In this episode, we met with Traci Faith Guw Thonalig Hughes Hamilton, an Arizona-based healer and advocate deeply rooted in Indigenous wisdom. With a diverse background, Traci embodies a commitment to holistic wellness and community empowerment. Traci's journey is a testament to ancestral healing traditions. Tune in as she shares insights on lifelong womb health, indigenous food practices, and community empowerment.
Traci Faith Guw Thonalig Hughes Hamilton is an Arizona based Licensed Massage Therapist, Indigenous Lactation Counselor, Womb worker, Full spectrum birth worker, Nutritional Consultant, Herbalist, and Traditional foods gatherer, single mom of two. Traci is of Mississippi Choctaw, Hiaki, adopted Tohono O’odham and of European descent.
A ceremonial wombyn who knows her journey of healing and helping others is her way of life, her strength. Traci has been involved with the Chukson (Tucson) community in many healing aspects.
The Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson was the beginning of her formal massage training in 1996. She spent over a decade with Miraval Life in Balance spa, all the while advocating for natural and indigenous Pre/post-natal care, as well as, involvement with Chukson (Tucson) chapter ICBLC events and breastfeeding advocacy.
Later, Traci spent four years with multi cultural indigenous high school, Ha:san Preparatory and Leadership School teaching rainwater harvesting, traditional in ground gardening; planting with the moon and rain cycles, seed to plate style teaching and food prep.
Traci is a natural teacher and most at home teaching her community, friends and family the many benefits of Self~Care with indigenous geographical appropriate foods and healing ways. She wants her people to know by living with our indigenous foods bring back language and songs and revitalizes our spiritual natures by giving our human body what it needs to thrive.
Her informal and formal training is ongoing with family healers, ceremony, as well as the CEU state license requirements.
Traci’s specialty is lifelong womb health and vitality, abdominal therapy, breast/chest therapy and full spectrum birth work. Her passion for protecting families ties in very closely with the old healing ways of her teachers and elders. As a mother and knowledgeable community member she stays strong in outreach and knowledge sharing.
Traci continues to work on a sliding scale basis to make sure this important healing work is accessible. Her commitment is to honor her culture, be a strong community member and support a community of healthy warriors who step forward to make that effort for wellness.
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