Xochitl (So-chil) Kusikuy Ashe (she/her) has been a teacher and guide in one-and-one mentorships, workshops, and ceremonies both in the U.S and internationally for the last 25 years. At age 16 she became the first female of five generations of men to be initiated into the healing traditions of her Peruvian ancestral lineage. She is a Medicine Woman in the Peruvian Andean tradition and has worked with sacred plant medicines since the time of her initiation. For the past 23 years she apprenticed under her Godfather, a Mazatec Medicine Man of the ancient tradition of healing with the "Nti-si tho" "Santitos" or Psilocybin mushrooms.
She is a professionally trained herbalist and specializes in the ceremonial use of Cacao and Psilocybin Mushrooms. In her practice, Xochitl focuses on the healing of generational trauma and the ways in which that trauma impairs our ability to thrive, create wealth, and have a positive impact on the world.
Xochitl’s is the founder of Magical Medicine Journeys, an Indigenous women-owned retreat company, that offers legal Mazatec Psilocybin Mushroom Retreats in Mexico. Her mission is to honor the traditional indigenous knowledge and ceremony of sacred plant medicine and provide the most authentic and powerful life-changing experiences.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Xochitl’s initiation into becoming a medicine carrier at age 16 and what it was like to become the first female in 5 generations of men to be initiated as a medicine carrier
- The messages the mushrooms have to share with humanity today
- How mushrooms can support us in ancestral healing and processing generational trauma
- The impact that capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy is having on plant medicine and indigenous medicine carriers
- How white westerners can work with plant medicines with respect and reciprocity and without causing more harm and oppression
You can find Xochitl’s amazing work, including her upcoming mushroom medicine retreats in Mexico on her:
Website xochitlashe.com
Instagram @xochitlashe