co-ed Wilderness Vigil
Silence. Solitude. Spirit.
march 15 - 21, 2026
There's a conversation waiting to happen - one between you and the deepest part of yourself.
You've been dancing around it for years. In the shower, on long drives, lying awake at 3am. You catch glimpses of who you really are beneath all the roles you play, but the noise of daily life always drowns it out. The emails, the obligations, the endless scroll - they're all static keeping you from the frequency of your own soul.
This isn't about escaping your life. It's about finding out who you really are when everything else falls away.
High in Peru's Sacred Valley, where the clouds kiss the earth and the apus (mountain spirits) have witnessed countless generations seek their truth, you'll enter the ancient practice of the vision quest.
Three days. Three nights. Just you, the elements, and the question that brought you here.
This is the medicine our ancestors knew: that sometimes you have to get so quiet that you can finally hear your own voice. Sometimes you have to sit still long enough that your truth can catch up with you.
The Wilderness Within
Over seven days, you'll journey from the comfort of the known into the raw beauty of uncertainty, and return with a clarity that only comes from meeting yourself in the silence.
This isn't therapy. It's not a workshop. It's an ancient technology for transformation - one that cultures worldwide have used to mark the passages that matter: Who am I becoming? What must I leave behind? What is mine to give?
The Sacred Valley will be your container. The rain might baptize you. The sun might test you. The stars will definitely rearrange something inside you. And in that threshold space between who you were and who you're becoming, something essential will emerge.
"It was really an amazing experience working with Ish. I was at a place in my life that I was going through a pretty significant change, and this work had a significant impact on me. I feel this sense of confidence in myself and sense of clarity in terms of where I'm going in my life and with my path. That has been pretty profound and also a lot of spiritual insights that came up that I'm still working through and still understanding what they really mean for me. Highly recommend doing this work with Ish.”
Mark Maclean, Soul Purpose Coach and Sales Executive
the journey that awaits
the severance
days 1 - 2: cut the chords
Arrival and Introduction
Death Lodge Before you can be reborn, something has to die. In the darkness of our ceremonial space, you'll name what you're ready to release. The patterns that once protected you but now imprison you. The stories you've outgrown. The version of yourself that got you here but can't take you further.
Land Connection The plateau above Maras has been holding space for seekers for a thousand years. You'll walk this land, let it read you, find the spot that calls your name. This isn't camping - it's entering into relationship with a place that will hold you through your becoming.
Circle of Intent In the company of fellow questers, you'll speak your intention into the fire. Not your story, not your wound - your question. The one you're willing to sit alone on a mountain to answer.
the threshold
Days 3 - 5: The vigil
At dawn on the third day, you'll walk to your site alone. For three days and three nights, you'll sit with yourself, the land, and whatever emerges in the space between.
No books. No distractions. No one to perform for.
Just you and the fundamental questions:
Who am I when nobody's watching?
What is truly mine to give?
What wants to be born through me?
The Sacred Valley rain might visit you - afternoon thunderstorms that teach surrender in ways the desert never could. Or the sun might crack you open like the high-altitude rays know how to do. Each person's quest is perfectly orchestrated by forces beyond our understanding.
Your guides will check on you from a distance. You're held but not rescued. Supported but not saved from yourself.
the return
Days 6-7: Integration & incorporation
Breaking the Fast Your first sip of water will taste like life itself. Your first bite of food, a communion. You've been emptied out so you can consciously choose what to fill yourself with.
Story Witnessing In circle, you'll share what happened out there - or what didn't happen, which is sometimes the greater teaching. No interpretation, no advice. Just the profound medicine of being witnessed in your truth.
The Bridge Home The visions are just the beginning. Together, we'll build the bridge between your mountain revelation and your daily life. Because the real quest isn't what happens on the mountain - it's who you become when you come down.
"When I started working with Ish and his container, I had a quality of destructive rebelliousness that lacked discipline. Physically and mentally, this trip was a crossroads between staying weak and destroying my life, and coming out stronger with more motivation and willpower to accomplish my life’s purpose. I can proudly say that I have a renewed strength to build my life with after working with Ish. He was also a very skilled spiritual teacher who was able to hold space for everyone as a group and individually. This is the perfect experience for anyone looking to experience more life or change their life or themselves."
Duncan Smith, Yoga Instructor
you will experience…
The profound silence that exists when you stop filling every moment with noise
The strength that comes from sitting through discomfort without escaping
The clarity that emerges when you stop asking everyone else who you should be
The reconnection to the part of you that knows exactly why you're here
The relief of finally putting down what was never yours to carry
The activation of your deepest gifts, the ones that scare you with their power
The remembering of what you came here to give
The peace of aligning with what is actually yours to do
"I would highly recommend working with Ish and jumping on board one of his experiences. It’s not definitely not easy by any means, but if you’re ready to commit, I think you’ll come out on the other side a much more evolved version of yourself. I know I have. This was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and I will cherish this for a very long time.”
Jake O’Rielly, Senior Software Engineer
who is this for…
This experience calls to those who know there's something more—not more to achieve or acquire, but more to become.
You might be:
Standing at a life transition that demands a ritual crossing
Feeling the call to initiate yourself into your next chapter
Exhausted from performing a life that looks good but feels empty
Ready to stop asking for permission to be who you really are
Seeking the medicine that only solitude and silence can provide
Hearing the wilderness calling you home to yourself
This is for humans who are ready to trade comfort for truth, noise for clarity, and the known for the holy unknown.
DETAILS AT A GLANCE
march 15 - 21, 2026
salt mine of maras, peru
$$$
Early Bird (bef Jan 15). $1799
Regular $2199
Last Min (aft Feb 15) $2499
+ Flights to Cusco
+ Personal gear (detailed list provided)
+ Cusco accommodation before/after
+ Travel insurance (required)
+ Gratitude for local guides
Capped at 8
INCLUDED in $
7 days / 6 nights guidance and holding
All ceremonies and teachings
Pre-quest and post-quest accommodation
Meals (before and after solo fast)
Local guides and land permissions
Safety support throughout solo time
Group transport from Cusco
Integration support for 30 days post-vigil
The mountains are calling.
Not the metaphorical ones you've been climbing your whole life—the real ones. The ones that don't care about your accomplishments or your anxieties. The ones that will hold you exactly as you are while you remember who you've always been.
This isn't about becoming someone new. It's about finally meeting who you've been all along.
The question isn't whether you're ready. The question is whether you're willing.
Willing to sit with yourself without escape routes. Willing to let the silence speak louder than the noise ever has. Willing to discover that everything you've been searching for has been waiting inside you, patient as a mountain, steady as stars.
Your life is already speaking to you. This quest is where you finally learn how to listen.
The wilderness is waiting. So is your truth.