Nutrition & Natural Medicine in Peru with Linguistic Horizons

This program, Nicole and Erica (the organization), gave me so much support and just the best 3 months of my life. I needed so much this after my undergrad, and it was the best decision ever! I was so scared at first to go so far away, in Peru, from Europe, but the girls were just so reassuring and supportive, and it was just the best to be held there and welcomed home by locals! The people I met there I still keep in my heart, and still keep in contact with some! I learned so much and this experience literally changed my life! I still practice the natural medicine and some courses I took there (such as reiki and theta healing), it prepared me very well for my Japanese travels too (tea ceremony hosted there with the lovely Paulette), and I saw what is it like to work with natural remedies and patients. Everyday felt so exciting and full of joy and interesting people to meet and learn from, and the nature all around was just truly the best bonus ever! Cusco and The Secred Valley are a just must see experience on this planet, especially nowadays! Forever in my heart, thank you, Nicole for organising this program and sharing your lovely connections made in the magical Urubamba!

In 2019 I embarked on a truly life changing experience. I’ve had always wanted to visit Peru but didn’t know how to get there or who to get there with. In a matter of months from finding Nicole and Linguistic Horizons to getting picked up at the airport in Cusco, Peru, I felt so seen, safe and supported as a dream was being brought to life! Nicole and her Team are there with you every step of the way. The quick and personal responses are a quick but honest glimpse of the leadership abroad and of course, in the states. The people in your group and you are immediately connected and feel like family. The culture is so embracing of new and returning travelers. I recommend this program to anybody wishing to step out of their comfort zone and step into their curiosity!!

I was interested in herbal medicine and wanted to travel, so I did Linguistic Horizons “Plant-based medicine and nutrition” course in Peru, and it was a great experience that built my interest in this topic and inspired me greatly. The town we stayed in was beautiful, felt safe, and felt like real small town Peru, and the amount and variety of local Peruvian professionals that we learned from and got connected with was eye-opening and awesome, from a medicine woman taking us on a plant walk, to a local cooking class, to spending a day in an Andean medicine clinic. Those 2 weeks felt so much longer because of everything we did and everyone we met. Great experience that I will always be grateful for.

Nicole was super attentive and answered all my questions in detail as well as providing me with extra information that, although I did not ask for, was super helpful. She really cares for you and you feel it. The whole process of application to the program and follow-up before the trip was super professional and it left me very calm since I knew at all times what was happening and what I would need before traveling. Once in Peru, everything was very easy. I did not have to worry about anything. I could focus on enjoying the experience and learning from the wonderful people I met. The quality of the workshops was beyond I expected and I'm really grateful for that. I really recommend the program to anyone interested in holistic medicine and natural nutrition. Thank you SO MUCH from the bottom of my heart for everything!! I'm definitely coming back to Urubamba to visit :)

Nicole runs this beautiful program! I did the internship + program and can say that both have been amazing experiences for me! I came to Peru hoping to understand how herbs and nutritional remedies can be used to treat illness, as I have had a growing distaste of western medicinal philosophy–I left having witnessed that illness can be severely impacted using natural remedies! In addition to the knowledge gain, I met beautiful beautiful people, and Peru is one of the most gorgeous, spectacular places! Both Nicole and Max are great, and I am so grateful for such an experience, if I could, I would do it all over again! Would highly recommend, do it!

I had an amazing experience studying natural medicine and holistic nutrition in Peru. It gave me a new perspective on the different types of nutrition people study. I learned about the many superfoods, natural cleanses and detoxes, aromatherapy and more. I highly recommend to people wanting to study natural medicine and holistic nutrition. We also hiked Machu Picchu, visited the salt pools and tried many Peruvian dishes.

My experience learning about nutrition and natural medicine in Peru was truly amazing. Through this program I had the opportunity to learn about aspects of natural medicine and holistic nutrition which I have never had the opportunity to learn in school. It was so awesome to get to experience the health culture of this country and learn about all of the amazing Peruvian super foods and herbs used! I have already benefited so much from the information I learned about essential oils, body work, natural and herbal medicine, tradition Peruvian cooking and super foods, and overall holistic health - and it has sparked a desire within me to continue to learn more about these topics! I also loved all of the opportunities we had to hike and enjoy the outdoors - which were many! Every day was filled with fun workshops, delicious food, and outdoor adventures :) Peru is such a beautiful and health conscious place, and I hope to go back again! I could not recommend this program enough!

I was looking for a program that focused on herbalism and a natural, holistic look at life and medicine. I was also hoping to find something that would get me back into a spanish speaking country to practice my fading language skills and support my love of cultural exploration. Nicole's program (and it really is her grown-up brain child) did this for me and provided so much more than I had ever hoped. Nicole is an amazing person and has connected herself to an incredibly welcoming and insightful community. The cost of the program covers delicious cuisine for most of your meals, multiple excursions to incredible sights often featured in National Geographic, and an introduction and entrance into the culture on so many levels. You meet local artist communities, have contact with shamans who live several days worth of hiking up in the mountains, meet Max--our fabulous local tour guide and source of endless stories accessible to people of all spanish speaking levels--explore phenomenal nature and learn the secret local knowledge of how to barter at the markets and who sells the best fruit. Oh my Goodness the fruit. It's worth it if all you do is eat the fruit, but you do so much more as well.

We hiked the mountains that create a backdrop to Urubamba and collected native medicinal plants for a local healer. We gave ceremonial thanks to Pacha Mama in return for letting us collect what we needed from her mountain and used what we gathered to heal people. I summated Machu Pichu and Huayna Pichu in the glorious jungle rain and sat in meditation in the temple of the moon half way down the back side of the mountain. We went to the Salt flats at Maras and spent days just sitting around loving life. We met with Vedic healers who taught us nutritional information and made the best snacks.

Make the decision to go on the trip for yourself, because you will grow so much and learn about yourself and the world in ways you are not expecting.