In my private practice, I am a spiritual mentor and I offer shamanic healing, movement as medicine and White Shell Yoga.  I live in the UK but was born and lived most of my life in the United States.  I have been in the movement and healing professions for 25 years and yet it has been Shamanism that has been my "home-coming"...knowing that all has been for this remembering of our sacred relationship and blessed Oneness with Mother Earth, the Stars, and all of Life.

Like so many of us, I was called by Nature to be here. My family always lived near vast space, woods, and plains.  Our family holidays were camping in the mountains or swimming in the oceans... my family roots were outdoors with nature, with animals and the stars.  As a young child I would spontaneously communicate with Nature through my body- through movement and dance.  I would merge and shapeshift...and in turn the trees, water, the moon and animals moved me!  My body, its movement and all of Nature were One.

As my life continued, my movement and dance was focused into professional ballet and my thoughts wanted to "know" more....control movement, healing and find out how to "fix" ailments. My hunger and studies were fuelled by the need to know where this human form came from as if this would unlock the secrets to health.  This drive came with great experiences and knowledge but ultimately left me separated from my essence, my internal wisdom, reverence and trust of nature.  Illnesses, injuries, disharmony, and a great sense of loss moved in....so much that I began to shame this very form- this body that had connected me with nature.

Grace, Mother Earth and dear wisdom teachers began to show up in my life...to guide me into listening to the Truth and the wisdom of Nature and the body as Nature. With a broken body and a bruised spirit, these "angels" pointed me inwards to my own heart to reveal the deep wisdom that lies within all of us. The study of shamanism too arose also as if by chance! My spirit teachers and guides as well as Steve Serr here at Shamanism 101 welcomed me back to where I was those many years ago.

I know this human form is a sacred vessel with a light consciousness...given to us by the Great Oneness for so much more connection and communion than what we have been "taught". There are unseen powers and vast Love here available to us.  This is confirmed again and again even by the earliest students here embarking on this shamanic path.

As well as offering shamanic healing sessions, my specialties are in shamanic satsang, movement medicine and shamanic yoga. I am shown and given work that has to do with embodiment and physical expression- through movement, body, voice and dance. I meditate on the Hollow One, clear myself and allow Spirit to move through....to speak through this form.  As the Ancestors guide me and the plants and trees teach me, I am shown "we are held here".

I appreciate that while we are Light...at times we are shown and thrown (it seems) into the depths of challenges and 'darkness'... but that through honouring and deep listening we are lead to the gifts of even these challenges.  Like diamonds from coal, Grace and Spirit can guide us...may we open to them.

Teaching for Shaman College is a complete joy....I feel that we are brothers and sisters here... and if you are called to the Shamanic Ways, I want to encourage you to follow that call.  Let it deepen, let it develop, remain clear, remain open, and all of Nature will guide you.

I know that Safety, Ethics and Clarity are of essential importance...so I am very clear with all of our students that this path is to be revered and respected...that the benevolent Spirits require this.  And like any artist in the healing arts- the shamanic arts require a consistency of practice, of deepening the foundations and roots from which we work.

Degrees and Certificates

• CST, Certified Shamanic Teacher
• Shamanic Practitioner Training CSP, Level 1,2,3,Certificates in Shamanism
• Director of Shaman College
• Teacher for Shaman College
• Founder of White Shell Yoga
• Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher
• BA Anthropolgy, University of Washignton
• Certified Franklin Method Teacher
• Certified Aston Patterning
• Certified in Aston Pilates
• Certified Massage Practitioner
• Certified BodyTalk Practitioner
• Gong Healing Certificate

I have a laid back, light and humorous spirit, and yet very deep at the same time. One of favorite Shamanic tools is looking to the cloud spirits for answers to questions. Cloud divination can be a very fun tool to add to your Shamanic Medicine Bag.

I am excited about being a teacher with Shaman College. The journey through this program has had a profound impact on my life and my purpose. I am now sharing my medicine through the vehicle of my healing center, Earth Rhythm Wellness – www.deborahlmillerchhc.com Shamanism 101 helped me to make my dream of owning and operating a healing center into a reality! I am so thankful for the compassion and dedication that Steve Serr & all the staff at Shamanism 101 has for passing the healing ways on to us!"

What Teaching Shamanism Means to Me: Teaching is opening up to become the hollow bone so the student can connect with their own wisdom, authenticity, compassion and authority.  Teaching Shamanism is not at all about providing answers, but rather it is about helping one to discover their own answers.  Teaching is not about being the authority, but rather it is about helping the student to find their own authority.  True teaching is guiding others to connect with their own guides in such a way that it empowers them and restores them to wholeness.  Teaching shamanism is about stepping aside in order to let the student step forward to tap into their own force, their own power, and their own healing to restore the fabric of their soul.  Teaching Shamanism is about enhancing one's own capabilities to expand their states of awareness and consciousness to establish and build meaningful relationships with their spirit helpers.  I firmly believe that I am not the teacher of Shamanism, but rather I am the Hollow Bone that connects others to the Spirit Guides that do the healing and the teaching.  I am merely the conduit that connects the student with the teacher.

Debbie lives in the beautiful area of the Thousand Islands in Upstate New York. The opportunities to explore, enjoy and be with nature are plentiful. Debbie grew up on the St. Lawrence River. Her father had a passion for the earth and all that is natural, and it was he who instilled that same passion in Debbie. Some of her fondest memories are those spent with her father in the woods, on a trail or in a boat on the river. Debbie’s mother was a plant whisperer in her own right. She treated her plants like her children giving them tender loving care. Debbie was inspired and awed by her mother’s ability to communicate with the plants and how she intuitively provided them with just what they needed. Debbie soon learned that the plants gave back in so many ways, and there is a mutual love and respect. You will often find Debbie sitting with the trees and the flowers listening and learning.

Debbie has known since she was a child that her purpose in life is to help others find the healing way. It wasn’t until she had her first session with a Shamanic Practitioner that she realized Shamanism was the path in which she would carry out her purpose. She completed an intensive shamanic apprenticeship, and she knew she found her "home" and a wholeness she had never known before. It was then she stopped searching to fill that void she was so familiar with. As a way to honor this gift, Debbie wants to pay it forward by helping others find their sacred wholeness.

In addition to teaching at Shamanism 101, Debbie works full time in the field of addictions. She also helps people to restore their power and regain their authentic spirit through her private practice - Earth Rhythm Wellness where she provides Shamanic Healing, Reiki, workshops and Holistic Wellness Coaching.

Degrees, Certifications, and Experiences

CST - Certified Shamanic Teacher

CSP – Certified Shamanic Practitioner

Reiki Master
B.A. - Psychology
A.A.S - Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Studies
Certified Holistic Health Couch – Institute of Integrative Nutrition
Board Certified with American Association of Drugless Practitioners
Certified Food Psychology Coach
Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist
6 week Intensive Shamanic Apprenticeship
Certified Youth Outdoor Adventure Leadership
Mediumship training
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling
Residential Mental Health Counseling
Author of: Recipes for Success: Eating and Moving Your Way Towards a Tobacco-Free Life

Hi, My name is Daniel Raccani and I am a Shamanic practitioner from Australia, albeit with a very complex multicultural ancestral lineage ranging from Indian, Irish, German, Polish and Italian backgrounds. This ancestry though being somewhat difficult to live with growing up in Western Sydney is only now something I’ve come to truly appreciate as I understand the power and gifts that have come with such a unique mix of backgrounds.

I received my first initiatory experience into the world of spirit at the age of 22 months when during a convulsion I clinically died. It was from this time that I was called to from the world of spirit as they would take me each night on various soul flights and I’d often explore the lands of the dead and watch the newly dead either cross over into the light or stumble around lost and confused.

It was here I would show lost souls how to move into the light and it is only today after my training I’ve come to understand that the word for this type of work is pyschopomp. During these explorative journeys I was given insights into energy, souls, life, death and dying. 

Though I was born into a very spiritual family of clairvoyants and healers these abilities like many in the western world were not recognized and to be perfectly honest they actually frightened me as I grew older. So like many I enjoyed my connection to nature and hid that part of me away for many more years.

It wasn’t until I received another call from the spirit world, in the form of a life crisis and a near death experience in my late 20’s that would change the course and direction of my life. 

It was during this incident I was asked  by spirit to walk the sacred path of a wounded healer. Upon agreeing, the spirit of my true self and my spirit guides healed me from my paralysis and opened me up to the dormant  psychic and healing abilities that I had all my life.

I then embarked on a pilgrimage to my father’s homelands of India where I had many teachings from Sadhus, Sufi Mystics and Yogis before studying under Buddhist Lama Chamtrul Rinpoche at the Zilcon Kagyeling Nyingma Monastery in McCleodganji. Here is where I learnt various meditation techniques and dharma teachings.

