Category: shamanism
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When Spiritual Worlds Collide
This week’s newsletter is an invitation to this special, intimate space: the inspiring encounters that have already happened this year, my honest-to-goodness confession why I won’t do livestreams on YouTube (and why I’m hiding behind a paywall!), and a very special invitation to a celebration at the next livestream…
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What is a “real” shaman, anyway?
A dear friend of mine asked me the other day, “So, are you a shaman-in-training or are you a real shaman?” I loved this question because I love my friend, and I knew that it was coming from a genuine place of friendship and curiosity. In the moment, I replied, “There are many kinds of…
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Don’t just toss your tree…
Do this next time you’re saying farewell to a beloved friend: dress them beautifully with decorations and surround them with light and love, speak your gratitude aloud as you touch them with reverence, bring them to their final resting place and offer tobacco, consecrated blood, and wine; drum and sing and dance for joy and…
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So much in store for 2026!
Dear ones! I wanted to give you a sneak peak of what I have planned for 2026, and also to open the door to call in collaborations in the new year! I genuinely hope you will join me in person next year to share laughter and song and dance, and ceremony and dreaming and inspiration.…
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New Year’s Journey-work
What is your end of year journey? When was the last time you touched the source of your own inspiration? I am here to help you on your journey. Book your New Year’s journey with the Savage Shaman, available online and in-person, https://book.titan.email/thesavageshaman
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Body Poetry: Learning to Crawl, Learning to Fall
You must have the neutral demeanor of a martial artist for all Butoh exercises, because that means you are open to the most authentic expression arising in the moment, and you are unfiltered. The moment you try to make something of it it is false, it is contrived actually, and the body will always betray…
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I Sing The Body Electric
This is the fierce, unapologetic, uncensored passion of butoh based shamanic embodiment – this is our Body Poetry. Be the poem, beloved, embody it with every cell of your being, without pause to think or correct, without second thought or doubt – I dare you to be that fearless, I dare you to be this…
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But what is “Body Poetry” anyway??
Body Poetry is: condensed corporeality essential embodiment human expression expressive flesh poignantly real holistic reality What if you could dance all of that? That is exactly what we will be exploring in this 6 week workshop of butoh based shamanic embodiment. It is all those things, and none of them, and it is what you…
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Ministry of Presence
I do many things – music, dance, ritual, ceremony, writing – which represent the medicine of connection, clarity, and embodiment – and yet the deeper I lean into working with the richesse of my life, working with the elements that are laid at my feet to weave a meaningful life in service to the world,…
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20 years in the making
Do you ever feel like, “one day I’ll know enough about such and such to write a book or teach?” For some reason teaching always came naturally, and I have no problem dancing in a kimono in front of hundreds of people – but actually finishing and publishing a book – not so easy! Celebrate…