Tag Archives: shaman

Digital “plant medicine” retreat with Blue Morpho

Posted on November 12, 2022 by nomadoftheuniverse

In 2020 (it was a strange year), I did a digital at-home shamanic (!!!) retreat with Blue Morpho and Hamilton Souther (see more here). I wrote a draft about my experience afterwards but for some reason did not publish it. … Continue reading →

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Art therapy. On why magpies are awesome

Posted on September 12, 2021 by nomadoftheuniverse

Read the word “evil” backwards. Interesting isn’t it?  They say that when the witch dies, she turns into a magpie.  Yin & yang – it makes sense. Nice reincarnation.  Magpies are considered evil in largely superstitious folklore.  They are believed … Continue reading →

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The White Wolf Meditation

Posted on November 28, 2020 by nomadoftheuniverse

I learned about this meditation on the Loner Wolf website. They call it the “Dark Night of the Soul meditation”. It is a healing practice for anyone going through the emptiness practice or the Dark Night of the Soul, and … Continue reading →

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Nobody home. Off to chase butterflies and talk to plants :)

Posted on November 21, 2020 by nomadoftheuniverse

Strange things are afoot. A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary about an American shaman in Peru, Souther Hamilton, ayahuasca and his Blue Morpho retreat centre. It must still be somewhere on Youtube. Their ceremonies looked profound. More … Continue reading →

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What brings you most joy?

Posted on June 9, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I remember going to the shaman because although I had a good life on the face of it, it was bleak as if something was missing. And she told me that I stopped feeling joy. She told me that to … Continue reading →

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Let Go, Let In, Let Be

Posted on May 18, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

Ciara Sherlock read this poem that she wrote during the ritual we did at the retreat. The last line sounds like a mantra. Nomads of consciousness – enjoy. You are here, now, Nothing to achieve, nowhere to go, The tie … Continue reading →

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SOAR meditation from Loner Wolf to relieve pain and suffering

Posted on May 4, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I am going through stressful time at work (restructure!) and as I noticed anxiety return, I revived my daily spiritual practice. I found this meditation on Loner Wolf, the shamanic healer web site that I follow. I found it to … Continue reading →

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How shamanic experience changed my life? Let me see…

Posted on March 31, 2018 by nomadoftheuniverse

Source: Tatler magazine, Jo Bowlby with a shaman in Peru.  It’s almost been a year since I went through a shamanic ritual (I wrote about it here). I still have a one pager where I hungrily have scribbled down key … Continue reading →

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The wolf inside. My shamanic healing experience and what I learned from it #happiness

Posted on July 15, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oeIVAQRr4Y4 It was always about the wolf. I was interested in shamanism for a while, occasionally read about it but never actually considered doing it. When I read about Lissa Rankin’s experience with a shamanic ritual in her book The … Continue reading →

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