The Practical Shaman

Renee Baribeau, The Practical Shaman, and Tracee Dunblazier challenge the traditional shamanic concept of "neutrality," arguing that true spiritual maturity requires taking the side of humanity rather than standing apart from conflict . Both hosts open up about their own uncomfortable awakenings regarding white privilege and family history, discussing the necessary work of dismantling internal bias and facing the "feminine rage" often suppressed by culture . This episode is a call to action for intuitive critical thinking in an era of misinformation . Tracee and Renee demonstrate that the path to deep healing—whether through Tracee’s book Conquer Your Karmic Relationships or honest dialogue—requires pulling back the covers on difficult truths to restore the soul. Tracee Dunblazier is a Los Angeles-based spiritual empath, shaman, and 68-time international award-winning author, and hybrid-publisher at GoTracee Publishing. As a certified grief counselor and multi-sensitive, Tracee’s blend of intuitive information combined with different modalities, has provided the opportunity for thousands to achieve deep healing and create the success and peace they seek in their lives. Tracee serves as President of the Coalition of Visionary Resources, the trade organization for the Mind, Body, Spirit Industry.

In this session, Itzhak shares a ritual teaching from Ecuadorian shamanic traditions on how light is born in times of great personal and planetary shadow. Through story and simple practices, he invites you to face what has been hidden, reclaim your own inner fire, and become a beacon of hope and clarity for others. Itzhak Beery is an internationally respected shamanic teacher, healer, speaker, and community builder, known for bridging the wisdom of indigenous elders with the needs of our fractured modern world. Since 1995 he has devoted his life to shamanism, studying and apprenticing with shamans in Ecuador, Brazil, and other regions, and carrying their teachings into accessible, grounded practice. He is the author of three Amazon bestselling books on shamanism and the founder of Shaman Portal, the Andes Summit, and the Shaman Portal Quarterly Review magazine. Itzhak also co-founded the NY Shamanic Circle and Amaroo Sanctuary in Ecuador and received the Ambassador for Peace Award from the Universal Peace Federation and the United Nations. Through his writing, journeys, and trainings, he mentors a new generation of shamanic healers and Earthkeepers and helps keep the Sacred Inner Fire of the heart alive in challenging times.

Sandi offers a half-hour Native flute concert featuring original pieces and seasonal music. She will introduce several of her handmade flutes, sharing the woods they are crafted from, their tone colors, ranges, and unique personalities. Some songs are written specifically for individual flutes, inviting you into a musical journey that can transport you to magical inner landscapes and soothe the spirit during the Solstice season. Sandi Horton is a composer and performer devoted to the Native American flute. In 2025 she was named "Best Flute Player" at the Native Rhythms Festival in Florida and has shared her music internationally, from Ireland and London to New Zealand and Australia. Her fourth solo album, Native Flute Journeys-4, received "Best Album February 2024" from One World Music Radio. With a background as a band director and school counselor and advanced degrees in music and educational psychology, Sandi now focuses on bringing healing, beauty, and story through her music at retreats, concerts, and spiritual gatherings around the world.

Most of us carry far more power than we ever learn to use. Judy invites you to explore where your power lives, how it leaks away, and how you can gather it back to shape the coming year with intention. Through shamanic perspective and practical guidance, you will learn how to partner with Spirit and your own deep knowing to align your energy with what you truly want to manifest in 2026. Judy Ramsey has been a shamanic practitioner for twenty years. She offers shamanic training as one of Sandra Ingerman's teachers, provides healing for both humans and more-than-humans, and mentors emerging practitioners. Judy has been doing WindWork for nearly five years. An ordained animal chaplain, she also teaches and offers animal communication and is currently supporting Penelope Smith in her online certification program.

Christina explores what it takes to remain grounded, open-hearted, and effective when the world feels like it is unraveling. Drawing on decades of shamanic practice, she shares tools for cultivating inner steadiness and courage, transforming fear into informed action, and becoming the medicine that is needed in your family, community, and culture. Christina Pratt is the founder of Last Mask Center in Portland, Oregon, where she offers a full online curriculum of shamanic life skills as well as healing for individuals, families, and communities. Her four-year in-person training, The Cycle of Transformation, prepares people to step into passionate, responsible action on behalf of the Earth and future generations. Christina is known for bringing ancient animist ways into the realities of contemporary life so that we, the living, can heal, innovate, and become good ancestors. She is the host of the archives of the podcast Why Shamanism Now, author of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Shamanism, and a frequent summit presenter, sharing practices for ecological and economic responsibility in everyday action. Her current focus is the healing of ancestral lines and the initiation of young people into spiritual adulthood so that all life, human and more-than-human, can flourish.

Drawing from his Xhosa and Swazi Sangoma lineages, John shares how to listen for the guidance of your ancestors in uncertain times. Through story, prayer, and simple practices, he shows how dreams, signs, and the natural world can reveal the path forward and how ancestral connection can strengthen your heart, restore belonging, and help you walk with courage. John Lockley is a fully initiated and ordained Sangoma, or African shaman, in the Xhosa and Swazi lineages of South Africa. Apprenticed for ten years under his teacher MaMngwevu, who first saw him in a dream, he received the name Ucingolweendaba, the messenger or bridge between cultures. John is the author of Leopard Warrior and the audio teachings The Way of the Leopard from Sounds True. For more than seventeen years he has led Ubuntu and Way of the Leopard retreats around the world, helping people reconnect with indigenous African medicine, the Earth, and their ancestors. He holds an honours degree in Clinical Psychology, has practiced Zen meditation for more than thirty years, and was recently honored by his Xhosa community as an elder sangoma in recognition of nearly three decades of walking his calling.

