Audio AND VIDEO Library
The SSP Audio and Video Library is a growing collection of interviews, teachings and guided experiences that are intended to inspire and support you on your shamanic path. They are educational, informative and experiential and cover various shamanic subjects and practices as part of your monthly membership benefits. Please send us your questions if you have a topic you would like to see addressed in a future audio or video.
Healing Methods
The Shamanic Practices of Mother Mary
Though Mary is often depicted as a naive virgin caught off guard by the news that she was pregnant, she was actually an advanced energetic practitioner in a long lineage of sacred temple adepts. In this teaching we'll explore Mary's own birth and childhood, her mother...
Discovering a New Relationship with Sacred Tobacco
Join us as we learn more about this powerful master plant. We will explore the fundamentals of working with tobacco with our prayers, to call in new power, for cleansing, for energetic protection, as a diagnostic tool and a teaching ally. Presented at the 2023 Society...
Journey to the Heart: A Guided Meditation to Connect with Spirit and Balance your Inner Fire
We sit here in the South, the season of Fire and highest point of Yang. A time of expansiveness, connection and support. Ruled by the Heart and guided by the Shen, in the Summer we can experience great joy, laughter and connection when our Fire is balanced or we may...
Ceremonies to Release Fear and Anxiety
In this daunting time of major transformation, many are being called by Spirit to show up and be fully present to do what we came here to do and to be who we came here to be. There can be egoic entanglements that inhibit or interfere with us doing so and it’s more...
“TROID NÓ TEITH“: AN IRISH HEALING PATHWAY INTO THE “FIGHT/FLIGHT” RESPONSE AS A MIND, BODY, SPIRIT PHENOMENON
In almost 50 years of combined healing and curative practice, Dr Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland have been sought with increasing frequency to treat the ever-growing symptoms that originate from severe or serial activation of the Fight-Flight response in human...
YOUR SACRED VOICE
USING SONG TO SHARE YOUR MEDICINE
This video was presented at the 2022 SSP Conference and we share it here for the Monthly Member Audio/Video: Vibration is the essence of the Universe. And the human voice could be considered our most powerful, versatile, and healing shamanic tool. Song and tone are...
Why the Feminine is the Medicine of our Times
The feminine is the medicine for our time—but how do we access it in the business of life? Also, in this time of massive repair, where do we even begin? As a healer and voice for the female body, Tami Lynn Kent will share some key aspects of the feminine so that you...
Working with
Pacha Mama, Mother Earth
This audio is a shamanic process for a good reset, grounding and becoming present. It is about releasing fear, worry, anxiety and whatever else keeps you up at night. We give it all over to Pacha Mama and then receive her gifts of love, creativity, vitality, clarity,...
Cultivating Receptivity: Connecting with Yin/the Inner Feminine for Healing, Balance, Nourishment and Integration
The demands of the modern Western lifestyle are highly oriented to productivity, requiring a doing, yang, often adrenalized, masculine state. However, healing oneself and facilitating healing for others requires presence, being, listening, holding and receiving -- it...
Mother Healing Meditation
This meditation will help you connect to the wisdom and support of Mother Earth and guide you to clarity about the relationship you have with your mother or any mother figure in your life. This exploration is about you awakening the mother within. ...
Unraveling Instinct Injury and
Reclaiming Lost Power
There are some wounds that cut so deep that soul retrieval alone is not enough to heal. In many of these cases, the client’s natural instincts have been thwarted. (The term instinct injury was coined by Clarissa Pinkola Estés in her book “Women Who Run with the...
DNA Healing and Snake Medicine
This is an audio by SSP Board Member Dr. Steven Farmer. In ancient times, shamans were actually perceiving the basis for life itself, DNA. In their shamanic journeys they would see images of DNA but the only analog they had available to them was either snakes,...
The Shamanic Healing Techniques of Mary Magdalene
This is an audio describing the shamanic healing techniques of Mary Magdalene and a story on the shamanism of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. An explanation of the technique of clearing matching pictures. Rev. Cindy Pincus, A Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader, SSP...
Tending to Our Body
This is a practice to support you in developing and maintaining a strong relationship with your physical body and a journey to deepen your connection to your own body. Learn how each of us can be in greater harmony and balance with our bodies. Please listen to this as...
Shamanic Healing: Distinguishing Energy Cords from Soul Theft
SSP Board Member and Shamanic Practitioner Ana Larramendi offers a teaching on how to tell the difference between Energy Cords and Soul Theft when doing shamanic healing. Listen to this as many times as you wish and feel free to download it for future use too...
Journey to the Fungi Kingdom
Journey to the underworld of the Fungi Kingdom to listen to any messages or healings that the amazing fungi and mushrooms may have for us. We will travel downwards to connect to the earth at and below our feet and explore this incredible kingdom. Listen to this as...
A Shamanic Perspective on Ancestral Healing
SSP Board Member Ana Larramendi is interviewed about Ancestral Healing by Brooke Moran of the Reading Temple The recording is about 1 hour and Ana touches on many aspects of Ancestral Healing and Trauma from a shamanic point of view. Ancestral Trauma is trauma that...
Meditation for Clearing the Soul Body
Please enjoy this 15 minute audio from Dr. Steven Farmer. A meditation to clear the soul body of any energetic or psychic blockages. Feel the positive affects of this clearing and move into the wholeness that is you. Dr. Farmer will guide you through an integration of...
