🛁 Step Two: Spiritual Cleansing
Most Vodou healing begins with some form of cleansing, known as lave tèt (head wash), beny (spiritual bath), or netwayaj (clearing).
These may include:
-
- Herbs (bitter or sweet, depending on need)
- Salt, cascarilla, or Florida water
- Prayers and psalms
- Sacred songs and candles
The goal is to remove negative energies, confusion, or spiritual attachments.
🌿 Step Three: Herbal Remedies
Vodou has deep roots in herbal medicine, passed down from African, Taino, and Creole traditions. Plants are seen as living spirits with healing power.
Common remedies may involve:
-
- Teas and tinctures
- Poultices and salves
- Spiritual baths and floor washes
A Vodou healer may use herbs for both physical ailments and spiritual blockages — understanding that healing must treat the whole person.
✨ Step Four: Ritual Offerings
Sometimes, the healing requires offerings to the Lwa or ancestors:
Food, drink, or gifts
Animal sacrifice (in some traditional practices)
Ceremonial dances and songs
Veves (sacred symbols) drawn to call down the spirit
These offerings help restore balance and show gratitude to the spirits for their healing work.
🧿 Emotional & Energetic Healing
Vodou acknowledges that emotional pain, grief, and trauma leave energetic imprints. Healing may also include:
Talking to a spiritual elder or therapist
Guided meditation or trance journey
Rituals of release and forgiveness
Connection with the Lwa of healing, like Ayizan, Damballah, or Papa Loko
🧘♀️ Long-Term Healing & Prevention
Healing isn’t just a one-time fix — it’s an ongoing relationship with the spirits, your body, and your energy.
Here’s how many Vodouisants maintain wellness:
Daily prayers and altar work
-
- Regular cleansing and protection baths
- Annual ancestral and Lwa ceremonies
- Listening to intuition and spiritual signs
- Living in alignment with one’s path (met tèt)
🕯️ Final Thoughts
Healing in Vodou is sacred.
It’s not just about “fixing” — it’s about understanding. It’s about reconnecting with your soul, your purpose, and your power. It’s about listening to what your spirit is trying to tell you — through your dreams, your body, your emotions, and your life.
When the spirits walk with you, healing is not only possible — it’s divine
Before any treatment is offered, the healer consults the spirits through divination. This might be done with:
-
- Cowrie shells
- Playing cards or tarot
- Dream interpretation
- Possession by the Lwa
The spirits reveal the source of the imbalance and what is required for healing.
🛁 Step Two: Spiritual Cleansing
Most Vodou healing begins with some form of cleansing, known as lave tèt (head wash), beny (spiritual bath), or netwayaj (clearing).
These may include:
-
- Herbs (bitter or sweet, depending on need)
- Salt, cascarilla, or Florida water
- Prayers and psalms
- Sacred songs and candles
The goal is to remove negative energies, confusion, or spiritual attachments.
🌿 Step Three: Herbal Remedies
Vodou has deep roots in herbal medicine, passed down from African, Taino, and Creole traditions. Plants are seen as living spirits with healing power.
Common remedies may involve:
-
- Teas and tinctures
- Poultices and salves
- Spiritual baths and floor washes
A Vodou healer may use herbs for both physical ailments and spiritual blockages — understanding that healing must treat the whole person.
✨ Step Four: Ritual Offerings
Sometimes, the healing requires offerings to the Lwa or ancestors:
Food, drink, or gifts
Animal sacrifice (in some traditional practices)
Ceremonial dances and songs
Veves (sacred symbols) drawn to call down the spirit
These offerings help restore balance and show gratitude to the spirits for their healing work.
🧿 Emotional & Energetic Healing
Vodou acknowledges that emotional pain, grief, and trauma leave energetic imprints. Healing may also include:
Talking to a spiritual elder or therapist
Guided meditation or trance journey
Rituals of release and forgiveness
Connection with the Lwa of healing, like Ayizan, Damballah, or Papa Loko
🧘♀️ Long-Term Healing & Prevention
Healing isn’t just a one-time fix — it’s an ongoing relationship with the spirits, your body, and your energy.
Here’s how many Vodouisants maintain wellness:
Daily prayers and altar work
-
- Regular cleansing and protection baths
- Annual ancestral and Lwa ceremonies
- Listening to intuition and spiritual signs
- Living in alignment with one’s path (met tèt)
🕯️ Final Thoughts
Healing in Vodou is sacred.
It’s not just about “fixing” — it’s about understanding. It’s about reconnecting with your soul, your purpose, and your power. It’s about listening to what your spirit is trying to tell you — through your dreams, your body, your emotions, and your life.