In this equine-guided session, Aimee invites you to connect with the sentinel nature of horses and mules who quietly watch over their herds and humans. The rescue animals of Coachella Valley Horse Rescue will energetically hold sacred space as you are led to unearth soul memories, awaken intuitive guidance, and remember your own role as guardian for the beings and places you love. Aimee Mosco is a co-founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC, an author, columnist, animal communicator, and spiritual teacher devoted to collaborative healing between humans and animals. Her practitioner network spans the globe, bringing her work into many cultures and communities. A passionate advocate for animals, Aimee gives voice to their messages and works closely with the rescue horses and mules of Coachella Valley Horse Rescue in Southern California, where she serves as both a volunteer and executive board member. You can find her work at ihsunity.com.

Across the world it can feel as if the living fabric of Nature is being torn apart. Evelyn invites us to step into our role as shamanic visionaries and to participate in the Earth's renewal. Through guided journeys and ceremony, you will explore how to draw deep stability and power from the Earth, hold a clear heart-centered vision of a vibrant planet, and stand in resilient faith rather than collapse into despair. Evelyn C. Rysdyk is a beloved shamanic teacher, storyteller, and author whose work has illuminated the path for spiritual seekers around the world for more than three decades. Her books, including The Norse Shaman, Spirit Walking: A Course in Shamanic Power, A Spirit Walker's Guide to Shamanic Tools, and The Nepalese Shamanic Path (with Bhola Banstola), have become trusted companions for those called to this work. As cofounder of Spirit Passages Academy and a featured instructor for The Shift Network, Sounds True, and other international programs, Evelyn is known for her loving humor, depth, and warmth, and for inspiring people to live more joyful, purposeful, and spirit-guided lives.

Linda guides you into a conscious pause, a space of stillness where you can listen for the light within and gently reconnect with your inner wisdom. Through reflection, breath, and simple shamanic practices, she helps you reset your nervous system and remember that even in dark times, your inner fire is never lost. An accomplished teacher, mentor, and shamanic practitioner, Linda Fitch has spent nearly three decades exploring how ancient wisdom can help us become the best version of ourselves. She has trained thousands of students in personal development and shamanic healing, weaving ceremony, ritual, dream work, and practical tools for everyday life. Linda has worked directly with shamans and healers of the Andes and Amazon, leads sacred journeys to Peru, and maintains a global healing and coaching practice. https://www.lindalfitch.com/

In this guided journey, Christina invites you to travel inward and downward, grounding into the Earth and connecting with Pachamama, the Mother of Creation. Together you will rediscover resilience at its true source, root into the living field beneath you, and feel the support of your collective connections. This practice helps you remember the steadiness that rises when you are resourced from below and held by the Earth. Christina Allen, Neuro-Mystic and lineage-trained Paqo, works at the threshold between worlds where frozen places begin to thaw and spirit returns to the body. With more than thirty years in the healing arts, she bridges Andean energy medicine and trauma-resolution science to help people melt old survival patterns, awaken the original light of their Seed, and come home to themselves in clarity, power, and presence.

We will begin our Solstice Gathering with an opening blessing from Sandra Ingerman, inviting the global Fire Tender community into a unified field of light, protection, and prayer as we step together into the longest night. Sandra Ingerman, MA, is a world-renowned teacher of shamanism, known for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods with the needs of modern life. She has been teaching for about forty years, offering international workshops on shamanic journeying, soul retrieval, and healing environmental pollution through spiritual means. https://www.sandraingerman.com/ The award-winning author of twelve books, including Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, Medicine for the Earth, Walking in Light, and The Book of Ceremony, her work has helped thousands heal from trauma and reconnect with spiritual light. She also co-hosts The Shaman’s Cave podcast with Renee Baribeau, gathering a global community around practical, nature-based spirituality. Shamanstv.com

Deborah guides a group attunement and gives visual expression to the collective field through Touch Drawing. As soulful images emerge under her fingertips, you are invited to sense how they mirror the energies moving in and around you. Deborah and Renee will reflect on the images together, and the session will close with drumming, toning, and time to integrate what has been received. Deborah Koff-Chapin is the creator of Touch Drawing, a simple yet profound art form that came through her in 1974. She is the author of Drawing Out Your Soul and the artist of SoulCards 1 and 2 and Portals of Presence. Deborah teaches and exhibits internationally and offers online programs including Song Bath Sanctuary and other spaces for contemplative creativity. Her work invites people of all abilities to discover art as a direct path to soul and as a way to attune to the unseen dimensions of life.

