure that it is held with presence, safety, and resonance.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. Upon completion of the full journey — including participation, integration work, and ceremonial presence — you will receive a Certificate of Completion from Satkara Temple acknowledging your passage through the Nine Gates of Xibalba: The Medicine Woman’s Rite of Passage.
Can I join the in-person gatherings later?
The two in-person gatherings — held during the Autumn Equinox, Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox— are integral ceremonial touchstones of this path. While this 9-month journey is a complete rite of passage, there may be limited spaces available for new applicants to join the in-person gatherings separately, depending on availability and energetic fit. Priority will be given to those walking the full journey.
“I would love to welcome you into this sacred rite of passage. If your heart is whispering yes, share your details here and let’s begin this life-shifting journey.”
Tamara, NY.USA
My journey in sisterhood with Vika, diving deeper into the power of mama cacao and the Mayan cosmivision, has been nothing but magical.
Now don’t take magical as something sparkly and easy only, it means it was all of it! The hills, the mountains, the valleys and the beautiful vistas. Our “chance” encounter at lake Atitlan as I was leaving was a call to connect and one I was truiy wise to follow. Warm and direct, she has a talent of bringing the wisdom of the elders, of the maya, of the lake, in a way it lands so beautifully and clearly at the heart. Supported by the medicine and guidance of mama cacao of course, the ceremonies and journey with her and the dear souls at our group was grounding as well as invoking deep deep changes. If one is ready to dive deeper to the mystery of what lies behind just being, then being, with Vika, was and is a gift that keeps on unraveling. My heart is full from our journey and from our deep connection and sisterhood.
Thank you Vika, dear sister, for holding such powerful space and for walking along side this path with me. I love you and honor you deeply.
Geraldine, Scotland
The Being of Cacao has deeply blessed my life. She has calmed and opened my heart. She enables me to look into my unconscious worlds with courage and love, fearlessly stepping into the unknown in my life in every area. She enables me to live more from the heart and feel life from my heart. My spiritual experience of life itself has greatly expanded through the daily experience of the energies connected with the Mayan calendar. These 20 nawales are enriching my life and little by little I learn from each one of them.
The universe has become even more alive, moving, and high vibrating to me and I am part of it all. What I am mostly grateful for, is the energy I am carrying in my centre in this lifetime. I have fallen in love with the nawale B'atz and his happy way of relating to the energy of life. I warmly recommend to embark on this journey of connecting with Mother Cacao and allowing her to bring healing and transformation into our lives that begins deep within. To me, Divine Love and Mother Cacao are the same vibration
Lee, Israel
Spirit led me to Vika, and from the very first moment, I knew this was divine timing and guidance to deepen my spiritual journey. Vika held the most loving and supportive space, allowing us to heal, grow, and connect more deeply with ourselves and the sacred energies of Mayan traditions.
Through the ceremonies, teachings, and the profound medicine of cacao, I felt layers of old patterns fall away, opening me to a deeper connection with Spirit and the wisdom of the Ancestors.
I would recommend this journey to anyone feeling called to explore their inner world, connect with the heart-opening medicine of cacao, and immerse themselves in the rich teachings of the Mayans. This experience has been nothing short of life-changing, and I am forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of such a sacred journey.
Sarah, London, Uk
So grateful for this Cacao Ceremonialist apprenticeship.
It allowed me to be more open, confident, seeing things in a broader way, live with the open heart. I live in completely different way after completing 'Matyox - Mayan Cacao ceremonialist apprenticeship
I am so much more connected to the life.
"The Mayan calendar is rooted in the sacred 260-day cycle — the same rhythm as the gestation of new life. This journey follows that ancient pulse, guiding us through nine moons of transformation, aligned with the cosmic energies of creation.
I will be walking beside you, together with Mayan elders, to help bridge you back to your heart, your inner medicine, and the ancestral wisdom carried in your DNA. This is not just a course — it is a sacred rite of passage.
As you move through each gate, you will shed what no longer serves, remember the truth beneath your layers, and reconnect with the woman your soul has always known you to be.
I’ve walked this path myself, and it has changed everything — the way I live, love, serve, and show up in the world. This work doesn’t end when the cycle completes. It weaves itself into your future, transforming your relationships, your offerings, your healing path, and your connection to the Earth.
By the end of this sacred cycle, something new will have been born within you — embodied, rooted, and fully alive. You will carry the fire of your own becoming forward — with clarity, strength, and purpose.”
With Love,
Vika
