What is Quiaclazques healing?
Limpia, or spiritual cleansing and blessing
Traditional Nahua healing…
is an authentic, time-honored spiritual healing system indigenous to the highlands of central Mexico. A healer in this tradition works in relationship with the healing forces of nature as manifested in a variety of forms including Catholic* saints to address the spiritual root causes of illness and imbalance in all layers of a person’s being: body, mind, and spirit.
Traditional Nahua-Mexican healing is beneficial for physical illnesses, relationship issues, issues of life purpose and focus, and emotional and spiritual issues. Developed out of thousands of years of living, dreaming and engaging with the world and the natural cycles of living, this medicine is designed by generations of human beings to bring deep and lasting healing, life-balance and beneficial transformation to the recipient.
The particular lineage of Nahua healing Adam and Erin practice comes through their Central Mexican-Nahua tradition through their original elder, don Lucio Campos Elizade and other elders. As trained and initiated healers in this lineage, Adam and Erin are each known by the title Quiaclazques and by other names indicating their roles as workers with nature and healing. Some of these names indicate working with Time or Cycles (as well as Weather), like the designations tiemperos, or trabajadores del tiempo in the Spanish language.
Becoming a Quiaclazques is a divine calling. After experiencing life events like a lightning strike, special dreams or strange illnesses, the candidate’s calling to this spiritual path is recognized by an acknowledged lineage elder in this ancient tradition. Then, the person is initiated. After proving their devotion and dedication to their work over time, the calling to walk the healing path of this tradition may arise.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is often called upon to provide solace, restoration and deep healing to patients.
The journey to become Quiaclazques involves an ancient process of building relationships with sacred medicine sites like Tepeyacac and Teotihuacan in Mexico City, the Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes and other forms including mountains, caves, and the Heavens. Through this time-honored process, these forces work through the Quiaclazques to bring healing to those in need. If, after years of intense training, pilgrimage, ceremony and sacrifice, the candidate proves to the tradition, leaders and ancestors their dedication and capacity to become a healer, then after a final initiatory process, they are ordained and then bring this ancient medicine from the living natural world home to their community.
You’ll meet with your healer at the sacred altar.
What is a Quiaclazques Healing Session Like?
Sitting with the healer at their traditional altar, you’ll share your troubles and receive counseling and often a spiritual cleaning called a limpia. Limpias are spiritual cleansings to align you with the natural movements of life. They come in a variety of forms, depending on your condition and needs. Usually, the physical aspect of the limpia is a brushing-down with natural forms like fresh herbal plants with a sacred prayer. Your healer will use these plant and other forms to contact your body and enact the spiritual work. (Please wear comfortable, modest clothing to your session.)
Your healer may prescribe specialized sessions including soul-work, temazcalli sweat lodge ritual, and other healing ceremonies including an ancient ritual for trauma healing. You may be advised to receive a spiritual cleaning for your home or land.
The healer will often provide specific life guidance and “homework” to strengthen and heal you on your path. Regular three-week-apart or monthly healing appointments for a time and then seasonal sessions are often recommended to support balance and renewal.
*The ancient ways of the Mesoamerican Natives of Central Mexico incorporated Catholic forms and continued their traditional worldview by digesting that religion as an evolution in the living, growing traditional ways.