Most of us have an easier time experiencing being present in our bodies when we are in touch with nature, and we allow ourselves to mentally “drop” into a quiet meditative state. This process involves shifting into a receptive mind set, and feeling a connection of kausay (life force). Staying connected with kausay energy, occurs…

To begin the practice working with Incan cosmology, we need to work with fountains of energy called “hallpay.”In Q’echua, “hall” means activating or reaching and “pay” means knocking on a door for it to open. The practice of hallpay enables us to strengthen our ability to connect through our three energy centers…

“Sandra Ingerman is one of the great shamanic teachers living in the West today. Her seminal book “Shamanic Journeying” is a practical and comprehensive guide to learning how to engage with the other worlds. As always, she writes from the heart and brings what she is writing about to life in the every day world –…

Shamanism is based upon the connection among all living things and the awareness that everything in nature is alive. Q’ero shamans in Peru say that they source from the mountains, or pachamama, because pachamama is always there.  Meaning is an energetic experience, not a theoretical concept, that comes from being in ayni…

The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado was founded in 1976, and is dedicated to bringing lectures and other presentations related to Jungian psychology to the general public.  Our lectures are held monthly during the academic year, and the cost is modest.  We seek presenters who are Jungian analysts, psychotherapists, artists,…

An ongoing topic that comes up frequently in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis is, “What is the meaning of life? Or – even more importantly – how do I find meaning?” Through his experience living in a concentration camp during Nazi Germany, the existential psychologist Victor Frankel discovered that a sense of…