Renee opens the Solstice Gathering by lighting the central fire and welcoming Fire Tenders from around the world into a shared field of Sacred Resilience. She will set the energetic container for the weekend, offer a brief blessing, and share simple instructions for tending your home altar, candle, or fire so you can stay connected to the vigil in a way that fits your life. You will leave this opening session knowing exactly how to participate, when to check in, and how to weave your own prayers into the collective flame. Renee Baribeau, known as The Practical Shaman, is an award-winning Hay House author of Winds of Spirit and creator of the Wind Walker’s Wisdom Oracle. Her newest book, A Pilgrim’s Guide to Walking Wisdom: 11:11 Insights, offers a grounded path for navigating life transitions with clarity and courage. Renee is the founder of the Winter Solstice Fire Tenders Gathering and teaches internationally, blending ancient elemental practices with modern tools for Sacred Resilience. She is co-host of The Shamans Cave podcast with Sandra Ingerman and is a trusted soul coach for people whose purpose is to make the world a better place for generations to come. ThePracticalShaman.com and WindWork.org

In this intimate and insightful conversation, The Practical Shaman, Renee Baribeau, welcomes psychologist, shamanic practitioner, and best-selling author Carl Greer to explore the power of rewriting your personal narrative. Drawing on Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and shamanic journeying, Carl shares transformative tools from his new workbook, Go Within, guiding listeners to engage with the inner world to find clarity, healing, and purpose. Topics Include: • Why your story matters and how to consciously rewrite it • The healing power of symbols, dreams, and imagination • What shamanic journeying offers for self-inquiry • Carl’s own path from business to depth psychology and healing • Simple exercises from Go Within to begin your own inner exploration A beautiful blend of grounded wisdom and spiritual insight, this episode is a reminder that it’s never too late to change your inner dialogue and live a more soul-aligned life. Order Carl’s workbook: Go Within https://www.amazon.com/Within-Change-Your-Life-Transformation/dp/1685035353 Learn more about his work: https://carlgreer.com/ Subscribe and listen on all major platforms: https://thepracticalshaman.com/podcasts/

Richard Louis Miller – clinical psychologist, author, and broadcaster with over 64 years of clinical experience in mind-body health. As the founder of the internationally-recognized Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program and the creator of the nationally-acclaimed Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs, he has dedicated his life to enhancing well-being. His innovative approaches to healing have been showcased across national media, including television, print, and film documentaries. He's presented at numerous professional conferences and has served as consultant to the California State Assembly, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Presidents Commission on Mental Health. In addition to his clinical pursuits and writing, he hosts the Mind Body Health & Politics internet radio broadcast, where he delves into the intersection of personal well-being and societal issues. He is the author of five books on psychedelic medicine human sexuality.

Lisa Tener is an award winning author, book writing and publishing coach. Lisa is known for helping writers easily access creative flow, free their voice, and bring forth their best work. She is the author of Breathe. Write. Breathe.: 18 Energizing Practices to Spark Your Writing and Free Your Voice which offers ancient mindful movement and breathing practices to access a state of creative flow at will. Lisa served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course for over a dozen years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in management from MIT and is certified by RP Qigong to teach Empowerments and Happiness Qigong. Her previous book The Joy of Writing Journal won five book awards, including the Nautilus, IPPY and Ben Franklin book awards. https://www.lisatener.com/

Tammy Mastroberte is a best-selling and award-winning author, spiritual teacher, and wellness expert. Her mission is to help people use the simple and practical tools that are right at their fingertips, to thrive in everyday life, and create creative positive changes. Tammy’s upcoming book, The Higher Help Method: Stop Trying to Manifest and Let the Universe Guide You (April 16 2024, Sounds True) is a powerful guide for creating the fulfilling life we all strive for, using a variety of tools such as meditation and shifting your mindset to gain clarity in the moments we need it the most. By utilizing these tools, more individuals can manifest a life they love waking up to each day, especially in the areas where they feel stuck. Learn more about her: https://tammymastroberte.com

In this enlightening keynote, Renee Baribeau, also known as The Practical Shaman, delves into the profound wisdom of nature-based traditions as powerful tools for healing and recovery. Drawing from her extensive experience and deep understanding of shamanic practices, Renee illuminates how these ancient traditions provide not just a connection to the natural world, but also offer transformative pathways for those seeking recovery and renewal. Throughout the talk, Renee explores various aspects of nature-based healing, from the role of ritual and ceremony in personal transformation to the therapeutic power of natural elements like wind, water, and earth. She shares personal anecdotes, historical perspectives, and practical insights, demonstrating how these practices can be integrated into modern life for emotional, spiritual, and physical healing. Renee’s keynote is not only a journey through the rich tapestry of shamanic wisdom but also a call to action for embracing these timeless practices in our daily lives. Attendees will leave with a deeper appreciation of the natural world, practical tools for self-healing, and an inspired perspective on the power of ancient traditions in contemporary recovery paths.

Renee Baribeau interviews Dr. Valorie Prahl , author of Body Messengers: A Planetary Archetypal Guide for Health Patterns, Well-Being, and Self-Healing Dr. Valorie Prahl is a Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Clinical Nutritionist, and an integrative practitioner in active practice for more than thirty-five years. Her frustration with the typical medical approach of suppressing symptoms without finding their underlying cause set her on a journey to discover solutions. Dr. Prahl has spent decades exploring alternative healing and ways to help others. She knows that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. She understands how people get ill and how they can progress to health. Over the past several years, she has been learning and exploring ancient healing arts and energy healing practices as well as genetic optimization. The body has an innate ability to heal once the causes of disease and ill health are illuminated. Order your book here: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Messengers-Archetypal-Well-Being-Self-Healing/dp/B0CDQ4SFSV/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Body+Messengers%3A+A+Planetary+Archetypal+Guide+for+Health+Patterns%2C+Well-Being%2C+and+Self-Healing&qid=1694572404&sr=8-1

