Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Healing – A Shamanic Toolkit with Mariah Gannessa
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Embark on this enlightening journey with Mariah Gannessa, founder of Four Visions, a fair-trade initiative that serves as a bridge integrating ancient plant medicine into the modern world. A student of world-renowned healer and botanist, Taita Wanito and the culture of Yagé, she has spent the last decade immersed in the healing cultures of the Amazon. As Mariah guides us through her experiences with the strikingly diverse traditions of tribal ceremonies, she shares her passion for walking the medicine path in a positive way, with awareness and respect for the ancestral wisdom cultures and from a place of sacred reciprocity. We explore the dynamics of the energy field and the many parallels between energy healing and shamanic practices; traveling or journeying between dimensions in order to retrieve information which can heal and transform a person here and now. We learn about Sananga, a plant extract applied as eye drops used for enhancing both inner and outer vision. We also learn about Hapé, the sacred snuff made from the master plant and healer Tobacco, alongside others. Mariah shares recommendations for psychic or spiritual hygiene – a great resource for your own practice. We learn how her shamanic lineage performs diagnosis on a patient, determining if imbalance resides in the physical, emotional or spiritual body and whether an illness is related to the physical blood vs the “spiritual blood”.
Mariah has dedicated her life’s work to the plants and the peoples of the Amazon Rainforest and her insights shed light on a delicate balance; our hearts and minds are opened to the teachings the indigenous wisdom keepers offer within a framework of intention and respect. Mariah serves on the board of MAGIC Fund Amazon, a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of Indigenous peoples, culture, and lands of the Putumayo region of southern Colombia.
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