Shamanic Practices

Universal Language

of Spirit

Shamanism is often referred to as “a lineage of direct transmission”​.  Not only  because this school of knowledge is passed down word-of-mouth from generation to generation, without any written account​, but also in what we receive in our deep meditation or shamanic journeys.   

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Words are very tricky things that have the power to either free or enslave the speaker, depending on how much weight is put into their value.​ However, ​worry over proper terminology when trying to describe something so universally relevant seems to complicate a fairly straightforward communication.

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​I find it fascinating that medicine men and women from tribes ​all over the planet...different corners of the world could know the same healing rites and methods of tapping into the essence of who we truly are as human beings. ​How we are all interconnected.​  Trees, rocks, water, fire, the Feathered, the two legged, ,the no legged....   EVERYTHING. 

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My definition of “shaman” is as follows (and does not reside in any geographic location or tribal origin): A shaman is a benevolent individual who uses altered states of consciousness, whether induced by drum, sacred plant medicine​ (which I do not do personally), or any other environmental variable, to connect with the spirit world​ in order assess healing and or to get direct revelation.

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This is never about claiming or replicating Indigenous traditions.   

My approach is inspired by many universal traditions of healing and reverence, while honoring ​our ancestors, the Indigenous peoples and wisdom keepers who have protected and carried these sacred ways.  

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Although I practice some of the ways and respect the path, I do not consider myself a shaman or medicine man nor have called myself one.