In this captivating episode of The Practical Shaman's Podcast, join us as Renee Baribeau engages in a feisty challenge with Kerri Hummingbird, exploring her ideas about the state of the world and its root causes. Kerri Hummingbird, a Medicine Woman, Mother, and Mentor, is the visionary Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that imparts ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas, empowering individuals to embrace their wisdom and live their purpose. Follow Renee Baribeau, The Practical Shaman ThePracticalShaman.com Kerri Hummingbird is a renowned international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama," a book that has held its place as an international bestseller for over 177 weeks. Her latest work, "Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound," illuminates the direct path to self-realization. As the host of the Soul Nectar Show, Kerri passionately inspires people to lead their lives with authenticity, passion, and purpose, creating a positive impact on others. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation as Kerri Hummingbird, with her healing abilities and mentoring expertise, catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. Be prepared to dive deep into the heart of Kerri's upcoming book, "Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity," scheduled to be released on Earth Day 2023. Don't miss this illuminating discussion that will leave you inspired and eager to explore the profound connections between spirituality, healing, and the world we inhabit. https://kerrihummingbird.com/

Renee Baribeau the Practical Shaman, interviews Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a school for consciousness. Isa is the creator of Depth Hypnosis, a groundbreaking therapeutic model that incorporates shamanic healing practices with hypnotherapy, Buddhist and Transpersonal psychology, and energy medicine. She is also the creator of the shamanic counseling process, Applied Shamanic Counseling and the certificate programs in Applied Shamanic Practice and Plant Medicine Insight Integration. She has trained hundreds of students and practitioners in these models as the primary teacher at the Sacred Stream. Isa teaches and speaks nationally and internationally, and has published numerous articles, podcast episodes, videos, and the books, Coming to Peace and The New Return to the Great Mother. Coming to Peace and to the book itself: Coming to Peace: Conflict Resolution Techniques and Coming to Peace. The essence of resolution lies in the recognition of the deep and unbroken connectedness that we share as human beings. This groundbreaking book shows how the processes of Coming to Peace meet those in conflict and provides them a pathway to reconciliation and wholeness. Link to our Plant Medicine Insight Integration certificate program. https://www.sacredstream.org/advanced-training-in-plant-medicine/

Nathan Agin is an actor, marketer, and audiobook narrator/producer whose voice "cuts right to the chase." He has completed 50+ audiobooks, won an Earphones Award (with Penguin Random House), and was an Apple Books "Must Listen" (with HarperCollins). He has also narrated 100+ articles for New York Times best-selling author Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck). As an author, he self-published and narrated his own book, A Beginner's Meditation Course. He brings 10+ years of web design, email marketing, and social media experience to his work as an audiobook coach and consultant. Learn more at audionathan.com Winds of Spirit Info: https://thepracticalshaman.com/winds-of-spirit-book/

Prolific author, psychotherapist, educator, international activist and journey leader, Ed Tick, PhD is honored for his forty years of pioneering work healing the invisible wounds of war and violent trauma. He was Co-founder/Director of the non-profit Soldier’s Heart, Inc. for 13 years and continues to support war-healing internationally. He is the Pentagon-appointed subject matter expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Moral Injury. In addition to his forthcoming title Soul Medicine: Healing Through Dream Incubation, Visions, Oracles and Pilgrimages (Healing Arts Press | Inner Traditions, 2023), Ed has authored four nonfiction books including the groundbreaking War and the Soul and Warrior’s Return, and two books of poetry. His works have been translated or are being translated into Ukrainian, Greek, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Japanese, and Italian. Ed guides war and trauma survivors to achieve healing, meaning, reconciliation and friendship. His work is devoted to healing from millenniums of collective trauma and restoring soul and spirit in our modern world.

IAM WINTER SOLSTICE SYMPOSIUM & FIRE TENDERS GATHERING 2022 Tending Sacred Space Thank you for your interest in creating an altar for the IAM Winter Solstice Fire Tenders Gathering. This year’s focus is “Inwardly Strong”. Throughout the ages, shamans were called to hold the container, with a clear vision for the health of their communities. Even with all our magic and shamanic tools, this service has become a challenge, and yet the call from the Wind Spirits grows louder and more fierce. This year I have been called to offer Sanctuary to our Community, and offer a Winter Solstice Ceremony, then lead a group to quietly tend to our Inner Flame. It is time to become “inwardly strong” as one of our Windies, Michelle Latinski so aptly called her personal result after two years in the WindWork ® apprenticeship program. This year we will deepen the experience as we apprentice to the wind spirits to usher back the light. We will be holding a 10-day personal altar vigil. Instead of lots of activity and live presentations, we will walk quietly with our prayer in Nature. Renee will send a daily short video prompt, and there will be a private group for sharing your inner experience. Find out more https://thepracticalshaman.com/iam-symposium-fire-tenders-gathering-2022/

