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FEAR
by Gwilda Wiyaka

As our awareness continues to evolve, we tend to re- think things that we simply accepted before. One thing that seems to be up in mass this month is fear and how it is used by the system to keep us at a lower frequency and dancing to its tune.

The system we now live in is so deeply fear based that most of us don’t even recognize it as fear. Yet many of our accepted seemingly “responsible” actions are totally fear based. An example is “preventative medicine”. We just assume we will get sick and endure all sorts of indignities to find where illness is creeping into our bodies. Not that medicine is a problem in and of itself.

Immunizing our children is just what a responsible parent does? Well pardon me, but show me an illness that is more of a risk to my child than the immunization itself, and then I will consider it.

How about becoming so in tune with your body that you know when something needs attention? How about becoming so high frequency that we are less physically dense and can transmute it ourselves? This is becoming more possible than one may think.

The insurance industry, for instance, is totally fear driven. We are literally betting against ourselves not getting in an accident. How about listening to our promptings and intuitions and finding safe passage?

The media is another great example. I am so humored on the rare occasion I watch the news, and the weather person is speaking of dire weather conditions while showing footage of cars on I 25 putting up cock tails as they go through standing water. Like we have never had to drive through a puddle before, or can’t see for ourselves it is raining and slow down.

It seems like so much of our energy, attention and resources are spent looking to the future for danger and trying to shore ourselves up against it, that we are never in the present enough to dodge it if danger does happen to arrive. Nor are we present to enjoy and receive the natural provisions coming our way.

Replacing fear with faith and trust puts us in the flow of life where we can just sit back, fully knowing we will manifest and be provided what we need, and enjoying the adventure of watching how it will come in.

The ability to do this comes from processing and evolving so we are coming from an empowered place, standing in our true expression, and moving through true promptings rather than operating out of fear, patterns and defense mechanisms.

However, (and this is a big however) to try and take this stance before we are adequately processed, is setting ourselves up to be coming from denial and manifesting our fears. While it is good to see where we can get to and set ourselves about the task of getting there, it may be best to keep our insurance policies and medical check ups up to date for now.

In loving friendship,

Gwilda Wiyaka

Gwilda Wiyaka, author and singer/song writer, is the founder of Path Home Spiritual Healing Center and Path Home Shamanic Arts School.  http://findyourpathhome.com/mg_bio.html


A Student Writes about Finding and Joining Path Home Shamanic Arts School:
 
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
by Ana Palles Yelen
 
Some may say that there are no coincidences. Certainly I was not due to be available that Thursday evening in the spring of 2005, but whether it was a wild mix of serendipity, angelic intervention, or just plain dumb luck, attending that talk on Manifestation at Path Home Shamanic Arts School (soon to be Path Home Shamanic Arts School) was a case of being at the right place at the right time.
 
So much of that talk resonated with what I had just been starting to understand about the workings of nature, life, and energy. It made me stop and think that perhaps I needed to look further into this fledgling school. 
 
I began to tentatively explore the course offerings to see for myself whether my excitement during that lecture was based on real or imagined strengths of the program.
 
I was surprised, not only at the content of the classes, and the methodical, credible approach in which the class material was structured and presented, but at the caliber of the students in attendance.  These folks came from many walks of life, all ages, cultural backgrounds, were well educated and were there for serious work. 
 
It was after the Sacred Space class that I decided I wanted to enroll as a student for the 2005 session.  More than any other class I had taken up to that point, Sacred Space was a clear pathway to understanding the importance of leading a life of intent, purpose and most of all, gratitude.  
 
We so often take for granted the beauty and the gifts around us, and we so often forget the importance of how it feels to prepare a sacred space for ourselves and our families.
 
It reminds me of how one goes about preparing a room for a loved guest.  The care with which we put fresh sheets on the bed, smoothing them down and breathing in that clean cotton smell that only sheets can give off.  Setting thoughtful items on the nightstand to see to the comforts of our guest and to express how much we care.
 
These are not new concepts and much has been written about the importance of expressing gratitude.  Yet it takes on a new dimension when we begin to see and feel the various levels of body, mind and spirit that co-mingle in our every day actions. 
 
Learning how to live with intent, work with energy, with nature, with one another, is indeed very powerful.  However, it would not have substance to support it if it weren’t for the fact that the Path Home/Path Home staff really do practice what they preach in day to day life.  The evidence of this was never clearer than during the Wilderness program. 
 
It was there that the learnings of the first year came together as a lifestyle.  Leading a conscious life, in harmony with others and nature, and always mindful of the respect that we owed nature and her creatures.  Viewing the clean water, the fragrant sage, the healing yarrow and the drifts of songbird melodies as gifts to be welcomed, honored and thanked.
 
As the first year gives way to second year courses, I look ahead in anticipation for the growth and discoveries that await us.
 
Ana Palles Yelen is a very gifted second year student in Path Home's Shamanic Arts School Practitioner Program.  Ana has a Master's degree in Management from Regis University.

• Drawings for valuable prizes, including free sessions, classes, CDs, and V.I.B.E. passes
  
• Entertainment by StarFaihre: Daughters of the Drum, performing ancient and modern shamanic songs
  
• A talk on Shamanism by Gwilda Wiyaka, School Founder and Director
  
• Shamanic craftsmanship on display
  
• Refreshments
  
• School Bookstore open to the public

Be sure to consider Manifestation Samhain at the end of October. This powerful class covers techniques to help break up energies that cause disruption and misfortune and create clear space in which to manifest for the following year.

Life Purpose in mid-November is a great addition to the beginning four workshops. In this class we will address the age old question “What is the purpose to my life?” and learn to journey for ourselves and others to get signs, symbols and guidance to help us live purposeful lives.

See the Workshop descriptions and calendar below or visit for more info: http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_reg.html


Path Home GRADUATES NEW CERTIFIED SHAMANIC PRACTITIONERS:

Caught Up in the Wind
One by one, I see my beautiful seedpods burst open.
Each lovely white seed caught up in the wind and carried off like dancing fairies.
Into the world onto their path to lead the way
My heart aches to see them go.
My heart rejoices.
- Gwilda Wiyaka

We are proud to announce the recent graduates of Path Home Shamanic Practitioner Certification Program:

Julianne Caldwell
Kirby Hancock
Terry Lamond
Jo Mazula
Elizabeth Mitchell
Jeanne Pierce
David RowlandZaher
Tamra RowlandZaher

We are pleased to watch these gifted, dedicated and well trained certified practitioners enter into service. We have no doubt they will do their part to bring healing and wholeness to the world. We would also like to give our deepest heart felt thanks to the friends and families of our graduates. We are fully aware that their steadfast support, encouragement and acceptance (in the face of many strange things) helped pave the way.

Path Home Shamanic Arts School
Become a Certified Shamanic Practitioner, Drum Circle Steward,
and/or Keeper of the Circle
Next programs to begin in September 2006.