Keeping the Fires and Spiritual Connection Alive
Journey to Boulder, CO 2026
Join EPU as we gather in Boulder, Colorado to sit together in prayer, healing, and peace. We invite people to come as one community, remembering our sacred connection to Mother Earth, to Spirit, and to one another. Through shared wisdom, ceremony, and the honoring of the natural ways, we help keep the living teachings alive for generations yet to come.
The Echo of the Four Directions
Boulder Colorado August 6th through August 15th 2026
This week-long council is an invitation to enter the living teachings of Tata Erick Gonzalez and the mission of Earth People’s United. It is a gathering of hearts and communities coming together in remembrance that the Earth is calling humanity back into unity, peace, and shared purpose. Rooted in Earth Wisdom, the council, teachings and ceremonies offer a space for reflection, prayer, and dialogue on how we may walk in right relationship with ourselves, one another, and all of creation, so that all living beings may flourish in harmony.
Oral tradition is the sacred passing of wisdom from one generation to the next through stories, teachings, songs, prayers, and ceremony. It is more than words being spoken; it is the sharing of spirit, memory, and living knowledge carried through the hearts of the people. We are honored to receive the wisdom of the ancient Mayan traditions through the counsel of Tata Erick Gonzalez, OmeAkaEhekatl.
This is an invitation to journey through the Mayan Medicine Wheel as a path of healing, remembrance, and transformation. EPU offers an introduction to the four sacred directions and the four elements, which opens the doorway to understanding how ancient wisdom can guide us and harmonize with our modern way of life.
Each element—Fire, Earth, Water, and Air—carries its own medicine and teachings. This brings healing and balance to our mind, body, emotions, and spirit. These elemental energies are held within the sacred directions of East, South, West, and North. As we move toward each direction, we deepen our connection with the living essence of these four elements and the wisdom they carry for our lives.
Schedule of Events
Journey to Boulder, CO 2026
Thursday August 6th
Jun Ajmak
The Mayan day to honor the children and future generations
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds, Boulder Colorado
2 pm to 6 pm
Suggested Donation $20
The day of Jun Ajmak this is an opportunity to celebrate the children and next generation. Here we offer a blessing to the children, counsel on how we can instill wisdom in our youth to ensure a peaceful and harmonious future.
Friday August 7th
Cayi Noj
Welcome Dinner
Hosted by Page Mitchum and David
Linden Ave, Boulder CO 80302
3pm to 8 pm
Beautiful Farm to Table Dinner $40 per person
This is to honor Mother Earth and promote unification and peace on our planet, our relations, communities and within ourselves.
Saturday August 8th
Oxi Tijax
Transformative healing through the Mayan Medicine Wheel
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds, Boulder Colorado
10 am to 2 pm
Fire teachings-Counsel on the East, Red, Spring, Fire, Energetic Body, Nervous System, Reignite-Learning to be present in our truth, walk the red road, know unconditional love.
Earth Teachings-Counsel on the South, Yellow, Summer, Earth, Physical Body, Endocrine System, Restore. Learning to connect to our mother Earth and truly nurture on all levels.
Healing Mayan Fire to Request Permission
3-6 pm
Here we are able to cut away that which is no longer needed and unite Mind, Body and Spirit.
On Oxi Tijax, We learn how to speak clearly for peace and unity using our words-not violence.
Sunday August 9th
Caji Kawok
Transformative healing through the Mayan Medicine Wheel
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds, Boulder Colorado
10 am to 2 pm
Water teachings-Counsel on the West, Black, Fall, Water, Emotional/Mental Body, Psychological System, Release-Learning to balance our emotion and come into clear cognitive thought forms. Release trauma and activate forgiveness for greater connection.
Air Teachings-Counsel on the North, White, Winter, Spiritual Body, Immunological System, Remember-Learning who we truly are at a soul level and what our spiritual path is.
Cleansing purification lodge
3-6 pm
To receive the blessing of the water and grandmothers where the four elements unite.
Thursday August 13th
Waqxaqui Akabal
Earth People United Gala
The Yellow Barn
9417 N Foothills Hwy, Longmont, CO 80503
Saturday
Lajuj Kan
Gratitude Mayan Fire
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds, Boulder Colorado
Today we share prayers of gratitude for the blessing of the Earth, the gift of life and honor our spiritual leaders, the wisdom keepers
Journey To Boulder
Journey To Boulder
Welcome Home Dinner
Friday August 14th, 2026
Linden Ave, Boulder CO 80302
3 pm to 8 pm
$50 Includes Farm to Table Dinner
Join us for an intimate evening gathering introducing the teachings of Tata Erick Gonzalez and the mission of Earth People’s United. Rooted in Earth wisdom, this experience cultivates peace—where community, and shared purpose come together to support all life.
