DISCOVER! Rosita Arvigo: In Her Own Words

My Name is Rosita Arvigo and I Love Plants 

Rosita talks about why she loves plants and the many ways they are helpers to people.

The Day I Learned The Power of Plants To Heal 

Listen to  Rosita tell of her transformative experience with a mid-wife in Mexico, and how she learned that Roses can stop bleeding and save lives.

The Moment I Decided To Be A Plant Healer 

Rosita shares her memories of planting a"Victory Garden" with her grandfather and how that experience set her on her life's path. 

Finding My Mentor: Don Elijio Panti

Once in Belize, Rosita is very eager to learn about all of the healing plants there.  Her patients tell her that the teacher she has been searching for is Don Elijio Panti. Rosita soon finds that he's to be her teacher but has no idea he is the last living Maya Shaman.

The Challenges I Faced In The Jungle

Rosita describes the journey she took across the river, through jungle and along miles of lonely roads to reach her mentors home each day.  Just showing up was hard work.  She had to prove worthy of being his student. 

How My Apprenticeship Began

Rosita Arvigo tells the magical story of the day Maya Shaman Don Elijio Panti accepted her as his student and as the holder of centuries of Maya healing knowledge.

The Benefit of My LIfe's Work: Preserving Mayan Medicine

Rosita tells how her love for plants and healing set her on a journey that resulted in her becoming the only apprentice to the last living Maya Shaman and the person responsible for preserving an ancient system of traditional medicine.

My Advice to Young People

Take a journey with Rosita and kids from her Children's Bush Camp down the medicinal trail she and Don Elijio created near her home in Belize. listen She shares her advice for young people.