| | January 13: | Leave home. Arrive Villahermosa (overnight on own). |
| | January 14: | Arrive Palenque. Opening circle at 4 PM begins formal program. |
| | January 15: | Visit Palenque ruins with in-depth discussions of Ancient Maya cosmology and time to amply experience this powerful site. |
| | January 16: | Morning talk on the esoteric practices of the "Living Maya". Afternoon clearing ritual with Doña Panchita, a curandera working through spirits, in Palenque.
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| | January 17: | Travel from Palenque to Najá. Initial circle with Don Antonio Martinez, Elder Spirit Keeper of the Lacandón Maya. Dinner with the family of Chan K'in Viejo. (Meals in Najá included in tuition.) |
| | January 18: | Balché ceremony with Don Antonio. Dinner with the family of Chan K'in Viejo. (Meals in Najá included in tuition.) |
| | January 19: | Visit god pot burial cave and Lake Najá. Travel from Najá to San Cristóbal. Visit the Maya ruins of Tonina en route with more offerings of Maya cosmology. |
| | January 20: | Morning free time to shop or rest. Visit Na Bolom, the home of Franz and Trudi Blom now a safe house and museum dedicated to the Lacandón Maya. Overview presentation on Maya textiles, their diversity and symbolism. |
| | January 21: | Interchange with Fortaleza de Mujeres Mayas (FOMMA) where a play on migration paths will be performed by the Maya women and a meal will be shared.* (Meal included in tuition.)
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| | January 22: | Festival in San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán with formal ceremonies, celebrations and entry to the traditional churches that beautifully reflect their syncretistic religion. |
| | January 23: | Free time in the morning or optional visit with Sna Jolobil (weavers co-op). Remaining day in ceremony with Don Xun Calixto, Chamula religious leader and traditional healer; and introduction to the sacred practices of Maya midwifery and medicinal plants with Doña Andrea Ruiz Lunes whose guidance comes through dreams. Post-ceremony traditional dinner with the family (included in tuition). |
| | January 24: | Closing circle. Visit to Amatenango** and Carranza*** en route to hotel near airport for overnight. |
| | January 25: | Fly home. |
| | * | FOMMA is a Maya women's organization focusing on the arts and social issues. Our time will include opportunities to observe classes on art, photography, job training, theatre and discussion of social issues of the day. |
| | ** | Amatenango is a pottery-making village where only women mass-produce the hand-built, low-fire pots. |
| | *** | Carranza is a gauze-weaving village. |
