Beyond Negativity: Andean Cosmology, Synchronicity and Shamanism

How does one know when we are in Ayni, or harmony, with our world and our life? Is synchronicity a valid feedback tool? If things are going smoothly and working out for us- is that a sign that this is what we should be doing?  Or do we selectively choose when to apply this feedback?…

Addiction, Dreams, Healing and the Brain

I read Daniel Pinchbeck’s book: Breaking Open the Head a while back.  Its subtitle is psychedelic shamanism.  It is a very informed and informative book that draws both on empirical data about a range of plants and psychedelic agents, as well as personal anecdotal information that work together to create and convey very detailed information…

Freedom

Shamanism, as old and mystical as it is, may be re-appropriated and practiced by Westerners in their everyday life and may constitute a new way of life based on ancestral wisdoms. Our ancestors understood that freedom is based on fitting into a Cosmos where all is One and where the One carried an expression of…

How Do You Talk To God?

How to communicate with God?  Well, that’s a good refresher question.  One thing I really like about the linked in discussions, is that it tends to bring my focus back to some fundamental concepts: either reminders or refreshers or new perspectives:) Having studied with the indigenous teachers- mostly Peru- my teachers were somewhat non-denominational.  Granted,…

Introducing Teri Dluznieski

Education Specialist, health coach, and Author. I work with aspects of the teachings I have learned: from Andean shamanic and cosmology, to health, nutrition and education. In the end, it is very simple, and elegant. That is definitely an aspect I learned from the Andean teachings. Everything is energy. Energy must flow. Like water, when…