Kolaimni: Silver Anniversary Addition Handbook One

Mechi Garza is a Native American Elder and Medicine Woman. She is also a writer, healer and master teacher with clients from all over the United States as well as Italy , Denmark , Mexico and Iceland . Twenty years ago she founded the energy healing technique, called Kolaimni, and has written two text books on the subject both of which have been translated into Portuguese and Swedish. She has also written eleven other books which have been published by Bantam, Simon Schuster, Dell, and Julian Messner. For eighteen years Mechi lived in Mexico where she wrote a serial drama, which was made into a feature film. When she and her family came back to the United States she taught Writing for Publication at the University of Charleston and did social work for the State of West Virginia. She also wrote Chicanos, a text book for Middle School students. In 2001, Cook Productions made a documentary of her life called Metis. It told the story of her life and how she coped with two bloods, both Native American and white. A year after it was produced Metis won the Ann Rice award in New Orleans which had been the setting for much of the movie. Grandmother Mechi as she is lovingly called, now lives in Tampa, Florida where she is active with the Wolf's Heart Lodge, a Native American drumming and meditation circle. Twice a year she goes back to West Virginia where she gives Workshops on Kolaimni Energy Healing, Metaphysical matters and Native American Traditions. She also lectures and teaches in Columbus , Cleveland , Cincinnati and Canton , Ohio , and each summer she goes to New York to teach at the International Women's Writing Guild. In Tampa she has a small self-publishing company, BLUE RAVEN BOOKS. So far she has published Cherokee Ways , The Red Elephant and Astral Travel for Earth Bound People. Mechi is available for lectures, workshops and teaching sessions, on Kolaimni energy healing, Native American Traditions, and writing. Mechi teaches Kolaimni at various locations across the country and to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Her students have included physicians, nurses, engineers, attorneys, authors, craftspeople, artists, teachers, homemakers, and many more.