Healing and Spirituality in World Cultures with Robert Vetter: Recent Episodes
Healing and Spirituality in World Cultures with Robert Vetter
Looking for a happier, healthier and more fulfilled life? Cultures from all over our planet have created traditions of wellness along with wisdom teachings that can transform our lives today. If you’ve ever investigated complementary and alternative medicine, you may have touched upon some of the techniques and ideas covered in this podcast. We’ll delve deeper into these healing ways and learn about the people and cultures who still practice them. From the comfort of wherever you are, you’ll travel the world, exploring healing practices found in a diversity of cultures. This podcast is hosted by anthropologist and healer Robert Vetter, who has spent a lifetime exploring the intersection of spirituality and healing. In some episodes, he’ll interview practitioners of these sacred arts from around the world. In others he’ll share his own experiences and practical applications of the teachings. Topics include spirituality, relationships, herbology, healing stories, exercise, sound
Curanderismo is the clarity of the light spiritual world. It works through the power of our mind with the assistance of the light spiritual world. Curanderos have the vision or the knowledge to listen to all things because everything talks to you. Even the earth itself. True curanderismo is all about healing as opposed to … Continue reading "Supernatural Healing Through the Power of the Mind: a Tribute to Berta Valdez part 1"
Sound Healer and musician Adrian DiMatteo deconstructs the process of Sound Healing where sacred sound along with intention creates a container for an experience of awakening. That awakening is an experience of peace and relaxation that results in a healing process that we find in cultures all over the planet.
Mohawk spiritual leader Tom Porter explains how the world came to exist and the spiritual teachings that guided the people, followed by the forgetfulness that led to violence and suffering from wrong living. He tells the story of the Peacemaker, who brought back the original teachings, and the origins of the Condolence Ceremony that offers … Continue reading "126. Healing Loss Through Original Haudenosaunee Ways: Interview with Tom Porter"
Over 2,000 years ago, ancient spiritual adepts meditated to their Hindu deities in India, asking for a way to directly access the Akashic Records to better understand how to navigate the challenges of human life. They were given a form of divination called Nadi, or Palm Leaf Readings that reveal the trajectory of a person’s … Continue reading "125. Healing with Ancient Hindu Palm Leaf Divination: Interview with Dr. Q Moayad"
Valerie Naranjo is a music healer and performing musician who teaches at NYU Steinhart and performed for Saturday Night Live Houseband for 27 years. She’s also a member of the Southern Ute Nation in Colorado and a world traveler who made 25 journeys to West Africa to learn to play their traditional music. In our … Continue reading "124. Healing with Traditional Music: Interview with Valerie Naranjo"
Maria Krause is the author of Unchain Your Inner Strength, and Unchain Your Inner Warrior. Here Maria discusses how to go from victimhood to empowerment through a process she calls “unbecoming.”
Leslie Phillips is author of Confessions of a Willow Child, a memoir on how the psyche manifests trauma and fears, and the surprising gifts they offer. Here Leslie discusses how she awakened from contemplating suicide to understanding pain as a gift while working among the Zulu of South Africa. Through her healing journey in a … Continue reading "122. Jaguar Medicine: Interview with Leslie Phillips"
Krystal Holm is a Feng Shui designer and clutter elimination expert who helps people align the energy of their own inner space with the energy of the outer space in which they live. She shares a personal story of how she began as a child growing up in a home of abuse and learned to … Continue reading "121. Feng Shui to Bring In Peace and Prosperity: Interview with Krystal Holm"
Elizabeth Kipp is the author of The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power. Here she recounts her personal journey with chronic pain, prescription pain killers, and eventually the spiritual alchemy of her own healing through ancestral healing, meditation, qigong, tai chi and yoga.
Lori Reising is a Hypnobirthing practitioner who explains shadow work as a way to uncover human divinity. Here she discusses the recurring patterns of wounding that point us––if we answer the call––to uncover passion, love and unbridled joy in our lives.
Corbie Mitleid, author of The Psychic Yellow Brick Road, and Who Needs a Genie?, is a certified Tarot Master. Here she discusses the use of Tarot as a healing tool that can empower us to find our inherent gifts and fulfill our spiritual potential.
