Sacred Service in Nepal: Sindhupalchok

Program Dates:

October 6-20th, 2025

Embark on a transformative journey through the Himalayas, immersing yourself in the Indigenous, shamanic ways of healing, all the while supporting global health equity.

Join our charity trek through the sacred mountains of Nepal.

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Inner Ocean

Empowerment Project

We combine holistic therapies such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage/bodywork, energy healing, and conventional healthcare with education...

SINDHUPALCHOK Program

Highlights:

  • Experience Nepal’s regal Himalayan range, home to some of the world’s tallest peaks.

  • Immersion in shamanic-based healing community with opportunities to learn from the local medicine keepers.

  • Trek through pristine rhododendron forests, dipping into waterfalls and visiting sacred mountain temples.

  • An opportunity to have a consultation with a Tibetan doctor and have your pulses listened to the way doctors have been doing it for thousands of years.

  • Visit monasteries, museums, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites including serving at a temple hospice center.

  • Expand your reach by contributing to life-changing global healthcare and education.

  • Learn about earthquakes including their environmental, political, and economic impact.

  • And so much more!

Sindhupalchok Program

Objectives:

  • Create strong relationships with the Tamang and Sherpa communities to better understand their needs.

  • Bring vital supplies as well as herbal and allopathic medicine to dispense and/or store in Inner Ocean's clinics.

  • Offer integrative healthcare and education to the Indigenous Tamang and Sherpa communities.

  • Evacuate, refer and follow up with patients who present red flag physical or mental health concerns.

  • Learn about the rich ecosystems of the Himalayan range, native plant medicine and wildlife.

Program Fee Details:

Generosity Level: $3,725

Sustainability Level: $3,425

Access Level: $3,125

If you need help deciding which level to choose, or would like information regarding our Deferred Payment or Scholarship opportunities, please visit our Program Fees page.

Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $500 will secure your spot.

*Your program fee, flight, travel medical insurance, and any supplies purchased to be used during the health clinics are tax-deductible. Licensed acupuncturists will be able to receive 30 PDA’s from NCCAOM.

There are only 12 spots available and they are on a first come, first served basis

Program Dates: October 6-20, 2025

*The program begins on the 6th therefore, plan to arrive in Nepal on or before October 6th (often this means you will depart from the US on the 4th or 5th) and will depart from Nepal on the evening of the 20th or on the 21st.

Program Fee Includes:

  • Kathmandu International Airport Arrival and Departure Transfer

  • All in-country travel including domestic flights, buses, and jeeps

  • Our Natural Medicine Travel Kit Guidebook

  • An amazing English-speaking, experienced guide

  • Several English-Nepali translators during our clinics

  • Sherpas and porters to assist you in carrying all of your belongings and our medical supplies while trekking

  • A wonderful cook and kitchen staff for our gourmet meals while trekking

  • All meals during your trip minus the few meals highlighted in the itinerary

  • Double-occupancy hotel rooms in Kathmandu (option for single occupancy for additional charge)

  • Single-occupancy tents and camping gear

  • All monastery entrance fees and tickets to visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  • All Nepal restricted area daily use permits

  • And so much more!

Program Fee Does NOT Include:

  • International Airfare to and from Kathmandu

  • Nepal Visa (purchased onsite for approximately $25-$50 depending on length of stay)

  • Travel Medical Insurance (approximately $50-$200 depending on personal preference)

  • Tips for guides, porters, kitchen staff while trekking, etc.

  • The occasional lunches and dinners outlined in your itinerary

Bonus Gift: Natural Medicine Travel Kit

  • Learn our founder's natural treatment protocols to prevent traveler's diarrhea, immune system challenges, jet lag, and altitude sickness while traveling

  • Get our insider's scoop on treating common health conditions that can arise when we are traveling internationally or for extended periods of time

  • See herbal medicine, vitamin, supplement, over-the-counter, and prescription medication recommendations as well as dosages to troubleshoot these challenges

  • Gain confidence in traveling abroad, learning the signs of when to take matters into your own hands and when to seek advice or care from a professional

  • As a volunteer with Inner Ocean you can customize your own natural medicine travel kit using our online pharmacy

TESTIMONIALS

What others are saying

"I felt like I went on a really nourishing personal journey"


The highlight for me (if I have to pick one) was the time in clinic. The openness and resilience of the Sindhupalchok villagers touched my heart and the whole clinic process was a lovely reminder of both the simplicity and immense healing capacity of truly holistic and integrative medicine. I also felt like I went on a really nourishing personal journey. I haven’t stopped talking about this trip to whoever will listen. I feel like it has energized me and as always with new experiences, it has brought something new and special into my regular practice at home.

-Dr. Katie Molloy, Australia

"My trip to Nepal with Inner Ocean was beyond rewarding and just so much fun"

My trip to Nepal with Inner Ocean was beyond rewarding and just so much fun. Traveling to the remote villages of Sindhupalchok, one of the region’s hardest hit by the 2015 earthquake, to set up health camps was eye opening, deeply touching, and something I will keep in my heart for a lifetime. I carry a deep well of gratitude for this trip that filled my spirit and allowed me to meet Mindi and the wonderful people on her team. I high recommend a trip with IOEP and look forward to another adventure with them soon.

-Melanie Paquette, Canada

"It was an amazing experience both meeting and helping the local people"

"I have traveled with Inner Ocean to Nepal twice now for healthcare support in the villages hit hard by the earthquakes and now recently - flooding.

It was an amazing experience both meeting and helping the local people. Some of the villages are very remote and we trekked from one to the other with our medical supplies. Mindi and her team are amazing and I would highly recommend traveling with them.

I am definitely coming back for another trip as soon as it is possible!

-Bonnie Keller, Nurse, United States

Experience Authentic Village Living...

As well as local, organic gourmet cuisine, while supporting a community through recovery from a disastrous earthquake. Join our team of medical and non-medical volunteers as we trek through the Himalayas.

*You do not need to be a healthcare practitioner to join our service immersion programs. We welcome non-healthcare volunteers to join us during each program with an approximate 1-4 ratio.

Your Guides

Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc. (she/her)

Lead Guide and founder of the Inner Ocean Empowerment Project, Mindi has been leading trips to Nepal since 2014. 

She will be guiding you on your journey of both inner and outer transformation as you step into the vast and deep territory of world service & wisdom exchange.

As the founder of Inner Ocean Empowerment Project, she has been engaged in life-changing world service in Nepal, India, Thailand/Burma, and in disaster areas in the US since 2012.

Being of true and genuine service is her life’s passion and she is more than delighted to share this experience with a community of incredible healers, practitioners, and heart-full service workers. 

Mindi is a graduate of Naropa University’s Contemplative Psychology program and holds a Masters degree in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. She is a Wilderness First Responder and she lives with her family and rescued pit bulls in the foothills of Colorado.

Beebal Singh Limbu (he/him)

Founder of Into The Wild guiding company, Beebal is a true adventurer. His love for Mother Nature and the outdoors has led him into guiding people from all walks of life through the vast Himalayas for over a decade.

As a humanitarian, he has been providing direct aid and support to the victims of the devastating earthquake of 2015. Beebal has been supervising medical clinics and leading sponsored charity treks in the Sindhupalchok district, one amongst the most affected regions in the country.

Beebal has been co-leading trips with the Inner Ocean Empowerment Project since 2015. He continues to bring supplies into IOEP’s eight Himalayan medical clinics and conduct trainings for the Mothers in Wilderness First Aid and CPR.

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