Upcoming Events & Workshops / Próximos Eventos y Talleres
Summer 2025
CAHAM: The Center for Ancestral Healing Arts and Medicines proudly presents an 8-part workshop series on Chicano & Mexican traditional healing arts! Featuring instruction from curanderas & curanderos from all over the southwest, this class moves through the Mexikah Medicine Wheel to teach students practical, traditional healing skills for holistic health & wellbeing. All information is from open-practice traditions of curanderismo; learners of all levels are welcome. ¡La cultura cura!
Cultural Coalition Third Fridays Arts & Culture Event
Fri 06/20/25
Come get a limpia and other curanderismo healing services from curandero Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa, enjoy the Third Fridays Arts & Culture Walk at the Arizona Center, and check out the gorgeous Gallery space and Donate to Decorate event in support of our community partner organization, the Cultural Coalition! Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Location: Cultural Coalition Gallery
Arizona Center
455 N 3rd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Curanderismo Workshop 6: Healing w/ the Sacred Feminine (Tonantzin Tlalli)
Sat 07/12/25
Part 6 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Students will learn the basics of working with the Sacred Feminine, lunar energies, and Mother Earth (Tonantzin Tlalli), herbs for women's health, the ihiyotl, and a traditional egg and broom barrida (sweeping cleansing) for susto (fright sickness) and soul retrieval.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Curanderismo Workshop 7: Healing w/ the Sacred Masculine (Tonatiuh)
Sat 08/09/25
Part 7 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Students will learn the basics of working with the Sacred Masculine. Father Sun (Tonatiuh), and Father Sky (Tonacatecuhtli), the tonalli, herbs for men's health, and a traditional cortalazos (cord-cutting) ritual for severing and clearing out negative, harmful energies.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Curanderismo Workshop 8: Healing with the Heart & Spirit (Center)
Sat 09/06/25
The final workshop in the CAHAM curanderismo series, featuring guest instruction from Doña Patricia Federico! Learn the basics of working with the Center of the Medicine Wheel (Xictlampa) in traditional Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will learn to find and heal el pulso for cutting negative energetic ties; heal Heart & Spirit; and participate in a closing ceremony.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
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Your generous support and donations enable us to meet our goals and better serve our communities. Thank you for supporting community-embedded service!
Tu generoso apoyo y tus donativos nos permiten alcanzar nuestros objetivos y servir mejor a nuestras comunidades. ¡Gracias por apoyar el servicio a la comunidad!
Curanderismo Workshop Series!
Join us at the Ocotillo Library and Workforce Literacy Center for a FREE community workshop series on curanderismo: Chicano & Mexican traditional medicine and healing arts! Made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this monthly workshop series introduces students to the basics of curanderismo and is open to learners of all backgrounds and learning levels. Students walk away from each class with tangible skills for self-care and communal wellness, including how to do limpias, how to make Agua de Florida, and much more. REGISTER HERE!