Xinachtli is a word in Nahautl that describes the moment when a seed sprouts.
Our mission at Xinachtli is to protect, honor, and cultivate the gifts our ancestors sowed for us many generations ago. We want to share the beauty of our indigenous cultures, and offer those who have been touched by these lineages the opportunity to connect more deeply with the essence of our traditions.
Representing both the Southern and Northern lineages, Akarâ and Kuauhtli come together in love and unity to help preserve their heritages and traditions through Xinachtli.
The Founders of Xinachtli
Akarâ Huitzilcuicani
Kuauhtli Vasquez
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Delfina Mun Akarâ Huitzilcuicani is a visionary who’s paintings and voice interweave expressing the healing, transformation and great mystery of praying with the sacred plants and animals of our Mother Earth. She shares her study of the ancestral voice in traditional ceremonies, with deep roots in her homeland, Puelmapu, and enhanced by her studies in the Amazon rainforest with the Madha peoples.
Bringing the prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle, where the north and south meet in one prayer, she highlights the importance of spiritual alliances, sharing her voice with reverence, remembrance and recultivation of ancestral tradition.
Keeper of the Teocali Quetzalcoatl altar, Akarâ educates through ritual practices and profound expressions of spirit. She travels throughout Abya Yala - Anahuak praying for the waters, preserving culture and land, as an activist with deep love for the people of the earth and the lands that formed her. She is currently releasing her second musical album and supporting indigenous projects across the continent, as a co-founder of Xinachtli.
In the North she is called Huizilcuicani: the Singing Hummingbird.
The paintings you can see across the Xinachtli website are some of Akarâ’s originals. To see her art and music go to her Website
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Kuauhtli's years of involvement in the movement for human rights, ecology and activities to preserve the indigenous ways of life served as preparation for his current path bringing ceremonies around the world.
In the Nahuatl language Kuauhtli means Eagle. Kuauhtli’s love and devotion to Tonantzin, our sacred Mother Earth, and his many years of Sundance are an inspiration to many following the red road.
For the past 35 years, Kuauhtli has dedicated himself to conducting Mexica ceremonies of "Xochitl in Cuicatl" (Flower and Song), Native American Church tipi meetings, Temazcal (sweat lodge) and Mexica danza.
Kuauhtli has visited 40 countries while actively promoting the legalization and medical research of peyote and other entheogens. He's participated on panels, films, festivals and shared his music world-wide.
Everywhere he goes Kuauhtli carries the message of the blue deer, expanding the Teocali Quetzalcoatl altar and aiding the preservation of peyote medicine and native culture.