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Ayllu Vidya
School of Inner Wisdom
Ayllu Vidya represents the living wisdom of our community: a place where ancient traditions meet modern life, where knowledge becomes experience, and where personal transformation becomes a way of serving others.
Our School of Inner Wisdom
Learn More about AYLLU Vidya
In Quechua, Ayllu means family, community, or the sacred collective, a way of living in relationship where each person’s growth strengthens the whole. Vidya, from Sanskrit, means true knowledge or sacred wisdom, the kind of wisdom that is not simply learned through books but awakened through direct experience and embodied living.
Together, Ayllu Vidya represents the living wisdom of our community: a place where ancient traditions support our modern lives, where knowledge becomes experience, and where personal transformation becomes a way of serving others.
Our school was born from years of teaching, ceremony, retreats, and the countless people who have walked this path with us through Ayllu Medicina. It is the home of the educational branch of our work, a place dedicated to preserving, embodying, and sharing timeless wisdom through live trainings, certifications, rites of passage, and immersive learning experiences.
This school was created for our growing community. It is a place to learn, embody, and deepen your understanding of ancient wisdom and personal transformation. It is a space to reconnect with yourself while cultivating the skills to guide and support others on their path.
Read on to learn about our current program offerings…
Introducing The First Threshold
There was a time when women gathered to honor the sacred rhythms of life. They understood the wisdom of the body, the seasons within, and the rites that marked every important transition.
This is your invitation to remember.
Over six transformative months, journey through the Four Inner Seasons, reclaim the ancient wisdom of the feminine, and learn to guide women through circles, workshops, and foundational rites of passage with confidence, integrity, and heart.
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This Training is for Women Who Feel Called to...
- Understand the deeper intelligence of the feminine cycle.
- Heal their relationship with their body and the seasons within.
- Support girls and women through life’s sacred transitions.
- Facilitate meaningful circles and workshops.
- Restore the lost traditions of feminine initiation.
- Become part of a growing lineage dedicated to preserving and sharing living wisdom for future generations
Course Training...
- Become a Women’s Circle Facilitator
- Learn to Guide Sacred Rites of Passage
- Restore the Lost Wisdom of Womanhood
- Lead Women Through Life’s Sacred Transitions
Over 6 Months You Will...
- Reclaim the ancient wisdom of the feminine cycle and learn to live in harmony with your own rhythms.
- Deepen your understanding of the Four Inner Seasons and the greater seasons of a woman’s life.
- Learn the energetic architecture of each phase through the chakras, subtle body, sacred geometry, and the natural elements.
- Integrate Ayurvedic principles, seasonal nutrition, herbal medicine, yoga, meditation, and breathwork to support every season of the feminine cycle.
- Explore sacred geometry as a living language of transformation, working with the Cube, Icosahedron, Tetrahedron, Octahedron, and Dodecahedron as archetypes of each stage of the journey.
- Experience rituals, ceremonies, guided meditations, breathwork, and embodied practices that bring the teachings into everyday life.
- Learn how to create safe, ethical, and transformational spaces for women.
- Receive practical training in facilitating women’s circles, seasonal workshops, and foundational rites of passage.
- Design and lead your own Mother–Daughter Menarche Rite of Passage.
- Develop your own seasonal workshops, rituals, and circle offerings.
- Graduate with the confidence to begin sharing this work within your community.
A 6 Month Journey of Rediscovery
Our 6 month course includes 96 hours of teaching, 1:1 mentorship, and live online group training (recordings available), led by your guides, Hwaneetah and Vanessa.
Integrated Methodology
Experience a unique blend of Cyclical Wisdom, Ayurveda, Yoga, Sacred Geometry and more, designed to deepen your connection with your cyclical nature and lead women through life’s sacred transitions.
1:1 Mentorship & Group Online Learning
Immerse yourself in live training that empowers you to create supportive spaces for women’s circles and rites of passage, leading women through life’s sacred transitions.
Certification
Graduates who successfully complete all coursework and practicum requirements will receive the designation:
Certified Facilitator in Cyclical Wisdom, Women’s Circles & Foundational Rites of Passage.
Curriculum Highlights
Month One – Remembering Natural Time
Cyclical Wisdom, Natural Time, Ayurveda, Sacred Geometry, Yoga, Herbalism & the feminine body’s energetic architecture.
Month Two - Winter: The Sacred Pause
Menstruation, the First Rite, Moon Houses, dreamwork, energetic cleansing, restoration& deep renewal.
Month Three - Spring: The Great Rebirth
The wisdom of emergence, fertility, creativity, intention, and the Living Technology of the Womb.
Month Four – Summer: Becoming the Flame
Radiance, purpose, authentic expression, relationships, leadership & the power of the feminine heart.
Month Five - Autumn: Harvest & Descent
Shadow work, intuition, ancestral healing, heightened perception & rites of passage.
Month Six - The Woman Who Guides
Integration, leadership, women’s circles, ceremony, workshop design & mentorship.
Investment
Your tuition includes six months of live professional training, 96 hours of instruction, mentorship, live practice sessions, and certification upon successful completion.
Total Tuition: US $1,950
Payment by transfer or PayPal
Limited Spaces Available
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Option One: Pay in Full
A simple one-time payment upon registration (Opens August 14th).
Option Two: Payment Plan
To reserve your place, a tuition payment of US $975 is due before the course starts (October 25th). You can secure your space with an initial $350 deposit.
The remaining balance is paid in five monthly installments of US $195.
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Who is guiding the course?
Hwaneetah and Vanessa will be leading this course.
Hwaneetah Calderon is a Colombian-born feminine wisdom teacher, author, and ceremonial guide with over 20 years of experience. Through retreats, women’s circles, womb-centered healing, and sacred ceremonies, she has supported thousands of women worldwide in reconnecting with their natural rhythms, becoming an internationally recognised voice in cyclical living and feminine wisdom.
Vanessa Lavigne, originally from Canada, has been practicing yoga for 20+ years and teaching since 2008. A student of Yogi Vishvketu in the Adhi Nath Shiva lineage, she weaves together Vinyasa, Hatha, Ayurveda, breathwork, meditation, and holistic practices to support deep connection, healing, and integration.
Learn more on our ‘team’ page.
What is the certification?
Graduates who successfully complete all coursework and practicum requirements will receive the designation:
Certified Facilitator in Cyclical Wisdom, Women’s Circles & Foundational Rites of Passage
This professional certification recognizes your ability to facilitate introductory women’s circles, seasonal workshops, and foundational rites of passage using the AYLLU Vidya methodology.
What is included in the investment price?
• 6 Months of Live Online Training
• 96 Hours of Professional Instruction
• Guided Meditations & Seasonal Practices
• Rituals & Ceremony
• Yoga (suitable for all levels), Ayurveda & Herbal allies
• Sacred Geometry Teachings
• Women’s Circle Facilitation Training
• Rite of Passage Facilitation Training
• Live Practice Sessions & Personal Mentorship
• Certificate upon Successful Completion
What online platform is used for classes?
The First Threshold will be shared via Zoom.
When will the course be?
We will gather every Sunday for 6 months.
What if I cannot make the live class?
There will be recordings of each class, available for a temporary period of time, for those in different time zones, or if you are unable to make a live class.
Join The First Threshold
Step into a new way of living and serving. Application open on August 14th with limited spaces. Please contact us at aylluvidya@gmail.com if you have any questions.