“I travel in joy”
Elena is a bridge-builder between logic and mystery. Once an engineer, she turned to art, meditative practices, dance, and the guidance of various spiritual practices and dietas that deepened her way of seeing. She founded Magic Pond, a growing community and a retreat center in the Catskills, and In Joy Travel – a fierce and tender invitation to return to one’s original, potent self while traveling in South America. Elena creates as she lives: with curiosity, humor, and a touch of wild wonder.
Ways We Wander
🎨Inner Expression, Outer Adventure
Each journey is an altar.
We merge self-inquiry with creativity, painting with shamans, journaling by moonlight, moving as ritual.
🌀Founder-Led. Slow. Alive.
Elena is your companion, not your guide. We move like poetry, curated for presence, not pace. Every ritual is intentional. Every step, alive.
🌿Rooted in the Land
We are guests and students.
Our hosts are keepers of ancient wisdom. We listen, we honor, we give thanks, and we remember.
Our Living Canvas
In Joy Travel is a living canvas.
A constellation of souls journeying together in reverence and wonder.
Each journey is a brushstroke on your inner landscape.
We travel not to escape, but to return.
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