Meet the Shamanic Reiki Worldwide CLAN circle
Our Founders
Llyn Cedar Roberts, MA, Founder
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Llyn "Cedar" Roberts is a multiple award-winning author and a renowned teacher of healing and shamanism. She has been practicing Reiki for 31 years and teaching Shamanic Reiki since 1993. She is the author of four books including the bestseller, Shamanic Reiki (Roberts & Levy), the award-winning Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness, and is coauthor with Sandra Ingerman of the book, Speaking with Nature ~ Awakening to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth, winner of a Nautilus Gold Medal award. She is adjunct faculty for the Union Graduate School and the Graduate Institute and is a spiritual consultant for Quiet Parks International. Her dynamic teaching and writing styles incorporate a background in contemplative psychotherapy, Tibetan Buddhism, work in remote locations with diverse indigenous shamanic groups, wilderness living, Reiki, western body-mind approaches to healing and nature-derived wisdom. Roberts holds a master’s degree in Tibetan Buddhist and Western Psychology from Naropa University. In the early eighties she completed her internship for Naropa at a mental health facility in a Mexican-American community in Denver, working alongside a curandera. She also studied cross-cultural and global issues at the School for International Training in the early eighties; interning in India, where she worked with mentally handicapped children and studied yoga intensively with BKS Iyengar. She is an initiate of indigenous birdpeople shamanic circles both in the high Andes of Ecuador and on the Asian steppe in Siberia. She has trained extensively with Andean Quechua healers and has facilitated sacred journeys for over twenty one years, bringing people to work with original peoples living in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest, the Asian steppes and arctic circle, and in the Andes and in Guatemala. Llyn is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders community, founded by Barbara Marx Hubbard and Deepak Chopra.
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Stacey Gibbons, Co-Founder
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Stacey Gibbons holds a Master Certification in Traditional Reiki and has studied extensively with Shamans of diverse backgrounds. She has taught traditional and Shamanic Reiki since studying with Llyn Roberts in the 1990s. Stacey previously owned and directed a yoga studio, and she currently teaches multiple forms of yoga. Stacey, whose 15-year struggle with anxiety and depression inspired her to explore alternative healing therapies, views Reiki as the doorway to numerous other healing ways and studies widely. She is a Karuna Reiki Master and holds an Advanced Certification in Kolaimni Healing. Stacey also holds certification in Peruvian Shamanism from the Jaguar Path Institute. An experienced yogi, she is certified in Forrest Yoga, Power Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga, and has trained with Manju Jois in the Ashtanga system. Stacey has been working alongside Llyn Roberts for a decade and, together with Llyn, is a co-founder of Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. She teaches Shamanic Reiki in north and south eastern United States, in the Seattle area and is available to travel to your community in the US and abroad. stacey_gibbons@yahoo.com
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Our Core Faculty
Jonathan Hammond, Advanced and Graduate Studies Advisor
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Jonathan Hammond is an Energy Healer, Shamanic Practioner, and Spiritual Counselor in private practice in New York City. www.mindbodyspiritnyc.com He is a certified Master Teacher and Faculty in Shamanic Reiki, and a certified Reiki Master Teacher in both Usui and Karuna Reiki from the International Center for Reiki Training. He has completed all core curriculum through the Foundation For Shamanic Studies, and holds a certification in Cherokee Bodywork. In addition to his background in energy healing, Jonathan has had four years of training in Inter-Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling at the One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York City, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 2008. He now teaches workshops at OSLA. He has privately studied Shamanism, meditation, and the chakras with some of the most prominent teachers in North and South America; as well as an apprenticeship with some of the shamans of the Chapada Diamantina in Brazil. Jonathan operated spiritual retreats around the world with destinations ranging from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bali and Peru. For more info – www.livingprojectretreats.com. Jonathan teaches Shamanic Reiki in NYC and other areas of the north and as well as south-eastern United States and is available to travel to your community. He is also available for private sessions and consultations. Contact him through his website at www.mindbodyspiritnyc.com
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Robert Murphy, Ceremonialist and Shamanic Wisdom Keeper
