Villoldo - One spirit medicine: ancient ways to ultimate wellness

Praise for
ONE SPIRIT MEDICINE

One Spirit Medicine is the new manifesto for body and soul. The wisdom of the ancients is being newly discovered in the language of our biology. Alberto Villoldo translates advances in the science of creating health and integrates them with spiritual and life practices from shamanic traditionsthe one medicine we all need to reclaim body, mind, and soul. There is no one better to guide us on our journey toward living a light-filled, vibrant life.

Mark Hyman, M.D., author of #1 New York Times bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet, and director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine

One Spirit Medicine offers an opportunity to move beyond misperceived limitations and write new empowering stories for our lives. With authority and eloquence, Alberto Villoldo presents a paradigm-shattering synthesis of wisdom traditions and modern science that enables the reader to move from passive victim and become the master of their fate. One Spirit Medicine is a powerful and wise prescription for self-healing and an opportunity to reclaim power over your health and your destiny.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., cell biologist and best-selling author of The Biology of Belief and co-author of Spontaneous Evolution

In One Spirit Medicine Dr. Villoldo artfully weds traditional wisdom with leading-edge nutritional science, delivering a program that pushes the reset button, paving the way for health.

David Perlmutter, M.D., F.A.C.N., author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and SugarYour Brains Silent Killers

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., does a brilliant job in carefully demystifying age-old wisdom with practical cutting-edge science. One Spirit Medicine is the big answer to our health-care problems in the 21st century. This book will change your life.

Joe Dispenza, D.C., author of New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter and Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

One Spirit Medicine is a powerful blend of spiritual philosophy and scientific principles woven into the perfection of a practical formula for everyday life! Easy-to-read, yet brimming with timeless wisdom, Alberto leads us on a journey of discovery that shatters common misconceptions about us, our relationship to our body, and the world. In doing so he reminds us that the key to our healing lies in our ability to embrace ourselves, and the world, as living, conscious, and connected. Youll want to keep this book at your fingertips.

Gregg Braden, New York Times best-selling author of The Divine Matrix and Deep Truth

ALSO BY ALBERTO VILLOLDO, PH.D.

POWER UP YOUR BRAIN: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment (with David Perlmutter, M.D., F.A.C.N.)*

ILLUMINATION: The Shamans Way of Healing*

COURAGEOUS DREAMING: How Shamans Dream the World into Being*

YOGA, POWER, AND SPIRIT: Pantanjali the Shaman*

THE FOUR INSIGHTS: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers*

MENDING THE PAST AND HEALING THE FUTURE WITH SOUL RETRIEVAL*

SHAMAN, HEALER, SAGE: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas

THE REALMS OF HEALING (with Stanley Krippner)

DANCE OF THE FOUR WINDS: Secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel (with Erik Jendresen)

ISLAND OF THE SUN: Mastering the Inca Medicine Wheel (with Erik Jendresen)

THE FOUR WINDS: A Shamans Odyssey into the Amazon (with Erik Jendresen)

HEALING STATES: A Journey into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism (with Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.)

*Available from Hay House Please visit:

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Hay House UK: www.hayhouse.co.uk
Hay House South Africa: www.hayhouse.co.za
Hay House India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Copyright 2015 by Alberto Villoldo

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast Books: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover and book design: Tricia Breidenthal

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

To protect the privacy of others, certain names and details have been changed.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Villoldo, Alberto.
One spirit medicine: ancient ways to ultimate wellness / Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4019-4730-9 (hardback)
1. Spiritual healingShamanism. 2. Shamanism. 3. Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. 4. Health. I. Title.
BF1623.S63V55 2015
201.44dc23

2014039384

ISBN: 978-1-4019-4730-9

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1st edition, May 2015

Printed in the United States of America

TO ELENA ARELLANO DE VILLOLDO
AND ELENA V. CARPENTER,
MOTHER AND SISTER, WITH LOVE

Everything was going well for me. Professionally I was at the top of my game, a best-selling author with 12 books to my credit, a researcher and medical anthropologist with a Ph.D. in psychology, a teacher and healer with a following worldwide. The Light Body School and the Four Winds Society that I founded had grown exponentially: more than 5,000 students had gone through our training in energy medicine or had accompanied me on journeys to the Amazon and the Andes. And those were just the accomplishments the public could see. Close to my heart were the many inner gifts I had received on my spiritual path, including the most precious gift of all, a beloved partner who walks the path beside me.

Just when it looked as if life couldnt get any better, I was stopped in my tracks. Suddenly I was in a fight for survival that called on everything Id learned in 30 years of studying with some of the worlds most gifted healers. You see, I am also a shaman, trained in the ancient healing ways of indigenous peoples in the jungles and mountains of South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.