I will begin providing a short working definition. I will talk about shamanism as the ability to connect and work with energy and energetic entities.
It is a very broad definition and does not belong to a specific shamanic tradition. I have studied shamanism both in the Altaic area (Tuva), and in America.
The history of religions and the science of anthropology use the tern shamanism for the spiritual techniques practiced by the Altaic peoples – meaning trance states and connection with various spirits, for various ritual purposes.
As for Americas, the people there who connect with energy entities are called medicine men, healers. Their activity is mainly focused on restoring energy balance – healing naturally follows.
The essential is that both Altaic and American shamans define themselves first and foremost as people of knowledge, as explorers of the unseen world. Shamans are always in touch with the energies of the universe. They are sensitive to change and they act by their own nature aiming for balance.
As a shaman, people address me with various questions.
Most of these problems refer to relationships in general and especially relationships within a couple, to the realm of money, social position, work and health.
As I said, most of the problems come from the sphere of relationships and begin with
- the way people see themselves
- the way they are seen or the way they think they are seen
- the way they see others
- the relationships with others and how they would like these relationships to transform
- what kind of relationships they would like to acquire or establish.
Generally, it is about the closest relationships – these are the ones that hurt the most.
I get calls from
- people who find themselves in difficult, toxic or problematic relationships
- people who are looking for a relationship
- people who want to improve their relationships with colleagues, children, parents, spouses.
I also get many questions from the sphere of professional life – but the roots of the problems are still related to the relationship with oneself and others. For example: Why can’t I express myself as much as I would like? Why am I not appreciated or even harassed?
I get calls also from people who feel bad, physically and mentally, people who report disturbing symptoms, although the results of medical investigations do not justify these conditions.
Another type of people come with specific goals like: I want to be a mother, I want to have a child.
People address me also when they realise that they have some mental or emotional blockages. We can also discover such blockages in our conversation or in therapy.
We can suspect a mental blockage when we stumble upon some deeply rooted stubborn and irrational beliefs – often taken over from other lives or from an influent person in the family. It does not mean necessarily that this a curse – the most of them are just unhappy inheritance.
We can end up inheriting from our family tree entire life themes and scenarios, such as: the women in our line all lost their husbands when they were young and after that they stayed single, living only for the sake of their children.
Or we can inherit the belief that if you don’t work, you don’t have money and you are not able or worthy to live – which also translates into a life scenario: life is about relentless work for subsistence, and those who have money without working to their exhaustion are probably doing something illegitimate/illegal.
These types of beliefs probably resulted from the reality of the ancestors, but they are no longer relevant for us now, no longer real, or at least they are are irrelevant to the person who now carries them. As a shamanic therapist I can take care of eliminating them from the current life system of the person who addresses me, in order to restore this person to their authentic life.
I also answer questions related to space – the spaces in which people spend or want to spend time and carry out their work and life.
Here are some typical problems:
- I don’t feel well at home, I have a headache at home, I don’t sleep well,
- Business is going very slowly, people come but leave quickly,
- Nothing is settling down
- I bought a house or am preparing to sell a house – I don’t want to have heavy energy there, left over from what happened before in this space – divorce, bankruptcy
How do I proceed as a shaman?
I listen deeply to what is behind the obvious problem. I listen with my whole body. With my ear, of course, but actually with my whole body. And I feel where there is something deep down, where there is something behind what the words say. When people tell me about what is troubling them, when they explain what they want to ask me, I listen to them with shamanic attention, in order to understand where is the source of their question.
By listening to what they tell me and by asking myself questions, I try to find out where the source of the problem is – this is very important for me in order to be able to do a healing work.
The sources of the problems are often rooted in childhood, they get continuously accentuated throughout life, and at around 30, 40, 50, 60 years old they reach the body or they trigger other obvious problems, problems which the person can no longer solve using the knowledge they have today.
I listen, I feel, I bring the conversation back, I repeat the answers I receive from my interlocutor, aiming to bring to the surface a past where I can really work – a past where the root of the problem that the person in front of me is complaining about today lies.
Before starting any conversation, however, my energetic approach has already begun by asking for help so that I can see clearly and understand what is really happening, in order to can uncover and work on the deepest roots of this problem. It is not enough to see the roots, you must know how to work effectively on them, engaging those human resources that can be involved in the context of the integrity of this person.
Very many therapists can see where the root of the problem accused by the client is… and they throw the truth directly in front of the client. In fact we must not do this without discernment – we must always take into account the thoughts and feelings of the person who is in front of us.
There are people who are not used to look back, or perhaps don’t even believe in past lives – so for them there is no point in giving a lecture about what past lives mean and about the power of memory, since I am here and now I am called to do therapy.
