Workshops
"Salka", a Quechua word (the language of the Andes) for "undomesticated energy". Salka is like a wind that
blows through consensus reality from beyond, bringing us into contact with the great mystery and beauty of existence.
This page presents opportunities for you to learn more about the Andean Cosmovision through workshops, travel, classes, etc.
Workshops by Oakley Gordon
I offer classes/workshops where I teach the Andean Cosmovision. It usually takes me four or five session to lay out all of
the information and lead people through the meditations, if there is interest we continue to meet to move together more deeply into the experience. Some of these classes are the result of
my initiating the class and getting the word out and others are the result of being approached by a group of people who would like me to teach them what I know.
Right now I am engaged in just the latter. When I get around to offering a new class I will post it here. If you would like me to teach a class to you and your friends then please contact me at
info@SalkaWind.com.
Workshops by Others
When someone contacts me to let me know about opportunities that have arranged for people to work with Americo or Gayle Yabar I post them here. With the exception of
Carla Woody--for whom I have a great deal of respect--I may know little to nothing about the people making the offer. That is not meant to warn you off of them for if I
had any reason to doubt these people I would not post the notice. I just want you to know that my including them on this site is not a personal endorsement.
- March 20 - April 1, 2012. Rediscovering and Empowering our Sacred Feminine. Johanna Alper is offering a chance to work with
Americo and Gayle Yabar and women shamans of the Q'ero, primarily in Cusco and the Sacred Valley. For more information please view this file.
- May 5 - 18, 2012. The Heart of the Andes. Carla Woody is offering a special opportunity to travel to Peru in May 2012 to work with don Americo
Yabar, his son Gayle Yabar, and elders of the QÕero of Peru. This trip is co-sponsored by Kenosis Spirit Keepers, the non-profit organization of which Carla is
the president and I am the vice president. The mission of Kenosis Spirit Keepers is to honor and preserve the integrity of indigenous wisdom and sacred cultural
practices by providing cross-cultural exchanges, education, and community-building opportunities. As part of this mission of cross-cultural exchanges Hopi Spirit
Keepers will be joining the trip as well. For more information please visit this link.
- September 19 - 21, 2012. Bridging Worlds is offering a three day residential workshop with Americo and Gayle Yabar in the
Netherlands (the workshop will be in English). For more information please email waikicolin@hotmail.com