Amoraleza

Cómo llegar Página web

A sacred space, where each one can experience an expansion of the heart and the consciousness Amoraleza is a non-profit association.
(1)

It was founded in 2013 and has as its objective the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, the closest to nature possible. If you are interested in our project, you may stay with us some additional days to experience outdoor living, connect with the earth, give us a hand in the garden, hike in the mountains, go horse-riding or relax in the nature. Nighttime is a special time to connect with the elements and stargaze. Being close to nature is helpful with the integration of the medicine work. Expect basic comfort, not luxury. There are compost toilets and outdoor hot showers and no Wi-Fi connection. Amoraleza is between the Sierra Nevada and the Tropical Coast, 45 minutes away from both the beach and Granada. More specifically, it is in the Alpujarras Mountains, between Orgiva and Lanjarón, close to other alternative communities such as Beneficio, where about 200 people live in tipis and other low-impact structures. On Thursday mornings, there is the Orgiva Market, a good opportunity to relax on a terrasse and enjoy the cultural diversity and richness of the more than 60 different nationalities registered in the town. The area is also well-known for its hiking paths and traditional villages. It is possible to go horseback riding, visit the Tibetan meditation centre or organise a trip to Granada, to walk through the Albacin (old moorish quarter), the Sacromonte caves, or the Alhambra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

25/10/2026

Every time I come to Peru, I seem to come away with something different.

This time, I’ve really enjoyed the simplicity of being on pilgrimage. Walking through these incredible mountains, sharing our days with the group, losing track of time, and having those lovely moments when there’s nothing in particular to do.

Of course, it hasn’t all been quite so simple. There have been plenty of things to organise, plans that needed changing, and unexpected situations to deal with.

But I actually enjoy that side of travelling too. Finding solutions, adapting, and discovering that things don’t always have to happen the way we imagined.

Tomorrow I leave Peru, and I know I’ll miss these mountains, the people, and the very different rhythm of life I’ve enjoyed here.

But more than anything, I want to take home the reminder that we don’t need to have everything figured out, or fill every moment with something useful.

There’s so much to enjoy when we stop being so concerned with how life should unfold and give ourselves a little more freedom to experience it as it comes.

22/10/2026

11 days in the Andes. So many beautiful moments, experiences, challenges, laughter and unexpected gifts.

We’ve just completed another Andean pilgrimage, and I’ve been reflecting on what made this journey so special.

It’s never just about the places we visit or the ceremonies we share. It’s also about the people who come together, the connections that develop along the way and all those little moments that you could never have planned.

Every pilgrimage has its own character, and this one certainly had its own magic.

Here I’m sharing a little of what stood out for me after these 11 days together. ❤️

20/10/2026

As these eleven days together come to an end, I’m feeling grateful for everything we’ve shared, and a little sad to see our travelling family go its separate ways.

For me, pilgrimage is about much more than visiting sacred places or sitting with medicine. It’s about stepping out of the familiar, allowing life to surprise us, and discovering what happens when we stop trying to organise every moment according to our expectations.

There is something about walking through these mountains, adapting to whatever the day brings, and sharing so much of ourselves with people we barely knew a short while ago that reminds me how little we actually need to feel connected and alive.

My own journey in Peru continues, but I’ll miss this particular combination of people, with all the laughter, conversations and unexpected moments that made these days ours.

And perhaps that’s one of the beautiful things about pilgrimage. We may walk the same paths for a while, but eventually we each continue in our own direction, carrying something of the experience, and of one another, with us.

18/10/2026

One of my favourite things about the Andes is the incredible silence.

I’ve been loving the simplicity of life on pilgrimage. Losing track of the days, walking from one place to another, adapting when plans change, and seeing what unfolds along the way.

There’s something so refreshing about stepping away from our usual routines and the constant need to be productive.

Just walking, feeling, listening, enjoying the people around me, and taking in these beautiful mountains.

And for now, I’m very happy not knowing what day of the week it is.

15/10/2026

There is something quite special about travelling through Peru with ten people who, not so long ago, were mostly strangers.

We’re sharing ceremonies, climbing mountains, exploring ancient places and opening ourselves to experiences that can be difficult to put into words.

But what fascinates me just as much is everything that happens in between.

The conversations over dinner. The unexpected changes of plans. The moments when we’re tired, hungry, lost, laughing at something completely ridiculous, or discovering that someone we barely knew a few days ago suddenly feels strangely familiar.

I have always been fascinated by what happens when you bring a group of people together and take them out of their familiar surroundings.

The masks begin to slip. Personalities emerge. Some people naturally take the lead, others quietly hold things together. We discover our own habits, our expectations, our patience (or occasionally the limits of it!).

And somewhere along the way, a little travelling community begins to form, complete with its own humour, its own rhythms and stories that probably wouldn’t make much sense to anyone outside the group.

I think we sometimes give so much importance to the big moments, the ceremonies, the revelations, the extraordinary experiences, that we overlook how much life teaches us in the ordinary ones.

How we respond when things don’t go according to plan. How we make space for one another. How we navigate our differences while learning to move together.

We’re still somewhere in the middle of this pilgrimage, and I have no idea what stories we’ll be telling by the end.
But that’s part of the beauty of travelling this way.

The journey isn’t only through Peru. It’s also through all the unexpected ways we meet ourselves and each other along the way.

13/10/2026

When we are at home, it is easy to mistake our daily patterns for who we are.

We answer the same messages, move through the same rooms, and meet people who already have a version of us in mind. There is comfort in that familiarity. There can also be very little space to notice when something inside us has changed.

Leaving home interrupts the pattern. We may find ourselves more open, more uncertain, more tired, more alive. Sometimes we discover how much we miss what we left behind. Sometimes we realise what we have been longing to leave behind for a while.

None of this requires a dramatic revelation. It may be a small, honest recognition of what we need, what we value, or what no longer fits.

That is what interests me about pilgrimage: what we see along the way can change how we meet the life we return to.

11/10/2026

One of the things years of working with medicine has changed for me is my relationship with intensity.

Big experiences can be extraordinary.

They can also simply be big experiences.

I'm increasingly interested in what remains afterwards.

What softens. What changes. What becomes possible in someone's ordinary life.

Sometimes the quietest experiences travel the furthest.

Ayaruna Unveiled | Medium

08/10/2026

Yesterday was a beautiful reminder of why I love working with Huachuma in this way.

For me, some of the deepest moments with this medicine happen when very little is happening at all.

Sitting in the mountains. Listening to water. Feeling the space around me. Becoming quiet enough to notice what is already there.

There does not always need to be a process. There does not always need to be a revelation.

Sometimes the silence is enough.

06/10/2026

We tend to mark the beginning of a ceremony very clearly.

The cup. The prayer. The first song.

But the work begins long before that.

It begins with the decision to come. With what we are carrying when we arrive. With the preparation, the people we meet, the trust that begins to form, and the way the space is held.

All of this has an effect on what happens when we finally sit down together in ceremony.

And the same is true afterwards. The ceremony might finish, but the process does not.

The cup is an important part of the medicine.

But it is not all of it.

Dirección

Finca Amoraleza
Lanjarón

Página web

http://www.amoraleza.net/

Notificaciones

Sea el primero en enterarse: le enviaremos un correo electrónico cuando Amoraleza publique novedades y promociones. Su dirección de correo electrónico no se utilizará para ningún otro fin y puede darse de baja en cualquier momento.