Be Gentle with your Heart

As I prepared for the Healing Drum Retreat, the hummingbird totem perched in the nearby cherry tree, watching and waiting for my greeting. “Hello gentle spirit”, I spiritually shared. “Give them my love”, she returned, with a warming breeze that touched my soul. . . . → Continue Reading: Be Gentle with your Heart

When You Need it the Most, Who Stands With You?

Last weekend we completed the third Healing Drum Retreat in Yelm, Washington.  It was an incredible weekend, with an amazing EFT class, drumming, drum making, medicine bag making, equinox meditation, herb information, and so much more.

This time I allowed myself all of Friday morning to take care of small, non-critical tasks before my drive to the . . . → Continue Reading: When You Need it the Most, Who Stands With You?

Making the Most of the Moment

Yesterday morning I found myself returning to my routine after a few days absence.  As usual, I was making the most of my morning, moving gracefully between writing, breakfast, and tasks around the house. One task that would not wait was refilling the preferred hummingbird feeders in my garden.  One of those feeders is the old . . . → Continue Reading: Making the Most of the Moment

Little Body, Amazing Spirit: You Do Remind Me of Who I Am

Hummingbirds are amazing.  As small as they are they are ferocious warriors, willing and able to fight for their territory.  They captivate our soul with the almost hypnotic fluttering of their wings.  Their design is amazing, and they are the only bird capable of flying backward, or stopping instantly.

Yesterday I spent the entire day on the . . . → Continue Reading: Little Body, Amazing Spirit: You Do Remind Me of Who I Am

The Healing Drum Retreat – Sept 2008

The next Healing Drum Retreat in Yelm, WA is approaching!  We begin on Friday evening, September 19, with a drum making and moccasin making workshop. This evening event is open to anyone, attendance for the full weekend is not required.  The costs vary depending on the kit you choose, from $115 to $135.  The great part . . . → Continue Reading: The Healing Drum Retreat – Sept 2008

Hide & Seek – Hummingbird Style

He sang out to me, and I looked around trying to see where he was calling from. As he rose into the air I could see, he had hidden in the small tree a few feet from me. He flew away, landing high up in a huge tree, barely within sight. “Come back”, I said. “No”, . . . → Continue Reading: Hide & Seek – Hummingbird Style

The Healing Drum- The Sound of Silence

Did you think “The Healing Drum” is all about pounding on a drum and finding a synchronized pattern, a rush of energy, a release through movement? To benefit fully from the tones arising from the drums we also need the silence in-between.

Our cultures have pulled us away from silence. We’ve filled our heads with commercials, traffic, . . . → Continue Reading: The Healing Drum- The Sound of Silence

Welcome to Hummingbird Shaman

"Welcome to Hummingbird Shaman™.
This site is dedicated to exploring our individual abilities and choices by honoring those traits in the world around us."

Author Estee Taschereau brings over 30 years of introspect and spiritual studies to guide individuals to their own light through healing sessions, workshops and writings.

"One of our greatest tools is the story. As we step outside our comfort zone and day-to-day perceptions we expand our consciousness in ways that express the depth of our soul". Hummingbird Shaman is an expression of taking that step, and seeing our world and our selves in a new light. It is only through our divinity that we Walk with Wings™"

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