Tobacco: Right Relationship and Blessing
Please enjoy this 17 minute audio examining the medicine of tobacco, including a tobacco blessing. Tobacco is a highly respected and revered plant but one that has also been misunderstood and feared. Anna Stevens Harrington of The Power Path School of Shamanism and...
Shipibo Solstice Ceremony
Here is the Shipibo Solstice Ceremony for Abundance and Prosperity. Please enjoy! Please view it as many times as you wish, especially on the Solstice on Sunday, June 20th. HOW TO PREPARE Create sacred ceremonial space in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed...
Shamanism and PTSD: Treating the Body and Soul
In addition to shamanic treatments with clients or when using shamanic principles and practices for oneself, it’s useful to augment these treatments with other activities that support the healing of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In particular, understanding...
A Celtic Healing for Dis-orientation
In this 16 minute audio, Jaime Meyer works with Brigid, the Celtic goddess of healing, sunrise and springtime. "It is said that Brigid breathes new life into the mouth of dead winter. Brigid sings new warmth into the seeds under the dark earth. Brigid breathes new...
Clearing and Protection
Clearing should be a practice that is done regularly, particularly in times of great intensity. Once your clear or your environment has been cleared then it’s important to place protection in order to manage the boundaries around yourself, around your environment,...
Part 2: Power and Energy
Power is life force charge, collected and concentrated. Power flows along the path of attention. Wherever we hold our attention, there is our experience of life. Interviewed by Dr. Steven Farmer, Jade Grigori describes the difference between Power & Energy. Part 2...
What is a Psychopomp in Shamanic Practice?
There are many possibilities for why a dying or deceased soul would need to be guided from the earth to the afterlife. In shamanic practice, this is one of the traditional jobs of the shaman. José provides explanations of this process and helps to answer the why, how,...
How to be Neutral
What is the difference between empathy and compassion versus identification? How can one be in service to a particular situation without matching the energy of that trauma? José guides us through many practices on how to step back and see all parts within a situation...
Transforming Fears: A Healing Journey
Call in the directions and your allies for extra protection prior to listening to this audio. If helpful, write a list of current fears you are wanting to transform and move through. After a thorough cleansing from tobacco, Deva guides us deep into mother earth where...
Changing Your Story
We all have parts of our story that we wish to change. Consider your story to be a collection of experiences. What parts of your story would you like to change and what can you do about it, now? Lena assists us in clearing some of the threads of our tapestry,...
Journey to the Great Quartz Crystal
Quartz crystal has the ability to provide you with greater focus. In this middle world journey, Dr. Steven Farmer guides us by stepping into this great quartz crystal to receive a healing and perhaps receive a message of significance....
A Tupay Journey: Conflict Resolution in Sacred Space
Tupay: The Practice of “Conflict Resolution in Sacred Space" This journey is based on the practice of Tupay (pronounced: too-pie), a practice used by the Q’ero people of the Peruvian Andes. Tupay roughly translates into, “conflict resolution in sacred space”. To the...
A Biopsychospiritual Approach to Healing
"As I interact with the images, painting them, amplifying them, dialoging with them, listening to their personal and archetypal meanings, I reveal unconscious forces at work in my own mind. Since the mind has a tendency "to structure ambiguous scenes into personally...
Healing Through The Generations: A Guided Meditation
What are you ready to release? What have you noticed within your family unit that you would like to clear, not only for yourself but for future generations? With the help of our ancestors, Archangel Michael and our animal allies, Dr. Steven Farmer guides us towards a...
The Good Death
An informative panel discussion about the importance in seeing death as an ally, how death is viewed globally, ways to recognize death energy and how to release it....
A Meditation for Shamanic Wellness
In this audio Genie guides a practice of calling on the Directions to assist you in claiming the knowingness of your true essence. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/18165652/WELLNESS-MEDITATION-with-Genie-Hobbs.mp3 [media-downloader...
Breaking Patterns
Lena illuminates the shamanic understanding of how patterns are created within individuals, communities and the land following traumatic experiences. This experiential audio will guide you to begin working with and changing patterns that have settled into your...
Handling Depression
Lena and Jose Stevens of The Power Path School of Shamanism speak about how to handle episodes of depression, where these episodes start and how the loop of negative thought is created. How does the false personality play into this? How are you ignoring your Essence?...
Handling Anxiety
Jose Stevens of The Power Path School of Shamanism speaks about how to handle episodes of anxiety, about the "instinctive center" and how to manage it. He also talks about how "matching pictures" function. This audio includes exercises....
Communicating with Animals
Our February Audio is a special talk with Animal Communicator, Lena Swanson. Ms. Swanson is a professional animal communicator, psychic, shamanic practitioner, past life regression facilitator and Reiki Master. Lena not only shares what inspired her to pursue this...
Tobacco Clearing & Protection
Tobacco is very useful for clearing and protecting yourself against unwanted energies. Our July Audio is 10 minutes and includes a brief explanation of working with tobacco as an ally, and a virtual clearing and protection so that you can experience to power of...
Freedom From and Through Time
This month we offer an audio of a talk that Jose recently gave. In it he illuminates the mind's tendency to focus on solving a problem and instead will guide you through specific techniques to engage the heart in manifestation....
Personal Practice
Discovering a New Relationship with Sacred Tobacco
Join us as we learn more about this powerful master plant. We will explore the fundamentals of working with tobacco with our prayers, to call in new power, for cleansing, for energetic protection, as a diagnostic tool and a teaching ally. Presented at the 2023 Society...
