MAYAN
Shamanic Ceremonies

Traditional Mayan Fire Ceremony

This Traditional Mayan ceremony is incredibly powerful and still used regularly today by the indigenous Maya to seek release, find clarity or answers, cleanse the spirit, manifest, heal, or ask for intercession. The ceremony is deeply spiritual and a beautiful sharing of traditional ancient Mayan indigenous culture and beliefs. This authentic traditional ceremony honors all components of life and is an energetically balancing ritual. In Guatemala, the heart of Maya spirituality and tradition, you will often find offering sites or altars in especially sacred spaces such as caves and high places, close to the sky and the heavens.

To book, please contact reception. Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance, and all reservations are pending the availability of our local Shaman. The latest ceremony of the day can begin at 5pm. Ceremony is 2-3 hours long.

What To Expect: The Mayan Shaman will invite you to assist in preparing the ceremonial fire which includes sacred offerings to the ancestors such as tobacco, medicinal plants and flowers, multi-colored candles signifying different meaning and intentions, seeds, and aromatics. The Shaman will share stories, history, songs, drumming, prayers, and chanting with participants during this ceremony, depending on the participants as each ceremony is unique. You will participate in invoking and honoring the sacred elements, the cardinal directions, and Mayan Nahuals. Participants will be invited to join in laying offerings on the fire, intention setting, and releases; Cacao, a sacred form of medicine to the Maya, can also be added to this ceremony upon request.

Q1650 1-3 persons
+Q450 for each additional person
+Q55 per person to add Ceremonial Cacao

Schedule A Private Ceremony

Mayan Temazcal Ceremony

Representative of the womb to the ancient Maya, this powerful ancient therapy works through heat, natural aromatic medicinal plants, natural mud and exfoliants, and herbal baths to cleanse externally and internally, offering an opportunity of rebirth and release.

To book, please contact reception. Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance, and all reservations are pending the availability of our local Shaman. The latest ceremony of the day can begin at 5pm. Ceremony is 2-3 hours long.

What To Expect: This ceremony honors the traditional spiritual nature of the Temazcal, not simply a sauna! Used by the Mayans to eliminate toxins both physically and spiritually, leaving the practitioners cleansed, lighter, and clearer. For this ceremony it’s recommended to wear minimal clothing or no clothing, as traditional mud exfoliant will be applied to the body. The shaman will conduct the ceremony both outside and inside the Temazcal. Chakra activation, drumming, and chanting are used to help eliminate toxins from the body and spirit at all levels. 

Q1650 1-3 persons
+Q450 for each additional person

Schedule A Private Ceremony

MEET Vicky

Vicky, one of the local female Ix’qik
 with whom Earth Lodge collaborates, was born in Guatemala in 1979. Vicky has been a yoga teacher for over 10 years, teaching Ashtanga, Hatha and Vinyasa. She has also been a practicing Maya Priestess for over 10 years, properly called Ix’qik (Time Counter). She studies the well-kept millenary knowledge of the Maya Cosmovisión to help people understand the energies attached to every person since the moment of conception and which accompany the individual in sacred cycles called the “Cholquij Calendar”. Vicky combines her practice with the ancestral medicine inherited from her grandmothers.

Vicky will often ask for the birth dates of ceremony participants ahead of time so that she can tailor the ceremony based on the participants Nawales and the Elements, which allows her to know which direction to guide the ceremony. Every ceremony with Vicky is a unique and deeply authentic Mayan spiritual experience based on the practices passed down to her from her ancestors and the unique energetic imprints of every participant.

MEET Tz’ules

Tz’ules, one of the local female Mayan Shamanas with whom Earth Lodge collaborates, was raised in a family with a long spiritual lineage, where they allowed her to choose who she was going to be. Her family guided her, did not put limits on her, and taught her to listen to her intuition. Tz’ules family taught her to listen, and expand her mind and beliefs beyond her fears. To be a spiritual guide is to have transcended darkness and balance humanity in connection with the whole, and to be in service with ones self and ones neighbor.

Tz’ules believes that spiritual guides must confront the struggles of conscience, to do justice, to support the community causes that need strength and spiritual energy, and to be warriors of the light. She believes that mother earth and mother nature and the water of life must be defended. These beliefs have inspired Tz’ules to support the local communities yearning for equality and respect for what they inherited and believes firmly that the indigenous peoples are responsible for ensuring that the legacy of our ancestors is respected and protected as we are all just visitors to this beautiful planet.

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