Matt Toussaint
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Matt Toussaint Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- shamanism, shamanic jou eying, shamanic healing, energy healing, spiritual growth, personal transformation, modern spirituality
- Career Focus
- Shamanic Guide
- Affiliation
- Shamanic Evolution, Modern Shamanism
Matt has been studying shamanism for the past 12 years. His shamanic path began in 2001 after a sudden spiritual awakening. This initiated a process of spiritual exploration that ultimately led to shamanism. Over the past five years, he has studied with shamans in the Amazon jungle, the northeast U.S., and continues to train in southern Califo
ia and Peru.
Matt has served as a Master Guide with Modern Shamanism, a wilde
ess ceremonial leader, spiritual counselor, and maintains a private shamanic practice (www.shamanicevolution.org). He also holds regular Journey Circles, as well as both private and group sessions at The Centre in Pasadena.
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Shamanism: A Definition for Modern Practitioners
To be certain, this is a tricky question. And while there are many facets and nuances that will not be addressed here, the following article provides a basic framework for understanding what exactly shamanism is.
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The Relevance of Shamanism Today
Shamanism can sound arcane, exotic, distant, "other" -- and in the minds of many Western people, this is precisely how and where shamanism exists: somewhere "out there". It is liminal, on the edge of normalcy. The shaman is someone who dances and chants strange sounds to a rhythm only they can hear, a dancer in their own dimension; a crazy, eccentric person out of touch with "reality", moving to the beat of a long lost superstition.
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Shamanic Healing: A New Look at an Ancient Practice
Shamanic healing is a multi-dimensional experience. It engages the practitioner and participant on every level: emotional, psychological, personal, spiritual, physical, ideological, etc. The essence of healing itself is derived from an understanding of wholeness, and so the implication is that to be healed is to be made whole again. In order to be made whole, one must go on the journey of retrieving or reclaiming something that is missing, something vital that causes an imbalance, affliction or suffering.
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Shamanism As a Path of Transformation
Traditionally, shamanic practices are rooted in small communities and tribal societies that lived a primarily pre-mode life. While all shamanic cultures are most likely not expressions of the idyllic state of oneness with nature that is commonly portrayed, it is at least safe to say that shamanic cultures were certainly much more in tune with and nature-based than typical modern society. Shamanistic elements also can be traced back to virtually every religious and spiritual tradition, including the more widely-practiced monotheistic traditions of today.
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Offering shamanic skills and services geared towards personal growth, evolution, healing and transformation. A unique blend of traditional and modern shamanism, I integrate the best of what I know to help you move forward on your path.
Areas of focus include:
* Emotional cleansing and balancing
* Energy healing
* Spiritual guidance
* Releasing unwanted energy
* Cleansing residue from the past
* Releasing energetic or spiritual blockages
* Spiritual protection
* Healing relationship issues
* Power animal and spirit guide retrieval
* Personal growth and development
* Soul retrieval sessions
* Shamanic healing
* Wilde
ess sessions
* Space cleansing
All sessions are unique, personally crafted experiences that offer you a modern, effective and transformative way to alleviate and bring resolution to the challenges you face.