A courageous and beautiful book. A practicing psychologist, the author recalls the impact of a visit from her aged grandmother to her family's new home in LA. At her grandmother's admonition the author was called back to the healing practices she learned as a young girl in her native country Cuba. A reconnection with her beloved elder prepared her for a journey into the jungles of Mexico where she encountered her fears and strengths under the thoughtful direction of another powerful teacher. The last half of the book describes by example how the author accesses her gifts for healing blending them with her scientific knowledge of modern psychology. The end result is to bring about the therapeutic transformation of her clients. The book is challenging to our modern ideas of healing, thought-provoking. The reader will be processing the story well past the last page.

Don't buy this tale because of the few paragraphs that speak briefly about the Yoruba goddess. Here Oya is the seasoning in the pot - not the meat. Seems Fernandez-Barrios has invoked the name of the Goddess in her title only to increase book sales.