SACRED SONGS OF THE LAND
This video is from the 2023 SSP Conference - Teachings from the Land: Visible and Invisible Vibration is the essence of the Universe. And the human voice could be considered our most powerful, versatile, and healing shamanic tool. Song and tone are used as part of...
Journey to the Heart: A Guided Meditation to Connect with Spirit and Balance your Inner Fire
We sit here in the South, the season of Fire and highest point of Yang. A time of expansiveness, connection and support. Ruled by the Heart and guided by the Shen, in the Summer we can experience great joy, laughter and connection when our Fire is balanced or we may...
Earth-Centered Divination
Tom Cowan, a highly experienced shamanic practitioner shares with us a technique for seeking wisdom from the world around us. A way to find signs from Nature and Spirit. This presentation includes a 20-minute lesson on Omen Hunting, followed by a 15-min opportunity to...
Ceremonies to Release Fear and Anxiety
In this daunting time of major transformation, many are being called by Spirit to show up and be fully present to do what we came here to do and to be who we came here to be. There can be egoic entanglements that inhibit or interfere with us doing so and it’s more...
YOUR SACRED VOICE
USING SONG TO SHARE YOUR MEDICINE
This video was presented at the 2022 SSP Conference and we share it here for the Monthly Member Audio/Video: Vibration is the essence of the Universe. And the human voice could be considered our most powerful, versatile, and healing shamanic tool. Song and tone are...
‘Way of the Wild’,
Ancestors, Dreams & Animal Medicine.
A discussion with African Shaman, Sangoma John Lockley
This video is an interview with John Lockley, an African Sangoma (Shaman). This is an African Shaman's experience of walking between two worlds and fully committing to Nature and ancestors. The natural world is calling us through dreams, omens and signs. How can we...
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage was inaugurated in a moment of divine inspiration as a non-profit venture by a tribe of volunteers together with many additional helpers. Those who honour Brigid, as a pre Celtic Goddess or Christian Saint, come to walk in her footsteps...
Working with
Pacha Mama, Mother Earth
This audio is a shamanic process for a good reset, grounding and becoming present. It is about releasing fear, worry, anxiety and whatever else keeps you up at night. We give it all over to Pacha Mama and then receive her gifts of love, creativity, vitality, clarity,...
Cultivating Receptivity: Connecting with Yin/the Inner Feminine for Healing, Balance, Nourishment and Integration
The demands of the modern Western lifestyle are highly oriented to productivity, requiring a doing, yang, often adrenalized, masculine state. However, healing oneself and facilitating healing for others requires presence, being, listening, holding and receiving -- it...
Changing Your Story
In order to open up a new story in your life, you have to understand where the current story is coming from. The best approach to a new story is to ask the questions that will open up the dialogue. What and whom do you serve in this life? What do you fear? How are you...
Meditation for Change and Raising Your Vibration
This audio by Lena Stevens is a mediation to prepare you for upcoming change as well as raising your vibration. It can be used for any big change but particularly to prepare for the upcoming Full Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse on May 26th, 2021 which is a very important...
EarthPrayers Qi Gong
EarthPrayers Qi Gong is a response to and offering for this potent time of unraveling and reweaving we find our culture and world journeying through. Within Qi Gong, like Yoga, we work towards fully integrated movements, so that the body, breath and mind can move as...
Mountaineering & Shamanism
If you find yourself being called to the mountains, whether for a casual hike or an endeavor, it's wise to learn to co-exist with the spirit of the mountain while in its presence. Through storytelling, Laurie tells of his passion for mountain guiding and the...
Land of the Ancestors: An Upper World Journey
Once guided to a healing ancestor in the Upper World, ask to be shown what you are needing for further expansion on your shamanic path and what can be done to restore right relationship with Mother Earth?...
Intentions, Goals and Resolutions
What is the difference between intention setting, goals and resolutions? SSP Vice President Anna Stevens Harrington explains these differences. She then leads us through an exercise on how to work with the solstice as an opportunity to be pro-active towards the...
From a Shamanic Point of View
Interviewed by Dr. Steven Farmer, HeatherAsh Amara shares with us her background and experiences that contribute to the writings and teachings regarding the importance of implementing a shamanic point of view and practice into our daily lives....
Retrieving Your Power Animal
Power Animals are spirit guides in animal form who provide protection, guidance, and healing. Journey with Dr. Steven Farmer as he leads you towards discovering and retrieving your power animal....
Animal Messages: A Meditation Journey
While visiting a meadow with your spirit guide, you wonder towards a forest, the mountains, or stand on the beach overlooking the ocean. Comfortably sitting, ask your question and see what animal spirit steps in to answer....
Power and Energy
Power is life force charge, collected and concentrated. Power flows along the path of attention. Wherever we hold our attention, there is our experience of life. Interviewed by Dr. Steven Farmer, Jade Wah’oo Grigori describes the difference between Power & Energy....
What is Authentic Power and How Do We Access It?!
In this audio Michael Stone guides a conversation on authentic power and how to connect with it. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/22101525/Michael-Stone-Audio-Aug-2018.mp3
Doubt and Discipline
Can the uncomfortable travel companion doubt, be a stern teacher commanding you to do work or an ally protecting you? How does discipline interact with doubt as a way to help you move forward? Through song and prayer we can ask spirit to help us remove doubt and old...
