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		<title>Centering Love as a Place of Power</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2020/10/centering-love-as-a-place-of-power/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics of Living Well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness and Shamanism]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[At the core of living well is the ability to center love as a place of power in any circumstance. This is equally, and in<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2020/10/centering-love-as-a-place-of-power/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the core of living well is the ability to center love as a place of power in any circumstance. This is equally, and in some circumstances differently, true individually and collectively. To center love empowers us to remember what we care about, what has value, and what is meaningful for us to commit time, energy, and resources toward. It reminds us why we should bother. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she shares practices and explores the dynamics involved stepping into love as an act of revolution, liberation, and creation of a new world. This week look at how the Cycle Teachings help us to meet the waves of stress that keep rolling in from climate change, pandemic demands on space and time, social strain of living with life narratives that refuse to ground in reality, and the heartbreak of not knowing how to show up as parents for all of the ways this is affecting our children.</p>
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<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2020-10-27_christina.mp3">Centering Love as a Place of Power .mp3 audio </a></p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>Shamanism and the Mess of Love</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2015/08/shamanism-and-the-mess-of-love/</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 03:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics of Living Well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power and Shamanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaman's Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shamanic Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shamanic Worldview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oneness]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Humans are messy. And love is one of the messiest bits of human life. So what do we really mean when we strive to rise<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2015/08/shamanism-and-the-mess-of-love/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Humans are messy. And love is one of the messiest bits of human life. So what do we really mean when we strive to rise to shamanic principles for living, like loving all life or mediating our power through the heart? What does love mean from the fundamental perspective of Oneness, not separation? How do we need to understand love to become truly new people crafting a new world story? Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores the ways shamanic practice can change our understanding of love from one of pop song, emotional drama or the intellectual labeling of distinct kinds into the current of life itself. True shamanic practice requires a level of intimacy in action that contemporary people find offensive to their sense of individuality and ego. Yet climbing over that offense and stepping into the fear it is hiding is necessary if we are ever to allow our soul to truly love.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): </p>
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or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2015-08-18_christina.mp3">Shamanism and the Mess of Love .mp3 audio file.</a></p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>The Challenge of Love</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/12/the-challenge-of-love/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shaman's Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul Cultivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Self-love is fundamental, but remains a Sisyphusian task for many. What would it take for you to respect, honor, and deeply value yourself? This is<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/12/the-challenge-of-love/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Self-love is fundamental, but remains a Sisyphusian task for many. What would it take for you to respect, honor, and deeply value yourself? This is the challenge of love. To meet it we must choose to return to the Source, to reconnect with our purpose, and remember why we are here apart from our history and story.  The challenge of love requires that we spend some time in actually loving actions to free the child from old wounds, to free the adult from the expectations of others, to individuate from parents, and to step out into the world as the someone that you love this elusive challenge of love is and how the challenge of loving your self evolves as you evolve in your own nature. This is a time of falling in love with why you are here, with the feeling of meaning and purpose that nourishes your heart and with the engaging mental challenge of bringing your gifts into the world.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3901-3" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2014-12-30_christina.mp3?_=3" /><a href="/audio/2014-12-30_christina.mp3">/audio/2014-12-30_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2014-12-30_christina.mp3">The Challenge of Love .mp3 audio file.</a></p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>Awakening the Courageous Heart &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/02/awakening-the-courageous-heart-part-two/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shaman's Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Why are we afraid to feel? Why do we fear the emotional intelligence of the heart? The heart affects mental clarity, creativity, emotional balance, and<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/02/awakening-the-courageous-heart-part-two/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are we afraid to feel? Why do we fear the emotional intelligence of the heart? The heart affects mental clarity, creativity, emotional balance, and personal effectiveness. It is no more a simple physical pump than it is simply the source of tepid pop songs and foolish dreams. The Chinese have known for centuries that the heart orchestrates the harmonious interaction of all of the body’s organs maintaining good health. Modern science has known since 1991 that the heart has a functional brain of elaborate circuitry that enables it to learn, remember, feel and sense independently of the cranial brain. And shamans who work in intimate relationship with the invisible world have always known that all true power is mediated through the heart. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she continues to explore the secret terrain of the heart and what is necessary for contemporary people—with our wounds of isolation, anxiety, alienation, and broken-heartedness—to awaken our courageous hearts.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3555-4" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2014-02-25_christina.mp3?_=4" /><a href="/audio/2014-02-25_christina.mp3">/audio/2014-02-25_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2014-02-25_christina.mp3">Awakening the Courageous Heart &#8211; Part Two </a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>Awakening the Courageous Heart &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/02/awakening-the-courageous-heart/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shaman's Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The choice to love again precedes the healing. This is the confusion most share. The heart doesn’t heal so that it can love again. The<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2014/02/awakening-the-courageous-heart/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The choice to love again precedes the healing.  This is the confusion most share.  The heart doesn’t heal so that it can love again.  The heart chooses to love again and in that choice the heart can begin to heal. This choice to risk without safety or guarantees can only be made by the courageous. Whether you want to heal yourself, heal your clients or heal the world, healing requires courage.  Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores the terrain of the heart and what is necessary to awaken the latent courage that resides there.  Most people operate in the chamber of the heart that they feel most comfortable in. But in truth the heart has four chambers, which together nourish and sustain each other. When in balance each chamber gives us access to one of the four powers of the heart. Awakening the Courageous Heart is a shamanic process of transformation that is available to anyone with the ability to journey and a weekend to give to their heart. </p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3547-5" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2014-02-18_christina.mp3?_=5" /><a href="/audio/2014-02-18_christina.mp3">/audio/2014-02-18_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2014-02-18_christina.mp3">Awakening the Courageous Heart &#8211; Part One </a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>The Shaman in Love</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2013/11/the-shaman-in-love/</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[One of the great stressors in life is intimate relationships, both the having them and the not having them. We can cultivate intimacy with ourselves<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2013/11/the-shaman-in-love/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the great stressors in life is intimate relationships, both the having them and the not having them. We can cultivate intimacy with ourselves through our relationship with spirit in shamanic practice, but how does that renewed intimacy translate into our relationships with lovers, friends and family? For many the changes brought on by a healthy shamanic practice created great chaos in our most intimate relationships, which can then challenge the sexual sustenance and financial stability of our lives creating even more stress. How do we love in a healthy way? How do we maintain right relationship with our self, with spirit, and with those we love all at the same time? Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she dives into the rich, nourishing, often frustrating, frequently heartbreaking realm of relationship.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3430-6" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2013-11-26_christina.mp3?_=6" /><a href="/audio/2013-11-26_christina.mp3">/audio/2013-11-26_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2013-11-26_christina.mp3">The Shaman in Love </a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>Finding True Love</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2013/02/finding-true-love/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Power and Shamanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shamanism for the New World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul Cultivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The spirits teach us about love, one way or another, in each and every contact with them in journeys and out in nature, in dreams<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2013/02/finding-true-love/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The spirits teach us about love, one way or another, in each and every contact with them in journeys and out in nature, in dreams and meditations, in ritual and ceremony. So why do humans struggle so to find love? Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores finding true love in the New World. The Old World Story told us that love was scarce and we had to go out and find it. The deeper truth about love it that is exists within all things and our task is simply to cultivate the love innate within us. That doesn’t sound very sexy or dramatic, but the pull of attraction doesn’t have anything to do with love. Attraction is orchestrated by our Shadow and the aspects of our self not yet held in love, so following our attraction is our second mistake. The journey to find true love is the journey of becoming the person that you see in that vision and letting life take care of the rest. Join us in the New World where the messages of true love are all around us and love is abundant.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow): <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-2317-7" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2013-02-26_christina.mp3?_=7" /><a href="/audio/2013-02-26_christina.mp3">/audio/2013-02-26_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2013-02-26_christina.mp3">Finding True Love</a> .mp3 audio file</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[“How could we ask for anything less than the future?” That is the question. And it was asked by spoken word poet, Drew Dellinger, in<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2011/11/occupy-love-shamanism-and-restorative-action/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“How could we ask for anything less than the future?” That is the question. And it was asked by spoken word poet, Drew Dellinger, in a November 16<sup>th</sup> post to the OccupyLove.org site.  How do we—the Big We—take the restorative actions needed to manifest a future that works for everyone?  “Many of our shamanic ancestors knew an answer to this question,” explains host and shaman, Christina Pratt. “From the often quoted Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Confederacy that our decisions serve the next seven generations to the Quechua concept of <em>ayni</em>, which is reciprocity and gratitude co-mingled in mature love, our shamanic ancestors knew how to Occupy Love. They created their entire social structure based on taking the actions necessary not only to thrive in their environments but also to keep the flow of energy that animates all things moving, exchanging, and reciprocating.</p>
