Liana Carbón, PhD, RMT, CHT is a renaissance healer with over 20 years of training in the healing arts, including shamanic and energy medicine practices, psychic development, craniosacral work, and meditation techniques. The major focus of her private practice is shamanic and energy healing, teaching, and mentoring other healers and teachers throughout the United States and abroad.

Liana’s journey with her own healing includes her extensive travels in South America, Nepal and the Pacific Northwest where she has participated in the healing practices of indigenous cultures.  She has been in close mentor relationships with many healers, teachers and shamans from South America, Nepal, Cuba, and medicine people of the First Nations, both in the United States and Canada. 

Liana’s training includes study with David Thomson and Mattie-Davis Wolfe, Sacred Circles Institute; Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman, Foundation for Shamanic Studies; Alberto Villoldo, The Four Winds; Mary Blankenship, Wiracocha Institute; Cusco-born shaman and teacher José Luis Herrera; Don Manuel Quispe, elder of the Inka Q’ero nation; Don Agustín Rivas, renowned Amazon plant medicine shaman; Dr. Juan Nuñez del Prado, an anthropologist and mystic of the Q’ero traditions; Dr. Alberto Aguas, who initiated her in Ama Deus Reiki; Anma Bompo, well-known Bön Tibetan medicine healer; Charles Lawrence; Brooke Medicine Eagle, Native American metis, visionary and sacred ecologist; Lynn Andrews, author and shaman; Margaret Lewis, dream facilitator and teacher; Angeles Arrien; Caroline Myss; Raymond Begay, Navajo Medicine man; Dr. Elliot Diamond, Western doctor and Toyo Hari system acupuncturist. 

Liana received certification through the Healing the Light Body School (^TM) of The Four Winds Society under the training of Alberto Villoldo.  In addition, she is a certified healer and master teacher in various healing modalities, among them Shamanic Healing, Vibrational Healing, Cranio-Sacral Visionary Healing, Aromatherapy, Crystal Resonance Therapy, and the following Reiki systems: Usui, Sekhem, Sacred Earth, Ama Deus, and Tibetan.

She is available for private healing sessions, consultations and spiritual coaching. She offers telephone consultations, as well as in-person sessions in San Diego, CA.

Liana does not offer medical or psychological consultation. Please consult your doctor or mental health professional for these services.

To schedule an appointment or receive more information on consultations or healing, please contact Liana at 619-980-8151 or e-mail Liana@tiswisdom.com.

Katina O’Neil has a Degree in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia; a Mastery Degree in Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki; and is a Mesa Carrier in the Inka Shamanic Tradition.  I’ve taught Reiki, Energy Medicine, Teachings of the Medicine Wheel and Shamanism for the past fourteen years. Having studied with Medicine People of both North and South America and initiated into their Sacred Rites, I offer a unique understanding of how to live as Beings of Light during these challenging times.  My website   gives a comprehensive outline of my background and work. 

In my quest for a greater understanding of life’s purpose, I studied ancient cultures and the impact of indigenous beliefs on cultural development.  While at the University of British Columbia, I received my degree in Anthropology and continued with my post-graduate work in the American Southwest working in the field as an Archaeologist.  

In continuing this quest, I moved on to the study of Energy Medicine and became a Reiki Master in the Usui System of Natural Healing.  The pathway of powerful initiations inherent in the field of Reiki became a doorway for me into the typically unseen realm of Pure Universal Potential - the domain of Quantum Theory - the Zero Point Field - and the study of Self-Created Reality.

I was very fortunate to receive Medicine Wheel training with a uniquely gifted Lakota Medicine Woman, whose teachings gave me a very practical experience and understanding of the cyclic interrelated order of life and a unique opportunity to explore my own place in this order – specifically, how one heals oneself by coming into balanced relationship with all life and to honor the sacredness of life.

