How can Shamanism and working with Tomás help you raise your self-esteem?Shamanism is humankind's oldest relationship to the mystery world of spirit. Western culture refers pejoratively to this belief system as "animism", the belief that everything is alive, conscious and imbued with spirit, including us “two leggeds”, or human beings. Our WesternEuroAmerican belief system with its materialistic worldview, emphasizes an economic system that puts the abstraction of “profits” over people, which in turns educates and conditions us into being good consumers keeping the economy going through the purchase of material goods, the majority of which we do not need to live satisfying lives. We are taught competition as a way of life, competing for the good jobs and the goodies our salaries can buy to accumulate more and more material possessions and that this is what will bring us happiness in life. We have only to look at the rising negative cost of this kind of life style on our mental, physical, emotional lives, as well as on our families and communities, and the environmental pollution with which it impacts the earth, ocean and air we breath, to verify its pathology. The resulting alienation from self, other and the natural world interacts synergistically to produce one of the characteristics of the age we live in – people not feeling good about themselves or the lives they are leading, running faster and faster to keep up with the bills, while losing more and more meaningful contact with healthy intimacy with themselves , with family and friends, and with nature. Shamanic work, done respectfully, helps participant re-connect to their involvement and interrelatedness with the web of life in which all of creation is a part. It awakens what the Huichol People call "Iyari", or "heart memory", of the indigenous wisdom that remembers the truth of who we are, what we are and why we are here on this Earth at this time in its evolution. Shamanic counseling - working with "shamanic wisdom ways"My work with people using shamanic wisdom ways opens the door to re-enter the web of life with awareness that each of us is a sacred being, with sacred gifts given to us by our Creator whose purpose is to develop them to their highest potential and then share them with others in helping to heal and honor this sacred circle of life in which we are all related. We are much more than consumers and our lives are meant to be more than just contributing something to the gross national product. It is a healing "coming home" to step back into recognizing the truth of your own (and others) sacredness, To do so brings forth a new understanding of your identity as a holy being of God, Great Spirit, here not by accident but with holy purpose, with something of worth and meaning to contribute to the greater good. It is this realization, felt within the body, that raises self esteem -- how we feel about ourselves --, that is such a vital dynamic of healing and healthful growth towards discovering and fulfilling our purpose in being here. This is what my work focuses on, along with how to access power in skillful, respectful "right relationship" in order to find and walk your "heart path to completion". Looking back at a life well lived is what brings the inner peace at the end of life that I have seen at numerous occasions of helping "birth" people back into the sprit world when the time of their death comes. Empowerment of life and living is the essence of what I help folks get in touch with and this is what I offer to you in your quest for health, wholeness and happiness. Blessings to you on your path. Tomás
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