I am a therapist, workshop leader, and the author of several books on personal development, healing, and shamanism, including Love's Simple Truths: Meditations on Rumi and the Path of the heart, Plant Spirit Shamanism, Darkness Visible, The Way of The Lover, and The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja: Mastering the Four Gates to Freedom. I also run trips overseas to work with the shamans and indigenous healers of many traditions, including medicine journeys to the beautiful Peruvian Rainforest. You can find information on some of these here: http://www.thefourgates.com/sacred.html#magicearth