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2025
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Name: Lola Knowles
Profession: Linguist and Psychedelics Specialist
Nature of Work: Medicine Work
Date of Work: 11th April 2025
Review:
My experience with Susan was fulfilling and meaningful. She was fully committed to ensuring I got the most out of my experience, and approrached everything holistically with thoughtfulness, kindness and total engagement with each element of the process. I found her approach made the perfect balance between professionalism and spirituality, which resulted in my total trust in her methods and advice. Her nature as a caring and earnest human being shone through in every aspect of her work.
Medicine Work
11th April 2025
My experience with Susan was fulfilling and meaningful. She was fully committed to ensuring I got the most out of my experience, and approrached everything holistically with thoughtfulness, kindness and total engagement with each element of the process. I found her approach made the perfect balance between professionalism and spirituality, which resulted in my total trust in her methods and advice. Her nature as a caring and earnest human being shone through in every aspect of her work.
Lola Knowles
Linguist and Psychedelics Specialist
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Name: Bruce Barnes
Profession: Yoga & Energy Specialist
Nature of Work: Pachakuti mesa work, medicine work, breathwork, & visionary work
Date of Work: 12/2024 to 02/2025
Review:
I was called quite serendipitously to learn as an initiate with Susan Bookman about the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, connected by none other than Don Oscar himself after following a series of synchronicities.
Our sessions were from my understanding unconventional as I already had a deep and powerful practice of chakra yoga which has illuminated the energetic nature of reality in which I live from on a moment by moment basis. Susan saw and understood this right away, adapting her teaching style to meet me where I was.
The effect of which took my intellectual and practical understanding through my yogic lenses and adapted them to encompass a very worldly yet ethereal understanding and true experience of Spirit through Andean Cosmovision.
Susan helped me to establish my Mesa and gave me all the tools I needed to explore the fractal nature of reality by connecting with each of the elements. From practical understanding, physical embodiment, energetic practices, ritual tools, all accessing Spirit itself, sessions with Susan were very comprehensive and transformational.
Her follow-up guidance and ability to recapitulate each session truly helped me to integrate the teachings, receiving the raw lightning bolt, harnessing its incredible power, and then being able to tangibly utilize this power in the here and now.
I still practice and learn about the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition continuously and I cannot thank Susan enough for assisting me to plant these seeds which continue to unfold with infinite petals of beauty, joy, and transformation.
If you’re still reading this then you too are following the synchronicities. Let your heart guide you and please give Susan a big hug from me!
Pachakuti mesa work, medicine work, breathwork, & visionary work
12/2024 to 02/2025
I was called quite serendipitously to learn as an initiate with Susan Bookman about the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, connected by none other than Don Oscar himself after following a series of synchronicities.
Our sessions were from my understanding unconventional as I already had a deep and powerful practice of chakra yoga which has illuminated the energetic nature of reality in which I live from on a moment by moment basis. Susan saw and understood this right away, adapting her teaching style to meet me where I was.
The effect of which took my intellectual and practical understanding through my yogic lenses and adapted them to encompass a very worldly yet ethereal understanding and true experience of Spirit through Andean Cosmovision.
Susan helped me to establish my Mesa and gave me all the tools I needed to explore the fractal nature of reality by connecting with each of the elements. From practical understanding, physical embodiment, energetic practices, ritual tools, all accessing Spirit itself, sessions with Susan were very comprehensive and transformational.
Her follow-up guidance and ability to recapitulate each session truly helped me to integrate the teachings, receiving the raw lightning bolt, harnessing its incredible power, and then being able to tangibly utilize this power in the here and now.
I still practice and learn about the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition continuously and I cannot thank Susan enough for assisting me to plant these seeds which continue to unfold with infinite petals of beauty, joy, and transformation.
If you’re still reading this then you too are following the synchronicities. Let your heart guide you and please give Susan a big hug from me!
Bruce Barnes
Yoga & Energy Specialist
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Name: Willow Sat Narayan
Profession: End of Lif Doula, Psilocybin Facilitator, Kundalini Yoga Teacher and more
Nature of Work: Ritual Empowerment and Embodiment
Date of Work: August 2024 to Present
Review:
My sessions with Susan have been deeply transformative—sacred experiences that have touched my heart and soul. She meets me with profound presence, multidimensional intelligence, and an unwavering commitment to the unfolding of the creative process.
Her work carries dignity and clarity, grounded in high perception and rare insight. With her, I feel truly met. I feel heard, seen, and honored in a way that is both subtle and powerful. After each session, I emerge inspired, strengthened, and more deeply connected to myself.
The impact of our work is not just emotional or intellectual—it is alchemical. What I receive through our sessions is not theoretical; it lives in me and continues to guide my life. The work we do together is life-altering.
