Traditional Healing

Traditional Nahua Healing

Support For Physical, Emotional, Spiritual & Mental Health Concerns With The Help Of Nature

Traditional Nahua Healing sessions are offered in-person at my healing space by the Ocean in Santa Cruz, California.

What is Traditional Nahua Healing?

Traditional Nahua healing is an ancient form of spiritual healing from the highlands of central Mexico that offers a grounded perspective for how to heal, rebalance ourselves, and walk well in life. It takes a holistic view of the body, mind and illness recognizing that they are not separate from the health of our spirit. Every expression in the world is an expression of spirit.

It’s an indigenous shamanic healing approach that is complementary with other healing modalities. It's effective because it touches a deep place often missed by other forms of healing.

In my healing practice, I work with the healing forces of Nature to treat the spiritual root cause of illness. We clear blockages and repair the frays, thereby restoring the balance to your health and well-being. This clearing and restoration helps you reconnect to your true self and weave back into the healing embrace and rhythms of the natural world.

Working together may be a good
fit if you:

Have a chronic health condition like depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, or an autoimmune condition and are seeking an alternative approach.

Feel that the Western approaches you’ve tried so far have fallen short and something crucial is missing.

Have been searching for your life purpose and deeper meaning.

Are at a crossroads and are seeking guidance about how to move forward in your life with clarity, confidence and courage.

Are drawn to natural and indigenous ways of living and healing.

Are open to prayer and receiving help from the divine.

"Working with Megan has been a grounding, peaceful and resonant experience. The traditional Nahua offerings that she facilitates has felt deeply healing in a time where I’ve navigated family dysfunction, chronic illness and fertility challenges. Megan exudes wisdom and emotional attunement but her greatest gift is pulling out those same qualities in those she works with. I leave our healing sessions feeling confident, connected, and less reactive." -CS

Imagine that you’re like a beautiful woven piece of cloth. Your body, mind, spirit and emotions are all woven together as one.

The threads of your being extend beyond the periphery of your body, connected above and around you to the Sky Beings (Sun, Wind, Rain, Clouds) and below you to the Earth Beings. As you move through the seasons and the cycles of your life, you receive spiritual nourishment from these natural divine forces.

Challenges, changes and traumas that are a natural part of being a human, affect the integrity of our cloth. The cloth gets dirty and worn, causing it to fray and even unravel. In order to stay healthy, this sacred cloth needs to be cleaned, repaired and cared for in a particular way.

Some fabrics are more delicate to begin with and some are more robust. If it’s not cleaned or repaired, then just like a piece of cloth, the dirt builds up, making it even harder to clean. It will then wear out faster, and won’t work as well. If the small frays are not mended and repaired, they get bigger, making the fabric even more delicate. When the cloth gets worn and torn it is easier for the blows of life to penetrate even deeper.

Traditional Nahua healing takes care of the fabric of our being. Cleaning, mending and caring for our spiritual well-being which can heal all aspects of our life.

"After several sessions, I have experienced a really positive shift. Things have become easier in my life and I felt a divine presence at work during these sessions that Megan is able to call in to help in the process, which was also very reassuring and calming. I would highly recommend Nahua healing. This is a very kind, gentle simple and productive way to help clear things in your life that are no longer serving you and one cannot ask for a better person to guide one in that healing process than Megan!” -Andrea D.

What happens in a healing session?

We'll sit together in my healing space, in front of my altar, and explore what you’re seeking help with. A healing session could include one or more of the following…a spiritual cleansing or 'limpia', guidance and spiritual counseling, practical lifestyle recommendations or homework to help restore the balance in your life.

For the spiritual cleansing part of the session, you will be standing and fully clothed. I will perform the cleansing with incense smoke and with either special flower bundles or other substances and sacred waters in sweeping motions like a massage around your body, while saying prayers. I do not give you any substances to ingest.