Doug O’Brien is the author of The User’s Guide to Sleight of Mouth. Here Doug discusses the use of trance to change meaning and access the other than conscious mind in healing.
Victoria Shaw holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and is the author of four books. In our interview, she explains how she discovered her own inner wisdom and higher guidance, and describes a step-by-step process you can use to find yours.
Marisa Ferrera is the author of Magnify Your Magnificence: Your Pathway to the Life and Relationships You Truly Desire. Here Marisa shares a method to help you to forgive (even the “unforgivable”) as an act of self-love. She also introduces a step by step process for successfully setting boundaries.
Thomas Wurm is the author of 4 books including Awakened by Heart Fire: Wildland Fire Stories and the Secrets of the Universe. Here he discusses his transition from firefighter to alternative mental health professional utilizing a process he outlines as a combination of cathartic release along with writing as a way to connect with the … Continue reading "114. Re-Wiring the Brain Through Mental Emotional Release and Writing: Interview with Thomas Wurm"
Audrey Hope, Certified Addiction and Trauma Counselor and Relationship Expert shares a 4-step process to board the “train of authenticity and truth,” followed by a Violet Fire method to burn off unwanted energies and seek healing.
Conny is the author of From Chaos to Peace: A Simple Program to Clear Your Clutter and Change Your Life. Here Conny discusses the connection between clutter and depression and suppressed emotions.
Laurie discusses key points from her book entitled Second Chances: How I Turned Hate Into Love and Found My Purpose.
Shannon is a master clinical herbalist and an R.N. In this interview, she discusses the use of common plants and how you can use them in healing a variety of common ailments.
Peter Wrinch, CEO of Hollyhock Learning Center in the Northwest Coast of Canada, discusses connection to self, others and the natural world as the antidote to all human challenges. He also introduces Engaged Buddhism as a means to genuine social change.
Peter Wrinch, CEO of Hollyhock Learning Center in the Northwest Coast of Canada, discusses connection to self, others and the natural world as the antidote to all human challenges. He also introduces Engaged Buddhism as a means to genuine social change.
Hilary describes her journey from being a nurse in conventional health care to a healing coach who teaches diet as medicine, chakra work and energy work, all as mind-body lifestyle choices.
Radavie Riom, originally from Jamaica, shares a meditation exercise to move from trauma to uncover the spark of the divine that is beneath it.
Intuition medicine looks at the spiritual causation of illness and likewise seeks a spiritual healing of it. In this episode, Nicole shares a visualization practice that connects to earth frequency in order to generate healing.
Paul Forchione was born with Cerebral Palsy and shocked all the professionals who wrongly predicted he would never walk or be able to pursue higher education.
Jim explains how music is used strategically and therapeutically to improve wellness, boost mood and help resolve stress-related ailments so prevalent in our modern world. For more information, visit www.bobvetter.com
Platinum recording artist Jim Donovan discusses the power of the drum to move and heal people energetically and emotionally. For more information, visit www.bobvetter.com
Joy Scott, author of the book Magenta Nation asserts that focusing on common values of spirituality, family, and future generations provides an antidote to the problems that plague society today.
Author Joy Scott reflects on the contributions of Edgar Cayce toward our current understanding of holistic health, supplements and herbology, spirituality and meditation.
Lewis and Bob continue their conversation on how Narrative Medicine uses storytelling to change beliefs, uplift, inspire and motivate clients during their healing process.
Lewis and Bob discuss how the Story of Bear and Badger can be used therapeutically during a healing session.
Ken goes deeper into the way Qigong is cultivated like an energy garden that over time blossoms with expansive health, the reversal of aging and the deepening of wisdom.
Qigong master Ken Cohen, author of The Way of Qigong explains the health benefits of his art as “acupuncture without needles.”
Laura and Paul discuss how a small-scale “trance camp” in New Mexico turned into the Cuyamungue Institute. Today they help bring the experience of ecstatic trance to a global audience.
