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Jeffrey Rich Resume and CV

Animism And Shamanism Training

Milestones

Feb 2021 Graduate of Betsy Bergstrom’s Compassionate Depossession Teacher Training II
July 2018 Mesa Masterclass with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Poma Canchi and Sacred Valley, Peru. 100 hrs
Oct 2013   Mesa Masterclass with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Poma Canchi and Sacred Valley, Peru
Mar 2014   Graduate of Betsy Bergstrom's Teacher Training I
Oct 2013   Mesa Masterclass with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Poma Canchi and Sacred Valley, Peru
Sep 2008  Graduate of Two-Week Aimist Healing Intensive, OH

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UPCOMING ...

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Training

2022-2023 Völva, Vala, Norn 2: Exploring the Norse Mysteries with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. 61 hrs
2022 Trolldom Apprenticeship with Johannes Gårdbäck. online.
Nov 2022 Manqos Ñawin Kancharichiy: Illuminating the Multidimensional Body with Tupaq Ttito Kuntur, online. 2 hrs
Oct 2022 Basic Compassionate Depossession with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 25 hrs
Sep/Oct 2022 Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 5 hrs
Sep 2022 Mediumship with the Dearly Departed with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 5 hrs
Aug 2022 Energy Hygiene II: Groups with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 5 hrs
May 2022 Mediumship with Spirits with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 5 hrs
Apr 2022 Energy Hygiene I with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 5 hrs
Jan 2022 Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 15 hrs

2021-2022 Völva, Vala, Norn: Exploring the Norse Mysteries with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. 61 hrs
2021-2022 Trolldom, Swedish Tradition and Folk Magic with Johannes Gårdbäck. online. 72 hrs
Nov/Dec 2021 Basic Compassionate Depossession with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 25 hrs
Oct 2021 Advanced Compassionate Depossession with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 25 hrs
Sep 2021 Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. online. 15 hrs
Aug 2021 Pachamaman Munaykuynin with Tupaq Ttito Kuntur, online. 22 hrs
Jul 2021 Ancestral Lineage Healing with Daniel Foor, breakout support.
Jun 2021 Compassionate Depossession I with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. 30 hrs
May 2021 Pachamaman Kutiy with Tupaq T’tito Kuntur.
May 2021 Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. 15 hrs
Apr 2021 Compassionate Depossession I with Betsy Bergstrom, assistant. 30 hrs
Apr 2021 Plant Spirit Apprenticeship with Jean Schneider. 49 hrs
Mar 2021 Kawsay Wiñay Ruway with Túpaq T'tito Kuntur. 14 hrs
Feb 2021 Betsy Bergstrom Teacher Training II part 3. 24 hrs
Feb 2021 Apukumamanta Kawsaynin 4-week series with Túpaq T'tito Kuntur. 10 hrs

Nov 2020 Betsy Bergstrom Teacher Training II part 2. 21 hrs
Aug 2020 Betsy Bergstrom Teacher Training II part 1. 21 hrs
May 2020-Jul 2020 Ancestral Lineage Healing with Daniel Foor
Jul 2020 Hampienkamayoq 8-week series with Túpaq T'tito Kuntur
Jun 2020 Pachakutiy energies with Adolfo Ttito Condori

Nov 2019-Mar 2020 Ancestral Lineage Healing with Daniel Foor
Oct 2019 Andean Mysticism with Adolfo Ttido Condori. Wisconsin
Feb 2019 Unraveling Curses and Thoughtforms with Betsy Bergstrom. 24 hrs
Aug 2019 Andean Mysticism private study with Abraham Alberto Fernandez Santa Cruz. Sacred Valley, Peru. 100 hrs
Aug 2019 Andean Mysticism with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Sacred Valley, Peru. 100 hrs

Jan 2018     Space Clearing and Harmonizing with Betsy Bergstrom. 24 hrs

Nov 2017    Andean Mysticism; Paña, Chaupi, and Lloq'e energy practices with Joan Parisi Wilcox. 18 hrs
Jun 2017     Kallpa Kamachiy and personal study with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Highlands, NC  59 hrs
May 2017    Inka Pacha with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Highlands, NC 24 hrs
Jan 2017     Deepening your connection with your True Self with Betsy Bergstrom, Seattle, WA 12 hrs

Nov 2016    Amduat with Betsy Bergstrom, Seattle, WA 24 hrs
Mar 2016    Haywariskay Sacred Offerings with Adolfo Ttito Condori, Weaverville, NC 22 hrs

