May 25, 2025
Neuromysticism and Healing Trauma
Tags: Trauma, Healing, Andean Mysticism, Freeze, Energy Medicine, Default Mode Network, Mental Health, Psychiatry alternatives, Shamanism, Plant Medicine, PTSD, Psychedelics
Mysticism: The World is Alive
What if the universe were alive, aware, and already in relationship with you?
In the Andean tradition, everything in creation is made of kawsay — conscious, living energy. Mountains breathe. Rivers listen. Rocks remember. All of reality begins in the kawsaypacha, an immaterial field of divine energy, and unfolds into form. From this perspective, nothing is inert or lifeless—everything is an extension of Source, awake and participating in the web of existence.
Mysticism, at its root, is the belief that we can commune directly with that Source. Unlike many spiritual or religious traditions that rely on intermediaries—angels, saints, spirit guides—mysticism holds that divine connection is innate. The sacred speaks through experience, not dogma...
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October 22, 2022
Podcast Interview of Christina Allen by Olivia Young
Tags: Energy medicine, Default Mode network, psychadelic assisted therapy, shaman, Andean shamanism, healing, trauma, PTSD, Freeze
Podcast:
Olivia Young interviews Christina Allen on her work.
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March 01, 2018
Following the Shamanic Path, After the Colors Fade
Tags: Ayahuasca, PTSD, Shamanic Path, Alternative Therapy, Ecotherapy
The main principle behind shamanic healing is that our physical and mental/emotional realities are orchestrated by our multidimensional spiritual selves. This self carries all our true capacity, but it also carries the imprints from all of our unresolved wounds, from this lifetime through to the ancient past, in shadow. When our minds do not know how to process hurtful events they become imprinted on our souls, directing the way our lives unfold at the physical. Once our multidimensional selves heal, our bodies and minds can finally express our true capacity.
Shamanic healers can help us shift, grow, and heal by connecting with our multidimensional selves. They are distinct in their capacity to bridge the physical and the spiritual domains, aiding in this evolutionary process. One of the main tenants of shamanic healing is that the client must be put in a trance state to let go of the wounds locked into the fear based mind. Only in trance will the mind let go of its defenses enough to effect change. There are many different kinds of shamans, and many ways to achieve these trance states. Some tribes use drumming, or dancing, while others use breath work. Others, still, use psychotropic plant medicines. While methods vary from tribe to tribe, shamanic healers share in common the idea that our dysfunctional physical reality is a projection of the imbalances in our spiritual selves.
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