Laura tells the story of anthropologist Dr. Felicitas Goodman who discovered that mystical states could be attained by anyone using a simple process of ceremony, driving sound, breathing and bodily postures that she discovered in the art of ancient cultures all over the world.
Why involve yourself with a guru? Jana’s move from Bali to India marked a new direction in meeting the guru who would guide her on a new path. It also launched her invitation to women from the West who want to safely visit India for their own healing journeys.
Jana discusses the power of place following her years of living in Bali, Indonesia and now in India. Upon her arrival in Bali, she experienced a water ceremony of purification and blessing that initiated her with a deep healing that connected her to the local lands and deities.
Bob and Marianne examine the enactment of a person’s heroic journey as performance leading to catharsis in psychodrama and generally in the healing process. In healing, we enter a creative space, journey to the fertile void and come out with something new.
Bob and Marianne in conversation discuss the themes in healing of embodiment, transcendence and the shadow. Also, the importance of creating sacred space in setting the stage for healing work.
The problem is not an issue of skin color according to Swaady. Rather, she sees the solution in the inherent caring of a diversity that allows all groups the equal right to be heard in a circle of loving kindness.
Swaady describes racism as a construct serving the economic interests of the few, and offers a spiritual solution through a loving detachment from materialism.
Swaady is the daughter of a Black Panther party member who lived in exile most of his life and was declared an “enemy of the state” by the U.S. government.
Logan discusses the intricacies of a movement in therapy from mind as core of work to a holistic approach that includes the body, the Sacred and the involvement of ancestors (both those of the healer and the client).
Bob and Logan discuss their experiences with Elena Avila, author of Woman Who Glows in the Dark. Bob was an apprentice to her, and Logan wrote a posthumous article about her life and teachings.
Through his experiences in indigenous South Africa, Sufi ways in Turkey, Curanderismo in Mexico and then Family Constellation Therapy, Logan charts a course of healing that connects to the spirit of the land.
Sandra describes how dreams and thought directly create our reality, and how ceremony has the power to change and create the world in which we want to live. She guides us in understanding how to reflect light rather than send it so we become beings of light.
Sandra talks about two of her teachers, Michael Harner and Angeles Arrien, but goes on to explain that who we really learn from is the helping spirits, while the power of healing comes about by holding space so the client understands unconditional love. She explains her practice as embodied shamanism where rather than passively observing, … Continue reading "Sandra Ingerman Interview Part 2: Unconditional Love and the Way of Embodied Shamanism"
Sandra recounts her visitation by spirits from childhood and how it led her to her shamanic path as a teacher, guided by the destiny of the human soul to find love, joy and connection. She describes this path as the way to who we become rather than what we do.
Divya discusses how to use Ayurvedic principles in preparing meals by changing with the seasons and utilizing ingredients that are for your specific constitution. “Learn to lovingly take care of yourself in order to serve others.”
Author and Ayurvedic restaurant owner Divya Alter discusses the body as temple of God and how she discovered cooking as sacred service.
Richard describes Celtic wisdom as a continuation of shamanic traditions brought from Asia to Europe. He explores the phrase “Always lean into pain,” and shares 4 reasons for the increasing popularity of Celtic ways.
Richard explores the fascinating parallels between The Tibetan Book of the Dead and The Celtic Book of Living and Dying.
Richard tells the story of how his own soul pain led him to uncover a spiritual path described in library archives from the 11th century that combined Celtic wisdom and methods with Christianity in forgiveness work centered around the topic of death and dying.
John discusses how his Jungian and Shamanic work uncovered an inner process where the use of archetypes leads to a deepening loving awareness. John describes the process of moving from ordinary mind to a more profound wisdom of the heart.
John discusses the key concept that each of us has an essential nature prior to our own individual belief and story. Through placing a deep inner attention on the heart as portal, we can access our inherent wholeness and in turn, connect with all of humanity.
John talks about travels to India earlier in his life and meeting his teacher Sai Baba. Through immersion in Hindu/Vedanta culture, he had a profound heart awakening that led to his life work of combining contemplative practice with psychotherapy.
