Curanderx Toolkit: Latinx Plant Medicine with Atava Garcia Swiecicki
Join curandera Atava Garcia Swiecicki for an hour of ancestral herbal wisdom!
5:30 pm on Saturday, April 1st as we kick off our 2023 event series with Atava Garcia Swiecicki. Atava is a healer, educator, and the author of The Curanderx Toolkit: Reclaiming Ancestral Latinx Plant Medicine and Rituals for Healing… available for purchase now at Bart’s!
Arranging ofrendas. Brewing pericón into a healing tea. Releasing traumas through baños and limpias. In this book readers will learn the Indigenous, African, and European roots of curanderismo. Atava shares her personal journey as a healer and those of thirteen other inspirational curanderas serving their communities.The Curanderx Toolkit includes more than 25 profiles of plants of Baja and Alta California and teaches you to grow, know, and love them.
This book will help anyone who has lost connection with their ancestors begin to incorporate the herbal wisdom and holistic wellness of curanderismo into their lives. Take the power of ancient medicine into your own hands by learning simple herbal remedies and practicing rituals for kinship with the more-than-human world.
Atava Garcia Swiecicki is guided by her dreams and her Mexican, Polish, Hungarian, and Diné ancestors. She received a BA in feminist studies from Stanford University and a master’s degree from the Indigenous Mind Program at Naropa University in Oakalnd. Atava has studied healing arts extensively for over thirty years and has been mentored by herbalists, curanderas, and traditional knowledge keepers. She works as a clinical herbalist and teacher. She is the founder of the Ancestral Apothecary School of Herbal, Folk, and Indigenous Medicine on Ohlone territory in Oakland, and she currently lives in Tewa Pueblo territory in Albuquerque.
Bart’s Books is the world’s largest outdoor bookstore, serving the Ojai community since 1964. We believe that there is a book for everyone, and that reading is the catalyst for a connection amongst passionate people. Bart’s hosts a collection of over 130,000 used and new books, ranging from rare out-of-print gems to well loved paperbacks. Our curated event series brings authors to our courtyard for engaging discussions and readings. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on our courtyard event offerings here!