remembering, returning, and honoring the sacred ways
A Walk with Hapé is an intentional journey for those who feel a new chapter of their evolution unfolding. For those who hear the call of the Earth, their Ancestors, and the Spirit of Plant Medicine in their bones...for those ready to slow down, listen deeply, and enter into right relationship with Hapé
Over these eight weeks, we'll explore ways to connect with Hapé, how to listen, why to sit, and what it means to truly be in relationship with this medicine.
We'll explore the roots of this practice, honoring the Indigenous lineages, cultures, and keepers who have carried it with care.
We'll sit in ceremony, build altars, and cultivate the inner stillness that lets the medicine speak.
We'll learn how to serve ourselves with humility, clarity, and respect.
This is not a course of quick techniques or shortcuts. It is a remembering.
A return...
To Spirit...
To the breath...
To the ancestral ways that still live inside us.
If you've heard the call and somehow, you've been guided here, you're already on the path.
Let's walk together.
in A Walk with Hapé, you will...
⫸ receive the ancestral wisdom that informs a Hapé practice
⫸ experience the spirit and healing energy of sacred Tobacco
⫸ activate a sacred allyship between you and the medicine
⫸ gain correct self-serving skills and breath techniques, including 4 animal blows and how & when to use them
⫸ learn how to guide yourself and journey solo in the realms of the medicine
⫸ consecrate Hapé in guided prayer & ceremony
⫸ decolonize your practice by aligning yourself to the ancestral teachings passed down from Amazonian tribes
⫸ connect and share reflections with a community of Hapé practitioners
Topics, Themes & Techniques
the flow of teachings we’ll explore together
Class 1
Beginning Your Walk
We open this journey with intentions, prayer, and giving thanks. Laying out the framework of our journey.
Class 2
Honoring the Roots
Understanding the basics of Hapé: how the medicine is crafted, its energetics, cultural context, and indigenous uses. Learn to approach the Spirit of Tobacco as a friend and serve yourself with care, beginning with the Hummingbird blow.
Class 3
Creating Sacred Space
Create your altar and prepare yourself to journey, exploring the power of breath, prayer, and language. Learn how to incorporate other Plant Teachers into your practice and receive guidance on the Tortoise blow.
Class 4
Decolonizing Your Practice
Decolonization + Re-indigenization go hand in hand. What does it mean, how do we do it, and why is it important? We dive into the colonization of Tobacco and how to spot & reduce colonial behaviors and mindsets in our modern day. We continue deepening our breath practice with the powerful Jiboia (Snake) blow.
Class 5
The Stewards of Hapé
Listening to the voices and wisdom of indigenous leaders, stewards, and tribes and their contributions to the medicine space in the modern world. We complete our exploration of the four animal blows with the Deer blow.
Class 6
Embodying Right Relationship
Explore what it means to embody right relationship as a medicine carrier and guide, rooted in sacred reciprocity, deep practice, humility, and integrity. We discuss serving Hapé to community- the responsibilities, ethics, initiation & how to know when you're ready. One last medicine ceremony.
Topics, Techniques, and Hapé Blends
Week by Week Summary
Week 1
TOPIC: the indigenous origins & history of Hapé, the Grandfather spirit of Tobacco, the basics of Hapé, communing with Hapé like a new friend
TECHNIQUE: Hummingbird Blow, breathing practices, correct Kuripe alignment
Week 2
TOPIC: decolonizing Tobacco and your practice, deepening your teacher/student relationship, the importance of prayer, the energy of the Jiboia
TECHNIQUE: Jiboia Blow, feeling/observing the subtleness of the medicine
Week 3
TOPIC: different ways to practice with Hapé, complimentary Plant Medicines,
TECHNIQUE: Tortoise Blow, sitting with multiple rounds of medicine
Week 4
TOPIC: Being a responsible and ethical medicine practitioner and carrier, practicing self-awareness to continue practicing in a good way, indigenous Amazonian tribes, serving Hapé
TECHNIQUE: Deer Blow
Join the walk...
A Walk with Hapé ✺ Self-Paced Digital Course PRE-ORDER
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PRE-ORDER GIFT: mini mapacho bundle + guidance video
mini bundle includes 3 XL Peruvian Mapacho sticks, wrapped in Peruvian textiles
sitting with Mapacho is a beautiful way to build a relationship with the spirit of Tobacco alongside your Hapé practice
the guidance video builds on the teachings in A Walk with Hapé, showing you how to smoke, pray, and offer Mapacho with respect & intention
your guide & facilitator:
Shanti Aum
My relationship with Hapé began as a deep calling to commune with its spirit. Very quickly, I received visions, guidance, and instructions that completely catapulted me into my soul's purpose. After receiving Hapé initiation, I was granted the opportunities to hold ceremony and begin teaching the wisdom that I had been gifted by the medicine.
One evening, Grandfather Hapé gave me very clear instructions that I was to share the wisdom I held with all who were open to receiving it. “A Walk With Hapé” is my way of honoring my beloved Plant Teacher, Grandfather Hapé, and passing on the knowledge and gift of this practice as it has been passed down to me.
"A Walk with Hapé" is the first program of its kind in the plant medicine community. Guided by my Ancestors, Spirit, and Hapé, I offer you this transformational experience from my heart and soul.
It is such an honor to be a part of your journey, thank you for your trust
With so much gratitude,
Shanti Aum
