A Conversation on Intuition, Healing, and Sustainable Shamanic Practice
I joined Lisbeth Peterson on her show, Raise the Vibe with Liz, for a warm and wide-ranging conversation about the path that led me from an intuitive childhood in Manhattan to teaching shamanism from Kauai. Liz asked thoughtful questions, and we covered a lot of ground: what it was like to grow up sensing and knowing things other people didn't, the many healing modalities I studied along the way, and how the teaching work found me rather than the other way around.
We talked about why I practice and teach a drug-free method, how the agreements formed in early childhood quietly run our lives beneath the level of belief, and why affirmations so rarely reach them. We also explored some of the themes I care about most: spiritual sovereignty and the importance of a direct, unmediated connection to Creator, the difference between universal shamanic practice and the appropriation of another culture's specific ceremonies, and the particular challenges facing people who work in the healing arts.
One thread I especially valued was the conversation about sustainability, both personal and collective: how healers can serve others without sacrificing themselves, and how normalizing shamanic consciousness can help us step back into our role as caretakers of the web of life.
If this conversation resonates, you can learn this work beginning with Level 1 - The Fundamentals of Shamanism.