Apr 2015    Hampi Misa and Misa healing techniques with Adolfo Ttito Condori, Dodgeville, WI    35 hrs
Apr 2015    Sacred Offerings with Adolfo Ttito Condori. Dodgeville, WI    35 hrs

Apr 2014    Ancestral Lines Clearing with Christina Pratt, Boulder, CO    18 hrs
Apr 2014    Actual Energy Clearing with Christina Pratt, Boulder, CO    18 hrs
Mar 2014    Compassionate Depossession Teacher Training Residential Module II with Betsy Bergstrom. Portland, OR    48 hrs

Oct 2013    Mesa Masterclass with Adolfo Tito Condori. Poma Canchi and Sacred Valley, Peru.    90+ hrs
Oct 2013    Pachamama research retreat. Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    25 hrs
Jun 2013    Compassionate Depossession Teacher Training Residential Module 1 with Betsy Bergstrom. Portland, OR    48 hrs
Apr 2013    Compassionate Depossession I/II with Betsy Bergstrom. Dodgeville, WI    44 hrs
Feb 2013    Compassionate Extraction with Valerie Nunnelly. Huntsville, AL    7 hrs

Oct 2012    Celestial Mesa Masterclass with Adolfo Tito Condori. Dodgeville, WI    44 hrs
Aug 2012   Mediumship with the Ancestors and Seiðr with Betsy Bergstrom. Dodgeville, WI    44 hrs
Jun 2012    Compassionate Depossession I with Betsy Bergstrom. Rochester, NY    21 hrs
Apr 2012    Medicine for The Earth with Valerie Nunnelly. Ohatchee, AL    6 hrs
Mar 2012    Advanced Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom. Dodgeville, WI    35 hrs
Mar 2012    Advanced Soul Retrieval with Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    33 hrs
Mar 2012    Death and Dying with Valerie Nunnelly. Huntsville, AL    14 hrs

Oct 2011     Spiritual Tool and Drum Making with Valerie Nunnelly. Huntsville, AL    18 hrs
Jun 2011     Sandra Ingerman's Soul Retrieval Part 2 with Valerie Nunnelly. Huntsville, AL     20 hrs
May 2011    Earth Mesa - East with Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    33 hrs
Apr 2011     Mediumship with Compassionate Deities and Seiðr with Betsy Bergstrom. Dodgeville, WI    44 hrs
Mar 2011     Sandra Ingerman's Soul Retrieval Part 1 with Valerie Nunnelly. Huntsville, AL.    20 hrs
Feb 2011     Earth Mesa - North with Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    33 hrs

Sep 2010    Earth Mesa - West with Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    33 hrs
Apr 2010     Earth Mesa - South with Ana Larramendi. Dodgeville, WI    33 hrs
Apr 2010     Extraction of Spiritual Intrusions with Joana Shinkara Morris. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Mar 2010    Compassionate Depossession I/II with Betsy Bergstrom. Dodgeville, WI    44 hrs
Feb 2010    Listening to the Spirit of Water with Stephen Cavitt. Elijay, GA    7 hrs

Nov 2009    Get a Life: Working with Past Lives. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Aug 2009    The Circle of the Ancestors. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Jun 2009     Opening the Shamanic Voice. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Mar 2009    The Circle of the Ancestors. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Jan 2009     Death and Dying with Dana Robinson FSS. Atlanta, GA    14 hrs

Nov 2008    Shamanic Fundamentals. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Sep 2008    Two-Week Shamanic Healing Intensive. OH    154 hrs
Jun 2008     Opening the Shamanic Voice. OH    14 hrs
Mar 2008     Shamanic Fundamentals. Huntsville, AL    13 hrs
Jan 2008     Divination with Dana Robinson, FSS. Chapel Hill, NC    14 hrs

May 2007   The Circle of the Ancestors. OH    13 hrs

Jun 2006    The Way of the Shaman with Dana Robinson, FSS. Nashville, TN    14 hrs

Sep 2005    Extraction of Spiritual Intrusions with Joana Shinkara Morris. Adairsville, GA    13 hrs
Jun 2005     Shamanic Fundamentals with Joana Shinkara Morris. Adairsville, GA    13 hrs

Systemic Constellations Training

Milestones

Jul 2021 Co-Faculty, East Coast Constellations Intensive, Highlands, NC
Oct 2017      Presenter, North American Systemic Constellations conference, Virginia Beach, VA: "Meet the Pachamama: The Mother of us All"
July 2016     Member, International Systemic Constellations Association, ISCA
Sep 2015      Certified Systemic and Family Systems Constellation Facilitator by Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD 147 hrs