Engaging with the Medicine Wheel as part of a Shamanic Practice
In this audio Genie guides a process for working with the Medicine Wheel in your daily practice. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30151829/Engaging-with-the-Medicine-Wheel-as-part-of-a-Shamanic-Practice.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="4316"...
Shamanic Traditions of Offering Blessings Through Prayer
In this audio Anna shares about the shamanic tradition of offering blessings through prayer. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30153131/Shamanic-Traditions-of-Offering-Blessings-through-Prayer.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="4320"...
Shamanic Mottoes to Guide Your Practice
In this audio Jaime discusses several shamanic mottoes that can help you in your daily practice. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30152921/Shamanic-Mottoes-to-Guide-Your-Practice.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="4319" texts="Download MP3...
Bids for Power
This audio is a dialogue between Genie Hobbs and Megan Theoret on the concept of making a 'Bid for Power'. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30150212/Bids-for-Power.mp3
Exploring Shamanism
Exploring Shamanism is an informative discussion clarifying the definitions of "shamanism" and "shaman". https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/18164448/EXPLORING-SHAMANISM-with-JOSE-STEVENS.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="3245" texts="Download...
Prayers to the Four Directions
This audio offers a beautiful meditation to begin your day with gratitude and blessings. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/18165209/Prayers-to-the-Four-Directions-with-Tom-Cowan.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="3328" texts="Download Mp3...
The Garden Visualization
This audio is a guided shamanic visualization to help clear your energy field and enlighten your connection to Spirit. https://shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/THE-GARDEN-MEDITATION-with-Lena-Stevens.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="3363" texts="Download...
Drumming for a Shamanic Journey
This audio offers a meditative drum journey to support you on an ongoing basis with attending to any particular intention that may arise. You can always drum along, or use it in situations where you are unable to drum yourself. Blessings on your journey....
Journey West on the Celtic Medicine Wheel
This audio takes you on an extended journey into the direction West on the Celtic medicine wheel. You explore the mythic qualities of the West, learn a healing song in Gaelic and you're offered a shamanic drum journey to the West for cleansing....
Working with Pachamama, Mother Earth
This audio is a meditative exercise with drum and song to assist you in releasing any worries to the regenerative heart of Pachamama. It will first support you in transforming these worries. It then leads you to call in energy and healing from Pachamama. In a higher...
Some Thoughts on Prayer
This audio is a 15 minute talk with SSP board member Lena Stevens. In this audio Lena defines prayer and explains the power it has to break patterns and bring new energies into our lives. She gives examples of powerful ways to pray, and also explores the difference...
Teachings & Stories
Honouring the Spiral
“This is for you,” Martha said as she handed me a red, black, white and yellow bracelet. “It was made for those who danced at last year’s Lakota Sundance Festival, you might like to wear it”. We had met at a recent international gathering of shamanic practitioners...
Coca Leaf Reading and Healing Discussion from Hatun Q’ero Paqos of Peru
The Society for Shamanic Practice is delighted to bring you this teaching session on Coca Leaf Reading and an example of a traditional Q'ero healing, from the Hatun Q'ero Paqos of Peru. This was recorded live on January 14th, 2025. ABOUT THE TEACHING SESSION...
After Death Comes More Life:
A Teaching From the Forest Wizard
For the last several weeks, my days have carried the soundtrack of chainsaws and trucks. The woods behind my house have been undergoing a constant cutting down. The pause of the grating buzz of the chainsaws has stopped only brieflyto give way to crashing thuds as...
The Shamanic Practices of Mother Mary
Though Mary is often depicted as a naive virgin caught off guard by the news that she was pregnant, she was actually an advanced energetic practitioner in a long lineage of sacred temple adepts. In this teaching we'll explore Mary's own birth and childhood, her mother...
Celtic Cross-Quarter Holiday Ceremony: Beltane (Bealtaine) 2024
Join SSP Board Member Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland for our next Cross-Quarter Celtic Holiday Ceremony, Bealtaine (Beltane). Our Ancestors would have looked to the skies in their observation for a season’s dawning. They also would have looked to the...
Celtic Cross-Quarter Holiday Ceremony: Imbolg 2024
Join SSP Board Member Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland for our next Cross-Quarter Celtic Holidays Ceremony, Imbolg. Imbolg (also Imbolc) is the the Celtic Festival of Spring and like all Irish indigenous celebrations is a transition, an initiation, a...
SAMHAIN 2023 CEREMONY VIDEO
Below is the video of the Samhain Celtic Cross-Quarter Ceremony by Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell, originally aired live on October 31st, 2023. *Please note that there is a blurred background at the beginning that will be removed soon into the recording. THE CELTIC...
Mosoq Chaquy Ceremony Recording Playback- A Global, Online Ceremony with Q’ero Paqos from Peru
Originally recorded July 31, 2023 We are thrilled to welcome all in the SSP global community to this extraordinary online ceremony: The Mosoq Chaquy. It is a ceremony performed by Andean Paqos once a year to renew their vows to Mother Earth, which is a way to renew...
“TROID NÓ TEITH“: AN IRISH HEALING PATHWAY INTO THE “FIGHT/FLIGHT” RESPONSE AS A MIND, BODY, SPIRIT PHENOMENON
In almost 50 years of combined healing and curative practice, Dr Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland have been sought with increasing frequency to treat the ever-growing symptoms that originate from severe or serial activation of the Fight-Flight response in human...
