This year we will explore images, stories, ceremonies, rituals and shamanic practices evoking and celebrating cycles and rhythms of time. What are our visions and emergent dreams of past, present and future? What does it take to act responsibly to benefit future generations?
Santa Sabina Retreat Center
San Rafael, California
September 1st - 3 rd
Labor Day Weekend - 2012
Referrals for Potential Presenters: Please submit names of potential presenters, with some brief info on them, and your name/contact. Submit to:




“Shamans play an important role in society today, by removing imbalances and restoring the connection between the sacred and the
secular. They continue to ritualize the process of transformation.”
Ruth-Inge Heinze
Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze passed away
July 20, 2007

The Annual Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing was founded in 1984 by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze.