In the past two articles we explored the definition and tools of Cultural Shamans.  This post lists many of the individual skills that Cultural Shamans develop to perform their power, healing, and Love work.

• Grace
• Centering
• Grounding
• Witnessing and Transclusion
• Drawing Energy and Managing Energy
• Cleansing self of Heavy Energy and Invoking Love and Power and Presence
• Sponsorship and Safety Invocation
• Opening, Holding, and Closing of Sacred Space
• Setting Intent
• Clarification — it is generally useful to shorten the threads of reciprocity
• Humility and Gratitude
• Connecting with self, other, and Ecology
• Deep Sensing through energetic reciprocity
• Cleansing Mind of Alien Influences
• Invocation and Evocation
• Journeying via Altered States of Consciousness
• Healing – to make whole
• Rebalancing Energy
• Attuning Energy to the right frequency
• Creating Meaningful Symbols
• Eating Heavy Energy
• Timely Surrendering
• Proper Naming / Labelling / Definition
• Tuning one’s emission frequency and dynamic range
• Storytelling
• Disruption and Trickster moves
• Reframing
• Renarrativing

If you are interested in developing these skills for your own healing work, please join our study group and join us at our next Meetup.

To join our group and get notified of practice sessions, study group sessions, and fun events:  http://www.meetup.com/Culture-Shamans-of-Austin/

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Among the Q’ero Indians of Peru, there is a word they use to call a friend of the heart.  That word is Waiki.  My friend and former teacher, Tom Best was fond of using it to refer to his students and it caught on as a term of endearment between us, his students.

So I say to you, “Hey, Waikis!”

I want to share with you a great honor that has come by me.  My good friend and former student, Tom Carroll, produces podcast audio and radio programs.  Recently he asked to interview me for a piece he was doing.  Although we talked about many things that day, the narrative that emerged from Tom’s loving hands, heart, and mind based on that interview turned out to be about my dear friend and mentor Tom Best.

I feel so honored to be a part of a lineage of learning that flows through me from Tom Best to Tom Carroll and to all the people on down stream.  Not a day goes by when I don’t remember the voice and wisdom of my friend and teacher, Tom Best.  Thank you Tom Carroll for memorializing that Love so beautifully.

https://soundcloud.com/tomlearningguy/the-mentors-mentor