Maya Cosmovision Package around Lake Atitlan – 4 days

Immersive workshop Program:

DAY 1: MAYA COSMOVISION & TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

  • Learn about Maya Culture (Cosmovision, Maya Calendar, Traditional Medicine etc.)
  • Visit Maya Traditions’ Organic Medicinal Plant Garden in Panajachel
  • Attend a workshop about Traditional Maya Medicine with a local Healer
  • Have a short break with a nice Organic Herbal Tea cooked with fresh plants from the Garden
  • Be part of a Maya Ceremony

DAY 2: WELL-BEING

  • Work in the Medicinal Plant Garden and learn from our gardeners how to maintain an organic garden
  • Attend a workshop and learn how to make homemade massage oils and soaps
  • Meet with a Maya Healer and Spiritual Guide and learn about their gift and how they use medicinal plants and herbs to prevent and cure common illnesses
  • Participate in a Maya Fire Ceremony

DAY 3: USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN DAILY LIFE

  • Learn more about the significance of corn in Maya Culture
  • Visit a mill and prepare tortillas or tamalitos
  • Walk to the perched village of Patanatic, one of the best viewpoints of Panajachel and the lake (30 minutes steep walk)
  • Meet with the women for a picnic of traditional dishes and share the tortillas (tamalitos) you cooked
  • Watch and try to weave baskets from pine needles

DAY 4: NATURAL DYEING

  • Cross the stunning Lake Atitlan to get to San Juan la Laguna and meet with a group of weavers/span>
  • Watch a natural dyeing demonstration /span>/span>
  • handwarp yarn into balls
  • stretch the threads around the warping board to create the design
  • ikat tying demonstration
  • liso backstrap weaving demonstration

 

Learn more about the natural dyeing technique here.

Homestay and transportation as well as other tours and services can be arranged.

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