<p>For many shamanic peoples, prior to contact with the religions and beliefs of the Western World, their lives were shaped by accepting a Law of Universal Responsibility which means that everyone engages in the interchange of mature love, knowledge, and right work.  And that they do so in a way that willingly acknowledges the interconnection between humans, the natural world that sustains them, and the invisible world of spirit.  Our ancestors learned to live in this way by asking their helping spirits how. So we are not looking back to see what to do, but to learn how to ask the questions of spirit that will guide us in taking the restorative actions needed to transform our world.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow):  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1797-8" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2011-11-29_christina.mp3?_=8" /><a href="/audio/2011-11-29_christina.mp3">/audio/2011-11-29_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2011-11-29_christina.mp3">Occupy Love: Shamanism and Restorative Action</a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2010/08/shamanism-and-love/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Big Things in Life]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Why would the spirits bother to teach us about love?  Because love is all there is.  Think you’ve heard that before?  We don’t think so. <a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2010/08/shamanism-and-love/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would the spirits bother to teach us about love?  Because love is all there is.  Think you’ve heard that before?  We don’t think so.  Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she explores Love as you’ve never heard it before. What is it love really?  Why do you need it?  Where do you find it?  And, most importantly, how do we cultivate this most powerful essence energy in our lives?</p>
<p>Let’s face facts: couples are not necessarily in love, love is fleeting, and love always seems to show up where it shouldn’t.  Perhaps we don’t really understand True Love as well as we think we do.  From the beginning of our lives the very human flaws of the adults around us shape what we believe about love.  Love is shaped, contorted, limited, and defined by our childhood experience.</p>
<p>One of the most valuable uses of a contemporary shamanic skill set in every day life is to learn to live in love. When we are in love everything feels possible, we find humor in the quirks of life, a song in our heart and lightness in our step. And through shamanic skills you can be in love in any moment whether or not you have discovered the love of your life or even want to.</p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow):  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-728-9" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2010-08-31_christina.mp3?_=9" /><a href="/audio/2010-08-31_christina.mp3">/audio/2010-08-31_christina.mp3</a></audio> or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2010-08-31_christina.mp3">Shamanism and Love</a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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		<title>Two Paths of True Transformation</title>
		<link>https://whyshamanismnow.com/2010/04/two-paths-of-true-transformation/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transformation and Shamanism]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[True Transformation delivers us to a new state of being from which there is no going back. “Today most people are aware of transformation through<a href="https://whyshamanismnow.com/2010/04/two-paths-of-true-transformation/" >...read more.</a>]]></description>
								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True Transformation delivers us to a new state of being from which there is no going back. “Today most people are aware of transformation through Death and Rebirth,” says host and shaman, Christina Pratt. “They may not like it, but they understand intuitively that a death is required for the rebirth that allows true transformation to run its course.”</p>
<p> The American weakness here is our cultural fear of death, which leads to our refusal to let go of anything, even those things we dearly long to be rid of, and our inability to surrender control. Shamanism offers us not only a remedy for our fear of death, but a second path to true transformation—Transformation of the Enemy to Ally, or Transformation through Love.</p>
<p>While love sounds like a respite from death and fear, it is the more challenging path. Transformation through love requires that we truly see the enemy within ourselves and love it. For most the prospects of loving the enemy within makes embracing death, fear, and surrender look like fun on a great date night out.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></p>
<p>Listen to the show (just click the Play arrow):  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-482-10" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="/audio/2010-04-13_christina.mp3?_=10" /><a href="/audio/2010-04-13_christina.mp3">/audio/2010-04-13_christina.mp3</a></audio></p>
<p>or download (right-click the link) the <a href="http://whyshamanismnow.com/audio/2010-04-13_christina.mp3">Two Paths of True Transformation</a> .mp3 audio file.</p>
<h2>About Christina Pratt&#8230;</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/workshops-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamanic teacher</a> and author, Christina is a skilled <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.com/shamanic-healing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shamanic healer </a>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 <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-retrieval.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul retrieval </a>healings, <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/soul-part-integration-sessions.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">soul part integration</a>, and <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/shamanic-healing/ancestral-healing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ancestral healing</a>. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.lastmaskcenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing</a> in Portland, Oregon.</p>
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