Why Shamanism Now http://whyshamanismnow.com Internet Radio Show Hosted by Christina Pratt Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:08:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sandra Ingerman and Awakening Now http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/02/sandra-ingerman-and-awakening-now/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/02/sandra-ingerman-and-awakening-now/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:08:09 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1897 2012 is here. What do we need to focus on? “Many of us have been moving forward to wake up, but we are still in a collective trance,” explains Sandra Ingerman. “The earth is evolving and we are evolving. There are and will continue to be earth changes we need to surrender to… We [...]]]> 2012 is here. What do we need to focus on? “Many of us have been moving forward to wake up, but we are still in a collective trance,” explains Sandra Ingerman. “The earth is evolving and we are evolving. There are and will continue to be earth changes we need to surrender to… We need to learn how to acknowledge grief and experience it. And at the same time we must allow our spirit to create change that takes us into a more meaningful life.” This week host, Christina Pratt and author, therapist, and internationally recognized teacher, Sandra Ingerman, discuss the places people and practitioners must deepen their work if we are going to be able to hold the space of universal love and detachment from outcome in these challenging times head.  If we are to become tools for the Divine and true agents of change it is essential that we become fully conscious of our thought forms, learn that what we give energy to we give life to, and surrender our ego-driven plan so that we are able to see the bigger picture with the eyes of spirit. Join us this week as Sandra Ingerman shares the aspects of human development she feels are most essential in this auspicious time we all share.

About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/02/sandra-ingerman-and-awakening-now/feed/ 0 Depression and Soul Retrieval http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/depression-and-soul-retrieval/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/depression-and-soul-retrieval/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:06:31 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1892 We may be able to measure the ways in which depression alters our brain chemistry. However, that does not prove that brain chemistry causes depression. One problem with the brain chemistry explanation is that it does nothing to help us ferret out the root cause of our depression, to make a change there at [...]]]> We may be able to measure the ways in which depression alters our brain chemistry. However, that does not prove that brain chemistry causes depression. One problem with the brain chemistry explanation is that it does nothing to help us ferret out the root cause of our depression, to make a change there at the root, and then to make new choices in life. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores the interrelationship between soul loss and depression. In shamanic healing practice we often find that soul loss is actually at the root of the depression. When soul parts are retrieved by an initiated shaman and integrated by the client the resulting changes show that the depression was not the issue, but was a side affect of the original soul loss.  In other cases we find that the depression is a side affect of the fatigue and energy loss that results from the constant energy drain out the holes in the energy body created by soul loss. Finally, we see hopelessness and feelings of impotence arise from continual, unsuccessful efforts to heal soul loss through modalities other than shamanism. Whether the depression results from the content of the soul loss, the energetic mechanics of the soul loss, or the hopelessness that grows from trying to heal soul loss without soul retrieval, depression is your heart lamenting for the soul parts that have gone missing from your life. 

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/depression-and-soul-retrieval/feed/ 0 How Do I Find My Authentic Self? Part two http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self-part-two/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self-part-two/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:13:22 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1886 Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic [...]]]> Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic or what aligns with their heart.  People, high and low functioning alike, feel a sense of alienation and betrayal that runs deep while the source remains a mystery.  All of these experiences are symptoms of a dis-ease of the soul.  “This is not an issue of good soul or bad soul,” explains shaman Christina Pratt, “but of a distance from the soul and from connection to a community that cares that we are lost. As we reach out for help we are betrayed again and again by the failure in our culture to offer valid and effective paths back to our soul and its purpose for being here.” Join members from the Last Mask Center Community as they interview Christina, asking what soul healing Last Mask Center offers for the individual, why these teachings work, and how our passionate expression of our soul’s purpose is exactly the medicine the world needs at this time.

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self-part-two/feed/ 0 Leading by Council, Community by Heart with Phillip Scott http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/leading-by-council-community-by-heart-with-phillip-scott/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/leading-by-council-community-by-heart-with-phillip-scott/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:58:13 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1870 People around the world are calling out for new forms of leadership, economic exchange, and community.  If we can tap the wisdom of our long ago ancestors we will find the wisdom of leadership by council, the energetic exchange based on a love for the future, and community built on engaging with the reality [...]]]> People around the world are calling out for new forms of leadership, economic exchange, and community.  If we can tap the wisdom of our long ago ancestors we will find the wisdom of leadership by council, the energetic exchange based on a love for the future, and community built on engaging with the reality of the interconnectedness of all living things.  Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, and her guest, Phillip Scott, as they discus Phillip’s experiences as a sitting chief leading through council and creating contemporary community based on indigenous wisdom. Philip Scott is the founder/director of Ancestral Voice, a center of healing and learning devoted to the preservation, application, and respectful dissemination of shamanic and Indigenous lifeways.  He is a ceremonial Chief in the Lakota tradition, entrusted with sharing Indigenous wisdom and traditional healing practices with the contemporary world.  These ancient teachings have much to offer us as we strive together as the human family to create systems of sacred economics and communities based on the exchange of the heart. Phillip joins us for the next show in the Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored interview series where we explore how contemporary shamans are meeting the challenge of their world today.