I was also fortunate enough to be in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his teachings at his monastery in Dharamsala. I was a day away from becoming a monk, when a vision of me as a shaman with a drum, enlightened me to the fact the path of a Lama was not for me.

Upon returning to Australia, I have studied at the International Institute for Sacred Theatre, Creativity Psychotherapy, Spiritual Psychology and Antara Yoga and Meditation under the guidance of a internationally renown Spiritual Healer and clinical psychologist Stephanie Hurst.

I was then guided and initiated into earth bound spiritualism in the form of Shamanism, where I've had numerous teachers like Dr.Steve Serr  Phd who have taught me a variety of techniques from indigenous cultures to the basis of core shamanism. 

I live with my family on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia in the coastal town of South Golden Beach nestled between sub tropical rainforests and white beaches, and in addition to teaching here at Shamanism 101 I run my own shamanic healing practice Golden Age Healings  where I facilitate my own courses, trainings and workshops in shamanism, as well as volunteering my  services to the underprivileged with the aim to help people to bring about healing and well- being to their lives by stepping into their true wholeness. 

“My goal is to help awaken as many individuals as possible to their true potential of Love and Compassion. As a society the sad fact is too many people live with their hearts closed and are governed by fear. We need to open ourselves up and reconnect with all our animal brothers, our earth mother and of course each other.”

Qualifications

•  CST, Certified Shamanic Teacher
• Shamanic Teacher Training
   CSP, Level 1, 2, 3 Certification in Shamanism
•  Advance Certificate of Spiritual Healing
• Intensive in Hawaiian Shamanic Healing
• Masters Training Qualification in Creativity Counselling
  Certification, Working with Animal Spirit Guides
• Diploma of Rebirth and Breathwork Practitioner
• Meditation Instructors Diploma
• Antara Yoga Teachers Diploma
   Training in Art Therapy
• Training in Sacred Theatre 
   Certified in Metaphysics & Personal Development
• Certification in Last Aid- Care for the Dying

In a world that seems to be so de-fragmented and lost, the extraordinary becomes available again, as we understand that all the cultures in the world share the very same spiritual practices that have been passed onto many generations, since the sands of time.

The need for spirituality and communion with the divine seems to be an innate skill and desire that all humans possess, at least, on some level.

Nowadays, such call has become even stronger and like an opposing force to the chaos that we have created, it gently reminds us that there is more to what we consider the limit of human potential.

Perhaps shamanism is a way to freedom, as we shed, one by one, the layers of limitation that, consciously or unconsciously, we have accumulated during our many trials and attempts to fully shine our true essence.

Certainly, it is not an easy task, however, I do believe that shamanism provides the spiritual tools that are needed to simply do the work, for it is by grounding the vision in the 'here and now' that the way we see this world and the many worlds can change.

Teaching shamanism for me is about just that: sharing the oldest spiritual practice known to humankind which renew itself as everyone is different and unique, and so are the ways it is understood, learned and experienced.

This is truly an enriching opportunity to continue the exploration and re-membering of our sacred origins. It is through direct revelation for there are no intermediaries in between; we simply relate to the vastness of the cosmos first hand.

As Antoine de Saint Exupéry says:

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea".

We all possess great powers within ourselves. One of them is the ability to envision our dreams and allow such hidden force to guide us in our journey as the fuel that ignites passion and involvement.

From this, many other qualities can be renewed, expressed and refined. Without any doubt, this requires commitment and dedication to the work, perhaps with a sense of curiosity and excitement as we turn inwardly, at last, to hear the inner voice that knows all and sees all.

I live and work in London, UK, where I continue to explore spirituality in its many aspects, sharing with clients from all around the world the joy and awe of such workings, on a regular basis.

CERTIFICATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

BA Honours, French Literature and Cinema, Birkbeck College, London 
Dip. Music, Piano, Academy of Music, Italy 
CST (Certified Shamanic Teacher)
Shamanism, Certified Practitioner Training
Meditation, Inner Studies
Divination Course 
Metaphysical Healing & Therapy Training
Advanced Metaphysical Practitioner Training
Healing Ministry
Reiki, Levels 1, 2 and Master
Intuitive Arts 
Elemental Space Clearing
Earth Spirituality
Elements and Elementals
Certified Assertiveness Coach