Universality of Breath
Click on the above link to read a very interesting article
written by Dan Russell. The article was initially published in
the July-October 1996 issue of 'Cahoots - Regional Guide
to Alternatives' magazine.
An Essay on the Shamanic Experience - by Yoni Garb
A recent and unexpected addition to the growing map of Shamanic communities
is Israel, birthplace of the Western monotheistic tradition.
The centre of this community is Dan Russell, head of the Hypnotherapy Training
Centre and Northern School of Tai Chi in Carlisle, on England's Scottish
border. Dan's search for sources of power and healing has led him to Tibet,
Bhutan, Fiji and Taiwan. His intensive studies with Tai Chi masters and
Tibetan Lamas grew into a unique synthesis centred on what he calls "Shamanic
Awakening". more...
Shamanic Encounters - Meetings with Dan Russell
The following are extracts from the book "Shamanic Encounters - Meetings with
Dan Russell". Published by Dansankan Atlas Works. For more information on the
book, as well as purchase details, please contact our office on: +44 1228 401018.
"..this is a quick glimpse at a few of the possibilities of trance work - just
a taste - provided by a few who were sufficiently motivated and articulate enough
to record their experiences and offer them as contributions for this book. There
are many hundreds of equally fascinating and totally different case histories
that could have been provided.."
"...all these following conversations were conducted in an absorbed state. Before
any strong work is done with friends or clients, it is necessary to allow all
parties to enter a trance state. This enables us to better access the resources
of deep mind. The following recollections are accurate subjective representations
of trance experiences and resulting insights, yet give no objective description
of the shamanic-type techniques used to access trance-power in the first place.[...]
The western approach to this kind of shamanism is a purely linguistic approach
to bringing about physical and emotional change."