‘Way of the Wild’,
Ancestors, Dreams & Animal Medicine.
A discussion with African Shaman, Sangoma John Lockley
This video is an interview with John Lockley, an African Sangoma (Shaman). This is an African Shaman's experience of walking between two worlds and fully committing to Nature and ancestors. The natural world is calling us through dreams, omens and signs. How can we...
Why the Feminine is the Medicine of our Times
The feminine is the medicine for our time—but how do we access it in the business of life? Also, in this time of massive repair, where do we even begin? As a healer and voice for the female body, Tami Lynn Kent will share some key aspects of the feminine so that you...
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage was inaugurated in a moment of divine inspiration as a non-profit venture by a tribe of volunteers together with many additional helpers. Those who honour Brigid, as a pre Celtic Goddess or Christian Saint, come to walk in her footsteps...
The Shamanic Healing Techniques of Mary Magdalene
This is an audio describing the shamanic healing techniques of Mary Magdalene and a story on the shamanism of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. An explanation of the technique of clearing matching pictures. Rev. Cindy Pincus, A Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader, SSP...
Hawaiian Perspectives on the Matrix of the Soul
From time to time we plan to republish earlier articles, especially those that appeared while we were producing hard copy back in the 2000s. We have many new members who have joined in recent years and they may not be aware of the earlier issues. Nevertheless, all the...
Shipibo Solstice Ceremony
Here is the Shipibo Solstice Ceremony for Abundance and Prosperity. Please enjoy! Please view it as many times as you wish, especially on the Solstice on Sunday, June 20th. HOW TO PREPARE Create sacred ceremonial space in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed...
Beara, Brigid and Angus
This audio features beautiful Celtic storytelling, poetry and song. We then turn to ask ourselves, how are we similar to Beara, Brigid and Angus and how can these Celtic allies support us and others during this time of year?...
A Bedtime Story: Lifecycle of a God
This Bedtime Story imagines the Lifecycle of a God, of which dragon and human are parts. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/31105516/Bedtime-Story-by-Shannon-McArthur.mp3
The Acorn Meditation
"From oak I come to oak I go, I sit amid the ancient flow. From oak I come to oak I go, I look, I watch, I see, I know...." ~Tom Cowan https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/13120105/The-Acorn-Meditation-by-Tom-Cowan.mp3 [media-downloader...
The Popularity of Ayahuasca and Other Plant Medicines
Vegetalisa is a term used to refer to a practice of mestizo shamanism in the Peruvian Amazon in which the shamans — known as vegetalistas — are said to gain their knowledge and power to cure from the vegetales, or plants of the region. Dr. Steven Farmer interviews...
Interview with 2018 Eagle Feather Award Recipient, Mona Polacca
"Your prayer is like an arrow. Walk behind it as it clears the way for you." ~Mona Polacca On her mother's side, Mona is Havasupai, the people of the Blue Water. On her father's side, she is Hopi from the Sun Clan and Tewa from the Tobacco Clan. An important...
Xhosa Sangoma Medicine
From time immemorial the medicine person’s job was to help the community reconnect with their ancestors and thus find their vision and soul’s purpose. For it is well known that all people come to earth for a particular purpose and when that purpose is realized then...
African Shamanism & Ancestral Wisdom
Dr. Steven Farmer interviews Gretchen Crilly McKay about the wisdom obtained from working with a Sangoma (African Shaman) through a divination process called throwing the bones. Gretchen is reunited with her African ancestors as she begins to cultivate the healing...
The Story of Boann and the Well of Wisdom
Jaime leads us through a transformative story about Boann, goddess of the River Boyne, a river in Leinster, Ireland. Although Boann was instructed otherwise by her husband Nechtan, she unleashes a power that has been keep still and protected. These actions and...
Shamanism and the Secrets of Childhood
In this audio Tom explores the wisdom and secrets contained within the innocence of childhood. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18141929/Shamanism-and-The-Secrets-of-Childhood_Tom-Cowan.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="3621" texts="Download...
The Shipibo Icaro Tradition
The Shipibo peoples of the Amazon believe everything has its own song and pattern. Anna shares the basics of their understanding of the universe and ends by offering a icaro, a sung prayer....
Interview with Joseph Rael, 2016 Eagle Feather Recipient
This "audio" is a filmed interview with SSP's Eagle Feather Award Recipient, Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow). Mr. Rael is an Artist, Teacher, Author and Visionary. SSP Board members Lena and Jose Stevens traveled to Southern Colorado to present the award to...
Challenges and Joys of working the Celtic Tradition (December 2017)
Tom Cowan, Jane Burns and Jaime Meyer discuss what drew them to Celtic Shamanism. Each shares some of their favorite Celtic practices and how they integrate these practices into their daily lives. Together they discuss how Celtic traditions are relevant to our times,...
Modern Perspectives
SACRED SONGS OF THE LAND
This video is from the 2023 SSP Conference - Teachings from the Land: Visible and Invisible Vibration is the essence of the Universe. And the human voice could be considered our most powerful, versatile, and healing shamanic tool. Song and tone are used as part of...
Earth Spirit: Ancient Wisdom,
Modern Hope: Relearning Environmental Collectiveness
We all know that the Earth and all life on it is in danger. Even those who deny the fact that human actions have created the climate and environmental crisis threatening to overwhelm the planet recognize what is happening. With our sophisticated communication...
