Crows Nest Professional Associates Visiting Faculty
Lyn Spirit Eagle, a South African shamanic healer, specializes in Soul Recovery and deep Medicine Spaces to assist your empowerment and Soul Doctoring. She has a BA in Visual Art and teaches Sacred Dance. Lyn is a certified Crows Nest Shamanic and Breathwork Facilitator. She was trained in the Soul Recovery process by Ai Gvardi Waya. These sessions can be done long distance or in person. Lyn travels in USA, Europe and South Africa, giving workshops and individual sessions. Please go to to http://lyn.spazaspace.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO66SJbQaJQ or http://blog.spazaspace.com/ to see more about Lyn. You can contact her via email at lyn.edgewalker@gmail.com
Danuta Jirik, Ph.D. is a holistic/shamanic healer in private practice in Oak Park, IL since 1999. She specializes in ancestral work, utilizing ancestral soul retrieval, Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing to resolve one’s painful resonance with the trauma of their parents&ancestors and bring healing to the family soul. She also provides spiritual counseling, inner child work and trauma healing, and a full range of shamanic healing work, including soul retrieval, power animal retrieval, negative thoughtform unraveling, space clearing, psychopomp and remote healing. She has trained with a number of shamanic teachers, mainly Michael Harner and Alicia Gates of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Myron Eshowsky, Betsy Bergstrom, and with Mikkal. She conducts Family Constellations and Shamanic Journey workshops, mainly in the Chicago area, and leads short workshops at Crows Nest. She works in person and over the phone: 708-837-4335. Her website: www.holisticresolutions.com
Crows Nest Professional Associates
Lori Engblom, M.A., Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) is a Crow’s Nest Certified Shamanic Practitioner trained in Soul Recovery and Extraction [SR/E] which can be implemented in-person or by long-distance sessions. She is also trained by Mikkal in methods of Chakra Clearing, Focusing (Eugene Gendlin) and many other psychological healing techniques. Lori works with individuals of all ages and specializes in trauma care. She has the ability to see the inspiring ‘daimon’ [C .G. Jung’s ‘higher self’] in all. Lori also creates sacred ceremonial items such as hand-drums & rattles by special order and can be reached via phone 320.980.4489 or email lorilori4@yahoo.com
Maureen Wolverton is an Affiliate Faculty member within the Liberal Studies Department at Grand Valley State University. She completed her M.A. at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California in the area of Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology. She is a certified SR/E facilitator trained by Mikkal. In addition to workshops, keynotes, and seminars, Maureen is available for individual shamanic consultation sessions. Shamanic consultations may take place in a “live” or long-distance format. You may contact Maureen by phone (231) 349-6183 or by email maureen@sacredinbetweenspaces.com
Jeff Nixa JD, MDiv, CMT is a shamanic practitioner, writer and wilderness guide who has been active in the Crow’s Nest community since 2009. He is a professional associate with Crows Nest USA certified in shamanic counseling and sacred breathwork, and has also studied with the (Harner) Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Sandra Ingerman, and shamanic healers in the Peruvian Amazon and Andes. Jeff has an active “fire talk” shamanic counseling practice in South Bend, IN and provides shamanic workshops, sacred breathwork and wilderness programs through his own Great Plains Guide Co. He completed three traditional vision quest weeks on S. Manitou Island in 2009-11, is an experienced wilderness backpacker, paddler and is certified in wilderness first aid through NOLS. Prior to his shamanic training Jeff worked as an attorney, a hospital chaplain and massage therapist. He continues his active integration of body, mind and spiritual health through daily zen and walking meditation, barefoot running, bicycle commuting and sea kayaking. Jeff and his wife Regina have two daughters. For more information on Jeff’s programs see his website at www.GreatPlainsGuide.com. He can be reached by email at greatplainsguide@gmail.com, or phone at 574-855-0636.
Drake Spaeth, PsyD is a certified soul retrieval and extraction facilitator trained by Mikkal at the Crows Nest Center for Shamanic Studies. He is also a clinical psychologist and a faculty member at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He regularly facilitates workshops and presents at academic conferences about shamanism, trauma, and spirituality. He is an ordained minister with Earth Traditions (http://www.earthtraditions.org), and is available for soul retrieval and extraction ceremonies, rites of passage facilitation, shamanic consultation, and spiritual counseling on weekends and most evenings. For in person or long-distance shamanic work, please contact Drake by phone at (312)329-6611 or e-mail pixieledprof@gmail.com