Sacred Service in Nepal: Sindhupalchok

Program Dates:

October 15-29th, 2024

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.

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.

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.

Who Should Apply?

  • Acupuncturists

  • Herbalists

  • First Responders

  • NADA Practitioners

  • Bodyworkers

  • WFA's, WFR's, & WEMT's

  • Nurses

  • Doctors

  • Energy Healers

  • Eclectic Healthcare Workers

  • And anyone with a passion for service and love of adventure!

Join our team of medical and non-medical volunteers as we trek through the Himalayas and serve.

Program Fee Details:

Generosity Level: $3,725

Sustainability Level: $3,425

Accessibility Level: $3,125

*If you need help deciding which level to choose, 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 18 spots available and they are on a first come, first served basis

Program Dates: October 15-29, 2024

*The program begins on the 15th therefore, plan to arrive in Nepal on or before October 15th (often this means you will depart from the US on the 13th or 14th) and will depart from Nepal on the evening of the 29th or on the 30th.

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!

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 other common health conditions that can arise when we are traveling internationally or for extended periods of time: diarrhea, nausea, motion sickness, constipation, colds, flus, fever, bites, stings, sprains, burns, vaginal infections, UTI's, insomnia and more

  • 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, knowing when to take care of things on your own 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

  • Access discounts to purchase our complete Preventative Travel Medical Kit and our Natural Medicine Travel Kit as well as discounts to see Wilderness Medical Doctors to prescribe any necessary medications for your kit

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.

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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