Gustavo Monje, PhD

Inside Stuck in Yesterday: Visionary Practices for Building a Purposeful Future, I introduce something called the Higher Purpose Codex, six “codes” designed to help you move from feeling stuck to living with clarity, direction, and meaning.

Each code is a declaration of who you are becoming.

Code One is where it all begins:
“My Higher Purpose is…”

When you begin to name your Higher Purpose, everything starts to shift.

📖 Stuck in Yesterday will be available starting May 16, 2026.

Are you standing at a turning point?

Whether you feel stuck in a current chapter or are simply ready to build a deeper foundation for your goals and life direction, this immersive seminar offers the clarity you’ve been seeking.

Join us for a transformative, half-day journey of guided practices designed to help you uncover and articulate your Higher Purpose.

You will move beyond abstract theory to craft a personal Higher Purpose statement that feels authentic, grounded, and perfectly aligned with your soul’s path.

The Experience
Through guided meditations and embodied practices, you will receive concrete, practical guidance to uncover your deepest why. Using the yogic chakra system as a framework for alignment, we will explore how your Higher Purpose functions as an inner compass—helping you evaluate major life transitions, relationships, and your biggest goals. Please bring a journal to record your insights.

What you will take away
- Special Gift: Every participant will receive a free copy of the newly released book: Stuck in Yesterday: Visionary Practices for Building a Purposeful Future. The workshop themes are woven from its pages, allowing you to continue your journey at home.

-Codes of Self-Knowledge: The beginnings of “a higher purpose codex” to deepen self-guidance

-A Personal Purpose Statement: A clear, written anchor for your life’s work.

Get all the details and sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Hv3Ln8d5B/

You don’t need to reinvent yourself.
You just need to realign with who you really are.

There are six key pieces most people are missing when it comes to living with purpose. Without them, life can feel out of alignment.

In this new YouTube video, I break down the six codes that help you move from confusion to clarity—internally and externally.

Plus, there’s a special announcement about the new book Stuck in Yesterday you don’t want to miss!

Watch it here:

https://youtu.be/KHyHFxod9Ig?si=Yh2nhyVXEqWLmV13

The way back from dissociation and reclaiming your higher purpose in life isn't about re-inventing it.

It’s when you become conscious of what your heart feels all along and your words can articulate those feelings.

Thank you to my friend Gustavo Prudente for sharing his insight in my forthcoming book: Stuck in Yesterday: Visionary Practices for Building a Purposeful Future.

What causes dissociation?

This new video short explains why people stop trusting their inner voice.

Check it out at YouTube /

New moon offerings to Mama Quilla 💐
Can you align with the Earth’s natural rhythms and cycles?

Day 5 • Final Day of Pilgrimage — Reaching Machu Picchu

In Peru, when people ask where I’m from, I usually say my family is from the Bolivian Andes — and add, “I have a great-grandfather from Peru.” But as we entered Machu Picchu, something stirred. Who is this ancestor I always mention?

Then I realized: I have two.
One, my grandmother’s father — a real man with a complicated story.
The other, Machu Picchu himself — my benefactor Apu (Mountain Guardian).

In the Andes, an Apu is a sacred protector who watches over you from birth. Years ago, my teacher Tupac confirmed what I had long felt: Machu Picchu is my guardian.

That morning, unlike most visitors arriving with only cameras in hand, we entered carrying offerings — kintu coca leaves, chicha (ceremonial corn brew), and deep gratitude. We had carried a 3-liter bottle of chicha for five days on our pilgrimage, offering it cup by cup to each sacred site along the way.

At the top of Huayna Picchu Mountain, a kind guard recognized our purpose and quietly led us to a hidden huaqa (sacred altar), off-limits to the public. There, we made an offering to the 10 surrounding Apus that cradle a Machu Picchu. It was a powerful, intimate moment — honoring Machu Picchu in a way few ever do.

For the first time, I fully noticed a round, gentle mountain nearby: Putu K**i.

K**i is my Quechua spiritual name and is very similar to the nickname my parents gave me as a child. To see an Apu with my name, beside my benefactor, felt like a sign. A confirmation.
This name was never random — it was given by the mountains.

Before we left, we poured the very last drop of chicha — and to our amazement, it filled the final cup perfectly. No measuring. No planning. Just perfect timing. Nothing left. Nothing wasted. The offering complete. It felt like the Apus themselves were confirming: You completed the journey. You gave everything.

If this pilgrimage experience speaks to you, reach out. I’ll be guiding another 5-day journey to these sacred places in 2026.

Perhaps the mountains are calling you, too.

Haywarikuy (Despacho) – Sacred Offerings for Manifestation & Healing

Long before mercado-ready Despacho kits, my ancestors practiced a humble and powerful ritual: Kintu Haywarikuy, a coca leaf offering to the Apus (Mountain Guardians) and Pachamama (Cosmic Mother), made from the heart.

In the Andes, life was always rooted in reciprocity. Families lived in harmony with the land, mountains, and spirit world. No stores sold ceremonial items. Rather, people gave back what the Earth gave them, with simplicity and devotion.

Celebrations were vibrated with music, mesas (altars) made of woven cloth laid on the ground, with chicha (corn brew) warming over the fire. The first plate was offered to the spirits, placed on the mesa with a bell ringing over it. Elders were served next. There was hallpay (coca chewing), burning of incense, and invocations whispered to the mountains.

Sometimes at these gatherings, or whenever someone needed healing or support, a Haywarikuy ceremony was done. These were also done to bless their houses and their animals.

At its center was the ñawi, the energy point with Chicha sprinkled all over it. As is practiced today, the offering included:

Coca – The sacred jungle leaf connecting people to Earth, easing hunger, strengthening the body, harmonizing the heart.

Tika (flowers) – Symbols of beauty, joy, and the Divine feminine.

Sara (corn) – Kernels symbolizing abundance and sustenance

Untu Wira – Llama fat that melts in the fire, symbolizing light, healing, water, and transformation.

In the old days, the Despacho was wrapped in cloth, not paper, to be offered to the fire. These ceremonies were living examples of life in relationship, devotion, gratitude, and reverence for Spirit and the land.

If you feel called to receive a Despacho Ceremony in the sacred ways of my lineage, I would be honored to support you, Reach out—I’m here.