Xiwico Temazcal - The root of unity sweatlodge home with Andria

Xiuh Janiki Yollotlpactli - Andria Pablo facilitates this sacred space. We enter the temazcal, to give thanks for the abundance that we are and so often we forget to see or recognize.  temazcalli - womb of our mother / house of hot stones, home of medicine.

We enter the temazcal to remember, to listen, to pray and humble ourselves collectively. To be reborn again and again from the constant changes that we live day by day, breath by breath. We enter, to let go, let our programming die and revive again within the sacred space of the celestial vault, where time dissolves and only our bodies remain, surrounded by songs, flowers and breath of life, atlachinoli, sacred vapor.

Symbolically, the temazcal represents the womb of our mother. Outside, in the direction of the tata Tonatiuh (father sun), is the father xiuthtecutli (sacred fire) who symbolizes the father in which the stones are heated and water is boiled with herbs. Such stones and water symbolize the sperm that when entering the temazcalli the DNA of our ancestors creates life through atlachinoli (vapor) where we are all given the opportunity to be reborn.

Within the old cultures of Anawaka (North of Mexico to Nicaragua) ancient and contemporary Mexico today, practice temazcal in various forms and names, as a resemblance of to what it could had been temazcalli in the past. Today, contemporary mexicans practice temazcal at least once a month. By doing so, we intend to honor our ancestral culture and also to remember where we come from as we believe the temazcal carries a legacy for future generations.

***What do I need to bring?

- 2 Towels - Sirong / long skirt / dress (cotton) - Water to drink - Fruit or snack to share after the temazcal - Instruments (drum, flute, bells, rattle) that are not made of metal. - Warm clothes for after the temazcal (please cover your head after temazcal) - Offering to fire or altar (flowers, tobbaco, sage) 

***How do I prepare? - Fasting prior is often recommended or the morning in this istance.

- Do NOT consume meat, alcohol, medicinal plants or drugs at least 72hours before the temazcal. - Drink plenty of water - Let go of expectations and receive warmth and song with love. 

Are there restrictions - Women with less than 6 months of pregnancy should not enter the temazcal - Women and their moon, you are in sacred space already. So, the recommendation is to nest on your own. But it is up to you if you want to join temazcal! - People intoxicated under any substance will not be allow to enter the temazcal. - People with brain or heart conditions (pacemaker) should not enter the temazcal. - Any other health condition please notify the facilitator (high/low pressure, Depression, Abuse).

About Andria

Andria Dafne Pablo Sánchez, (Xiuh Janiki Vee’us Yollotlpactli) is a Mexican Mestiza born in the

Texcoco State of Mexico in 1985. Inspired by the ritual and ceremony of indigenous ways, she migrated to Aotearoa in 2005 to study a Bachelor of Design at Massey University. Her aim was to connect and learn Māori

culture, however the more she learned, the more she was called home to learn about her ancestry, her culture and her own rituals and ceremonies. In 2014 she returned back to Mexico, where she found herself diving deep into learning her Mexicayotl Toltec traditions through Xiuhcoatl Tepetochtli Calpulli in Tezoyuca Texcoco, such as Kinam (Toltec yoga), Temazcal (mexican sweat lodge), Mexica Dance, Medicine Drum

Huehuetl, the Obsidian Mirror - Tezkatlipoka -, the Obsidian Egg, Women Circles and bead art,

to name a few. From there she also became a Moon Dancer from the Xochimeztli Circle with Abuelita Tonalmitl, Guadalupe Retiz Yañez. To this path she is committed as her way to be a walker of the

revitalization of her ancestral culture in order to carry the wisdom and bring it forward for the

next generations.

In 2015 Xiuh was invited by Wiremu Gracelands from Ngāti Porou to represent her Mexicayotl at

the Conscious Roots Festival at Hongoeka Marae.

She commits herself to walk and remain humble as the only way to survive and revive the

ancient knowledge which she believes will bring back the harmony into this world. We all carry

this ancestral print! Lets wake up together!

Retreat attendees: $50

General: $60