The Shaman's Way of Healing March 7, 2008

Alberto Villoldo, PhD
According to Incan shamans, a luminous energy field surrounds the human body, holding a record of our emotional, physical and psychological traumas and the seeds of possible future illnesses. The work of a shaman is to bring energetic balance to this field. This workshop is a rare opportunity to develop your innate ability to perceive the invisible world and learn ancient energy healing traditions. Dr. Villoldo will guide you in the illumination process, to clear imprints in the energy field before they have a chance to express as disease in the body; teach a process for extracting toxic energies that have embedded themselves in the luminous energy field; and review the process of soul-retrieval work to revisit past traumatic events and recover the essential self.

“Over the course of two decades with the shamans in the jungles and high mountains of the Andes, I would discover that I am more than flesh and bone, that I am fashioned of Spirit and light. This understanding reverberated through every cell in my body. I am convinced that is has changed the way I heal, the way I age and the way I will die. The experience of infinity is at the core of the illumination process.” –Alberto Villoldo

Alberto Villoldo, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and psychologist who has studied and practiced shamanism in the Andes and Amazon for more than two decades. He was initiated by the last of the Incan shaman masters. In 1984 he founded the Four Winds Society, dedicated to bridging ancient shamanic healing practices with modern medicine and psychology. A former faculty member at San Francisco State University, he is the author of Shaman, Healer, Sage and Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval.

Fri evening talk: 7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

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