In the cold stillness of winter, stagnation may occur. We may feel the dampness in our bones, the cold in our hands and feet, the sluggishness in our digestion. Our inner sun, our digestive fire, the flame of our solar plexus may be in need of some kindling. Take a moment to check in with the fire in your ...
Tomorrow, many of us will be celebrating one of the premier Hallmark holidays of the western world – Valentines Day. Aside from roses, the most popular gift that is given on February 14th is good old-fashioned chocolate. This smooth and creamy “seducer of taste buds” has become so ...
Since the filming of The Sacred Science in 2010 at our healing center, Paititi Institute, we have globally witnessed sacred plant medicines becoming increasingly popular as tools for spiritual growth and evolution. With this exponential growth we have also witnessed an increasing degree of confusion emerging ...
Our modern lifestyle expects us to emanate the energy of a perpetual summer – showing up brightly, quickly and actively to fulfill all our roles and responsibilities day after day, all year long. No surprise that so many of us are “burned out” – even the brightest flame must return to the ...
A common question that I am asked after screenings of The Sacred Science film is, “Do I have to take a trip to the Amazon to get this type of healing?”. My response to this, believe it or not, is that many of the techniques seen in the film can be applied in just about any town or city on the ...
Along our paths toward greater consciousness, there are subtle pitfalls that can stop us in our tracks. One of these is what I call “romanticizing our roots.” And it all starts with a little story. Our minds crave them – stories, that is. We have a human need to create our own tales ...
As the new year begins, many of us are reflecting on our lives and taking note of what is working and what is not. If you’re like me, you know that you can do better and are digging down deep to find new ways of stacking the odds in your favor. But how can we hack the system? How can we overcome the ...
The clip was shot in the remote village of Chazuta, about 4 hours east of the remote town of Tarapoto in the high jungle of Peru. We had heard that there was a powerful female shaman in this region but as is commonly the case, true shamans (or curanderos), don’t always want to be found. After spending ...
Whenever Thanksgiving comes around I flash back to second grade and those construction paper Pilgrim hats we used to cut and paste together. In those days, this pre-Christmas holiday meant nothing more to us than a four day weekend with a ton of food and, if we were lucky, some early snow to sled on. Every ...
What do Jesus, Muhammad, and the Buddha all have in common? They each turned to a particular ancient wellness practice during the most transformative and trying periods of their lives. If you were raised Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Rastafarian, or Mormon, you’re probably familiar ...
Have you ever wondered what a shaman’s responsibilities are? We often think of them as healers of the sick, but it turns out this is only half of the picture. The word for this sacred profession actually comes from the Turkic dialect, originating in a remote region of Siberia thought by many to be the ...
One of my shaman teachers from the Amazon, Roman Hanis, has a saying that goes like this,“The goal is to become more child-like, and less child-ish.” As often happens with spiritual mentors, they say something that makes total sense in the moment, but the full lesson doesn’t reveal itself ...