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Tzenwaxolokwauhtli Tzatzoehetzin
Translated from the Nahuatl, his name means, "The spiral movement of the eagle that generates unity," and "The container for the fluidity of the wind". Tzen is a Mexihka (Aztec) physician and instructor of the traditional health system (Wewepahtli). He heads the Mexihka medicine council as PAHTEMAXTIANITL (Carrier of the medicine system) and is responsible for the preservation of the system of healing knowledge that was transmitted from father to son, mother to daughter and instructor to apprentice. He has been trained in the Toltec sciences and discipline of the Mexihka people from the Tetzkatlipoka Tradition. This tradition comprises knowledge of medicine, warrior and sacred dance, the calendar system, agriculture, cosmovision, and systems of government and commerce. Tzen is also entrusted with conveying the ceremonies and instruction of this knowledge to future generations and for the dissemination of the Mexihka culture as preserved within the Tetzkatlipoka Tradition. The Tradition seeks supreme equilibrium and harmony and the development of consciousness--ultimately for service to the community. Tzen is one of only two instructors that can teach this knowledge outside of Mexico. |
Beginning in 1989 when the Tradition became open, Tzen has traveled and taught extensively throughout South America and Mexico. He has been a guest speaker for the Universidad del Estado de Mexico, Toluca and the Universidad Estatal de Colima, Mexico, as well as for various Rotary Clubs and organizations throughout Mexico. He was invited as a teaching member of the "Congress of International and Indigenous Medicine" at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas in 1996, and at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM in 1998.
Tzen has been an instructor at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, the Open Center in New York City, at both the Rowe Camp and Conference Center in Massachusetts. Since 2006 Tzen has been a regular speaker at the Kushi Macrobiotic Institute's annual summer conference.
Tzenwaxolokwautli is also one of the two teachers of this ancient Toltec/Mexihka mystery tradition who was interviewed for Elena Avila's 1999 book, "Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A Curandera Reveals Traditional Aztec Secrets of Physical and Spiritual Health".
