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What is a Shaman?

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A shaman is a healer who moves into an altered state of consciousness to access a hidden reality in the spirit world for purposes of bringing back healing, power, and information.

The word shaman comes from Siberia and means "one who sees in the dark" (the hidden realities), and widely refers to those who are medicine women/men, healers, and seers. Shamans believe that all problems, physical, emotional or mental, have their root cause in a spiritual imbalance.

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Shamans never work alone, but in conjunction with spiritual allies who guide them in providing what is needed for people.

A shaman works to restore balance and wholeness by addressing the root cause of the problem. Many methods are used in shamanic healing, including soul retrieval, retrieval of a spiritual ally, removal of unwanted energies, soul remembering, ancestral work, psychopomp (helping the deceased to cross over into the Light) and hands on healing.

In my own practice I tell clients this is not my work, but rather Spirit working through me. My goal is always to be a clear and open channel for God’s healing, wisdom, and love to flow through me for the highest healing of the client.

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Robin being blessed by an Andean Shaman


What is Shamanism?

Shamanism is widely believed to be the most ancient form of spiritual healing on the planet, dating back tens of thousands of years. It has been found in many indigenous cultures in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Central and Northern Asia, Eastern and Northern Europe and Africa.

The techniques used have withstood the test of time and are amazingly similar around the world, despite geographic and cultural differences among those practicing this mode of healing. Shamanism is about restoring wholeness and balance to people and places. Shamans believe that every cause of illness or disease and dis-ease (lack of ease) has its root cause in a spiritual imbalance and the practice of shamanic healing seeks to heal and restore balance and wholeness.

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Some of the techniques include soul retrieval, where the shaman brings back an individual's lost soul parts, and power animal retrieval, where the shaman brings back a spiritual guardian, usually in the form of a power animal to help restore power to an individual. Other shamanic healing modalities include the healing of ancestral patterns and issues, removal of blockages and unwanted energies, and the energetic clearing of land, homes and other office buildings and other structures.

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soul retrieval | power retrieval | extraction | soul remembering | ancestral healing
energy healing | energy clearing | home & land clearing | divine transmissions
psychopomp | mediumship | counseling


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