Patricia Mercier is a writer, visionary artist and holistic healer, who facilitates shamanic healing and journeying practices and retreats. She has travelled widely in Central America. In 1996, at the invitation of Maya Daykeeper Hunbatz Men of Yucatec Tradition, she co-founded a Maya Mysteries School with her husband. She now lives in Andalucia (Southern Spain) where this school undertakes shamanic training.