Frequently asked questions and Incites into the Shamanism we offer
We share a lineage of Shamanism from the Far East with an integration of universal Shamanic practices and wisdom found world-wide. To better communicate, we’ve translated everything below into a more western language and terminology. The challenge is that our English language doesn’t have the words for these expressions of “Spirit,” practices, skills and states of Awareness-Consciousness. We also find in our Western world we have commercialized certain words and practices which have distorted, diluted and often changed them. For this reason, we’ve translated the terminology to best communicate the integrity and depth of this wisdom.
Frequently asked questions
What is Shamanism?
Shamanism is an ancient tradition of living connected to the spiritual essence withins all things. Moreover, it is a way of life. It is a way to connect with nature and be in sacred relationship with all of creation.
What is a Shaman?
Around the world there are different names for shaman: Wizard, Guru, Mystic, Witch, Ascetic, etc
A Shaman may be considered an Interpreter of Spirit. She/He is one able to see the relationship within things, the cause and effect and cycles and patterns.
A shaman takes on all sorts of shapes and functions. Just like the west has eye doctors, heart doctors, nutritionist, psychiatrist and so forth, there may be shamans masterful with nature based healing, leading others through specific rites of passages, exorcisms, how to live in rhythm with cyclic nature and others are focused on personal-alchemy.
A Shaman is one who is grounded in a state of consciousness allowing them to interact with greater awareness of how Spirit is expressing itself through the natural world, each person, and world events.
How can everyday people benefity from learning shamanic principles?
Not everyone can be a Shaman. We all have a natural knack for things in life. We each have our own dharma, path.
To live in rhythm with the seasons is also to understand how they influence our consciousness and pulls us, leads us and guides us. Every season has it's own magic. Using rituals, journeys, and intention we move in partnership with nature.
It's recognizing we are not a cog in a wheel bending the universe to me, but falling in step with the rhythm of the universe. Live connected... Live Align..
About The Lineage Holders
We share a time honored tradition that’s been handed down Master to student for thousands of year from a region which now encompasses parts of India, Afghanistan, Tibet Thailand and China. Imagine a lineage of powerful mystics who live without possessions, live outside amongst the raw elements of nature, and have mastered the techniques to regulate one’s body temperature and other bodily processes. They’ve devoted the entireties of their lives to their inner alchemy and serving others. Imagine those who track the movement of the stars, harness the energy of the sun and moon and live every breath in rhythm with nature.
In my personal experience, they’re the most awake and powerful beings I’ve ever came across.

Expanded Answer:
The best translation of this is the Tradition of the Shape-Shifter or Multi-Faceted Being. It is a very detailed body of wisdom and practices providing a delineated path enabling one to steadily evolve through specific state of consciousness, skills and abilities through immersion with nature and coming into direct contact with oneself.
My teachers, these great mystics of India, would say we follow the tradition of no tradition. These nameless teachers of a nameless tradition refused to have names and put labels to their order. They identified with being without identity for this is the way of the Multi-faceted being.

The word Guru is actually two words. Gu means without our form and Ru means without attributes. Hence by dissolving sense of identity and letting go of the ego’s attachment to one’s attributes, one then may become all forms and all attributes. One transcends the limited singular form of consciousness and becomes one with the multi-faceted being.
Like a single drop of the ocean merging again with the whole where it maintains its individual self while gaining the
consciousness of the whole!
In other traditions this is the way of the Shape-Shifter.
With that said, it is the Trikta Tradition or Kashmir Saivsim which best exemplifies the underlying principles, practices and mindsets.

What Paths Does This Tradition Provide?
This tradition shares there are four methods of Sadhana (Spiritual Discipline)
āṇavopāya, the method of the body,
śaktopāya, the method of the mind,
śāmbhavopāya, the method of Consciousness,
anupāya the ‘methodless’ method.
These includes ritual, meditation, rites of passage & trials, initiations/activations, awareness development, and learning the subtle laws animating the processes of nature both without and within.
The ultimate aim of this tradition is transformation of the Self where one grounds in an expanded consciousness linking She/He with all things.
What do you mean by The Methodless Method?
Once you learn the universal core principles found within all traditions, practices, and rituals/initiations, you gain the freedom to allow Spirit be the guiding force.
It enables you to experience a kind of mysteriously organic process of discovery and learning. Because you are grounded in this inner framework of Self and the universe you have a deeper sense of intuition and direction.
“You do what makes sense to your interior, instead of “Because that’s the way it is or way you’re told to.”
It’s like a tree growing. It doesn’t know where it’s growing next. A branch may grow out this way, then that way, and then another way. If you let it be that way and don’t have pressures from outside, when you look back, you’ll see that this will have been an organic development.” ~ Joseph Campbell
My teachers would send me to all kinds of teachers from other traditions and lineages. They say “Go to this “X” village. You’ll see a small opening in the jungle alongside the road. Follow it and you’ll come to a river. cross it and follow the jasmine flowers. There you’ll meet Baba (teacher). Stay with him until we call you back. And that’s how it went.
When they told me to return to the U.S they continued to guide me to other teachers of many different traditions. I traveled to Thailand, Italy, Mexico and through the SW of U.S. Learning from Native American, Druid, Sufi, Buddhism, Esoteric Christianity. My teachers shared there’s truth and magic in all them. It’s like being on a great treasure hunt and because I had the core fundamentals I could slide right in, speak the same language, and engage on the Level. What’s more, those teachers identified it right away so we just began where I left off rather than starting from the beginning with each tradition.
In the Methodless method, everyone becomes your teacher and guide. Every experience, every encounter with animal, plant, person or land becomes a lesson further connecting you to the mysteries within. It’s a powerful bliss filled path!
What’s important here however is to learn the core fundamentals so you can do so.
THE DANGER IN THIS is those who haven’t learned these core fundamentals, who haven’t been initiated and grounded in this frame of reference. These wander from teacher to teacher, searching out “experiences” rather than legitimate growth and so they have the appearance of growth while merely caught up in the dream of experiences.
This is why the Methodless Method is the most dangerous and difficult. One still wants a guide helping cultivate discernment and provide direction. The true Sadhana (Spiritual Discipline) is one of the mind. It’s learning to navigate it and the dreamscape while remaining awake without unknowingly being pulled back within it.
What is a Shaman in this tradtion?
The essence of a “Shaman” is she/he is the interpreter of Spirit but it’s so much more. (See Types of Shaman)
In this tradition, the Shaman is more exemplified as a Mystic, a person of great terrifying power and simultaneously as the humbled guide who’d go unnoticed if not for the hint within their eyes. What makes it seem as a “terrifying power” however isn’t anything more than having a connection to the unseen. For those without the sight, this can be terrifying. The Shaman is one who’s aware of the Physics of Spirit and hence how to use these laws to manifest and play with the elements. For those not understanding the science of it, it become superstitious and they project mystery and stories onto them.
There are three aspects of the Initiated Shaman in this tradition:

The Shaman is able to see past the surface representations and appearance of differences and connect with the living essence within all things. They rest within a state of equanimity holding all things/people with equal regard understanding we’re all drops of the same ocean reflecting the light of consciousness in our own way. This uniqueness is what gives each thing it’s own medicine from which the Shaman learns from and interprets the present moment with
The Shaman is aware of being aware within the Dream of life. She/He, now able to see beyond the surface appearances (the dream), is awake within the dream and hence is conscious of the part She/He is acting out
Because the Shaman is grounded in the above two aspects She/he is able to intentionally manifest and create the experiences around oneself. She/He becomes the creator
In short, The Shaman is one awake within the dream, able to see things as they are which is unique expressions of Great Spirit, and with this is able to heal, dance, and play amongst the ocean of consciousness aka Life! She/He is able to help others by interpreting Spirit, offer healing, guide, and teach without teaching helping to awaken the consciousness within others
“Our Job is not to drag the world kicking and screaming into a new paradigm. It’s to simply do our work silently, sacredly, secretly and those with eyes to see and ears to hear will respond and awaken in turn”
Why do you share Shamanism and provide classes?
I was up in the Himalayas with my teachers. Every morning after doing my Sadhana (spiritual discipline) on a rock in the middle of the Ganges River, I would venture to the hall where my Guru and teachers would be. We'd have chai together and we'd be in dialogue, sharing with me, unraveling the limitations of my mind to see and experience a greater paradigm.
Is this based on Native American Traditions?
This is NOT based on Native American Traditions. We do NOT share their ceremonies or practices that belong to them.
What's your view with Ayahuasca, Peyote, and Shrooms?
Shamanic traditions around the world have discovered some form "plant medicine." Our view is these are meant to be used only in ceremony and for specific purposes.
What do you mean by Universal Principles?
It can be seen that beneath all traditions, lineages and practices there is a fundamental core awareness with how and why things are. Each tradition has a unique way of expressing this core based on their culture, geography, myths and stories.
The lineage in which we’ve been initiated share the essence of the original shamanism from which all others share these core principles that make up their practices, rituals, and intentions. By learning these you gain a universal language and framework that enables you to connect and participate with traditions worldwide.
What do you share?
We’re focused on developing the skill of the shaman which in truth is the skill of awareness. We help you develop your awareness, learning what to be aware of and how to participate. WE share the meditations, rituals and techniques to activate one’s consciousness and hence be more able to co-create within the dream of life.
What’s more is we share what’s happening within the form and how to activate the practices so you can continue to amplify your skills on your own.
Everything we share, the initiations you experience, the rituals and meditations etc are all Results-Based meaning it’s not based on theory but on application. It’s providing those practices/techniques you can gauge and experience as you cultivate your skills of awareness.
We share a very specific lineage that offers a delineated path on which you experience steady growth, heightened abilities, and confidence in your skill as a Shaman.
Cultural Appropriation?
We are very mindful of cultural appropriation. We have great reverence for traditions world wide and and immense amount of respect of following the time honored processes of that tradition.
What Does Totem Mean?
A "Totem" is an object, plant or animal that serves as an emblem of a clan, family or tribe. Often used on coat of arms or insignia. A totem is that which has special meaning for a person or people and may contain specific understandings, lessons, or powers from which a person or people abide by or learn from.
How Did We Get The Name Tree Of Totems?
This is a magical story.
What is "FOREST" Shamanism
Shamans draw their energy from the land, environment, animals, and even weather of the place they reside. It's about being in relationship with place.
How Does One Become A Shaman in this Tradition?
The shamanism we share has been part of an oral tradition for thousands of years. It requires years of trainings, undergoing specific rites of passage and initiation. It's a lifetime discipline. A shaman is a distinquished and recognized person of the tradition.
Are You Qualified To Share?
I'm a certified Ayurveda Practitioner in both the U.S. and in India. Ayurveda is the Nature Based Science and Medicine of India and the oldest medicine on the planet that is still practiced today. It reveals how the patterns of nature are also patterned within us and how to live in rhythm with the great hoop of life. I interned with Ayurveda Doctors in their clinic in India as well as with Village Medicine men.
About Our Lineage
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What & Why Shamanic & Traditional Mentoring
Our sessions and personalized mentoring are designed to skillfully guide you through your inner landscape, reveal the present symbology at play in your life, and assist you in maturing out of old beliefs, stories, patterns and energies so you may make the tangible shift into those aligned with who you’re maturing into. Rather than manipulate an image of balance we help you understand and navigate your unique story so you have an authentic experience of growth, healing, and discovery.