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/leading-by-council-community-by-heart-with-phillip-scott/feed/ 0 How Do I Find My Authentic Self? http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:15:27 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1867 Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic [...]]]> Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic or what aligns with their heart.  People, high and low functioning alike, feel a sense of alienation and betrayal that runs deep while the source remains a mystery.  All of these experiences are symptoms of a dis-ease of the soul.  “This is not an issue of good soul or bad soul,” explains shaman Christina Pratt, “but of a distance from the soul and from connection to a community that cares that we are lost. As we reach out for help we are betrayed again and again by the failure in our culture to offer valid and effective paths back to our soul and its purpose for being here.” Join members from the Last Mask Center Community as they interview Christina, asking what soul healing Last Mask Center offers for the individual, why these teachings work, and how our passionate expression of our soul’s purpose is exactly the medicine the world needs at this time.

Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow):  

or download (right-click the link) the How Do I Find My Authentic Self? .mp3 audio file. 

About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-find-my-authentic-self/feed/ 0 How Do I Begin Shamanic Healing? http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-begin-shamanic-healing/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-begin-shamanic-healing/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:00:38 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1860 How do you begin shamanic healing? And perhaps more importantly why would you start down the path of shamanic healing? Contemporary people begin to explore the path of shamanic healing usually because nothing else is working or they simply know something is missing.  There is a growing frustration with the unfulfilled promises of pharmaceutical [...]]]> How do you begin shamanic healing? And perhaps more importantly why would you start down the path of shamanic healing? Contemporary people begin to explore the path of shamanic healing usually because nothing else is working or they simply know something is missing.  There is a growing frustration with the unfulfilled promises of pharmaceutical and surgical medicine and a growing irritation with the vacuous “you get what you need” response to our reasonable desire for efficacy and accountability when turning to alternative care. Shamanic healing with an initiated shaman offers direct access to the source of the inner dissonance that we experience as illness or disease in our mental, physical or spiritual lives. Often shamanism offers a direct response to our pain and suffering, like a soul retrieval or extraction, in just one session.  Just as often the source of the problem is a bit more than we asked for, like ancestral healing and a strong need for a real personal daily practice. Nonetheless, the path forward is clear, practical, and doable.  Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she shares her experience and expertise to answer your question, “How do I begin shamanic healing? What is reasonable to expect from a shaman and what will they expect from me?”

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2012/01/how-do-i-begin-shamanic-healing/feed/ 0 Shamanism and the Renewal of Spirit http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-and-the-renewal-of-spirit/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-and-the-renewal-of-spirit/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:00:47 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1852 Winter is the season of The Return. It is the time to rest and slow down. For most just slowing down is the challenge. We think all we need is to catch up on some sleep or restart our daily meditation practice. For others chronic exhaustion and fatigue is the challenge and we get [...]]]> Winter is the season of The Return. It is the time to rest and slow down. For most just slowing down is the challenge. We think all we need is to catch up on some sleep or restart our daily meditation practice. For others chronic exhaustion and fatigue is the challenge and we get caught up in the actions of healing.  They are each a side of the coin of imbalance that is so common in the lives of contemporary people.  Both require the same journey into solitude to remedy the deeper causes of this natural imbalance in our lives. However, to just rest or slow down or try a cleansing diet again are not The Return, explains host and shaman, Christina Pratt. They only hold the space for it. The Return is a Taoist term for the natural turning inward, a natural call to leave the day-to-day patterns, expectations, habits and small addictions and to remember. We are called to remember the path back to our mountain and to connect again to why we are here in this life at this time.  And we are called to participate in the kinds of actions that open our hearts, allowing true emotions to flow and fill the lake that lies at the base of the mountain.  In this way we go into the source of our deepest dreaming, realign with our heart’s path, and restore the resources we will call on throughout the year to come. Join us this week as we explore the renewal of Spirit.