After the session, it’s common for people to express that they feel…profound relaxation, refreshed, renewed, lighter, like something was taken off of them, grounded, connected, clarity, embodied, heart opened. Other results take shape over time as you move forward with engaging your life.

How I Work With Clients

Although it's not required, a series of sessions is the most beneficial as it takes time to heal and most of our imbalances and illnesses have developed over many years.

I recommend starting with three sessions to see how you resonate with the work and to deepen and integrate the changes. Some clients find it helpful to come once a month for ongoing support and integration.

At the time of your first session I'll let you know what is recommended for you.

Sessions last about 60 minutes, and the first session is 60-90 minutes.

Cost per session: $165

*Reduced fees are available on a limited basis in cases of financial hardship. Please get in touch to discuss your situation

How did I come to be offering
traditional Nahua healing?

The Nahua medicine that I practice is specific to my path as a Granicera or Weather Worker in the Nahua Tradition. A series of unusual experiences and an illness led me to have a spiritual divination that revealed I had a spiritual calling to this tradition, and in 2007 I was initiated as a Granicera in the Nahua Tradition.

As part of my Granicera path, I began a rigorous apprenticeship training in 2013 to become a Tepahtiani or traditional healer. I went through an initiatory process to become a Tepahtiani and in 2021, I became fully initiated to offer traditional Nahua healing.

As part of my training, I went through an ancient process of building relationships with sacred medicine sites and the Weather Beings through pilgrimage. These Nature forces restore balance, well-being, and spiritual connection for those who receive this healing work.

I'm humbled by the grace of the Gods to be able to offer this traditional shamanic healing work for the benefit of the community.

This is a documentary about the Nahua weather working lineage I'm a part of.

Contact me to explore working together

and to schedule a complimentary phone chat at 831.588.5424 or megan@monterohealingarts.com

"I met Megan Montero several times for council and healing sessions. Her compassionate, wise and loving nature left me with calm confidence that my life was improving and proceeding as it should. As each meeting transpired, the circumstances in my outer world experience became less chaotic, my mind quieter, and my inner voice clearer on how to respond to dilemmas going forward. I am grateful for Megan’s sincere care, professionalism and deep spiritual insight and would highly recommend her as a healer and guide to fellow brothers and sisters on the path."

Karen Phelps

"Thanks Megan! I had such a blessed day after our session- not a care in the world and handled my work day with renewed vigor! I was completely blown away at the intense spiritual comfort/support/healing that I received through your work. I am humbled by it and full of gratitude. Thank you so much for allowing my heart and soul to open fully and accept the immense power and healing the universe has to offer. I will absolutely come back for more treatments and will highly recommend you to others. I recommended you to my husband as well. Thanks again for all of your help, love and support.”

Gina Carling

"Megan Montero is a phenomenal healer. During the session, I felt a powerful healing energy in the room. I am amazed that I was healed of lower back pain. During the healing sessions, I felt very relaxed. The pain I had in my lower back left and has not returned several weeks later. Megan is a kind, caring, and reflective listener. She is clearly a conduit of wonderful healing energy. I highly recommend Megan Montero for her traditional Nahua healing."

Nate Saucier

"I recently received a Traditional Nahua Healing from Megan Montero in her beautiful home healing space in Santa Cruz, and it was a truly profound experience. The ceremony created the perfect space for me to release a weight I had been carrying for some time, after having worked very hard on an endeavor near and dear to my heart. Working with Megan I found I was finally ready to let go, allowing me to move forward with a fresh, open heart.

Megan holds the session with such care and presence that I felt deeply honored and seen in a way that felt like the perfect closure to the process I’d been working through.

Megan’s work is powerful, rooted in tradition, and guided by a gentle wisdom that creates a safe and transformative healing space. I believe there is a need within our culture for just this type of healing work and I would highly recommend experiencing this work for yourself." -Spring Smith

"I am feeling so well and experiencing so many positive changes! Answered prayers. I am so grateful and in awe.” -Sarah Packard