Desert Medicine

Photos

Moments from past retreats, ceremonies, and gatherings — temazcal, sacred fire, cenote immersions, and the communities that hold them. Some moments are kept private out of respect; these are shared with permission.

2026

Five women standing together before a wall of dried flowers and herbs
Flower wall at the Desert Bloom Retreat — Joshua Tree, 2026
Group gathered beneath a pergola with drums and rattles
Drums and rattles at the Desert Bloom Retreat — Joshua Tree, 2026
Four friends laughing together in the desert sun
Desert Bloom Retreat — Joshua Tree, 2026
Group of women seated together on the steps beside the fire pit
After the fire — West Covina, California, 2026

2025

Group gathered on couches beneath a glowing neon cactus sign
Tucson retreat — Tucson, 2025
Group gathered in the snow among great stones, one holding a ceremonial cup
Mount Shasta retreat — snow ceremony among the stones — Mount Shasta, 2025
Group standing together beside a mountain creek in winter
Mount Shasta retreat — by the creek — Mount Shasta, 2025
Ryanne and her son seated with Caminantes kin around a marigold and candle altar
Caminantes Winter Solstice — Caminantes Community Curanderismo, 2025

2024

Women seated around a flower altar in a home womb healing ceremony
Womb healing ceremony at the altar, 2024
Copal smoke rising over Ryanne as she receives a healing beside a flower altar
Receiving a womb healing, 2024
Ryanne seated in ceremony in front of the fireplace altar
Womb healing ceremony and Kambo, 2024
Ryanne with Caminantes, wearing a red bandana beside a flower altar on the land
Welcoming the summer solstice as a maestra — Caminantes Community Curanderismo, 2024
Ryanne standing with maestro D'santi, maestra Diana, and maestra Rosa at the Cuahtli Cihuatl Memorial Garden
One of the Caminantes retreats with the other maestros — Maestro D'santi, Maestra Diana, Maestra Rosa, 2024
Participants resting under blankets on an outdoor deck in Joshua Tree as women tend the space
Resting after womb healing ceremony — Joshua Tree — with Nana Lu & Mayra, 2024
Group gathered within a rock labyrinth under a desert sky
The labyrinth walk — Joshua Tree — with Nana Lu & Mayra, 2024

2023

Ryanne and four women standing together under a patio strung with lights at dusk
Kambo & Mayan fire ceremony collaboration, 2023
Participants laying on the dirt yard beside Kambo buckets and singing bowls during a Mayan fire ceremony collaboration
Kambo & Mayan fire ceremony collaboration, 2023
Group of women gathered under a blue porch in the desert, some holding roses
My first retreat — Mushroom Retreat, Joshua Tree, 2022

2022

Group portrait of women gathered together after a womb healing day retreat collaboration
Womb healing day retreat collaboration with Nana Lu — Big Bear, 2022
Ryanne speaking with kin gathered around a table outdoors, sharing a teaching with her hands
Me in my element
Ryanne smiling mid-conversation around the table, gesturing as she speaks during a gathering
I'm not a good 'public' speaker, but in pláticas I thrive
Community volunteers gathered together under the trees on a river cleanup day
Community service day — a river cleanup — Big Rock Creek
Ryanne standing with her maestra Sylvia as two students hold up their Holy Fire Reiki certificates at night
Assisting my maestra Sylvia teaching Holy Fire Reiki
A woman seated by the creek showing fresh Kambo points along her upper back
Kambo
A man resting on a mat on the floor with arms open, supported through a Bufo session
Bufo
Ryanne at the center of a circle of women holding hands raised together during a teaching
Community leader and person of service
Small circle seated on blankets under a tree during a Kambo and Bufo day retreat
Kambo & Bufo day retreat under the tree
Participants resting on blankets in the grass beside clay bowls of flower water
Rest and integration — West Covina, California