IAM WINTER SOLSTICE SYMPOSIUM & FIRE TENDERS GATHERING 2022 Becoming "Inner Strong" Thank you for your interest in creating an altar for the IAM Winter Solstice Fire Tenders Gathering. This year’s focus is “Inwardly Strong”. Throughout the ages, shamans were called to hold the container, with a clear vision for the health of their communities. Even with all our magic and shamanic tools, this service has become a challenge, and yet the call from the Wind Spirits grows louder and more fierce. This year I have been called to offer Sanctuary to our Community, and offer a Winter Solstice Ceremony, then lead a group to quietly tend to our Inner Flame. It is time to become “inwardly strong” as one of our Windies, Michelle Latinski so aptly called her personal result after two years in the WindWork ® apprenticeship program. This year we will deepen the experience as we apprentice to the wind spirits to usher back the light. We will be holding a 10-day personal altar vigil. Instead of lots of activity and live presentations, we will walk quietly with our prayer in Nature. Renee will send a daily short video prompt, and there will be a private group for sharing your inner experience. Find out more https://thepracticalshaman.com/iam-symposium-fire-tenders-gathering-2022/ Discount Code mentioned in audio is: 2023strong

Steve Bull and Sally Denny, Jesus the Ultimate Shaman Order the book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Ultimate-Shaman-Enriching-Practices/dp/195582178X/ Spiritual life dull and predictable, going nowhere? Trust us to infuse your life with personal power, confidence, and excitement. Sally and Steve combine a rich mixture of multi-disciplines from careers, theological education, and shamanic training that coalesce to offer wisdom and experience for your spiritual development. If you’ve picked up this book, there’s a reason you’ve been drawn to it. Jesus, the Ultimate Shaman provides all readers with many shamanic tools they can use to heal themselves, others, and their environment. It shows people of all philosophies and faith perspectives that Shamanism isn’t a threat or in competition with their beliefs. Are you looking for answers for how to deepen your relationship with Creator-God, Spirit, yourself, or others? No one walks away from this book without the potential to change their own life. • Jesus used powerful shamanic practices. Find out how he did this. Learn from his example. • Use this book to shift into a new paradigm to enhance your spiritual life and experiences. • Turn on to shamanic practices that connect you to Spirit and the divine creation rather than merely an intellectual faith. Jesus the Ultimate Shaman is an easy-to-read book that introduces readers to Shamanism and shows how Jesus practiced its powerful principles. Steve Bull Steve holds a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of (Clinical) Social Work. He worked as a Christian missionary for 16 years, pioneering two works: in the inner city of San Francisco as an outreach to impoverished Central American refugees; the other in the remote parts of Eastern Oregon to cowboys and ranchers. Following his ministries, Steve worked as a psychotherapist for 19 years, holding a license in Clinical Social Work. Steve also functioned as a Social Worker and Chaplain for Hospice over a number of years. Experiences in ministry, psychotherapy, and hospice motivated Steve to integrate his understanding of spirituality, religion, and his professional training through the study of Shamanism. How are people healed who are deeply, traumatically wounded on a soul/spirit basis, such as the veterans with whom Steve worked? How do people grow and enhance a connection with their spirit during their lifetime and then easily cross to the next life? How are people physically healed by working with their spirit in the physical/spirit realms? These and other questions have excited Steve’s heart and mind and continually led him to learn and access the spirit world. The authorship of this book has come out of the deep questioning that provoked Steve’s thinking. Sally Denny Sally has had an intimate connection with the spirit realm since childhood. Being involved in leadership capacities within the Catholic and Protestant churches she attended through the years, Sally has led retreats, seminars, Bible studies, and liturgical gatherings in lay and staff positions. For the last twenty years she has worked as a licensed massage and bodywork therapist. Sally’s private practice therapies are based on bioenergetics and polarity, which are ways of connecting and balancing the body’s energies, to bring both physical and life challenges into balance. She brings the power of Spirit into each client’s sessions, working to bring wholeness through intuitive and claircognizant healing. Sally enjoys time with her animals, family and friends, baking and cooking delicious foods, and creating beauty in her Sonoran Desert home environment.

Howard G. Charing: The Amazonian Angel Oracle https://www.hgcharing.com/ Born in London, and lived in the Netherlands, the USA, and Peru. He worked in the computer industry from 1970 to 1991. He quit the industry following an elevator crash in which he suffered serious injuries; a broken neck and severe spinal damage. In this accident he had a near‐death experience that transformed his life. This accident closed the door to his ‘normal’ prosaic life, however new doors leading to exploration and adventure opened. Over the last 30 years he has become acknowledged as an international workshop leader on shamanism, an author and visionary artist. For over twenty years he has worked with some of the most respected and extraordinary shamans and elders in the Andes, the Amazon Rainforest, and the Philippines. He has run training and developmental courses on behalf of the prestigious Foundation for Shamanic Studies (USA), and for many years worked with Eagle’s Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanism one of the foremost training organisations in Europe. He has also qualified as a Pre‐Birth Therapist with the Whole‐Self Institute. In 2016, Howard organized the first major conference in East Europe ‘Sumiruna Awakenings’ dedicated to visionary consciousness. This conference featured luminaries such as Graham Hancock, Dennis McKenna, Jan Kounen, plus many others. Howard’s books are; The Amazonian Angel Oracle, The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo, The Accidental Shaman, Plant Spirit Shamanism. He is a visionary artist, and holds workshops on shamanism and shamanic healing. The Amazonian Angel Oracle is a 33 card deck and guidebook published by Inner Traditions and inspired by the visionary art and wisdom of Pablo Amaringo.

