Our practices spring from Wixarika reverence for the totality of the universe, and we are helped by our knowledge of the ways of our traditional medicinal herbs, the vibrations of the Earth, the winds and rain, and all of our relations in the animal and insect worlds.

We come from a family line of Mara'akames, or medicine people. We are pure-blood Wixarika people, and our father, who was also a shaman in our village of birth, recognized us as potential Mara'akames before we were born. Both Jaichima's and Rutury's training began while we were in the womb. We use ancient practices that take a lifetime to master and which defy explanation. Misguided attempts at these practices would be both profane and dangerous. We take delight in supporting your healing, the object of which is to help you uncover your deepest self, rather than to teach you how to be a Huichol or Wixarika person. Neither do we train you in Mara'akame or shamanic practices, nor allow people to become followers. We do not wish to control you, but to help you in your healing. What we do is sacred and powerful and must be preserved intact within our own culture.

You may have seen or heard about Wixarika shamanism. Controversy abounds on this subject; we don't wish to enter this debate. Our healing work is not a snake-oil instant 'cure'. Like other healing practices, our work with you takes time. This work requires profound, sustained commitment on the part of both healer and subject. All humans instinctually desire learning and growth. The healing arts that we and our ancestors practice and preserve rely on your efforts as much as on that of our spirit, animal, and plant helpers. We take great care to observe what is most profound and delicate in you, and it is our mastery of faculties beyond what is currently understood in western healing practices that makes it possible for us to calibrate our work with you according to your inner timetable. To try to use these arts to cut away your challenges in one or two sessions or workshops would be dangerous and disrespectful of the strength of your truest self, and could actually re-traumatize you.

In our commitment to everyone's health, safety, and integrity, we do not use or allow the use of peyote or any other drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, or mind-altering substances at the Center. We do however honor the sacred use of tobacco at the Center by indigenous North Americans in traditional ceremonial practices.