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Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Body

University of New Mexico

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As the second of four courses on Curanderismo, the art of Hispanic/Latino traditional medicine, this course focuses specifically on traditional healing of the body.  As an educational and cultural platform, this course will share a number of traditional body therapies.
Learners will not become certified traditional healers at the completion of this course but will be able apply basic principles or traditional medicine for health and illnesses. They will become familiar specifically with the traditional treatment of Empacho (intestinal blockage), Manteadas (shawl alignments), Ventosas (fire cupping), Hidroterapia (healing with water), and other topics such as the Huesero (bone setter).

Future Curanderismo courses include:

Traditional Healing of the Mind, Energy and Spirit: Temazcal (sweatlodge), Limpias (energetic/spiritual cleansings), Risaterapia (laugh therapy) and other topics.

Global and Cultural Influences of Traditional Healing: African tradition, Afro Latino from Cuba and Puerto Rico, Native American spiritual cleansings and Mayan acupuncture and other topics.

REQUIRED TEXTS
Curanderismo: The Art of Traditional Medicine without Borders by Eliseo Torres

Curandero: Traditional Healers of Mexico and the Southwest by Eliseo Torres with Imanol Miranda

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OPTIONAL TEXTS
Curandero: A life in Mexican Folk Healing by Eliseo Torres & Tim Sawyer

Healing with Herbs & Rituals: A Mexican Tradition, Eliseo Torres, edited by Tim Sawyer

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PODCAST:
Blubrry podcast - https://www.blubrry.com/normallol/41068835/normal-lol-63-depersonalization-mental-wellness-curanderismomexican-traditional-healing-with-eliseo-cheo-torres/

Itunes Episode 63 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/normal-lol-depersonalization-derealization-anxiety/id1065740418?mt=2

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What you will learn

Provide information on the traditions, rituals and remedies of Curanderismo, a healing tradition with emphasis on treatments of the body.
Recognize the importance of traditional methods of healing intestinal blockage and shawl alignments.
Explore different traditional hands on techniques and their impact on bodies ailments.
Demonstrate traditional healing methods for special populations such as infants and the aging community.

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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4.96/5 (37 Ratings)

Eliseo (Cheo) Torres
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Professor and Vice President for Student Affairs

36,297 Learners

5 Courses

Mario Del Angel-Guevara
Top Instructor

PhD Candidate in Spanish

Spanish and Portuguese

36,297 Learners

5 Courses

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University of New Mexico

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

INTESTINAL BLOCKAGE (EMPACHO) & SHAWL ALIGNMENTS (MANTEADAS)

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 36 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

FIRE CUPPING (VENTOSAS) & BONE SETTER (HUESERO)

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 42 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

MAYAN ABDOMINAL MASSAGE & BODY ADJUSTMENT

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 37 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

SPINAL ALIGNMENT & HYDROTHERAPY

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 31 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CURANDERISMO: TRADITIONAL HEALING OF THE BODY

by MDSep 2, 2020

Good complement and continuation of other courses offered by UNM and Dr. Torres. Always nice to see the practitioners in action and explaining what they do and why. Very useful overview.

by ACMar 5, 2019

VERY PRACTICAL AND EASY TO LEARN. THE TECHNIQUES WERE very deep and sacred !

Thanks

by LDec 3, 2020

Thank you so much for the very emotional, good-hearted, deep, and applicable knowledge! To improve pls consider, that in some video position is closed and not totally seen the hands movement.

by LCNov 5, 2020

Learned a lot, all the lessons are well explained by experts in traditional healing.

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