In 2015, Kevin Krenitsky, MD began the process of withdrawing from the constant focus on the external experience of working to obtain more... more money, status, etc.. After my position as Chief Commercial Officer at Foundation Medicine (FMI) successfully ended, I continued to work as the President of a small biotech company for a year and a half, but the pull to go "inward' became too great. In 2017, we sold our home and moved down to southwest Florida where we arranged our life around a full time pursuit of spirituality. At first, this was a continuation of the deeper principles of A Course in Miracles, but I quickly hit a roadblock there as well. That prompted another great "willingness" and this willingness led me to discover the direct path to the recognition of our true nature. At that time, Kevin was going through an extremely difficult withdrawal from decades of taking anti-anxiety medication and one day while sitting in meditation, and in the midst of seemingly overwhelming anxiety, the mind completely stopped, dissolving into its source. In that timeless instant, all concepts were resolved. This was not an experience but rather the absence of all experience leaving only pure being. In this instant, all labels such as holy spirit, consciousness, presence, Tao, etc., were known and experienced as our eternal nature, which is happiness itself. Five years later, after considerable integration of this recognition, I wrote The Still Point to help others recognize the ever present reality of their true nature of peace and happiness. Thepracticalshaman.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin Krenitsky is a medical doctor and author of The Still Point. Despite leading a life deemed outwardly "successful", he lived with a deep background of anxiety, fear, and stress that waxed and waned since early childhood. At the age of forty, in the midst of decades of suppressing tremendous inner and outer conflict, he reasoned there must be another way. This 'willingness' led to a decade of studying non-duality by way of A Course in Miracles. In 2015, at the height of a successful business career as Chief Commercial Officer at Foundation Medicine (FMI), Kevin turned away into relative isolation, and found the direct path to recognizing ones true nature. He wrote The Still Point to help others find their eternal nature, which is happiness itself. ABOUT THE BOOK: Many people live lives riddled with outright anxiety and fear. Instead of happiness and ease being the normal state of existence, they experience happiness as only brief moments of joy, when some desire has been temporarily fulfilled. But it does not have to be this way; happiness can be recognized as our natural state of being. According to Krenitsky, we are in the midst of the biggest wave of awakening or self-realization this planet has ever seen. Our unconscious living has not only created stress, anxiety, wars, and famine; our choices have brought us to the edge of mass destruction. The earth has suffered greatly from our collective human unconsciousness. In The Still Point, Krenitsky shows us a better way. He shows us how to discover and live our lives in alignment with our true self. More than just a mental concept, the Still Point is a felt experience of recognizing our own self-aware being. When the Still Point becomes obscured by giving exclusive focus to the noise of the outside world, we lose our feelings of peace and happiness. Engaging and thought-provoking, The Still Point takes readers on a journey of self-discovery, ultimately leading to the recognition that our self-aware nature is happiness and peace itself.https://authorkevinkrenitsky.com/

Kat Sticker is an elemental alchemist focused on energy healing and herbalism. She teaches others to use the elements of nature for healing and harmony. Kat’s training as a Certified Angelic Reiki Master, Certified Usui Reiki Master, Certified Animal Reiki Master, Attuned Dragon Energy Healer, Crystal Healer, Akashic Records Reader, and Certified Spiritual Healer provided a broad understanding of the pillars of wellness to build the Elemental Alchemy Healing Framework. She mentors and offers courses on healing and wellness and leads meditation and healing circles in an online environment. I am love, I am light, I am filled with the Divine. I am connected to you and to Gaia and every living thing filling the earth and to every universal being of light. This oneness allows me to live in the present in a world of suffering souls and find peace in knowing that Divine Spirit is guiding me to fulfill a great purpose. That is to use the talents, attunements, elements, and gifts of the Earth to ease that suffering, to empower others to find their balance in the universe and heal themselves.

As the Cranial Sacral Therapist door was opened, I was drawn to birth imprints and birth trauma, leading to Pre / Perinatal professional training with Myrna Martin. A new passion was discovered. With Shamanism and Dreamwork also key doors on my path, awareness of a birth dream seemed significant as my journey intertwined with a Kundalini process. I struggled as things that appeared so clear were not aligning in reality. Unconscious patterns, ancestral, karmic and past life issues all came to the forefront. It felt like I was wading through an alternate reality that had me feeling weighed down with a stuck anchor. This process took years before the sun started to bring clarity and clear skies. Life’s spiritual awakening journey continues now with clear vision. At present I am Wind Walking with the Wind Clan as I invite the winds and writing in my life as I open to new channels ready to stream forth.

Linda Yeazel is a Master Certified Integrative Life Coach. All of the models Linda coaches in are based on the concept of Wholeness. She is certified in Breakthrough Shadow Work; Healing Your Heart; Courage; Setting Boundaries; and Reinvention Coaching. Linda’s approach to coaching is playful, curious, and instinctive – always looking for the gifts, lessons, wisdom, and possibilities for moving forward. The client has all of their own answers, but working with a coach opens the doors to discovering the answers locked in their unconscious mind. she’s the step-mom to an adult daughter with special needs, has been married 35 years, and lives in So. California.

In 1995, Deborah created a vessel for her images in the form of SoulCards. They are now used worldwide by therapists, workshop leaders, creative writers, and a broad range of individuals. Deborah has developed other deep streams of imagery through the process. In private sessions, she creates a series of drawings inspired by the subtle presence of the person she is with. These Inner Portraits bring into form many dimensions of the soul. Deborah has also developed the art of Interpretive Touch Drawing. Sitting with her drawing board at a lecture, she listens into the heart of the content and translates it into timeless poetic imagery. She now has an archive of drawings inspired by over 600 different authors and wisdom keepers of our time.

