Shiatsu and Shamans: A Journey Into Healing

Shamans

The word shaman, "one who knows," comes from the Tungusic language of Siberia and is now generally used to describe shamans on all continents. Shamanistic practice goes back to the Stone Age and is part of all our roots. It predates all known forms of religion, psychologies, and philosophies and is the oldest holistic healing practice worldwide. It is my opinion that shamans were the first mind-body healing practitioners, a modality that is now gaining wide spread interest in the western medicine world.  

Shamans form a bridge between people and the spirit world. Their role is to heal the sick, find lost ones, observe the cycles of nature, perform ceremonies to ensure good hunting and harvest, perform rituals from birth to death, and record time. According to John Perkins, a man who spent many years learning from shamans, a shaman is a person who creates change. It could be a change in a person's health, or the shaman's health, or the weather, crops, or the way societies work together for the good of all. John Perkins even uses his knowledge to help corporations be more responsive and efficient.

Some say that all spiritual traditions emerged from shamanism. It is the "religion" of those who took mother nature as their spiritual teacher. I remember reading once about a missionary who told a tribesman that his God was in the bible. The native took the bible, held it to his ear, then dropped it to the forest floor. "I hear nothing in this book," he said. "but I see and hear my God around me all the time!"

Our western world, with it's emphasis on science and technology, would do well to explore the teachings of Shamanism. I particularly like the healing aspects of shamanism. The new science of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) studies how our moods, thought, and emotions affect our health. PNI scientists have discovered what shamans knew from ancient times, that the mind and body are one!

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