The incredible journeys in the travel program give Shaman’s Light trainees the opportunity to meet and study with the same indigenous shamans who initiated me.

The work we engage in is hands-on, professional-level shamanic training, and the teachings revealed to the students go far beyond what is available in ordinary Western settings.

The itineraries are built around ritual work, teaching and discussion, and initiations in the most powerful sacred sites. Our days are spent with the shamans – learning, sharing, and growing together as we engage the great powers of place and the principles of their shamanic traditions.

Our participation as students of these traditions has far-reaching effects in supporting the shamans’ communities, keeping the traditions alive and flourishing, and awakening our own deepest vision and abilities.

There is no doubt these powerful trips crack open luminous awareness, empower medicine bodies, and fuel many life-affirming actions. The friends made on these journeys are priceless, and the heart opening that occurs is forever. With each journey we weave another thread into the global fabric of rising human consciousness.

My deep gratitude to my colleague and friend, José Luis Herrera, Peruvian shaman and teacher, for his far-reaching, ground-breaking work in keeping the original shamanic traditions of Peru alive and thriving. He is an inspiration and a true steward of the wisdom. His generosity in sharing his unparalleled resources, staff, and connections make our Peru trips possible. Sulpayki turachay!

My deep gratitude to my colleague and friend, Dr. Larry Peters – anthropologist, psychotherapist, professor, and initiated shaman practitioner and teacher specializing in Tamang and Tibetan shamanic traditions. His extraordinary work in Nepal and Tuva have earned him high honors and surely a place in heaven. It is Larry’s decades of skilled and devoted research and practice with the shamans of these cultures that have opened the gateways for our trips to Nepal and Tuva and provide us with absolutely magical resources, connections, and support staff for each journey. Danyabad, dhai

If you want to experience and know the One, the source of the universal principles that fuel all spiritual traditions and cosmologies, then check out Marti’s trainings. Working with this whole-hearted teacher has taught me what it really means to be awake and aware, fully alive and responsive to the present moment. As a Shamanic Counselor, my work with others has come alive through applying these principles. 

– Kimberlie Chenoweth, MA, helps people who dream big do big things. She has a master’s degree in counseling, is an initiated shaman, and is trained in visionary craniosacral work. She has a healing practice in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

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Photo credits: My unending appreciation for the shaman photographers who have generously donated their beautiful images to help tell the story of Shaman’s Light:
Teresa Willis, Kimberlie Chenoweth, Judy Bath, Craig Leavitt, Suzanne Maresca