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Be a part of the dream because we need elders here. Check in with your self. Who is an initiated elder here that you can turn to when you need them? Yes, we need elders here. Let's see where Ann will take us.

"The first thing I met in Ann was her voice when she was laying on the Earth in a ceremony I was leading. Her powerful words spoken loudly with such conviction and clarity anchored her vision to serve the people of this earth in balancing the masculine and feminine energy. I wanted to know who she was right away because I recognized her deep calling mirrored my own soul longings. From the beginning she was my sister. In the last two years I have witnessed her tirelessly serving people and the ancestors while also modeling her own healing and growth as one who truly walks her talk. In her show up nature we have traversed many ceremonies and experiences and Ann consistently is the warrior shaman priestess who is at your back. Actually your back, face, dreams and anywhere else you may need her. (I can hear her beautiful laugh as she reads that because she knows it is true.)  

When she says that when you donate she will carry you into this elder initiation for days, this is what she means. Get ready. Because her open door between the worlds makes visceral shifts and those who have worked with her can attest. She is walking magic and she is a vessel of the ancestors.

Here is the interesting part... Ann lives abundance. But like those whose life is one of service she doesn't always ask for support for herself.  She is a healer and also comes from a working class background being the daughter of a heroic local, we could say "village" mom who recently passed, Ann is not one to put her needs onto others just as mother before her did not. It is more common for her to ask what we need. So that the first part of this initiation the elders in Africa would ask of her is to gather this money from those who support her in the village rather than for her to access it from her own resources puts her immediately on a new learning curve. Trust is needed everywhere.

As I step back I see the wisdom, the irony, and the gift in gathering us in this way over what many consider a tainted form of currency. The village in Africa and the elders will thrive. All of you get to know of Ann. She gets to surpass a limiting belief and see that though she is strong and full of will she can be supported in this vulnerable place of asking. As many in her future will surely ask of her, she gets to experience just what this place is and deepen her compassion and ability to freely give. We get to receive her gifts that she will return with. Money becomes a sacred vehicle of love. With a donation of $20 or more or less, she will travel with you and on her return offer you ceremonies that you are uniquely invited to be part of ~ a firewalk, fire ceremony, grief ceremony.... My first firewalk was $75 in monetary value and no one carried me into an ancient ritual being held by African elders that are soon to leave this realm.

So can we do it? We have two short weeks to determine among us whether this will be manifested now by all of us who either know her or who know us and trust that we are asking for an important reason. When do we get to participate in such a venture as a global community? Yesterday I told Ann any way we go it done. The learning is here. We can do this. The many can manifest without much effort. Be a part of the dream because we need elders here. Check in with your self. Who is an initiated elder here that you can turn to when you need them? Yes, we need elders here.Let's see where she will take us. She is so worth it and no matter what happens, Ann walks this earth as a powerful woman regardless of whether we stand behind her or not. She is bound to be stronger with us now at her backs too. And we are bound to be stronger with her."

 
~ ALisa Starkweather on behalf of Ann Sousa 

 

MY SHAMAN HEALER

After Ron's death in November a woman came up to me in the very long line at the
wake.  When she looked into my eyes, we connected immediately.  I knew in my soul that I knew this woman.  Her striking appearance and the piercing eyes 
that looked right into my very core was unsettling, yet so comfortable and loving.  
 
Yup, that is Ann and she has been a bright light that works with me through all of the
grief and the anguish that my process has brought me to.  Her strength and her love and compassion is beyond words.  Her selfless determination to assist me to feel the overwhelming grief and to move through it and forward has been inspirational. She is always at attention and tracking and supporting me and my process!
 
Ann has truly opened my eyes to a universe of love and support.  She is determined to assist me in setting a new paradigm of grief that requires a whole lot of conscious
thought and sharing and digging deep into the shadow to find my Joy!  She definitely is on the edge and empowers me to go there also! She is one hot ticket! Her work is very valuable and has made a difference in my life!
 
I love you all and appreciate your support, prayers and encouragement 
that you continue to provide me. I have truly come to realize that my life is very rich and so full of love and people who hold me from all over this country.  Old, new and continued relationships that have been in my life and feed my soul. This grieving process has allowed me to feel your love and to step into my responsibility to myself, my family and my community!
 
I send you Ann's website and an introduction to her work in the world as a friend who
wants to have you meet an honorable woman who walks her talk....any support to Ann is a gesture that truly feeds the world.

Namaste,
Diane 

 

 


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