Grief: The Portal to Spirit

by Oct 13, 2025

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Rev. Cindy Pincus

Rev. Cindy Pincus

Rev. Cindy Pincus is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and practitioner of the Franciscan mystical tradition. She has worked for over 9 years as a hospice chaplain, church minister, and spiritual teacher in the Southwest.  She is a humble student of living teachers in the Native American Church tradition, Peruvian Shipibo teachings, and Mexican Wixárika practices. She has completed the Advanced Practitioner Training programs with The Power Path School of Shamanism, is in ongoing Trance Medium study with the Boulder Psychic Institute, and teaches for the Society for Shamanic Practice.  Rev. Cindy offers clairvoyant counseling sessions, shamanic healings, sacred scripture teachings, and online courses in leading ceremony and healing work. http://www.clairvoyantcounseling.com/about
Rev. Cindy Pincus is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and practitioner of the Franciscan mystical tradition. She has worked for over 9 years as a hospice chaplain, church minister, and spiritual teacher in the Southwest.  She is a humble student of living teachers in the Native American Church tradition, Peruvian Shipibo teachings, and Mexican Wixárika practices. She has completed the Advanced Practitioner Training programs with The Power Path School of Shamanism, is in ongoing Trance Medium study with the Boulder Psychic Institute, and teaches for the Society for Shamanic Practice.  Rev. Cindy offers clairvoyant counseling sessions, shamanic healings, sacred scripture teachings, and online courses in leading ceremony and healing work. http://www.clairvoyantcounseling.com/about
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3 Comments

  2. Suzanne Polo
    Suzanne Polo on October 17, 2025 at 11:01 am

    Thank you. Such an embrace of love. Feels like home.

  3. Judy Liu Ramsey
    Judy Liu Ramsey on January 8, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    Thank you, Rev. Cindy, for this beautiful article. I love the stories and their application. I am an end-of-life doula for both humans and more-than-humans. About 80% of my work is death and dying. This article expresses beautifully how to work with shamanism to create a space of grace and ease for those whose work is done here. I am also an ordained animal chaplain, which is a title many people accept more readily than shamanic practitioner, even though it is exactly the same work. Shamanism gives us the presence and the tools to offer a compassionate space for others.

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