by maryshutan | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi Mary- Are there any additional markers on the path that you believe might be encouraging despite how dark or horrible they feel? For example, allowing oneself to feel deep sorrow and realizing that the depth of that feeling could be progress, despite how awful it...
by maryshutan | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi Mary- It seems that there’s a lot of trauma about, which as I understand it is suffering that was too big for us at the time, and which we push away and disconnect from. It remains in our system affecting all aspects of our lives, until we do what Jung called...
by maryshutan | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
When exploring the different thoughts and philosophies when it comes to spiritual awakening it is helpful to understand that there are two basic maps, both with a different “finish line”. The first map suggests that the completion point of spiritual awakening is...
by maryshutan | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
In my book, The Body Deva, I teach people the skills needed to communicate with their bodies. How to work with everything from emotions to lingering ancestral trauma patterns is covered. Since the time I have published that book, I have realized that many people...
by maryshutan | Jan 3, 2023 | Animism, Shamanism, Uncategorized
One of the first spirits that I suggest that people connect to when interested in shamanic and spiritual work is their ancestors. There are a few reasons for this. The first is that ancestors are pretty close to us energetically and so are easier to contact. They...
by maryshutan | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Many started the spiritual journey quite early in life. In childhood an essential trust was broken between child and parent– the child learned that they could not be loved and cared for in a way that could carry them through life. They then sought something larger...
