Grounding, Clearing and Seed-Planting for Spring: An Andean Four Directions Ceremony & Collective Visioning Practice.
With Teresa Mateus
March 9, 2025 3pm - 5pm EST
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In the Q'ero Paqo lineage (from the spiritual-healer lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru) the human-land connection is inherent to all of life. We are connected in ayni (reciprocity) with all that is and we orient that relationship across the three worlds (upper world - hanaq pacha, middle world - kay pacha, underworld - ukju pacha) and the four directions, guided by the sacred animals of the puma and the hummingbird, the condor and the serpent. Through this shared time of ceremony and offering (called a kintu) we will ground together in the lands that have meaning for us, our ancestral places and peoples, honoring all the dimensions of being. We will also share in a small energy clearing ceremony to release hucha (heavy energy), in this season of the world where so much heavy energy is accumulating.
We will close by creating space to do a visioning practice around the idea of "planting seeds at the end of the world." What does it mean to plant something in a season of great change - cosmically and socially? What is our individual and collective calling as seed planters, grounded in our own sacred lands and lineages, and building for a futurism beyond what we think is possible?
About Teresa:
Teresa Mateus is an Andean indigenous practitioner initiated in the Q'ero Paqo lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru in the Apaza family lineage from the Kiko territory. She was born in the Colombian Andes, in the Muisca territories at the base of "Grandmother's Foot" (in Chibcha) who is her Apu (sacred mountain in Quechua) godparent. She is also a trauma specialist with training in clinical social work, yoga and meditation. She has written a few books on trauma, grief, and spiritual journeying and you can find her at www.teresamateus.com. She lives in the Lenape lands of the NYC metro area, works on community-based arts and healing programs in Harlem, and can be found snuggling under covers or on a micro-porch with her semi-geriatric chihuahua mix Faith (who believes she is a reincarnated Mexican deity).
With Teresa Mateus
March 9, 2025 3pm - 5pm EST
Zoom will be sent closer to time.
In the Q'ero Paqo lineage (from the spiritual-healer lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru) the human-land connection is inherent to all of life. We are connected in ayni (reciprocity) with all that is and we orient that relationship across the three worlds (upper world - hanaq pacha, middle world - kay pacha, underworld - ukju pacha) and the four directions, guided by the sacred animals of the puma and the hummingbird, the condor and the serpent. Through this shared time of ceremony and offering (called a kintu) we will ground together in the lands that have meaning for us, our ancestral places and peoples, honoring all the dimensions of being. We will also share in a small energy clearing ceremony to release hucha (heavy energy), in this season of the world where so much heavy energy is accumulating.
We will close by creating space to do a visioning practice around the idea of "planting seeds at the end of the world." What does it mean to plant something in a season of great change - cosmically and socially? What is our individual and collective calling as seed planters, grounded in our own sacred lands and lineages, and building for a futurism beyond what we think is possible?
About Teresa:
Teresa Mateus is an Andean indigenous practitioner initiated in the Q'ero Paqo lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru in the Apaza family lineage from the Kiko territory. She was born in the Colombian Andes, in the Muisca territories at the base of "Grandmother's Foot" (in Chibcha) who is her Apu (sacred mountain in Quechua) godparent. She is also a trauma specialist with training in clinical social work, yoga and meditation. She has written a few books on trauma, grief, and spiritual journeying and you can find her at www.teresamateus.com. She lives in the Lenape lands of the NYC metro area, works on community-based arts and healing programs in Harlem, and can be found snuggling under covers or on a micro-porch with her semi-geriatric chihuahua mix Faith (who believes she is a reincarnated Mexican deity).
With Teresa Mateus
March 9, 2025 3pm - 5pm EST
Zoom will be sent closer to time.
In the Q'ero Paqo lineage (from the spiritual-healer lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru) the human-land connection is inherent to all of life. We are connected in ayni (reciprocity) with all that is and we orient that relationship across the three worlds (upper world - hanaq pacha, middle world - kay pacha, underworld - ukju pacha) and the four directions, guided by the sacred animals of the puma and the hummingbird, the condor and the serpent. Through this shared time of ceremony and offering (called a kintu) we will ground together in the lands that have meaning for us, our ancestral places and peoples, honoring all the dimensions of being. We will also share in a small energy clearing ceremony to release hucha (heavy energy), in this season of the world where so much heavy energy is accumulating.
We will close by creating space to do a visioning practice around the idea of "planting seeds at the end of the world." What does it mean to plant something in a season of great change - cosmically and socially? What is our individual and collective calling as seed planters, grounded in our own sacred lands and lineages, and building for a futurism beyond what we think is possible?
About Teresa:
Teresa Mateus is an Andean indigenous practitioner initiated in the Q'ero Paqo lineage from the Andes above Cusco, Peru in the Apaza family lineage from the Kiko territory. She was born in the Colombian Andes, in the Muisca territories at the base of "Grandmother's Foot" (in Chibcha) who is her Apu (sacred mountain in Quechua) godparent. She is also a trauma specialist with training in clinical social work, yoga and meditation. She has written a few books on trauma, grief, and spiritual journeying and you can find her at www.teresamateus.com. She lives in the Lenape lands of the NYC metro area, works on community-based arts and healing programs in Harlem, and can be found snuggling under covers or on a micro-porch with her semi-geriatric chihuahua mix Faith (who believes she is a reincarnated Mexican deity).