This article was published in September 2021 by Roxana Melnicu in 'Femeia de Azi' magazine in romanian language. From her native Austria to Romania, the country she chose to be her home, then to America, where her soul vibrated with the memory of her ancestors, Monika kept learning. From an early adolescence passion for astrology to a mature career in business, the wind of the stars led her to where she is now, her own place for initiation and healing in...
A shaman, a medicine man or woman, a mystique, should always work for the highest good of his or her client! White magic, spirituality - as I call it, means that I work with the highest good of a person, I do not know better, my will does not create something in someone elses life. I cooperate with the spirit guides of my client to fulfill his/her mission in this life and bring balance, right relation, Ayni, into the present moment. And...
The short answer is ‘definitely not’! Shamanism is not a religion and even if religions can be very spiritual and are followed by spiritual people, religion for me talks about dogmatic principles. Spirituality should be the essence of all religions, no matter the name and no matter the principles. A shaman or a healer or a medicine man works with the 3 worlds, the lower world or our inner world, the middle world, our every day understanding of being and the upper...
I am fascinated by walking, looking ahead and seeing the path ahead unfold as I walk. Sometimes I have this feeling also when driving, especially a beautiful scenic road, not necessarily well known and especially beautiful in autumn, in a mixed forest. I have just done this the last days and it makes me so aware of all that happens in our lives. Ever so often, we take a step, no idea where it leads us to and we are not even...
About Synchronicity – we say it occurs if we are aligned to our higher purpose and in balance with the world around us. During several sessions of fascia therapy, my therapist, Gabriela Apostol and me concluded that the issues and blockages that showed up in my body are very old and it would be good to do a regression. I first did regressions 15-20 years ago with Judy Hall, and knowing that she no longer does them put me in quite...
A few days ago I was invited by a dear friend to attend a classical concert. The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at the 25th George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. I love music, but I am not attending classical concerts very often. This time it was the excellent company and Enescu’s Romanian Rapsody that took me out of the house. They started with Enescu – Isis and Stravinsky. Sounded to me very intellectual, avantardistic, a bit distant and cold....
Whether we are giving it a great importance or whether it is just only an unavoidable part of our life that we live, we are all part of communities. Very few people are really totally disconnected. I think we are made for connection and for forming communities. So we do in kindergarden, in school, in university, sports and leisure communities and in our work. We also go in and out of communities all the time. Once our children grew out of...
In my recent visits of ceremonial places in the Andes, together with a master of ceremony, a Pampamisayoq, I have learned about their deep connection with Mother Earth, about their love of live and how they show their gratefulness for all they have in their life. There is this area at lake Titicaca with the most beautiful rock formations. You start walking on a formation called the 'Puma'. It is a long reddish rock maybe 6-10 meters high and 50-60 meters...
It was shortly after my retirement when I came back from my first ‘all-alone-trip’ to Peru and I was so full of excitement, full of love and gratefulness for all that I have experienced there, that I had no intention of going anywhere but spending my time with my loved ones and integrate all that I have learned, witnessed and lived there in the Amazon and in the Andes. One or two weeks into my settling at home, came the proposal...
First time in my life that I heard about Ausangate was in 2013 during my shamanic training. As part of the same training I traveled to Peru and we visited Sacsayhuaman, a ceremonial city of the Incan rulers. During this first time there, I explored the site on my own and at some point I wanted to know where Apu Ausangate was. The weather was not very good and I could not see very far, so I started to detect...
