Adela Bustamante

Adela is a ceremonialist, animist, sahumadora, Ayurvedic practitioner, and medicine woman who dedicates her life to the preservation and revitalization of Indigenous wisdom and tradition from her Quechua lineage in the Andes of Ecuador.She currently resides in the stolen lands of the Tongva and Gabrielenos tribes, which are today known as Los Angeles.She completed her initiation into the Red Path of the Lakota tradition in neighboring Chumash territory on the Central Coast of California with her teacher Hua Anwa, who is of Cherokee/Mexica/Mayan blood.Adela was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador.At 15 years old, she was first introduced to the world of spiritual healing through the teachings of the master plants Ayahuasca and San Pedro of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Andes, respectively.Adela is a mestizo woman who assumes her mixed ancestry of Quechua and Spanish / Basque colonizers’ blood as a powerful tension of opposing forces that helps her skillfully weave teachings from different Indigenous backgrounds.Adela is the daughter of the Apus -the Sacred spirit of the Andes. As daughter of colonization, of resistance, and imagination, she centers her core values on the two most essential principles of the Andean Cosmovision:The Sumaq Kawsay: The Art of Good LivingThis promotes the idea that the collective well-being of the community is achieved through harmony within nature and with one another, humans and more than humans.Ayni: The Art of Sacred ReciprocityFrom the five principles that define the Andean way of life, Ayni (reciprocity) is regarded as the most essential value, as it provides the backbone of life.What makes her uniqueLineage-Rooted & Spirit-Led: I walk with the voices of my ancestors—Ecuadorian, Andean and I listen deeply to the unseen.Ritual as a Way of Life: I create transformational experiences that are both mystical and practical, sacred and accessible.Embodied Feminine Cosmology: I teach from the feminine—not just about it—with language and presence that reawakens a lost remembering.Justice-Aligned & Earth-Centered: My work is not separate from liberation. It is woven with social, spiritual, and ecological justice.Bilingual + Bicultural Depth: I offer a bridge between South and North, Indigenous and modern, oral wisdom and structured learning.