Kolaimni's founder and master teacher is Patricia "Mechi" Garza.  "Grandmother" Mechi is a Native American Elder & Medicine Woman with the Esaw Inter-tribal Group, and is of Choctaw and Cherokee descent.  In 1981, Mechi began giving Kolaimnis in West Virginia, and teaching Kolaimni there to interested students.  In the decades since she has written and published two handbooks of Kolaimni, given untold numbers of Kolaimnis, personally taught Kolaimni to hundreds of students, and has established a network of Kolaimni teachers committed to continuing the teachings of Kolaimni into the future. 

Grandmother Mechi continues to regularly give and teach Kolaimni in Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.   Mechi also provides spiritual counseling and past-life readings, both in person and also by telephone too.  Normally she asks for a monetary donation of about $50 for an hour's consultation.  This is not to be confused with Kolaimni treatments which are free.  Mechi asks that you please call her ahead of time to set-up an appointment.  She can be contacted by phone for information about Kolaimni, and/or for a spritual reading at the number below:

 Mechi Garza

11810 Sophia Drive, Apartment #1110

Tampa, FL 33637

Tel.: (813) 899-2301

Email: mechime@msn.com

MORE ABOUT MECHI

Mechi Garza is a Native American Elder and Medicine Woman.  She is also a writer, healer and master teacher with clients from all over the United States as well as Italy , Denmark , Mexico and Iceland .  Twenty years ago she founded the energy healing technique, called Kolaimni, and has written two text books on the subject both of which have been translated into Portuguese and Swedish.  She has also written eleven other books which have been published by Bantam, Simon Schuster, Dell, and Julian Messner.

For eighteen years Mechi lived in Mexico where she wrote a serial drama, which was made  into a feature film. When she and her family came back to the United States she taught Writing for Publication at the University of Charleston and did social work for the State of West Virginia. She also wrote Chicanos, a text book for Middle School students.

In 2001, Cook Productions made a documentary of her life called Metis. It told the story of her life and how she coped with two bloods, both Native American and white.  A year after it was produced Metis won the Ann Rice award in New Orleans which had been the setting for much of the movie.

Grandmother Mechi as she is lovingly called, now lives in Tampa, Florida where she is active with the Wolf's Heart Lodge, a Native American drumming and meditation circle.  Twice a year she goes back to West Virginia where she gives Workshops on Kolaimni Energy Healing, Metaphysical matters and Native American Traditions.  She also lectures and teaches in Columbus , Cleveland , Cincinnati and Canton , Ohio , and each summer she goes to New York to teach at the International Women's Writing Guild.  In Tampa she has a small self-publishing company, BLUE RAVEN BOOKS.  So far she has published Cherokee Ways , The Red Elephant and Astral Travel for Earth Bound People.