Mark Gionfriddo
Mark Gionfriddo began his Huichol shamanic apprenticeship training in 2003, which included more than 6 years of instruction and rigorous pilgrimages under the guidance of Tsaurririkame Don Eliot Cowan. In 2011, he completed his initiation and graduation formalities as a Marakame in the Huichol Tradition. Mark is also a Granicero, or Weather Worker, in the Nahua tradition and has been working together with Don David Wiley on the Men’s Retreat Program since its inception in 2005.