Robbie describes how she assembled her healing team and how others can do the same. Hers, she explains, is made up of archangels, spirit guides and angels who enter a symbiotic relationship with living human beings who invite them in for mutual benefit for soul growth and healing.
Robbie describes how her late husband Gary Holz, an award-winning physicist sought his own healing from Multiple Sclerosis among remote Aboriginal people in Australia. He became a teacher and healer, and Robbie says he still guides her from beyond the grave. Aboriginal dreamtime, she explains, allows entry into different dimensions with access to inner wisdom, … Continue reading "71. Aboriginal Ways of Knowing: Interview with Robbie Holz Part 2"
Robbie describes her own healing from Hepatitis C, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia with techniques she learned while in Australia among Aboriginal people. They taught her to shift the emotions of guilt, shame and self-hatred; instead to connect to the earth and the spiritual world to transcend ego and find healing.
Steve shares his way of integrating ancient shamanic wisdom with breathwork practices to raise a person’s vibratory level in order to manifest.
At the age of 11, Steve began learning the indigenous Maori ceremonies and spirituality of his extended family. He describes the commonality of indigenous ways of healing found in Maori and other traditions including his experiences with Lakota spiritual leader Wallace Black Elk.
Author and SOMA Breathwork teacher, Steve Hill describes his personal journey of healing from an asthmatic childhood to a teacher and healer who utilizes breath in his transformation work with others.
Nina discusses her own learning and chanting the 40 verses of the Hanuman Chalisa in embodying the qualities of open heart, compassion, playfulness and surrender to the Divine. This led to her being asked to record “Nina Chalisa” on Krishna Das’ cd and later her own recordings. She chants for us the opening of the … Continue reading "Hanuman Chalisa and Touring with Krishna Das: Interview with Nina Rao, part 3"
Nina discusses her adult return to India to visit the Neem Karoli Baba Temple and meeting her guru. She explains chanting as an expression of Bhakti Yoga, the way of devotion and shares a chant with us.
Nina talks about growing up in India, experiencing Hindu bhajans and chants as a child with her grandfather. She then forgot about chant until she met Krishna Das in New York and began chanting as a way back to her own heart.
Shai describes Thai Massage as connected with Ayurveda and continues delving into the emotional healing process that occurs through the process of both giving and receiving Thai Massage.
Shai delves deep into Thai Massage to experience it as the sister medicine to Yoga, while examining forgiveness, vulnerability and intentionality as critical ingredients in our spiritual growth process.
Shai shares his own journey, finding Thai Massage to heal his own pain and then teaching the techniques to others. He describes Thai Massage as a way to take meditation and share it with another person through physical movements that shift the emotions and the stories stored in the body.
Suren discusses meeting his most influential teacher high in the Himalayas and what he learned. We hear the peaceful sound of the bowls as used in meditation and healing ceremony.
In interview with Erika Buenaflor part 3, Erika describes the process she went through in writing her 3 books. She talks about some of the practices she teaches in her classes, including sound journeying, divination, lucid dreaming, essential oils and cacao ceremonies.
In interview with Erika Buenaflor part 2, Erika introduces us to her four fundamental teachers and describes the modalities she learned from each. In discussion, Erika explains her use of the term shamanism as appropriate to describe Curanderismo in Mexico.
In interview with author and curandera Erika Buenaflor part 1, Erika takes us along on her life journey through academia, law school and finally going back to her family roots in curanderismo, the traditional healing art of Mexico.
In interview with Suren Shrestha part 3, Suren explains how the sound healing of Tibetan Singing Bowls is an energy medicine that shifts us out of lower discordant vibration into higher harmonious vibration, and heals our emotions in the process. He shares a short meditation with the soothing sounds of Tibetan Singing Bowls.
“Each one teach one,” as taught by Gandhi. Dr. Ashok Malhotra interview part 3. He also discusses the four parts of the human heart as a metaphor for how we act in the world and as a formula for compassion in action.
Shantideva’s story about the monk who waited 12 years for the Buddha to appear. Interview with Dr. Ashok Malhotra part 2.
