February Newsletter

Wintering, Breath & Crow Medicine

Dear Reader,

I greet you in this time of deep wintering and hope you are tending gently to your body, mind, and spirit.

We are living in a time when the veil feels thin. So much shadow—personal and collective—is rising to the surface. The news, the grief, the intensity of the world can easily destabilize us. Now more than ever, we need daily practices that nourish the energy body and strengthen our inner architecture.

In the Andes, there is a teaching called Hucha Mikuy — the digestion of heavy energy. It is the art of transforming density into wisdom. Within every challenge, even within our fear or pain, there is gold waiting to be accessed.

But transformation requires embodiment.

For 28 years, I have been devoted to biodynamic craniosacral therapy because the body is our stabilizing anchor. The body is where truth can be tested. Hand to heart or gut, we can ask:

• Does this feel coherent?
• Am I safe?
• Where is my yes? Where is my no?

To become somatically aware is to become deeply trustworthy to yourself and to life.

Simple Breath Practice for Clearing & Renewal

Here is a gentle technique to cleanse and brighten your energy field:

1. Inhale Sami (refined energy).
   Imagine drawing in bright, luminous light. Feel it ignite your energy field — your poqpo — like a lantern.
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   ​Pause at the top. Let the light touch your heart and any sensations present in your body.
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2. Long exhale.
   Release slowly to the bottom of the breath. Offer gratitude. Your breath is a gift of carbon dioxide to the trees and Earth. Nothing goes one way — this is the sacred law of Ayni (reciprocity).
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3. Repeat.
   With each inhale, grow brighter. With each exhale, allow stagnation, heaviness, or hucha to compost back to the Earth.

You may wish to:

• Inhale golden-green light of vitality.
• Exhale darker green to nourish the soil.

Let your breath become a conscious exchange throughout the day — an act of bright alchemy.

Self-Love in Motion

When we feel fatigued by grief, anger, or despair, that is precisely when we need movement and nature.

From a shamanic perspective, everything is alive. When we step out of victimhood and into relationship with Pachamama and the elements, we discover we are never alone. Every thousandth of a second, the Earth is holding us.

As my teacher Puma says:

What if everything we are meeting now is for our evolution?

Wounds to Wings

My recent Wounds to Wings class explored these teachings through breathwork and voice alchemy — blending somatic awareness with mystical expression, prayer, and transmission.

Breath is not only life. It is medicine.

Crow Medicine

On a personal note, I am in a deep process of healing old trauma. Places of shock and overwhelm that have lived in my body are finally moving.

A new companion has appeared during this time — a crow I have named Q’ichi (“Rainbow” in Quechua), honoring the hidden beauty within black feathers.

Q’ichi visits me each morning — a messenger of befriending darkness, listening deeply, and coming into relationship with the ancestors.

I invite you to watch a recent video where Q’ichi and I sing together.

February: Pachamama’s Month

In Peru, February is Pachamama’s month — a time when she is fertile and flowering. Paqos make daily offerings so she will bring abundance.

While we winter here in the north, somewhere else the Earth is in bloom. This reminds us that cycles are always turning.

I was recently honored to participate in a Pachamama ceremony hosted by Shamans Directory, where I introduced Q’ichi the crow and shared an initiation experience with Raven Radiance.

You may also wish to join for an upcoming live Shamans Directory event:

THE SPIRIT OF APU WACHUMA | LIVE ONLINE EVENT​

Exploring the Living Temple of Chavín de Huántar
​With Medicine Man Alfredo Huayta Singona
Saturday 28 February 2026

8am PST / 11am EST / 5pm CET.

I was deeply initiated with Alfredo high in the mountains of Peru, working with this revered plant teacher — offering gifts in a healing grotto and meeting the spirits of Hawk, Condor, and Fox. It is powerful heart medicine.

This event is FREE and all are welcome.
No preregistration is required.​
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​Shamans Directory Zoom Link
​Meeting ID: 391 375 8693
Passcode: 08164761

I hope to see you there.

With love and munay,

Work with Eva

I am here for you!

Come, lets walk together.

I am excited to share new tools, skills, inquiry and practices with you!

• Shamanic Mentorship
• Voice Alchemy
• Bio-Dynamic Craniosacral
• Mesa Munay (Medicine Bundle Training) sessions with me.