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Rob Murphy is an initiated shaman in the traditions of Ecuadorian Quichua, Brazilian Makunaiman, and re-dreamed Celtic Wolven Path and an ordained minister of the Wolven Path. A master reiki practitioner and Shamanic Reiki practitioner and teacher, Rob is SRW’s Social Media Director. Rob is the founder of the Richmond Shamanic Meetup and Drum Circle and a core member of the NY Shamanic Circle. He gives workshops and classes in shamanism for the Richmond, Virginia & NYC areas, and in Canada & Ireland and facilitates trips to learn from indigenous elders in South America. He assists Llyn Cedar Roberts on Wild Wisdom retreats in the Hoh River Valley and Rainforest and as a graduate of Dr. Linda Backman’s Past Life Soul Regression and Between Life Soul Regression programs, uses regression therapy as an integral part of his shamanic healing. He is a graduate of the 16-week Peace Ambassador Training program through the Shift Network. Rob teaches Shamanic Reiki all over the United States, in Canada and in Europe. He is available to travel to your community, and for private work and consultation in a variety of healing modalities. You can contact Rob through his website is www.robmurphy-shaman.com. |
Jeff Eissfeldt, MBA Financial Officer
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Jeff Eissfeldt is a graduate of the Shamanic Reiki Master-Teacher (SRMT) Certification and Life Empowerment Program and holds certifications in Qi Gong healing and Integrated Energy Therapy. Jeff is currently completing his apprenticeship in the Evolving Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher EV2 program. He graduated from Maharishi University of Management in 1990 with a BA in Literature and has practiced Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi Program for over 30 years. Jeff also holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, CA and an MBA from Michigan State University. He has worked in corporate finance for over 15 years. Jeff oversees SRW's administration and finances and is the treasurer for the Olympic Mountain EarthWisdom Circle, "OMEC". He is a faculty member for SRW's Evolving Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher EV1 program. He is available for private work in the Schwenksville, PA area and for absentee and consultation sessions, worldwide. Jeff stepped into the Core SRW Faculty member since early 2019.
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Emily Wallace, Core Faculty
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Emily Wallace is a Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher, Intuitive Energy Healer, and Certified Hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. Her personal healing journey from Chronic Lyme Disease sparked her desire to share alternative wellness strategies with others. In addition to her training in Reiki and Shamanic Healing, Emily has also studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Ericksonian and Kappasinian Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique, Dream Therapy, Past Life Regression, and Chakra Balancing. She received her B.A. in Education from Manhattanville College and graduated from the HMI College of Hypnotherapy in 2018. Emily facilitates a variety of workshops and trainings, including the monthly One Spirit Shamanic Circle with Jonathan Hammond. She is also a faculty member, part of the SRMT and LE program team, for Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. To learn more about Emily and her work, go to LightheartedHealing.com
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Our Adjunct Faculty
Melanie Ryan, LCSW Adjunct Faculty
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Melanie Ryan holds a masters degree with a dual concentration in clinical social work and clinical research from Fordham University and a bachelors degree in psychology from University of Hartford. She is owner/founder of The Center for Health and Healing, the largest holistic health and learning center in the Hudson Valley Region. Melanie is a Buddhist Meditation Teacher in the Shambhala lineage and faculty member of the New York Shambhala Meditation Center. She is a Shamanic Reiki Worldwide Master Teacher and holds additional certifications as a 200hr Certified Yoga Teacher, Past Life Regression Therapist, and Native American Plant Medicine Healer. For more information on Melanie, visit www.MelanieRyanLCSW.com
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Ken Cervantes, Adjunct Faculty
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Ken Cervantes is an Energy Healer, Martial Artist, and Naturalist. As an energy worker, Ken started working with hard and soft qigong during his 15-plus years of practice in the martial arts. A long-time student of Robert Peng's Elixir Light Qigong. He continues his qigong practice as a healer and as one of Robert’s assistants. Ken graduated from the Center for Taiji & Qigong Studies under Dr. Yang and is a certified teacher for Dr. Yang’s Evidence-Based Qigong and continues as a student of Chen-style Taiji. A Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher at the EV2 Level, Ken draws upon his intuition, his Qi/Ki experience along with his deep connection with nature, nature’s wisdom and her universal energies. As such, he loves studying wildlife, meditating outdoors, trail running, and scuba diving. In addition to working with other spiritual and energy modalities including the chakras, Kundalini, and ancient healing practices of the Pacific Islands, Ken is an ordained Minister through the Universal Life Church. Ken holds a BA from University of Illinois, and has a science degree in Veterinary Technology from Mount Ida College. He is currently a 3nd Dan in Taekwondo and a student in Seirenkai JuJitsu. In his free time, Ken is studying to be a licensed falconer.
