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079 | Birth & The Mayan Calendar with Guatemalan Male Midwife Apab’yan Tew & Xelina Flores
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079 | Birth & The Mayan Calendar with Guatemalan Male Midwife Apab’yan Tew & Xelina Flores

Apab’yan Tew is one of the few people alive in the world who understands, applies and lives a tradition that was considered lost for centuries. He is a male midwife, and an associate professor at Universidad Maya Kaqchikel in Guatemala. The conversation shared in this episode of Mother the Mother is filled with sacred wisdom, heart and passion. Start off with a special segment from Apab’yan Tew’s apprentice, Xelina Flores and then move into the segment with Apab’yan Tew himself.  

In this episode of Mother the Mother: 

  • How birth and the Mayan Calendar are connected 

  • The sacred practice and calling of Apab’yan Tew

  • How the day of our birth makes us unique 

  • Preserving the sacred practices of the Mayan culture 

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