Hit enter to search or ESC to close

About
- About Eddy
- FAQ
Offerings
Events
- Shamanic Healing Retreat
News
Contact

In the press

GQ Article – The Strange Boom in Shamanic Healing

By Cam April 1, 2020 April 3rd, 2020 No Comments

Read the full article here

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Share Tweet Share Pin

Newsletter Sign-Up

Leave this field empty if you're human:

Menu

About
1-2-1 Healing
Online Workshops
Events
News
Contact

…More Menu

My Account
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

eddyelsey

Emotions I’ve felt since starting to write this

Emotions I’ve felt since starting to write this book:

Shame
Guilt
Pride
Grief
Relief
Peace
Joy
Hunger (snacks take the pain away)

And a massive dose of imposter syndrome.

It’s funny because I’ve spent the last year working towards this specific moment. Writing huge proposals, editing them relentlessly and researching and drawing on memories and living my entire life through the lens of “would this work in a book” - and I finally get to the point where I’m actually putting words on the page and it’s one of the most excruciatingly uncomfortable things I’ve ever done.

I’m also completely overwhelmed and overjoyed too. So whack that into the mix and I don’t know whether I’m going to jump for joy or just fall over and throw up on myself.

All of this makes for a very rich emotional tapestry to draw from though.

Should probably put this in the book 😂

*reaches for crisps*

In just under a month I’ll be travelling solo to

In just under a month I’ll be travelling solo to Mongolia and deep into the Darkhad Valley to partake in ceremony, experience a taste of nomadic life and meet with different local elders - including staying with some of the Dukha reindeer herders.

It’s a remote place - so remote in fact that just to get there - after flying into Ulaanbataar I’ll be driving 600km by road, then another 400km off-road in a 4x4 and then spending a day and night on horseback.

The Darkhad Valley is home to many different ethnic groups with strong shamanic roots. I’ll hopefully get to spend a little time with some of them. I also hope I get to try some of the legendary milk vodka too 😉🥛

Mongolia is one of the few places left with ancient shamanic traditions still intact, and to get to experience these first hand is an unbelievable privilege.

Needless to say I’m pretty excited - with a healthy dose of fear.

I’ve been trying to do this for a couple of years now and was finally introduced to the right person to make it happen.

I’ll be documenting the trip - so keep eyes peeled!

6am at The Temple 🫠 I heard they did a ceremon

6am at The Temple 🫠

I heard they did a ceremony in it before the dancing began. What a special place 🌈

More of that in dance music plz!

#glasto

Call me crazy but one of the things I most enjoy a

Call me crazy but one of the things I most enjoy about shamanism at the moment is being in a busy and heaving city after a ceremony.

There’s something about going deep into trance in the city makes me buzz so much.

I think it’s because of the proximity to everyday mundane life, and the excitement of further evidence that the spirits are very much alive and well in urban places. I’m not sure where this idea that spirits only exist in the the middle of nowhere comes from but it’s definitely not the case in my experience. People generate power - and spirits are drawn to it.

The stories, history and energy of a place like London make shamanic work here so interesting. Walking through the city at night with heightened awareness and feeling full of power after a ceremony is a magical thing. There’s an electricity wherever lots of people gather and it’s palpable in the air sometimes.

I’m a london boy - my heart is here - so I’m sure it’s different for somebody who grew up in the countryside - and it’s not one over the other for me - I love the mountains and rivers too - but wild spiritual work definitely has a place amongst the hustle and bustle.

These are the places that could do with some big ceremonies and offerings too. As this work gets more air time in the mainstream - I’m sure it will happen. After all - everyone’s got a little bit of pagan in ‘em!

One day!

A beautiful ceremonial sauna! Inspired by sweat t

A beautiful ceremonial sauna!

Inspired by sweat traditions around the world and @jez.hughes.399 - we’re trying to honour our ancestors whilst re-dreaming something authentic for the modern world.

🔥💦

Very chuffed to have been interviewed by @womenshe

Very chuffed to have been interviewed by @womenshealthuk about my two favourite things - shamanism and raving 🧙🏽‍♂️🕺🏻⚡️✨

The bedroom DJ in me is also really buzzin’ to be featured in an article about Annie Mac that mentions Carl Cox 😂

Thank you so much to @claudiacanavan for thinking of me.

You can read the full piece from the link on my bio.

Raving - in my opinion - is one of the best cultural rituals we have ❤️

Who wants a book on Shamanism then?

Coming soon 👀🐧

Happy Birthday 😍 Beautiful inside and out. Kin

Happy Birthday 😍

Beautiful inside and out. Kind, loving, wild and free.

And @ruth_garner isn’t too bad either!

😏

But in all seriousness - what a blessing you are. I couldn’t imagine life with anybody else.

Love you forever. Thanks for choosing me! ❤️⚡️

How much work you do on yourself is a completely p

How much work you do on yourself is a completely personal decision and should not be based around how you want other people to perceive you.

Although it’s an admirable reason - it’s not a good enough one that will sustain the desire to heal long enough for healing to happen.

It’s not your job to please people, and you are well within your rights to decide at any point that you are completely fine and loveable exactly as you are.

Healing is so often paradoxical, and the day you say to yourself that you don’t need any healing is the day that it really starts to happen.

We can always do work. We can always improve. We can always strive to be better.

Whilst these things are often positive, they cannot form the basis of our beliefs - because on the other side of these beliefs are the ones that say “I am not enough. I need to be better. I want more” - they go hand in hand - it’s as simple as that.

We wonder why we chase our tails - usually it’s because the underlying energy that we use to bring growth is powered up by a belief that we lack something. The more work we do reinforces the belief that we’re not enough and on and on we go.

Love and acceptance of self should always form the foundation of healing. If you then begin to heal from that foundation - that’s the cherry on top 🍒

Load More... Follow on Instagram

© 2022 Street Spirituality. Designed and created by Dontfret Media

About
- About Eddy
- FAQ
Offerings
Events
- Shamanic Healing Retreat
News
Contact