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Join CAHAM: the Center for Ancestral Healing Arts and Medicines (a project of the Sonoran Desert Cultural Preservation Society) for our monthly class on curanderismo: the traditional medicine and ancestral healing arts of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest! These classes are offered in proud solidarity with The Sagrado Galleria, the Patiloni Collective, and the Cultural Coalition. Learners of all ages, backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, im/migration statuses, and experience levels are welcome! 

 

Date : Sunday, September 13th (and every Second Sunday of each month thereafter)

  • Sept 13th: Crecimiento Sagrado: Harvesting Abundance & Prosperity (including velada/candle ritual workshop)
  • Oct 11th: Los Días de los Muertos: Ancestor Work in Curanderismo (including communal ofrenda altar construction)
  • Nov 8th: El Mal de Ojo: Protection, Prevention, and Removal of the Evil Eye (including barrida/egg cleansing workshop)
  • Dec 13th: Reclaiming the Light: Rituals for Fresh Starts (including New Fire limpia for homes & businesses) 

Time : 10am - 12pm

Location: The Sagrado Galleria, 809 S. 8th St., Phoenix, AZ 85040 

What to Bring : water & note taking materials; comfortable clothing suitable for light movement is encouraged

 

Students who come with an open heart and mind will learn the basics of Chicano and Mexican traditional medicine and evidence-based ancestral healing arts, including:

  • Limpias: traditional energy cleansings for the body, the spirit, the home, the family, or anyone or anything else needing to get rid of some heavy, negative energy
  • Herbalism: how to make traditional herbal remedies for preventative health and home health maintenance, including teas, tisanes, tinctures, agua de Florida, pomadas/ointments, infused oils, hydrosols, natural beauty products, nutritional healing, and more!
  • Sobadas: hands-on healing techniques, including traditional massage and acupressure, taught by licensed massage practitioners
  • Edible & Medicinal Plant Workshops: learn about the abundance of the Sonoran Desert and how to recognize, responsibly harvest, prepare, and consume the bountiful edible and medicinal plants of the Valley!
  • Sound healing: traditional methods of using musical instruments and other forms of sound to cleanse oneself and promote holistic health and wellness
  • Amulet workshops: how to craft traditional talismans for protection against harm (including el mal de ojo, or "evil eye"), attracting prosperity and other blessings, bringing about desired outcomes, etc.
  • Veladas: traditional candle rituals & ceremonies for bringing about desired outcomes and promoting healing, especially of grief and fear
  • Partería de Almas: Chicano and Mexican death midwifery - rituals, ceremonies, and other techniques for grief & mourning healing in spaces of death, dying, and memorial
  • And much, much more!

We look forward to healing with you - ¡la cultura cura!

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About Curanderismo: Curanderismo (Spanish for "the way of curing/healing") is a system of traditional medicine and ancestral healing arts that came from the mixing of African, Asian, European, Islamic, Jewish, and especially Indigenous American medicines and healing arts during and since the Iberian colonial period (1492 to 1821). Curanderismo is found throughout all of the sacred and unceded Indigenous lands we now call "Latin America" and represents an incredibly diverse spectrum of practices.

 

Acerca del curanderismo: El curanderismo ("el arte de curar/sanar") es un sistema de medicina tradicional y artes curativas ancestrales que surgió de la fusión de las medicinas y artes curativas africanas, asiáticas, europeas, islámicas, judías y, sobre todo, indígenas americanas durante el periodo colonial ibérico (1492-1821) y desde entonces. El curanderismo está presente en todas las tierras indígenas sagradas y no cedidas que hoy denominamos "América Latina" y representa un espectro increíblemente diverso de prácticas.

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About this Class : This class focuses on the traditions of Chicano and northern/central Mexican curanderismo carried by the instructor, Dr. Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa (PhD). These include his own family's curanderismo traditions from New Mexico and Guanajuato, México, and the South Phoenix and Huasteca curanderismo traditions passed to him by his maestra since 2009, Doña Patricia Federico-Ruiz of Mi Tierra Healing Arts in South Mountain, Phoenix. Maestra Patricia received her Arizona curanderismo training from her Tía Dora Reyes De Anda in the Cuatro Milpas Barrio of South Phoenix and her Huasteca curanderismo traditions from Doña Cuauhtli "CC" Cihuatl (Doña Laura Alonzo de Franklin, z''l), a Huasteca, Rarámuri, and Lipan Apache curandera who faithfully served the Albuquerque, NM area for many decades. 