Mother Healing Meditation
This meditation will help you connect to the wisdom and support of Mother Earth and guide you to clarity about the relationship you have with your mother or any mother figure in your life. This exploration is about you awakening the mother within. ...
Shamans, Practitioners and the Shamanic Path
What is the difference between a shaman, a shamanic practitioner and someone walking a shamanic path? When is it appropriate to claim the title of shaman vs shamanic practitioner? Through these questions this audio explores how we can authentically integrate shamanic...
Being in Right Relationship with Our Indigenous Teachers
In this audio José Stevens explores cultural appropriation through the lens of being in 'Right Relationship' with our indigenous teachers....
Shamanism & Astrology
This is an interview with shamanic astrologer, Pat Liles and SSP board member Lena Stevens. In this interview Lena and Pat explore the shamanic roots of astrology and touch on some of the big shamanic themes in astrology that are relevant today. Pat shares how she...
Seeing the World as Magic
Becoming an astrologer was not part of my life plan. The shift came for me during a shamanic journey at a dream workshop, cues that my life plan, as such, had already taken some strange turns. In this journey, I met a being who introduced himself as Mercurius and said...
Shamanic Wisdom of the Planets and the Sky
Based on the Teachings of The Shamanic Astrology Mystery School In May of 1990, Daniel Giamario, founder of the Shamanic Astrology Paradigm, invited me to attend a talk he was giving in Tucson, Arizona. Little did I know that event would forever change my life in ways...
Shamanism Without Borders
Tending to Extreme Weather
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders (SWB) tending event led by SWB Community Leader, Joan Levergood. In recent weeks, extremely destructive weather systems have caused suffering around the world. Ice and Snow Storms have occurred in the southern parts of...
Tending the Suffering Due to the LA Wildfires
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders (SWB) tending event led by SWB Community Leader, Vicki Snyder-Young Due to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, California, many are being affected. There has been loss of homes, loved ones, businesses, schools, and...
Giving Thanks
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders (SWB) tending event led by SWB Community Leader, Nancy Lankston Let’s gather together to connect and honor Mama Earth. We will offer our deep gratitude for everything Mama Earth provides for us, and ask how we can help...
Tending to Weather Balance
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders (SWB) tending event led by SWB Community Leader, Mary Olivar. The weather and our surrounding atmosphere of the sky above, plays a vital role in maintaining balance on our planet. It blankets the Earth, regulates...
Tending to Air
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders tending event Air is essential to life on our beautiful planet. It moves around creating change and supporting life. In this Shamanism Without Borders Call to Action, we will tend to the suffering caused by manifestations...
Tending to Wildfires
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders tending event. Wildfires are affecting our lives in numerous ways: from the economic impact, destruction of homes, crops, wild places, and vegetation, to affecting emergency services, air quality and structural integrity....
Tending Solstice Fire
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. The wheel of the year turns toward Summer Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. What a perfect time to tend to the elemental fire of the sacred Sun that warms us and makes life possible on Earth. Join...
Tending to the Exploitation of Earth’s Resources
Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders tending event. The Earth is our only home. Estimates state that as much as 77% of the land and 87% of the ocean have been modified by humans in destructive ways to our environment, primarily driven by the high demand for...
Tending to the Ocean
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. The Ocean, the original home for life on Earth, has a deeply important role in maintaining balance on our planet. It covers over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, holds over 95 percent of the Earth’s water, and...
Tending to the Unhoused
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action The number of unhoused people in the US reached an all-time high of more than half a million people in 2023. Many people are suffering as a result of being unhoused. People lose their housing due to poverty, mental...
Tending to Refugees
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action The number of refugees in our world has dramatically increased in the last decade. Tens of millions of people are being displaced from their homes by natural and manmade disasters such as floods, droughts, fires,...
Tending to Racial Discrimination
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action The lie of separation has created patterns of discrimination and viewing other humans through the lens of “separate” and “other”, often resulting in judgement, anger, violence, and war. It is found on all levels of...
Tending to Drug Addiction
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Drug addictions are impacting the lives of our communities, our families, friends, co-workers and first responders. The overdose death rates are rising. The impacts are far reaching from emotional and physical health...
Tending to Political Fear and Anger
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action While there are many distinct political crises across the globe, one thing they all have in common is human emotions. Particularly, the feelings of fear and anger underneath the world’s ever-changing news feeds. We...
Tending to Armed Conflict in Israel and Palestine
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Israeli-Palestinian conflict is rooted in millennia-old territorial disputes in a region with religious and historical significance to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Recently, there has been an...
Tending to Wildlife
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Extreme conditions are affecting our wildlife in numerous ways and they are being displaced. From habitat destruction, deforestation, pollution and weather conditions, many species are becoming endangered. This in...
Tending to the Maui Fires
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Please join us for a Shamanism Without Borders tending event for the wildfires in Maui. We work with the loss of lives and homes that has occurred in Lahaina and other areas, as well as ongoing fires. Led by...
Tending Our Earth During Climate Change
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Extreme heat waves, epic storms, massive wildfires, record flooding – our Earth is in the midst of rapid change. We will journey with Mama Earth and ask how we can tend to her needs now. We will call on the...
Tending to the Loss of Trees
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Trees play an essential role on our planet. They are vital parts of balancing our ecosystems, storing carbon, providing shelter and food, cleaning air, and maintaining soil health. Yet in recent years the planet has...
