Welcome! Here, we honor and value the wisdom of Indigenous peoples and elders, preserving traditions and ceremonies that empower our communities. By connecting to our roots, we elevate our consciousness and strengthen our shared identity. We believe that healing the land and our planet is interconnected with the consciousness of people. Join us in bridging ancestral knowledge and Indigenous led climate justice solutions for the planet. Together, we can create a sustainable future rooted in respect and understanding for Mother Earth.
OUR MISSION
Our specific purpose is to provide empowerment and consciousness expansion to the community through the re-connection of our roots, ancestral medicine, ceremony, art, and healing. Getting To The Root Inc. is a non-profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to provide a safe and sacred space for all people to pray to Great Spirit/Creator in ceremony and in community. We also work to preserve ancestral ways by supporting Indigenous communities.
Who We Are
Lizette Azucena Ohxochitl
Founder and Lead at Getting To The Root, she is devoted to creating sacred spaces for prayer, healing, and community empowerment—spaces that honor the ancestral wisdom carried through her lineage from Jalisco, Mexico, and the broader cultural memory of Anahuak, the land of the original peoples of this continent.
Rooted in the spiritual traditions of Toltekayotl and Wixárika cosmology, Lizette walks in reverence with the living teachings of the Earth and the ceremonial ways of her elders and ancestors. She is a Danzante Solar from Teotihuacan, a Sacred Pipe carrier, and a guardiana of the Temazcalli.
For more than eight years, Lizette has been initiated and has been walking alongside Marakate and Wixárika families, as a devoted pilgrim to Wirikuta. Through this sacred path, she continues to deepen her commitment to remembering, protecting, and sharing the medicine of ancestral ways—always guided by prayer, humility, and gratitude.
Modesto Rivera Lemus
Temay
Wixarika Marakame (the one that can dream, heal, and sing - master medicine person) from Nayarit who comes from an unbroken lineage of Marakame. Modesto is a gifted musician and wisdom keeper of over 6000 years of tradition that offers us an opportunity for healing and deeper connection to our planet and ourselves.
Rosalia Lemus De La Rosa
(Mama Chali)
Wixarika Marakame from an unbroken lineage, Mother of Modesto, Mama Chali is a living library of knowledge with remarkable humility and incredible stories as well as miraculous healing gifts.
Rosalio Albarran
Olpamitzin
Spiritual Guide and Teacher in the Mexican Tradition - Mexicayotl. Wisdom Keeper of the oral tradition of Anahuak.
Calixto Suarez Villafañe
Wisdom Keeper and carrier of the voice for the Arahuaco from the Sierra Nevada in Colombia. Elder, activist, and ambassador of peace.
"FOR ME, WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IS THAT THE LANDS ARE HEALTHY, THE WATER IS PURE, THE WIND IS FREE FROM VIRUSES AND THE HUMAN BEINGS ARE AT PEACE WITH THEMSELVES."
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