{"id":16023,"date":"2018-04-01T01:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T06:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2018-03-18T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T22:08:46","slug":"book-review-natural-born-shamans-a-spiritual-toolkit-for-life-by-imelda-almqvist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/04\/01\/book-review-natural-born-shamans-a-spiritual-toolkit-for-life-by-imelda-almqvist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Natural Born Shamans – A Spiritual Toolkit for Life by Imelda Almqvist"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a> Book Review: Natural Born Shamans – A Spiritual Toolkit for Life: <\/u><\/span><\/span>Using Shamanism Creatively with Young People of All Ages<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/u>by Imelda Almqvist<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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In 2008 when I set out with my co-authors to write a book about doing shamanic ceremony with children and families, there was almost no literature on the topic\u2013save Starhawk\u2019s landmark \u201cCircle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions.\u201d Since our book was published in 2012, many more authors have been responding to the immense need for these resources, thankfully. When I discovered Imelda\u2019s book \u201cNatural Born Shamans,\u201d I was thrilled to see another shamanic practitioner working with children and youth who was also dedicated to adding to this body of knowledge responsibly. Throughout the book, readers are warned of some of the pitfalls in doing shamanic work with children, as well as, how to work around those thoughtfully and with respect for both the child\u2019s sensibilities and the family culture. Indeed, I use Imelda\u2019s book as a reference today for my own work with children and families. This book achieves its stated intent:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll existing societies and cultures were preceded by shamanic cultures, where people lived in close relationship with the Earth, the ancestors, and the Spirits of Place. Connecting with Spirit is our own birthright and the birthright of our children. As I hope this book will demonstrate, it can give young people an exceptional spiritual toolkit for life in the 21<\/i><\/span>st<\/i><\/span><\/sup> Century.\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Imelda explores key spiritual concepts and tools in ways that children and families can understand. Some of these include: shadow work, death and change, shapeshifting, dreaming, forgiveness, divination, and taking one\u2019s power\u2013 learning to wield it responsibly. Imelda brings her substantial experience working with children of all ages to this book. I\u2019ve work<\/span>ed<\/span> as an educator for two decades; it\u2019s easy to see how certain activities can be adapted to children at different developmental stages. Parents who have raised children through different stages will, also, likely find this easy to do. In addition, Almqvist speaks at length about the importance of offering rites of passage ceremonies to children to support them in the many transitions they make during childhood. She, also, describes the adult\u2019s role in guiding children on their spiritual path:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we do not offer Rites of Passage, children will either fail to complete crucial developmental stages or they will place themselves in risky situations trying to create communities and initiations for themselves, such as through street gangs, joyriding, drugs, crime or alcohol.\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> This book provides a compassionate and extensive look at issues facing parents and children in today\u2019s world. It offers ideas for how to look at these challenges through a shamanic lens, introducing new possibilities for transformation that are holistic, healthy, and healing. Imelda\u2019s approach enrols children in their own healing and shows them how to become more confident in who they are at their essence. Through Imelda\u2019s personal stories, parents receive understanding and wisdom from someone who has guided her own children through spiritual and developmental transitions. If you are a shamanic practitioner interested in working with children and families, this book is a \u201cmust have\u201d for your resource collection! It is full of great ideas and links to the work of other shamanic authors that inspire her work. It will spark your own imagination and creative juices! \u201cNatural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit for Life\u201d is published by Moon Books and widely available online. International shamanic teacher, Sandra Ingerman provides a wonderful foreword to this important book.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Amazon Information Click Image<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Engr<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00e1cio<\/b><\/span><\/span> has been a student of shamanism sin<\/span><\/span>ce 2005. Jennifer is a certified teacher who has worked with children in many different education settings since 2001. She is a certified shamanic coach, reiki master, and lomilomi practitioner; in addition, she runs Spiral Dance Shamanics. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, she now lives in Calgary, Canada with her life partner. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Engr<\/span><\/span>\u00e1cio <\/span><\/span>participated in self-publishing three books that are now available: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Magic Circle: Shaman<\/i><\/span><\/span>ic Ceremonies for the Child and the Child Within<\/i><\/span>\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWomen\u2019s Power Stories: H<\/i><\/span><\/span>onouring the Feminine Principle of Life<\/i><\/span>\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Dreaming of Cupcakes: A Food Addict<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u2019s Shamanic Journey into Healing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Amazon Information Click Image<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

