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The Restorative Power of Ritual – Harvard Business Review
By Kitty Norris on April 6, 2020 in Brain Science, Ceremony, Embracing Change, Embracing Death, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Grief, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Ritual, skills for our tool kits, Stress management, Wellness and Prevention
https://hbr.org/2020/04/the-restorative-power-of-ritual?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
Why We Need Religion: Essay by Stephen T Asma, on Aeon
By Kitty Norris on September 25, 2018 in Ceremony, Embracing Death, Faith, Mental and Emotional Health, Prayer, Spirituality
https://aeon.co/ideas/religion-is-about-emotion-regulation-and-its-very-good-at-it?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f46623fb17-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_24_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-f46623fb17-69120157
El Ultimo Puente Inca
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5 Steps to Creating an Ancestor Honoring Altar
By Kitty Norris on March 21, 2018 in Ancestor Work, Ceremony, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Spirituality
http://blog.shamansmarket.com/5-steps-to-creating-an-ancestor-honoring-altar/?utm_source=Shamans+Market&utm_campaign=d621f7df50-3-18-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5b5cbf3eb7-d621f7df50-189259553&mc_cid=d621f7df50&mc_eid=d89f49931c
Old Ways, New Prayers: A preview of Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s upcoming book
By Kitty Norris on March 17, 2018 in Andean Cosmovision, Ceremony, Changing our Stories, Despacho, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Gratitude, Healing energies, Mindfulness, Peru, Sacred Space, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits, Spirituality, Traditional Medicine
Alberto is such an amazing storyteller and teacher. I am looking forward to this latest book! Here’s a preview he sent in his newsletter. Old Ways, New Prayers A preview of Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s upcoming book, The Heart of the Shaman: Stories and Practices of the Luminous Warrior To this day, Shamans practice the […]
The one who wishes to be a true medicine person must be a person of faith
By Kitty Norris on June 23, 2017 in Beginners’ Mind!, Ceremony, Changing our Stories, Energy Medicine, Faith, From my own teachers, Healing energies, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Sacred Space, Shamanism, Spiritual Worlds, Spirituality
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – June 22 “The one who wishes to be a true medicine person must be a person of faith, and they can only work successfully with those who also have faith.” — Fools Crow, LAKOTA Medicine People are spiritual beings who have made a decision to seek the Red Road. […]
From the Samurai
By Kitty Norris on June 12, 2016 in ” Time “, Boundary Work!, Ceremony, Challenges!, Consciousness, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Meditation, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, skills for our tool kits, Spirituality
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing left to pursue. – Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure
Prayer for Opening Sacred Space
By Kitty Norris on April 5, 2016 in Ceremony, Consciousness, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Healing energies, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Sacred Space, Shamanism, Spiritual Worlds, Spirituality
Dear Readers This is the Prayer for Opening Sacred Space mentioned by Alberto in the previous post from him. by Alberto Villoldo, The Four Winds Society Invocation South To the winds of the South Great Serpent Wrap your coils of light around us Teach us to shed the past the way you shed your skin […]
WHAT IS SACRED SPACE AND THE FOUR DIRECTIONS?
By Kitty Norris on April 5, 2016 in Ceremony, Consciousness, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Healing energies, Mind-Body Healing, Sacred Space, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits, Spiritual Worlds, Spirituality
Dr. Alberto Villoldo Sacred space allows us to enter our quiet inner world where healing takes place. Here the mundane cannot distract us, and every act is hallowed and deliberate, although not necessarily serious or ponderous. Within sacred space we experience the lightness of our being. Both laughter and tears come easily. Within sacred […]