International presenters for 2012 are (TBA); Shamanic Ceremonialist and Teacher, Eileen O’Hare; Crystal Journey artist, David Hickey. Photos and Bios below.

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Eileen O’Hare

Shamanic Ceremonialist and Teacher
Spiritual Healer
Sacred Sound Practitioner
Devotional Chant Leader
Sacred Workshop Facilitator
Channel of Love
Co-Creator: Andean Healing Energy Cards
Love and Gratitude to the Water CD

 

 

eohare©mindspring.com
PO Box 301, Beacon, NY 12506

Eileen O’Hare is a legacy carrier in the Shamanic tradition of the Andes (Irman).
She was initiated in Peru in 2004. Called to the shamanic path July 4th, 1996,
she is completely devoted to spiritual transformation, study, healing practice and
shamanic teaching. She is passionate about travelling to sacred sites to enact
World Service Ceremony. She is deeply grateful to her many teachers in the US
and Peru. Her primary lineage is the Peruvian tradition as shared by the Q’ero
Nation in the Andes. She is in the lineage of Don Manuel Quispe and Don Benito
Q’orawamann. She also acts as a channel of love for the Angelic, Ascended
Master and Grandmother realms. She is especially grateful to those ancestors
and Light Beings in the spiritual realms who have taught her so much and
continue to test her so well.

During a World Service Ceremony at Mt. Mansfield, VT, Eileen was given the spiritual name, ‘Love More’, by the Guides and Angels. She is grateful for this beautiful name that reminds her of why she is here and what she is to do every day.
Eileen has a private healing/teaching practice in Beacon, NY. She also workslong distance. Her beautiful and powerful healing sessions assist those who are ready to shift from separation, pain and powerlessness into beauty, connectedness and empowered love of self and others. Eileen facilitates workshops on Peruvian shamanism: sound healing, cord cutting, forgiveness, ancestral tracking, soul retrieval and shamanic dancing (and more). She leads water ceremonies and fire ceremonies and is a Kirtan Wallah (call and response chanting). She is teacher and guide for The Mesayok Medicine Spiral a longer, intensive training program inspired by the principles, practices and sacred transmissions of the Qiero Nation. Her half-day workshop Healing Your Way Into The Diamond Heart explores deeper and higher aspects of the sacred heart centre: unearthing parts of one’s self that hold great power, stepping into one’s
true power, healing , loving, uniting.
Acting on a vision she received for a devination deck, Eileen, together with Joy Gilinsky and Seymour Hall, manifested the Andean Healing Energy Card Deck, a set of 44 energetically compelling cards and guide book “in honor of this most potent, sweet and deeply loving tradition”. Eileen and friends sang and
produced a CD of a beautiful song Love and Gratitude to the Water which Eileen received while meditating by a stream. Of the song she says, “This song is an invitation to contribute to the flow of Love in the world by expressing appreciation to the water wherever we find it every day.”
Eileen acknowledges that in this time of profound change we are being invited tomove deeper into our Heart of Hearts for the highest good of all, to raise our vibration into Unity Consciousness.

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David Michael Hickey of Crystal Journey

www.crystaljourney.ca
david@crystaljourney.ca

Based in Mount Hope, Ontario, David performs with 15 to 20 Quartz Crystal
Singing Bowls, each producing a pure note or tone, the purest there is. Because
the human body is crystalline in structure, the vibration of the Bowls has a
profound effect on our organs, tissues, cells, circulatory, endocrine and
metabolic systems. David has performed throughout Canada and the United
States, inspiring audiences with his unique blend of sonically pure and powerful
Quartz Crystal Bowls played in combination with Santoor & Vibraphone and
Paiste Planet & Symphonic Gongs. Every gong features a strong fundamental
note tuned to represent a natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties
of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and the other planets. Each full orchestral
performance creates soothing, meditative and healing music. Such music has to
be heard to be believed! David has recently teamed up with Jennifer Stramm,
Registered Counselor and Life Coach, to create the Crystal Journey Healing
Through Sound Model of personal healing.

With hundreds of concerts to date and 7 CDs released, David’s comittment is
“to create expansive, improvised music, to awaken consciousness, to promote
peace and to restore balance of the self and the planet.” Crystal Journey is
dedicated to raising awareness of our environment and raising funds for social
causes such as cancer survivors, support groups, and Free Tibet.

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Nova Scotian past presenters as well as some new ones to be announced, will fill the bill. Info to follow as commitments are received.

Armand DeGrenier, Nova Quest, Nova Scotia.

