I found this book a real page turner and very hard to put down at any point.
Written by Wendy Taylor, author of 'Shaman in Disguise' we follow Wendy, grandmother, housewife and wife of a corporate businessman, from her life in England to the snow capped mountains of Tuva.
We travel with Wendy as she follows her heart and instincts, often having no sense of what she is doing, or why; as she searches for understanding, overcomes her misgivings and fears and allows her shamanic skills to continue revealing themselves.
We first meet Wendy as she prepares for her trip to Serbia and learn a little of her background and experiences whilst working with shamans in India and the Amazonian Rainforest.
We follow Wendy as she meets with Lynn Roberts, author, shamanic healer and intuitive, her group leader, and also the rest of her small group of travellers. We travel with them through Moscow, into Serbia and finally to Tuva where they meet with the main purpose of their journey Ai-Churek, otherwise known as Moon Heart and her fellow shamans.
This is an extremely enjoyable and readable book. Wendy is very generous in her sharing of the sometimes difficult experiences she has. Her journey is very much one of living in the moment, even though that moment may be physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually demanding and at times makes no logical sense whatsoever. It is a journey that many of her readers may find themselves recognising; one of synchronicity, signs, the need to just trust what is happening, occurrences that are hard to share with anyone else at times and an overriding belief that everything happens for a reason.
My only disappointment is that although Wendy does share 'sacred ceremonies and magical moments' as promised on the back cover of her book, these are not shared in any detail and explanations of the ceremonies and rituals are quite superficial. Also Wendy travelled to Siberia to witness shamans performing healing rituals yet we hear of none of these, in fact the only healing in the book is done by the Western shamans but again information on and explanations of even their healing rituals is scarce. At one point Lynn Roberts asks Moon Heart to perform some healing for them but this never transpires which may explain why these are omitted from the book. Personally though, I would have liked more description and information about the ceremony and ritual of Moon Heart and the other Tuva shaman but maybe I was expecting too much.
Read this book, but read it for Wendy's journey and to hear of the work of Ai-Churek - Moon Heart and the Tuva shamans but not to learn about the healing methods of the Tuva shaman.
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