A Quiet Question
Choose the one that feels closest to true. We'll send a quiet thread of transmissions · prayers, reflections, and the next gentle door · so the path stays lit until you're ready to walk through.
Hapé Community Ceremony
Not the thought of yourself. Not the story you've been running. The actual you, underneath all of it, quiet, present, grounded in your body on this earth. Hapé has been clearing this path for thousands of years. It knows exactly where to go.
What Hapé Is
Hapé, pronounced ha-PAY, is a sacred snuff prepared by Amazonian peoples from ceremonially harvested tobacco and plant ashes. It is administered through the nostrils using a pipe called a tepi or kuripe. The experience is immediate, specific, and unlike anything else.
Within moments, the mind goes quiet. Not suppressed, cleared. The third eye opens. The body drops into the earth. The frantic noise of ordinary life falls away and what remains is you, unadorned, present, exactly here.
This is not a gentle sacrament. It is a direct one. It will take you somewhere real. And where it takes you, you will recognize.
Who This Is For
The mind runs. You've tried meditation, breathwork, exercise. They help. But the volume never fully drops. Hapé does not ask your mind to quiet itself. It quiets it.
You know what you want but somehow can't access it. The gut that used to know has gone fuzzy. Hapé cuts through the accumulation. Direction returns.
You take on the energy of rooms, of people, of situations. You absorb what isn't yours and carry it long after. Hapé clears the field. Participants consistently describe feeling lighter.
I thought I knew what being grounded felt like. I didn't. After Hapé I understood the difference between thinking about being present and actually being present. My whole body was here.First ceremony · Washington, DC
What to Expect
Opening circle. We sit together, set intentions, open sacred space. You speak what you are bringing to the ceremony and what you are asking to release.
Hapé administration. Our facilitator administers the sacrament through the nose using the tepi pipe. The experience peaks quickly, intense, complete, specific.
Sitting with what arrives. After administration, you rest in the ceremony container. Sound, silence, and space support the integration happening in real time.
Closing and sharing. We close sacred space together. Participants share what moved through them. You leave knowing you were witnessed.
Expect intensity. Expect clarity. Expect to feel more like yourself than you have in a long time.
What to Expect
Every 3rd Thursday of the Month · 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM · Please allow spaciousness for arrival, ceremony, integration, and closing.
Washington, DC · arrival details shared after registration
Recurring Offering · Washington, DC
You already know if this is for you. Take your place. Bring your breath. Let this ancient transmission meet you where you are.
Community Care Model · Suggested sacred contribution · Scholarship available · Ask us
Sacred Access
We believe healing is a birthright, not a privilege. Sliding scale and scholarship offerings are available for those called to ceremony. Write to askus@templemotherearth.org to begin the conversation.
This sacred ceremony is a protected religious practice of Temple Mother Earth under RFRA and the First Amendment.