A songstress, creatrix, healer, intuitive, plant communicator/folk herbalist will be both organizing and presenting the Harmony of the Sacred Womb Retreat. She is a daughter to an amazing midwife and has been on the path to learn and teach more women about the health and power of their womb and voice.

Shaela Noella has led a variety of choirs and bands with the names of Las Curanderas, Medicine Weavers, Sister Winds Ensemble, Mystic Choir and Sumati. She is also intuitive and offers a variety of powerful healing sessions. She is also bilingual and will be helping with translations.

Lucia Culum is a third-generation Curandera and Shaman.  She uses her strong connection with medicinal plants, incredible intuition and physical touch to help others heal. Lucia works closely with the energy of the womb incorporating many traditional modalities such as abdominal massage m, sacred plant baths and temazcal. Additionally she carries a powerful and unique tradition of lineage healing in connection with the energies of the Nahuales and the sacred fire.

Ruth Mendoza Quiacain, a midwife of the new generation of San Marcos La Laguna, ancestral Mayan abdominal masseuse and healer, has had the opportunity to learn to listen to the womb and the pains of the body through my hands and my "chumilal" that has given me the energy to help our sisters with a lot of love and peace. She works in massage with artisanal ointments and massages in the temazcal with medicinal plants.

Rosa Maya Sanchez, is a medicine woman from the Andes Colombianos, living at the lake with her partner Rolando, and their beautiful daughter.  She is a Doula with a wisdom of music, practicing  "sobada" abdominal, healing massages, and medicine of the Temazcalli. She carries a lineage passed down to her by her grandmothers.Rosa Maya will be sharing a talk about her life as a medicine woman and the healing practices of the Temazcal.

Mary Aline is a passionate reproductive health and fertility awareness educator at Cycle Wisdom. She helps individuals align with their bodies through cycle charting and re-education. Mary believes that understanding and celebrating our natural cycles empowers us to achieve vibrant health and well-being. She will be supporting us in the retreat in many ways, with a special emphasis on herbal baths and yoni steams to bless each participant individually.

Nana Mimi is a joyful sweet ceremonial woman. Her Grandmother is from the coast of Guatemala, and passed down the tradition of cacao ceremonies to her. Her family continues to grow, harvest and work with Cacao in beautiful ways. She also earned her “bara” to provide fire ceremonies for individuals or groups. Nana Mimi practices abdominal massage, womb healing, works with plants and weaving. She lives in San Juan de Laguna, Lago Atitlan, and is a joy that she will be joining us.