I have been guided in spiritual practice in this incarnation following the instructions of the pre-birth council of coherence … after meeting and studying the path of “Core Shamanism” with Michael and Sandra Harner in the early 1980′s, I began experiencing a series of co-incidences that could be best described as emanations from “non-ordinary realms” … these moments of awakenings have been like a map of a path of guidance which continues to unfold to this day … in the late 1990′s, after being curious about DNA-genealogy, I was drawn to Font-de-Gaume in the Dordogne region of south western France where I experienced a profound heart connection with the lineage of the ancient cave painters … thus the 10,000 year old roots of my shamanic path became clear ! I am heartfully indebted to the many teachers, family, friends, sisters and brothers on the path I have met over the years … in particular when I review my sacred walk, i think back to the 1970′s and humbly honour the teachings freely gifted to me by Manitonquat (Medicine Story) of the Wampanoag nation in Massachusetts and more recently am sincerely beyond grateful for the guidance and sharing of tio (uncle) don Caesario, donna Maria, don Augustin and don Rojellio of the Secoya people of Ecuador and to sobrino (nephew) Jonathan Miller, at guaria de osa retreat centre in costa rica, ethnobotanist, inter-cultural guide and rainforest protector-activist for our shared vision of (inter)planetary wholeness.

Nancy “Dancing Light” Sherwood, EarthSea @ Serenity, Nova Scotia, www.travellersjoy.ca

Nancy has been encouraging shamanic transformation from the inside out, and from the outside in for more than two decades. Co-founder of the ten year experiment in collective shamanic living that was EarthSea Shamanic Ecovillage, Nancy’s inspired and inspiring projects continue to be on the cutting edge of shamanic practice in Nova Scotia, including: spirit pilgrimages to many lands, many ancestors; assisting both First Nations people and Celtic people in their spiritual reclamation efforts; helping individuals reconnect to the land and re-collect their soul essence; establishing a Mandala of Peace through shamanic dance training; and most recently, creating a traveling spiritual banquet in Nova Scotia called A Sense of Place, that honours and celebrates exceptional appropriate stewardship of land, while calling forth and interacting with the life-enhancing essences of the land itself. Nancy is a founding partner in EarthSea Interpretations Unlimited which offers one-on-one shamanic counseling as well as shamanic apprenticeships and training. She also co-founded the Nova Scotia Shamanic Grandmother’s Council and is a sweat lodge leader and practicing shaman.

David “White Thunder” Cameron

Shaman’s helper, Grandfather, Web Chef (more like short order cook for this site!), shamanic artist, currently bent on bringing shamanic lamp light into as much of the world as I can. With Nancy Sherwood, founded EarthSea Shamanic Ecovillage and now residing with her at Serenity on Zwicker Lake (a misty in-between place, great for Celtic shamanism). I’ve been on this winding woven path for several decades and have danced the dance in the Highlands, the Western Isles, Botswana, the Yucatan and the Prairies. I count many teachers in many tribes, including all of my shamanic friends.

I’ ka kimat (try hard) and Blessed be.

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Carla “Dancing Rainbow Dragon” Silver, Riversong Keep, Nova Scotia

Carla rekindled her relationship to Creator and Mother Earth through the ancestral wisdom teachings of Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, and inter-wove these Peace Keeping ways with a degree in Environmental planning. She pledged to walk in beauty, to cultivate right relationship and to live in harmony with all beings during her first vision quest some twenty years ago. Her earth walk brought her to the intentional shamanic eco-village of Earth Sea, to live and study with her life long Teacher Nancy “Dancing Light” Sherwood. Carla is a carrier of Womens Medicine and receives guidance through the divine feminine ways of the Celestial Grandmothers. As an Earth Keeper she practices land stewardship with her partner at River Song Keep, a bio-dynamic farm, shamanic studies and experiential learning center in Chester Grant, Nova Scotia. Life at River Song evolves around the practices of honoring ancestral holy days and the celestial ceremonial wheel. As a long time student of Tom Brown Jr’s School of Tracking, Nature Awareness and Wilderness Survival and, Vision Quest Protector through the Earth Heart Institute of Vision and Healing, Carla offers nature based experiences and shamanic healing to individuals and groups. Carla is a Sweat Lodge Keeper and is a member of the Shamanic Grandmothers Council of Nova Scotia, Nova Quest Medicine Drum Society and the South Shore Meditation Center of Shambhala International. Carla owns and operates Shamanic Pathways Nova Scotia.

David Nodding, “Grandfather Turtle” Chief Fire Keeper

David has several years of experience as Chief Fire Keeper, both at his home at River Song Keep, NS, and for an annual Sun Dance in Alberta

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Theresa Thomas

Born in Vancouver, B.C., Theresa connected with Nature in her youth.  Faced with a debilitating illness in the early ‘90’s, Theresa’s healing journey spanned many modalities and practices. Her introduction to the teachings of Malidoma Somé in 2005 began a profound connection to community, which led to a deep joining with her ancestors and an indigenous way of walking in the world. Initiated as an elder in the Dagara traditions in 2006, Theresa studies intensively with Malidoma and travels to Africa on a semi-regular basis. In Canada, Theresa is dedicated to bringing the healing messages of the Dagara Tribe of Burkina Faso, West Africa to people and communities from sea to sea.