Fre­quently Asked Questions

 

Who is a shaman?

A shaman is a per­son of power and vision. As a shaman I can per­ceive the world around me from dif­fer­ent per­cep­tual states. I help peo­ple see what they can’t some­times see — the beauty of their lives, the beauty of their life lessons, no mat­ter how painful they can be. I help my clients dis­cover a vision for them­selves that they have been miss­ing, the vision that will nour­ish their soul and that will help them on their soul’s journey.

I assist peo­ple dur­ing tran­si­tional peri­ods in their lives or when they are sim­ply stuck. The map of life has become intractable and over­whelm­ing for them. I help my clients iden­tify what is in the way of liv­ing their life joy­fully, fully and pur­pose­fully, and then we work on remov­ing the obsta­cles. Once the path is clear, they can dis­cover new hori­zons, new ways of being and living.

What is the essence of shamanic healing?

First of all, I highly rec­om­mend watch­ing an 18-minute video in which my teacher Alberto Vil­loldo talks about mod­ern west­ern shaman­ism and explains the essence of the energy med­i­cine that I prac­tice. You can watch this clip here http://siwakinti.com/2011/03/western-shamans/

Peo­ple come to me with all sorts of inten­tions — to heal their bod­ies, their souls, to mend rela­tion­ships, to find their des­tiny and real­ize their soul’s deep­est long­ings. My role as a shaman is to give them the taste of infin­ity, the place out­side of time, where they can expe­ri­ence them­selves as whole, where they are not affected by dis­ease, trauma, doubt or fear. It is a very spe­cial, sacred expe­ri­ence and it hap­pens on an ener­getic level. Beyond the chat­ter of our dom­i­nant left-side lin­ear brain. We work together to plant the seeds of change that the per­son needs in order to spread their wings, shed beliefs that don’t serve them any­more and walk in life with beauty.

What tech­niques do you use?

I use ancient heal­ing tech­niques known to heal­ers of the world for thou­sands of years. They are the following:

Illu­mi­na­tion — lift­ing off heavy ener­gies from the person’s energy body.  
Soul Retrieval - retrieval of a soul piece, a vital life force that was lost due to a trau­matic expe­ri­ence.
Extrac­tions - removal of enti­ties and ener­gies that attach to a person’s energy field.
Ener­getic Pro­tec­tions — for walk­ing fear­lessly in this world, for being a peace­ful war­rior.
Death Rites - cer­e­monies to assist and honor dying or deceased fam­ily mem­bers, friends, loved ones.
Prayer Bun­dles (Despa­cho cer­e­mony) - to honor tran­si­tional peri­ods — new begin­nings, end­ings, or when an emer­gency spir­i­tual inter­ven­tion is needed.
Ener­getic clear­ing of land, homes and offices — clear­ing spaces of heavy ener­gies, trou­bled spir­its, help­ing land own­ers to dis­cover the power of the Earth that is avail­able to them.
Chakra Bal­anc­ing allows your energy to flow freely and leaves your whole self relaxed and glowing.

What hap­pens dur­ing a heal­ing ses­sion?
The ses­sions last on aver­age for an hour and a half. First we have a brief inter­view, iden­ti­fy­ing the issue we’ll be work­ing on, and then we move into an energy heal­ing stage, fol­lowed by inte­gra­tion work. Dur­ing the energy work part of the ses­sion you’ll be lying down fully dressed on a com­fort­able treat­ment table. If this is a dis­tance ses­sion, you’d be lying down wher­ever it is most com­fort­able, mak­ing sure you are not dis­turbed by any­thing or any­one.  It is impor­tant that I can hear your voice and your breath while you are lying down. After see­ing me, give your­self another hour or two to process the shifts that have hap­pened, in peace. Take a walk out in the nature if you can.

What are the com­mon effects of shamanic healing?

The most com­mon results of my energy heal­ing work that I see in my clients  are the following:

-  Joy, a sense of hap­pi­ness and grat­i­tude for what is.
– A firm sense that every­thing is going to be alright. Peace of mind.
– Light­ness where there was pain, both emo­tional and phys­i­cal.
– Com­ing into right rela­tion­ship with the peo­ple in their life.
– Relaxed body and mind.
– Free flow­ing life energy, cre­ative force.

Did I for­get love? Lov­ing life and every­thing that there is.

How much does a heal­ing ses­sion cost? How does one make an appointment?

http://siwakinti.com/shamanic-healing/appointment

What is Dying Con­sciously work?
Dying Con­sciously is a pro­gram that I offer to my com­mu­nity and my clients.

We have for­got­ten how to die in the West. We shut­tle the dying off to hos­pi­tals where death is con­sid­ered a ‘dis­ease’ and extra­or­di­nary mea­sures are takes to pro­long life at all costs. Fam­i­lies do no not know how to come to clo­sure with the pass­ing of a loved one. Many peo­ple die in fear, with unre­solved issues, not hav­ing said the “I love you’s” and “I for­give you’s” that would be so heal­ing for them and their fam­i­lies. We no longer remem­ber how to die with grace and dig­nity. Dying Con­sciously pro­vides tan­gi­ble tools for clo­sure, dig­nity and peace at the end of a person’s life.

I am avail­able to give talks on Dying Con­sciously work, as well con­duct a one-day sem­i­nar that offers the tools for peace­ful tran­si­tion­ing of a loved one. For more infor­ma­tion you can go to www.dyingconsciously.org