Have you ever gone around the world with your ideas, chasing after inspiration, only to come full circle back to where you started, realizing that you were meant to be just where you were, with only slight modification?

In my case, I thought I was leaving my old self as a coach behind to head down a new path as a shamanic practitioner. I wasn’t exactly sure how that would look, but forged ahead with enthusiasm, building a new website, marketing in different ways, and gradually building a local clientele. And then I started getting calls from clients looking for a shaman who is also a coach. Funny how the universe works.

I started to see that my healing sessions with clients took on another dimension when I weaved coaching techniques together with shamanic healing principles. While my clients had been seeing improvement with shamanic healing, now that I fully embrace the blending of my experience, my clients are having profound experiences of transformation and healing, often in one visit.

Thought to be the oldest spiritual practice in human history, shamanism is now making its way into corporations, organizations, and even Wall Street — yes, there is a broker who has studied shamanism and now works with other brokers to bring energy consciousness to the bastions of capitalism. To watch a video about Larry Ford, the Wall Street Shaman, click here.

Larry Ford, Wall Street Shaman

Why is this ancient practice making a resurgence in our culture? A basic premise of Shamanism is that everything is a dream, co-created by each individual with the assistance of spirit guides and allies. These spirits can take many forms — angels, ascended masters, our ancestors, great teachers, animals, the elements, etc. A shaman has learned how to access these benevolent and compassionate spirits to restore the balance that has been lost in people and on earth.

Shamanism is all about intention, vibrant creation, and manifestation — whether it’s prosperity, your business, relationships, or your lifestyle, what do you want to create in your life, and how do you change your thoughts and vibrational energy to make that happen? My intention is that what you find in my newsletter, on my website, and in the information I share through my radio show and learning programs will help you navigate our 21st century world with ease, especially during this time of global spiritual awakening.

Core shamanic principles have been used by thousands of people for thousands of years in every culture. Whether it’s Celtic, Egyptian, or Native American, shamanism has helped people throughout the ages change their dream, and from there change their reality.

Are you ready to ignite your imagination and change your reality using the ancient wisdom of shamanism? I invite you to download my free ebook Purpose & Passion by registering at my website, www.theshamanicpath.com, then explore the site to find out more about energy consciousness and how it can benefit your life. Get ready to transform!

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important…

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.

There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

For those who know me, I am a techno-geek and a Macintosh evangelist. Back in the mid-90s, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, and the first colored iMacs hit the market, I was the General Manager for an Apple Retail Store. So yesterday’s news that Jobs had died, really hit me. He was a creative genius that will be remembered in the way Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell are for their achievements. The world has lost a great visionary.

“There is no reason not to follow your heart” is a reminder to us all that when you live life with passion and purpose, great things will manifest. I have had several significant set backs in life, a couple in the last few months, and have been battling with all those external things he talks about. When I saw this quote today, it lifted my spirits in a way nothing has for a long time. Thank you Steve Jobs. You are still influencing, even in your death.

In Native American culture, there is a belief that when one shares all that one has, in order that the People might thrive, honor and abundance is brought to the giver. Jobs brought this to his work, his ideas, and his customers. His life is a great model of this principle. He will be missed.

Here is the commencement address at Stanford University in which he spoke the quote above. It’s 15 minutes, and well worth the time spent viewing it.