Kunsang Hyolmo is a social worker and a lover of traditional music, who has posted wonderful video clips of people drumming and chanting at a shaman festival in the Nepalese Himalayas. A shaman is known there as a Bhombo or a Jhankri, and shamanic practice is so integrated into everyday life that it’s not even [...]
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Shamans of Asia
Posted in animals, children, global community, healing the self, practice, shamanism, transformation, tagged autism, Byambasuren Davaa, Dina Oyun, Galina Angarova, healing, horses, Kevin Bubriski, Kunsang Hyolmo, L. Kent Wolgamott, Mongolia, Nepal, sacred sites, shamanic healing, shamanic practice, shamanism, Siberia, singing, Slava Cheltuev, The Horse Boy, traditional music, Tuva on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Animals: Fair Play, Wisdom, Help, and Health
Posted in animals, good news, invisible world, shamanism, teachers, therapy, tagged alternative medicine, alternative medicine for cats, animal companions, animals, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, canids, Carol Proudfoot-Edgar, cats, dogs, Dr. Jessica Rychel, fairness, healing, helper spirits, Marc Bekoff, pets, play, rules, shamanism, The Huffington Post, therapy, totem animal, William Greenbaum on April 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The canid family includes the domestic dog and such wild members as the fox, the wolf, the jackal, and the coyote. Why would it be good to have a member of this tribe as a helper spirit? Well, for one thing, says Marc Bekoff in The Huffington Post piece, canids know how to play fair. Bekoff [...]
Tools, Crafts, and Artifacts of Shamanism
Posted in healing the self, invisible world, practice, shamanism, spirituality, tagged amulets, Carol Proudfoot-Edgar, ceremonial robes, crafting, creativity, drums, H. K. Gresham, Hank Wesselman, helping spirits, inspiration, Jose Stevens, Karen Furr, Leopard Man, masks, power, rattles, Sandra Ingerman, shaman regalia, shamanic artifacts, shamanic practice, shamanic tools, Shipibo, songs, soul-crafting, spirit world, St. Francis, woven song on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At Shamanista.com, H. K. Gresham has created some information resource pages, one of which is titled “Masks and Other Shaman Regalia.” In a clear and useful way, the author explains why the various objects are significant. For instance, donning a ceremonial robe is a signal to the shaman’s self and to the community that the [...]
Words and Almost Words
Posted in good news, healing the self, practice, shamanism, spirituality, teachers, therapy, transformation, tagged altered states, Ashley Koff, blessing, Carmella Baynie, chanting, chants, healing words, kirtan, Krishna Das, Larry Dossey, mythology, prayer, shamanic therapist, sound, teaching, The Huffington Post, vibration, yoga on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Huffington Post recently published Ashley Koff’s account of the Sages and Scientists Symposium at the Chopra Center, which is in Carlsbad, California. Koff is a registered dietitian whose mission is to demystify the science of nutrition, and help people get healthy without alienating them. She is said to be very good at this, and [...]
Shamanism, Sports, and Healing
Posted in practice, shamanism, healing the self, transformation, teachers, invisible world, animals, tagged healing, Sandra Molendyk, Jon Montgomery, spirit animals, sports shaman, Mellisa Hollingsworth, totem animals, guardian spirits, guided journey, Terry Bell, skeleton race on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Skeleton is a form of winter racing, where the competitor clutches a tiny little sled, about the size of a laptop computer. Headfirst and facedown, the person slides at jet aircraft speed down a steep series of twisting, icy turns. Anybody who would do such a thing needs all the metaphysical help they can get. [...]
The Quiet Revolution and the Noosphere
Posted in global community, healing the planet, invisible world, positive thinking, shamanism, transformation, tagged Courant.com, imagine peace, Internet, Jennifer C. Kensel, noosphere, Quiet Revolution, Sarah Hemstock, shamanic healing, Teilhard de Chardin, Vladimir Vernadsky, web of life, world community, Yoko Ono on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this month, Yoko Ono spoke to the students at Oxford University in England. Imagine Peace website brings us a transcript of that talk, titled “A Quiet Revolution.” The speech is about how people are destroying the planet. It’s about a step-by-step plan for peace. It’s about the intent of healing. There are so many [...]
Vernal Equinox: Happy ¼ of a Birthday, Mother Earth
Posted in event, global community, healing the planet, practice, shamanism, tagged ceremonies, cycles, Easton Mountain, Gaia, Gay Shamans Retreat, global community, Joseph J. Burinsky, Mother Earth, seasons, shamanic practice, Shelley Stump, Society for Shamanic Practitioners, spirits, spring equinox, Tom Cowan, transformation, vernal equinox on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow, March 20, is the vernal or spring equinox. In California, New Jersey, and a multitude of other places, drum circles celebrate every solstice and equinox. In the Pacific Northwest, an organization called the Nine Houses of Gaia hosts an annual Fall Equinox Festival that is a major event in the Pagan community. From coast [...]
Shamans of Many Varieties
Posted in healing the self, invisible world, path, practice, shamanism, teachers, tagged Hank Wesselman, invisible world, Mary Martin, Massimiliano Filadoro, meditation, midwifery, Native Americans, path, religion, Rob Schmidt, Shaman Tarot, shamanic tools, shamanism, Stephanie Leishman on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Note: You won’t want to miss this: “Coast to Coast,” hosted by George Noory, provides a link to hear the show where he interviews Sandra about healing from a shamanic perspective. Sandra discusses how emotional and physical illnesses represent spiritual imbalances, caused by the loss of a person’s guardian spirit or by trauma that has [...]
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