For more information go to: www.spiraldanceshamanics.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review: Natural Born Shamans – A Spiritual Toolkit for Life: Using Shamanism Creatively with Young People of All Ages by Imelda Almqvist In 2008 when I set out with my co-authors to write a book about doing shamanic ceremony with children and families, there was almost no literature on the topic\u2013save Starhawk\u2019s landmark \u201cCircle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions.\u201d Since our book was published in 2012, many more authors have been responding to the immense need for these resources, thankfully. When I discovered Imelda\u2019s book \u201cNatural Born Shamans,\u201d I was thrilled to see another shamanic practitioner working with children and youth who was also dedicated to adding to this body of knowledge responsibly. Throughout the book, readers are warned of some of the pitfalls in doing shamanic work with children, as well as, how to work around those thoughtfully and with respect for both the child\u2019s sensibilities and the family culture. Indeed, I use Imelda\u2019s book as a reference today for my own work with children and families. This book achieves its stated intent: \u201cAll existing societies and cultures were preceded by shamanic cultures, where people lived in close relationship with the Earth, the ancestors, and the Spirits of Place. Connecting with Spirit is our own birthright and the birthright of our children. As I hope this book will demonstrate, it can give young people an exceptional spiritual toolkit for life in the 21st Century.\u201d Imelda explores key spiritual concepts and tools in ways that children and families can understand. Some of these include: shadow work, death and change, shapeshifting, dreaming, forgiveness, divination, and taking one\u2019s power\u2013 learning to wield it responsibly. Imelda brings her substantial experience working with children of all ages to this book. I\u2019ve worked as an educator for two decades; it\u2019s easy to see how certain activities can be adapted to children at different developmental stages. Parents who have raised children through different stages will, also, likely find this easy to do. In addition, Almqvist speaks at length about the importance of offering rites of passage ceremonies to children to support them in the many transitions they make during childhood. She, also, describes the adult\u2019s role in guiding children on their spiritual path: \u201cIf we do not offer Rites of Passage, children will either fail to complete crucial developmental stages or they will place themselves in risky situations trying to create communities and initiations for themselves, such as through street gangs, joyriding, drugs, crime or alcohol.\u201d This book provides a compassionate and extensive look at issues facing parents and children in today\u2019s world. It offers ideas for how to look at these challenges through a shamanic lens, introducing new possibilities for transformation that are holistic, healthy, and healing. Imelda\u2019s approach enrols children in their own healing and shows them how to become more confident in who they are at their essence. Through Imelda\u2019s personal stories, parents receive understanding and wisdom from someone who has guided her own children through spiritual and developmental transitions. If you are a shamanic practitioner interested in working with children and families, this book is a \u201cmust have\u201d for your resource collection! It is full of great ideas and links to the work of other shamanic authors that inspire her work. It will spark your own imagination and creative juices! \u201cNatural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit for Life\u201d is published by Moon Books and widely available online. International shamanic teacher, Sandra Ingerman provides a wonderful foreword to this important book. For Amazon Information Click Image *** About the Author: Jennifer Engr\u00e1cio has been a student of shamanism since 2005. Jennifer is a certified teacher who has worked with children in many different education settings since 2001. She is a certified shamanic coach, reiki master, and lomilomi practitioner; in addition, she runs Spiral Dance Shamanics. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, she now lives in Calgary, Canada with her life partner. Engr\u00e1cio participated in self-publishing three books that are now available: \u201cThe Magic Circle: Shamanic Ceremonies for the Child and the Child Within\u201d \u201cWomen\u2019s Power Stories: Honouring the Feminine Principle of Life\u201d \u201cDreaming of Cupcakes: A Food Addict\u2019s Shamanic Journey into Healing\u201d For Amazon Information Click Image For more information go to: www.spiraldanceshamanics.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}