Guests are warmly invited to join us in a farm to table dinner, wisdom counsel and music. Guests are encouraged to bring a natural offering for the Sacred Mayan Fire the following day. Suggested offerings include dried herbs, flowers, copal resin, cedar or juniper foliage, and beeswax candles.
Fire and Earth Counsel Teachings
August 15th, 2026
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds
10 am to 2 pm
$120 ($200 for both days)
The first day of this weekend course explores the Fire in the direction of the East and the Earth in the direction of the South.
Through the Eastern door, the rising sun, the Sacred Fire that we are able to connect to our passion, love and truth. Here we learn how the Fire reignites the inner light that guides our soul’s path.
On the Southern path, we remember the medicine of the Earth - self-compassion, grounding, and the importance of building strong roots within ourselves. From this sacred connection, we find peace, stability, and restoration.
We will follow these teachings with a Mayan Fire Ceremony and prayer, joining the offerings of the Earth with the strength of the Fire.
Water and Air Counsel Teachings
August 16th, 2026
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds
10 am to 2 PM
$120 ($200 for both days)
On the second day of this immersive journey, we receive the teachings of the Water and the Air.
In the West, lies the element of Water, carrying the medicine of purification, flow, and balance. Here, we understand the harmony of our emotional world, as the waters teach us to release old wounds, grief, and stagnation so we may return to peace, clarity, and renewal.
The element of Air brings harmony and clarity to our spiritual wellness. In the Northern direction, we are invited into deep remembrance of who we truly are. Air teaches us to quiet the mind, open the heart, and listen with greater awareness to the voice of spirit moving within and around us. Here, we begin to understand what our soul genuinely needs to thrive. Like the breath itself, Air reminds us that spirit is always present, gently guiding us back to ourselves.
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Join EPU in a Mayan Fire Ceremony. We welcome you to step into a connection that extends beyond the individual—into the great web of life that holds us all. Mayan fire ceremonies have long been a way to carry good wishes, loving intentions, and prayers into the universe. The fire becomes a beacon—illuminating the path between this world, the spiritual realms, and the stars.
The Sacred Fire serves as a bridge between humanity and the unseen—ancestors, guardians, and the greater cosmic forces that guide and sustain life. Through the fire, prayers are spoken in a language beyond words. Traditionally, offerings are placed into the Mayan Fire for many purposes. Offerings are an expression of gratitude—a way of saying: we remember, we honor, we give back. They are also given for cleansing, healing, and transformation, helping to restore harmony within both the individual and communities.
EPU Gala Dinner and Wisdom Keepers Counsel
August 13th, 2026
The Yellow Barn
6 pm to 10 pm
Mayan Fires - Healing Fire and Gratitude Fire
August 8th and August 15th 2026
75th Street Ceremonial Grounds
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Who We Are
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Our Mission & VIsion
Who We Are
OUR MISSION
Connecting people to the natural and spiritual worlds, and bridging the wisdom of the Ancient Ones with the world of today so that the diversity of life may flourish for future generations.
OUR VISION
Within the next decade, Earth Peoples United envisions a thriving network of sanctuaries and communities stewarding land, transmitting lineage-rooted wisdom, and cultivating leaders who live in right relationship in living systems.
We see a world where humanity remembers itself as one interconnected family — diverse in expression, united in responsibility. Where spiritual sovereignty and collective care coexist, and leadership is grounded in humility, discipline, and service.
Through living systems of learning, stewardship, and ethical transmission, we are restoring the interwoven threads of life so that future generations inherit cultures, lands, and teachings they feel proud to carry forward.
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CONNECTION
We cultivate conscious, reciprocal relationships between people, community, and the Earth as the foundation of belonging and right relationship.
CONTINUITY
We bridge the wisdom of the Ancient Ones with the world of today, honoring lineage, tradition, and responsibility to future generations.
CARE
We act with humility, respect, and accountability, keeping the well-being of people, land, and culture at the center.
CULTIVATION
We foster the conditions for growth, learning, and regeneration, supporting all of life to thrive through practice, stewardship, and care
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Tata Erick Gonzalez
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