Curanderismo Healing the Heart and Restoring the Soul with Grace Alvarez Sesma

[Guest guest]

CURANDERISMO

Healing the Heart and Restoring the Soul

 

A platica (talk) on Curanderismo

 

with Grace Alvarez Sesma, Curandera

Friday, August 31, 20077:00 to 9:00 P.M.

 

The Caritas Spiritist Center

3775 Iris Avenue, Suite 3B

 

Boulder, Colorado

 

 

 

Suggested donation $20

 

 

 

An informal discussion and demonstration of curanderismo's history

and rituals, including the use of platicas, herbs, prayer and energy

movements that help release negative emotions, energetic attachments,

and help re-integrate aspects of the self that may have been lost due to

trauma, in order to restore harmony and wholeness.

 

 

 

The former administrator of a psychiatric partial hospitalization

program, Grace has been in private practice as an energy healer and

teacher since 1996. She has studied with several indigenous healers

from Baja California, Mexico including Yaqui Medicine Man and Toltec

Lineage Holder, Tezkalci Matorral Kachora. A humorous and inspiring

speaker, she has lectured at the University of Southern California San

Diego as well as San Diego State University's School of Social Work

on Curanderismo healing practices. Grace Currently teaches

" Exploring Native American Medicine Ways: Learning from, and

honoring, Indigenous Healing Traditions " at Arizona Western College

in Yuma, Arizona.