Graduates Bios
Last Name Index:
Anakule is an ordained Minister of Earth Wisdom, Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator, a LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Psychotherapist with over 30 years experience working with individuals, couples, families and groups, and a Facilitator of Women’s Spirtuality Groups for 15 years.The earth teaches me about "The Great Giveaway." The Holy concept that we are constantly surrounded by love, beauty and all that we need to thrive. The river teaches me how to live peacefully in the balance between letting go and receiving. She has shown me the still point that is ever changing. The cedars teach me about strength, protection, healing and the nature of time.I am dedicated to serving the Goddess and helping others to participate in the love, beauty and healing that is our original blessing in being born on this earth. I am currently teaching Earth Wisdom and I am available for individual consultation. My office is in my home, surrounded by cedars on the Clackamas River.
Terri Lyne Anthony is an ordained Spiritual Counselor, a Reiki Master-Teacher, and Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator who has chosen to follow the HeartPath of Healing. She brings a unique combination of gifts to others, using a blend of ancient wisdom and modern techniques.Through her own personal healing process, Terri has gained knowledge in Inner Child work, Shadow Work, meditation, body work, shamanism, energy work, breathwork, etc. Her goal is to assist others in healing life wounds that block them from fully being their True Selves and fulfilling their Sacred Purpose. She provides Sacred Space for them to nurture body, mind, and spirit at the HeartPath Wellness Center, in Wasilla, Alaska. Along with private sessions, the HeartPath Wellness Center offers workshops and classes.
Currently Terri is working to bring Reiki into the traditional medical environment in her area.
Contact Terri at: or phone: (907) 373-3227. Address: Terri Anthony, 3725 South Eagle Bay Drive, Wasilla, AK 99654.
Once Jeff Berger finished his psychiatric residency in 1988, he took an unexpected turn to the left and has kept going. He now brings his medical experience and twenty years of therapeutic practice along with twenty years as a mindfulness meditator and poet to his facilitation of the Shamanic Breathwork™ Process.He particularly loves how the enlightened mind of pristine awareness allows for unimpeded wonder and power of the psychic transformations people experience during the SBW. He currently lives 60 miles north of Seattle with his priestess wife and ten year old homeschooling son. He is the medical director of the Senior Behavioral Health Unit at United General Hospital and facilitates breathworks in western Washington and Oregon as well as returns to Isis Cove to teach with Brad and Star Wolf.
Jeri “Swan Song” Birdsall is a Shamanic Global Minister, a Master certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator., and a Shamanic Soul Return practitioner. She is a High Magdalene Crystal Star Priestess through the lineage of Nicole Christine, ordained through the Madonna Ministries, and a Reiki Master Teacher of Usui, Karuna, and Shamanic Reiki, as well as a practitioner of Attunement, Craniosacral Therapy, EMF, Synergia™, and Resonance Repatterning™. She is also a mesa carrier in the Pachakuti Mesa tradition through the lineage of Oscar Miro-Quesada and THOTH.
Jeri honors and embraces the teachings and traditions of many diverse spiritual paths and traditions. Through her private practice, “HeartSong Pathways”, she offers a unique and heart-centered synthesis of energetic, vibrational, and shamanic healing modalities, along with spiritual counseling, coaching, and mentoring. Her shamanic mystery school “Heart of the Blue Star Mysteries”, based upon the Shamanic Egyptian Mysteries, experientially and shamanically weaves and bridges the ancient wisdom teachings and traditions with new paradigm consciousness to awaken the Heart. Jeri facilitates healing circles, 12 step shamanic recovery groups, workshops, shamanic breathworks™, and is available for private sessions, in person or long distance.
Learning to dance the spiral path through the continuous cycles of change in her own life, Jeri brings a depth of heart and wisdom to her work with others through her personal healing, experience, and understanding of the shamanic pathway of death and rebirth,. Coming into sacred relationship with ourselves, each other, and our world, with a balance and right use of power through the compassionate heart is the pathway of the heart that leads to wholeness. Jeri trusts the power of the Heart and the shaman within each and everyone to heal all aspects of separation within and without us and bring the wholeness we all long for. She is here to lovingly serve, support, inspire, and celebrate you along your pathway and invites you to join her in that magical, sacred, co-creative shamanic space where body-mind-spirit merge as a sweet song of harmony in the heart and your inner heart’s song awakens and comes into its full authentic expression.
Music has been one of Jeri’s greatest loves and inspirations since childhood. She has been honored to serve as Shamanic Songstress for the annual Wise Wolf Women’s Council gatherings. She resides in the “Heartland” of the midwest, the greater Kansas City metro area, with her loving and very supportive husband and is a proud mother of three beautiful children.
Eric Botner is a Pastoral Transpersonal Counselor and a Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator. After leaving a successful 15 year business career Eric studied for years with several Native American teachers. Through a holistic and transpersonal approach Eric is committed to helping others experience emotional healing through Shamanic Breathwork in a safe and nurturing environment. Using intuitive skills he is able to facilitate deep emotional connection and release. Eric facilitates individuals, couples and group Shamanic Breathwork sessions in California and other parts of the United States.
Eric has recently founded River Canyon Retreat, a Spiritual Retreat Center in nature, in Northern California. "Our service is providing a natural retreat space, a spiritual country refuge and setting for healing, meditation, celebrations, ceremonies, workshops, seminars and personal retreats. We provide environments, facilitate activities and promote philosophies conducive to physical, emotional and spiritual well-being."
RuthAnne Brown, Walks Tall Woman of Green Heron Studio. I am a Jewelry Artist. My modality is called wire wrap by some but it is truly an Art form. I use my creative gifts and intuition to make pieces that will assist working with the Chakras. That is my main focus. No two pieces are exactly alike. I pay attention to the wire and stones, making sure I form the settings to their liking.
I am a Reiki practitioner, a Listener and I work with Inner Speak which is a method that enables a person to locate, clear and release old stored fear(s).
Website: www.greenheronstudio.etsy.com
Contact Ruth Anne Brown at: or (828)-497-3227
Kent Bye is a Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator, Ordained Shamanic Minister, Reiki II Practitioner, a Whirling Dervish student within the Mevlevi Sufi Order, and the regional coordinator of the Portland Evolver Community.
Kent has been a spiritual seeker for over a decade exploring different spiritual communities such as the Findhorn Foundation, learning about consciousness research via the the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and exploring different archetypes and symbolic maps of the psyche through the language of astrology.
He has a voracious curiosity about different esoteric practices, and has conducted hundreds of interviews with different spiritual leaders and teachers. You can find his interviews about Shamanic Breathwork at http://engagedheart.com/shamanic-breathwork
He and his partner Jennifer Gouvea have been offering private sessions and public Shamanic Breathwork workshops in Portland, OR.
Kent & Jen’s website is at engagedheart.com
Kent can be reached at or 503-206-1150
Anna Cariad-Barrett, PhD is a Shamanic Counselor, Writer, and Teacher. She is the co-author of Sacred Medicine of Bee, Butterfly, Earthworm & Spider: Unexpected Teachers of the Instar Medicine Wheel (with Linda Star Wolf, ITI/Bear & Co.). Anna is a faculty member at Venus Rising University, and teaches transformational courses around the country. Anna offers a shamanic counseling practice in Minneapolis, MN (distance-based appointments are also available). She is a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner, Shamanic Priestess Process/Magdalene Mysteries™ Facilitator, and ordained Shamanic Minister. In addition, Anna is an Environmental Education Consultant who works with public schools to transform their curricula into a model of harmonic, nature-based learning. Anna is working with Venus Rising to create children and family nature-based programming. Anna’s educational background includes a PhD in Shamanic Psychospiritual Studies, a Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy, a Bachelor’s degree in Family Social Science, and specialized training in human ecology, complementary & alternative medicine, and social justice.
