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Two to three days following our session, I felt a little lightheadedness, but overall, a lighter spirit of appreciation, mindfulness, and unadulterated caring and love unfiltered by ego, and a sense of being more whole. My wife sensed a change in me, as well, quipping that it was nice to have me back. We have since started reconnecting spiritually. My daughter has also noticed a change in my attitude: a return to my old, gregarious, and joyful self. I have a better feeling of peace, love, and understanding. I didn’ t have any great or jarring transformational experience in our session, but there seems to have been an ionic cleansing, as it were, in which some negative ions were dissipated in the process. Thank you so much for this new feeling.”

P.G. Virginia October 3, 2015

My Qualifications and Training

Michael Harner, a cultural anthropologist, is credited for reviving shamanism in the U.S. through his Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He distilled the common practices of shamans world-wide into what he calls “core shamanism.” I was curious about shamanism, but dubious, until I noticed the Foundation’s newsletter on a friend’s table. My friend, a physicist, held his thumb and forefinger an inch apart and told me that the world of physics and the world of shamanism were “this far apart, but they don’t know it because they speak different languages.” He told me that he and his wife had been studying shamanism for years.

I started with a beginner’s workshop with the Foundation’s local teacher, Dana Robinson, then took a one-year program with Mary “Tyrtle” Rooker, of Takoma Park. Mary’s program is based on studying with Harner, Sandra Ingerman (Soul Retrieval innovator), Tom Cowan (noted Celtic shaman), and Betsy Bergstrom (Buddhist compassionate depossession techniques). In the shamanic tradition, Mary was given permission to teach by her teachers. (Shamanism has no certificates or degrees.) She, in turn, encouraged me to start a practice.

I’ve since taken advanced workshops with Rooker and Robinson; my instruction time totals more than 300 hours. I have also been attuned by a Reiki master. A third of my clients come specifically for shamanic healing, while the rest incorporate this modality into a longer program of healing, personal growth, and human potential. For information about other modalities in which I’m trained, click on: