by Swati Mishra | Aug 7, 2026 | Shamanism
I have been having pain in my left hand. It has been so bad that I have not been able to grab anything. A cup. A doorknob. My own hair, some mornings. And to make it worse, it is my left hand — my dominant hand. The one I actually need. I went looking for the obvious...
by Swati Mishra | Jul 26, 2026 | Shamanism
Is the Mind Seeking Safety, or Something Else? I have been observing for the past few days that my mind is all over the place and I am not able to fall into the rhythm of the day. When we live like this, our days become erratic. The mind keeps throwing out...
by Swati Mishra | Jul 20, 2026 | Shamanism
Befriending the Body For a long time, I couldn’t understand what it meant to get comfortable in this physical body. I think many of us can’t. Especially those of us drawn to spiritual work, to healing, to the unseen. Getting comfortable here — in the body,...
by Swati Mishra | Jul 13, 2026 | Shamanism
There is an old story I keep returning to. The Kasturi Mrig — the musk deer — carries within its own body a gland that produces one of the most exquisite fragrances — musk. Rare, intoxicating, unlike anything else. And it spends its entire life running everywhere to...
by Swati Mishra | Jul 6, 2026 | Shamanism
Of all the tools we came with, the mind is the loudest. It is also the most misunderstood. We spend so much energy fighting it. Trying to silence it, override it, outrun it. We sit in meditation, hoping it will finally go quiet. We make decisions and then spend...
by Swati Mishra | Jun 29, 2026 | Shamanism
This morning, waking up and looking at these beautiful flowers, only one thought kept running quietly in the background. What made us take this life? And how is it that people going through the exact same situation can have such a completely different approach to it?...
