Upcoming Events & Workshops / Próximos Eventos y Talleres
Spring 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!
Curanderismo Workshop 2: Healing with Fire (East)
Sat 02/08/25
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
Curanderismo Workshop 3: Healing with Water (West)
Sat 03/15/25
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.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Curanderismo Workshop 4: Healing with Earth (South)
Sat 04/12/25
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).
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
Curanderismo Workshop 5: Healing with Air (North)
Sat 05/10/25
Part 5 of 8 in the CAHAM curanderismo workshop series, featuring guest instruction from L.A. native healer 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.
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Location: Meeting Room,
Ocotillo Public Library
102 W Southern Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85041
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!
Curanderismo Workshop 6: Healing w/ the Sacred Feminine (Tonantzin Tlalli)
Sat 07/12/25
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 the Sacred Feminine and Mother Earth (Tonantzin Tlalli), herbs for women's health, the ihiyotl, and finding el pulso (energetic pulse) for cutting ties to harmful energies.
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. Learn the basics of working with the Center of the Medicine Wheel (Xictlampa) in traditional Chicano & Mexican curanderismo. Students will learn protection rituals for oneself and the home, a traditional egg and broom barrida (sweeping energy cleansing) for susto (fright sickness), 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!