Sandra is a world renowned teacher of shamanism and has been teaching for close to 40 years. She has taught workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times.

This soulful episode brings to life the role of shamanism in today’s world and explores the powerful potential the ancient practise holds for healing ourselves and the planet. The episode includes a brief guided journey towards the end, so grab a cup of tea, find a peaceful place, and enjoy the heartfelt and enriching conversation.

We talked about 

- What is Shamanism? De-mystifying the word and grounding it in reality and bridging ancient methods into a modern context

- How, through challenges including near-death experiences, a young Sandra entered the world of shamanism 

- Guidance on developing our own direct connection with shamanic practices.

- Navigating questions around appropriating indigenous wisdom and practices.

- The importance of ceremony and rituals for connecting with spirit and listening to guidance. 

- Soul loss as an explanation to many of our present-day afflictions  and the medicine of Soul retrieval for reclaiming our spiritual essence. 

-Finding a balance of healthy spiritual practice while avoiding the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing.

You can connect with Sandra and her work on the web here.

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Bayo Akomolafe is globally recognised for his poetic, unconventional, counterintuitive, and indigenous take on the world's interlocking social and environmental crises. He is the Executive Director of the Emergence Network. A Post-Activist Project making radical and creative inquiries into the frameworks that govern our orthodox modes of responding to crises.

Bayo has authored two books: ‘We Will Tell Our Own Story' and ‘These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters To My Daughter on Humanity's Search For Home.' He considers learning how to be with his daughter, son and their mother, his most sacred work.

Learn more about Bayo Akomolafe’s work

The conversation was real yet touched upon the mysterious, we talked about:

- Post-activism: an invitation to be present with and listen to the troubles in the world

- Questioning concepts of “rightness,” “whiteness” and what it means to be “appropriate”

- The importance of becoming strangers, to “lose our way” to find new ways of living

- Embracing obstacles as gifts and allies on our path

- Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary world

- The failure of our politics in dealing with colonization and racism

You can connect with Bayo and his work on the web here.

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

We deeply appreciate your support and generosity. Thanks for tuning in and if you feel inspired please leave us a review on iTunes.

Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

Francis Weller is a well-known psychotherapist, author and soul activist with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in grief work, shame and addiction. He has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people and is the founder of WisdomBridge, an organization that aims to integrate the wisdom from indigenous cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from western poetic, psychological and spiritual traditions.

Learn more about Francis Weller’s work

We touched upon:

We touched upon:

- Unprocessed grief as the central issue people carry today
- Western psychology's addiction to the idea of happiness
- The transformative power of grief work
- The connection between climate crisis and unmetabolised grief
- How ritual is a key element to processing our wounds
- The sacred activism inherent in entering the underworld of our grief

You can connect with Francis and his work on the web: francisweller.net

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

We deeply appreciate your support and generosity. Thanks for tuning in and if you feel inspired please leave us a review on iTunes.

Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.