Tom "tomás" Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, ceremonial retreat and vision-fast leader, sacred storyteller, and shaman. For 32 years he worked with terminally ill children at the Center for Attitudinal Healing in California, successfully integrating the wisdom teachings of the Huichol and other medicine teachers into the world of the practicing psychologist.
His most recent work is the creation of - RECOGNITION RITES FOR A NEW VISION OF AGING - HONORING ELDERS Program which you can read about at his web site - tompinkson.ning.com and through a wonderful article in the May 11th issue of the Marin Independent Journal Newspaper. Tom is currently writing a new book about the Recognition Rites program to help others bring this exciting work into their communities.
Tom is the founder of Wakan, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring the sacred in daily life, he lives in northern California.