Rachel Mann

About Rachel Mann

I provide several services to individuals and organizations drawing on the wisdom traditions of Native American spirituality, Buddhism, western shamanism and depth psychology: •Private client healing sessions using techniques and perspectives adapted from the indigenous peoples of the Amazon and Andes. •Workshops for personal growth and spiritual exploration. •Talks on the topics of violence, healing, peace, and spirituality; the new Native American spirituality and shamanism in the West; the Native American Peacekeepers and M.K. Gandhi. •A blog on healing and spirit entitled,\"Heal Fully, Live Powerfully\": http://rachelmannphd.com/blog/ In 2007, I left a long and successful career in Academia to undertake more active peacebuilding work in the world at large through founding MettaKnowledge for Peace. I also started formal training as a shamanic healer to solidify 15 years of informal study and practice. From 20••••09, I was a student in the Four Winds Society Healing the Light Body School founded by Alberto Villoldo who himself studied for 25 years with the shamans of the Amazon and Andes of Peru. I now have an active private client healing practice in Virginia. My teachers have also included Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, Chief of the Tsalagi (Cherokee ) people of the Green Mountains and the indigenous healers of the Andes in Peru.

Experience

1. Faculty

   Atlantic University

   Mar 2013 — Present · Virginia Beach, VA, US

   As a member of the faculty of Atlantic University since 2013, Rachel teaches in the MA program in Transpersonal Psychology and the MA program in Mindful Leadership. She has developed and teaches these innovative courses: Peacebuilding, Mindful Environmentalism, and Introduction to Shamanic Studies. She also taught for many years the required courses, Transpersonal Research Methods, Introduction to Transpersonal Studies, and Leading Issues in Transpersonal Psychology. She was Faculty Chair from 20••••17 and currently services as Secretary.

Education

• University of Virginia

  PhD, Slavic Folklore and Anthropology

  1986 — 1991

• University of Virginia

  M.A., Soviet Studies

  1984 — 1986

• Trinity College-Hartford

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Russian Studies

  1979 — 1983