Hello, my name is Tricia Mogstad but my spirit name is White Buffalo Woman. I have been working with spirit, earth elementals, and animals for most of my life but more officially for the last 28 years. I officially began my training in Norway in my 20’s with a Scandinavian Shaman, Christer, who took me through the ropes, training, and initiation. In the first year back in Canada, I was led to another Medicine woman from BC, White Elk Medicine woman whom I have worked closely with for the last 13 years. I am currently deep in a specialized training apprenticeship with a Wind Shaman, Renee Baribeau, that has added a monumental force not only in my work but in my personal life. I look forward to bringing to this table of ours more knowledge and healing for you and our earth. I am also a wildlife rehabilitator, Holistic Health Practitioner, Homeopath, Craniosacral Therapist, Reiki Master, and Chios Energy Master.

I have been a part of the Wind Walker Clan this year and feel very inspired. I have been following a Shamanic Path since 2012. Nature is my medicine.

Tina Proctor is a peace advocate and storyteller, who has spent the past 12 years introducing women and girls to goddess stories from around the world. She has an MS in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University and an MA in Women’s Spirituality from New College, a program that now resides at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California. Tina is a certified labyrinth facilitator and enjoys introducing people to the deep intuitive releases of this winding meditative path.

Christina Lee Pratt is a shamanic healer, author, and teacher of exceptional clarity, humor, and practicality. Her mission is to draw on the foundational wisdom of the ancient peoples to offer current practices to heal, change, innovate, and become the medicine needed in our time. She believes that together we can create a just world where life flourishes and we hold sacred the responsibility to be ecologically and economically sustainable in our every action. Her current focus is pioneering new shamanic techniques to deal with the unique illnesses of our times and share them via technology in global shamanic activism. She is the founder of Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing, in Portland, Oregon, and The Cycle of Transformation, four-year training and cosmology. She is the host of the international, Internet radio show Why Shamanism Now and its archive of free podcasts, the author of the two-volume set “An Encyclopedia of Shamanism”, and a favorite presenter in several Shamanic Summits, including those for Shift Network and Sounds True.

John Lockley is a Sounds True author, public speaker and traditional african shaman/ Sangoma. John leads retreats & gives private sessions worldwide. He is the author of Leopard Warrior and The Way of the Leopard. Learn more about his work on his website or follow him on Instagram.

I am a multi-faceted Holistic Wellness Practitioner, Group Ecotherapy Facilitator, and movement artist, who uses music, sound, and vocalization to transcend the barriers of the logical mind and connect us fully with ourselves as whole beings. I am passionate about restorative & transformative justice, decolonizing wellness, and contributing to efforts to uplift folx who have been marginalized & oppressed.

Lisa is a writer, shamanic practitioner, attorney, and sacred listener. In addition to offering one-on-one shamanic sessions, she also leads Listening Retreats and other intensive opportunities to engage in self-revelation, compassion, and growth. Lisa’s present focus is on shamanic healing, writing, and advocating for people to reconnect with themselves and Mother Nature. To her, the power of listening is key. With one foot in the logical world of the mind and her other foot in the intuitive world of the heart, Lisa brings a unique perspective to life and its challenges, using humor to get over the rough spots. As of today, Lisa is on Day 404 of her 1111 Devotion, which is her ambitious (some might say crazy) commitment to writing 1,111 consecutive daily blog posts in honor of the creativity of her eldest son, Karl, who died on 11/11/11. You can find her blog, Ruffled Feathers, at www.owlmedicine.com, or read her posts on her FaceBook pages, Owl Medicine Shamanic Healing and Owl Medicine (the book).

Linda Fitch is a practicing shaman who has studied and worked with the medicine men and women of Peru for more than two decades. The former ​Dean​ of the Four Winds Society​ Light Body School of Energy Medicine, she has trained thousands of students in shamanic healing practices. Widely recognized for her groundbreaking trainings and classes, ​she ​has led multiple expeditions to the high mountains and jungles of Peru. She also maintains an active personal healing practice, working with clients around the globe and teaches regularly online and in person.

I am a Shamanism Practitioner, Certified Life Coach, Channel/ Medium, Intuitive. I combine these ancient and modern techniques to help my clients begin or continue their path of healing. I have been trained by many people, all of which I have deep gratitude for helping me find my practice, and affecting how I see the world.

Terry Morgan has nine years experience teaching Transfiguration, Extraction, and other advanced shamanic trainings. Terry has performed Soul Retrievals for many clients around the world and has conducted numerous healing ceremonies including her personal calling, Sacred Fire. Terry Morgan was a featured speaker in the Shift Network’s Shamanism Summit 2020: Invoking Our Elders, Mystics, and Ancient Wisdom Keepers During Life’s Challenges. Her services in astrology include in-depth individual and group sessions in evolutionary astrology, featuring her own signature work revealing the Black Moon Lilith’s potency in the chart, and her powerful use of shamanic journeying coupled into the astrological process. Terry’s shamanic training began with a two-year Core Shamanism Apprenticeship with Dory Cote and a two-year Initiations program with Dory Cote and Barbara Bloecher, followed by a course in Beginning Shamanism taught by Nan Moss and David Corbin for the Foundation Of Shamanic Studies. Terry then completed a one-year requisite course in Core Shamanism followed by a two-year Teacher Training with Sandra Ingerman, author of several books including Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth. Terry’s teaching experience includes eight years as Teaching Associate with Dory Cote at teaching centers including Kripalu, Omega, and Multiversity. Terry provides teaching assistance in Sandra Ingerman’s multi-year shamanic course series on the Shift Network. Terry is an approved shamanic instructor and practitioner listed on Sandra Ingerman’s worldwide site at ShamanicTeachers.com.