Tending to our Earth Connection: Human’s Relationship with our Planet
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action All humans are inherently connected to the Earth. Our bodies are of the Earth, and we are continually nourished by her, physically and energetically. Yet collectively, as...
Tending to Biodiversity Loss
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action The loss of biodiversity is occurring at a rapid rate. Many species of animals and plants are losing habitat and becoming endangered or extinct. Please join Jason Ford for this Shamanism Without Borders tending. From...
Tending to Gender-based Oppression
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Gender-based oppression affects our planet on multiple levels, globally, politically, and inter-personally, infringing on physical safety, basic freedoms, and human rights.Please join Yana Aryze and Lisha Hengeveld...
Tending to Conflict and Discord:
A Prayer for Peace
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Whether interpersonal, political, or global, currently there is palpable energy of discord and conflict present between humans on our planet. In this Shamanism Without Borders tending process, we will seek to learn...
Tending to the Earth
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Pachamamma, Mother Earth, and the element of earth have to do with our sense of home, safety, groundedness, stability, and support. It is our nourishment and abundance, and is highly creative. The earth can also be...
Tending to Fire
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Places with too much of the Fire element are in drought, while an overage of Fire in our atmosphere fuels stronger storms causing damage and loss of life. There are many places where the element of Fire is out of...
Tending to Air
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action The element of Air brings us a range of issues to work with. Aspects related to Air include weather, communication, air quality and our physical atmosphere, as well as birds and pollinators. Join Mary Olivar as we...
Tending Our Waters
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action Droughts, floods, intense storms – we are bombarded with daily evidence of climate imbalance. How can we support Mama Earth during these times of upheaval and change? Join Nancy Lankston as we connect deeply to...
Tending to Gun Violence
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action On Tuesday, May 24th, 19 children and two teachers were killed by a lone gunman at the Robb Elementary School located in Uvalde, Texas. This most recent school shooting in the United States, is the second deadliest...
Tending to Wildfires
This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. These past weeks New Mexico has experienced consistent high winds and a wildfire of unprecedented proportion. Please join Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader Lisha Hengeveld for a Rapid Response Community...
Tending International Borders:
Ukraine and Russia
ABOUT THIS AUDIO This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. Sometimes the entire world puts their focus on a single conflict. This has happened lately with Ukraine and Russia. Every day we hear news about the situation. Many leaders are talking...
Tending to the Colorado Fires
ABOUT THIS AUDIO This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. The recent wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado have displaced or destroyed many of our relations. This fire occurred in just a few hours and was driven by extremely high, historic winds that...
Tending International Borders
ABOUT THIS AUDIO This is a Shamanism Without Borders Call-to-Action. Borders by their very nature are created to keep one group in and others out. There are multiple places around the world where conflict at international borders is currently causing suffering. This...
Tending to Afghanistan
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Afghanistan is a country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north and China to the northeast. People have been settling here...
Tending to Climate Change
ABOUT THIS AUDIO We are bombarded daily with news about the climate crisis. It is so easy to get overwhelmed by the scope of the problem. Where should we focus our attention? Mama Earth has wisdom and guidance to share with us. Join Nancy Lankston as we connect deeply...
TENDING TO WILDFIRES
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Due to ongoing rain deficits and extreme temperatures there are currently massive wildfires burning in multiple areas. Please join Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader Mary Olivar for a Rapid Response Community Call-to-Action to tend to these...
TENDING TO THE SURFSIDE, FLORIDA CONDO COLLAPSE
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Most of us have heard in the news recently of the high rise condominium building which collapsed in the small town of Surfside, Florida. Numerous people have died and many more are still missing. Rescue efforts continue as the remaining portion of the...
TENDING TO AFGHANISTAN
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Afghanistan is a country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north and China to the northeast. People have been settling here...
TENDING TO INDIA AND BRAZIL
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Recently both India and Brazil have made their way into many media headlines for numerous reasons; whether COVID-19 related or the unraveling of old structures and old ways of being. Coming from a place of neutrality we look into how we can support...
Tending to Gun Violence
ABOUT THIS AUDIO There have been recent and past events related to Gun Violence that led us to this tending. In fact, someone mentioned to me that today, April 20th is the 22nd anniversary of Columbine. I’m sure, we have all heard or read in the news of the shootings...
Tending to Myanmar
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Myanmar, also known as Burma, is located in South East Asia. It neighbors Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China, and India. The main religion is Buddhism. There are many ethnic groups in the country, including Rohingya Muslims. The country gained...
Tending to Tigray: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
ABOUT THIS AUDIO The Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia is undergoing violent conflict. The scenario there includes the destruction of homes and farmland, many thousands of refugees and millions lacking basic resources, war crimes, human rights violations, genocide,...
Tending Our Communities
ABOUT THIS AUDIO In these turbulent times, our communities need our support more than ever. Join SWB Community Leader, Nancy Lankston as we gather in a space of non-judgment and compassion to journey together. We ask for guidance from Spirit regarding how best to...
Tending to Leadership & Government Structures
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Whether in the United States with upcoming changes in leadership, or in another country in the world, our leadership structures could use a little tending. From a neutral place of non-judgment, Lena Stevens, SSP Board Member and Shamanic Practitioner...
