Shamanic masks

Shamanic masks

This weekend in preparation for the beginning of the ancestral healing medicine wheel, I journeyed to my family totem. The helping spirits showed me one of my ancestor grandmothers from pagan times dressed in a wolf fur with the head pulled up over her crown. It was...
The four elements

The four elements

Shamanic cultures honor four elements – earth, water, fire, and air. Our long ago forebears revered the sun, land, rivers, and sky and respected their power and wisdom. Each is unique. Earth – grounding, mulching Water – cleansing, purifying Fire –...
Confirmation through animal sightings

Confirmation through animal sightings

Yesterday I shared several stories of how the outside world sometimes validates energetic shifts in shamanic healing sessions. The same sort of messages also happen for classes. Before a two-day basic shamanism class last fall, I got up early to drive to Crow Moon...

Confirmation

At a recent group healing at Crow Moon, we were at a pivotal point in the session releasing a heavy layer of old ancestral anger from the client’s body. The energy was very fiery, and the helping spirits showed me alternating images of molten lava and a blacksmith’s...