— THE DESPACHO CEREMONY: HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN DESPACHO
The despacho is a gift for the organizing principles of the Universe and constitutes the central axis of energetic exchange for healing, reestablishing perfect ayni (right relationship), or protection. The despacho is the living embodiment of the...
— Shamanism: Spiritual Practice or Religious Belief?
The shaman is one who mediates between the visible world of form and matter, and the invisible world of energy and spirits. For the shaman, there is no supernatural world. Only the natural world exists, with its visible and invisible dimensions. ...
— The Second Chakra
The second chakra is one of five Earth Chakras, which nourish and ground us to Pachamama, just like the roots of a tree. This swirling disk of energy is located four fingers below the bellybutton, and its properties are: Element: Water Color: ...
— The Four Insights: The Way of the Hero
The Four Insights are wisdom teachings that have been protected by secret societies of Earthkeepers, the medicine men and women of the Americas. The Insights state that all creation — humans, whales, and even stars — is made from light manifest...
— The First Chakra
The five lower chakras, from the root to the throat, are nourished primarily by the Earth and known as Earth Chakras. Imagine a tree whose roots go deep into the ground, drawing nutrients from the Earth and carrying them up the trunk to the highest...
— The Chakras — An Introduction
Regardless of our place of birth, we all have a skeleton with the exact same number of bones. Likewise, we share the same luminous anatomy, which includes the chakras and the acupuncture meridians. The chakras (a Sanskrit word meaning “wheel”) are...
— Quieting Your HPA Axis
The body has two defense systems: one to detect and respond to perceived threats in the external environment, and the other to detect and respond to internal threats. The first is the fight-or-flight response. The second is the immune system. The...
— Discovering Your Undying Nature
The master shamans were concerned with one theme — the discovery of an undying self and an undying joy, and bringing this realization to others. While some shamans worked to heal the body, these master shamans healed the soul. The undying is...
— SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION: THE LEVEL OF EAGLE
In past blogs, we covered three levels of perception through which the Laika engage the world: Serpent, Jaguar and Hummingbird. The fourth level of perception is Eagle, who soars above the valleys, able to see the trees, rocks, rivers, and even the...
— Healing the Mother Wound
There is rarely such a thing as a new baby. The little one, more often than not, is an old soul — sometimes even older than the mother who delivered him. Sometimes it takes a shaman to cut the cords that bind a mother and son as their spirits...