Anna is currently available for Shamanic Counseling and Shamanic Breathwork™ sessions. Inspired by the sacred wisdom of nature, her counseling practice, Shamanic Ecology, supports you to embody soulful wholeness and empowerment. As you change your relationship with yourself, you change your relationship with the world. As we each embody authenticity, the entire planet receives the blessing of our shamanic medicine!
Contact: or 612-708-9481
Website: www.annacariadbarrett.com
Brad Collins is the Co-Director of Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts and Co-Founder of Isis Cove Community Retreat Center in western North Carolina. A pioneer in planetary transformation for more than three decades, Brad is a certified Shamanic Minister, a Shamanic Breathwork™ Teacher, Trainer and Facilitator and the Co-Founder of the Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process (SHIP). Brad created the Shamanic Initiatory Priest Process (SIPP), a highly experiential and transformative men’s initiatory process. Brad has a degree in Environmental Science and Education, and part of his mission encompasses land-stewardship. more….
Contact Brad at: or phone: 828-631-2305
Judith Corvin-Blackburn is a licensed certified social worker (LCSW), author, teacher, and workshop presenter who has had a transpersonal psychotherapy practice for over 30 years. She is the author of two books: Journey to Wholeness: A Guide to Inner Healing and Empowering the Spirit: A Guide for Living a Spiritually-Evolved Life published in 2005. She taught psychology and sociology at the Community College level for many years, and has presented spiritual development workshops around the country.
Her work, while grounded in psychotherapeutic theory, is generated from her strong connection to Higher Guidance and from the wisdom she has gained through her life experiences, spiritual development and personal healing process.
She credits much of her professional expertise and spiritual growth to lessons learned raising three children, being a partner in a loving, long-term marriage, being a daughter in a challenging family situation, and empowering the spirits of numerous people while guiding them to wholeness and well-being.
Contact: or 217-726-8759
Website: www.empoweringthespirit.com
Karen Craft, is a professional animal communicator, Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner, Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki Master, and ordained Shamanic Minister. She is also a Master Crystologist, certified by TAOMCHI, The Assn. Of Melody Crystal Healing Instructors, and has training and experience in Healing Touch for Animals and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). She is gifted in facilitating soul retrieval in humans and animals alike. Though Karen works in person with individuals seeking healing through Shamanic Breathwork™, the majority of her animal communication is conducted by phone; distance makes no difference to telepathy. She offers classes for those who want to learn telepathic connection with their pets. With deep compassion, Karen can support clients through the transition of a beloved animal companion or reconnect them with animals who have crossed over. She also enjoys mediating for multi-animal families, all species welcome. Presently, she is co-writing The Cosmic Purr with her feline friend and mentor, Connery, a wise, old-soul of a cat.
Visit Karen’s web site at www.animalshaman.com
Sara Claire Curran is passionate about empowering people. She has been helping clients through multiple avenues achieve personal goals, visions and talents for more than thirty years. She combines compassionate intuition and visionary gifts with a pragmatic approach to guide others in their growth.
Her background, training and education include the following:
- Certified Mandala Facilitator through the Mandala Facilitation Training, 2007 and 2009, by Dr. Judith Cornell, Ph.D.
- Ordained Shamanic Minister, 2008, and certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator through Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts.
- National and international competitive swimmer and swim instructor. She has worked with elite athletes as well as novices since 1998.
- Color consultant with Color 1 Associates, Inc. She has offered public and private presentations, personal shopping and interior decorating consultations.
- B.A. from Scripps College in Comparative Literature. Phi Beta Kappa.
- B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute in Painting and Printmaking. Currently exhibiting paintings, etchings and lithographs.
Sara Claire is committed to helping people feel good about themselves through actively experiencing their inherent strengths and abilities and through awakening to their inner light and true self.
Joe “Jaguar Wolf” Doherty, is a psychospiritual healer with an extensive background of over 31 years in traditional psychotherapy and mental health. His areas of focus include: Healing from Trauma, Living with Chronic Illness (including HIV), Management of Chronic Pain, Sexual Identity, TransGender Surgery Assessment, Couples/Relationship/Family Communication, and Men’s Development. Joe is also a Tantric Yoga Teacher. Joe named his healing practice “Elemental Healing” which came to him while meditating at a sacred point of land of the Zapotec Warriors, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico. It reflects his belief that healing of the body/mind/spirit happens at the most elemental “core” level. His practice combines his knowledge of the Psyche with the energetic elements of the Spirit through working in the Body. He believes that traditional psychotherapy is lacking in it’s exclusion of the wholeness of the spiritual self. His hope is to bring BALANCE to the healing of the Mind and Spirit using the breath and energies of the Body.
Visit Joe’s web site at: www.elementalhealing.org
Ruby Falconer Business Manager, Student Supervisor and Staff Astrologer for Venus Rising Institute of Shamanic Healing Arts; Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner and Workshop Facilitator. Ruby has been a professional astrologer since 1977, and holistically integrates her extensive knowledge of astrology, psychology, philosophy and metaphysics with a comprehensive understanding of shamanism and considerable talent as a storyteller. Ruby is also a Shamanic Minister ordained through Venus Rising, a Shamanic High Priestess and a Third Degree Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki Initiate. She completed a BA in Comparative Literature in Southern California and earned a certificate in Holistic Healing Studies from San Francisco State University. Ruby lives at Isis Cove in western North Carolina with Tess the dog, the cats Mattie, Luke and Luna, and Peter – a green wing macaw.
Visit Ruby’s web site at www.astrologyinsights.com. Contact Ruby at: or phone: (828) 631-2305
Sacred Flame has been a student of the Shamanic Breathwork Process for other 15 years as part of her healing journey. She is a trained Hypnotherapist who practiced in the Palo Alto, CA area for several years and also holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Stanford University. Her interest in world cultures has allowed her to study a variety of religious practices and healing methodologies. What makes her unique is that she is currently able to bring a spiritual understanding to the every day business world as a senior financial executive with a major national bank. She understands the rhythms, patterns, and languages of both worlds and has learned the ability to walk with a foot in both worlds simultaneously. Although primarily practicing her skills in the business world, she is available on a limited basis for personal counseling.
Contact Sacred Flame at: sacred_ or 650 326-7575
Betty Frey is a wife, mother and grandmother and appreciates the joys and struggles surrounding those beautiful blessings. After working in the corporate world as a paralegal for almost twenty years, Betty trained with Venus Rising and personally experienced the healing transformation of Breathwork. She is co-owner of Ancient Healing (www.ancienthealingsauk.com) and is grateful to offer the healing process of Breathwork to clients. Betty is also a Reiki Master and teaches classes such as Intuitive Development, Manifestation and Munay Ki. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, regularly attends spiritual retreats and is deeply grateful for the many blessings in her life.
Contact Betty at: b_
Sarah Jane “Water Bear” Fridy, is a Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner and the Shamanic Body Work Teacher for Venus Rising. She is also the resident “Kundalini” Caterer and Aquarian Purification Lodge Ritualist at Isis Cove. Through heart centered rituals, earth based teachings and the creative art process, Sarah Jane serves as an inspiration to others. She is available for private bodywork, breathwork and purification lodge sessions. Sarah Jane lives at Isis Cove in western North Carolina.
Nita Gage holds an M.A. in clinical psychology, is a Venus Rising Consultant and Facilitator and Certified Pastoral Counselor and Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner. Nita has over 25 years experience and training in health care, bodywork, and spiritual healing. She has been trained in shamanic journeying, Shamanic Breathwork™, psychodrama, rebirthing, psychoanalysis, and cognitive-behavioral counseling. In addition, she has been initiated into the Wolf Clan of the Seneca Nation, and utilizes traditional as well as modern healing methods in her private practice. She has also worked extensively in residential and inpatient settings with addiction, mental illness and with people in states of extreme spiritual emergency. She is a heart warrior, able to traverse the territory of the soul and the shadow. Nita currently lives and works in Maui, Hawaii. She is the Clinical Director of Aloha House, an addiction treatment organization and also maintains a limited private practice. She brings a well developed ability to hold loving sacred space for the healer within each person to emerge for positive change and psycho-spiritual transformation. Nita also works with physicians and other healthcare professionals. For more information see: www.healthyselfprograms.com.
