In the Tzolk’in, the central wheel in the complex system of Mayan calendars, the 20-day cycle repeats 13 times to create a 260 day cycle. The Tzolk’in is filled with sacred numerology, as the period of 260 days is equivalent to the human gestation period, the 20 nawales are akin to the 20 fingers and toes of the human body, and the 13 tones are akin to the 13 major joints of the body (ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists and neck). Additionally, for each year in the Ha'ab (the 365 day calendar) a new nawal reigns.
The ancestors marked time through art, dance music and more. In the Mayan calendar, the counting and beginning of life begins with counting and marking the b'atz, the word b'atz 'in many Mayan languages means thread, fabric.
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Nana Marina Cruz is an Ajq'ij (spiritual guide) of the Tz ́utujil People of Guatemaya. She is the daughter of Tata Pedro & works not just as a healer and therapist with natural folk methods, but as a ceremonial leader of fire, tobacco, cacao and temazcal. She is a teacher of the Mayan calendar and the Mayan cosmovision. She works closely with the midwives of her community to coordinate prenatal, birth, and postpartum care. She emphasizes the importance of being truly connected in body and spirit. She believes that all things have a meaning, every emotion, every disease, and that these energies all have their origin. It is by finding the origin, that we can truly heal the spirit and body.