Meet Lidia

I’m a queer herbalist, healing practitioner, and community organizer. Being both a survivor of violence and having experienced health issues throughout my life, I’ve learned to support my mind, body and spirit by reconnecting to Mother Earth and my indigenous Mexican roots through sacred rituals and herbal remedies.

Some of these rituals and herbal remedies were passed down through many generations within my family, others were taught to me by my spiritual teachers and western herbal school training and some were shared to me in dreams, but my biggest teacher was La Tierra.

My earliest memory was playing in mud, poor but nourished and resourced by The Earth. La Tierra fills my heart, soul and bones with gratitude for my communities, the land, and its creatures.

For the last 17 years I’ve had the honor of supporting the self-determination, healing and wellness of survivors of violence, through 1:1 peer advocacy counseling, support groups, journey drumming and limpias (spiritual and energetic cleansings). 

This work and my personal experience has taught me about the severe impacts that interpersonal and systemic violence has on our mind, body and spirit. This is what drives my passion and commitment to address health and wellness holistically, with a healing justice, harm reduction and anti-oppression framework. 

Three years ago, I answered yes to a calling to share my ancestral healing practices and herbal remedies with the larger community and was initiated as a Sahuamadora (sacred fire keeper) in Yucatan, Mexico within the Ticiyotl path. 

Tierra Rituals embodies my indigenous Mexican roots, Curanderismo, Ticiyotl, and western herbal training. I’m excited and grateful for the opportunity to support your health and wellness.