Preserving Indigenous, Spritual Midwifery in Columbia
CSEE is supporting a new project in Columbia 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 its information is held in 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 […]
Saq Be’, Guatemalan Apprenticeship Program
Last year CSEE supported the Maya-focused, non-profit, Saq Be’, helping them to start a medicinal and educational garden in Guatemala. The community is looking forward to their next season of growing traditional healing plants at their ceremonial center. For many years, Saq Be’ has been dedicated to documenting and recording Mayan Elders. With the garden success […]
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.
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.