 

Acerca de esta clase: Esta clase se centra en las tradiciones del curanderismo chicano y del norte y centro de México, llevadas por el profesor, el Dr. Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa (PhD). Entre ellas se incluyen las tradiciones de curanderismo de su propia familia, procedentes de Nuevo México y Guanajuato (México), así como las tradiciones de curanderismo del sur de Phoenix y de la Huasteca, que le fueron transmitidas por su maestra desde el año 2009, Doña Patricia Federico-Ruiz, de Mi Tierra Healing Arts, en South Mountain, Phoenix. La maestra Patricia recibió su formación en el curanderismo de Arizona de su tía Dora Reyes De Anda, del barrio de Cuatro Milpas en el sur de Phoenix, y sus tradiciones de curanderismo huasteco de Doña Cuauhtli "CC" Cihuatl (Doña Laura Alonzo de Franklin, z''l), una curandera huasteca, rarámuri y apache lipán que prestó fielmente sus servicios en la zona de Albuquerque (Nuevo México) durante muchas décadas.

 

Maestra Patricia Federico-Ruiz of Mi Tierra Healing Arts: internationally renowned curandera, sobadora, founding Elder of the Patiloni Collective, and primary healing mentor to Dr. Villa since 2008. 

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About the Instructor : Originally from Las Cruces and La Villita, New Mexico, Dr. Villa is a third generation Chicano who has called the Phoenix Valley home since 2007, when he began his undergraduate studies at Arizona State University (ASU). There he received his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology in 2011, a Master’s in Religious Studies in 2016, and a PhD in Transborder Studies in 2026. Dr. Villa’s research specialties are applied activist anthropology; the anthropology of religion, magic, witchcraft, and healing (with a focus on the African roots of Mexican curanderismo); and thanatology: the study of death & dying in a cross-cultural perspective. Dr. Villa works as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar with the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society, where he studies how community members, nonprofits, municipalities, and industry can successfully collaborate for ensuring sustainable, nature-based water reuse systems and wetland restoration. He teaches Anthropology and Archaeology as an adjunct professor for ASU and the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD).

 

Dr. Villa is the co-founder and Director of Programming for the Sonoran Desert Cultural Preservation Society (SDCPS), a 501c7 nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and celebrating the cultural plurality of the Sonoran Desert and empowering Arizona community members to reconnect with their ancestral arts, crafts, foodways, and traditional medicines and healing practices. He is the founder and Head Instructor of the SDCPS' flagship program, CAHAM: the Center for Ancestral Healing Arts and Medicines, through which these Second Sunday classes are offered. Along with Maestra Patricia and a group of multicultural healing arts practitioners representing traditional medicine practices from all over the world, Dr. Villa co-founded the Patiloni Collective in 2018 to offer free holistic health and wellness services to the diverse communities of the Phoenix Valley. The Patiloni Collective is proud to have offered limpias (traditional energetic cleansings) and other ancestral healing and educational services at the Cultural Coalition’s annual Mikiztli Festival ever since, and more recently at their Indígena and Mask Alive! events.

 

The Patiloni Collective offers open community holistic health and wellness clinics at The Sagrado every Second Sunday of each month from 12pm-3pm (directly after Dr. Villa's class) and every Third Thursday from 6pm-8pm.


