Since October of last year, the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange has partnered with Jose Luis Gualinga and the Sarakayu in Ecuador in their efforts to preserve and revitalize ancestral wisdom. They
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Revitalization of the Itzá Language and Culture
The Luum Aj’Kim project, outlined by Marlon García Arriaga, is a comprehensive initiative aimed at preserving and revitalizing the culture, language, and traditional healing practices of the Itzá people in Guatemala. Focused on
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Real de Catorce
The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange has worked for many years in cooperation with the Wixaritari people in the Real de Catorce area of Mexico. Real De Catorce is a small mountain
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Preserving Indigenous, Spritual Midwifery in Colombia
The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange is supporting a new project in Colombia that works to preserve the indigenous wisdom of midwifery. At a gathering of midwives in Putamayo in 2022, it
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Saq Be’, Guatemalan Apprenticeship Program
CSEE is funding Saq’ Be’s newly launched apprenticeship program that is pairing youth with community elders to learn ancestral wisdom, which includes recording of songs, documenting the Maya language as well as filming
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Saq Be’ Medicinal Garden Project
Saq’ Be’ (pronounced Sock Bay) is an organization for Mayan and Indigenous spiritual studies that was formed at the turn of the 21st century at the request of Mayan elders in Guatemala.
Kurin Metsa School of Shamanism
Enrique Flores Sinuiri, an elder Onanya (Shaman) has begun a training program called the Kirin Metsa School of Shamanism.
Wixarika (Huichol) Temple Restoration Project
The Temple project seeks to restore the traditional integrity of sacred ceremonial centers
Sacha Warmi Project
“In the indigenous world, traditions teach that to “live well” one must value the knowledge and wisdom of the elderly, as well as maintain a respectful and harmonious relationship […]
Navajo Ceremony Project
The Navajo Project measures the effects of Diné Ceremony on patients with depression.