Part of this belief in the interrelated order of life can be found in a prophecy, held by the medicine peoples of both North and South America, that one day the Eagle of the North and the Condor of the South will fly wing-tip to wing-tip.  My ongoing studies have immersed me in the path of the Shaman.  I have studied with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, The Four Winds Society, Jose Luis Herrera and indigenous Shamans of Peru and have been initiated into their medicine ways; the way of the “Seer” - the way of the “Mystic”.  Through my travels to Peru and personal experiences in its energetic pathways, I have been able to further map the landscape of who we are as spirit beings on our respective journeys through the human experience.

This knowledge and wisdom, derived from a deep passion for understanding who and what we really are and how awareness empowers us to live our lives fully, is what I offer my clients and students.  I have taught now for over fifteen years, in Canada and in the United States.  I teach the Inka Medicine Wheel to people starting out on the shamanic path as well as Mastery Classes for students wanting to refine their skills. The combination of my specialized training and unique life experiences show me that we are all amazing beings of pure light energy with unlimited potential.  This is what I want to share with you. For more information, please contact Katina at ksmo@telus.net

LAURA WITTER

I began my journey with an interest in herbalism, which led to a self-study on the subject. This grew to taking coursework in herbalism and from there I really became interested in other alternative healing modalities. I learned and practiced Healing Touch (developed by Dolores Krieger), and was initiated in Usui Reiki. In 1998 I began studying the Shamanic path with the Four Winds Society and Alberto Villoldo, completing the Healing the Light Body School. When I moved to Washington State, I discovered that José Luis Herrera, also an Inka shamanic teacher, was teaching in that area. I took classes with him in Washington, and had the marvelous opportunity to spend a wonderful weekend with Don Manuel Quispe, the then leader of the Q’ero Inka from the Sacred Valley in Peru.

I have been a practicing ARNP since 1997, and currently I am also a practicing massage therapist. Still fascinated with all the alternative healing modalities, I am now studying Craniosacral therapy with the Milne Institute, and I plan to complete certification within the next couple of years. I am also learning and practicing Soaring Crane Qigong.

I bring knowledge of the Inka path to my work, and years of working in a structured environment as an ARNP.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

The Institute of Shamanic Wisdom, Inc., (ISW) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) multi-disciplined charitable and educational organization located in San Diego County, founded by Dr. Liana Carbón. 

 

Our mission is to:

• Protect and promote indigenous earth-honoring wisdom and ceremonial healing practices through cross-cultural experiences.

• Teach the mythic reality of First Nations worldwide based on their creation stories, legends, ceremonies, art, music, dance, song and other traditional forms of cultural identity.

• Teach cross-cultural shamanism and other complementary healing modalities through practitioner apprenticeships and teacher certification programs that nurture sacred community worldwide.

• Honor, protect and support the medicine people of indigenous cultures.

• Provide solutions for personal and global transformation and healing. 

 OUR PURPOSE

The ISW offers private healing sessions, ongoing instructive and experiential programs, such as seminars and apprenticeships, group and individual retreats, journeys to sacred sites, ceremonial opportunities and learning to anyone interested. We also invite other teachers who share our vision to provide lectures, workshops and articles.

We help you Learn, Dream and Heal by addressing the body, mind, emotional and spiritual needs you may have. We offer a safe haven for your own healing, a helping hand to get you started, and integration and follow-up to provide the support you need on your path.

ISW LEARNING EVENTS are thematically focused experiential workshops, apprenticeships and retreats that bring together teachers and participants in communities around the world.  Whenever possible, we strive to provide opportunities for participants to learn directly with indigenous leaders about traditional healing systems for the individual and the community, the ancient sacred ways, and about sacred sites.

Our spiritual JOURNEYS and retreats focus on participants moving to a conscious, spiritual path and developing a balanced relationship with Mother Nature and the environment.  In visiting indigenous communities, sacred places, and working directly on the land, we learn about their core systems and cosmology.

The Institute’s shamanic and spiritual healing provides the opportunity for the client to transform old patterns and wounding events through the practice of shamanic visualization, meditation, movement, journeying, ceremony and through contemplation in nature.

We invite you to explore our web site, and to join our mailing list for more information.

CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE

The extraordinary devastation in 2005 and 2006, not only of Hurricane Katrina but also of the earthquakes and volcanoes erupting across the globe, creates in all of us compassion and the desire to be of assistance. We may feel at a loss as to how we can be of help. Please know that all of the Institute’s workshops, classes, retreats, journeys and online course work include a charitable component.

We donate a portion of the profits of each program to the Red Cross or other humanitarian organization so that our work together can be a part of necessary ongoing relief and recovery effort.  Especially set up to aid indigenous cultures, The Kumari Wara Foundation, an adjunct of the Institute, helps indigenous cultures reclaim their patrimony by helping the medicine people preserve and teach their ways; aids the underpriviledged families in remote villages; offers healing assistance to those in need in devastated regions; and provides donations and physical help to protect ancestral sacred sites, natural landscapes and tribal lands.

In addition, the Institute of Shamanic Wisdom, Inc., supports the Minka Foundation, a non-profit organization created by José Luis Herrera, a Cuzco-born shaman and teacher.  The Minka Foundation provides books, toys, clothing and food at Christmas time to children in the most remote villages of Peru.  These children rarely have shoes or warm clothing, and most have never seen a white person before. For additional information on this organization, please visit http://www.rainbowjaguar.org/05-givingback.php.

CONTACT US

LIANA CARBON, PhD
Director

Institute of Shamanic Wisdom, Inc.
2070 Brookhurst Drive
El Cajon, CA 92019-2035
619-980-8151
shamanicwisdom@yahoo.com

http://www.instituteshamanicwisdom.com

KATINA O'NEIL
 Co-Director
Co-Creative Health Consulting
309 - 1120 Hugh Allan Drive
Kamloops BC V1S 1T4
Canada
(250) 314-1413
ksmo@telus.net
www.katinaoneil.com
www.ShamanTalk.com

LAURA WITTER

Laura Witter, Business Administrator
5825 221st place SE
 Issaquah, WA 98027
425-214-2733
Wndsong1@aol.com

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Brooke Medicine Eagle (metis)

 Native American metis, Earth wisdom teacher and catalyst for wholeness, sacred ecologist, Feng Shui practitioner, harmonist and recording artist. www.medicine-eagle.com

Charles Lawrence

Lawrence Assists
New York City, New York

Adele R. McDowell, PhD

The Greenheart Center
Stamford, CT
Psychotherapist, Founder/Director of The Greenheart Center, Workshop Presenter
Dr. McDowell is a transpersonal, cognitive-behavioral psychologist, shamanic practitioner, and creator of Faithwalk(SM): A Psychospiritual Approach to Transformation.

Lewis Mehl-Medrona (Cherokee-Lakota)

Saskatchewan, Canada
Native American physician combining Western with traditional medicines. Ph.D. in Pyschological Studies, wrote Coyote Medicine: Lessons for Healing from Native America and three other books, specializes in family medicine, emergency room work, and psychiatry. Coordinator for Integrative Psychiatry and System Medicine. Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Physician, healer and author of Coyote Healing and Coyote Medicine.
www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Quiche Maya)

Mexico, D.F.Mexico
Guatemalan political activist, Noble Prize winner; leading advocate of Indian rights and ethno-cultural reconciliation, not only in Guatemala but in the Western  Hemisphere. www.indians.org/welker/menchu.htm

Alberto Romero  (Yaqui/Mayan)

Sonora, Mexico
Leader of the "Deer Clan" for the Spirit Dance, and president of the Association to Support the Indigenous and Native Traditions, initiated in the Sovereign Solar Order of Chichen Itza. 

Rev. Lee Ann Stamm

Cedar Circle Life Grove
Kingsville, MO

David Thomson, PhD and Mattie Davis Wolfe, RN, MA

Sacred Circles Institute
Mukilteo, WA
Founders and co-directors of The Center for Natural Systems Studies and Sacred Circles Institute specializing in adult education, internal change-agency, human relations training and organizational development. www.sacredcircles.org

Alberto Villoldo, PhD

Founder of The Four Winds Society, trained as a psychologist and medical anthropologist, and has investigated the traditions of the Andes and the Amazon for more than 25 years.
www.thefourwinds.com

 

 

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