2TEOTL ALTAR
Founded by Ala and Dalani, two devoted stewards of ancestral wisdom, prayerful artistry, and queer embodiment, 2Teotl is a sanctuary for those walking the path of remembrance—where song, prayer, and the rhythms of life weave into a living prayer. Rooted in reverence, our work is offered to the unseen, an honoring of the breath that carries us between worlds.
Through weekly online songbook practice, in-person offerings, and personalized 1:1 apprenticeships, we offer spaces of connection and creative study. Each container centers community, voice, embodiment, and elemental wisdom—inviting those called into deeper relationship with self, Spirit, and the greater web of life.
Ours is a path of service —tending to the fires of tradition while allowing new expressions to emerge. We walk alongside those drawn to this work, offering threads of remembrance and pathways of belonging. All are welcome here—especially those who have long walked between worlds, where queerness and sacredness are woven as one.
Ala Hayhurst (They/Them)
Some walk the world through words, others through silence—Ala walks through song. From an early age, they followed the echo of something deeper, a melody carried on the wind, a pulse that connected them to something vast and unseen. That melody led them to the path of ceremony, to a life lived in devotion to music as medicine, song as prayer, and sacred service as the rhythm of existence.
Ala’s journey has been shaped by deep studies in ancestral wisdom, ceremonial guardianship, and embodied movement practices. Their work centers on creating spaces where voice, breath, and presence become tools of transformation. They carry the prayer of queerness—a way of being that defies containment, that honors the fluid, the in-between, the ever-expanding.
At the heart of their work is the Songbook, a living collection of prayers, melodies, and sacred songs woven from many traditions. Through weekly online study circles and in-person gatherings, Ala shares the depth of this practice, inviting others into the current of musical devotion. These works are not just songs—they are vessels of remembrance, tools for connection, and anchors in the vastness of the unseen.
For those called to go deeper, Ala offers private apprenticeships, an intimate path of study rooted in song, rhythm, and the unseen dimensions of sacred spaceholding. This journey invites students into a living relationship with sound as prayer, fire as teacher, and service as a way of life.
Ala holds space for those reclaiming their voice and power through the intersection of queerness and music. Through song, rhythm, and deep listening, they invite others to step into the current of remembrance, where each moment is a portal, each breath a prayer.
Dalani Garcia
(She/They)
Dalani is a weaver of dreams, a guardian of the quiet spaces where transformation takes root. Born in Cali, Colombia, her path is one of devotion to the unseen threads that shape our lives—breath, stillness, the unspoken wisdom of the body. With ten years of study in the arts of Yoga and other holistic healing modalities, her practice is rooted in the ancestral lineages of Colombia, Brazil, and the Mexica traditions, as well as the ancient spiritual teachings of South and East Asia, forming a tapestry of healing that honors both earth and spirit.
Through the art of deep rest, movement, and ceremonial practice, she guides others in remembering what has always been known. With a foundation in Buddhist philosophy and Yogic tradition, Dalani has spent years immersed in the study of presence, awareness, and the sacred rhythms of the body. Her work in Yoga Nidra is a bridge between worlds, offering a space for surrender and integration, where breath and stillness reveal the truths that words cannot.
Through her studies, she carries an embodied understanding of the subtle energies that shape our existence, blending ancient teachings with a modern approach to healing. As the creator of Awaken Heart and Awaken Muse, she holds space for the unfolding of the soul, offering pathways into deeper presence, alignment, and self-inquiry. Her approach is gentle yet profound, rooted in the belief that true transformation does not come from force, but from listening, from softening, from remembering the pulse of the infinite within.
Dalani walks with the understanding that healing is not found in grand gestures but in the quiet return to self, in the rhythms of breath and bone. Through her work, she offers a lantern for those navigating their own becoming—an invitation to soften into the great mystery and to trust the unfolding of the journey.
Here, we gather in devotion to the sacred arts—where music becomes the bridge, movement the prayer, and silence the teacher. Through deep listening and embodied practice, we cultivate spaces for transformation, for stepping into alignment with the greater song of existence.