Flordemayo

Flordemayo was born in Nicaragua
Flordemayo is a Curandera Espiritu - a healer by divine spirit. Through her work as an indigenous elder stateswoman, Flordemayo gained international recognition through her work as a member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers - a group of spiritual elders, medicine women and wisdom keepers since its founding in 2004.
Early years
Flordemayo was given her name because of her colour she looked just like a Mayflower flower the native flower of Nicaragua. Flordemayo was the 15th and last child born in her family. Flordemayo's gift was perceived and utilised by her mother, a midwife, very early. By the age of 4, Flordemayo had become an apprentice to her mother, and was using her gift to see the baby's future when a baby had been born, Flordemayo claims that people in the neighbourhood would ask for her to come as there was, 'a natural communication' with the babies and herself
Flordemayo would later use her vivid dreams to guide families in counsel.
Migration to U.S.A.
Because of the political climate in Nicaragua in the late 1950s, Flordemayo's mother and siblings migrated. The reason why the U.S.A. was chosen was that there was very little freedom in Nicaragua for females. Flordemayo's mother wanted herself and her 5 daughters to enjoy liberation and so they chose to migrate to the U.S.A. settling in New York City. A brother of Flordemayo was first to secure home there and with time, and saving money, each sibling was able to migrate.
This was to be good practice for her involvement in the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. This, however, was of no surprise to Flordemayo because she was foretold of this in her visions.
During an interview, Flordemayo gave a short description of her healing work as a Seer.

As a seer, what I do is first go into prayer and ask for permission to “look” at someone. I simply close my eyes and instead of seeing a physical body, I see the outline of a body. Through a dance of color, I see movement, and know what is going on with the body. That’s how I first see it. Then I proceed to go and do the healing by an experiential process of merging, doing so through a prayer.
The Council has been active in protecting indigenous rights and medicines, promoting ancient wisdom. The Grandmothers have also petitioned the Roman Catholic Church to revoke a 15th Century Papal bull and related edicts which brought about a culture of 'rape and run' culture when new lands have been discovered. The Grandmothers have visited the Vatican City in order to hand-deliver their request. However, these medieval decrees still yet to be revoked.
Although Flordemayo has Maya blood in her veins, her maternal grandmothers came from Guatemala, she claims that she does not speak on behalf of Mayan people. Flordemayo is a Curanderismo who have a mixed tradition - perhaps 500 years old; whilst traditional Maya are not mixed and are thousands of years old.
Flordemayo added that she is able to appreciate both the traditional and non-traditional; but added that she feels she has more freedom in working outside of the 'box' of tradition. The organisation was designed to be a, "place to share and learn ways of life that are sustainable and in harmony with Mother Earth and all our relations."</ref>
In 2011 Flordemayo became the spiritual leader for an organization called "The Path" a few years earlier she was asked by Emigdio Ballon (pronounced bye-own) an accomplished plant geneticist, from Cochabamba, Bolivia, to watch over the seeds through prayer and ceremony. Emigdio is an Elder of the Quechua Indian People and is a director of the Institute Of Natural And Traditional Knowledge (intk.org). It should also be noted that Flordemayo's Mayan Astrology indicates that she was born under the sign of the seed. Additionally, the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers(grandmotherscouncil.org)asked Flordemayo through the Path(followthegoldenpath.org)to build a Seed Temple on the land for the purpose of the protection of the heritage seeds for the future generations. Construction to begin in the spring of 2012.

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