Sipapu Today

Home to the Sacred Web of Life

By Oscar and Cindy Miro-Quesada, June 20, 2011

It has been 18 months since Oscar and I first walked in beauty upon the pristine rainforest land that is home to Sipapu. It was during November in 2009 in celebration of both my 50th birthday and deeper commitment to a visionary path of Earth stewardship service. First embarking by riverboat upon the Madre de Dios River that merges at the city of Puerto Maldonado with the legendary Tambopata River, we then found ourselves entering the untouched paradise of La Torre. The Heart of the Healer 100-acre parcel on the shores of the La Torre River evolved from the deep dreaming and loving ceremonial partnership of countless brothers and sisters that form our current global community. Thus Sipapu is home to all of you, was born and nurtured within each of your hearts, and shall remain a legacy to all future generations.

Upon our recent return to this majestically verdant habitat which houses 80% of Amazonian biodiversity our beauty walk was now experienced as a pilgrimage fulfilled. Witnessing the artful completion of Sipapu’s first residential building brought joyful tears to our eyes and widened grins to our faces. What magic and delight in knowing we can trust the capable hands of Mr. Boris Zlatar, our La Torre project manager, to sustainably translate our dreaming of Sipapu into heartfelt aesthetic reality. Within this primary rainforest biodiversity hotspot we now have beautiful eco-lodge with separate kitchen and full bathroom facilities that comfortably houses six people with their own wooden frame beds fitted with storage drawers, spring mattresses and mosquito netting. Surrounding this Sipapu Phase I Crisneja palm roof and Anacaspi wood construction, one finds a variety of fruit and nut bearing trees, and amidst them, a Shihuahuaco sapling ceremonially planted by our brother Robin Van Loon symbolizing our shared Earth stewardship vision. Also quite impressive is the 22 meter tall and 27 meter deep well water tower and submersible pump. It is a true blessing to have this fresh clear water offered from the womb of our mother for our use. Yet one of my personal favorites is the vista overlooking the la Torre River where eight poles supporting four hammocks are situated. By day the four hammocks allow for leisurely viewing the river activity and by night they offer a dazzling stargazing experience.

Although Oscar and I were only able to spend a single night as the first sleep over guests welcomed by our Sipapu eco-lodge, we were able to eagerly anticipate the evolving manifestation of Sipapu as a sacred destination where the preservation of indigenous healing traditions and the restoration of our Earth is possible. It is because of each of you that our collective dreaming is now reality. We felt your presence on the land, in the river, in the trees, in the stars. At all times it felt as if the full vision of Sipapu’s purpose and the structures required to support that vision were complete and you were walking with us.

In heartfelt celebration of our sacred relationship,

Cindy and Oscar Miro-Quesada