I’ve been following the shamanic path since childhood. But the real progress and understanding of this path came when I found Native American elders and traditional teachers in my twenties. Despite destruction and persecution, misery and disease, repression and racism, the keepers of tradition knew how to transmit the essence of the path of spirituality united with the world, stemming from the nature that surrounds us. This spirituality, common to all indigenous peoples on every continent, is called shamanism.
No other nation on this planet has experienced as many attempts to wipe them off the world map and remove them from their lands and traditions as the native peoples of North America. Although they have survived this all-out genocide, it has nevertheless left gaps in their teaching, with parts of their tradition forgotten and lost. I had to keep searching to fill these gaps, and I found the answers. These answers I found in the ancient traditions of other peoples who have managed to preserve ancient texts and teachings that are thousands of years old. The ones that have helped me most are those of the yogis of India, Chinese Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese martial arts.
The greatest success in a person’s life is not what most people think about…. Fame, success, money, power, all these things pale when compared to what most people really need and want: true love and nourishing relationships with family, friends and community. On the backdrop of this formidable energy that comes from healthy human interaction there is the evolution and training that our souls come to accomplish on planet earth.
