This article begins with the conception of Choles- Mayan people from the south of Mexico to whom the sense of illness and healing is related to the idea of universal balance. Illness is considered a punishment which leads to reflect upon one’s own moral and social behavior. Getting ill will not be accidental or fortuitous. Therapy involves all the family and the healing methods depend on each case. The author sets up a typology in which healers are classified in terms of the type of illness they are able to diagnose and therefore, challenge healing.