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Julie George has been Priestessing since she was a little girl—she just didn’t know it. Spirit led and highly intuitive, she soon found that people confided in her easily and sought her counsel even when they hardly knew her. Her call to Shamanic Priestessing as an occupation came unexpectedly, in the Spring of 2010, and, true to form, Julie answered Spirit’s call with her whole self. She brings to her practice practical experience navigating the five initiations, a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Growth and Potential, and will complete her Master’s Degree in Women Studies and Sociology in December of 2010. She is certified in Basic and Advanced Theta Healing, and in Shamanic Priestessing; and is an ordained Shamanic Minister through Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts.
James Gilliland is a graduate of the Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts and is a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner and is a Reiki Master of Usui and Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki. He has over 26 years of experience in bodywork and spiritual healing. James also has been trained in Shamanic Journeying, Mandala Therapy, Soul Retrieval, CranioSacral, Attunement and Acupressure.
I stir the storms within that creates the lightning which breaks open the heart of the patriarch and allows the sacred masculine to be free. I activate the sacred masculine in both men and women, as well as create the safe space for individuals to do their own inner healing work.
Contact James at .com or Phone: 816-365-0056
Jen Gouvea, MSW combines counseling, breathwork, flower essences and astrology to bridge body, mind and soul in her practice. She is the student coordinator for Venus Rising University and is currently working on her Ph.D. She co-facilitates local breathwork groups and hosts an astrology meet-up group with her husband, Kent Bye in their hometown of Portland, Oregon. She is available for flower essences and astrology consultations via phone and in person.
Jen is a Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator, Ordained Shamanic Minister, Reiki II Practitioner and Certified Flower Essence Society Counselor. She has explored a diverse range of meditation, yoga, and qigong practices. Jen and Kent co-produce a website where you can learn more about astrology and breathwork through a free podcasts series at http://www.EngagedHeart.com
Jen’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in film & video and a Masters of Social Work. She is passionate about making art as a form of soul therapy. Jen spent several years participating in community arts and producing youth designed videos about social justice and education in Baltimore city. She also has experience using mind-body techniques with clients in substance abuse recovery and with veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Kent & Jen’s website is at engagedheart.com and can be reached at or 503-206-1150 
Apollo Grace is a shamanic priest and a Daka (tantric healer) based on Maui. He has studied with teachers from the Sedona Temple, Venus Rising, the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School, and the Divine Feminine Awakened Masculine Institute. His healing work is a synthesis of astrological guidance and Awakening and Healing work grounded in tantric principles. His pastoral counseling is focused on radical acceptance of who you are in this very moment, whatever your desires, fears, or regrets. Apollo facilitates sexuality and intimacy workshops nationwide with his partner, Amrita Grace
Website – http://core-light.com
Contact Steve at apollo@core-light.com, or phone: 808-283-6320.
Paula Hamm has sought spiritual meaning in life since childhood. At age 18, she entered an order of Catholic nuns, the Holy Names Sisters. After nine years, she left the religious life, married, and raised three daughters. In midlife, she began to study and practice Native American spirituality and shamanism. In the 2003, she began the Shamanic Priestess Process, led by Linda Star Wolf and Anyaa McAndrew. In that process she found a vehicle for spiritual growth and community, as well as a connection to Venus Rising, breathwork, and shamanic healing. Paula is a Shamanic High Priestess, a Priestess Process Facilitator, and a Level II Reiki Practitioner. She has a BA in English from Marylhurst University in Oregon and an MA in English from University of Illinois. She is an instructor in the Education Department at Clackamas Community College inOregon City, Oregon, where she focuses on preparing compassionate, competent educators.
Paula Hamm can be contacted at 
Paul Henderson, is a lawyer, flight instructor, ski instructor, musician, recovering alcoholic, Vietnam combat veteran, and retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army who lives and works in Vancouver, Washington. He tries to live his life as a shamanic warrior and wanderer, helping those he can while continually rediscovering his own path.
Contact Paul at: or phone: 360-901-3748
Rev. Charla Hermann
Charla’s skills were initially chiseled in the boardrooms of CNN, ABC,and CBS before she found her passion. Raised in the spiritual arms of the Wind River Reservation of Wyoming, Charla brings a unique perspective that honors ancient traditions as well as modern day expression of shamanism. For more than forty years Charla has served at the side of many prominent medicine people of many nations as she has assisted them in providing their wisdom teachings to help us through these tumultuous times.
In the acclaimed documentary series she produced, Quest of the Earth Keepers, she weaves healing stories with prophecies of our native ancestors. Born Charla Hermann she has earned the respect on many and has been called a Medicine Woman, given the name Grandmother Blue Otter. She is a Ceremonialist for the Clan of the Blue Star Grandmother, an Alchemical Healing teacher and Spirit Dance intercessor, Sweat Lodge leader, Sun Dancer, Spirit Dance Elder as well as founder and director of the Hawkwind Earth Renewal Cooperative, based in Alabama, and founding associate in the Alchemical Healing Academy. She brings forth a message of rebirth, renewal and hope as we enter a new paradigm of harmony and cooperation.
It is time to remember your soul‘s contract of service to personal and planetary healing. It is time to connect with the new frequency of joy that transforms the human spirit.
WHOLENESS IS AN ACTION WORD!
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Eden Hersh (Eden Flaming Lotus Heart) is a mother of two amazing young men, Matthew and Ryan, a member of The State Bar of Georgia, having been licensed to practice law since 1990 (No, I don’t practice anymore and haven’t in almost 20 years), a High Priestess in the New Earth lineage of Nicole Christine, having emerged as High Priestess Sophia Magdalene of the Holy Grail in 2001, a mediator (2004), a life coach (2005), a certified Shamanic Astrologer™ (2006) through the work of Daniel Giamario and The Shamanic Astrology™ Mystery School, a Shamanic Minister (2007), a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner (2008) through the work of Linda Star Wolf and The Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts and a member of Team Northrup, through the work of Dr. Christiane Northrup, on her way toward achievement as a Diamond Director.
I see myself much like an infinite mirror ball, multi-faceted and infinite throughout all time and space. I believe that everything lives inside the all of me. Some of these facets of myself I show with confidence, often because these are the facets that have been valued and encouraged in the current culture. Other aspects of myself I began hiding a long time ago. In the language of Swiss psychologist, C.J. Jung, I have hidden these aspects in my Shadow, repressed them into the unseen. These are the aspects the current culture has taught me to hide, to mask or to otherwise repress. On my path of direct experience, I have worn out at least one pair of shoes "dancing" with my shadow and owning previously disowned aspects of self. I remain a work in progress. Within this context of Shadow and Light, I am deep, complex, a seeker of simplicity in life, funny, except for when I’m taking myself and others way too seriously, deeply compassionate, and open hearted, except for when I’m not because my fear of pain leads me to protect my heart like a wounded child. I have deep empathy for the suffering of humanity, yet I’m practicing setting healthy boundaries so as not to take on the pain of others as my own. Finally, in the words of my dear friend Patricia Stallings, “I am a woman who walks the veils between the worlds with masterful insight and intuitive empathy. With perception, intuition, intelligence, humor and compassion, I invite others to join me in breathing freshness into every moment, embracing freedom and developing a clear approach to the changes that occur in our lives.”
I am currently a resident of "wherever Spirit guides me," developing mastery of the Gemini Job in the Taurus Tribe. I currently facilitate Shamanic Breathwork™ and Shamanic Astrology™ workshops all across the Southeastern United States.
