Hello and welcome to The Shaman Podcast. I am Mark Ashford. I am a Registered Usui Tibetan Reiki Master Teacher, a Shaman and author of books and online courses on Reiki and Shamanism. Weekly, I post a video on YouTube and a podcast for the Shamanic Energy of the coming week. The reading is general; please take what resonates with you. Please take a moment to hit the Subscribe button and Ring the Bell if you are on YouTube or subscribe if you are on a podcast platform. This way you will receive notifications of new Podcasts and videos. Besides the weekly events, I also produce books, online courses, podcasts and videos on all things Shaman and Reiki. So! Watch out for them! For legal purposes, all videos and podcasts and other materials are strictly for entertainment purposes. Viewers and listeners have free will and are entirely responsible for any interpretation they place on the readings. I take no responsibility for individual viewer or listeners' interpretation or actions. These show notes contain information on the card decks used in the readings and where to get more information on my websites, books, and courses. Please check out the links below. Mystical Shaman Oracle Cards used in reading. Amazon link. - https://amzn.to/3fRG5Ow Queen of the Moon Oracle Cards used in reading by Stacey Demarco https://shrtm.nu/uj5f Sacred Destiny Oracle cards by Denise Linn – https://shrtm.nu/58hG Gateway Oracle Cards by Denise Linn – https://shrtm.nu/DHkr Shaman Wisdom cards by Leita Richesson – https://bit.ly/3is9djB Shamanic Medicine Oracle Cards - Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, Yuri Leitch, Flavia Kate Peters - https://bit.ly/3is9djB Shaman Tarot Deck - Lo Scarabeo - https://amzn.to/3FbcKwp Music from Epidemic sound: Referral Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/x4pe9m/ To learn more about my work, click here https://bit.ly/3h3E6I0 Thank you. Staff - Foundations The shamans’ staff is very important to him or her. It is Foundational to a Shaman. It embodies a spirit that helps and guides them as they practice healing and guiding the soul of one who has passed over. The spirit of the shaman’s staff also protects and nurtures them. The staff sent to you on this card is not so powerful. You are not a shaman and do not need that power. But you need support. Things may be difficult now, the staff is there for you to lean on and steady yourself as you look at what is around you and assess where you are, where you have been and what it is you want to achieve, or the places you want to go and who you need to meet. The staff may also turn you around and take you back to the start, to the beginning of your particular journey. Maybe the new job is not the best thing for you right now. A relationship that is proving difficult may need simplicity, not more complexity and depth. Is it time to start over with a new foundation that staff will help you achieve? Is it time to go in a new direction? If so, staff will take you there and show you the solid rock from which you can start your journey. Tree of Life - Conception Growth. Nothing can grow if it is not nourished. An idea I just an idea unless you give it some foundation in reality. If you need to build or make something to give your idea meaning, this is the time to do it. If it is a person or animal, you are considering. Things that stimulate their mind, their personality and their activity are important to help them grow and be more than they were the day, week, or month before. Tree of Life is Conception. If you are thinking of bringing a child into this world, remember. It is a divine being, and conceiving brings intense responsibility. Just as we have responsibility for the growth and development of an idea, a child or a pet, so are we responsible for the changes those things will bring in us. Learning how to teach a child a skill also changes us as we learn the skill and how to teach it....
