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In a society filled with endless options, ancestral traditions help us live a good life that’s aligned with the way the world is made.
About Seeds of Tradition
““The soul retrieval session brought me back home to myself in a way that I had never experienced before. It was a powerful session and a powerful moment, and things have shifted for me since then. I’m really grateful for that.” ”
Do you, like us, have a deep need for healing and balance? Not only for weather and the world around us, but also for ourselves and our relationships?
Ancient ways support this process. In fact, they have worked for many thousands of years for all kinds of people with every type of challenge.
We have been given the responsibility and the blessing of carrying forward these ancient ways, and now we bring them to you: to bless your health, your purpose, your life, your family, and all whose lives you touch.
We are Adam Laufer and Erin Everett, traditional tepahtiani healers, counselors and life coaches. We offer traditional healing under the advice of our elders. We are also students of Depth Psychology and Shadow Work, and those practices are part of the menu of services we provide our patients. Adam has many years of experience as a popular and skilled Iyengar yoga teacher, and Erin has been trained in personal coaching by the Newfield Network. We welcome you to our healing and counseling sessions in person near Asheville, NC and on Zoom, our traditional ceremonies, and community of healing and warmth. Thank you for visiting us online!
You may choose to schedule an appointment, or to book a stay at Seeds of Tradition Asheville Healing Sanctuary.
Listen to Adam and Erin speak about healing and tradition on a May 2024 podcast:
Enjoy these videos from some of our patients:
Healing patient Patrick shares his story of healing under the care of Nahua-tradition healer Adam Laufer.
Healing patient Tanya shares her story of healing under the care of Nahua-tradition healer Erin Everett.
Spiritual house-clearing client Anna shares her story of fear and struggle remedied by a traditional Nahua house-clearing.
called by the weather…
Welcome to Seeds of Tradition! We are husband-and-wife team Adam Laufer and Erin Everett. Following the wise guidance and teachings of our elders, don Lucio Campos Elizalde and don David Wiley, we are tradition-holders in the timeless lineage of graniceros (also known by our traditional titles quiaquepiz and quiatlzques). In English, people of this tradition are known as weather workers. We are also traditional tepahtiani healers in this age-old lineage.
Learn more about limpias, traditional spiritual cleansings that are part of Nahua tepahtiani healing sessions
The elders of this living and active spiritual path of the Nahua people of the Central Highlands of Mexico initiate and train people like us who have been struck by lightning or otherwise specially called to lives of working with weather to benefit our communities and offering healing for individuals. We were initiated by don Lucio Campos Elizalde in May 2003, and we return to our homeland in Mexico multiple times each year to honor our commitments, celebrate the weather, learn from our elders, and renew and strengthen our ties to our tradition.
We join together with others of our tradition in the Asheville, NC, USA area to offer a celebration of weather and the bountiful harvest at our Traditional Weather Harvest Festival. This is a time, usually in September or October, when people from all walks of life from the Asheville and western NC area can join together to give thanks in a beautiful, practical and joyful way.
We also bring Summer and Winter Solstice Ceremonies to the Asheville area, to connect participants to the beneficial gifts of those important moments, and to help us all be in better alignment with sacred time.
All year, we and our colleagues work for beneficial weather for the area in and around Asheville. Our work involves gratitude and giving back, elements in a universal language of ceremony that has its echoes in all authentic traditions of human beings.
Want to find balance in your or your community’s relationship with weather? Do you need healing for your body or spirit? Do you long to connect with your purpose in these times of great transformation? Schedule an appointment, read our blog or join us for our ceremonies and events taking place throughout the year.
What we offer:
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Receiving a Nahua healing is walking into a space where you, as a human being, are not separate from the living world around you. As Tepahtianime (plural of Tepahtiani, meaning healer, doctor, or curer in the Nahuatl language), Adam and Erin employ ancient, timeless ways to bring balance to your spirit and health to your body, mind and heart. Learn more…
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As you know, house maintenance on the physical side requires attention, periodically and often. But, what has happened in your house over the years that has left a spiritual residue that could be affecting you and your family? Their Nahua traditional path brings Adam and Erin unique specialized rites that offer relief and blessing through bringing your home and land back into balance with you and the surrounding environment. Learn more…
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Are you house-bound, or do you live outside of the western NC area? We offer healing and counseling at a distance. Learn more…
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When someone dies in your home — either a loved one or someone who lived in your house before you — a spiritual residue is left behind. This presence can affect the home and all who live there. Our traditional ways offer us the authority to lift that shadow and bring release, both for the spirit and for you and your family, so that your home is a clear space, supportive of life and joy. Contact us about the Shadow Lifting ritual…
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When you become our patient, a traditional Nahua/Aztec sweat lodge may be prescribed. The lodge is an experience of transformation that helps to maintain balance and alignment for your inner self, your spirit, and your relationship with others and the sacred world. To experience this medicine, consider becoming a patient.
“Together, we can preserve and cultivate seeds of tradition to bear fruit in our lives and communities.”