Above all, Dr. Villa is a curandero: a practitioner of Chicano and Mexican traditional medicine and ancestral healing arts, which he learned from family and from his maestra of 18 years, Doña Patricia Federico-Ruiz of South Phoenix. Since completing his formal apprenticeship and being recognized by his community and a council of local healing Elders in 2021, Dr. Villa has offered healing services and taught interactive healing workshops for hundreds of clients and community members in Arizona and New Mexico. His classes for the University of New Mexico’s online Curanderismo Course have been attended by thousands of online learners worldwide since 2023. As part of his ongoing development as a curandero, Dr. Villa became a certified death doula (a caregiver specializing in the non-medical aspects of the end-of-life process) in 2025 after being certified as a Death Compadre by the Indigenous womb-to-tomb care specialists of the Cihuapactli Collective. He is currently undergoing apprenticeship in Western death midwifery under International End-of-Life Doula Association instructor Kim Stravers, with whom he is a member of a local Phoenix end-of-life doula collective.


Outside of work and his nonprofit duties, Dr. Villa enjoys serving his community as a curandero and death doula; mentoring his curanderismo apprentices; making art and music; looking for bones and talking with plants in the desert; walking his two sweet dogs; and trying (with mixed success) to keep his garden and houseplants alive.

 

Acerca del profesor : Originario de Las Cruces y La Villita, Nuevo México, el Dr. Villa es un chicano de tercera generación que vive en el Valle de Phoenix desde 2007, año en que comenzó sus estudios de grado en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona (ASU). Allí obtuvo su licenciatura en Antropología en 2011, un máster en Estudios Religiosos en 2016 y un doctorado en Estudios Transfronterizos en 2026. Las especialidades de investigación del Dr. Villa son la antropología activista aplicada; la antropología de la religión, la magia, la brujería y la sanación (con especial atención a las raíces africanas del curanderismo mexicano); y la tanatología: el estudio de la muerte y el proceso de morir desde una perspectiva intercultural. El Dr. Villa trabaja como investigador posdoctoral en la Escuela para el Futuro de la Innovación en la Sociedad de la ASU, donde estudia cómo los miembros de la comunidad, las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro, los ayuntamientos y la industria pueden colaborar con éxito para garantizar sistemas sostenibles de reutilización del agua basados en la naturaleza y la restauración de humedales. Imparte clases de Antropología y Arqueología como profesor adjunto en la ASU y en el Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios del Condado de Maricopa (MCCCD).

 

El Dr. Villa es cofundador y director de programación de la Sociedad para la Preservación Cultural del Desierto de Sonora (SDCPS), una organización sin ánimo de lucro 501c7 dedicada a preservar, promover y celebrar la pluralidad cultural del desierto de Sonora, así como a empoderar a los miembros de la comunidad de Arizona para que vuelvan a conectar con sus artes, artesanías, tradiciones culinarias, medicinas tradicionales y prácticas curativas ancestrales. Es el fundador e instructor principal del programa insignia de la SDCPS, CAHAM: el Centro de Medicinas y Artes Ancestrales de Sanación, a través del cual se imparten estas clases del "Segundo Domingo". Junto con la maestra Patricia y un grupo de profesionales de las artes curativas multiculturales que representan prácticas de medicina tradicional de todo el mundo, el Dr. Villa cofundó el Colectivo Patilonien 2018 para ofrecer servicios gratuitos de salud y bienestar holísticos a las diversas comunidades del Valle de Phoenix. El Colectivo Patiloni se enorgullece de haber ofrecido «limpias» (limpiezas energéticas tradicionales) y otros servicios ancestrales de sanación y educación en el Festival Mikiztli anual de la Coalición Cultural desde entonces, y más recientemente en sus eventos "Indígena" y "Mask Alive!".

 

El Colectivo Patiloni ofrece clínicas comunitarias abiertas de salud y bienestar holísticos en The Sagrado cada segundo domingo del mes, de 12:00 a 15:00 (inmediatamente después de la clase del Dr. Villa), y cada tercer jueves del mes, de 18:00 a 20:00.

 

 

Por encima de todo, el Dr. Villa es un curandero: un practicante de la medicina tradicional chicana y mexicana y de las artes curativas ancestrales, que aprendió de su familia y de su maestra durante 18 años, Doña Patricia Federico-Ruiz, de South Phoenix. Desde que completó su aprendizaje formal y fue reconocido por su comunidad y por un consejo de ancianos curanderos locales en 2021, el Dr. Villa ha ofrecido servicios de sanación e impartido talleres interactivos de sanación a cientos de clientes y miembros de la comunidad en Arizona y Nuevo México. Sus clases para el curso en línea de curanderismo de la Universidad de Nuevo México han contado con la participación de miles de estudiantes en línea de todo el mundo desde 2023.

