Alberto Villoldo

Alberto Villoldo, PhD, is a medical anthropologist who has spent the last 30 years investigating the healing practices of the shamans of the Amazon and the Andes.

He is founder of the Four Winds Society, an organization dedicated to the bridging of ancient shamanic traditions with modern medicine and psychology. The Four Winds Society Healing the Light Body® School provides a scientific framework through which it is possible to learn the ancient healing practices that can be “known but not told.”

Villoldo is author of more than 10 books, including Shaman, Healer, Sage; Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval; The Four Insights; Yoga, Power, and Spirit; and Courageous Dreaming.

Workshops

Jun 9 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shamans - the Neuroscientists of Enlightenment

 Shamans - the Neuroscientists of Enlightenment

Jun 10 2012 - 8:30am - 10:00am

The Shaman’s Way of Healing

 

The Shaman’s Way of Healing

Shamanic initiation can heal the emotional wounds that keep you locked in a cycle of self-inflicted suffering and personal crisis. Initiation entails a symbolic death to the old and rebirth. Once initiated, you recover the passion and life force that you once squandered in anger, lust, or greed. You can invest your new-found life force in your well-being, to discover your power instead of...

Jun 11 2012 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

Tasting Immortality - The Neuroscience Of Enlightenment

- Post-Conference

 

Tasting Immortality - The Neuroscience Of Enlightenment

The quest for immortality has occupied mankind for millennia. Yet nature programed humans for reproduction, not for longevity. Still, the legends and myths of all cultures speak about a secret wisdom and an elixir that heals all wounds.  Shaman’s understand that once we attain enlightenment we can taste infinity.