Arkana Spiritual Center | Wellness Retreats on Instagram: "The Wixárika (Virarica, the healing people) are descendants of the Aztecs. They originate from today’s region of San Luis Potosí, central Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains towards the Pacific Ocean. Today Huichol shamans cure with hikuri, a sacred cactus found in Wirikuta, in the Sierra Madre, which is a part of their homelands and a venerated pilgrimage place for the shamans. The Huichol language is part of the Uzo-Azteca