Location: Casa Xiuhtecuhtli – Tepoztlán, Morelos, México
The Tepahtiani healing path is not something one learns from books—it is a living tradition, passed through presence, practice, and relationship. These in-person graduate training classes are a vital part of the continuing education that Don David Wiley offers to initiated apprentices walking this sacred Nahua path.
This is a medicine that must be felt, lived, and embodied. It moves through the heart, through connection with Nature and Divine, through personal transformation. That is why direct, experiential training is essential. These classes are not just about refining technique—they are about deepening perception, growing in humility, and learning to truly listen to life.
Don David Wiley was trained as a Tepahtiani by Don Lucio Campos Elizalde, a revered healer who spent his life walking the sacred paths of the central Mexican highlands. Don Lucio passed on his staff to Don David after recognizing in him the devotion, strength, and integrity needed to carry this lineage forward—especially across cultures and languages, so that others might receive the gift of this ancient wisdom.
Tatewarí chose Don David to become a shaman, to rescue and preserve the lost ancestral teachings of Indigenous medicine paths. As a bridge between worlds, Don David now trains mara’akate and tepahtiani alike—those who have been called into service and committed to their own sacred learning.
These graduate classes are offered exclusively at Casa Xiuhtecuhtli in Tepoztlán, where the ceremonial heart of this tradition lives. Here, the Mayoría—home to the sacred Nahua altar—provides a space for apprentices to continue their growth, refine their healing skills, and deepen their service.
Trainings typically include:
While apprentices in the early stages of their Tepahtiani formation may be called to pilgrimage in places such as Chalma, those in graduate formation continue their path through direct relationship with Don David and the ceremonial center in Tepoztlán.
These classes uphold a core truth: that the medicine is alive, and it reveals itself only through humility, presence, and service. They are a rare opportunity to stay attuned with the current of a living tradition—and with the deeper purpose each apprentice was called to fulfill.