“When someone is in need, forget who it is and help them.” The Story of Nightingale and Firefly, with Dr. Ashok Malhotra.
Bob describes 3 types of story used in healing: the traditional story from a particular culture connected to the theme of healing; a story about someone else’s healing that lets us know healing is possible; and the story of one’s own journey in life, which can be changed in the process of healing. Then Bob … Continue reading "Narrative Medicine: The Power of Story to Heal"
We examine how words heal by creating new patterns of meaning. Poetry does this naturally through its non-linear construction of word combinations. We start with one poem from Rumi, then another from Rabindranath Tagore. Then we hear from Bob’s wife Maddi Cheers about how to create healing poems that combine drawn images in the form … Continue reading "The Healing Power of Words with Maddi Cheers"
Every time we heal from something in our lives––whether it’s disease, trauma, a social condition, a relationship––the healing becomes a medicine. Throughout our lives, we have access to that medicine as a helping entity. It can be used to help us or others in need. We only need ask.
Ken explains that indigenous medicine is not a matter of learning and mastering healing techniques; rather it’s about living a life of connection to all that is and having a relationship and accountability to a particular culture. He goes on to describe the quality of each of the 15 tipi poles used in constructing a … Continue reading "The Medicine of Connection: Interview with Ken Cohen Part 3"
Ken explains how he came as a non-Native to the Native American ways of healing through his own synchronistic life events as well as the generosity of his Native teachers. Medicine knowledge comes, he explains, not by asking for it, but rather by absorbing through appropriate and respectful contact, the inexplicable healing qualities of master … Continue reading "You Don’t Look for the Medicine; the Medicine Looks for You: Interview with Ken Cohen Part 2"
Author and healer Ken Cohen discusses the difficulty of walking the traditional road of Native American spirituality(ies) while living in the modern, mainstream American world. He shares a story of healing utilizing “narrative medicine” in a way that spotlights the inexplicable factors at play in health and disease.
Tal takes us on a journey in Kabbalistic understanding where words and text become a way of transcending the rational mind in order to experience directly the interrelationship of all things.
Tal unpacks the hidden meaning behind “Love thy neighbor as thyself” to reveal a spiritual formula to transcend the ego and embrace the human qualities of love, giving, and service. She concludes with Kabbalah’s prophecies that coincide with the changes and challenges of our current time.
Tal Mandelbaum, a social psychologist in Israel joins us to describe her path to healing from cancer. She begins by searching alternative therapies from all over the planet, but finds her way back to her religion of Judaism, and specifically the practice of Kabbalah.
Dr. Stevens opens by singing a Shipibo song, then explains how a medicine song can heal illness through the song’s innate ability to identify an intrusion into the patient’s body. The song then either removes the intrusion or distracts it while the healer reaches in and removes it, thus eliminating the spiritual cause of the … Continue reading "How Exactly Does a Medicine Song Heal Disease? Jose Luis Stevens part 3"
Dr. Stevens reflects back on his teachers, from academic anthropologist/Basque shaman Angeles Arrien to his Huichol teacher Guadalupe who refused to learn to read or write or even sign his signature, saying it would adversely alter his perception and decrease his ability to heal. Dr. Stevens goes on to share that we are all related, … Continue reading "Healing and the Interrelationship of All Things, Jose Luis Stevens part 2"
Dr. Stevens talks about his Huichol teacher Guadalupe, who taught him methods of healing both before and after his physical death. He also explains how human beings can communicate with animals, healing plants and the weather.
William introduces us to the synthesis of divination methods from ancient China and Mexico in a system he calls the Toltec I Ching. He explains that divination is not fortune-telling, but rather a way to perceive the hidden forces of change that are outside the realm of our 5 senses. William shares with us a … Continue reading "William Horden Interview Part 3"
William introduces us to the ancient Taoist concept of animism to point out that all of life is Spirit. He then explores the ancient Toltec philosophy from Mesoamerica of “flower and song,” which refers to the gratitude and sorrow that we as human beings use in order to understand our lives at the deepest level … Continue reading "Interview William Horden Part 2"
Diviner and wisdom-keeper William Horden introduces us to the Oracle, a mysterious realm of Being where answers arrive to our deepest questions. He describes being initiated into 2 traditions of divining: I Ching, the Chinese book of Changes and the Tonalpohualli or Toltec Mesoamerican tradition of counting days.
