HIJA DEL NUEVO S𖤓L

I fervently embarked on an insatiable quest and desire to understand more about the spiritual nature of this existence and my purpose here in order to make the most of my life opportunity. This spiritual quest eventually led me back to my ancestors and our Red Road path, my sacred ancestral lineage and blood connection with Mexica Aztecatl wisdom and cosmology. Though the miracle I’d experienced had provided me with a glimpse into the marvels of my life free of suffering, I had not yet started my healing journey, and so - little by little, as the weight of my traumatic experiences returned, my commitment to my healing deepened even more-so. It was then that I found my way to sacred plant allies and Indigenous teachers. Their divine love, wisdom, and intelligence supported me in developing a deep sense of connection with myself, with nature, with the multidimensionality of this absolutely divine experience, and through that deep understanding and connection, to hold myself tenderly and break free from the deep wounds which had once been my crippling affliction.

I am grateful to my sacred plant and spirit allies and to my Indigenous elder teachers Hermano Inka T’ito from the Sacred Valley of Peru, Grandmother LaneSaan Moonwalker of Yoeme and Apache lineage, and El Linaje de los Piez Descalzos, Abuela Teresa Rivas Chicahuaxochitl, Alheli Yirama Yolcuikatzin, and Alejandro Rivas from my native lands of Tenochtitlan, for supporting me in cultivating the gift of my early initiation into the wounded healer path while tending to the wound, reclaiming my once-brokenness as my power, and as such, being granted a powerful second sight, one of deep sensitivity, understanding, and feeling, as a threshold keeper and visionary.

Since my spiritual awakening, my life has been absolutely committed to my spiritual path. My professional life since the onset of my career has been dedicated to supporting children like my younger self. I have been an educator in underserved communities for more than 10 years and have supported kids with PTSD in the juvenile justice system. I now work with children in a self-directed learning community, offer energy healing sessions, and facilitate fire prayer gatherings and medicine music song circles. I feel deeply honored to be a student of Mexica Aztecatl and Incan Cosmology and Wisdom as well as a student of the energy. My spiritual preparation and work as a devotee have begun to reveal my spiritual gifts in this lifetime, and I am eternally grateful to be able to share them with the world.

I enjoy a life filled with intentionality, gratitude, prayer, dance, ceremony, and Earth Mama-connection, from meditation at dawn, to barefoot walks in nature. I am actively studying with my Indigenous elder teachers to deepen my connection with Indigenous wisdom and truth, and I am currently enjoying a sweet life living out of a tiny and humble abode in the Ojai, California mountains with my beloved cat, Chiquis.

My Sacred Purpose

My spirituality and life walk deeply rooted in purpose are the most important things to me. As such, I live a life committed to The Red Road Path of integrity, truth, respect, and humanitarianism. Through my life walk, I have been rewarded with clear eyes, a clear voice, heart, and spiritual gifts, which help me support others. As a channel, I have invaluable information for others who find themselves stuck or lost along the way, and I am incredibly grateful to be of service in this way.

I have come to understand, through my healing and spiritual awakening process - as well as my various years studying Indigenous wisdom and cosmology - the absolute mystery that this life is and the marvelous opportunity that it is to be here right now. I fervently feel the call of the Earth - of the collective heart - of the world and its need for our restructuring, reordering, deep awakening, and for our return to our Sacred Source Mother. I fervently feel the yearning for this homecoming and remembrance within each human heart. There is nothing more important to me during this cosmically divine time of transformation than to be truly present with and in service to this work. It is through this devoted service that I express my deepest, most heart-felt reverence to my one wild and precious life opportunity.

El Nuevo Sol

The Beauty of My Mexica Aztecatl Ancestors

Before the Spanish arrived in Mexico, Anahuac was a thriving coexistence with our Earth Mother. When the Spanish came, they murdered our ancestors, tore apart our women from their babies, erased our sacred names, burned our sacred Indigenous languages and codices, and renamed our bloodlines to Spanish last names. Our warrior and warrioress ancestors fought back with blood, sweat, and tears in an attempt to preserve and protect our sacred ways to no avail. The Spanish colonizers then called our surviving ancestors “mestizos.” This mixed race of the Spanish and our ancestors, our now “Mexican” identity, is the result of our Indigenous resistance and survival despite colonization. Mexican is still Indigenous at heart and in blood. Though so much was destroyed, they could not erase the intelligence in our blood memory. They could not erase the wisdom stored within our hearts.

Cuauhtémoc was the last Tlaotani of Tenochtitlan, making him the last Mexica Emperor of the Mexica Aztecatl people. Cuautémoc was tortured by Spanish conquistadors who burned his feet in an unsuccessful attempt to discover the whereabouts of the gold that the Spanish wanted. He was hung in 1525 by Hernán Cortes.

It’s been over 500 years since his execution and we continue to honor him for his integrity, resistance, and determination. He was a brave warrior and honorable leader that fought for our people until his death.

On August 12, 1521, Tlaotani Cuauhtémoctzin, our beloved and venerable Cuauhtémoc, gave this final speech to our people, my Mexica Aztecatl ancestors.

Consigna de Anahuac, por Cuauhtemoctzin Itenahualtzin

Our venerable Sun has hidden himself,

our dignified Sun has hidden his face,

and in complete darkness he has left us.

Surely we know that once again he will return,

and once again return to illuminate us.

For now he will rest in Mictlan.

With urgency, let us gather, congregate,

and inside of our hearts, let’s hide

all that our hearts love.

And let us know that it is our treasure,

inside of us is this great precious stone.

Let us destroy our temples,

our schools of ancestral study,

our fields of our sacred ball game,

our youth centers,

our houses of song:

only the roads will remain.

May our homes be places of protection

until our New Sun rises.

The venerable fathers, the venerable mothers,

may they never forget to tell their youth,

may they teach their children, for as long as they live,

how good our beloved Anahuac has been.

Cuauhtemoctzin Itenahualtzin by Mexican Painter Jesús Helguera

“…until our New Sun rises”

The time is here. The New Sun has risen. Our beloved Mexica Aztecatl ancestors are present and here with us now, supporting with the world’s restructuring and upweaving. May my Mexica relatives and I never forget the beauty, resilience, strength, and absolute elegance of the warrior and warrioress ancestors that we carry with us. May we continue to forevermore teach our youth about their history, identity, resiliency, and beauty. It is the most beautiful and rebellious reclamation to reconnect with our sacred ways and to carry forth the strength, wisdom, and resilience of our “ancestros” through our “palabra” (word), our walk, and our life purpose in service to what the world needs.