Constellations Training Completed

Jun/Aug 2022 Foundations of Constellation Facilitation with Elena Veselago, online. 30 hrs
Apr 2022 MOM: The Beginning and the Solution with Elena Veselago, online. 10 hrs
Jul 2021 East Coast Constellations Intensive, Highlands, NC with Andrea Bosbach-Largent. faculty. 24 hrs
Sep 2019 Adventures with Time, Space and Fractals — Trauma and Constellations with Dr. Anngwyn St. Just, Karin Dremel, John Cheney, Susan Schlosser, and friends. Sedona, AZ. 39.5 hrs

Feb 2017     Family Constellation workshop with Anngwyn St. Just and Bill Mannle, St. Paul, MN 16 hrs

Nov 2016     Home Altar Constellations, Live Video Training 10.5 hrs
Oct 2016     Nature and Family Constellations workshop with Francesca Mason Boring, Cincinnati, OH 21 hrs
Sep 2016     Advanced Constellation Training with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD   19.5 hrs
Sep 2016     Family Constellation workshop with Camille Adair, Nashville, TN 6 hrs
Jul 2016       9th North American Constellation Intensive, CT 24.5 hrs
Apr 2016      Constellation Workshop with Stephan Hausner, NY 21 hrs

Sep 2015      Systemic Constellations 7 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
Aug 2015      Systemic Constellations 6 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
Jul 2015        Systemic Constellations 5 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
Jun 2015       Systemic Constellations 4 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
May 2015      Systemic Constellations 3 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
Apr 2015       Systemic Constellations 2 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs
Mar 2015       Systemic Constellations 1 with Francesca Mason Boring, Ashton, MD    21 hrs

Constellation Facilitation Circles

Shining Mountain Healing Center, Huntsville, AL

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2017 Monthly Constellation Circles 

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2017 Private constellations

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Living Energy Healing, Western NC

  • Jan 2018 - Constellation Circles at Ashevillage

  • Jan 2018 - 2019  Monthly Constellation Circles

  • Jan 2018 - present Private constellations

  • June 2021 -- Faculty, East Coast Constellations Intensive, Highlands, NC

  • Mar 2023 - Nature and Organizational Constellations at Earthaven EcoVillage, Asheville

  • May 2023 -- Faculty, Minnesota Center for Systemic Constellations

Massage Therapy Training And Continuing Education

Massage Therapy Training Completed

Aug 2019 Orthobionomy. Asheville, NC 7 hrs
Aug 2019 Ethics. Asheville, NC 3hrs
Jun 2019    Tendinomuscular Meridians for Fibromyalgia and Cellulite with Debbie Valentine Smith. Ellijay, GA  15 hrs
Jun 2017    Acupressure practitioner practicum with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Apr 2017    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Mar 2017    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Feb 2017    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Jan 2017    Acupressure Advanced, 2nd Immersion with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    32 hrs
Jan 2017    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs

Dec 2016    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Nov 2016    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Oct 2016    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Aug 2016    Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Jul 2016      Acupressure clinical requirement with Steven Sommers. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs

Sep 2013    How We Heal. Huntsville, AL  7 hrs

Aug 2013    Craniosacral Therapy I with Fred Stahlman, Upledger Institute. Birmingham, AL    24 hrs

Sep 2011     Massage in the Oncology Setting: A 5-Day Hospital Intensive with Gayle MacDonald. Huntsville, AL    35 hrs

Jun 2010      Acupressure Module IV, Part 2. Nashville, TN    25 hrs
Jun 2010      Acupressure Module IV, Part 1. Nashville, TN    25 hrs
Jun 2010      Acupressure clinical requirement with Pat Babin. Huntsville, AL  1.5 hrs

Sep 2009    Acupressure Master Class with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    35 hrs
Jun 2009    Acupressure Module II, Part 3 with Debbie Valentine Smith. Nashville, TN    35 hrs
Jun 2009    Acupressure clinical requirement with Debbie Valentine Smith. Nashville, TN  1.5 hrs
Apr 2009    Acupressure Module II, Part 1 with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    30 hrs

Jan 2007    Massage for People Living with Cancer with Gayle MacDonald. Huntsville, AL    22 hrs

Feb 2006   Acupressure Advanced with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    30 hrs

Nov 2005    Acupressure for the Hip and Leg with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    13 hrs
Mar 2005    Acupressure for the Head and Neck with Steve Sommers. Madison, AL    15 hrs