Kevin goes deeper into the mysteries of mbira, looking at it as a combination of song, dance, an organization of music as well as a vehicle to transport us into a spiritual world. Kevin describes a series of unusual events that culminate in his sense of communion with his ancestors. He shares a song from … Continue reading "Kevin Nathaniel Interview Part 3"
Kevin explains the cultural context of mbira, defying political borders, but coming out of modern day Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique. We learn about mbira as an ancient instrument used to heal illness as well as a mystical instrument that connects humans with other beings in the Natural Environment. He performs a traditional song … Continue reading "Kevin Nathaniel Interview Part 2"
Visionary musician, Kevin Nathaniel takes us along on a journey to discover how he became a world music virtuoso. Toward the end of his studies at Yale, and through a curious series of synchronistic events, Kevin came upon the way of mbira, an instrument from Zimbabwe, learning from a series of African masters. He shares … Continue reading "Kevin Nathaniel Interview Part 1"
Dr. Rogers recounts some of the stories from his recently published book, Ancient Secrets of a Master Healer. He teaches us a Marma exercise and home remedy that we can use daily to start our day with greater vitality and unlock our body’s inborn self-healing power.
Dr. Rogers reflects on the thousands of healings he observed over 10 years of traveling the globe with Dr. Naram. He shares with us Dr. Naram’s formula for life fulfillment: finding your purpose, staying healthy enough to live up to it, and ultimately living long enough to fully enjoy it.
University researcher Dr. Clinton Rogers shares the story of meeting his teacher, the miraculous teacher Dr. Naram from India who healed the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Theresa, and who was in the lineage of the physician to Gautama Buddha. Dr. Rogers introduces us to the 6 secret keys to Siddha Veda, an ancient … Continue reading "Dr. Clinton Rogers Part 1"
Dr. Korn shares with us how the dissociation that occurs in trauma is an opportunity for patients to develop greater control over their own states of consciousness in the journey toward healing. She discusses her work in teaching integrative medicine to health professionals as well as the sustainable model that she utilizes to work with … Continue reading "Dr. Leslie Korn Interview Part 3"
Dr. Korn reflects on her two most important teachers from whom she learned acupuncture and polarity therapy. She discusses her academic study of psychotherapy, and how she came to integrate talk therapy with touch in the healing of trauma. She highlights the essence of healing as empathy, compassion and connection with those she serves.
Dr. Leslie Korn is a Harvard-trained Medical School traumatologist, specializing in mental health nutrition and integrative approaches to treating the mind and body. In this segment, Dr. Korn reflects on her life journey, starting in the jungles of Mexico at the age of 20, recounts how she created a clinic to serve the health needs … Continue reading "Dr. Leslie Korn Interview Part 1"
We learn from Dr. Malhotra how the inspiration he received from the Bhagavad Gita combined with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln to motivate him to take huge action in life: he created the Ninash Foundation which has built 7 schools in India and brought literacy to 8,000 formerly illiterate female/minority children. He … Continue reading "Dr. Ashok Malhotra Interview Part 3"
Dr. Malhotra talks about his teachers who taught him how yoga could heal the body, mind and spirit and re-establish balance. We learn about yoga in its original sense, based in Patanjali’s yoga sutras. The body is cultivated through physical postures, breathing exercises control the emotions, and meditation controls the mind.
Dr. Malhotra describes learning a path of healing from his parents and grandparents when growing up in India. He learned the importance of compassion in action from hearing the Bhagavad Gita read to him by his grandmother and the important influence of the oral tradition through stories he heard from his grandfather.