Itzhak is a leading international shamanic teacher, healer, speaker, community activist, and Amazon bestseller author of The Gift of Shamanism; Shamanic Transformations; and Shamanic Healing. Since1995, Itzhak bridges the spiritual and practical wisdom his indigenous teachers entrusted in him with a forthright contemporary approach relevant to our stressful and unbalanced modern times. Itzhak lead groups on healing expeditions to the Andes and the Amazon of Ecuador and Yucatan. He was initiated into the Circle of 24 Yachaks by his Quechua teacher in Ecuador and by Amazonian Kanamari Pajè. He has also trained intensively with other elders from South and North America. ​Itzhak is the founder of ShamanPortal.org, The Andes Summit, and co-founder of the New York Shamanic Circle; he is on the faculty of Kripalu Center, New York Open Center, The Shift Network, SoundsTrue, CoSM, Evolver, and staff teacher at Omega Institute. He received the ‘Ambassador for Peace Award’ from The Universal Peace Federation and the UN. His work has been featured in the New York Times, films, TV, and numerous webinars.

Henry Barnard Wesselman (1941-2021) was an American anthropologist known primarily for his Spiritwalker trilogy of spiritual memoirs. In them, he claims to have been in contact with “Nainoa”, an ethnic Hawaiian kahuna (shaman) living some 5,000 years in our future. This is the Journey from the Hank Wesselman talk during IAM Symposium 2020. Journey to the Fire Spirit. With permission from the great Kahuna elder, Hale Makua, Hank Wesselman, Ph.D, shares sacred Hawaiian spiritual knowledge seldom imparted to outsiders. Enjoy this mix of some of our favorite moments with Hank.

Lori Ann Lothian is a spiritual revolutionary, divine magic maker and all-purpose scribe. She writes about love, relationships, enlightenment and even sex, at Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Yoganonymous, Origin magazine, Better After 50 and more. She is also a senior editor at the online magazine, The Good Men Project, where she founded Good for the Soul, a section dedicated to the exploration of men and spirituality. Lori Ann lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and daughter, where she has learned to transcend the rain and surrender to mega doses of vitamin D.

Meg Beeler, MA, Shamanic Guide, expertly weaves her Energy Alchemy™ and Shamanic Meditation to guide seekers like you into joyful connection, soul healing, and luminous presence.She is the author of Weaving the Heart of the Universe into Your Life: Align to Cosmic Energy, forthcoming in 2017 from Findhorn Press, as well as Living in the Heart of the Universe. Meg is a mesa carrier, ordained Minister, initiated Priestess, and Ceremonialist. As a bridge to the Andean cosmovision, she offers community despacho ceremonies, transmits the Rites of Munay-Ki, and teaches shamanic ways for bringing Eagle and Condor together in your life. She is the founder of Earth Caretakers, dedicated to bringing to life our collective dream of a more beautiful world. Meg lives and teaches on Sonoma Mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Carol is an Author, Storyteller and Shamanic Practitioner. Her award winning book From Scared to Sacred is a memoir of dancing with her spiritual connection and the challenges of being human. Carol loves helping creatives and healers unleash their authentic soul voice. She works with clients, teaches classes and leads ceremonies in the Los Angeles area and via the internet.

Kimmberly Wotipka is a Spiritual Advisor, Sacred Possibilities Mentor, and International Bestselling Author. Most of her life has been devoted to a spiritual journey with many wise teachers and teachings, both Western and Eastern, as well as Norse Seiðr and the mystery tradition of Transformational Mediumship. She knows all too well what the voices of confusion, fear, and chaos each sound like. Not too long ago, she found herself with a business she had outgrown, a failed marriage, an empty nest, and no place to call home. While she was searching for her own sovereignty all she could think was, “What next?” It was through the process of her own transformation that she discovered what was keeping her stuck all that time and that led her to begin implementing everything life had trained her for up until that point. It is by unleashing YOUR unique power that you unlock the solutions within YOU that our world needs, especially at a time such as this. Kimmberly’s purpose is to help you build a relationship with these higher energies to support your greatest work.

Native Flute Journeys is the title of Sandi Horton’s first CD (2018) of ten original native flute songs she performs on multiple flutes. Native Flute Journeys 2 is her second album (2020). She enjoys performing and composing for native flute.

Reiki Master | Shamanic Practitioner | Grief Intuitive Coach Numerologist | Tarot Intuitive Reader | Spiritual Warrior Advocate™ Through Reiki, coaching, shamanic practices and other intuitive and spiritual tools, Erika is an advocate for your calm, peace and joy. Her desire is to help you feel lighter and brighter—and also help you realize and develop your own tools for maintaining your well-being, no matter what your external circumstances. “Be kind. Be hopeful. Be you. Be here.” Erika M. Schreck