Luitha K. Tamaya - The Way of Change: Finding Your Power to Thrive in a Changing World.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE WAY OF CHANGE

Luitha has walked the shamans path for many years and now invites you to experience self-empowerment through The Way of Change. Overflowing with down-to-earth guidance and exercises, this book shows you not only how you can effect change in your life but also how you can grow in the process connecting to nature, learning your truth, finding your courage, and touching your sacred self. Heartfelt, compassionate, and deeply practical, Luithas book is a wonderful guide to have by your side.
Mike Williams , author of Follow the Shamans Call: An AncientPath for Modern Lives

Change is going to happen so its better to approach it with grace and welcome... and this book points the way to achieving this. Easily acessible, well written and heartful.
Nick Wood , Sacred Hoop Magazine

I loved this book it was so packed full of exercises and practical things to try it was almost too much! I loved how relatable to daily life it was and how down to earth too a very approachable introduction to some of the shaman ways.
Lea Woodward, Location Independent

The simplistic act of ceremony has been captured beautifully in The Way of Change. Reconnecting to the sacred in all things has been brought to life in this lovely book.
Julie Dollman , Shaman and owner of Ayni Shamans Shop, Author of Living Shamanism

The Way of Change

Finding Your Power to Thrive in a Changing World

Luitha K. Tamaya

Winchester, UK
Washington, USA

First published by Axis Mundi Books, 2013

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Text copyright: Luitha K. Tamaya 2012

ISBN: 978 1 84694 959 3

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CONTENTS

Preface

Why Change?

The Story of Change

The Journey of Change

Faith Being Open to Spirit

The Personal Sacred Exploring Ways to Connect

Growing a Relationship With The Sacred

Developing Trust

The Open Heart

Other Peoples Truths

The Heart of Spirit

Truth From The Fire

The Truth About Who We Are

Developing Heart Knowing

Developing Courage Through Practising Courage

Developing Discipline In Our Practice - Acts of Power

Courage Through Knowledge

Working With Courage In Daily Life

Fundamental Vision Practices

Seeing Joyfully and Freely

Applying Vision In Our Lives

Letting Go

Thriving In Change

Recommended Practices

References

Further Reading

About the Author

Preface

I wrote this book because I believe in the power of change, and in our power to dance through the transformations of our lives with grace and vision. Change is a two-way gift; it allows us to learn about and practice our deepest, most empowering, healed natures and then gives us the opportunities to re-create the world how wed really like it to be, every single day.

Ive personally experienced huge amounts of change, both beautiful and painful, over the years of my shamanic training as well as before I began walking this path, ranging from divorce, chronic illness and homelessness, to close encounters with death and the miracle of healing through the grace of Spirit. Each and every change that Ive ever encountered has taught me something; each wonderful gift from each wonderful transition has become, in the traditional way of the shaman, my medicine the power that I bring to the world.

But change and its gifts arent just for medicine people and healers we can all work with and benefit from the power of change in our lives. After all, we all have to live with change on a daily basis, so we all know it very well and have plenty of chances to discover its medicine!

This book is offered as a map for how we can all work with change, and it includes the various powerful practices that Ive used when dealing with change, both as a shaman and simply as a human being who lives in a constantly changing world.

The practices can be used by anyone, and Ive made them as accessible and open to interpretation as possible without losing their power, because I believe that everyone has a unique and equally valuable approach to their own personal growth, healing and relationship with the Sacred.

Working with that uniqueness is what makes spiritual paths both so challenging and so valuable, and I encourage everyone who reads this book to honour it within them as they work through the practices.

This book would never have been written without the web of support and encouragement woven by my guides, teachers and most especially my husband; thank you all for teaching me everyday about the power that lives within us all, and for walking this path beside me.

And thank you too, for having the courage and vision to look at change in a new way. May we all learn to thrive in this changing world, and, so doing, to dream it anew together each and every day, more and more beautifully.

Blessings on your journey with this book,

Luitha Tamaya

email:

www.lktamaya.co.uk

Section One:

All About Change

Those who give themselves to Wakan-Tanka discover that every winter of life is followed by spring.

Fools Crow

Why Change?

Change is the process of transformation from one state to another. The movement of the sun from the East to the West each day is a process of change of transformation from one position to another. Journeys are all processes of change; we begin in one state or place, and end in another: change is the transition between those two states.

So when we think about it, life is, essentially, a process of constant change; from birth to adulthood to death. Every day that we live, we are engaged in this process of living transformation, as well as many, many other transitions, journeys, processes and changes.

We are surrounded by change every day. The sun comes up and then falls, our children learn and grow, our bodies age, our minds experience new things and so mature. Our societies change their structures, their governments and their values. Countries rise and fall in prosperity and peace. The seasons cycle, the weather is forever moving and our ecosystems shift, adapt and even sometimes collapse. The years turn, people are born and die, and even our roles, beliefs and relationships end. The very act of breathing is itself a process of change - we are beings of change by our very nature.