Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-406) and index.
Contents:
Creating art as spiritual practice. Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. -- Morning prayers. Joto rituals for healing, self-love, and social justice / ... Keeping It Real... / Gloria Enedina Alvarez -- Prayer To The Orishas / Martha R. Gonzales -- Honoring the sacred directions. As the ceremony begins... / Sara H. Salazar -- Honoring the sacred directions / Lara Medina -- Creating sacred space. The Curandera prepares for healing / Sara H. Salazar -- My home altar / Ofelia Esparza -- Shrine of self-realization / Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Ofelia Esparza -- Reclaiming our mother, reclaiming ourselves / Alba Onofrio -- Creating an altar for the healing of our younger self / Susy Zepeda -- Little altars / Martha R. Gonzales Bendiciones de casa (house blessings): life and spirit in living spaces / Marta López-Garza -- Blessings for babies and young children. Life arrives / Gloria Enedina Alvarez -- A home baptism / Lara Medina -- A little baby prayer / Patrisia Gonzales, Traditional Baby Catcher -- The Mujeres Circle / Mónica Russel Y Rodríguez -- Planting the umbilical cord / Jennie Luna -- Creating art as spiritual practice. On creating art / Flor y Canto / Yreina D. Cervántez -- Bordar y tejer es medicina / Dora Xochitl Lopez-Mata and Maria Eva Mata -- Aprender bordando: embroidery as meditation and knowledge making / Esther Díaz Martín -- Luz De Luz / Gloria Enedina Alvarez -- The gift of art / Margaret "Quica" Alarcón -- Joto rituals for healing, self-love, and social justice / Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. -- Dreaming. After the limpia / Sara H. Salazar -- Fuerza ancestral ; Writing is as necessary as air to me / Xánath Caraza -- Canto Ocelotl / Jaguar Incantations / Yreina D. Cervántez -- On my relative's skin / Claudia A. Mercado -- Latinx liberation: a meditation on writing / Lauren Frances Guerra -- Creating art through danza. Queering mi palabra / Luis Salinas -- Prayer in motion / Issa Linda Arroyo -- Wearable prayers: danza ceremonial trajes / Patricia Juárez / Chicueyi Coatl -- Communing with our dying and beloved deceased. Ofrenda / Gloria Enedina Alvarez -- Nana's hands / Sybil Venegas -- Death as a peaceful, loving teacher / Alan Hicks -- Ancestral ties / Maritza Alvarez -- The rose in my heart / Patricia Rodriguez -- Showing me the path home: a poz, third-gender xicanx constructs a triad of the divine feminine / Omar Gonzalez -- Teachings From Mami / Norma Elia Cantú -- What my abuelita taught me about prayer and memory... / Theresa Torres -- Conjuros / Rossy Evelin Lima; Translated by Don Chellini -- Life embracing death / Jocelyn Vargas -- Día de todos los santos: xicanx healing ritual after the death of a child / Aida Salazar -- Lamento Cihuateteo / Llanto De Juárez (The Lament Of The Cihuateteo/The Cry Of Juárez) / Yreina D. Cervántez -- Dreaming. Cultivating a healing dream practice / Atava Garcia Swiecicki -- On dreaming / Maritza Alvarez in Conversation with Lara Medina -- After the limpia / Sara H. Salazar -- Medicinal foods. Spirit plates / Claudia Serrato -- Womxn caring for womxn is ceremony / Grace Alvarez Sesma -- Baños de limpia espiritual / Sandra M. Pacheco -- The thirteen aires and self-limpias / Atava Garcia Swiecicki -- El Temazkal, A place for rest and purification / Estela Román -- Wellness ways for beginning self- and community care / Felicia "Fe" Montes -- A Poppet for mental health / Jessica Lozano Rodriguez -- La Oración / Pedro Alvarado -- Life changes. The rite of passage for a young woman / Linda Villanueva -- Fiesta de maíz: A ceremony for our young adults / Lara Medina -- Transcẽnera: A transformative ceremony / Jacqueline Garza Lawrence -- Luna Mia: A Xicanx guide for a first-moon ceremony / Aida Salazar -- Leaving home / Lara Medina -- Querida tierra-sol-mar-y-viento / María Elena Fernández -- Mynopause: from "change of life" to a nepantla state of enlightenment / Elisa Facio -- Meditation. The warrior womxn envisions... / Sara H. Salazar -- Connecting with the elements / Lara Medina -- Following my breath / Brenda Romero -- A meditation on beauty for releasing pain and trauma / Linda Vallejo -- Learning to Breathe: Ancestral Healing, Spiritual Activism, and the Medicine Wheel / Heidi M. Coronado -- Medicinal foods. Remedies y rituales / Berenice Dimas -- Atole / Neomi de Anda -- Nourish your body and soul / Gloria Quesada -- Cultivando semillas y culturas en la Madre Tierra (Cultivating seeds and cultures on Mother Earth) / Melissa Moreno -- Spirit plates / Claudia Serrato -- Sacred sexualities. Healing from Sexual Trauma / María Elena Fernández -- Be stewards of the earth / Karen Mary Davalos -- Find your truth / Elvira Prieto -- Live in the present / Maria Elena Cruz -- Receta for radical wholeness / Tia Naya / Naya Armendarez Jones -- "We are not a conquered people" / Jackie Cuevas -- My relations / María Elena Martínez -- Consejos of remembrance / Alicia Enciso Litschi -- Petra's gift / Modesta Barbina Trevino -- Why being truly popular is hard to do / Martha P. Cotera -- Huitzin de mi alma: A meditation on healing in adoption / Corina Benavides López -- Welcome, Nova: Consejos for surviving pregnancy loss / Patricia Marina Trujillo -- Chalchiuhtlicue-The passing of one's child / Aida Salazar -- Post-cesarean ceremony / Baby's first journey to the heart / Jennie Luna -- Fortifying our spirits: a talking circle for our daughters / Irene Lara -- Shaking it all up / Laura Pérez -- Moon meditations. Coyolxauhqui Canto / Cristina Gorocica -- Full Moon Coyolxauhqui Circle / Felicia "Fe" Montes -- Patzin: Abuela Luna and the Cycles of la mujer / Patrisia Gonzales -- Moon gazing / Lara Medina -- Sacred sexualities. The Incarnate God and embodied desire / Lauren Frances Guerra -- In gratitude / Martha R. Gonzales -- prayer to my Lover // Ofrenda a mi amante / Yaz Mendez Nuñez -- Healing from Sexual Trauma / María Elena Fernández -- Talking circles. Tlazocahmati Tatita Sol / Grace Alvarez Sesma. On prayer / Laura Pérez -- Cántico de mujer / Rosa Martha Zárate Macías -- Woman song / Cristina Gorocica -- Woman nation / Marisol Lydia Torres -- I pray: Un Rezo of Healing pa'lxs Mariconxs / Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. -- Relationship with land and plants. The earth moves / Laura Pérez -- Encontrándome / Berenice Dimas -- Letter to Eva / Theresa Yugar -- Growing Maíz / Maritza Alvarez -- Spiritual activism. The scriptures of Lydia Lopez / Jacqueline M. Hidalgo -- The Peace walks of Dolores Mission Parish: How One community moves toward healing from violence / as Rita Chairez and Raquel Roman of Dolores Mission Parish have shared with Jennifer Owens Jofré -- The day after the election: protecting body, mind, and spirit / Sandra M. Pacheco -- The Dharma and the dragon girl / Patrisia Gonzales -- Misa Mujer / Mujerista Mass / Patricia Pedroza González -- Spiritual pedagogy. A pedagogy of ofrendas: The altar as a tool for integrating social justice in the classroom / Norell Martínez -- A spiritual pedagogy / Lara Medina -- Decolonizing spirit in the classroom con Anzaldúa / Susy Zepeda -- Talking circles. The Curandera listens / Sara H. Salazar -- From past to present: the power of healing circles / Trini Tlazohteotl Rodriguez -- En este círculo / Ann Hidalgo -- Circles of women / Naomi H. Quiñonez -- Evening prayers. Ángel de mi guardia / María Figueroa -- Descansando en paz / Jerry Tello -- Tlazocahmati Tatita Sol / Grace Alvarez Sesma.
Summary:
"Reflective essays, poetry, prayers, specific guidelines for healing practices, communal rituals, and visual art addresses life transitions and how to live holistically and with a spiritual consciousness for the challenges of the twenty-first century"--Page 4 of cover.
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