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-and-the-renewal-of-spirit/feed/ 0 Bringing Health and Well-being to Children with Jon Bredal http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/bringing-health-and-well-being-to-children-with-jon-bredal/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/bringing-health-and-well-being-to-children-with-jon-bredal/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:52 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1815 “Let yourself imagine and experience the certainty that ADD and ADHD, birth trauma, incomplete bonding, sensory overload, dyslexia, and autism, labeled strenuous and unalterable by the mainstream society, can be immediately and beautifully transformed forever.” This is the reality accessed through the work of Jon Bredal, MA. Jon joins host and shaman, Christina Pratt [...]]]> “Let yourself imagine and experience the certainty that ADD and ADHD, birth trauma, incomplete bonding, sensory overload, dyslexia, and autism, labeled strenuous and unalterable by the mainstream society, can be immediately and beautifully transformed forever.” This is the reality accessed through the work of Jon Bredal, MA. Jon joins host and shaman, Christina Pratt to discuss his innovative, joyful, and effective healing process with children and families.  His work integrates decades of art and teaching, deep exploration into kinesiology and BrainGym, and the influence of his experience with many North American indigenous peoples. Jon explains that, “These difficulties (for children) are primarily caused by incomplete infant developmental patterns. The methods and activities in this process work to eliminate the underlying causes through a combination of joyful, spontaneous play, integrative movement, repatternings, heart activities, as well as developmental/rocking movement.” Jon is our next guest in the Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored interview series.  In this show we explore how we could be more effective in our healing with children facing the challenges of ADD, dyslexia, anxiety, depression, sensory disorders, learning blocks, birth traumas, incomplete infant bonding, autism, and those other experiences children suffer for us that we can’t diagnose or explain away.

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About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/bringing-health-and-well-being-to-children-with-jon-bredal/feed/ 0 Shamanism, Winter Blues and your Purpose http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-winter-blues-and-your-purpose/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-winter-blues-and-your-purpose/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:00:05 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1813 The “Winter Blues” viewed from a shamanic perspective are misdiagnosed.  Through the eyes of the shaman the Winter Blues are not so much about less light, but about the fact that we don’t respond to the shorter days by turning off the TV, closing the email, unplugging, and going deeply within.  The Winter Blues [...]]]> The “Winter Blues” viewed from a shamanic perspective are misdiagnosed.  Through the eyes of the shaman the Winter Blues are not so much about less light, but about the fact that we don’t respond to the shorter days by turning off the TV, closing the email, unplugging, and going deeply within.  The Winter Blues aren’t so much about depression as they are about the feeling of your soul’s purpose refusing to stay pressed down.  The Winter Blues are actually your soul’s purpose saying, “renew your connection to me now or the path will grow too dim to find me.” Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores the winter path to Darkness and the renewal, restoration and rejuvenation of an intimate relationship with your soul’s purpose.  The activities that restore those parts of our self that move on a soul level, like dreams, journeys, mediations, and sleep, all happen in the dark.  The increase in darkness each day is an invitation to visit Darkness. It is a time to ask for the threads of connection to the soul that have grown thin through the over activity, imbalance, and stress of the year to be renewed. It is a time to clear the calendar and be simple, in solitude, and renew your commitment to live from the inside out, finding again the voice of your heart and allowing it to move you. When we surrender our Winter Blues to The Dark we stoke the fire that will rise again in springtime in the rejuvenation of passion for our soul’s purpose.

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 About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

]]> http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/shamanism-winter-blues-and-your-purpose/feed/ 0 Ancestral Healing – hosted by Dr. Linda Christensen http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/ancestral-healing-hosted-by-dr-linda-christensen/ http://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/12/ancestral-healing-hosted-by-dr-linda-christensen/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:08 +0000 andrea http://whyshamanismnow.com/?p=1831 “We are the dreams of our Ancestors…” and they are also our nightmares. All that remains unresolved in your ancestral line, the violence, injustice, and suffering, has impact on your life today. It is the job of the ancestors to remember and the job of the living to change and heal. You and your [...]]]> “We are the dreams of our Ancestors…” and they are also our nightmares. All that remains unresolved in your ancestral line, the violence, injustice, and suffering, has impact on your life today. It is the job of the ancestors to remember and the job of the living to change and heal. You and your extended family are the only means by which the ancestors can heal and they are using you to heal in this moment. By healing the ancestral line with intention you can free your health and well-being for your own life.  This freedom allows you to reconnect with your soul’s unique purpose.

Join Dr. Linda Christiansen as she interviews shamanic healer Christina Pratt about ancestral healing, the ties between the living and the dead, and how we can create health and well-being for the ancestors, the living, and the descendants who are coming.

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 About Christina Pratt…

Shamanic teacher and author, Christina is a skilled shamanic healer who weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into her contemporary practice. She has been in practice for 20 years, specializing in soul retrieval healings, soul part integration, and ancestral healing. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, Oregon.

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