When the spirits walk with you, healing is not only possible — it’s divine
-
- Spiritual imbalance or neglect of the spirits
- Ancestral disturbances
- Emotional wounds or trauma
- Energetic blockages or spiritual attacks
- Disconnection from one’s destiny or path
A healer — whether a houngan (priest), mambo (priestess), or bokor (sorcerer/healer) — must first determine the root cause of the affliction before attempting to treat it.
🔮 Step One: Divination
Before any treatment is offered, the healer consults the spirits through divination. This might be done with:
-
- Cowrie shells
- Playing cards or tarot
- Dream interpretation
- Possession by the Lwa
The spirits reveal the source of the imbalance and what is required for healing.
🛁 Step Two: Spiritual Cleansing
Most Vodou healing begins with some form of cleansing, known as lave tèt (head wash), beny (spiritual bath), or netwayaj (clearing).
These may include:
-
- Herbs (bitter or sweet, depending on need)
- Salt, cascarilla, or Florida water
- Prayers and psalms
- Sacred songs and candles
The goal is to remove negative energies, confusion, or spiritual attachments.
🌿 Step Three: Herbal Remedies
Vodou has deep roots in herbal medicine, passed down from African, Taino, and Creole traditions. Plants are seen as living spirits with healing power.
Common remedies may involve:
-
- Teas and tinctures
- Poultices and salves
- Spiritual baths and floor washes
A Vodou healer may use herbs for both physical ailments and spiritual blockages — understanding that healing must treat the whole person.
✨ Step Four: Ritual Offerings
Sometimes, the healing requires offerings to the Lwa or ancestors:
Food, drink, or gifts
Animal sacrifice (in some traditional practices)
Ceremonial dances and songs
Veves (sacred symbols) drawn to call down the spirit
These offerings help restore balance and show gratitude to the spirits for their healing work.
🧿 Emotional & Energetic Healing
Vodou acknowledges that emotional pain, grief, and trauma leave energetic imprints. Healing may also include:
Talking to a spiritual elder or therapist
Guided meditation or trance journey
Rituals of release and forgiveness
Connection with the Lwa of healing, like Ayizan, Damballah, or Papa Loko
🧘♀️ Long-Term Healing & Prevention
Healing isn’t just a one-time fix — it’s an ongoing relationship with the spirits, your body, and your energy.
Here’s how many Vodouisants maintain wellness:
Daily prayers and altar work
-
- Regular cleansing and protection baths
- Annual ancestral and Lwa ceremonies
- Listening to intuition and spiritual signs
- Living in alignment with one’s path (met tèt)
🕯️ Final Thoughts
Healing in Vodou is sacred.
It’s not just about “fixing” — it’s about understanding. It’s about reconnecting with your soul, your purpose, and your power. It’s about listening to what your spirit is trying to tell you — through your dreams, your body, your emotions, and your life.
When the spirits walk with you, healing is not only possible — it’s divine
In Vodou, many illnesses are believed to be caused by:
-
- Spiritual imbalance or neglect of the spirits
- Ancestral disturbances
- Emotional wounds or trauma
- Energetic blockages or spiritual attacks
- Disconnection from one’s destiny or path
A healer — whether a houngan (priest), mambo (priestess), or bokor (sorcerer/healer) — must first determine the root cause of the affliction before attempting to treat it.
🔮 Step One: Divination
Before any treatment is offered, the healer consults the spirits through divination. This might be done with:
-
- Cowrie shells
- Playing cards or tarot
- Dream interpretation
- Possession by the Lwa
The spirits reveal the source of the imbalance and what is required for healing.
🛁 Step Two: Spiritual Cleansing
Most Vodou healing begins with some form of cleansing, known as lave tèt (head wash), beny (spiritual bath), or netwayaj (clearing).
These may include:
-
- Herbs (bitter or sweet, depending on need)
- Salt, cascarilla, or Florida water
- Prayers and psalms
- Sacred songs and candles
The goal is to remove negative energies, confusion, or spiritual attachments.
🌿 Step Three: Herbal Remedies
Vodou has deep roots in herbal medicine, passed down from African, Taino, and Creole traditions. Plants are seen as living spirits with healing power.
Common remedies may involve:
-
- Teas and tinctures
- Poultices and salves
- Spiritual baths and floor washes
A Vodou healer may use herbs for both physical ailments and spiritual blockages — understanding that healing must treat the whole person.
