Reclaiming the Divine Feminine
The Bon Buddhists revere a Great Mother deity who is both a powerful protector and a fierce destroyer. The depictions and stories of her remind me of the Amazon shamans’ tales of the female jaguar, a protective force that teaches us not to be...
Our Energetic Makeup
Modern physics helps us understand how all of creation works together in its intricate and elegant dance of life – including at the micro and macro levels of particles and waves of light and of galaxies, black holes, and solar systems. However,...
In Service to Something Greater
The power a shaman engages in the invisible world is vastly different from the power that people seek in the visible mundane world to improve their lives. She is interested in entering a non-ordinary reality in the invisible realm to discover and...
Serpent Courage
Serpent consciousness is much lauded by our culture. Our practical “can do” “tough love” attitude; our insistence on “calling a spade a spade” and “telling it like it is”; our demand for an answer to the question “Are you for us or against us?” as...
Jaguar Courage
In Jaguar Consciousness, we can access another very useful type of courage, that of the mind and emotions. This is sometimes called “moral courage,” and it’s what allows us to speak up about what we believe is right and just to people who aren’t...
Hummingbird Courage
In Hummingbird Consciousness, we engage life from the level of the soul. Just as that tiny bird finds the valor to take his monumental journey, we can discover the courage to perceive our own lives as journey of growth and discovery, of spiritual...
Eagle Courage
In eagle consciousness, we’re plugged into the divine matrix, aware that we’re at one with the infinite force of the universe. To be truly creative and draw inspiration from this level – that of Spirit, of genuine originality – is the highest form...
Clearing Death with an Aya Despacho
An Aya despacho brings closure energetically after a death. It is a collection of prayers and reminiscences that symbolize crossing over the rainbow bridge. Any soul fragments that may be stuck or unfinished business is placed in the despacho to...
Clearing Heavy Energies with a Kuti Despacho
The Kuti despacho is put together with the intention of driving out dark and negative energies. The ingredients are hot and spicy or dark and all that needs to be released is spat with gusto into the kintu leaves. Ingredients...
How to Clear Your Relationship with the Earth
We want to make a difference not only with our actions but our prayers so that we come into right relationship with all life. We can do this by creating an ayni despacho to connect deeply with the spirit of Gaia. It is a sweet offering to honor...