Q’ero Elder Don Manuel Q’ispe, in a presentation at Canyon de Chelley in May 1997 (translated by Jose Luis Herrera), spoke of despachos this way: “The despacho is a gift–a giving back of what we receive everyday in our lives. We seek, through the despacho ceremony, to bridge the ordinary and non-ordinary realms; to establish […]
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Finding peace, power and protection
By Kitty Norris on December 2, 2014 in Ancestor Work, Brain Science, Chakra Balancing, Dreams, Dreams & Dreaming, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Near Death Studies, Past Lives, Peru, Protection, Relationships, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits
Finding peace, power and protection Today’s news headlines can be overwhelming. We learn about militants intent on doing harm, seemingly unstoppable gun violence, rampant climate change, and our privacy being compromised. It’s easy to point fingers or throw up our hands and wonder why our society is plagued by violence and harmful actions. How should […]
About the roots of the Andean Tradition
By Kitty Norris on September 9, 2014 in From my own teachers, Peru, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits
Interview with Anthropologist and Alto Mesayok Juan Nuñez del Prado about the roots of the Andean tradition and what it can do for people today. In English language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbVUnxbYZ2g
what the Inka tradition is about and what it can do for people today
By Kitty Norris on September 9, 2014 in Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Peru, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits
In this interview Ivan Nuñez del Prado from Peru explains briefly what the Inka tradition is about and what it can do for people even today http://youtu.be/DhmkJvNMP7s
Jaguar Medicine
By Kitty Norris on July 19, 2014 in Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Peru, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits
Esteemed reader~ I am proud to say that my years of study at Alberto Villoldo’s School, The Four Winds Society, were tremendous catalysts in my life and my life’s work. Just as Alberto describes here; I, too, have observed shaman masters in Peru working with clients, and with their medicine plants. I have listened to […]