Oscar discusses his work with Heart of the Healer. He recounts revelations from his recent personal pilgrimage in Peru. Healing, he says, takes place in our encounters with Nature. He describes the healing process as “feeding the adversary,” wherein we befriend illness and challenge. We are all in the end wounded, says Oscar, and through … Continue reading "don Oscar Miro-Quesada Interview Part 3"
Oscar recounts his apprenticeships with two Peruvian curanderos: don Celso Rojas Palomino and don Benito Qoriwaman. From don Celso, he learned to look at recovering from trauma as a rite of passage and how to transition from one’s own healing to access the healing capacity to work with others. From don Benito, he learned the … Continue reading "don Oscar Miro-Quesada Interview Part 2"
Oscar explains how 3 challenging pivotal events beginning in his growing up in Peru led him to the path of a healer. Following his painful “initiations,” he became a bridger of worlds and came to embody a spirituality that transitions from gratitude to generosity to grace.
Dr. Francis talks about the plight of healing systems in their home societies and actions to take to preserve them. She describes processes of non-Western healing found in energetic and body-oriented therapies that combine with personal story to bring about healing on the deepest level.
Dr. Francis recounts events during her life of learning healing arts in non-Western cultures where she uncovers the connections between festival, food, spirituality, pilgrimage, music, and beauty customs and rituals.
Dr. Francis guides us through the major events in her life that led her to become the “rock and roll doctor,” a doctor for major rock bands on tour. She tells us how she combined her formal schooling with experiences on the road with rock stars with healing techniques in the various cultures she visited … Continue reading "Dr. Gabrielle Francis Interview Part 1"
Cheo discusses how Curanderismo is taught and learned as well as the changes he has seen over his lifetime in Curanderismo and in other healing practices throughout the non-Western world.
Cheo shares with us what he learned from 2 important teachers: Elena Avila, a psychiatric nurse and curandera who taught the use of soul retrieval to treat PTSD, and Chenchito, a Mexican curandero who channeled the spirit of el Nino Fidencio during group healing sessions.
Cheo shares highlights from a life dedicated to Curanderismo, a system of traditional healing from Mexico. He describes his pilgrimages where sacrifice and meditation were combined to bring about his healing.
Dr. Krippner talks about his recent work in applying dream work and personal mythology, in workshops and with returning veterans suffering from PTSD. We hear lessons on how to change the story of our inner lives to transform all aspects of our lives.
Dr. Krippner deconstructs the healing process and describes the importance of relationship between healer and patient. He shares stories about Cherokee traditional healer Rolling Thunder, about whom Dr. Krippner wrote 2 books.
Dr. Stanley Krippner is a psychologist whose life work has examined healing and altered states of consciousness in cultures all over the world, as well as dreams and personal mythology. Here he shares some high points in his long professional journey.
Bernadette discusses how to begin your own medicinal plant garden and how to deepen your relationship with plant-beings.
Bernadette shares specific plant knowledge she acquired from working with her various teachers, including Mino Asheninka, an indigenous healer from Peru.
Bernadette describes her path to developing a personal relation with plants, and becoming an herbalist and a healer.
Robert Peng talks about his current work in Qigong for self-healing and for healing others. He shares a self-healing practice with us.
Robert shares the teachings and practices of the ancient healing art of Qigong as he learned it from his master in China.
Robert Peng describes his upbringing in China and how he came to master the ancient healing art of Qigong. He experienced a profound awakening of healing energy through a 100 day water-only fast!
Lewis shares with us the methods of Native American indigenous healing he uses along with an understanding of how healing occurs.
Lewis talks about the teachings and practices of a number of Native American healers who taught him and influenced his work.
Story of Lewis’ life in both conventional medicine and traditional Native American healing.
Explores the story of Oliver Pahdopony, last medicine of the Comanches, how Robert met him, how he was healed, and how he healed others, along with take-aways for you, the listener, on how to use the insights in your life.
Explores the need for a new vision of wellness by expanding our notions of what we are as human beings from isolated parts known as a mind and a body to mind-body, and into a new model that looks at us as an integration of four aspects: mind, body, spirit and emotions. Also asks the … Continue reading "Mind – Body And Beyond"
A description of the reasons for this podcast and background story of Robert Vetter as it relates to the future of the podcast and topics that will be covered.