Visit Eden’s Website at: www.radianttransformations.com
Contact Eden at: or (404) 247-7643
Thaddeus (Thad) Hollis, has an undergraduate degree in History and Foreign Affairs with a concentration in Developmental Economics. He also has a M.A. in Management and Human Resource Development. He has worked in Trust Banking, Captive Insurance and Broking. He was a Bermuda Government Labour Mediator and has worked in the field of Human Resources in an executive capacity. He is currently an independent consultant, mediator and advocate, specializing in the field of Human Rights and Labour. He is a consultant to the Bermuda Government as an external resource to assist with conflict resolution in the workplace. Thad also advises on corporate governance and ways that companies can contribute back to the community. He has fifteen years of recovery from alcohol and substance abuse and brings the spiritual recovery of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions to his work. He resides in Bermuda and is an ordained Shamanic Minister and will soon be certified as a Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator through Venus Rising.
Deb Irestone is the coordinator of the Shamanic Minister’s Global Network. In June 2010, she founded Shamans Hearth Spiritual Community of Venus Rising, the first congregation of Venus Rising. Since then, she has worked with others to found additional Venus Rising congregations throughout the United States.
Through Shamans Hearth, Deb facilitates a variety of offerings, including Shamanic Breathwork workshops, Shamanic Priestess Process Circles and SHIP (Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process). Those who complete certain programs through Shamans Hearth are eligible to be Ordained as Shamanic Ministers. Many of the offerings at Shamans Hearth are also available for credit through Venus Rising University. Shamans Hearth encourages community and support for those on a conscious journey of transformation and change.
Deb’s passion is assisting people in connecting more deeply with their own Inner Wisdom, or Shaman Within and supporting them on their journey. She is a Shamanic Minister, Shamanic Breathwork Master Facilitator, Shamanic High Priestess Process Facilitator, Shamanic Reiki Master, Shamanic Minister and Transformational Hypnotherapist.
Deb holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, an MA in Theology and Spirituality from St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN and a DMin in Shamanic Psychospiritual Studies from Venus Rising University in Whittier, NC. She is currently on the faculty of Venus Rising University.
Deb’s website is www.shamanshearth.org.
Contact Deb at or 952-250-2543
Steve Irestone, DC, ND is a Chiropractor, Naturopath and Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator. He facilitates Shamanic Breathwork Workshops and co-facilitates SHIP in the Twin Cities. His clinic, Health Resources, is located in Burnsville, Minnesota. Dr. Irestone’s practice focuses on physical, chemical and emotional balance and offers a remarkable variety of effective tools and strategies for natural health and healing.
Steve’s website is www.drirestone.com.
Joan Jarrett (Firebird) is certified as a Shamanic BreathworkTM Master Practitioner by the Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts. She is a Reiki Master and a Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki Master and has been trained in and practiced Reconnective HealingTM, Transforming Cellular MemoryTM, shamanic arts and journeying, circle facilitation, and mandala healing work. Her shamanic training includes over 10 years of teachings through the Foundation of Shamanic Studies and Four Winds Society along with working with other shamans and medicine men around the world. She has been an ordained minister since 2002 with the International Assembly of Spiritual Healers and Earth Steward Congregations (SHES). Joan has been practicing group and individual mentoring and facilitation for more than 20 years, and has been successfully providing corporate business planning consulting in Kansas City for the past six years.
In following the sacred and lifelong path of self healing and awareness, Joan has intensely explored childhood trauma, shadow work, repeated patterns, physical and emotional issues, and many other areas that help deeply broaden her understanding of the shamanic path. She brings heart-centered compassion and sensitivity to her work along with a practical focus on helping clients live with increased wholeness, personal integrity, love and sweetness.
Joan holds one-day Shamanic BreathworkTM workshops throughout the year in the Kansas City area and also offers Shamanic process mentoring and private Shamanic BreathworkTM sessions.
Jeffry Jeanetta-Wark, MA, LICSW enjoys bike riding, drumming, dancing and traveling. For the last several years, he has participated twice per month in a mythopoetic men’s group. Jeffry is the father of two energetic and creative boys, Niccolo, age 7 and Angelo, age 4.5.
Professionally, Jeffry is a licensed independent clinical social worker in private practice with over 17 years of experience working with people of all ages. He works as a psychotherapist, educator and presenter incorporating an eclectic, holistic approach. Jeffry currently is headquartered at the Center for Integrated Well Being, Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota, which he established in 2004.
Along with his one-on-one sessions, Jeffry facilitates weekly groups for adolescent males and adult men concentrating on understanding and working with the unique challenges that males in this society have in their transition to mature and authentic living. Bending to a holistic perspective in his work, Jeffry incorporates hypnosis, breath work, EMDR, energy psychology and numerous body-centered approaches in his client sessions. From such a perspective, five years ago, Jeffry started the Integrative Healer’s Consortium, a two-hour monthly meeting for networking and lecture / experiential, related to any type of healing which the participating healer professionals use.
Contact:
mobile: 651-295-6086 business: 651-698-0768
website: www.JeffryJeanetta-Wark.com
Nancy Jenkins, brings 25 years of experience in communications to her role as shamanic counselor. She believes that by healing ourselves we can best help our loved ones and community—a process that can help heal our planet. Prior to her initiation into shamanic consciousness, Nancy served a number of organizations—profit and not-for-profit—as journalist, editor, marketer and promoter. Her work has received more than 20 regional and national awards for excellence in design, editorial and public relations, including the ASAE Gold Circle Award for writing and a Silver Anvil and several Prisms and Bronze Quills in the field of public relations. As a self-employed marketing communications consultant, she now seeks to share the shamanic viewpoint, and the expanded consciousness it brings, with her clients and community. Nancy has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and a master’s degree from the University of Kansas in integrated marketing communications. She resides with her dog Rufus in Fairway, Kansas, a small town adjacent to Kansas City.
Marie Kistner, is an Elemental Priestess, Shamanic Priestess and Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator. Her mystery school as a priestess includes conscious power and vulnerability in sacred relationships. In her ministry as a priestess, she enjoys helping people deepen their relationships with self, others and the world around them through the exploration of personal archetypes. Her back ground includes theatre, creative writing, energy and bodywork, astrology, tarot, totems and inner child symbolism. Her daily earth walk includes being an advocate for people in non-mainstream relationships. She currently lives in midtown Atlanta, GA. with her sweetie, Bob, who is a photographer and website designer and shares her passion for advocacy and equal rights.
Contact Marie at: or phone: 404-824-4295
Amanda White Wolf is currently completing the first round of the Priestess Process. She holds certification in Massage/bodywork, is a level II Reiki practitioner and energy worker, as well as having taken classes on herbalism. She is a very proud Mother to a beautiful and vibrant toddler, Morgan. She has been a Witch her entire life and has been developing her skills and gifts of shape-shifting, listening to stones (and working with them in healing) and plants and cultivating a deeper sense of harmony with the world. She has spent her life surrounded by animals, both domestically and in business partnerships and loves them dearly. She holds an English major, as well has having spent all of her life playing with art supplies and “doing” art. She has a diverse background, (that’s just the way she likes it!) and loves having her “brain tickled” by new ways of piecing the world together, and then also delights in “tickling” others.
“Life should be enjoyed and lived to the fullest. Play at it, (play is important!) and don’t forget to laugh at yourself along the way! Work hard at standing in your truth, and Know thyself. For me, it’s about asking “Well? Why not? Is what’s holding me back because no one’s done it before? If so, be the first one to take that step. See what happens. That’s how you change the world. Being in it just changes the world. Do what you Love. Find and ‘follow your Bliss.’ We are given such amazing potential, capability and wealth at our finger tips. It’s our responsibility to honour that in ourselves and in who/what surrounds us by stepping into ourselves and protecting and stewarding for generations to come. By doing this, the ways for Healing open and create space for us to find and follow our hearts.”
Wendyne is the founder of Solutions Center for Personal Growth and Soul Studies Institute in Stuart, Florida. She is a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Nationally Registered Drama Therapist. Wendy is the author of The Imagination Process ™ – a Transhamanic Healing Adventure integrating old and new psychology, eastern and western thought, spiritual and human truths with the expressive therapies and the arts for exciting and deep experiences into the psyche and the universe.
Contact Wendyne at: or 772-220-1977
Website: www.solutionsforhealing.com
John Livingston, M.A., Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ practitioner, is a spiritual counselor and shamanic healer. He practiced psychotherapy, clinical hypnotherapy, and past life regression since 1976; in the mid-1990s, he began extensive training with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Lightworker.com, Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts, and Lakota, Peruvian, Bolivian, gypsy, Apache, African and Australian shamans and medicine men/women. John is one of few practicing lay-exorcists gently and lovingly clearing demons and spirit entities from people and houses. John is renowned for rapid and compassionate guidance to the root cause of primal woundings, and for re-scripting and shamanic healing of those and other woundings. He teaches classes in shamanic healing methodologies. His BS degree is from University of Southern California in geology and his MA in psychological counseling is from Chapman University. John is an ordained shamanic minister through Venus Rising Shamanic Ministers’ Global Network. Born in Queen of Angels Hospital in the city of angels, Los Angeles, CA, he lives and practices worldwide by telephone in Sedona, Arizona.
John’s website is www.john-livingston.com
Email: JohnL@john-livingston.com
Phone: 928-203-4096
Skype: captsedona
Patricia Lowinske, is a Registered Yoga Teacher, Usui Reiki Master, Shamanic Priestess, and Shamanic Healing Arts Practitioner. She also has a degree in Health and Fitness from Minnesota School of Business. Patricia teaches yoga along with relaxation and meditation skills and especially enjoys her work with women in recovery. She expresses her passion for healing by guiding others through their own process with compassion and authenticity. She remains grounded and centered through her personal yoga and meditation practices and by walking the labyrinth she created in her yard. A seeker and explorer at heart, she remains open and committed to further growth and spiritual travels.
Patricia can be contacted at 612-968-3434 or
Her website is www.goddesssphere.com
Lonnie Luke, is an ordained Certified Pastoral Counselor, a Third Degree Reiki Practitioner, Shamanic Breathwork facilitator, Teacher and Mentor of the Eagle Knights lineage of the Toltec wisdoms. Utilizing dreaming and seeing as a Toltec master. He has been working in the field of spirit recovery and healing for 11 years, pulling from many indigenous paths of self discovery and recovery. Lonnie has crafted his own approach to the language of the heart and it powerful healing. As children we operate from a true and magical place of transformation, authentic healing power. We take this authentic healing power to those places where we have fallen asleep, forgotten our truth, and bring forth our true nature. From this heart centered place we shift the limitations we have set for ourselves, opening to the vibrant expression of our true nature.
Lonnie is the founder and creator of The Awakening Vision web portal; offering private and group teaching and mentoring, breathwork workshops, as well as leading power journeys to many sacred sites throughout the world. As a dreamer, seer and passionate lover of life, he offers his many talents to the world to openly share and grow as an authentic mirror. “I offer only one thing; FREEDOM. For all of us, life is so generous. Perhaps today we can open to life and say ‘YES’, receiving a more enriched relationship to TRUTH and LOVE.”
Visit Lonnie’s web site at:The Awakening Vision.com
Gary Matthews, L.M.T., B.A. Psychology, graduated as a Shamanic Transformational Counselor from the Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts in November 2002. He lives in the country near Cincinnati, Ohio at Oz Farm Sanctuary – a place of peace and safety for wildlife, domestic animals and humans. Many ceremonies, rituals and workshops are held at the sanctuary. Gary has poured the water in many sweat lodges, is council chief of a long-standing mens group, and – from time to time – teaches Shamanic Yoga. He is a Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio and has been an instructor at SHI Integrative Medical Massage School since 1988. Gary is also a Kriyaban (initiate of Kriya Yoga) which he practices daily. He has studied Tantra and other esoteric practices. Gary has also studied with Sun Bear, Hyemeyohsts Storm, Stanley Krippner, Doug Boyd and Elmer Green, among others. These studies have helped Gary to formulate his "Earth-based self-realization." Gary Matthews is available for consultation and counseling.
Visit his web site at www.ShamanicCounselor.com.
Contact Gary at: or phone: (513) 722-1917.
Anyaa T. McAndrew, M.A., L.P.C.,N.C.C. is a licensed transpersonal and shamanic psychotherapist in Western North Carolina. Walking the path of the Goddess, Anyaa facilitates The Shamanic Priestess Process™ around the US. She integrates a lifetime of feminism and therapeutic work with women through her own Mystery School of "Life Force Energy". Anyaa is also a teacher of sacred sexuality, a certified Shamanic Astrologer and an Imago Couples Therapist, committed to Sacred Union in our lives, our relationships, and on the planet. She incorporates 11 years of experience as a Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator with other favorite modalities, and 30 years of experience in the sacred work of emotional healing to provide private intensives, personal sessions in-person and by phone, workshops and priestess circles around the country and in Costa Rica.
Visit www.goddessontheloose.com for articles, interviews and events with Anyaa.
Contact Anyaa at : or 404-432-1499
Judy “Red Hawk” Merritt, Ph.D. in collaboration with author and Venus Rising Co-Director, Star Wolf, is the creator of the Shamanic Shakti Art Process. She is a Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner, a Shamanic Minister ordained through Venus Rising, and a Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki Level 3 Initiate. Judy Red Hawk is available for private Shamanic Shakti Art Process sessions as well as Shamanic Breathwork™ personal intensives.
Email:
Phone: 412-654-5770
Rebecca Moondancer believes that we all have the potential to tap into and unlock our own ability to promote healing and wellness, our own inner shaman. Her approach as a shamanic counselor is one that incorporates all aspects of Self: the physical, the mental, the spiritual, the emotional, the Light and the Shadow. She encourages people to become Spiritual Warriors, as well as Shadow Dancers welcoming and surrendering to all…the Light, the Dark, no difference.
Rebecca Moondancer has been guiding people towards greater self understanding for over 18 years. She is a certified Shamanic Breathwork facilitator and Shamanic Minister. She is also a licensed professional counselor, certified hypnotist, and popular retreat and workshop leader.
I came to Rebecca’s work with many issues; depression, addictions, a lot of anger, pain, guilt, sadness, etc. I was at a loss and ready to get my life back. Through the Breathwork I’ve gotten my heart and soul back. Breathwork is a very spiritual thing for me. It is not something one can explain, it is something you have to experience. Breathwork has helped my energy flow smoothly again.
—J.T., TX
Website: www.inner-journey.com Email: Phone: 817-386-7391
Crystal Dawn Morris RN, CNM, is a Certified Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator. She has had a shamanic healing practice since 1995. Her shamanic path began as a child who connected to Spirit through the natural world around her. She began studying shamanism for her personal healing in 1985. She has studied with Venus Rising Institute, The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Sandra Ingerman and numerous Native Medicine People since 1992.
Crystal Dawn is also a Certified SkyDancing Tantra Teacher and the founder of Tantra for Awakening. She teaches workshops and is an intimacy coach. She is known for her warmth, enthusiasm and ability to create a safe and sacred space where magic unfolds. Crystal’s mission is to be a catalyst for global transformation- to create a world based on love, respect and compassion for all beings. She is dedicated to guiding people to live a more conscious, connected and juicy life that celebrates love and freedom.
Crystal Dawn draws on a diverse background of experience; as an RN, a Certified Nurse- Midwife, Reiki Master, and a Shamanic Practitioner. She has over 20 years experience as a healer and a teacher. She lives in Sedona, Arizona.
Contact Crystal Dawn at: or phone: 928-282-5483; cell: 928-862-0762
Kathy “Sundance” Morrison Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner, a certified Massage Therapist and is currently the Isis Cove Retreat House Resident Assistant, Venus Rising Office Assistant and the 30 Shamanic Questions Coordinator. With 13 years of recovery from alcohol and substance abuse, Sundance is a grounded and compassionate source for others struggling with their own addictive processes. As a loving and caring healer, she weaves together a unique blend of techniques designed to assist clients in restoring balance and in unlocking their own “healer within.” Sundance lives at Isis Cove in the mountains of western North Carolina.