Apr 2004    Acupressure Intermediate with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    55 hrs

Jun 2003    Acupressure Basic with Steve Sommers. Nashville, TN    48 hrs

Dec 2002    Breath and Bodywork with Diane Richardson, Chattanooga, TN   7 hrs
Jan 2002    Indian Head Massage with Mary Ellen Barton. Huntsville, AL    7 hrs

Jun 2001    Acupressure for the Shoulders and Chest with Steve Sommers. Huntsville, AL    16 hrs
Mar 2001    Acupressure Head and Neck with Steve Sommers. Huntsville AL    16 hrs
Jan 2001    Myofascial Therapy II with Jeff Rockwell. Huntsville, AL    16 hrs

Sep 2000    Reiki II with Christine Lee and Judy Castrichini. Huntsville, AL    7 Hours
Jun 2000    Orthopedic Massage Certification with Whitney Lowe/OMERI - Academy of Clinical Massage. Siler City, NC.    70 hrs

Dec 1999    Reiki I with Christine Lee and Judy Castrichini. Huntsville, AL    15 hrs
Aug 1999    Healing Touch I with Donna Donato, Huntsville, AL.    18 hrs
Jul 1999      Myofascial Therapy I with Jeff Rockwell. Birmingham, AL    15 hrs

Dec 1998    Reiki I with Jan Walker. Huntsville, AL   15 hrs

Teaching Experience

Corporate in-house technical training

In my corporate technical career as a software developer, I created and taught training courses large and small for my professional colleagues

  • Key Communications, Huntsville, AL

  • Sirsi Corporation, Huntsville, AL


Massage Therapy

  • Healing Arts School of Massage, Huntsville, AL — teaching assistant, guest instructor

  • Madison AL School of Massage — curriculum development, instructor

  • Orthopedic Massage Associates — lectures for nursing CEUS; Touch, Caring and Cancer public courses, lectures for cancer care staff at hospitals, physicians' offices, and regional cancer care treatment center

 

Shining Mountain Healing Center, Huntsville, AL 2010 to 2017

I created and taught many Animism healing courses from my beloved studio in Huntsville, Alabama

  • Meet the Spirits: Fundamentals of Shamanic Journeying

  • Curse and Thought Form Unraveling

  • Advanced Curse and Thought Form Unraveling

  • Mediumship with Compassionate Deities

  • Seiðr, the Norse Tradition of Mysticism

  • Systemic Constellations Workshop Circles

  • Systemic Dreamwork Workshop Circles

  • Systemic Nature Constellation Workshop Circles

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Living Energy Healing, Western NC -- 2018 to present

  • Jun 2018 - Advanced Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling. Asheville, NC

  • 2020 Weekly Mediumship With Spirits Circle

  • 2021 - Plant Spirit Apprenticeship with Jean Schneider, mediumship assistant

  • 2022 - Plant Spirit Apprenticeship with Jean Schneider, mediumship assistant

  • Jan 2022 -- May 2022 Spirit of Place with Jean Schneider. Weekly online class. Co-Teacher and course co-developer​

Public Speaking
  • Lecture Demonstrations, Nursing Continuing Education programs, Huntsville, AL

  • Lecture: "Animal Powers and Other Helping Spirits" Paranormal Study Center, Huntsville, AL

  • Lecture: "Understanding Curses, Spirit Attachments and Clearings." Paranormal Study Center, Huntsville, AL

  • Lecture Demonstration: "Energies Revealed: How Systemic Constellations Show Hidden Energies and Dynamics." Paranormal Study Center, Huntsville, AL

  • Lecture Demonstration: "Shamanism and Constellations as Ceremony." Paranormal Study Center, Huntsville, AL
    "Life and Death Rituals." Hospice Family Care Annual Theology Panel Luncheon

  • "Meet the Pachamama: Mother of Us All." Lecture demonstration presentation at the 2017 North American Systemic Constellations conference, Virginia Beach, VA
     

Publications
  • 2018 "Nature Constellations: We Belong" The Knowing Field: International Constellations Journal 31 (2018): 56-60.

  • 2017 "Towards an Integration of Shamanic Healing Practices and Systemic and Family Constellations." The Knowing Field: International Constellations Journal 29 (2017): 29-33.

  • 2016 "Shamanic Healing Applications of Systemic and Family Constellations" Journal of Shamanic Practice (2016). On-line.

  • 2015 Radio interview. "Middle World Phenomena and Shamanic Techniques. ZTalk Radio October 2015

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