Woman Who Glows in the Dark

In Woman Who Glows in the Dark, Avila addresses the needs of contemporary readers through this time-honored medicine, and explores the soul-diminishing forces inherent in modern society. Through her own compelling story of finding her identity as a healer, as well as fascinating accounts of patients she has treated in her practice, Avila demonstrates how curanderismo offers solutions to coping with the daily struggle to balance the demands of relationships, home life, and career. Showing readers how to become not only physically healthy but creatively and spiritually whole, Woman Who Glows in the Dark presents a truly global vision of how the gifts of indigenous health care, married with contemporary technology, can create a medicine of the future.