Rev. Laura Karolina Rios Ramirez
Ordained Minister in San Antonio, Texas
Why did you originally become an ordained minister online?
I am a Cihuatlatohki (High Priestess/Chief) in my Indigenous Community, practicing Traditional Aztec Dance as an initiated Ceremonial Leader and Tradition Keeper of Anahuaka spirituality and philosophy.
Where are you from?
I am a Mexican born Xicana living on Somi Se'k Territory in the Yanaguana region, also know as San Antonio, TX.
What do you hope to achieve with your online ordination?
My ordination will allow me to serve my community spiritually and legally in officiating weddings, rites of passage ceremonies, and funerals.
Religious Affiliations
Olmec Religion, Universal Life Church, Other
Additional Information
I am a founding leader and member of Kalpulli Ayolopaktzin, an Intertribal group of Mexican Indigenous families preserving Anahuaka tradtions transnationally in the so called US, Mexico, and Latin America regions.
What do you think makes your ceremonies special as a San Antonio, TX wedding officiant?
The wedding ceremonies I officiate, traditionally called "Amarre de Tilma & Huipil" are traditional Mexican Indigenous rituals that call in the ancestors, the guardians of the land and the couples' family and community to witness their union as a Sacred Duality. As an initiated High Priestess or Chief in my tradition, I am able to officiate these weddings in our traditional way or in a modern way for people of Mexican Indigenous or Mixed Indigenous ancestry so that they may have a culturally specific ceremony for their union.
Are there particular areas near you where you prefer to travel or have special experience?
I am willing to travel anywhere in the world with expenses paid to offer my support with these very unique culturally rooted practices that I keep as a Tradition Keeper and Ceremonial Cihuatlatohki (High Priestess/Chief).
Types of Service Offered
Marriages, Same-Sex Marriages, Handfastings, Baptisms, Funerals, House Blessings, Spiritual Healing, General Ministry, Spiritual Guidance
Additional Information
As a Cihuatlatohki (High Priestess/Chief) I am able to offer individual birth chart readings in our traditional Anahuaka (commonly referred to as Aztec) calendar readings, as well as a marriage prognostics. As a wedding gift, my duality and I usually offer a tule rug and a "tilma" or cape that is draped over the couple in a handfasting style binding that spiritually creates a covenant for the couple. On ocassion, and if desired, the couple will receive guidance before had that includes fasting, abstaining, and preparing various ceremonial offerings and foods that are used in the wedding ceremony.
In addtion to ceremony, I am also a Dona certified full-spectrum doula and have assisted with births, blessings of the pregnancy/family, pregnancy/infant loss ceremony, and closing of the bones ceremony for post-partum life givers. I also support with end of life doula support and have experience with ceremonies to help souls transition.
I am initiated as a sweatlodge keeper and guardian, trained circle keeper and energy healer utilizing the Violet Flame in addition to my traditional practices with folk and herbal medicines and traditional healing modalities like the rebozo, fire cupping, and smudging.