Amai Clarice Munchus, born in Philadelphia, PA, USA, is a citizen of the world; Her unique blend of dance, music, prayer, ritual and storytelling creates a powerful personal style of artistic and spiritual expression. Amai has walked and lived in spiritual pilgrimage since 1998. She travels the earth performing sacred works, and she is a Shamanic Minister and a Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator.
Amai’s academic background is in Dance and Religion, and she holds the Master of Fine Arts Degree (Dance Performance & Choreography; Temple University, 1991). She has taught, directed, toured and performed extensively over five decades on the stages of colleges and universities, studios, theatres and playgrounds of the Americas, the Caribbean, the Pacific, England, Asia and Africa. Her career spans classical ballet to world traditions to dance as a medium of healing.
In 1999, Amai co-founded a peace and social justice ministry, SpiritWalkers, as a platform for healing and transformation. SpiritWalkers initiated a two-year AIDS Pilgrimage through southern Africa, 2003-2005.; Amai currently offers her healing, teaching, artistic and spirit gifts to the world through ritual and sacred ceremonies, healing dance journeys, ritual performance art, and a variety of dynamic, movement and transformational workshops and community residencies through her shamanic ministry, Amai’s Magic.
She has two children and five grandchildren. Her personal interests include genealogy, travel and women’s empowerment. Dance is her first love. Her grandchildren are her greatest passion.
Visit Amai’s web site at: www.womenarts.org.
Contact Amai at: .
Sarah Grace Parlak, B.S. Shamanic Teacher, Transformational Pastoral Counselor, Priestess and an Ordained Minister through the Madonna Ministries. Sarah is a Venus Rising graduate of Shamanic Consciousness and has over 25 years of experience using the tools that have aided in her own healing. Her training includes owning a health food store for 13 years where she counseled people in alternative ways of living a healthly lifestyle; Reiki I and II; Cellular Theta Breath as well as Shamanic Breathwork; Pastoral Counseling; the Enneagram and Shadow Work; hypnosis and transactional analysis. She also traveled to Turkey three times in 2002 and walked in the footsteps of the Gods and Goddesses and helped transmute ancient energies through her body. Having been born in the underworld, Sarah has lived her life knowing how powerful it is to live a life in constant death and rebirth.
Sarah has lived the healing process through her own journey of being diagnosed with MS and Lupus. She understands the importance of living in whole and sacred space and offers such space to others through her Temple GRACE HOUSE. Grace House is a place for people to come and be nurtured in grace by being heard and coached through their own darkness into the light of their own souls.
Sarah Grace brings to her Work a clear and present heart and is able to hold space for others to see their own Light. Sarah is an empathic, intuitive and visionary healer. She also facilitates women’s groups and sponsors other teachers by bringing them to Kansas City. She has sponsored workshops woth Linda Star Wolf and Brad Collins in Kansas City.
Mathabo Phoshoko is an ordained Shamanic Priestess, aligned with the Khamitic Seker – the Goddess Kali on the loose and the ancient ancestors, incarnated in this lifetime as a conduit of spiritual healing power through mastering “peace.” She is one who lives her incarnation by following the guidance and wisdom of the ancestors. She hails from the deep rural areas of the Limpopo Province in South Africa, currently living in Pretoria. She is a wisdom seeker within and without, with complete surrender to “what is” without judgment. Recently ordained as a Shamanic Priestess, well capacitated to deal with childhood traumas, addressing shadows, Sacred Sexual Healing work, awakening the feminine within, inner Sacred Marriage, Spiritual Counseling, Women’s Circles, Breathwork, and Women Workshops. She is also a trained Qigong instructor, meditation instructor, personal financial adviser and does Oracles readings.
She is currently working toward raising the consciousness of women in South African and assisting them to "awaken the Priestess within."
Contact Mathabo at:
Phone: 079 874 1691 (SA)
Address: 29 Deo Fortuno, Willow Park Manor, Pretoria East
Jennifer Powell,Shamanic Breathwork™ Initiate, certified Usui Reiki Master, Crystal Resonance Therapist, level II Theta Healer and a Young Living Oils distributor offering Rain Drop and other essential oil therapies. Jennifer grew up in Los Angeles, CA and has over 7 years experience in the production of film, television, music videos and commercials. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to several business ventures and partnerships which include owning a casting agency for music videos and a partnership in a boutique Advertising Agency. Her love of art and culture led her on sacred journeys around the world to such places as Jerusalem, India, Peru and then Egypt in 2005, where she met Star Wolf and Brad. Her goal is to inspire and empower others to move through any obstacles to reveal their true divine Self and to assist in conflict resolution around the world on the micro and macro level.
Teri Riley is a freelance graphic designer and herbalism student. She lives in Prairie Village, Kansas, with her two daughters, Abbey and Maddie.
A lifelong seeker of truth and understanding, Teri has been exploring the shamanic world for a number of years, and enjoys ritual that celebrates the natural world and the human soul. She serves on the board of Divine Balance, a ministry that seeks to restore the female face of God to Christianity. She was a founding member of True Blue Women, a group of progressive women who provide education and advocate social change. Teri enjoys volunteering for her daughters’ activities. She is a Girl Scout leader and program designer for the high school’s performing arts departments.
A graduate of the Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process, Teri was ordained in October 2008 as a Shamanic Minister through the Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts.
Teri currently is a student at Prairie Wise Herbal School. Upon completion of the program, Teri will be a clinical herbalist. She enjoys the merging of shamanic ministry and shamanic herbalism.
“Dr. Bruce” A. Roberts, MD is an Integrative Holistic Physician with the Institute for Health & Healing, both in San Francisco and Marin County, California. He is triply Board-certified in Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and Integrative Holistic Medicine. He obtained his medical degree from Michigan State College of Human Medicine and completed residencies in both Family Practice and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona. Dr. Roberts has wide-ranging experience in family medicine, urgent care, and physical medicine & rehabilitation. He has worked in multiple areas of psychiatry, including adult, adolescent, geriatric, eating disorders and substance abuse and has experience in inpatient, outpatient and long-term care. He has additional certification in both Mind/Body/Spirit medicine and Shamanic Breathwork™ and utilizes Energy Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, Men’s Health, and Sexuality/Family Counseling in his work. His previous work was with the Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Arizona as well as having been the former Co-Founder and CFO of LightHearted Medicine with his wife, Molly Roberts, MD.
Areas of Clinical Interest: Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine, Holistic Psychiatry, Nutritional/Functional Medicine, Energy Medicine (EFT)
Website: The Institute for Health & Healing
Contact Dr. Bruce at: 415-600-3503 (San Francisco office) or 415-461-9000 (Marin County office)
“Dr. Molly” M. Roberts, MD, MS is an Integrative Holistic Physician with the Institute for Health & Healing, both in Marin County and San Francisco, California. She is triply Board-certified in Family Medicine, Nutritional Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine and specializes in Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine, Nutritional/Functional Medicine, Women’s Health and Family/Relationship/Sexuality Counseling. In her previous career as a psychotherapist, she obtained her Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling & Vocational Evaluation from the University of Arizona, with further Ph.D. work in Rehabilitation Psychology. Dr. Roberts obtained her medical degree and completed a Family Practice residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Her published books include Blackwell Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Fast Facts for Medical Practice and The Individual Optimal Nutrition Handbook. She has additional certification in both Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine and Shamanic Breathwork™ and is ordained as an interfaith minister. Her previous work was with the Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Arizona as well as having been the former Co-Founder and CEO of LightHearted Medicine with her husband, Bruce Roberts, MD. Dr. Molly Roberts is the President of the American Holistic Medical Association for the years 2011-2013
Areas of Clinical Interest: Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine, Nutritional/Functional Medicine, Women’s Health, Individual/Couples/Sexual/Family Counseling.
