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Alberto Villoldo is a medical anthropologist, psychologist and shaman, who studied the spiritual practices of the Amazon and the Andes for more than 30 years. While at San Francisco State University, he founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to study how the mind creates psychosomatic health and disease. Founder of The Four Winds Society, he instructs individuals throughout the world in the practice of energy medicine. Dr. Villoldo has written numerous bestselling books, including Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment (with David Perlmutter MD), Shaman, Healer, Sage; and WSJ bestseller One Spirit Medicine.
For more information visit: www.thefourwinds.com
At the age of 14, don Miguel Jr. apprenticed to his father don Miguel Sr. and his grandmother, Madre Sarita. From that early age, he was called upon to translate Madre Sarita’s prayers, lectures and workshops from Spanish into English. In this way, through constant repetition and review, he learned the content of her teachings in both languages.
Through interpreting for Madre Sarita, don Miguel Jr. came to understand the power of faith. He saw first-hand how she manifested her intent to heal people, both physically and spiritually.
don Miguel Jr.’s apprenticeship lasted 10 years. When he reached his mid-20’s, his father intensified his training. At the apex of this power journey, don Miguel said to his eldest son, “Find your way out. Go home and master Death by becoming alive.”
For the past six years, don Miguel Jr. has applied the lessons learned from his father and grandmother to define and enjoy his own personal freedom while achieving peace with all of creation.
Today, don Miguel Jr. is married and has two young children. And so, as a Nagual he begins once again to pass along the wisdom and the tools of his family’s traditions in helping others to achieve their own personal freedom and optimal physical and spiritual health.
Miguel Jr. has taken the lessons of his father and grandmother and discovered his own personal freedom. Being able to apply his teachings to the world around him gave Miguel Jr. a new understanding of the lessons his father and grandmother had passed onto him, once again giving him the desire to pass on his beliefs. After decades of training, Miguel Jr. was finally ready to share everything he had learned. As a Nagual, he now helps others discover optimal physical and spiritual health, so that they may achieve their own personal freedom.
He is the author of The Five Levels of Attachment, Living a Life of Awareness, The Mastery of Self—A Toltec Guide to Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz’s Little Book of Wisdom, and co-author of The Seven Secrets of a Healthy, Happy Relationship, with HeatherAsh Amara.
Visit him at www.miguelruizjr.com
HeatherAsh Amara is the Warrior Goddess Mama and best-selling author of Warrior Goddess Training, Warrior Goddess Training Companion Book, and Warrior Goddess Way. She has been leading circles of women into deeper relationships with themselves for over 30 years. She is dedicated to supporting women in developing their self-intimacy, steadiness, and stillness by sharing the most potent tools from a variety of world traditions. She does this through the teachings of Warrior Goddess Training inspired by the many paths she has walked. Through her workshops and books she offers practical tools she has developed during her studies of European Shamanism with Vicki Noble, Buddhism through being raised in South East Asia, and Toltec wisdom through the lineage of don Miguel Ruiz who she apprenticed with and now co-teaches beside. HeatherAsh Amara believes deeply in the power of women coming together for healing not just for ourselves but for all women.
She brings this open-hearted, inclusive worldview to her writings and teachings. She can often be found covered in adobe mud on her ranch, dancing around the fire, and deepening into the Mystery.
don Jose Ruiz was born in Mexico City, Mexico and was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. When he was 21 he came to live in the U.S. with his father, don Miguel Ruiz. From a very young age don Jose was guided by many teachers present in his life including, his mother and father, his grandmother Sarita, and several other Naguals.
Through masterful guidance by his teachers and amazing life experiences with precision synchronicity, Jose came to ‘silent knowledge’; he witnessed the world as it is, without any story. In his early twenties, don Jose lost his eyesight. In his process of surrendering, he learned the value of learning to listen; to listen to his inner wisdom and integrity and to see different perspectives, while knowing nothing is personal. He had a renewed love and gratitude for life ~ and he found acceptance, happiness and abundance; he found bliss. He grasped a true understanding of faith, love, gratitude and humility. Through his surrender and faith, in concert with modern medicine Jose recovered his eyesight.
don Jose Ruiz collaborated with his father don Miguel Ruiz on a book that offers a fresh perspective on the Four Agreements, and a powerful new agreement for transforming our lives into our personal heaven: The Fifth Agreement.
He authored The Wisdom of the Shamans and his forthcoming book, The Medicine Bag: Shamanic Rituals & Ceremonies for Personal Transformation.
Dr. Steven Farmer is a world-renowned author, teacher, shamanic practitioner, licensed psychotherapist, and Soul Healer. He has published several best-selling books and other products, including Earth Magic®, Earth Magic® Oracle Cards, Animal Spirit Guides, Sacred Ceremony, Power Animal Oracle Cards, Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides Oracle Cards, Power Animals, Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides guided meditation CD, Children’s Spirit Animal Cards (with Jesseca Camacho), Children’s Spirit Animal Stories CD’s Vol. 1& 2, the Pocket Guide to Spirit Animals and the recently released Healing Ancestral Karma: Free Yourself from Unhealthy Family Patterns. In addition to workshops on Earth Magic®, shamanism, and earth-centered spirituality, Dr. Farmer offers private consultations for Shamanic Soul Healing and intuitive Earth Magic® and Power Animal readings in person, or remotely by phone or Skype. He makes his home in Dana Point, California with his wife Jesseca and stepdaughters Serena and Arianna.
