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The Journey · How to Prepare

Come as you are

Come as you are. Bring the doubts, the half-formed worries, the nerves sitting underneath the excitement — none of that needs to be resolved before you arrive. What we ask of you adapts to the state you’re actually in, because the work only holds if it meets you where you are. The starting point is the same for almost everyone: whatever you’re carrying right now is, physiologically, a matter of the nervous system. So that’s where preparation begins — not with packing, but with calming what sits underneath.

Your countdown

6–8 weeks before

If anxiety or a racing mind already shows up, start introducing anti-inflammatory foods and herbal infusions — local, not imported.

2 weeks before

Tell us about trip details, requirements, or your situation. Begin light physical prep if your environment involves altitude or trekking.

Final days

Read if you want to, but don’t binge. A little goes further than a lot, right now.

Morning you leave

Nothing left to prepare. Arrive as you are — that was always the actual instruction.

The practical side

Altitude

Cusco and the Sacred Valley sit above 3,000m. We guide hydration and timing before you land.

Packing

A detailed list comes with your application. Layers matter more than quantity.

Fitness

Depends on environment and length. No athletic background required.

A note for the skeptical
If part of you is rolling its eyes at any of this — good. That part is welcome here too. Skepticism isn’t the opposite of readiness; it’s often what’s left after trying several things that promised more than they gave. We’d rather you arrive doubtful and stay convinced by what you experience than arrive convinced and leave disappointed.

Ask yourself, not us

What have you already tried, and what did it actually change?
What are you hoping no one asks you while you’re there?
If this works, what does the Monday after look like — really?

If you want to read something

Our blog covers the method from every angle, across all its categories. If you’d rather start from a source outside our own, we recommend two books: Respira: El Arte de una Ciencia Olvidada, by James Nestor, and Tu Microbiota Es Idiota. Beyond either, the Inka Method holds more than any reading list can carry — including details of identity that official history erased, a thread that only opens under the direct guidance of someone trained in the method itself.
“More information is rarely the missing piece. A cup that’s already full doesn’t need more water poured into it; it needs room. Rest. Let a little time pass between what you’ve read and what you’re about to live. What the Inka Method offers was never invented — it was simply still here, the way the universe has always been quietly inside us, waiting to be noticed rather than discovered.