As a young clinical professor at San Francisco State University, Villoldo studied the use of energy healing to increase the production of endorphins, the natural brain chemicals responsible for reducing pain and for creating ecstatic states. At the time, his primary tool for research was the microscope. But it did not take long for Villoldo to realize that there were people around the globe obtaining the same results without of the use of Western science. With this realization, Villoldo hung up his lab coat, put on a pair of hiking boots and bought a ticket to the Amazon to meet the Inca in Peru.

While with the Inca, Villoldo studied shamanism, a five-thousand year-old energy medicine that heals through spirit and light. For more than ten years he traveled the Amazon and trained with jungle medicine people. What he discovered was a set of sacred technologies that transform the body, heal the soul and change the way we live and die. The medicine people explained to Villoldo that we are surrounded by a Luminous Energy Field whose source is located in infinity. The Luminous Energy Field is a matrix that maintains the health and vibrancy of the physical body.

Today, Villoldo teaches us through seminars, retreats and books that the experience of infinity can heal and transform us and that is can free us from feeling trapped by illness, old age and disease. By understanding that you are more than flesh and bone but more spirit and light, Villoldo believes you can change the way you heal and age.

Come experience the wisdom and power of Alberto Villoldo’s teaching at Shambhala Mountain Center’s upcoming course, The Shaman’s Way of Healing: An Introduction to Healing the Luminous Body. Contact us today to learn more.