For more information about privates sessions, special events and workshops please visit his website: drstevenfarmer.com
Linda (Star Wolf), PhD. is an author of nine books with another in progress, the creator of the Shamanic Breathwork™Journey Process and Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process (SHIP) and the Founder of Venus Rising Association for Transformation, a 501c3 non-profit organization. She is the Founding President of Venus Rising University for Shamanic Psychospiritual Studies and Shamanic Mystery Tours to sacred sites around the world. Star Wolf and her late husband, Brad Collins, co-founded the Isis Cove Community, Dove Mountain Elemental Temples and Loveland Retreats in western North Carolina. She also gave birth to Shamanic Ministers Global Network and co created the Wise Wolf Councils.
Star Wolf has been a therapist and a nationally certified alcohol and drug counselor for over 30 years. She holds a BA in Human Services, a Doctorate of Ministry, and a Ph.D in Spiritual Psychology. Originally introduced to Holotropic breathwork by its founder, Stan Grof, Star Wolf trained extensively with Jacquelyn Small, founder of Integrative Breathwork. She also studied shamanic earth wisdom teachings with many shamanic teachers throughout the years including her adopted Seneca Wolf Clan Grandmother, Twylah Nitsch,who gave her the spirit name of Star Wolf.
Dr. Marie Mbouni's work is a reflection of her unique background in both Western and Eastern medicine. With 17 years’ experience as an MD in Anesthesiology and a Masters in Public Health, Marie has extensive practice in Western Medicine. As a lifelong Intuitive and channel, her Eastern roots include robust work in Shamanic and Energy Healing, Shamanic Breathwork®, Plant Medicines as well as certifications in Sound Color Movement Therapy and Yoga to provide a holistic experience for those who are seeking to uncover their deepest truth and achieve a new level of success.
Visit her at www.mariembouni.com
Jorge Luis Delgado, an Inca by birth and heritage, walks the path of the chacaruna. His passion is to bring authentic Inca heritage, spiritual traditions and handcrafts to worldwide attention. Jorge considers the oral tradition, taught in the different Inca communities, as his every-expanding higher education.
Nabeel Redwood is a shamanic healer, spiritual teacher, and personal coach based in Los Angeles. Founder of Shamanic Healing LA, he has served over 7,000 clients as a shamanic healer, initiated hundreds of students in shamanic practice, and developed a community of over 20,000 followers around the world.
Ready to learn more about him? Visit shamanichealingla.com
José Luis Stevens Ph.D. is the president and co-founder (with wife Lena Stevens) of Power Path Seminars, an international school and consulting firm dedicated to the study and application of shamanism and indigenous wisdom to business and everyday life. José completed a ten year apprenticeship with a Huichol Maracame (shaman) in the Sierras of Central Mexico. In addition he is studying intensively with Shipibo (shamans) in the Peruvian Amazon and with Pacos, (shamans) in the Andes in Peru.
In 1983 he completed his doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies focusing on the interface between shamanism and western psychological counseling. Since then he has studied cross cultural shamanism around the world to distill the core elements of shamanic healing and practice. As an international lecturer and consultant he has worked with a huge range of individuals and businesses to help them discover their most effective path of service and success. He has had the good fortune to work with individuals at the highest levels of government and professional life to support their understanding of their own potential and that of their associates. As an integral part of this work Jose has helped to develop systems for understanding people that are unparalleled in the field of psychology and business.
Jose is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Life coach, and master teacher with more than thirty five years of experience. In addition he is the author of twenty books and numerous articles including “The Power Path”, “Secrets of Shamanism”, “Transforming Your Dragons”, and “Praying with Power”. Meet him at his website www.thepowerpath.com
Jaime Meyer is a shamanic practitioner whose healing and teaching work draws on over 30 years of shamanic study with a variety of teachers from several cultures. He is the author of Drumming the Soul Awake and Healing with Shamanism: Practices and Traditions to Restore and Balance the Self, and is president of the board of directors for the International Society for Shamanic Practice.
Visit him at drummingthesoulawake.com.
International renowned Yellow Bird Productions under the direction of Ken Duncan, member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, specializes in cultural presentations that celebrate the unique spirit of the American Indian. For the past 30 years, Yellow Bird has curated a unique repertoire of songs, dances, stories and dialogue that entertain and educate audiences of all ages.
Yellow Bird is a professional family dance company based in Phoenix, Arizona. The group boasts many national dance champions and have been feature performers for many prestigious audiences and institutions.
Randy Davila is your MC for the Gathering of the Shamans and the president of Hierophant Publishing & Insight Events USA and Hampton Roads Publishing. Between the two publishing houses, he has overseen the publication of books by authors such as Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Neale Donald Walsch, Jack Canfield, don Miguel Ruiz Jr., HeatherAsh Amara, and many, many others.
Keith Caplin is a Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator and Shamanic Minister with Venus Rising Association for Transformation. He will be facilitating a Vibrational/Sound Healing meditation at the Gathering of the Shamans.
Our Shamanism & the Divine Retreat will be taking place at the Mago Retreat Center right AFTER this event! Come to both and get an abundance of inner work and soul-cleansing done by attending two incredible events in one amazing trip!
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