The path of the fire shaman is a journey of rapid and deep transformation. While nature shows us that transformation may occur in many ways, it occurs nearly instantaneously through a meeting with fire.
Those who undertake the journey of the Inka Medicine Wheel invite that kind of powerful, intensive and life-changing healing. In a four-element series, participants are guided through the healing practices, wisdom teachings and sacred initiations of the fire shamans of the Inka tradition, as brought from Peru to North America by internationally known psychologist, medical anthropologist and shaman, Alberto Villoldo, Phd.
Each element of the medicine wheel program is an exploration of power and knowledge that leads us to healthy, vibrant and fully conscious living. |
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This direction invokes the way of the serpent, a creature connected to the earth through every part of its body. We shed the limiting stories of our past just as the serpent sheds its skin. We claim the commitment to being a healing force in the world and dedicate ourselves to walking a path of beauty, leaving only light footsteps traced upon the earth. |
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This direction is the place of the jaguar, where we move beyond fear and violence to step into the place of the peaceful warrior, the warrior with no enemies. We release the generational and karmic influences of our past and explore the place of our own shadow. Guided by the example of the setting sun, we work with death as a means to free the lifelessness within us so that we may fully live. We introduce and explore states of perception and shamanic "seeing" so we can learn to experience and hold our world in new and profound ways. |
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This direction begins the spiritual journey as we move from the place of power … to the place of knowledge … to the way of the seer and the sage. Here we connect with the lineage of wisdomkeepers. We step outside ordinary time and into the timeless, the ever-present, where we can influence events that occurred in the past and select destinies of our own design. We further our mastery of perceptual states and engage in powerful energetic experiences and practices that allow us to return to the awareness of who we truly are. |
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In this final segment, we work with the medicine of the eagle and the condor, two beings that hold impeccable vision, to discover the place of the rising sun, the new day and the new dawn. We explore how energy and intention create reality—and how to manifest our visions for ourselves and the world through a process of conscious co-creation. In Andean cosmology it is said that when the eagle of North America joins with the condor of South America, it will mark a time where peace will prevail on our planet. As we complete our cycle, we step together into a changed world. |
 - HP, Wellington, FL
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 - DW, Orange, CT
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