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Samara Andrade, Adjunct Faculty
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Samara Andrade is a Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher, Arvigo® Mayan Spiritual Healing practitioner, and yoga teacher based in Seattle, WA. Samara has also worked more than 15 years in the field of international aid and development, working primarily in countries affected by conflict and poverty. Her passion for wellness and alternative healing modalities led her to co-found Feet on the Ground, an organization dedicated to supporting individuals and communities in building resilience from within through breath and movement practices based on neuroscience and somatic research. For more information visit: www.feet-on-the-ground.org. Samara is an avid hiker, cyclist, and paddleboarder and finds her truest connection and happiness in life is when she is in nature. Samara holds a MA in International Policy from Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey and a BA in International Business and is currently studying Somatic Experiencing®. You can learn more about Samara on her website: www.yogamara.org
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Our Senior Assistants
Lis Traphagen, MSW, LCSW Senior Assistant
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Lis Traphagen has been a licensed clinical social worker and practicing psychotherapist for 30 years. She received a BA from Brandeis University and a masters degree from the Wurzweiller School of social work at Yeshiva University. She is a graduate of the Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher certification and Life Empowerment program (SRMT) and is an apprentice in the Evolving Shamanic Reiki Master Teachers EV2 training program. Lis is certified as an End of Life Doula and certified as an SBEM empowerment coach and therapist. She is the secretary of the board of directors of the Olympic Mountain EarthWisdom Circle OMEC, the Project Director for its Maya Women Weavers Project, and the Sacred Travel Team Director for the annual Maya sacred journey with Llyn cedar Roberts. Lis assists SRW administration and its programs.
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 Christopher Franza, RN Senior Assistant
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Christopher Franza Has been a Registered Nurse since 1994 and a Traditional Reiki Master since 1998. He is a graduate of the Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher and Life Empowerment program and is currently enrolled in the EV1 course. He has completed the Heart of Warriorship, The Sacred Path, and the Shambhala School of Buddhist studies programs and attended Warriors Assembly in 2010. He has studied Wilderness and Primitive skills at The Jack Mountain Bushcraft school, Mountain Scout school, and WildEarth where he completed the yearlong apprenticeship/intern program focusing on nature awareness for children. He has also completed the yearlong Ancient Art of Awareness program under Michael Ridolfo at New Paltz Wilderness Mind. An avid outdoors person, he loves his “dirt time” and enjoys exploring the Catskill, Shawangunk, and Adirondack mountain areas.
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Debbie Philp, Senior Assistant
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Debbie Philp is the owner and director of True North Yoga, with two locations in New York’s Adirondack Park. She trains and mentors yoga teachers. Debbie is a graduate of the Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher and Life Empowerment (SRMT) program and is currently enrolled in the Evolving Master Teacher (EV1) program with Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. She holds a certification in holistic wellness coaching from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and is an Usui Reiki Master. Debbie received a bachelors degree in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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