1640 North Hudson, Chicago, 60614, United States
Rosita attended St. Michael’s Grammar School in Old Town, Chicago, United States
5110 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, United States
Rosita studied at Amundsen High School in Chicago, United States
6363 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rosita Arvigo attended Mundelein College
3330 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641, United States
In Chicago National College of Naprapathy Rosita Arvigo received a degree in 1981.
2016
Charmaine with Rosita Arvigo during Level 3 Certification Course
2019
Dr. Rosita Arvigo and Judith Brooks at the class for Traditional Maya Healing Approaches for Body, Mind and Spirit
3330 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641, United States
In Chicago National College of Naprapathy Rosita Arvigo received a degree in 1981.
6363 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rosita Arvigo attended Mundelein College
Dr. Rosita Arvigo with Don Elijio
1640 North Hudson, Chicago, 60614, United States
Rosita attended St. Michael’s Grammar School in Old Town, Chicago, United States
5110 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, United States
Rosita studied at Amundsen High School in Chicago, United States
(Timely book on rainforest herbology and traditional heali...)
Timely book on rainforest herbology and traditional healing. Authors work with Central American healers to compile herbal lore.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0914955136/?tag=2022091-20
1993
(The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvig...)
The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo's quest to preserve the knowledge of Don Elijio Panti, one of the last surviving and most respected traditional healers in the rainforest of Belize.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006250259X/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden Find alterna...)
Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden Find alternatives to chemical anti-depressants and painkillers in your spice rack. Learn about natural anti-itch salves for insect bites. Soothe and relieve envy, grief, sadness, and fear the Maya way. Rid your house of negative energy with a Maya cleansing ritual. Try the easy-to-make bronchitis remedy.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006251637X/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(In Spiritual Bathing, Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein ex...)
In Spiritual Bathing, Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein explore traditions many lost or forgotten that have been intertwined with religion, spirituality and culture since ancient and medieval times. From baptism to mikvahs to charity baths, these traditions can serve as a way to reconnect with nature or God; rejuvenate the mind, body and soul; and help relieve anxiety, insomnia and depression. Encompassing knowledge from 15 world traditions, this beautifully illustrated guide features detailed instructions to create nurturing and restorative spiritual bathing rituals both at home and elsewhere.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1635615593/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(Whatever the meal, the recipes in this wonderful new cook...)
Whatever the meal, the recipes in this wonderful new cookbook will show you how to blend Belizean vegetables, grains, fruits, and spices in innovative ways to create healthy and appetizing dishes to suit every occasion and satisfy every taste bud. Arvigo has collected these recipes over a lifetime of experimental and conscientious eating. They take into account the importance of healthy eating as well as the need to satisfy our yearning for delicious foods that stimulate our senses and nourish our bodies and our spirits. Illustrated by Joseph Chiang.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9768161337/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Set in the ancient Maya city of Chichen, The Oracle of Ix...)
Set in the ancient Maya city of Chichen, The Oracle of Ix Chel tells the story of Jade Skirt, Oracle and High Priestess of the Goddess Ix Chel during a critical time in history when the Maya are turning away from peaceful worship of the goddess and embracing the brutal practice of human sacrifice. Jade Skirt must set herself against the bloodthirsty priests of the War God to save her beloved granddaughter, a young girl destined to continue the sacred lineage and one day rule Ix Chel’s women’s sanctuary, Cuzamil Island. With the help of her spirit guide, her deep knowledge of rainforest plant lore and a staunch ally who is her forbidden love, Jade Skirt sets off on a tense adventure that will change the course of Maya history forever.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/099039395X/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(The book is both a cultural study and a specialized field...)
The book is both a cultural study and a specialized field guide; information is provided on many different native and introduced plants in Belize and their traditional and contemporary uses including as food, medicine, fiber, in spiritual practices and many other purposes. This collaboration with local plant experts has produced a fascinating discussion of the intersection of herbal medicine and spiritual belief in the area, and these interviews are used to compliment and contextualize the numerous species accounts presented.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199965765/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(The girl is destined to inherit the Rainbow Throne of the...)
The girl is destined to inherit the Rainbow Throne of the sacred Island of Women beloved by the Goddess Ix Chel. Caught in a web of political intrigue, prophesies and visions, it is up to Jade Skirt to protect the holy sanctuary for women and secure a peaceful future for the Maya people. She finds unexpected allies on the road, but will she be betrayed by the ones closest to her?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0990393992/?tag=2022091-20
2016
ethnobotanist spiritual healer author naprapathic physician
Ethnicity:
Arvigo was born to immigrant parents from Iran and Italy.
Rosita Arvigo was born on the 15th of May, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is a daughter of Arthur and Jenny Arvigo.
