Preserving Sarayaku Ancestral Wisdom in Ecuador
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 recently completed a healing hut for local Sarayaku children to learn from elders and moved forward in gathering medicinal plants and creating […]
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 the community in San José, Petén, where the Itzá population has significantly dwindled, this project addresses the urgent need to safeguard the […]
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 town that lies adjacent to Mount Quemado and the Huiricuta Natural and Cultural Reserve. The Reserve is comprised of 360,000 acres of […]
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 was observed that there has been a great loss of knowledge of spiritual midwifery in the Amazonian communities. Midwifery traditional practices and […]
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 elders while they are teaching. With the garden success under their belts, Sa q Be’ made the decision to expand their work […]
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
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.
Shipibo Student Project
The Center for Shamanic Education & Exchange (CSEE) has been supporting the university-level education of young members of the Shipibo for the past seven years, mentoring the graduates as they develop businesses […]
Cultural Exchange Project
For the Shipibo tribe of the Amazon jungle, the word Inca refers to their ancient ancestors, and according to Shipibo legend, many of their cultural traditions and shamanic wisdom […]
Q’ero School Construction Project
The Q’ero are a Quechua speaking tribe from the central mountains of Peru.