African Shamanism with Gogo Gretchen Crilly McKay

Ready to start a new creative project? Maybe you have been dreaming of writing a book or taking that pottery class. Make the decision and make it happen! Join Dr. Steven Farmer as he outlines the four simple steps to any creative project from start to finish. Find out more about Dr. Steven Farmer- World renowned author, teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, and Soul Healer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As another in my 4 X 4 series of podcasts, this one created by Angeles Arrien from her studies and experiences with indigenous cultures is a synthesis of how a shaman determines the appropriate treatment for you by asking these four simple questions. They are so profoundly simple that I'm sure you will relate to them readily. Dr. Steven Farmer - Author, Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, Soul Healer Find out how you can work with Dr. Steven Farmer for Spiritual Mentoring, Life Coaching and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Steven and his five guests while we explore the topic of the different ways you can connect with Spirit through Spirit Guides. Each guest is an accomplished spiritual teacher/healer and have come up with questions to ask Steven designed to stimulate the discussion on the topic. You will get some great tips as to how you can get better at contacting your guides. Aubrey Lesicki, BS, LMT Aubrey has been studying integrative therapies for over 25 years. What started as a healing crisis became a passion for integrating body, mind, and spirit through hands-on clinical practice. She is passionate about rebalancing the nervous system as the foundational paradigm shift for 21st century health care. Believing self-care should be easy and fun, she empowers people to take their health into their own hands. Aubrey is the co-author of the course manual Self-Regulation: Creating Habits of Ease (through PowerOfEaseKeys.com) and founder of the online healing community We Are The Remedy (through AubreyRemedy.com). Alexandra Tainisie Alexandra is a Psychotherapist, Somatic Practitioner and Vocal Therapist and she is guiding people to awaken their inner healer, using nature and art as a vehicle and creative force of transformation.  She is an intuitive singer and is currently leading singing circles, reconnecting people with healing vibrations and guiding them to use their voice as a magnificent tool for growth, empowerment and medicine for their body, heart and soul. Lisa McCourt Lisa McCourt’s books about joy and love have sold over 9 million copies, earned 7 publishing industry awards, and garnered over 9,000 glowing Amazon reviews. Host of the Do Joy! podcast and founder of Joy School at LisaMcCourt.com, she generously opens her comprehensive toolbox for joyful living in her newest release, Free Your Joy: The 12 Keys to Sustainable Happiness. Mark McAdams For over ten years Mark has explored the metaphysical arts through life experiences, research, and hands-on training, to “remember” & enhance his skills in order to help others. Mark was brought to this work via a Spontaneous Past Life memory. Mark works with several alternative healing modalities including hypnosis (“past life & life between lives and SMGI®), shamanic ritual and Reiki. These modalities can bring about healing at several levels. Mark matches these modalities to each individual client’s specific needs in a program of soul coaching & guidance that assists clients in their journey towards their life purpose. Margarita Korsakova Margarita Korsakova is an energy work specialist and certified yoga and meditation instructor. Margarita brings over a decade of experience in mind-body coaching and as an end-of-life doula. She integrates ancient practices with contemporary scientific knowledge. Her proficiency in shamanic practices and past life regressions has been pivotal in supporting numerous individuals on their journeys towards personal growth. Learn more at https://www.margaritaembodied.com.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is episode two of the series Four by Four where Dr. Farmer shares powerful teachings all of which highlight four aspects to a particular theme. This one is from Angeles Arrien, author of The Four-Fold Way, offering Four Guidelines to the Art of Living—a credo to live by. Meet Dr. Steven Farmer Author, Spiritual Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, Soul Healer Find out how you can work with Dr. Steven Farmer Dr. Farmer is now accepting clients for his Spiritual Mentorship Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the first episode in this 4X4 series, I will explore a provocative point of view from Harrison Owen, one he has termed the Four Immutable Laws of Spirit. As you listen I'm sure it will stir up some further contemplation about and exploration of the truth—or not—of these four ideas. Find Dr. Steven Farmer on Facebook Find books and oracle card decks from Dr. Steven Farmer and other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in the online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gogo Gretchen Crilly McKay is a shamanic practitioner and Sangoma who lives in Dana Point, CA. She has been practicing shamanism for more than 25 years, studying with master shamans in the U.S. and Africa. In 2001 she completed her traditional training and initiation in Swaziland, Africa and graduated in as Sangoma under the mentorship of Zulu shaman P.H. Mtshali. Currently Gretchen has a private shamanic practice where she sees clients and offers ongoing shamanic training for both beginning and advanced students.   