QUIATIZQUES IN THE NAHUA TRADITION
Sherry Boatright
Sherry trained as a psychotherapist and had a private practice where she was involved for many years with facilitating women’s groups. She helped to create the Ukalái Women’s Gathering, (now LifeWork for Women: Ukalai) and has offered that program in the US, Mexico, Australia and the UK.
QUIATIZQUES IN THE NAHUA TRADITION
Vickie Reeves Cowan
Vickie is a “weather worker” or granicera (one who works with hail and storms) in the Nahua indigenous tradition of Mexico. She has returned each year to the highlands of Mexico to honor her commitment to this tradition and to lead her community in building a reciprocal relationship with the weather.
PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE TEACHER
Alison Gayek
Alison Gayek brings a wealth of knowledge to her healing and teaching practices with over twenty-five years of experience. Alison trained under Eliot Cowan, and began her clinical practice in the late 1990s. In 2002, Eliot Cowan invited her to begin teaching with him and in the ensuing years became a fully trained teacher of Plant Spirit Medicine in the Eliot Cowan tradition.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Patrick Hanaway
For over 20 years, Patrick has served as a functional medicine family physician. As an initiated Mara’akame (healer in the Huichol tradition) and Firekeeper, he leads ceremonies and offers healing sessions to promote balance in people’s lives. At his core, Patrick is a healer and teacher.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Lisa Lichtig
A devoted and heartful family physician, midwife, herbalist and mother for over 30 years, Lisa also serves community as a traditional healer and ceremonial leader. Through a rigorous 15 year apprenticeship under the guidance of elders, don Elias Cowan and don Jose Sandoval, Lisa was initiated as a mara’akame (healer) in the Huichol healing tradition in 2014.
ONONDAGA COUNCIL OF CHIEFS, HAUDENOSAUNEE
Chief Oren Lyons
Chief Lyons is a faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy). He has been active in international Indigenous rights and sovereignty issues for over four decades at the United Nations and other international forums.
CHIEF OF THE LONGHOUSE COUNCIL OF AKWESASNE
Tom Porter
Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas-“The One Who Wins”) has been the founder, spokesperson and spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay) located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda, New York since 1993. He is a member of the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Susan Skinner
Susan began her healing practice as a Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner and continues as an initiated Mara'akame in the tradition of the Wixárika (Huichol) people of Mexico. Susan has maintained her practice in middle Tennessee for over twenty years, dedicated to initiating healthy transformation in the lives of people so they can better align with the natural cycles of life and face our inevitable challenges with balance and courage.
QUIATIZQUES IN THE NAHUA TRADITION
Sherry Boatright
Sherry trained as a psychotherapist and had a private practice where she was involved for many years with facilitating women’s groups. She helped to create the Ukalái Women’s Gathering, (now LifeWork for Women: Ukalai) and has offered that program in the US, Mexico, Australia and the UK.
QUIATIZQUES IN THE NAHUA TRADITION
Vickie Reeves Cowan
Vickie is a “weather worker” or granicera (one who works with hail and storms) in the Nahua indigenous tradition of Mexico. She has returned each year to the highlands of Mexico to honor her commitment to this tradition and to lead her community in building a reciprocal relationship with the weather.
PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE TEACHER
Alison Gayek
Alison Gayek brings a wealth of knowledge to her healing and teaching practices with over twenty-five years of experience. Alison trained under Eliot Cowan, and began her clinical practice in the late 1990s. In 2002, Eliot Cowan invited her to begin teaching with him and in the ensuing years became a fully trained teacher of Plant Spirit Medicine in the Eliot Cowan tradition.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Patrick Hanaway
For over 20 years, Patrick has served as a functional medicine family physician. As an initiated Mara’akame (healer in the Huichol tradition) and Firekeeper, he leads ceremonies and offers healing sessions to promote balance in people’s lives. At his core, Patrick is a healer and teacher.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Lisa Lichtig
A devoted and heartful family physician, midwife, herbalist and mother for over 30 years, Lisa also serves community as a traditional healer and ceremonial leader. Through a rigorous 15 year apprenticeship under the guidance of elders, don Elias Cowan and don Jose Sandoval, Lisa was initiated as a mara’akame (healer) in the Huichol healing tradition in 2014.
ONONDAGA COUNCIL OF CHIEFS, HAUDENOSAUNEE
Chief Oren Lyons
Chief Lyons is a faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy). He has been active in international Indigenous rights and sovereignty issues for over four decades at the United Nations and other international forums.
CHIEF OF THE LONGHOUSE COUNCIL OF AKWESASNE
Tom Porter
Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas-“The One Who Wins”) has been the founder, spokesperson and spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay) located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda, New York since 1993. He is a member of the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.
MARA'AKAME IN THE HUICHOL TRADITION
Susan Skinner
Susan began her healing practice as a Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner and continues as an initiated Mara'akame in the tradition of the Wixárika (Huichol) people of Mexico. Susan has maintained her practice in middle Tennessee for over twenty years, dedicated to initiating healthy transformation in the lives of people so they can better align with the natural cycles of life and face our inevitable challenges with balance and courage.
