Abundance Beyond Measure : Peru, The Richest Country in the World
Dancers in the Plaza de Armas, Cusco Peru
Trekking to Templo de La Luna, Cusco
Peru is one, of 10 mega-diverse countries in the world. A country blessed with a unique heritage, where riches are measured in well-being and harmony with nature.
70% of the planet's biological diversity is concentrated within its borders.
According to the Holdridge classification, it has 84 of the 117 life zones that exist on Earth. *
This amazing country has more birds than North American and Europe put together, and it records the largest number of endemic species in the world, more than 120.
Its location in the central-west part of South America, the two ocean currents that feed its coasts, and the Andes Mountain Range, create the ideal conditions for this kind of biodiversity and physical abundance.
Spending time in this country one could make the argument that being rich is not about having lots of material things – it is about the abundance of color, nature, beauty, nourishment, diversity, experiences, and for me— wellness.
The Stones of Sacsayhuaman
Peru is a land blessed with the most precious riches of all, the kinds of treasure you discover when going within.
After my initial healing journey to Peru, over a decade ago, I return regularly to Cusco to help facilitate group retreats, in collaboration with the indigenous healers, for people seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and their life experiences.
I return to this land for my own well-being and healing and the lessons I receive through the medicine of the plants. Here nothing is conceptual. Your relationship to the mountains, the animals, the water, and the guardian spirits are real and tangible and at work in your daily life.
The word Apu is an ancient word, of the Quechua language, the language of the Inca descendants, the Q'ero people of the high Andes. We speak the word Apu to refer to the sacred mountains themselves; each mountain has its own spirit, with the spirit going by the name of its mountain peak i.e. Apu Ausangate, or Apu Machu Picchu.
2025 Peru Retreat
The Apu, Mountain Spirits, serve as protectors, watching over our relationships, families, homes, and lives. They may be called upon through offerings or asked to become personal guardians in initiations like my own pictured below.
Making pilgrimage to Apu Ausangate, the most auspicious of the Mountain Spirits in the Cusco region, and asking for guidance with an offering, I am establishing a relationship with this Spirit, and I may call upon Apu Ausangate as guardian or helper for wisdom and guidance on my personal spiritual path.
Apu Ausangate from the view point.
Peru began its "Richest Country In the World" Marketing Campaign in 2017 — "it offers a new perception that being rich is based on experiences rather than material possessions." ‘Peru, the richest country in the world’ embraces a new concept for the term ‘wealth’, and reimagines what ‘being rich’ is really about.
Though this slogan resonates with much of what I feel and experience about the land of Peru, I wonder what this has in store for the future of tourism and pure experience while visiting this beautiful country. That being said, I continue to facilitate spiritual journeys to Peru for those seeking a greater understanding of the nature of life. Our time spent in Peru, honors the sacredness of the land, its ancient and present day heritage, and all the riches, spiritual and material, that this country has to offer.
To see more pictures of pilgrimages see this album on → facebook.
*Source: PROMPERÚ
Journey Participants, Temple of the Monkeys, Cusco Peru
Llama bomb, Machu Picchu