✨ Step Four: Ritual Offerings
Sometimes, the healing requires offerings to the Lwa or ancestors:
Food, drink, or gifts
Animal sacrifice (in some traditional practices)
Ceremonial dances and songs
Veves (sacred symbols) drawn to call down the spirit
These offerings help restore balance and show gratitude to the spirits for their healing work.
🧿 Emotional & Energetic Healing
Vodou acknowledges that emotional pain, grief, and trauma leave energetic imprints. Healing may also include:
Talking to a spiritual elder or therapist
Guided meditation or trance journey
Rituals of release and forgiveness
Connection with the Lwa of healing, like Ayizan, Damballah, or Papa Loko
🧘♀️ Long-Term Healing & Prevention
Healing isn’t just a one-time fix — it’s an ongoing relationship with the spirits, your body, and your energy.
Here’s how many Vodouisants maintain wellness:
Daily prayers and altar work
-
- Regular cleansing and protection baths
- Annual ancestral and Lwa ceremonies
- Listening to intuition and spiritual signs
- Living in alignment with one’s path (met tèt)
🕯️ Final Thoughts
Healing in Vodou is sacred.
It’s not just about “fixing” — it’s about understanding. It’s about reconnecting with your soul, your purpose, and your power. It’s about listening to what your spirit is trying to tell you — through your dreams, your body, your emotions, and your life.
When the spirits walk with you, healing is not only possible — it’s divine
In Haitian Vodou, healing is not just about curing illness — it’s about restoring balance between the body, mind, spirit, and soul. When something goes wrong in our lives or our health, it’s often a spiritual root that must be uncovered and addressed.
Vodou offers a powerful, holistic approach to healing — one that includes rituals, herbs, prayers, baths, offerings, and the guidance of the Lwa.
Let’s explore the ways healing happens in this sacred tradition.
🌀 Healing as a Spiritual Calling
In Vodou, many illnesses are believed to be caused by:
-
- Spiritual imbalance or neglect of the spirits
- Ancestral disturbances
- Emotional wounds or trauma
- Energetic blockages or spiritual attacks
- Disconnection from one’s destiny or path
A healer — whether a houngan (priest), mambo (priestess), or bokor (sorcerer/healer) — must first determine the root cause of the affliction before attempting to treat it.
🔮 Step One: Divination
Before any treatment is offered, the healer consults the spirits through divination. This might be done with:
-
- Cowrie shells
- Playing cards or tarot
- Dream interpretation
- Possession by the Lwa
The spirits reveal the source of the imbalance and what is required for healing.
🛁 Step Two: Spiritual Cleansing
Most Vodou healing begins with some form of cleansing, known as lave tèt (head wash), beny (spiritual bath), or netwayaj (clearing).
These may include:
-
- Herbs (bitter or sweet, depending on need)
- Salt, cascarilla, or Florida water
- Prayers and psalms
- Sacred songs and candles
The goal is to remove negative energies, confusion, or spiritual attachments.
🌿 Step Three: Herbal Remedies
Vodou has deep roots in herbal medicine, passed down from African, Taino, and Creole traditions. Plants are seen as living spirits with healing power.
Common remedies may involve:
-
- Teas and tinctures
- Poultices and salves
- Spiritual baths and floor washes
A Vodou healer may use herbs for both physical ailments and spiritual blockages — understanding that healing must treat the whole person.
✨ Step Four: Ritual Offerings
Sometimes, the healing requires offerings to the Lwa or ancestors:
Food, drink, or gifts
Animal sacrifice (in some traditional practices)
Ceremonial dances and songs
Veves (sacred symbols) drawn to call down the spirit
These offerings help restore balance and show gratitude to the spirits for their healing work.
🧿 Emotional & Energetic Healing
Vodou acknowledges that emotional pain, grief, and trauma leave energetic imprints. Healing may also include:
Talking to a spiritual elder or therapist
Guided meditation or trance journey
Rituals of release and forgiveness
Connection with the Lwa of healing, like Ayizan, Damballah, or Papa Loko
🧘♀️ Long-Term Healing & Prevention
Healing isn’t just a one-time fix — it’s an ongoing relationship with the spirits, your body, and your energy.
Here’s how many Vodouisants maintain wellness:
Daily prayers and altar work
-
- Regular cleansing and protection baths
- Annual ancestral and Lwa ceremonies
- Listening to intuition and spiritual signs
- Living in alignment with one’s path (met tèt)
🕯️ Final Thoughts
Healing in Vodou is sacred.
It’s not just about “fixing” — it’s about understanding. It’s about reconnecting with your soul, your purpose, and your power. It’s about listening to what your spirit is trying to tell you — through your dreams, your body, your emotions, and your life.
When the spirits walk with you, healing is not only possible — it’s divine