Join us on Wednesday, September 2d at 7PM in San Martín, CA, as we come together around the sacred fire to listen, learn, and receive the ancestral teachings of the Wixárika Nation.

We are honored to host Marakame Modesto Rivera, who is traveling from Nayarit to share stories, cosmology, and living traditions passed down through his lineage.

This will be an evening of connection, learning, and cultural exchange, including:

• Introduction to Ancestral Cosmology

• Live Traditional Song & Dance

• Creation Stories

• Art Exhibition

• Q&A

• Private Limpias (energetic blessings and cleanses) with Marakame Modesto Rivera

• Indigenous Art Mercadito

• Pan de Elote & Café de Olla available for purchase

Our Indigenous Art Mercadito will feature handmade art, jewelry, traditional pieces, and other offerings from Indigenous artists and families. Corn bread and traditional Café de Olla will also be available throughout the evening.

Registration is required to attend.

All participants must register and submit their donation ($10–$40 sliding scale) to receive the event address and be added to the guest list. The address will be shared a few days prior to the gathering.

This is an outdoor event, so please come prepared for the elements.

We look forward to gathering in a good way, in prayer, and in community.

With respect and gratitude,

Getting To The Root × Nierikalli

Community • Cultural Preservation • Ancestral Arts • Ceremony

The fee for attending is on a sliding scale of $10 - $40 per person, cash is welcome at the door or venmo. (Each person is required to fill out this form)

One-On-One Limpias & Blessings with Marakame Modesto

A limpia is a traditional spiritual cleansing that helps clear heavy or stagnant energy from the body and spirit. Guided by prayer and ancestral wisdom, this one-on-one offering supports energetic harmonizing, helping to restore balance, clarity, and connection. During the limpia, unwanted energies are gently lifted from your field, creating space for renewal, grounding, and blessing.

These one-on-one limpias will be offered by the fire. Offerings are available for an additional $60, which must be paid in cash at the gathering.

Getting To The Root: Community Guidelines & Code of Conduct

By participating in our community, you agree to honor these values and practices:

1. Community Respect

   • Treat all participants, the land, and the ceremonial spaces with respect.

2. Ceremonial Integrity & Indigenous Leadership

   • We believe in and support Indigenous leadership, encouraging those from lineage or tradition to share sacred plant and animal medicines.

   • We honor the lineages and tribes that provide these medicines, recognizing that by doing so we are preserving sacred language, song, cultural practices, and ancestral teachings, not just the medicine itself.

   • Ceremonies are shared with reverence and are guided by those who hold ancestral knowledge and have gone through proper initiations, teachings, and responsibilities within their lineage or tradition.

3. Cultural Appreciation, Not Appropriation, & Reciprocal Relationship.

   • We approach cultures outside our own with humility, respect, and care, taking time to learn, listen, and understand before engaging or sharing.

   • We invite reflection on reciprocity: How are we giving back to the peoples, lands, and lineages whose traditions we practice or learn from? True cultural appreciation includes building reciprocal relationships that honor Indigenous communities as living peoples, supporting their sovereignty, daily realities, and ongoing efforts to preserve their ways of life.

4. Land Acknowledgment

   • Most of our more consistent gatherings occur on occupied Ohlone Territory, and now also Serrano, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, and Mojave Territory

   • Learn more about the land you are on at Native-Land.ca.

5. Anti-Oppression & Accountability

   • Take responsibility for repairing harm and holding yourself accountable.

6. Sacredness & Confidentiality

   • What is shared in ceremony is to be held with care, confidentiality, and reverence.

7.  Children & Family Presence

   We believe a circle is not complete without the presence of family. Our gatherings are family-friendly, and children are welcome when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

   We simply ask that caregivers remain attentive and present, ensuring children are supervised at all times and that their participation supports the safety, focus, and respect of the ceremonial space, the land, and others’ belongings.

   Children are welcome as long as their presence does not disrupt the ceremony or the experience of others.

8. Sobriety & Sacred Plant Medicine

   In general, our circles are sober gatherings.

   We honor sacred plant medicines as living relatives, each with their own teachings, timing, and ceremonial context. These medicines are approached with reverence and are shared only within intentionally held spaces created specifically for that purpose.

   Outside of those designated plant medicine ceremonies, the use of cannabis, alcohol, or any other mind-altering substances is not permitted before, during, or after ceremony within the ceremonial space. Tobacco is ok.

   Participants are asked to remain sober for the entire day leading up to ceremony. Anyone found to be under the influence will not be permitted to enter the ceremonial space.

By submitting and completing this form you agree to uphold our community guidelines and values.