The healing energy of water

Sunday morning I woke up feeling depleted and needing to recharge my energy. In the past, when I’ve been tired or out of balance in my life, water has soothed my frazzled senses, filling me up again and helping me find my way back to my self.Once more, water...

What is shamanic healing?

Shamanism is an ancient form of spirituality originally practiced by tribal societies and indigenous cultures. It predated all forms of organized religion and was practiced on every continent in the world.The shamanism practiced by contemporary healers is a...

Ancestral healing: healing the red thread

As most of us learned in health class, genetic information passed to us from our parents determines our hair color, eye color and physical build.But we receive much more than just physical traits from our ancestors. Our maternal grandmother may have passed along her...

Ancestral healing and compassionate witness

Here’s an example from my personal healing journey about how we might use compassionate witness to bring healing to our ancestral line. This healing can happen during a shamanic journey or meditative state.I always realized that my motherline carried a heavy...