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!
Part 1 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Introduces students to the basics of curanderismo's history, philosophy, and practice. Students will participate in a traditional opening ceremony and walk away with practical healing skills for holistic health & wellbeing, including rituals for protecting and ridding oneself of negative energy.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Part 2 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Learn the basics of healing with the fire element and wor the direction of the East (Tlahuiztlampa) in Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will learn about fire-associated herbs; how to make a basic copalero/sahumador (fire cup); and how to perform a traditional smoke limpia (energy cleansing or smudging).
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Part 3 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series, featuring guest instruction from Doña Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, the Kitchen Curandera! Students will learn the basics of working with the water element and the direction of the West (Cihuatlampa), including water-associated herbs; how to make Agua de Florida; and how to perform traditional water limpias. REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Take a guided tour with curandero Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa to learn about the wide variety of edible and medicinal plants native to our beautiful Sonoran Desert! REGISTER HERE
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm
Location: Ranger Station
South Mountain Park & Preserve
10211 S Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85042
Part 4 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Learn the basics of working with the earth element and the direction of the South (Huiztlampa) in traditional Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will learn about earth-associated herbs; traditional uses of stones for healing in curanderismo; and how to perform a barrida (limpia with herbs). REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Part 5 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series, featuring guest instruction from L.A. native curandera Lanette Díaz! Students will learn the basics of working with the air element and the direction of the North (Mictlampa), including air-associated herbs; how to make an air-element incense blend; and how to perform traditional sound and wind limpias. REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
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!
Part 6 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series, featuring guest instruction from Phoenix native curandera Doña Patricia Federico! Students will learn the basics of working with Mother Earth (Tonantzin Tlalli), the ihiyotl, and the traditional technique of finding el pulso (energetic pulse) for cutting the ties to harmful energies. REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Part 7 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series. Learn the basics of working with Father Sky (Totatzin Elkwikatl) in traditional Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will learn about working with Tonatiuh (Father Sun), the tonalli, and a traditional cortalazos ritual (limpia for cutting and clearing away negative, harmful energies). REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
The final workshop in the CAHAM curanderismo series. Learn the basics of working with the Center of the Medicine Wheel (Xictlampa) in traditional Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will participate in a traditional closing ceremony and learn a traditional egg and broom limpia for susto (fright sickness). REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
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