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Creating an Ayni Despacho
There is a basic layout for the Despacho and below are some ideas for your offering, but remember there are no “rules” about what goes into a Despacho. What matters is your intent. Do not get caught up in the details. Whatever you use is given specifically for this offering so no eating any of the ingredients like chocolate you …
Using Nature to Free Yourself
I remember once I created a nature painting around some personal work which involved being busy all the time feeling exhausted and resentful. So I created my sacred circle and placed some objects inside to represent the issues that had showed up in my life. These objects included some nuts, which I placed in the centre to represent nourishment. I …
Take a Moment to be Truly Present
So often we are rushing around, doing or thinking several things at the same time, and then our children ask us a question or life presents us with a question. How often do we stop and become fully present to the moment? Truly giving our attention to the matter in hand, the question of our child or a problem that …
Creating a Nature Painting
A nature painting comes from the Q’ero tradition. In the mountains of Peru the shamans use earth or sand mainly because there are no trees in the high altiplano in Peru. The original name is sand painting for this reason. We call it a nature painting because we have the good fortune to have more choice in what we can …
Honouring Life the Shamanic Way
When we lose a loved one, we need to take a moment for reflection, to remember all the good times and the challenges in our relationship. Also a moment to contemplate whether we are making the most of the time we have here. A lifetime is like a spec of star dust in the universe, I wonder if we all …