Eduardo Ferronato

ABOUT ME

Jacha’ (Hello) I created this section to share very briefly my story so you can understand how I arrived to this path of becoming a Day-Keeper.

I’m the creator of the Maya Daykeeper digital space. First and foremost, I am not a Maya, but I have been trained by one. I appreciate and honour the knowledge and shamanic practises I’ve learned throughout the years from tat Apab’yan Tew, my Ajq’ij (Spiritual Guide), in order to benefit my family and friends, as well as anybody else who seeks my guidance. That is something I am really serious and devoted to.

My path as a Spiritual Guide did not begin with the Maya

it began during the most painful year of my life.

I lived in Ireland for three years, achieving my goals with my own music and living my dream life. But then a succession of events occurred: I lost a loved one, the home where I was living and holding my events, my desire to play music, I developed drug addictions, and I went bankrupt. I had to return to my grandparents’ home in Brazil, and I felt as if I were in another dimension. It was very painful to return home and not see her; I blamed myself and couldn’t let go. I felt like giving up on life, as if it had lost its purpose. Several months passed in this way, and I believe the only thing that kept me from adopting a harsh attitude was my desire to avoid hurting my mother and grandparents with my selfishness once again.

Into the Wild with the Guarani

A year later, I went to an indigenous ceremony involving Nixi Pae (Ayahuasca) with a friend, and that night changed my life; I recovered my vitality. I was finally able to let go of the things that had been holding me back and move forward. But a portal to the spiritual realm was also opened for me. A few months later, I met Tupã, a Guarani spiritual leader who invited me to visit the communities and dive deeper alongside them. I spent three months in the wilderness with them, learning about the medicinal plants of the Atlantic rainforest and taking part in traditional ceremonies. After that, I began organising events in the villages to raise money for the families there, as well as to provide other people the opportunity to experience the community and to continue learning. That’s when I began counselling people who attended these gatherings and were going through similar difficult times in their life as I was.

Expanding...

A year later, I began meeting indigenous people of various ethnicities, such as Huni-kuin and Kuntanawa from the Amazon rainforest, and travelled to spend time with them. I also assisted with the organisation of events for them, as well as assisting and translating when there were foreigners there. During this period, I also had wonderful mentors. Then, at one of those gatherings, I met a Maya person with whom I had a brief conversation, but which sparked my curiosity in learning more about his culture. When I returned home, I began doing some research on the culture. And that’s when I became extremely interested, despite the fact that I know we can’t trust everything we read about indigenous cultures in books or on the internet. For a while, I sought out to many Maya people to talk about it, but none of them had the spark that I had with the other indigenous people from here. But later, I met tat Apab’yan Tew.

Tijoxel, apprentice of the Maya traditions

Listening to him talk about his teachers, the people in his town, and the path he took as an apprentice really resonated with my experiences, such as the simplicity of sharing dreams over breakfast, the stories told around the fire at night, and the adventures of going for a walk in the jungle and encountering wild animals. Genuine experiences. As a way to help him spread teaching about the Maya culture and give people a chance to listen directly from a Maya, I launched the Maya Daykeeper in 2018, and since then I’ve kept learning from him, diving into the understanding of the human-being, the world around us, the ceremonies, and here I am as an advanced reader of the Maya Calendar, honouring our lineage, still diving into the culture, and being able to help people even further. That is the gist of how I got myself in this role as a Day-Keeper.

If you are looking for to know my work as a Day-Keeper, you can book a session with me in the link below. I'll be more than happy to help you in your life path