One day in his laboratory, Alberto realized that his research had to get bigger instead of smaller, and that he was looking out of the wrong end of the microscope. He needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain. Many others were already studying the hardware – Alberto wanted to learn to program the mind to create psychosomatic health.

Alberto closed his lab and traveled to the Amazon – determined to learn from researchers whose vision had not been confined to the lens of a microscope, from people whose body of knowledge encompassed more than the measurable, material world that he had been taught was the ONLY reality. For more than 10 years, he trained with jungle medicine people. In healing his own soul wounds, Alberto walked the path of the wounded healer and learned to transform old pain, grief, anger, and shame into sources of strength and compassion.

He is the founder of the Four Winds Society, an organization dedicated to connecting ancient shamanic traditions with modern medicine and psychology. He is the author of more than 20 bestselling books and an international fellow of The Explorers Club.

She is the author of Awakening Your Inner Shaman and The Sacred Andean Codes, and co-author of the Mystical Shaman Oracle deck.

Born and raised in Chile, Marcela joined The Four Winds Society’s teaching team after graduating from its Light Body School in 2005. Today, she serves as the organization’s Vision Keeper.

She hosts retreats at Los Lobos Sanctuary in the mountains of Chile and teaches internationally, guiding sacred journeys that invite participants to awaken their own power, wisdom, and grace.

One day in his laboratory, Alberto realized that his research had to get bigger instead of smaller, and that he was looking out of the wrong end of the microscope. He needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain. Many others were already studying the hardware – Alberto wanted to learn to program the mind to create psychosomatic health.

Alberto closed his lab and traveled to the Amazon – determined to learn from researchers whose vision had not been confined to the lens of a microscope, from people whose body of knowledge encompassed more than the measurable, material world that he had been taught was the ONLY reality. For more than 10 years, he trained with jungle medicine people. In healing his own soul wounds, Alberto walked the path of the wounded healer and learned to transform old pain, grief, anger, and shame into sources of strength and compassion.

He is the founder of the Four Winds Society, an organization dedicated to connecting ancient shamanic traditions with modern medicine and psychology. He is the author of more than 20 bestselling books and an international fellow of The Explorers Club.

She is the author of Awakening Your Inner Shaman and The Sacred Andean Codes, and co-author of the Mystical Shaman Oracle deck.

Born and raised in Chile, Marcela joined The Four Winds Society’s teaching team after graduating from its Light Body School in 2005. Today, she serves as the organization’s Vision Keeper.

She hosts retreats at Los Lobos Sanctuary in the mountains of Chile and teaches internationally, guiding sacred journeys that invite participants to awaken their own power, wisdom, and grace.