Websites:
The Institute for Health & Healing MyHealthandHealing.org
The American Holistic Medical Association HolisticMedicine.org
Contact Dr. Molly at: 415-461-9000 (Marin County office) or 415-600-3503 (San Francisco office)
Brenda M. Schaeffer, M.A., C.A.S Licensed Psychologist and Certified Pastoral Counselor. Brenda is an internationally known author, experienced therapist and speaker. She has appeared on Fox’s O’Reilly News, the Sally Jesse Raphael show and many other television and radio shows in the U.S. and Canada. Brenda Schaeffer has been a featured writer in several magazines. She is author of newly released Love’s Way, the best seller, Is It Love or Is It Addiction?, Loving Me Loving You, Signs of Healthy Love, Signs of Addictive Love, Power Plays, Helping Yourself Out of Love Addiction. With over 500,000 of her publications in print, Brenda has already helped thousands of people understand the difference between healthy love and love addiction. Drawing from her own experiences and many years of work as a psychotherapist, she offers expert advice, and fresh new perspectives on love in a straight forward, practical manner. She has been invited to present keynote workshop and training nationally and internationally on the subject and has found that people in South America, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia are eager to learn more about how to make love relationships work.
She is a licensed psychologist and a certified addictions specialist in the area of sexual addictions. She believes painful life events, including those in our love life can be wake up calls. She also believes that the highest goal a therapist can have for clients is to instill in them the belief that solutions to their problems lie within them and to pass on tools to guide people to those answers. She is currently director of Healthy Relationships, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she conducts therapy, training and workshops. She has had expert training in hypnosis, developmental psychology, transactional analysis, gestalt, sexual addiction, existential and transpersonal psychology. Brenda is available for consultation.
website:Is It Love or Is It Addiction?
Contact Brenda at: or phone 1-888-987-6129.
Stephanie "White Tiger Woman" Schwinn, resides in Waverly Iowa with her beloveds. She holds Bachelors degrees in social work and psychology and a Masters degree in social work. She is a level II Reiki practitioner, shamanic healing arts practitioner and teacher as well as a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator. She strives to live on the path of shamanic consciousness on a daily basis and is also exploring ways to integrate shamanic consciousness into mental health practice. Currently in private practice as a psychotherapist she is also founder and director of Spiritkeepers Centre for Shamanic Healing Arts.
Visit her website at: www.spiritkeepers.net
Courtney Smith (Solara SheWolf) is a shamanic priestess and creatrix who identifies and uses the natural rhythms and patterns in life to bring harmony to the world around her. She travels the globe weaving positive energy to bring serenity and loving Oneness to all. She can be contacted at mystic_
Pamela Sophia (Wolfangel) is a Shamanic Reiki Master and teacher, a Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master, A Master Shamanic Breathwork facilitator, a Shamanic Healing Arts Facilitator, A Shamanic Pastoral Counselor, a workshop facilitator for SHIP, Shamanic Priestess Process, Journey Classes and more. Pam Sophia is ordained through Venus Rising. She lives in the Portland area and is building intentional community through the path of the wounded healer finding consciousness on the spiral path of life. Pam Sophia is a mid-wife for all who journey through their own personal life, death and re-birth stories whether physical, emothional, mental or spiritual. She travels many realms yet is grounded and practical, loving and supportive. She is a channel of the divine mother and transmits shakti life force energy. Pam has been married for over 30 years and has 3 children and is reminded daily that relationship is what life is and she loves life!
Website: shaktisisters.com
Contact: 503-201-6934; email:
Gary Stamper, Originally from the Napa Valley area of California, Gary has a B.A. in Graphic Design from San Jose State University. After graduating, he spent the next ten years as a professional singer, performing in Vegas, nightclubs, and concerts all over the US. Gary is an international award-winning designer, artist and muralist, and an accomplished businessman who consults for the sign industry. Gary facilitates men’s groups and co-facilitates relationship workshops with his partner, Anyaa McAndrew. He is also the founder and former leader of SeattleIntegral, one the largest integral communities in the world and is the current organizer of the Asheville Integral Ken Wilber Meetup. Gary is developing and performing a stand-up comedy routine around a semi-enlightened guru named “Sri Goji” and is writing and illustrating a book called “How To Live With A Goddess.”
Linda Star Wolf Founding Director of Venus Rising Institute for Shamanic Healing Arts, Star Wolf has been a shamanic, psycho-spiritual midwife and guiding light for more than 35 years. Star Wolf facilitates healing and transformational journeys across the US and abroad. She has a Doctorate of Ministry in Shamanic Psycho/Spiritual Psychology, is a nationally certified alcohol and drug counselor, a Reiki Master, a Shamanic Minister, and a member of the Wolf Clan. As a result of Star Wolf’s extensive experience, she birthed the Shamanic Breathwork™ Process, a highly transformative, shamanic-pyscho-spiritual tool, which integrates ancient wisdom and shamanic methods with dynamic processing techniques and a cutting-edge consciousness to assist people in awakening their own inner shamanic spirit. (more…)
Rev. StarrFire (Shari Lowe), was originally ordained in 2003 through the Madonna Ministry and achieved the necessary education and experience to become a Bishop in 2005. Since the mid 90 ‘s StarrFire has worked to birth her mystery school of “Shamanic Sacred Space”. She is the creatrix of “Igniting the Flame of the Divine Feminine” weekend workshop and assists her sisters through a Shamanic Experiential process of dance, art, meditation, breath and movement in unlocking the door to their flame and passion. StarrFire also facilitates Shamanic transformations through her 9 month Priest~ess Process Conscious Creation – Balancing the Sacred Hoop, Trance Dance evenings, Cranio-Sacral and Harmonic Balance Energy Body Work and “Moon Cycles” – understanding sacred timing of the moon’s cycles through Shamanic Art. As a “card carrying Cherokee”, “Rainbow StarrFire Orbed Weaver of Dreams”, weaves the Sacred Native American traditions with the eastern traditions igniting her clients’ passion and activating their fire within. For almost 20 years “Shari” earned her living as a “sacred” Real Estate agent assisting her clients as they journey to find their own sacred space and personal abundance.
Contact StarrFire at: 
Judy Stasek (Blossom GLowing Light) is a Shamanic Global Minister, A certified yoga teacher and a Speech Language Pathologist. As an ordained minister I am lead by God and the Goddesses for my highest good in this world. I am. I commit to the values of self-honesty, love, forgiveness, nurturing of myself and compassion towards all beings in this world… My goal is to walk my talk and to be an example of love and humility to all who I encounter.
I live in Greenwood Indiana and can be reached at 317-829-4964 or 
Bevie Taylor "High Priestess Flying Heart"
Bevie is a Shamanic Minister, a Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator and a Priestess Process Facilitator. She is an Addictions and Codependency Counselor and knows how to unlock those codependent handcuffs.
Bevie is gifted at creating SAFE SACRED SPACE for other souls to remember and reconnect with their own inner healer, inner shaman. She is a warrior and a wanderer, a Priestess who journeys regularly through the underworld dancing, dancing with her Shadow—experiencing Death and Rebirth, Change and Transformation.
She is on the Spiral Path and it is an exhilarating path because one never knows what is just around the bend!
Bevie is available for Sacred Circles and Sacred Private sessions or intensives. Contact Bevie at: or 604-374-3410
Brenda Todd, Pastoral Counselor, Minister of Body-Mind Healing, Esalen trained Massage Practitioner, Reiki Master. Brenda is in private practice as an intuitive healer, combining massage with Reiki and prayer. Her extensive experience with bodywork and her own spiritual practice and intuition make her a sensitive, caring breathwork facilitator. She has special skill in finding and helping to release emotional energy blocked within the body. She provides individual breathwork and also works with the Kentucky team to facilitate breathwork groups. She is available to facilitate a workshop in your area within the region.