My goal is to act so that this person in front of me gets well enough to be able to deal with the problem, to cope.
For me, the shamanic therapy does not end when the actual time of the meeting ends. There is always some work to be done before the meeting and other work that has to be done after the time allotted for the therapy structure. Sometimes there is much more to be done after the therapy is over.
Waiting for someone in therapy, as a shaman, I open a sacred space. In the moment I do this I am much more present, I live more intensely and I am more open than in everyday life. I am much more attentive to everything that is presented to me. For therapy I need to use all the tools of detection and I need to be fully present for the person in front of me. At the same time it is important for me to avoid getting immersed in their problems, to avoid to let myself be overwhelmed.
As a shamanic therapist, I am there to dig and feel. Then, after this work is done, I begin a process of cleansing. But first of all I check up, in the lower world and in the upper world, what is allowed to be cleansed. .
Finally we arrive at a new map, a new path. We open a door and beyond the door we face a completely new pattern.
That is why I find it very important to update when someone reports after therapy: “I feel better.” “Better” is a comparison, it is a reference to the past.
My goal, in a shamanic healing, is for the person to no longer relate to the past.
When the client tell me that he or she is „better“, to me it sounds like the past is still more important than the present, the past is still the absolute reference. As a shaman, my aim is that he or she lose reference to this unhappy past.
After therapy
This is where the client’s work begins. The client must feel that they are at a completely new point – that is, they must no longer feel the need to appeal to the past state – not even for a comparison.
Then, for four weeks, 28 days, this new map must be installed, mediated by a phrase or a dream that resulted from such therapy. The most common idea is: I feel free. Or: I feel relieved. Then we look for the following specifications.
And then, how do you feel? If you are relieved, how do you feel?
Essentially, this is what therapy is about: I want to hear how and where the problem comes from and to dig to find out where the client’s initial anxiety comes from, what they actually need. Usually it takes love, respect, acceptance, belonging. Of course, also personal power, but this is part of respect. If I am respected, if those around me recognize who I am and respect me, it means that I have power.
If I don’t feel respected, if I have to constantly strive, to prove that I have value, then I can’t have power.
After therapy, the client feels differently, sees things differently, sees the world differently and the range of vision is much wider. It is somehow obvious: if you are in pain, everything you experience will be filtered through these pains.
What I do is open a small crack in the darkness, so that you can see the light. I can’t push you to go into the light, but I can show you how you can install such crack, how you can enlarge it, how to reach this light, into your happiness.
For the client, shamanic therapy does a cleansing job and brings balance between good and evil. If we are bad, we only see evil. Balance means seeing the good in every situation. And nourishing what is good there.
If I identify something as harmful, I ask permission to burn it – that is, to purify it through fire. Fire purifies – it is the fastest transformer. Everything you put in fire transforms. In a real fire, even the ashes are purifying. Ash is the purest thing on earth – and at the same time it is a fertilizer, an ideal fertilizer: the energy has transformed and no longer has a negative connotation, it is pure energy. Through fire, we are most certain to destroy something that is harmful to us and/or that we do not want, and at the same time make fertile space for something else, for what we want.
For example, if I detect a belief that is hurting the client, like: “I will never have luck with…” I can help this person realize where the belief comes from, to realize that it is abusive, but in order for this belief to completely unravel, I ask that person to write that belief on paper, in their own words and with their own hand. Then we burn the paper – I ask them to watch it burn and transform.
Often these beliefs do not disappear instantly from the psyche, but you become aware of what they were and practically dismantle them yourself or detach yourself from them. These beliefs disappeared energetically after the cleansing process, but on a psychic level what is directly received is that you become aware and then you can let go, detach yourself emotionally.
The basic rule for me as a shamanic therapist is to leave my ego aside when I open the sacred space. By offering absolute trust, I, as a shaman, receive immense guidance. The more I practice, the more I work, the more will grow this trust – the trust that what I do is exactly what the person in front of me needs.
For me, it is absolutely necessary to be authentic, to listen – only then will abundance follow! I don’t have to worry about money – all my efforts must go towards authenticity. Then opportunities and money will come too. If I am correct with the energies, the energies are correct with me. Everything that is inauthentic has very short legs.
I work with energy itself, so I can also work online. The vehicle is energy and connection. Energy does not dissipate at a distance. My shamanic work is just as active at a distance.
In order to be able to work with someone who is at a distance and with whom I establish an online connection, I want us to connect well, breathe together, listen to the story, answer, have questions and, then, breathe together again. Then I connect with other beings, who come to my aid, and I cleanse.
However, I feel a person more deeply if they are in front of me. That is why I often prefer to have at least the first meeting face to face. The emotional connection helps, while people’s expectations can act as blockages.
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