2024 application cycle is now OPEN
welcome into teotl, the sacred
we are sacred. we are the sacredness of our ancestors. we are the seeds of resistance, resilience, and hope that they planted for these times. yet our black, indigenous, API, people of color histories + realities of being enslaved, damned, murdered, and taken by the claws of colonization, white supremacy, and capitalism sometimes makes our sacredness inaccessible. teotl is a multi-year ceremony with 3 rites of passages rooted in recovering + recommitting to our rightful path as sacred. a recovery that is only possible by (re)membering our sacredness, the sacredness of all beings, and being in right relation with our first mother, earth.
teotl year 1: xinachtli/seed
year 1 xinachtli/seed is a 9 month prayer where we meet the seed of the sacredness planted within us. we welcome you to a prayer of remembrance, where in (re)membering ourselves, we (re)member each other and the sacredness of all beings. during this journey we humbly meet spirit, our ancestors, and the medicine in the wounds of having our existence be resistance. we journey in comradeship with plant ancestors and the people of the lands we live on to the medicine within. we practice ways to live in integrity with the medicine that lives around us, before looking outward to other's cultures or others for the medicine we need. we sit in meditation, make offerings, and co-create ceremonies for the healing we deserve. through this journey we prepare, nourish + redefine our soils, so that our seeds dare to live, dare to break through their seed coat + sprout into their sacred form.
release yourself into all that you are. continue reading to begin teotl year 1: xinachtli/seed.
release yourself into all that you are. continue reading to begin teotl year 1: xinachtli/seed.
our 9 month journey
*we are a spirit-led experience, the outline below is subjected to change based on the needs of our collective + spirit
april - creating our container
Opening ceremony, Bruja feminista medicine, Intro decolonizing the spirit, Intro to herbopolitical concepts, Blessing herbs, nourishing herbs, musculoskeletal system
may - healing our roots Root chakra + immune system, Ancestor communities + dwellings, Intro to your embodied altar, Indigenous technologies, land sovereignty + urban gardening
june - healing for intimacy Sacral chakra + genitourinary system, Ancestor birth rites + creation myths, Decolonizing the womb, Conscious urban foraging + consent
july - healing our power Solar plexus chakra + digestive system, Indigenizing our diet, Herbalism on EBT. Wild foods + edible weeds
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august - healing our hearts
Heart chakra + circulatory system, Practices for protection + shielding, Seed keeping technologies
september - healing our truths Throat chakra + respiratory system, Ancestral truths, songs + sound healing, Spiritual activism
Third eye chakra + nervous system, Ancestor visions for communal justice, Uprooting colonizers, harvesting roots
november – healing for liberation Crown chakra, Radical oneness, Ancestralization ceremony, Trees + plant consciousness
Closing ceremony, Gratitude circle, Ancestor + medicine share |
our seasonal journey
for the FIRST TIME EVER ever we are launching seasonal journeys to the sacred of xinachtli. you will have access to and join our community for 3 months/a season of meeting your sacred and plants corresponding with a specific part of the healing you are hoping to plant in 2024. this is a sweet option if you are not ready to make the full time, have the energetic capacity, or can make the financial commitment right now.
seasonal journey participants will have access to all of the gatherings, content, and medicine associated with the season you are in the journey as well as have access to our group thread where we share resources and offer each other support over the 9 month journey.
spring journey [april, may, june]
-3 months include: opening our container [nourishment, altar practice, blessing herbs], healing our roots [immunity, root chakra, healing our intimacy [genitourinary health, sacral chakra]
summer journey [july, august, september]
-3 months include: healing our power [digestive health, solar plexus], healing our hearts [cardiovascular health, heart chakra], healing our truths [respiratory health, throat chakra]
fall journey [september, october, november, december*]
-3-4 months include: healing our truths [respiratory health, throat chakra], healing for presence [nervous system, third eye], healing for liberation [cornw chakra, radical oneness], ancestral/medicine shares, closing ceremony
*december will be included for those who are closing their 9 month journey
seasonal journey participants will have access to all of the gatherings, content, and medicine associated with the season you are in the journey as well as have access to our group thread where we share resources and offer each other support over the 9 month journey.
spring journey [april, may, june]
-3 months include: opening our container [nourishment, altar practice, blessing herbs], healing our roots [immunity, root chakra, healing our intimacy [genitourinary health, sacral chakra]
summer journey [july, august, september]
-3 months include: healing our power [digestive health, solar plexus], healing our hearts [cardiovascular health, heart chakra], healing our truths [respiratory health, throat chakra]
fall journey [september, october, november, december*]
-3-4 months include: healing our truths [respiratory health, throat chakra], healing for presence [nervous system, third eye], healing for liberation [cornw chakra, radical oneness], ancestral/medicine shares, closing ceremony
*december will be included for those who are closing their 9 month journey
schedulewe will gather via Zoom meeting 2x a month for 2.5-3.5hr sessions during April-December 2024
2024 gathering days: [gathering day & time will be determined by participants through the application process] note that we are a spirit-led space, days and times are subjected to change to accommodate our ceremonial life. all changes will be communicated with care prior & sessions will be made up. |
journey details
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application process
the next step to journeying with teotl year 1: xinachtli/seed is completing the online application. once invited to the journey you are encouraged to offer a deposit to hold your space. at this point we come to a mutually agreed energetic exchange. continue reading to learn more about our contribution options and scholarship opportunities.
please read all available information + in the frequently asked questions below before reaching out to love@lamalayerba.com with your questions before applying.
please read all available information + in the frequently asked questions below before reaching out to love@lamalayerba.com with your questions before applying.
XINACHTLI is the little spark of mycorrizhal juicyness that inspires the latent remedios of DNA into waking tf up and weaves us together, remembering, through the vehicle of sacred Mexica ceremony and centering black and brown trans femme diasporic education and deep homage.
Xinachtli is lineage magic, channeled from the hearts and hopes of thousands of abuelitas and two spirit ancestor and plantcestor benevolence, practiced and held every day with so much love and fierce strength.
So beyond grateful to have found this cohort, these connections, this affirmation and validation of my roots, our roots!! Boundless gratitude for the existence of Xochicoatl and the magnitude of container that she has created. So needed. So nourishing. So much pulling open and taking new shapes beyond the narrative of colonization. Xinachtli changed my entire trajectory by connecting me to my own ancestors and medicines, and then connecting me to my community, our community.
Valentina Kai
xinachtli 2020
Xinachtli is lineage magic, channeled from the hearts and hopes of thousands of abuelitas and two spirit ancestor and plantcestor benevolence, practiced and held every day with so much love and fierce strength.
So beyond grateful to have found this cohort, these connections, this affirmation and validation of my roots, our roots!! Boundless gratitude for the existence of Xochicoatl and the magnitude of container that she has created. So needed. So nourishing. So much pulling open and taking new shapes beyond the narrative of colonization. Xinachtli changed my entire trajectory by connecting me to my own ancestors and medicines, and then connecting me to my community, our community.
Valentina Kai
xinachtli 2020
Xochicoatl consistently creates some of the safest spaces I have ever known.
During my 9 months in the xinachtli program, I felt supported in reconnecting with long-neglected parts of myself, my family, and my lineage. The relationships I was supported in building with plant medicines helped me heal and grow in ways I didn't know I had needed. xinachtli is a space to reflect and explore wonder, rage, grief, joy, and the loving embrace of community. It is a space for sharing with authenticity and being witnessed with compassion. I can honestly say this experience changed my life, and I am so grateful.
Afra Khan
xinachtli 2020
During my 9 months in the xinachtli program, I felt supported in reconnecting with long-neglected parts of myself, my family, and my lineage. The relationships I was supported in building with plant medicines helped me heal and grow in ways I didn't know I had needed. xinachtli is a space to reflect and explore wonder, rage, grief, joy, and the loving embrace of community. It is a space for sharing with authenticity and being witnessed with compassion. I can honestly say this experience changed my life, and I am so grateful.
Afra Khan
xinachtli 2020