Shamanic Healing

Shamanic healing is making an astonishing comeback in the modern, technology-driven, and consumerist world. Millions of people have felt a calling to integrate both ancient and modern healing systems into a new model of healthcare. But what makes shamanic healing so powerful? Why have indigenous healers kept it alive for thousands of years? Following a reading from Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern World, contemporary shaman and author Itzhak Beery will discuss the importance of shamanic practices in resolving our twenty-first-century emotional and physical problems and its potential impact on the future of humanity.

About the Speaker

Itzhak Beery is an internationally recognized shamanic healer, teacher, and author. He was initiated into the Circle of Twenty-four Yachaks by his Quechua teacher in Ecuador and by Amazonian Kanamari Pagè. He has trained intensively with other elders from South and North America. Beery is the founder of ShamanPortal.org, cofounder of the New York Shamanic Circle, and a faculty member at the New York Open Center. His work has been featured in The New York Times, films, television, and webinars. An accomplished visual artist and owner of an award-winning advertising agency, he grew up in Israel and lives in New York.