🌵 Mexico Desert Retreat
The Twelve Keys & The Circle of 12
Practical Intuitive Shamanic Initiations & Toltec and World Spiritual Traditions
March 14–28, 2026
26th year of retreats at the Centre of the Conscious Dream
The Toltec Path
The Toltec traditions come from Central America. They are stellar traditions as they are reflected in this central part of what is called Turtle Island (the American Continent). The essential principle of the traditions is that everything is interconnected. The powers of healing and of creativity come from source energies around us and inside of us with which we can be in constant communication.
There is a focus on life as a dream, the dream of the night and the dream of the day, and there is a term called the ‘dreaming body’. The dreaming body is the means through which we open up to all other bodies and energies in the universe. By learning how to communicate with elemental, animal, mineral, plant, earth planetary and stellar forces, we have the possibility to use these powers in our everyday lives through decision-making, creative expression, our own healing, and the healing of others.
This event is called an initiation because even for those who are already on a clear path, what you will receive will be new, and will initiate a different relationship with yourself and the world in which you live. Many of the practises you can take with you into your homes, your work, your relations, and your healing.
Who Is This Retreat For?
The retreat is for people in all types of employment — business people, managers, professionals, employers or employees. The retreat will develop your ability to clear the mind, to make informed decisions, and to clarify the vision of your business or job.
For healers, new or established, who wish to develop new techniques of self-healing and healing others. The retreat will work with complement your existing healing abilities, or for those who are starting on this path, offer a clear map on how to manage the huge and powerful universal healing energies. There is also the option for those who wish to enter into a more committed training.
For artists, musicians, writers, dancers who wish to remember their deepest inspiration and rekindle their creative fire. Creativity is such an essential aspect of this path, and whether you identify as a professional artist or not, you will be exploring your powers of personal expression in forms that will help you discover more profoundly who you really are.
The Centre of the Conscious Dream
The centre of the conscious dream is in the desert of San Luis Potosi at the end of the Wirrikuta pilgrimage route. Free from the distractions and interference of the city, it offers space and time. You can walk undisturbed in each direction and your eyes can wander uninterrupted to the horizon.
You can see a twenty minute video which gives the history of the centre and shows the area on the following link:
vimeo.com/41915625
The Twelve Keys
These 12 keys are practical methods to open the dreaming body. The 12 techniques derive from the meanings of the 12 numbers, the 12 sounds in the musical chromatic scale, the 12 colours of the colour wheel, and the 12 positions in the medicine wheel. When all of the 12 directions are mastered, the doorways to the Sacred Geometry in the number 12 are opened revealing the essential principle of harmonic vibration in the universal song.
This harmonic vibration enables us to make clear balanced decisions, to heal ourselves, to heal others, and to liberate our creative fire.
Itinerary – The Twelve Keys
March 14th
For those with international flights you will need to arrive on the night of March 13th. Accommodation on this night is included. On the first day you will travel with the group to the Centre of the Conscious Dream is from Mexico City.
For those coming from within Mexico, 14th is the day of arrival from 4 pm onwards. We will give clear guidance on how to arrive at the center.
March 15th
One. North. White. Element of Air. Meditation. Clearing space in the mind. Breathe without thought. Space to see clearly.
Meditation. Breath awareness is the foundation of understanding the truth of our present moment. It is the means through which we can make space in the mind so that we are then able to make informed decisions. This meditation practice is daily and will enable us to see our reactions before we react, giving us the time and power to choose our response to any given moment.
Two. North Northeast. Silver. The butterfly. Subtle movement. Moving without control or design. Making space in the body, opening the intuitive faculties.
Movement. Shamanic yoga. The listening moving body.
The body heals itself by finding its natural movement in the moment.
The body finds its true expression in the revealed secrets of each second.
The body knows how and when to move.
Our work is to listen to the language of the body in movement.
Human does not live in isolation. Shamanism teaches that the human body is connected not only to other human beings. The human body is connected to the elements, trees, plants, rocks, animals, the whole planet Earth, the sun, the moon, and the star. When the human body finds its moving connection with where it lives and breathes, it ends its isolation and finds its freedom.
Trees. In coordination with the conscious breath, working with trees is a more profound means through which we can find clarity. We open the doors of perception so that we see through the surface of the tree to the energy that sustains it. We learn how we can receive information from another energy body through our intent. Trees hold the deep wisdom of the breath.
March 16th
Three. North East East. Gold. Quartz Crystal. Ceremony of the first form, the first intent...
Four. East. Yellow. Element of Fire. Fire ceremony. Opening to the solar mysteries...
March 17th
Five. South East East. Orange. The double spiral walk...
Six. South South East. Red. Blood. Mammals. Connecting with your tribe...
March 18th
Seven. South. Brown. Element of Earth. Soil. Rocks. Finding balance...
Eight. South-Southwest. Violet. Flowers. The art of acceptance...
Cacao ceremony. This sound ceremony opens the heart...
March 19th
Nine. South West West. Indigo. Insects and birds. Dance...
Ten. West. Blue. Element of Water. Opening to death as transformation...
March 20th
Eleven North West West. Green. Plants. Aligning the human body...
Twelve. North North West. Black. Owl or Crow. Potential futures...
March 21–27th — The Circle of 12
The circle of 12 is a channelling circle...
March 28th
Return journey to Mexico city or your onward destination.
Prices
US$2650 Shared round house or tent (provided)
US$2950 Individual dome.
This course can be taken as part of the following ongoing trainings:
- The conscious business.
- Practical intuitive shamanic training.
- The creative fire.
What’s Included
Prices include all meals, all accommodation in Mexico (including the night before the start date) and in the desert, all entrance fees, seminars, ceremonies, and all internal travel to the desert. It does not include the cost of your flight.
Accommodation is in a Hotel in Mexico City, adobe dome or round houses in the Centre of the Conscious Dream. Food is through restaurants in Mexico City, and a varied diet (organic when possible) at the desert site where there is also a shared kitchen. Bottled water is available always. Toilets are dry ecological in the desert. We cater for most dietary needs.
The retreat is given in English and Spanish. Typically, this retreat attracts people from many different countries. We advise you to book in advance. Please note that you will be asked to contribute to basic group service work for about half an hour a day in the desert.
For general information about this work:
www.12consciousdreamers.com
