Oct 13-15, 2006
Maya Self-Healing IntensiveMercedes Barrios Longfellow & Gerardo Barrios Kanek
October 13-15 According to the Maya prophecies, we are living the beginning of a cycle of light and harmony. The Elders, spiritual leaders, and knowledge keepers are being guided to share their ancient tools with the rest of humanity, including their healing techniques and the prophecies that illuminate the unfolding transition of the Earth.
The secret to embracing our life mission is to be in harmony with the sacred flow of the Universe. To enter this reality, our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies must be in balance. During the intensive, participants will have the opportunity to learn ancient Maya healing techniques for working with the four bodies, methods that can easily be used at home. These are simple but profound tools for healing ourselves and other living beings in these rapidly changing times. This workshop is appropriate not only for healers, but for everyone.
Mercedes and Gerardo also will introduce us to the use of the Sacred Maya Cholqij calendar for aligning with the Earth and the Cosmos. Through working with the Cholqij, we get a more clear understanding of our current state of being and our relationship to Nature, as well as guidance for following our life mission.
In addition, we will experience the profoundly transformative nature of the Maya fire ceremony, which has been performed by elders, priests, and priestesses from the different tribes without alteration for 125 centuries. Yet each ceremony is unique, as no two weavings are exactly alike. This ceremony may open and align our hearts with the Heart of the Heavens and the Heart of the Earth, creating personal healing, the healing of Mother Earth, and the healing of all living things. The Maya Elders carefully tend the fire and orchestrate the ceremony, attuning to every subtle communication from the Creator. The Elders greet you with great respect and gratitude and welcome you to join in the unifying consciousness of the One Heart.
Mercedes Barrios Longfellow learned the spiritual teachings of the Maya culture from her grandmother, a traditional medicine woman, and her uncle, a healer. For over 25 years, Mercedes has taught the Maya traditional healing techniques and shared the Sacred Fire Ceremonies. Gerardo Barrios Kanek was born in the highlands of Guatemala where the ancient Maya tradition and spirituality is very much alive. Gerardo has spent much of his life visiting traditional elders in many villages throughout Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Salvador, and Honduras. He works to reawaken higher consciousness by sharing teachings of Maya Cosmology and interpretations of the nature of the Sacred Maya Cholqij Calendar. In 1993 Gerardo and Mercedes, who are Elders of the Maya Mam people known for their humble and gentle approach, were given the assignment of sharing the sacred knowledge and ceremonies of their ancestors. They bring the ancient, urgent message that the healing of humanity is not separate from the healing of our Mother Earth. We need to treat all forms of life with great love, respect, and gratitude.