“We live in a provocative, evolving time that promises to impact how we live together on the planet, how we continue as a species, and how we understand ourselves in relation to a larger universe...this is the time to fully express who we are,” says Llyn Roberts.
An author, intuitive, Kagyu Buddhist seminarian, and student of the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Llyn Roberts holds a master’s degree in Tibetan Buddhist and Western psychology from Naropa University, and studied world issues at the School for International Training. She was a psychology intern with Hispanic populations in the United States and with developmentally disabled children in India, where she studied Buddhism and yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar. She also worked as a psychotherapist for the acclaimed Buddhist-inspired therapeutic community Windhorse (aka: Maitri Psychological Services) in Boulder, Colorado.
Roberts is practiced in numerous mind-body and energetic therapies, has trained extensively with Quechua Andean healers, and has been initiated into Birdpeople Yachak circles in South America and Siberia. She has been featured with John Perkins on the Wisdom Channel, in Spirit of the Shuar, Shaman’s Drum Journal, A Hundred Ways to Sunday (a shamanic CD), and has published several magazine articles. Her book, The Good Remembering: A Message for Our Times, is highlighted in the work of New York Times best-selling author, Melodie Beattie. Roberts is also author of the best-seller Shamanic Reiki: Expanded Ways of Working with Universal Life Force Energy and is currently at work on a new book, Shapeshifting: Heal and Transform Yourself and Our World With Ancient Shamanic and Modern Methods.
Llyn Roberts has conducted four 12 to 18 month apprenticeship programs, is adjunct faculty at Union Graduate School, and is the director of the nonprofit organization Dream Change, dedicated to preserving indigenous wisdom ways and to the transformation of human consciousness. She was director of Dream Change’s Gathering of Shamans and Wisdom Keepers for many years, held in cooperation with the Omega Institute.
Roberts has worked closely with Dream Change since 1997, cofacilitating trips to the Amazon and Andes and workshops in the United States with John Perkins; expanding Dream Change’s trip program to include more diverse cultures; initiating its first intensive training programs with Quechua Andean healers and with the Maya at vortex centers in Guatemala; and initiating the Dream Change/Sacred Earth Network Tuva Siberia trips. Roberts was the Dream Change magazine editor for many years, acts as Dream Change’s consulting director, and is an officer of its board. She also sits on the board of Earth Train, located in Panama. Earth Train is engaged in massive reforestation efforts, educational programs, and indigenous cultural preservation.
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