Linda Star Wolf
Founder & Director
VR/VRU/SBW
Linda Star Wolf has been a visionary teacher and shamanic guide to thousands of people over the last 35 years. Starting out as a therapist in the mental health and addictions fields in the 1980’s, Star Wolf is a nationally certified alcohol and drug counselor who draws from her personal experience of recovery from addiction.
The author of several books, she is the creator of Shamanic Breathwork®, the co-creator of the Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process (SHIP), and the Founder of Venus Rising Association for Transformation, a non-profit organization, and Founder and President of Venus Rising University for Shamanic Psychospiritual Studies. Star Wolf is also the co-founder of the Shamanic Mystery Tours and takes spiritual seekers all over world to explore sacred shamanic sites.
Dedicating her life to helping others to release dysfunctional patterns of all kinds and to radically transform their lives, Star Wolf teaches people how to awaken to the Bigger Picture, embody their own inner Visionary Shaman and step into a life of passionate purpose. Her personal commitment to sacred activism and visionary leadership led her to create the Shamanic Ministers Global Network.
Star Wolf holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Human Services from St. Leo College, a Doctorate of Ministry from Summit University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Religious Studies from the University for Integrative Learning.
Inspired by Holotropic breathwork founder, Stan Grof, and Integrative Breathwork founder Jacquelyn Small, she became one of the lead trainers at Small’s Eupsychia Institute. Star Wolf also studied shamanic earth wisdom teachings with Grandmother Twylah Nitsch, a Seneca Wolf Clan elder who adopted Star Wolf as a Spiritual Granddaughter, giving her the spirit name of Star Wolf.
Various media outlets across the country have featured Star Wolf, including Publishers Weekly, The Dr. Pat Show, New ConneXion, Edge Life, Conscious Living, Unlimited Realities, Planetary Spirit, In the Spirit, InnerViews, A Journey to the Heart, AZTV, Oregon Public Television and New Realities TV.
In 2003, Star Wolf and her late husband, Brad Collins, co-founded the Isis Cove Community and Retreat Center in the Blue Mountains of western North Carolina.
Contact Star Wolf at: Starwolf@shamanicbreathwork.org
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