Adam Laufer

Adam Laufer is an artist, a maker and a healer. His past experience includes teaching Iyengar yoga full-time and being a certified Polarity Therapist. Mysterious forces led him to be initiated with his wife, Erin, into an ancient Central Mexico lineage in 2003. His life is devoted to joyful (and only occasionally grumpy) service.

Adam's divine calling to heal has been recognized by multiple tradition-holders, including don Lucio Campos Elizade in Central Mexico, and Mayan and U.S. Native American tradition-holders. He opens his doors to provide healing sessions in the Asheville, NC area at his healing retreat north of Asheville. And, together with his wife and colleagues, he offers ceremonies to help our community realign ourselves with the living world around us.

He helps us both to give thanks for the gifts of Mother Nature and to align with the human cycles and the cycles of these times.

Adam is a quiaclazques healer, also known as granicero or tiempero (time-worker) in Spanish. His work is devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mother Earth) and the forces of Heavenly blessing.

Erin Everett

When Erin was a child, she felt a strong calling to work with God. She experienced the world as alive and speaking to her in mystical ways, especially when she was in the forest, by streams, or outside under the clouds.

A lightning interaction in youth and strange illnesses was discovered to be a spiritual calling. In 2003, these experiences called her and her husband, Adam, to a specific ancient lineage of working with Weather and Healing.

How it happened: Because of her ongoing mysterious illness and the lightning strike in her past, when she was in her 20s, a trusted elder and friend advised her that she could be healed by a venerable priest in an ancient lineage there. She and her husband traveled to visit esteemed weather worker and quiaclazques healer don Lucio Campos Elizade, who immediately recognized them both and shared prophecies, insights and guidance about their work. Within days of their arrival, don Lucio initiated Erin and Adam as tradition-holders in his ancient weather and healing lineage. He was their teacher until his death. They both devote their lives to the work of the Nahua/Mexica lineages based in Central Mexico.

In her youth, she saw, heard the voices of and experienced spirits in many forms. As an adult, Erin began hearing the voice of God in 1997. The voice became stronger around the time of her initiation by don Lucio in 2003. Through the mystical understandings and legacy of her Central Mexican / Mesoamerican teachers, including don Lucio and her living human and spiritual elders, she continues to deepen her relationship with the sublime Santa Barbarita and Her Unseen Beings of Wind, Cloud and Weather, as well as Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Miguel (Saint Michael) Archangel, and Mary Magdalene, among other spiritual helpers.

When he passed his legacy on to Erin and Adam through his teachings and initiation into his tradition, don Lucio charged them with an important responsibility. Today, the couple continue a profound engagement with their living tradition under the wing of yet another highly regarded Central Mexican curer who embodies an ancient healing lineage, and with a growing network of Nahua traditional quiaclazques ritualists rooted in ancient ways.

In addition to her traditional work, Erin is a life coach trained by multiple teachers including Newfield Network. She is a Plant Spirit Medicine graduate, certified in the Integrative Body Systems method, and has apprenticed to a number of alternative medicine healers, including senior acupuncture teacher and renowned plant medicine healer, Eliot Cowan.

With her husband, Adam Laufer, she is the founder of the spiritual-social movement called Way of the Dove, a blossoming ministry informed by continued learning from the trainings, teachers, and elders within her spiritual lineage.

The particular lineage of Nahua (Central Mexican) healing Adam and Erin practice comes through their quiaclazques, or tiempero, tradition. As trained and initiated healers in this lineage, initiated by their original elder don Lucio Campos Elizade in 2003, Adam and Erin are devoted to deepening their relationship with the Living World and helping others to do the same.

Nahua healing is an authentic, time-honored spiritual system indigenous to the highlands of Central Mexico. Your healers work in relationship with the healing forces of Heaven and Earth to address the spiritual root causes of illness and imbalance in the hidden layers of a person's body, mind and spirit.

Before your arrival at our sanctuary, we will send you a Patient Form. This allows you to share the reasons and intentions that have called you to this healing path, so we may prepare your session with the care and respect it deserves. Every experience here is thoughtfully tailored to meet your unique needs.

During your healing session, we will gently explore these intentions together, refining them and bringing them into clear focus at our sacred altar. From there, the healer will pray for you at their altar, asking the forces of Earth and Heaven to support your healing cleansing the spirit in the way our lineage has for generations.

We collect medicinal plants from the forest and garden to use for your sessions.

Our elders have taught us ways to help you connect with the profound medicine of Creation and to heal with the plants around us. Psychedelic plants are powerful and dramatic inputs only needed in certain cases, and those inputs are not the focus of our healing practice.

Often yes. Our cabin includes three individual private rooms, each with a queen-sized bed and its own temperature control for your comfort and personal relaxation. We do offer shared-room options to save you money, and two of the rooms have an extra bed.

Outside of your traditional healing sessions, retreat guests will join us for set meal times designed to nourish and support you throughout your experience. For both Retreat and Getaway guests, we may offer an evening gathering, depending on weather and availability.

Add-on options include a multi-hour hike in the mountains, therapeutic massage or nature immersion programs—based on availability and for an additional fee.

Beyond these offerings, we encourage you to slow down, rest, and immerse yourself in the peaceful environment of the cabin and surrounding nature. Many guests spend their time journaling, reflecting, or engaging in any personal practices that support their healing journey.

Yes. Please contact us if you’d like to add additional days or healing sessions. While availability can vary, we do our best to accommodate your needs and remain as flexible as possible in creating the experience that supports your healing journey.

If you plan ahead, we may be able to accommodate personally picking you up and dropping you off at the airport for $150.

Please contact us early to learn our availability, as requests 48 hours or fewer from your arrival time will not be accommodated.

In addition, we may or may not be able to help with this, depending on timing.

Fortunately, the Uber and Lyft drivers are always available for you.

The cabin where you will stay is a 45 minutes' drive from the airport, depending on traffic.

Yes. Our cabin sanctuary includes one private queen bedroom on the first floor, along with a shared full bath, that is accessible for guests with mobility needs. Please let us know in advance if you require this room so we can reserve it for you. We will also arrange transportation to and from the cabin to the consultorio where you will have your healing session(s).

Yes. We have welcomed many Christian guests in the past, and many have had meaningful and positive experiences with our work. Our tradition is rooted in the Nahua/Aztec lineage, which has melded with Spanish Catholicism. These ways honor prayer, the Heavens, Holy Spirit, and the sacred in a way that many people from different backgrounds connect with deeply.

What matters most is the individual. Guests who come with an open heart, curiosity, and a willingness to experience a traditional healing practice outside of their own faith typically feel comfortable and supported here. If you hold Christian beliefs and feel called to this work, you are warmly welcome. We are always happy to speak with you directly to ensure it feels like a good fit for you.

Our retreats include full organic meals prepared for you, along with the presence of our healers or support staff throughout your stay. A Getaway, on the other hand, is a more independent experience in which you provide your own meals. This may involve grocery shopping before your arrival or arranging for grocery delivery from nearby stores. To make planning easier, we provide a Food Planning Resource Guide for all Getaway guests.