Rosita Arvigo attended St. Michael’s Grammar School in Old Town and Amundsen High School. She attended Mundelein College and in Chicago National College of Naprapathy she received a degree in 1981. She graduated with honors from The Chicago National College of Naprapathy in 1983.
In 1968, after living in the very epicenter of the hippie movement in Haight-Ashbury San Francisco as a member of experimental and intentional communities, Rosita moved deep into the northern California Mountains and Redwood forests to be part of one of the most famous communal living sites, known as Black Bear Ranch.
In 1969 she and a small group of idealistic friends, pushed by the Vietnam War draft threat, social violence, and upheavals in the United States, were inspired to search for calmer waters in which to practice their anti-establishment and back-to-the-land philosophy. Together, she and four friends moved to the more simple, serene, and isolated regions of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains of Mexico.
She left Mexico in 1976 and settled in Naples, Florida her family’s home at the time. Rosita was employed at The Shangri-la Institute of Natural Hygiene as Assistant Health Director then later as Health Director. Her duties were to supervise water fasts for up to forty people at one time and to direct cleansing diets and weight loss weeks at the popular location in Bonita Springs, Florida.
In 1984 Rosita gained Don Elijio’s confidence that he agreed to accept her as his disciple and thus began her apprenticeship to one of the last known, genuine Maya healer/shamans. For thirteen years she apprenticed to the most famous Maya shaman-healer, Don Elijio Panti, who was born in Peten, Guatemala.
A year into her apprenticeship, Dr. Arvigo realized the incredible depth and breadth of Don Elijio’s knowledge of medicinal plants, that might pass with him if not documented. And at that time in 1985, she had just opened the Rainforest Medicine Trail at Ix Chel Farm open to the public to help Belizeans and visitors to the country understand more about the value of the rainforest through its wild, useful plants.
After a long letter-writing campaign to many organizations, she was able to convince the New York Botanical Garden to join forces with her in an effort to preserve the rainforest and this valuable herbal knowledge. Guided by Don Elijio, they were able to collect, identify and catalog over 500 medicinal Central American plants for research through the Belize Ethnobotany Project in 1987. Rosita spent the next 12 years assisting and learning the traditional healing ways along with his encyclopedic knowledge of hundreds of herbs. She cared for Don Elijio until his death in 1996 at 103.
Dr. Arvigo also studied extensively with Miss Hortence Robinson, an herbal midwife in Belize who practiced for 60 years. From Miss Hortence, Dr. Arvigo learned specialized care for women during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Dr. Arvigo combined her knowledge of anatomy, physiology, naprapathy (study of muscles, ligaments and connective tissue) with these traditional methods to form the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy.
Rosita is the founder of The Arvigo Institute, which trains practitioners in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy and Maya Spiritual Healing. Now retired from clinical practice, Rosita focuses on teaching and writing. She divides her time between Belize, Mexico and Chicago. She is still very busy with traveling and giving talks on Maya medicine, The Arvigo Techniques Of Maya Abdominal Therapy and Maya spiritual healing below. To this day Rosita has kept her promise to her mentor Don Elijio to preserve the knowledge and traditions.
Arvigo took part in more than 200 expeditions in the jungles of Central America. She founded and operated a massage school to train Belizeans. Rosita actively promotes the traditions to Belizean children through the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation sponsoring school programs and summer camps for children to learn the ways of their ancestors. She has engaged with universities and clinical researchers to begin documenting the traditional healing knowledge. So far, over 3,000 plants have been researched with many clinical trials undertaken at the National Cancer Institute of America.
In 1992 Rosita founded The Traditional Healers Foundation to provide a legal body for the one dozen traditional healers of Belize who participated in the BEP from 1987-1996. This foundation would be the recipient of any shared profits coming from the drug which might be developed from one of the Belizean collections.
Her latest book "The Urban Herbalist: Medicinal Plants of American Cities" is a great resource for the Forest Therapy Guide to learn to identify and use common and tasty wild plants in the tea ceremony.
(Set in the ancient Maya city of Chichen, The Oracle of Ix...)
2015(The book is both a cultural study and a specialized field...)
2015(Whatever the meal, the recipes in this wonderful new cook...)
2010(The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvig...)
1994(In Spiritual Bathing, Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein ex...)
2003(Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden Find alterna...)
2001(The girl is destined to inherit the Rainbow Throne of the...)
2016(Timely book on rainforest herbology and traditional heali...)
1993Quotations: "It is folly to ignore the sacred in life or medicine, skirting the spiritual has had a shattering effect on every dimension of contemporary existence".
Dr. Rosita Arvigo is a member of the American Botanical Council and New York Botanical Garden.
Rosita Arvigo was married to Greg Shropshire, but they divorced in 2001. They had three children: James Cimarolli, James Arvigo and Crystal Ray.
