– WHAT IS SACRED SPACE AND THE FOUR DIRECTIONS?
Sacred space is a healing sphere that is pure, holy and safe. We can create sacred space and summon the healing power of nature anywhere on Earth. Sacred space allows us to enter our quiet inner world where the mundane cannot distract us, and every...
– WHAT IS AN EARTHKEEPER?
“The Earthkeepers teach that all of creation — the earth, humans, whales, rocks, and even the stars — are made of vibration and light.” —Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. In the world of shamanic energy medicine we often hear the term Earthkeeper. But what...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “CURING” AND “HEALING”
Shamans believe that the world seems real only because we perceive it as such and that everything we perceive is a reflection of an internal, individual “map” or blueprint that each of us has constructed about the nature of reality. These maps are...
– THE SHAMAN’S VIEW OF DEATH
As children, many of us are told that in order to get into Heaven, we must be good – and that if we’re not, we could end up in Hell. This European concept of eternal reward (or punishment) does not exist in indigenous cultures. The Shaman...
– THE SHAMAN AND AGING PARENTS
Helping the Elderly Lead Healthy and Independent Lives It seems that just when we are finally done raising our kids, we jump into the phase of caring for aging parents who, more often than not, are neither well nor aging gracefully. This is a...
– THE SHAMAN AS A PARENT
Teach Them Well & Turn Them Loose I was taking my kids to the movies with a group of their friends, and my daughter said: “Dad, don’t tell anyone you’re a shaman.” Then she asked me, “Why couldn’t you be normal, why couldn’t you be a cop or an...
– WHAT IS MEANT BY “DREAMING THE WORLD INTO BEING”
Whether you realize it or not, we are all dreaming the world into being, although most people have lost the ability to guide the dream, and are, as a result, at the mercy of the collective nightmare. The Shaman lives in a dream, but not the kind of...
– SIMPLE STEPS TO CLEAR YOUR CHAKRAS
Occasionally in the winter months our bodies can begin to feel sluggish and out of balance. Not only do we feel the effects physically, but we may find ourselves experiencing the winter blues. Our Luminous Energy Field (LEF) surrounds and informs...
– THE SHAMAN IN THE WORKPLACE
Reconciling your Job With your Work - We all came into this world with a certain mission, and work, to learn, to give and to live. So our task becomes: How do we get our Job, where we earn our bread and pay the rent, to equal our Work – to get...
– WHAT IS A SHAMAN?
A shaman is a medicine person of Paleolithic times – from the days that we were hunter/gatherers, before we dramatically changed our diet with the introduction of agriculture and grains to our dinner table. The shamans of old had direct experience...