Radical acceptance
You may have heard of radical compassion. I’ve also been working on radical acceptance. Both these practices take a lifetime to master, and even then we might not fully get there. As one of my teachers used to say, “That’s why they’re called ‘practices’ - because we need a lot of practice.” Part of radical acceptance for me is listening to Spirit and allowing the wisdom of the divine to have priority in guiding my life. One of my first healing intentions on my spiritual path was, “I say yes to Spirit.” I had an “aha” moment recently when I...
My naivete about healing
I chuckle now about how I viewed the healing process when I first consciously stepped onto my spiritual path. Initially I thought all I had to do was go to an appointment, and presto, healing would happen and I would walk out of the office cured, never to face those issues again. After my first few shamanic healing sessions, I didn’t do anything in between to integrate or to actively work with the shifts in energy. My healing really took hold when I understood that it was up to me to actively do my part to shift the limiting agreements, to be...
Channels of intuition
Years ago as I first learned to journey, almost all of the information came through as a knowing. When a piece of information or insight drops in to our awareness, the technical term is claircognizance. It’s different than thinking, because we don’t analyze or follow a cognitive thought process - it’s just there. Claircognizance helps me in ancestral healing when I “just know” the original wound that is causing suffering in the family As I continued to walk my path of personal healing, I came back home into my body. Being more grounded helped...
Does ancestral healing still work if I don’t know anything about my family?
Clients interested in ancestral healing often ask me if it will still be effective even if they don’t know much about their family. I reassure them that they don’t have to know details. Shamanic healing transcends the thinking mind and goes directly to the intuitive, energetic, and spiritual. If you feel a pull to ancestral healing, it will be effective even if you’re unaware of your family history or cultural heritage. It even works if you’ve been adopted and know nothing about your birth parents. The helping spirits will still bring through...
Learn to journey
The backbone of a personal shamanic spiritual practice is the journey, a trancelike state used to access the guidance of Great Spirit and the divine compassionate ones. Journeying bypasses the thinking mind and helps us connect with our soul and the intuitive, energetic, spiritual aspects of our being. A regular journeying practice deepens our connection to Spirit and brings support, clarity, healing, and growth. In shamanic journeys, we travel into the spirit realms and open our intuition to communicate and receive messages from Spirit....
Reaching a breaking point
Reaching a breaking point isn’t always a bad thing. Growing up, a family member sometimes said hurtful things about my weight. They may have made these comments out of love, but it affected my self-esteem and left me feeling judged and ashamed. Years later when I was in my 30s, that family member came for a weekend and greeted me at the door with another hurtful comment about my body. I had been looking forward to the visit, and their words drained every bit of joy out of the occasion. In that moment, I reached my breaking point. In the past,...