Born from a dream. Called into being by nature.
OOTO began in 2023 as a feeling — a quiet, insistent call to stop observing the world and and become part of it again. We are a community of conscious travelers and guardians of life, designing experiences that don’t just take you somewhere new. They return you to yourself.
OUR HOSTS
Every OOTO expedition is held by a team whose combined knowledge spans transformational coaching, somatic healing, indigenous wisdom, and over three decades of walking alongside ancestral communities. You are not left to find your own way. You are accompanied — before, during, and after.
Paula
Durán
Arzayus
Co-founder · Experience Design · Facilitators
Paula is a marketer and social entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building impact-driven models. As a certified transformational well-being coach and somatic healing practitioner, she has guided individuals and communities through profound healing journeys across three continents. Founder of EMPRESS and OOTO, and co-founder of Wellness For The People, Paula leads initiatives that reimagine well-being through the connection with nature and cultural roots. Her love for mountain climbing, biodiversity, and cultural preservation is the thread that runs through everything she builds and every person she accompanies.
Juan
Felipe
Robledo
Palacio
Medicine man · Human Development expert · Facilitator
For the past 20 years, Juan Felipe has walked a path of deep learning alongside elders from indigenous communities in Colombia, Mexico, and Ecuador — initiated into the work of energy, sacred plants, and ceremony. His life’s passion is to inspire and accompany other beings to connect with their essence, express it in the world, and experience the sacred in everyday life.As a certified Biodanza and Innerdance facilitator, Juan Felipe weaves conscious body movement and energy work into every transformation process he leads. When he holds space, something ancient becomes present.
Our ancestral partners
The Arhuaco People —Guardians of the Heart of the World
Descendants of the ancient Tayrona, the Arhuaco have stood as faithful custodians of the sacred lands of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta since time immemorial. Sheltered by their protective mountains, they have kept alive their culture, their ancestral wisdom, and their profound communion with nature — not as a tradition to be preserved, but as a living practice essential to the balance of our world.
At the heart of Arhuaco society are the Mamos — spiritual guides, healers, wise counselors, and traditional authorities. They speak nature’s ancient tongue. They bridge the visible and invisible worlds. And they carry the sacred responsibility of maintaining harmony on Earth.Our relationship with the Arhuaco communities spans more than 15 years. Every OOTO project is co-created with them — consulted with traditional authorities, spiritually guided, and approved by the community. We do not extract their wisdom. We are in living relationship with it.