Dianna M. Waters Shamanic Energy Healing, Health Coach & Massage Therapist

09/09/2026

09/01/2026

Cleaning up on an energetic level is important.
I can help..

08/30/2026

Fire ceremony with a despacho Offering to pachamama, Mother Earth) for the full moon and eclipse.
I added extra flowers to add some beauty to the world.
I thought it was really pretty.

08/23/2026

There is a difference between remembering an experience and allowing that experience to become part of who we are. We can remember a beautiful moment without changing anything about the way we live. We can also allow something we experienced to quietly influence the choices we make, the way we relate to others, and the way we see the world. This is where remembrance becomes more than memory. It becomes a way of living.

08/18/2026

Shamanic energy healing is very similar to this.
I love the way it’s written.

1. The ritual was called “Wičháŋpi Wóyute” — star feeding.

Lakota healers used it for those who lost loved ones or survived violence.

The person didn’t talk about the trauma.

They fed it.

They’d gather stones representing the pain, then carry them to a river and release them one by one while speaking the memory out loud to the water.

The final stone was kept as a reminder that grief was witnessed, not erased.

2. The practice was banned by missionaries in the 1800s as “primitive superstition.”

But in 2019, Johns Hopkins trauma researchers recreated it with PTSD patients.

They found the physical act of releasing objects while verbalizing trauma engages both hemispheres of the brain — something talk therapy alone doesn’t achieve.

Results after 6 sessions:

• PTSD symptom reduction: 73%

• Intrusive thoughts decreased by 81%

• Emotional regulation improved 6x faster than traditional therapy

3. The protocol (modern adaptation):

• Gather small objects (stones, paper, anything tangible)

• Each object represents one painful memory or feeling

• Go to a natural setting (river, ocean, forest)

• Hold each object, speak the memory out loud

• Release it physically (throw it, bury it, burn it)

• Keep one object as a witness

The act of physical release signals to the brain that the memory has been processed.

4. Therapy organizations pushed back hard.

One psychologist association called it:

“Unscientific and potentially harmful.”

But the data showed otherwise.

The modern therapy model profits from long-term treatment.

A ritual that works in 6 sessions disrupts a multi-billion-dollar industry.

5. Try it with one painful memory.

Lakota healers said:

“The wound that’s held grows.

The wound that’s released heals.”

Your brain doesn’t need endless analysis.

It needs a signal that the pain has been acknowledged and can be released.

Most people are still carrying stones from decades ago.

08/18/2026

Let’s clean it up!