Mystical Musings
A space for stories and remembering, where Kate shares more about her lived experiences and initiations in Ecuador and beyond. These reflections are offered as her unique truth—not instruction—and are an invitation to listen, feel, notice, and take what resonates.
Be The Shaman — My First Limpia in Ecuador
I enter the small concrete block shed with several other curiously expectant people in my group. Dark, damp, fragrant flowers, swirling dizziness nearly sweeps me to the dirt floor beneath me. I sit on one of the benches that surround two walls of the small sacred cave-like room. As my eyes adjust to the low light, I make out the altar filled with interesting objects — flowers, plants, bottles of potions, candles, smoking incense and pictures of religious figures. I strip to my underwear, as is the custom when receiving La Limpia…