Tending to the Food & Farming Industry
ABOUT THIS AUDIO Headlines from around the world have been expressing a need for the support of farmworkers, food industry workers, as well as millions in COVID- affected countries who are experiencing shortages in the supply chain. Together, we will journey to see...
Tending to Covid Caretaker Fatigue
About this Audio As Covid continues to restructure much of our routines and dreams, we have an opportunity to tend to those who have been on the frontlines. Caretakers of all kinds, including healthcare workers, parents, first responders, essential workers, and...
Tending to Your Own Backyard
About this Audio Powerful change happens in the world when we attend to what needs addressing within ourselves. This Tending To Your Own Backyard ceremony will use the Shamanism Without Borders process to illuminate what needs attention within ourselves and the...
Tending to Wildfires
About this Audio Extreme temperatures and high winds have triggered a massive increase in the number and severity of wildfires now burning in the western United States. Please join SWB Community Leader Nancy Lankston for a Rapid Response Community Call-to-Action to...
Tending the Dead
About this Audio As we support the Re-Creation of our world, we also have opportunities to look back and help correct miss-steps from our collective past. In many places today, people have lost the skills and rituals needed to guide souls after death to the afterlife....
Tending to the Aftermath of Hurricane Laura
About this Audio On Aug 26th, Hurricane Laura made landfall as a Category 4 storm, slamming into parts of Louisiana and Texas with 150 mph winds and a powerful storm surge. We join together to see how we can be of service to the aftermath of this natural disaster. HOW...
Activating Sacred Leadership
About this Audio These days the many shortcomings of leadership are evident at nearly every level— personal, organizational, governmental and planetary. Patriarchal paradigms are no longer working and new possibilities are emerging for a more sacred way of leadership,...
Tending to the Beirut Explosion
About this Audio Wednesday's explosion from August 6, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon, has left thousands of people injured with over a hundred deaths. Leaving behind damages to many homes and businesses. We invite you to join Jose Stevens for this Rapid Response SWB...
Mongolian Ceremony to Clear COVID-19 from USA
Beginning Monday, July 27th, 2020, 12 Mongolian Shamans gathered with over 900 live webinar attendees from around the world to open a 14-day Ceremony aimed at clearing COVID-19 from the USA. A heartfelt thank you to Bachi, the shamans, allies, families and communities...
Tending to the Hearts of Humanity
About this Audio The intention for this Call-to-Action is to open, clear and connect the path from our heart to the heart of Mother Earth. Join Amanda Hovey as we then journey to a place or event that is need of this heart connection, ask how we can be in service...
Tending to Hucha
About this Audio Many heavy energies have been shaken loose from us during these transitional times. Listen as our Board President, Jaime Meyer, guides us through a powerful ceremony to cleanse and refine those heavy energies from Mother Earth. HOW TO PREPARE Create...
Tending to COVID-19
Join Co-Founder of the Power Path School of Shamanism and SSP Board Member José Stevens as we focus on tending to the unprecedented global effects of COVID-19. This is a tending to the disruption, realities and various effects of COVID-19 both individually and...
Working with Earth
In this Community Call-to-Action with Lena Stevens, we focus on working with the Earth as an Elemental, the qualities and aspects of the Earth as an Ally, as well as tending to Earth-related events such as Earthquakes and other earth movements causing trauma,...
Working with Air
The element of air is related to breath, lungs, grief, inspiration, congestion, assimilation and change. In addition to working generally with the spirit or AIR, this call-to-action will also include in its focus recent issues around trauma in the Amazon’s burning the...
Working with Water
Lena guides us through a Shamanism Without Borders process on how to work with the element of water, the many ways water shows up around us and how to honor this element....
Working with Fire
Lena guides us through a Shamanism Without Borders process on how to work with the element of fire, the importance of honoring this powerful element and how to be of assistance to those negatively effected....
5 Practices for Shamanic Tending of People, Places and Events
This audio supports our Shamanism Without Boarders Program and Guidebook. It provides 5 guided practices for the shamanic tending of people, places and events that carry trauma, disturbance or just need help to rebalance....
Shamanism Without Borders for Recent Events (September 2017)
In light of recent and continuing events, this month's audio focuses on Shamanism Without Borders, a process to help bring healing for traumatic events that happen on the planet. This audio will guide you to connect with whatever recent event or conflict you may feel...
Bringing Healing to the Arctic Waters
Shamanism Without Borders Community Call with Mara Bishop https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30110139/Bringing-Healing-to-the-Arctic-Waters.mp3
Supporting Movement into Peace so that We may be Better Leaders
Shamanism Without Borders Community Call with Genie Hobbs, February 2017
Releasing Trauma Patterns from the Blizzard in the Northeast
Shamanism Without Borders Community Call with Genie Hobbs and Petra Loewen. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/24170749/Releasing-Trauma-Patterns-from-the-Blizzard-in-the-Northeastern-US.mp3
Support for the Donald Doldrums
An SSP Community Call led by Board Members Genie Hobbs and Jaime Meyer. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/24174102/Support-for-the-Donald-Doldrums.mp3
Integrating New Energy from the Women’s March
Shamanism Without Borders Community Call with Genie Hobbs and Jaime Meyer, January 2017 https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/24173248/Integrating-New-Energy-from-the-Womens-March.mp3
Support for Standing Rock
Shamanism Without Borders Community Call with Jose and Lena Stevens and Genie Hobbs. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30145840/Support-for-Standing-Rock.mp3
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