 

Como parte de su desarrollo continuo como curandero, el Dr. Villa se convirtió en 2025 en doula de la muerte certificada (un cuidador especializado en los aspectos no médicos del proceso del final de la vida), tras obtener la certificación como «Compadre de la Muerte» de manos de los especialistas indígenas en cuidados «del útero a la tumba» del Colectivo Cihuapactli. Actualmente está realizando un aprendizaje en partería de la muerte occidental con la instructora de la Asociación Internacional de Doulas de Fin de Vida, Kim Stravers, con quien forma parte de un colectivo local de doulas de fin de vida en Phoenix.

 

 

Aparte de su trabajo y sus obligaciones en la organización sin ánimo de lucro, al Dr. Villa le gusta servir a su comunidad como curandero y «doula de la muerte»; orientar a sus aprendices de curanderismo; crear arte y música; buscar huesos y hablar con las plantas en el desierto; pasear a sus dos adorables perros; e intentar (con resultados dispares) mantener vivos su jardín y sus plantas de interior.

 

Dr. Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa at the Cultural Coalition's MIKIZTLI: Día de los Muertos Festival

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  • Will I receive a tax receipt? ¿Recibiré un recibo a efectos fiscales?
    • Yes - all contributions will receive a tax receipt
    • Sí - todas las aportaciones darán derecho a un recibo fiscal

 

  • Are the classes only offered in English? ¿Las clases solo se imparten en inglés?
    • No - all clases are offered bilingually in English and Spanish
    • No - todas las clases se imparten de forma bilingüe, en inglés y en español.

 

  • Do I need to get a separate ticket for each class? ¿Tengo que comprar un boleto aparte para cada clase?
    • Yes - you can either purchase a one-time ticket ($35 donation per class); a seasonal Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter pass (one-time donation of $135 for four classes); or a yearly pass (one-time donation of $360 for all 12 months of classes).
    • Sí - puedes adquirir un pase de una sola clase (donación de 35 dólares por clase); un abono de temporada de primavera, verano, otoño o invierno (donación única de 130 dólares por cuatro clases); o un abono anual (donación única de 360 dólares para los 12 meses de clases).

 

  • Do I need to get a separate ticket for my kid/s? ¿Tengo que comprar un boleto aparte para mi/s hijo/s?
    • Admission is free for children 12 and under! However, we always gratefully accept donations of any amount :)
    • ¡La entrada es gratuita para los niños de 12 años y menores! Sin embargo, siempre agradecemos cualquier donación, sea cual sea su importe :)

 

  • If I miss a class, can I still come to the next one? Si falto a una clase, ¿puedo ir a la siguiente?
    • Yes - each class builds somewhat on the other, but every class is designed so that it can be taken on its own. Attendance at every single class is encouraged, but never required!
    • Sí - cada clase se basa un poco en la anterior, pero todas las clases están diseñadas para que se puedan cursar de forma independiente. Se recomienda asistir a todas y cada una de las clases, ¡pero nunca es obligatorio!

 

  • Are the classes only offered in person, or are there digital offerings, too? ¿Las clases solo se imparten de forma presencial o también hay opciones en línea?
    • All classes are currently in-person only; however, online and hybrid versions will soon be available through the SDCPS website!
    • Por el momento, todas las clases son presenciales; sin embargo, ¡pronto estarán disponibles versiones en línea e híbridas a través de la página web del SDCPS!