Gogo Gretchen uses the African divination system of throwing the bones to diagnose the spiritual issues underlying dis-ease and family patterns; provides shamanic healing through spiritual extraction, soul retrieval and healing with spiritual light; uses medicinal herbs, flower essences, and aromatherapy to facilitate energetic healing through ceremony and ritual; and teaches workshops for ancestral and personal healing. She also offers two-year programs in advanced shamanic healing and apprenticeships for those called to this path. Find out more about Gogo Gretchen Crilly McKay www.ancestralwisdom.com Connect with Dr. Steven Farmer world renowned author, teacher, shamanic practitioner, and Soul Healer Find books and oracle card decks from Dr Steven Farmer and other MindbodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in the online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa McCourt wasn’t always a joyful person, but once she found the surefire path to sustainable joy, she devoted her career to sharing that roadmap with others. Lisa says, “More than anything, I just want to be an effective member of the team that’s elevating the level of love and joy in the world.” Her positions on that team have included writing dozens of mega-selling books (both in her own name and as a ghostwriter for other transformation leaders), founding her online Joy School at LisaMcCourt.com, hosting her Do Joy! podcast, and collaborating on countless projects with other popular teachers of consciousness and joyful living. Lisa will be discussing her latest book Free Your Joy and how to create and discover greater happiness. Find out more about Lisa McCourt JOY School and Happiness Life Coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the official podcast of the MindBodySpirit.fm podcast network. For our debut episode we will explore the concept of Gratitude as a life practice through the eyes of award-winning cinematographer and director of the documentary film Gratitude Revealed, Louie Schwartzberg. We gathered three podcasters from the network Philip Goldberg host of Spirit Matters, Cynthia Occelli host of Rewritten and Dr. Steven Farmer host of The Dr Steven Farmer Podcast-Healing for Your Soul to get their impressions of this incredible film. In a candid Q and A with Louie, each person shared their reactions and feelings about the film. Moderated by Co-Founder Diane Ray, we discover why Louie was drawn to the subject of gratitude, what his definition of gratitude is, and how we can live a more meaningful life full of gratitude. What began as a short film viewed by millions at TED in 2014 has evolved into a global effort to make this film available to all. If you would like to find out more about this extraordinary film or host your own screening of Gratitude Revealed, please visit www.gratituderevealed.com. If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to hear other podcasters views on the idea of gratitude, visit the Gratitude page https://mindbodyspirit.fm/showcase/gratitude/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister Rand is an internationally renowned medium, author and speaker. She provides specific messages from loved ones in spirit with feeling, heart, and grace. Hollister can see and hear spirits as well as get a sense of their personalities and emotions. During the last twenty-five-plus years, her unique abilities have provided comfort and healing to tens of thousands of people worldwide. Find out more about Hollister Rand www.hollisterrand.com Everything You Wanted to Know About the Afterlife by Hollister Rand was released in May 2020 by Beyond Words/Atria. Hollister brings her incredible knowledge and experience to this accessible and comprehensive book that takes you on an eye-opening journey into the afterlife.  Find books and oracle card decks from Dr. Steven Farmer and other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in the online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Alexander King is an international author, teacher, public speaker, psychic medium, practitioner of Earth Medicine and Zoomancer: an individual that examines the habits and appearance of animals to help explain or reveal the future path of other people. And as far as he knows, he’s the only Zoomancer in Australia  Having spent almost two years training daily under a medicine elder, and with 14 published works to his name, all centered on animal symbolism, totemism and spirit animals, Scott calls his path ANIMAL DREAMING – a shamanic path that directly draws upon the wisdom, symbolism and medicine ways of animals. Australian born, Scott travels the world offering workshops, retreats and courses. He lives in the picturesque, subtropical Northern Rivers, located 30 minutes inland from New South Wales’ iconic Byron Bay, with his wife, three children and a menagerie of rescued animals, including a miniature donkey, Shetland ponies and alpacas. Scott Alexander King- Animal Dreaming Connect with Dr. Steven Farmer world renowned author, teacher, shamanic practitioner, and Soul Healer - Book a session Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices