Camino de Cacao

Nana Mimi is a highly respected Mayan spiritual elder and wisdom keeper from the Tz'utujil lineage of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. She is a guardian of the sacred fire, a keeper of ancestral cacao traditions, and a devoted teacher of Mayan cosmology, fire ceremonies, and womb healing—carrying the ancient knowledge passed down through generations. Her mother passed on the medicine that she had received from her grandmother to Nana Mimi and her siblings & their entire family continues to carry this lineage since their mother has passed. With a deep connection to the land, elements, and spirits, Nana Mimi guides initiates into the mysteries of cacao as a plant teacher, ceremonial ally, and medicine of the heart and womb. Her work is rooted in the Mayan calendar (Cholq’ij), the sacred altars, and the elemental forces that weave through all aspects of life. As a firekeeper and spiritual guide, Nana Mimi leads traditional Mayan fire ceremonies, honoring the spirits of the land and the sacred hills. Through these ceremonies, she facilitates healing, ancestral connection, and permission to walk the cacao path with integrity. In addition to her work with the sacred fire, Nana Mimi is also a guardian of the womb and feminine wisdom. She teaches the importance of ceremony for the womb and Mayan healing techniques to support fertility, emotional release, and spiritual empowerment. Nana Mimi is also a guardian of the cacao seed, preserving the ancient traditions of ceremonial cacao preparation. She teaches how to work with cacao as a spiritual medicine, from sourcing and preparing it in alignment with tradition to serving it with intention and prayer. Her teachings are deeply experiential, immersive, and transformational, creating an intimate and sacred container for those ready to step into a deeper relationship with cacao, the land, and their own spiritual path. Through her presence, Nana Mimi embodies the living lineage of the Mayan traditions, ensuring that these sacred practices are honored, respected, and passed on with reverence and authenticity. By joining this initiation, you are stepping into a sacred learning experience under her direct guidance—a rare opportunity to receive the wisdom of an indigenous elder who has devoted her life to the preservation and sharing of these ancient ways, including the sacred work of the womb and cacao medicine.

Sarah (she/they), founder of Ancestral Weavings, is a ceremonialist, grief activist, and threshold guide specializing in transformative journeys focused on ancestral reconnection. She guides individuals, couples, and groups through threshold work to reconnect with ancestral wisdom, interrupt inherited patterns, and restore relational integrity. She holds over 10,000 hours of training in ritual healing, with certifications including: Advanced Systemic Constellations (International Family Constellations Training Institute), Sacred Passage Death Doula (Chacana Spiritual Center), and Psychedelic Therapy & Indigenous Wisdom (AWE Foundation). She also holds a Master of Science in Intercultural Psychology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychedelic Studies focused on ancestral communal dreamwork and ritual.

Krystal is originally from Detroit, Michigan and currently lives in Boulder, Colorado and travels internationally. Her ancestral lineage is mostly Northern European, with a touch of Native American. She has been an active student of her ancestor’s Pagan Wheel of the Year and much of her life centers around these studies of the cyclical ways of living and being. She has extensive training in Integrated Psychedelic Therapy through the profound 3-year AWE Psychedelic Therapy (now known as Ecstatic Mysticism) Training under the guidance of Lila Vega. In this training, she received initiations with Lila Vega, the Cofan (AI) tribe, Wixárika people (Huichol), and the Tzʼutujil lineage of Tobacco with Ramiro Perez. Krystal is currently enrolled at Naropa University, pursuing her Masters Degree in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, which will result in her becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has completed the master plant diets of Rose with Richard Wade & Jane Mayer (Shipibo & Q’ero traditions), as well as a Seya (Mama) Diet with Matsini Yawanawa, the chief of the Yawanawa tribe. She has a decade of studies with cacao through the lens of the Tzʼutujil & Kachiquel Mayan lineages of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala as well as a longterm study with the Cacao Shaman, Keith Wilson. Krystal’s trauma informed background is in Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment (Lori Gill) and Internal Family Systems Practitioner (IFS Institute). In addition, Krystal is in the 3-year Somatic Experiencing trauma healing training. Krystal’s energy medicine background comes from Theta Healing (Advanced Level), Reiki II (Nicholas Harris) and her Psycho-Spiritual Chakra System studies with Anodea Judith. In addition, Krystal is a yoga teacher and has received training as a 200 RYT Yoga Teacher (Harsh Ramani), Trauma Informed Yin Yoga Teacher (Jenn Wooten). Krystal is also a Fardada in the Santo Daime Church and has been studying the path of ayahuasca for nearly a decade now. Her work can be described as bridge work, as much of it focuses on bridging the ancestral with the modern, the mind with the heart, the body with the spirit. Since she was a young child, she has had a strong connection to the unseen world and was an “undiagnosed” processing medium. Now she helps others who are highly sensitive and empathic and suffer from PTSD & C-PTSD, trauma, depression and anxiety connect to their inherent wisdom and gifts. Krystal also has a deep passion for the mystery, the liminal, the ancestral and the void, and these realms of existence are what fuels the containers she creates and education she offers. Through her work, she hopes to connect people to their depth, their heart, their wisdom, their bodies and the Great Mystery.