Mesoamerican traditions understand that the soul essence or ‘Tonalli”, can lose its pieces during shocking or traumatic events. This is similar to the psychological understanding of the “fragmented-self.”

Soul Retrieval is a process found in Curanderismo, where healers made a practice of calling out to lost soul pieces. Traveling in the non-ordinary realms, reclaiming that soul piece by welcoming it back in. The practitioner works to reintegrate these aspects into the person's current self, fostering a sense of wholeness.