I am an Advanced Practitioner of Energy Medicine, gratuating fom The Four Winds in 2022. I have also finished my education with the Global Paqo’s and Elizabeth B. Jenkins, with a better understand of our connection to the divine nature of our Planet and Multiverse.

Monday, April 24th I started the Grow a New Body protocol from Alberto Villoldo for the 2nd time. When I did this cleanse/detox shortly after my divorce three years ago, I admit to being lax in my efforts over the three weeks of my detox/cleanse and didn’t finish with the 3-day vision quest and water fast. This time, I committed to myself to do as prescribed (mostly). I reasoned that, since I already eat very clean, organic foods, and I was short on the time to do a full three months (as prescribed), I would do a total of six weeks. I set my intention, made a reservation at a local retreat center by Oak Creek in Sedona and bought the necessary supplements and foods.

After five weeks of intermittent fasting and eating a lot less protein than my body is used to, I felt weak but in great spirits and still committed to the program. I was looking forward to the three-day water fast in my tent, journaling alone in a beautiful nature setting by the river.

Looking forward to my 68th birthday on August 1st, I felt I was beginning anew again. Already strong in body and mind, I wanted to allow myself to be stronger in spirit, without the encumbrances of my daily life and psyche. As a yoga instructor for many years, I felt something lacking in my teaching. The bulk of my instructions were related to the muscular and skeletal aspects and less about the chakras and energy of the practice. Although I have studied and read for years about all the spirituality of yoga, I couldn’t find my voice when trying to articulate all my readings and studies. All of the teachings of Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali, Michael Singer, Depak Chopra, Buddha would not flow from my vocabulary when in a classroom. Where and why was I stuck?

It's only been since I started reading the Untethered Soul (four times now!) by Michael Singer that my meditations have deepened, and I’ve been able to be more present, more in the moment with my consciousness. Just having the word “hello” and feeling it come from my pure conscious self, not my actualized body and psyche, has been an enormous gift in my ability to come back to consciousness and just be.

Now about this energy medicine stuff!

What exactly IS energy medicine?

Quantum physics tells us that the object seen or observed is affected by the observation of it, so why don’t we change our past, present and future? We now know that time is not linear, flying like an arrow from one point to the other, but rather, that time loops back on itself, more like a figure eight or circle. Like the uroboros, the serpent swallowing its tail.

The Shamans of ancient times knew what they were doing when they were called upon by their tribe to find where the buffalo were going to be for the hunt or where and when the fish could be found to feed the village. They relied on the energy of the universe, or what they refer to as the great spirit. Their knowledge of how to summon these energies through ritual and healing practices has been known for thousands of years.

“Alberto Villoldo, PhD, a medical anthropologist who has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon and Andes for more than 25 years, is the founder of the Four Winds Society, which trains modern shamans [like me] in the practice of energy medicine. He also directs the Center for Energy Medicine in Chile, where he investigates and practices the “neuroscience of enlightenment.” He has authored and co-authored more than twenty-one books with leading MD’s like Mark Hyman, and many other spiritual and scientific leaders of our time.

By his mid-20s Alberto Villoldo was the youngest clinical professor at San Francisco State University. He was directing the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory, investigating how energy medicine could change the chemistry of the brain. One day in his laboratory, Alberto realized that his research had to get bigger instead of smaller, that he was looking out of the wrong end of the microscope. He needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain. Many others were already studying the hardware – Alberto wanted to learn to program the mind to create psychosomatic health

Anthropological stories hinted that there were people around the globe who claimed to know such things, including the few remaining “shamans” in today’s modern world.” https://www.opencenter.org/alberto-villoldo/

I could say so much more, but instead I ask you to do your own research on these practices. Suffice it to say that I am a changed person since becomming certified in these traditions. My passion is always to be of service to my community and the world at large.

Some of the issues most common to my clients are:

• Depression and anxiety

• Feelings of being disconnected to who you innately know yourself to be

• Feeling like your life is not your own

• Negative connections to people who are still here and those who have already passed on

• Health issues that you don’t seem to be able to resolve through western or alternative medicine modalities

• Old wounds and/or traumas that continue to haunt your consciousness and sleep

• Feelings of not being enough or shame and guilt

• Feelings of being trapped in a relationship or job that doesn’t serve your passion

• A desire to release old love patterns and co-dependencies and develop healthy boundries with those you love

When we clear your energy body through shamanic and energy medicine practics, you find balance and a sense of freedom from old karmic bonds and patterns, allowing you to walk through your life without fear, connecting you to the greater good that lives within you.

Some of the offerings I share with my clients are:

• Illumination

• Decoupling

• Karmic cord cutting

• Extraction of intrusive energies or entities

• Soul retrieval

• Destiny retrieval

• Nectar Bathing

• Animo Wahay (calling back bits that have been lost along your life journey from traumas)

These practices look to address old karmic, genetic and familial patterns that have been running your life though past trauma or painful events.

In our sessions, we look at your issue/s at the source, bringing you the healing and transformation you desire. We look at the four levels of your being, physical, mental/emotional, soul and energetic.

Call Karen at 858-531-5975 for more information or to schedule a free 10 minute information call.

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