Sep 17, 2018
Gerri
Ravyn Stanfield, LAc. is the author of Revolution of the Spirit: Awaken
the Healer, a guide to liberate the healing super powers
within each of us. Her fiction and essays have been published in
The Rumpus, Manifest Station, and others. She is
the executive director of Acupuncturists Without Borders, a
nonprofit organization providing trauma relief in the wake of
natural disaster and human conflict. She designs trainings for
emerging leaders and healers in the US, Canada, Europe,
Nepal, Israel/Palestine, and Australia.
Ravyn uses her background in
trauma recovery, neurobiology, psychology, writing and performance
to coax more of the extraordinary into the world through the cracks
in Western civilization. She has a private acupuncture practice in
Portland, Oregon.
Episode Highlights
- Ravyn talks about how her
experiences of illness lead her on the path of becoming a
healer.
- She discusses her inspiration
for her book, "Revolution of the Spirit," as a way to record and
remember alternative forms of healing.
- The connection of spirituality
to medicine and other forms of healing.
- Exploring the ways that ancient
healing practices, such as Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, have
maintained their spiritual aspects.
- What it means to be a healer,
and who can be a healer = “to make whole” by simply doing your
thing.
- Exploring the concept of being a
“global revolutionary healer” with your own soul
fire.
- We discuss what is ailing our
culture at large now - the interlocking systems of oppression and
the greedy residue of colonization; and healing this by turning
back towards the sacred.
- Alchemy as the art of change and
transformation, and using it personally and globally.
- Bringing the power of alchemy to
heal the queer communities.
- Taking a holy risk and moving toward what scares you.