Curated Coaching for Personal Transformation & Collective Dignity

No, the Tlazohtla Collective does not accept insurance directly.

Why? Insurance typically covers clinical therapy or medical services, not coaching relationships. Additionally, working outside the insurance model protects the integrity of the coach-client relationship. We do not need to conform to third-party diagnoses, treatment plans, or coverage limits to serve you.

However, here is what we offer instead:

• HSA & FSA Eligibility: Many coaching sessions may qualify as eligible expenses through Health Savings Accounts or Flexible Spending Accounts. Please check with your provider.
• Payment Plans: Several coaches offer monthly installment options to make their work more accessible.

What about Licensed Clinicians? Some of our members hold dual credentials (licensing + coaching). If you are seeking clinical therapy covered by insurance, please inquire directly with that coach about their separate clinical offerings.

We believe that access to healing should not be gated by insurance approval. Our pricing reflects the value of Tequitl (sacred duty), and we remain committed to finding creative pathways so that financial barriers do not keep you from the support you need.

For me, Marisa Tlatlaneci Matlalcoatl, the founder and steward of this Collective, this is not appropriation. I am a practitioner of Mexica philosophy and I am of this lineage. These teachings are not borrowed; they are mine to live, teach, and share. Mexica wisdom emphasizes that our healing offerings are held in our lineage but can be received by all. They are meant to be offered responsibly, with integrity, and for the well-being of the whole world.

Why did I create this Collective? I built the Tlazohtla Collective because I could not find a practicioner who held this level of integrity and accountability for myself. I wanted to be held with Tlazohtla; cherished, witnessed, protected. When I looked around, I found gaps. So I created the container I needed. My sacred duty to myself and to the community is to ensure that when this wisdom travels, it does so with depth, safety, and respect, not as a trend, but as a living practice.

What about the multi-racial nature of the Collective? Mexica philosophy does not belong to me alone; it belongs to the earth and the people. I curate this circle intentionally. I invite coaches of all backgrounds and experience who have done the deep work of decolonization to walk this path alongside me. They do not inherit the lineage, but they can practice the ethic. White-bodied coaches are invited into this space through a specific vow: to honor the source, dismantle their centrality, and protect the safety of bodies of color.

What is my role? I do not see myself as the manager of this Collective. I am the curator and the container holder. I extend invitations based on alignment with these principles. I hold the accountability structure to ensure that every coach in this circle upholds the vow of Tlazohtla. This ensures that whether you work with me or any member of our collective, you receive coaching that is safe, rooted, and fiercely protective of your dignity.

We are not selling culture. We are practicing a way of being, one that teaches us to cherish one another, to honor our interconnectedness, and to walk with integrity. This way of being is for anyone willing to take the vow seriously.

Yes. Every coach in our Collective has signed a strict Confidentiality and Privacy Agreement. What you share stays between you and your coach—no exceptions unless required by law (such as imminent risk of harm). We also protect coach-to-coach discussions; stories shared in peer supervision are never used for marketing or public content without explicit permission. Your privacy is part of your safety.

We also do something differently.

With your explicit permission, your coach can confer with other coaches in the Collective to offer you a more holistic approach. This means that if you are working with a somatic coach and hit a complex issue, your coach can consult with a guide who specializes in that area to inform their work with you. This is not mandatory. You can decline and your coaching remains strictly one-on-one. But we have found that when coaches collaborate on approaches and suggestions, clients experience a much richer, more satisfying journey toward their goals.

This is what we call community accountability, not surveillance, but a circle of trusted practitioners holding your growth together with care, consent, and reverence.

Decolonized coaching refuses to replicate the power dynamics of colonization in the coaching relationship. This means:

• No extracting client vulnerability for profit
• No centering whiteness or demanding people of color educate us
• No "fixing" people to fit dominant norms
• No urgency or scarcity tactics that bypass trust
• No hiding harm behind silence

Instead, it means active reverence, accountability without exile, safety over speed, and sacred reciprocity. It means acknowledging that healing happens within a larger context of systems and history, not in isolation.