“I am Kathi ‘White Eagle’ Turnor, I’ve been a pharmacy IV technician for the last 25 years. I became a pagan after reading the book The Mists of Avalon at the age of 23. Although at that time I didn’t know what to call it. I have always been drawn to the earth and the incredible beauty I am surrounded by. Five years ago I embarked on an incredible journey and became a Shamanic Magdalene High Priestess. From there it lead me to Venus Rising and 2 years of intense self discovery/recovery. I also became a Shamanic Reiki practitioner about a year an a half ago. I have been many things in my life. This path has lead me directly to myself and I am forever grateful to all the folks who trusted and helped me to believe in myself again. In loving grace and gratitude, Kathi”
Sybill G. Vaughn (Owl Woman) Is certified with Venus Rising as a Pastoral Counselor, and Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator. She is also a Voyager Tarot Certified Consultant and practices from the Suncentre in Spokane, WA. Sybill offers individual sessions in Reiki, Sound Healing, Soul Return and Extraction. Shamanic Breathworks are offered on a regular basis at Suncentre. A variety of other workshops take place throughout the year at Suncentre, as well as groups and courses on Sound Healing and Spiritual awareness. Her training includes study and/or certification with Venus Rising; Eupsychia Institute; Tom Kenyon and Kripalu Centre for Yoga & Health. Sybill has been in private practice for 30 years and has a strong background in Psycho-Spiritual Counseling, Group and Workshop Facilitation. In addition to the Seneca name Owl Woman, her Sanskrit spirit name is Vrusha.
Sybill says: "Venus Rising training helped to bring all of this prior work together, resulting in the developed ability to work with people on whatever is the next step of their journey. Extraction & Soul Return is what is up for most people at this time, since the planet is rapidly moving ahead, and we people are running to keep up. Time is shrinking, as our sensitivity is increasing. Most of us want to be whole (united with our fragmented parts), and be able to release from our auric fields those energies we have become habitually attached to, and which hold us back from the next right step on our journey. The time is now to complete old unresolved issues."
Mentoring: Individual & Small group mentoring. Think of this as "Time Out From Daily Life" to focus exclusively on self. Like a workshop exclusively for you. Requires from 2 – 4 days commitment. Menu available upon request, tailored to individual needs. This is especially valuable for "caretakers" who have difficulty letting someone else care for them. (Nothing to do but focus on self for this period).
Lauren Wales (Lauren Spider Woman) LMT is an Ordained Shamanic Minister as well as a Shamanic Magdalene High Priestess through the teachings of Anyaa McAndrew and the lineage of Nicole Christine. She has been in private bodywork practice for the past 5 years, focusing on spiritual connection and renewal through bodywork, as a licensed massage therapist in the state of Ohio. Lauren is the mother to one amazing daughter, whom she considers to be her biggest teacher. She holds a practical background in mother-baby health as a trained birth doula, a certified postpartum doula, and a certified Level I and II Midwife Assistant.. Lauren has worked with a variety of midwives and birthing families for the past 10 years, including in a 14 month home waterbirth midwifery apprenticeship. Her deepest passion and calling is the reclamation of birth as a sacred initiation for women, their babies, and partners, and to that goal Lauren offers empowering doula services, bodywork for mother and baby, ceremony, ritual and health education for the childbearing year and the return of feminine power, and a dedicated commitment to birth activism for the legal recognition and licensure of midwives. To further those goals, Lauren has also embarked upon an academic career as a student in the field of medical and birth anthropology, with a focus on American birth practices, as well as a committed shamanic apprenticeship with shamanic counselor Gary Matthews, studying modern and indigenous ceremonial practices. She sees herself as both a divine lover and spiritual warrior in this life, a fiery cosmic web-weaver and heart-truth speaker, a visionary for the Planet.
You may contact Lauren at:
Phone: 513-886-6439
Email:
Website: www.lauwales.com
Charles Walker has his Ph.D. in Jungian Depth Psychology and his Master’s degree in Family Therapy.He is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed professional counselor. He is also a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator with Venus Rising Institute and an ordained minister of body, mind, spirit with the Association for the Integration of the Whole Person.
Website www.centerforalchemy.com
Barb Westover is Venus Rising’s Shamanic Breathwork™ Reiki Master Teacher, a Usui/Tibetan, Karunaâ Reiki Master Teacher, a certified Shamanic Master Breathwork™ Practitioner, Shamanic Healing Arts Facilitator, and Shamanic Pastoral Counselor and Energy Practitioner with AIWP. She is also a Shamanic High Priestess and ordained minister through the Madonna Ministries. Her shamanic training also includes three years of teachings from the Foundation of Shamanic Studies along with teachings from other shamans and medicine men around the world.
Barb continues to be amazed at the stark contrasts in her life journey and considers all experiences as opportunities to expand her knowledge of herself, the world and spirit. Her experience as a business person, wife, mother and grandmother facilitated her shift to her new life as a powerful medicine woman. Barb’s greatest gift as a healer is her grounded ability to be a “hollow bone” and align with the Christ energy. She channels this compassionate force into her healing work that is loving, present and powerful. She has a great reverence and love for Reiki and embodies a heartfelt path with a deep sense of empathy, compassion and integrity.
Barb teaches classes in Shamanic Reiki – Level I, II, III and Master at Venus Rising events and also offers private Reiki healing sessions. She has a private practice at her home base in Clackamas, Oregon where she teaches Reiki. In addition she teaches other shamanic healing arts and Shamanic Priestess Process and is available for phone mentoring and private sessions.
While doing a Reiki session on Star Wolf, Barb was given a new name – 3 Hawks Dancing.
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Rebecca “Cerridwyn” Wigley is an Ordained Shamanic Minister of Venus Rising and a Shamanic Priestess. Called to be a teacher and healer, she shares her creative passions with others who desire to explore their spiritual creativity and express their original medicine. She holds a B.S. in Family Social Science from the University of Minnesota and has worked in the Mental Health Field as a social worker, Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner, Community Support Specialist, and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Director. Currently she is a loving, grounding influence for the high school students as a substitute teacher and others who cross her path. Always she is a student of the spirit and the world.
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Windraven Shamanic Breathwork™ Master Practitioner, a Shamanic High Priestess, a Third Degree Shamanic Breathwork™ Initiate and a Shamanic Energy Body Work Practitioner. She is also an Adjunct Facilitator at Venus Rising. As a result of 38 years of experience as a registered nurse, Windraven intuitively understands the art of holding space for individuals moving through transformation. Those who have experienced her Shamanic Energy Body Work report that they are often transported through portals into other realms. Her grounded, caring technique assists clients in opening to an altered state through which they can access their own capacity to heal. Windraven lives at Isis Cove in western North Carolina. She is available for private sessions.
Contact Windraven at: 828-399-1294.
Laura Wolf teaches Shakti Yoga and Shamanic Breathwork at Venus Rising, in her hometown of Kansas City and at workshops around the country. Laura is also the Media Relations Manager for Venus Rising, personal assistant to Linda Star Wolf, a professional performance artist and a mother. Laura created Shakti Yoga as a FUNKY FUN FUSION of yoga, breathwork, creativity and visioning for the future. Shamanic Theatre is also an important part Laura’s medicine. Through writing and performing one-woman shows, Laura reveals the many facets of her Inner Child, Maiden, Mother, and Wise Wolf Woman and gives a map for integration of the myriad parts of our wholeness. Laura’s mission is to assist others in accessing, expressing and integrating more of their authentic selves, their power, their passion and their purpose. As a mother, Laura holds a strong commitment to protecting her son from the harmful chemicals found in most commercial body care products. In her search for chemical-free products for her self and her child, Laura discovered a fantastic line of certified organic skin and body care products. She was so impressed with the quality and purity of the ingredients of this product line, she started her own business to promote these 100% chemical free products. If you are interested in eliminating chemicals from your personal care and household cleaning products, please visit her website: www.oneorganicway.com.
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