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Flordemayo

Flordemayo
Born the youngest of 15 children in the highlands of Central America, Flordemayo was found at an early age, like others in her family, to have the gift of Sight. By age four she was being trained in the art of curanderismo which had been handed down from mother to daughter for many generations. Flordemayo’s mother was a midwife and healer and taught her daughter in the use of herbs, women’s medicine and how women are to honor and care for the Earth.

What happened next might be said to have set the stage for Flordemayo’s work as a Mujer Puente, a woman who bridges the worlds…not just between the seen and the unseen, but across humanity…her mother moved the family to NYC!

Life, marriage, motherhood followed, and then, in her late 40s, another teacher appeared. Don Alejandro Cirillos Perez Oxlaj, head of the Quiche Maya Council of Elders, under whom Flordemayo was initiated as a Mayan priestess.Flordemayo now lives in New Mexico. But you won’t find her at home much. She is a frequent presenter at international conferences. Since 1999 she has been part of the Wisdom of the Grandmother’s Foundation, and she is also a member of the Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. She is the recipient of the Martin de La Cruz Award for Alternative Healing, a prestigious honor given by the International Congress of Traditional Medicine. Flordemayo is also a founding director of the Institute for Natural and Traditional Knowledge. This organization has many active projects, including the establishment of an organic seed bank and educational outreach in support of traditional agriculture.

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