 

  • Does Dr. Villa offer traditional curanderismo apprenticeships? ¿Ofrece el Dr. Villa aprendizajes tradicionales del curanderismo?
    • Yes - however, Dr. Villa is not currently accepting new apprentices due to being at his maximum number of students. That said, Dr. Villa and CAHAM will offer a pre-apprenticeship program in the form of a Certificate in Chicano and Mexican Ancestral Healing Arts starting in 2027! While the Certificate program will not confer the title or responsibilities of curandera/e/o/x, it  will provide students with all of the foundational knowledge and skills needed to care for oneself and one's family; support an existing healing practice; and/or enter a formal apprenticeship with confidence and clarity of purpose (see more details below).
    • Sí - sin embargo, el Dr. Villa no está aceptando nuevos aprendices en estos momentos, ya que ha alcanzado el número máximo de estudiantes. Dicho esto, ¡el Dr. Villa y CAHAM ofrecerán un programa de preaprendizaje en forma de Certificado en Artes Curativas Ancestrales Chicanas y Mexicanas a partir de 2027! Aunque el programa de certificado no otorgará el título ni las responsabilidades de curandera/e/o/x, sí proporcionará a los estudiantes todos los conocimientos y habilidades fundamentales necesarios para cuidar de sí mismos y de su familia; para respaldar una práctica curativa ya existente; y/o para iniciar un aprendizaje formal con confianza y claridad de objetivos (véanse más detalles a continuación).

 

  • What does the Certificate in Chicano and Mexican Ancestral Healing Arts entail, and will it count towards Continuing Education credits? ¿En qué consiste el Certificado en Artes Curativas Ancestrales Chicanas y Mexicanas? ¿Se reconocerá para obtener créditos de formación continua?
    • Yes - the Certificate program will count towards Continuing Education credits. The program has three levels, each of which consists of 12 monthly classes (approximately 24 hours of instruction) and 100 hours of clinical practice (approximately 8 hours per month). Tickets for certification classes will be $45 for individual classes; $175 for seasonal Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter passes; or $500 for the full year pass. Students may choose to complete as many levels as they'd like; it is not required to complete all three levels unless students wish to enter into a formal apprenticeship with Dr. Villa and his healing community afterwards. The certification levels are as follows:
      • Level I: for individual and family practice. Classes can be taken in any order the student desires. In-person, online, and hybrid options available.
      • Level II: for those interested in building their own professional healing practice, or enhancing the professional healing practice they already maintain. In-person, online, and hybrid options available. Students must complete all Level I classes in order to be eligible, and all Level II classes must be taken in order.
      • Level III: for those interested in becoming a fully-initiated curandera/e/o/x and entering into a formal curanderismo apprenticeship with Dr. Villa and his healing community. Only available in-person. Students must complete all Level I and Level II classes in order to be eligible, and all Level III classes must be taken in order.
    • Sí - el programa de certificación se tendrá en cuenta a la hora de obtener créditos de formación continua. El programa consta de tres niveles, cada uno de los cuales incluye 12 clases mensuales (aproximadamente 24 horas lectivas) y 100 horas de prácticas clínicas (aproximadamente 8 horas al mes). Las entradas para las clases de certificación costarán 45 dólares por clase individual; 175 dólares por abonos de temporada de primavera, verano, otoño o invierno; o 500 dólares por el abono anual completo. Los alumnos pueden optar por completar tantos niveles como deseen; no es obligatorio completar los tres niveles, a menos que los alumnos deseen iniciar posteriormente un aprendizaje formal con el Dr. Villa y su comunidad de sanadores. Los niveles de certificación son los siguientes:
      • Nivel I: para la práctica individual y familiar. Las clases se pueden cursar en el orden que el alumno desee. Hay disponibles opciones presenciales, en línea e híbridas.
      • Nivel II: para quienes estén interesados en crear su propia consulta profesional de sanación o en aumentar la consulta profesional de sanación que ya mantienen. Hay disponibles opciones presenciales, en línea e híbridas. Los alumnos deben completar todas las clases del Nivel I para poder acceder a este nivel, y todas las clases del Nivel II deben cursarse en orden.
      • Nivel III: para quienes estén interesados en convertirse en curanderos/as/o/x plenamente iniciados y en iniciar un aprendizaje formal de curanderismo con el Dr. Villa y su comunidad de sanación. Disponible únicamente de forma presencial. Los alumnos deben completar todas las clases de los niveles I y II para poder acceder a este nivel, y todas las clases del nivel III deben cursarse en orden.

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