Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Online, Zoom

Join us for an enlightening webinar with Dr. Rocío Alarcón, an esteemed ethnobotanist, healer, and spiritual guide from the Ecuadorian Andes. Drawing from her ancestral lineage of curanderas and decades of scientific and spiritual exploration, Dr. Alarcón will delve into the profound healing energies of hummingbirds and their intrinsic connection to plants and humans. This session offers a unique blend of indigenous wisdom and contemporary understanding, illuminating how these radiant creatures can guide us toward emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.

What You’ll Experience

• Ancestral Connections: Discover how hummingbirds have been revered in indigenous cultures as messengers and healers, bridging the realms of nature and spirit
• Healing Energies: Learn about the hummingbird’s iridescent feathers and their ability to influence human emotional states, promoting joy and presence
• Plant Synergy: Explore the co-evolution of hummingbirds and plants, understanding their mutual relationships and the lessons they offer for human healing Personal Transformation: Gain insights into how the qualities of various hummingbird species can assist in addressing stress, anxiety, and emotional imbalance.
• Interactive Practices: Engage in guided visualizations and reflections inspired by the Hummingbird Oracle Deck, designed to connect you with the spiritual essence of these creature.

Embark on a transformative journey with Dr. Rocío Alarcón and uncover the healing messages of the hummingbird. Let their vibrant energy inspire joy, resilience, and a deeper connection to the world around you.

The webinar will start at 3pm NYC / 8pm UK / 9pm CEST. A recording will available for all ticket holders for 30 days.

About Rocío

Dr. Rocίo Alarcόn has a PhD in Ethnopharmacology from UCL (UK) and is the Director of the IAMOE Centre in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In addition to her academic credentials she is a Curandera (healer). She has spent over 45 years working with ethnic groups in the tropical rain forest and the Andes Mountains of Ecuador as well as the Basque Country, Spain. She offers workshops in UK, Ireland, Portugal, USA, etc. She practices and teaches about Curandera (shamanic healing ceremonies), that she called the art and science of curandera, a knowledge that she received via the lineage of her mother and grandmother who were born in the Andes of Ecuador, the place where she was born too, at the foot of the Pichincha volcano.

Her interests are the practices with master plants and the techniques of healing ceremonies with hummingbirds (knowledge from her ancestry, and her creations), in Ecuador, and research about ethnobotany and biodiversity. She practices the science of Rohipping (closing the hips) an ancestral practice from her lineage.

She offers workshops and healing treatments for different organisations and people at Iamoe center in the Amazonia region in Ecuador and around the world.

Publications in different Journals Ethnopharmacology and others.

Publication about the Oracle of the hummingbirds

Website: www.iamoe.org