Elders from Venezuela

Raisa Tecolotzin

Educator, licensed in Educational Psychology, and therapist in training, devoted practitioner of the Sacred Feminine. Born in Venezuela, she has been a spiritual student of ancestral traditions from Mexico and North America for several years. Raisa shares her knowledge, studies, and feminine gifts by integrating practices and experiences from ancestral traditions of North America, Central America, and South America.

She is a carrier of the Sacred Pipe of the Ollintlahuimetztli Moon Dance, under the lineage of Grandmother Mallinali, participating as a Moon Dancer in countries such as Mexico, Colombia, the United States, and Brazil. She also guides Temazcal ceremonies within this same tradition.

She has been a Visionary and Sun Dancer at Zuya Taopi Wiwanyag Wacipi in New Mexico, USA. She was also a member of the Native American Church Singing Stone, where she participated with deep commitment in ceremonies of the sacred sacrament Peyote, as well as in sweat lodge and Yuwipi rituals.

She is currently a Water Prayer Holder, honoring the medicine, memory, and healing spirit of Water, offering prayers and ceremonies dedicated to Water consciousness and its sacred connection with the Feminine. Raisa is a disciple of Elisa Vargas Fernández, a teacher of the traditional Shipibo healing path, and has apprenticed with other Indigenous nations such as the Cofán and Kamentsá.

As a practitioner of the Sacred Feminine, she has deepened her studies in natural gynecology and lunar herbalism, specializing in medicinal plants for women’s health. She is dedicated to guiding women in awakening their intuition and reconnecting with their menstrual blood, reclaiming their sacred feminine and inner wisdom.