Shadow Transformation Protocol with Christina Pratt
The fundamental assumption about shadow work that blinds us to its true nature is the idea that shadow work is a psychological or spiritual issue. It is neither; it is an issue of the heart. Once we...
View ArticleCrazy Logic and Shadow Transformation
Effective shadow transformation requires a specialist who knows the terrain of the darkest reaches of the human heart. This specialist must be more than human, fiercely loving all that is vast, ugly,...
View ArticleEscaping the Bully Victim Pattern
A bully victim pattern is surfacing publicly as we begin to confront the reality of internalized and unconscious patterns of marginalization. When we are unconscious of our own deeply internalized...
View ArticleThe Fundamental Element of Lasting Change
There is a fundamental element of internal energy exchange at the root of every process that helps us to create lasting change. Lasting change is rare in a time with bypass is so common. There are many...
View ArticleCuranderismo in Contemporary Times with Erika Buenaflor
Modern curanderismo has roots in indigenous Mesoamerican shamans and curanderos, specifically the ancient Yukatek Maya and Mexica (Aztec). This week author and practitioner, Erika Buenaflor, M.A.,...
View ArticleAncestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Traditions-Part One
We all have ancestors. They are with us in our blood. We do not all have traditions that guide us in dealing with our ancestors. Some ancestors are true helping spirits. These ancestors bring us...
View ArticleAncestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Traditions-Part Two
Where do we begin to heal our ancestral lines? What is the first step when we do not have traditions that guide us? How do we address the interface between empty-feeling old ways and a very real need...
View ArticleThe Shamanic Craft of Co-Creation with Alida Birch
There is an art to creating a life you love, one that reflects your deepest values and a future that nourishes all. We all know how very important it is to embody a vision for the future and to be the...
View ArticleAngry Kids, Ancestral Healing & Climate Changes
There are deeply unresolved ancestral patterns at play in the world today. They keep us from seeing reality accurately and the fullness of possibility. They are at the root of the anger and vitriol...
View ArticleMental Health, First Responders, & the Nobility of the Soul
The suicide rate for first responders is reported to be 20% higher than the general population. Can we please stop acting like we don’t know why? Soul loss is real and devastating and always a part of...
View ArticleThe Fundamental Element of Lasting Change
There is a fundamental element of internal energy exchange at the root of every process that helps us to create lasting change. Lasting change is rare in a time with bypass is so common. There are many...
View ArticleCuranderismo in Contemporary Times with Erika Buenaflor
Modern curanderismo has roots in indigenous Mesoamerican shamans and curanderos, specifically the ancient Yukatek Maya and Mexica (Aztec). This week author and practitioner, Erika Buenaflor, M.A.,...
View ArticleAncestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Traditions-Part One
We all have ancestors. They are with us in our blood. We do not all have traditions that guide us in dealing with our ancestors. Some ancestors are true helping spirits. These ancestors bring us...
View ArticleAncestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Traditions-Part Two
Where do we begin to heal our ancestral lines? What is the first step when we do not have traditions that guide us? How do we address the interface between empty-feeling old ways and a very real need...
View ArticleThe Shamanic Craft of Co-Creation with Alida Birch
There is an art to creating a life you love, one that reflects your deepest values and a future that nourishes all. We all know how very important it is to embody a vision for the future and to be the...
View ArticleAngry Kids, Ancestral Healing & Climate Changes
There are deeply unresolved ancestral patterns at play in the world today. They keep us from seeing reality accurately and the fullness of possibility. They are at the root of the anger and vitriol...
View ArticleMental Health, First Responders, & the Nobility of the Soul
The suicide rate for first responders is reported to be 20% higher than the general population. Can we please stop acting like we don’t know why? Soul loss is real and devastating and always a part of...
View ArticlePower and Shamanism
Where do we learn the right use of power with examples of abuse, misuse, and squandering of power everywhere? As we enter the new year and look at our world leaders and their decisions, the...
View ArticleWhat Does “shaman” Mean?
Stanley Krippner respectfully defined shamans as “community-assigned magico-religious professionals who deliberately alter their consciousness in order to obtain information from the ‘spirit world.’...
View ArticleAppropriation and Deep Practice in Shamanism
Education, respect for all life, and awareness of both history and who writes it allows us to use cultural appropriation as a guide for what not to do that can take us directly into deeper practice....
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