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Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Mind, Energy & Spirit

University of New Mexico

About this Course

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As the third of four courses on Curanderismo, the art of Hispanic/Latino traditional medicine, this course focuses specifically on traditional healing of mind, energy and spirit. As an educational and cultural platform, this course will share a number of traditional body therapies. Trained traditional healers will share their knowledge of cleansings from different cultures such as spiritual, energetic and Tonalli Cleansing.
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 therapy of the sweat lodge temazcal, laugh therapy risaterapia and they will learn about the creation of sacred spaces and healing grief through Día de los Muertos. 

The Final Curanderismo course will be:

•	Global and Cultural Influences of Traditional Healing: African traditional medicine from Uganda and Gabon; 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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Beginner Level

Approx. 18 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

What you will learn

Provide information on the healing traditions, rituals, and remedies of Curanderismo.
Interpret the spiritual/energetic components by observing the importance of creating a sacred space and healing through traditional events.
Compare different types of spiritual/energetic cleansings including Tonalli and susto magical fright.
Describe the benefits of Laugh theraphy, sound and music and how they can transform your life.

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Beginner Level

Approx. 18 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

Instructors

Instructor rating

4.97/5 (37 Ratings)

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

32,322 Learners

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Mario del Angel Guevara
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PhD Candidate in Spanish

Spanish and Portuguese

32,322 Learners

5 Courses

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University of New Mexico

As New Mexico’s flagship institution, UNM is a place where cutting-edge research and creative endeavors flourish. We empower our students to lead in tackling complex societal challenges, offering an exceptional education inspired by vision, scholarship, and creativity. UNM’s distinctive campus environment blend of culture and cuisine, styles and stories, people, pursuits and panoramas.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

SPIRITUAL HEALING (LIMPIAS) & HEALING FRIGHT AND SHOCK (SUSTO)

Laurencio shows an energetic cleansing and the elements involved in it. Rita explains how to heal traumatic experiences.

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 35 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

SPIRITUAL CLEANSINGS (LIMPIAS) & TONALLI CLEANSING

In this module, students will recognize different types of limpias. Velia highlights the importance of people’s needs whether they are spiritual, mental or physical in this cleansing. In the Tonalli Cleansing, Patricia will explain how to open a power portal that travels through the energetic meridian in a patient.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 38 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

BURNING INCENSE FOR HAMONIZING & LAUGH THERAPY (RISATERAPIA)

Rita explains the variety of incense burners used in traditional energetic cleansings and demonstrates her own type of cleansing with copal incense. She demonstrates how laughter reduces negativity and hostility and increases efficiency and morale.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 25 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

SWEATLODGE (TEMAZCAL)

Rita and others demonstrate the health benefits of the plants, vibrations of the drum, and other items and elements that are part of the sweatlodge temazcal, ceremony.

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 108 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CURANDERISMO: TRADITIONAL HEALING OF THE MIND, ENERGY & SPIRIT

by LDec 11, 2020

Thank you for wonderful and useful knowledge and beautiful way of teaching

by ICDec 15, 2021

I absolutely loved this course, it was executed very well and it was fun and interactive. Thank you!

by BOJan 3, 2021

Excellent introduction and techniques. Gracias a todos, Maestro Torres.

by PTApr 27, 2021

I’m so glad I was able to find this resource . It definitely is helping on my way to spiritual harmony

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