Videos and Audios

Dear Shaman College Community,

This video sharing today is all about the symphony of timing and rhythms in your life.  My observation is that our minds, our thoughts and our information gathering is quick.  We get it!  We can process high levels of information very quickly.  We can gather insights and new concepts easily from the internet through written and video formats.  We can communicate with other people through email, texts, social media, etc.  And it is very fast.

Yet, problems arise when we expect this speed in the growing, transforming, and developing aspects of our lives and the nature all around us.  It is a mis-match.  This can leave us disappointed with the natural cycles of life.  This can leave us impatient with manifestation.

In shamanism, I see this timing mis-match with students, practitioners and clients.  They can get something on a mental, conceptual level.... but the embodiment is not there yet.

As if more and...

 What a world we live in.  I know we - us spiritual folk drawn to nature - are being asked to stand ever more in the beauty of this place.  As the world around us seems to fill with so much opinion and countering beliefs, I wonder what does the shaman see?

Today I discuss my observation that shamans and practitioners have always lived on the edges... the boundaries of what is accepted norm and what is the wilderness of the unknown.

I also look at how a student or client (including us practitioners) can miss the healing when they try to fit the medicine from the unknown spaces into the logical and binding contracts of cultural beliefs.

Finally, I share in the compassionate appreciation that its not always easy to live on the edge... but it simply is the way that it works when you venture out.  Untold beauty is also there... of course, this is the wonder of this bountiful place.

I will never forget when a beautiful and skilled student and practitioner asked me,...

There is a question that arises very frequently when people begin to journey and communicate with the spirits.

They ask, "Is it all in the mind?" or put another way...  "Am I just imagining this?"

To answer these questions... you have to look at two other larger questions, "What is real?"  and "What is the mind?"

These questions lead us into an inquiry of the ages and a path that shamanism walks.

Can it be that the answer is both yes and no?  Can it be that reality is perceived through the mind, the body, and the heart?  Can it be that you are connected to everything... the "I AM", and yet at times working with the illusion of separation?

In this video, I ask some of these questions and I explore the gifts of the illusion of separation and how we may be able to discern what is coming through.

Please join me!

Many blessings to all,

Kimba

Here I highlight our 5th video in the latest series, The Ground We Stand On.

(For the entire series, click here.)

In this series we look at the spiritual warrior that is required for this work.  I say this is required but I am conscious that it develops with study and practice. This warrior has seen both light and shadow, discovered the strength of the ground, and the loving power of their discerning heart.  They have a navigation skill through the journeys and travels with the spirits.

In this final video, we look at ethics, boundaries and permissions.  These are skills.  I cannot say that they are 'simple' skills... and yet they do get overlooked by many.

None of us practice shamanism in a vacuum.  Even if we only work in isolation, there is not such a thing! 

Our actions, thoughts and words impact the world around us, affecting the energetics and the healing. Shamanism is a study and practice of connection, communication, sharing, giving,...

In this video, I look at what it is to "journey well".  By this I mean clear journeys and ones that receive healing information (divination) and healing energetics or transmission (application and results).

You have to get very clear.  You have to be able to step out of your belief systems to such a degree that you do not get in the way of what is needed.  All at the same time, you are monitoring safety for yourself and others.

This is possible!  Yet, it requires an understanding of light and shadow within yourself, a ground, and a connection to the heart centre. (I speak about these aspects in the first videos of this series. Click here to watch them.)

While the shamanic journeys are beautiful, colorful and filled with information and insights, they are not escapes from this world.  And they too, can be filled with many challenges.  Ultimately, the journeys are travels within this reality... only they present perspectives that are often not...

We continue with the series of Shaman College videos, " The Ground We Stand On".  If you haven't started the series, I recommend that you start with the first video and work your way through them.

For the complete series, click here.

I created this series to look in detail at spiritual healing and the shamanic practitioner who has honed their skills to that of a spiritual warrior.

All of this in hope that something here resonates with you, inspires you to continue, and finds you weaving your gifts together.

This week, I would like to highlight the importance of the Sacred Heart and its gifts of navigation and discernment.  Having discovered both your light and your shadows, developed a ground that opens your perception, you naturally have come into your sacred heartspace.

In this video, I invite you to become curious about this heartspace... what is here?

Why do I call the Sacred Heart the place of discernment?  And how can we navigate from here?  How can we...

(If you would like to watch part 1 and 2 if this video series, click here.)

Here we are in the 3rd video of this series, "The Ground We Stand On".  I share with you the specific understanding of grounding that comes into our shamanic world view.  I will never forget that my teacher, Steve Serr said that the shaman is the most grounded person you will meet.This resonated in my heart.  I could feel it in my bones.

Sure, we fly, we speak to spirits, we travel worlds, and we see things very differently than most people walking around today in our daily life.  Yet, the ground is essential.  And we do not take this for granted.  It is the ground itself that allows us to do what we do.

What I describe here may not make sense to most people.  It is one of those divine paradoxes that makes sense only at the heart level.  But once you get-it at the heart, the conceptual space also opens.  This is the ground that opens us, and clears through the...

I share with you today a new audio/ video about the shamanic healing technique of cutting cords.

This is the 2nd in a series of teachings that explore well-practiced shamanic healing techniques in the hopes that we can 'shed light' upon these practices and help you to open your understanding to their depth and possibility.

Like everything in shamanism...there are nuances, subtleties and oftentimes surprising revelations that expand these healings beyond their common or everyday surface assumptions.

Cutting cords is a perfect example.

In this audio/ video I begin the opening process for you.  What I mean is that each practice has an unending exploration available to us.

Of course it does!  This is the magnificence of the Universe.

(If you haven't already listened to my discussion about Power Animals, here is the link for that one, click here.)

Hello Dear Shaman College Community,

I have been wanting to record a series of audios and videos about the various techniques and modalities that are often found in shamanic healing across the planet.   Most of these are shared amongst many peoples.

I feel that one of the main teachings that you will find here... is that shamanic healing is not just a collection of techniques.

You cannot just 'order -up' a Spirit Animal retrieval or a Soul retrieval and call that shamanism.  Just as you cannot light some sage, bang a drum and call it shamanism.

These can be found in many shamanic healing sessions, and yet they are simply tools and techniques for something that is much further reaching.  Something that can withstand all time and space... across cultures, languages, and beliefs.

I believe that we here at Shaman College hold a reverence and a steady inquiry into the hollow bone that is shamanic healing...

And I welcome you to join me here.  This first...

Hello Dear Shaman College Community,

There is a taproot to the present moment - a place that holds access to all.

Development of your practice must be just as much about your grounded presence as it is about travelling distant worlds.

In this video, I explore the many timelines that we travel and weave within shamanic healing.  Often people are familiar with the multiple realms that exist in shamanic consciousness, but less is known about the multiple times that practitioners access.

All of this is possible through the grounded presence here.  This present moment is where everything exists.  This moment is your portal to all.  It is also the place where the grounded shamans breathe...

Many blessings and love to all,

Kimba and the Shaman College Team