Ritual Empowerment and Embodiment
August 2024 to Present
My sessions with Susan have been deeply transformative—sacred experiences that have touched my heart and soul. She meets me with profound presence, multidimensional intelligence, and an unwavering commitment to the unfolding of the creative process.
Her work carries dignity and clarity, grounded in high perception and rare insight. With her, I feel truly met. I feel heard, seen, and honored in a way that is both subtle and powerful. After each session, I emerge inspired, strengthened, and more deeply connected to myself.
The impact of our work is not just emotional or intellectual—it is alchemical. What I receive through our sessions is not theoretical; it lives in me and continues to guide my life. The work we do together is life-altering.
Willow Sat Narayan
End of Lif Doula, Psilocybin Facilitator, Kundalini Yoga Teacher and more
2024
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Name: Lalita Misha
Profession: Psychotherapist and Psychedelics Specialist
Nature of Work: Psychedelic Integration and Multidimensionality
Date of Work: March-May 2024
Review:
Susan is an experienced and inspired guide who is like a spider weaving a rich tapestry of words, images, symbols and knowings. You will learn much if you patiently enter her domain. I worked with Susan in March-May of 2024 online and Susan helped me create a conceptual and energetic inner structure to integrate many previously unintegrated psychedelic journeys. I appreciated that while her approach is rich in theory, it is just as much experiential and practical. I highly recommend Susan to anyone seeking personal development and spiritual growth.”
Psychedelic Integration and Multidimensionality
March-May 2024
Susan is an experienced and inspired guide who is like a spider weaving a rich tapestry of words, images, symbols and knowings. You will learn much if you patiently enter her domain. I worked with Susan in March-May of 2024 online and Susan helped me create a conceptual and energetic inner structure to integrate many previously unintegrated psychedelic journeys. I appreciated that while her approach is rich in theory, it is just as much experiential and practical. I highly recommend Susan to anyone seeking personal development and spiritual growth.”
Lalita Misha
Psychotherapist and Psychedelics Specialist
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Name: Emperatriz Alvarez Frisancho
Profession: Communications Professor
Nature of Work: Breathwork
Date of Work: May 2024, March 2025
Review:
Yo tuve tres sesiones con Susan. Acabé muy fascinada y agradecida con la experiencia de respiración que realicé contigo, querida Susan. Nunca imaginé lo provechoso que es el trabajo de respiración. El diálogo profundo contigo seguido de la técnica de respiración, me ayudó a identificar mis dificultades y enfocarme en aquellos puntos que son importantes de mi persona y mi vida en relación con mi familia. Cada vez que realicé el trabajo, me fui bastante recargada de energía, con mucha paz y mi mente clara que sabía lo que tenía que hacer.
¡Susan – tus conocimientos y sabiduría han hecho que esta experiencia sea tan magnífica! ¡Gracias!Breathwork
May 2024, March 2025
Yo tuve tres sesiones con Susan. Acabé muy fascinada y agradecida con la experiencia de respiración que realicé contigo, querida Susan. Nunca imaginé lo provechoso que es el trabajo de respiración. El diálogo profundo contigo seguido de la técnica de respiración, me ayudó a identificar mis dificultades y enfocarme en aquellos puntos que son importantes de mi persona y mi vida en relación con mi familia. Cada vez que realicé el trabajo, me fui bastante recargada de energía, con mucha paz y mi mente clara que sabía lo que tenía que hacer.
¡Susan – tus conocimientos y sabiduría han hecho que esta experiencia sea tan magnífica! ¡Gracias!Emperatriz Alvarez Frisancho
Communications Professor
2023
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Name: Thomas Harry
Profession: Licensed Psychotherapy Practitioner
Nature of Work: Medicine Work and Manifest Amulet
Date of Work: 2023
Review:
I have participated in two medicine sessions with Susan and felt very much held and supported during preparation ceremonies, during the medicine ceremony and after the session with integration practices. I felt Susan being both intimate and close yet at the same time giving the space I needed during the journey. It felt like a dance in which I could always rely on both Susan and the medicine spirit she invited and delivered. Having grown up and spent most of my life in Europe I appreciated Susan’s explanations and preparation for the Western mindset and her introduction to the more mystical indigenous aspects of the journeys I was headed towards.
Preparation and setting of intention felt like a crucial element which we did days before the ceremony in separate sessions. I did the ceremonies together with my wife and Susan guided both of us in this small group setting which I felt very grateful to be part of. She advised us on dietary prerequisites on the days preceding the session and eventually when the day of our first ceremony came, I instantly felt in good hands through Susan’s experienced ways of guiding us through the cleansing, preparing and ingesting parts. I connected with the pitch black-ness of the settings she had prepared for us and I could feel this made a big difference in terms of completely letting go of my everyday-mindset during some stages of the journey.
The journey itself was beyond words and marked one of the stepping stones of deep changes taking place in my life during the past 5 years, one of them being a career change I had felt necessary for 20 years now but only in the past 2 years it became manifest. I met some shadow parts during the journey which I felt gently introduced to by the medicine. At some points I felt scared, but always underlying there was this incredibly benevolent power of the guiding spirit that had been invited by the medicine and by Susan’s guidance and preparation.
I was touched by Susan’s availability after sessions when there were open questions or I felt I needed help or assistance. Susan, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for your support and guidance, for helping me connect with the surrounding mountains and lands of the sacred valley, for bringing me and my wife closer together during a truly magical time of our lives and for doing all of that with so much humor and often poetic expression. You clearly play a key role in a very important chapter of my life’s adventure story. I highly recommend journeying with you to anyone who is interested to explore some of the deeper and more fulfilling aspects of human existence – there will be priceless treasures.
Medicine Work and Manifest Amulet
2023
I have participated in two medicine sessions with Susan and felt very much held and supported during preparation ceremonies, during the medicine ceremony and after the session with integration practices. I felt Susan being both intimate and close yet at the same time giving the space I needed during the journey. It felt like a dance in which I could always rely on both Susan and the medicine spirit she invited and delivered. Having grown up and spent most of my life in Europe I appreciated Susan’s explanations and preparation for the Western mindset and her introduction to the more mystical indigenous aspects of the journeys I was headed towards.
Preparation and setting of intention felt like a crucial element which we did days before the ceremony in separate sessions. I did the ceremonies together with my wife and Susan guided both of us in this small group setting which I felt very grateful to be part of. She advised us on dietary prerequisites on the days preceding the session and eventually when the day of our first ceremony came, I instantly felt in good hands through Susan’s experienced ways of guiding us through the cleansing, preparing and ingesting parts. I connected with the pitch black-ness of the settings she had prepared for us and I could feel this made a big difference in terms of completely letting go of my everyday-mindset during some stages of the journey.
The journey itself was beyond words and marked one of the stepping stones of deep changes taking place in my life during the past 5 years, one of them being a career change I had felt necessary for 20 years now but only in the past 2 years it became manifest. I met some shadow parts during the journey which I felt gently introduced to by the medicine. At some points I felt scared, but always underlying there was this incredibly benevolent power of the guiding spirit that had been invited by the medicine and by Susan’s guidance and preparation.
I was touched by Susan’s availability after sessions when there were open questions or I felt I needed help or assistance. Susan, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for your support and guidance, for helping me connect with the surrounding mountains and lands of the sacred valley, for bringing me and my wife closer together during a truly magical time of our lives and for doing all of that with so much humor and often poetic expression. You clearly play a key role in a very important chapter of my life’s adventure story. I highly recommend journeying with you to anyone who is interested to explore some of the deeper and more fulfilling aspects of human existence – there will be priceless treasures.
Thomas Harry
Licensed Psychotherapy Practitioner
2020
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Name: Hiroko Moda
Profession: Breathwork Specialist
Nature of Work: Intuitive Channeling
Date of Work: August 4, 2020
Review:
Thank you for the channeling session. I went through the audio and transcript and was amazed to the depth of the knowledge that you gave me. Your words were magic to me. Whatever you told me actually showed me the vision of who I am and who I’m going to be. Let’s say you talked that my lower back pain was related to female lineage. I could identify some of the events in my family on both of my parents, ladies suffering from the intolerable treatment of patriarchy society. I was not realized my pain was related to this and your channeling gave me the right direction to look for. I already feel the energy opening. Isn’t that wonderful? Thank you again for this amazing opportunity!
Intuitive Channeling
August 4, 2020
Thank you for the channeling session. I went through the audio and transcript and was amazed to the depth of the knowledge that you gave me. Your words were magic to me. Whatever you told me actually showed me the vision of who I am and who I’m going to be. Let’s say you talked that my lower back pain was related to female lineage. I could identify some of the events in my family on both of my parents, ladies suffering from the intolerable treatment of patriarchy society. I was not realized my pain was related to this and your channeling gave me the right direction to look for. I already feel the energy opening. Isn’t that wonderful? Thank you again for this amazing opportunity!
Hiroko Moda
Breathwork Specialist
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Name: Ruba Al Ghoul
Profession: Food Entrepreneur, Conflict Resolution, Heart Healer
Nature of Work: Healing, Breath and Retreat Participant
Date of Work: April 21, 2020
Review:
There are no words that can describe my gratitude to Susan. I came to her a completely lost city girl, emotionally devastated on 3 different types of meds; and left a completely transformed human being! How she assisted me through my journey, going above and beyond, to emotionally, physically, and mentally be there for me every step of the way. I not only leave with a treasure trove of knowledge, I also left knowing that I’ve gained a mentor and a soul sister. I would trust her again with my life. 2019
Healing, Breath and Retreat Participant
April 21, 2020
There are no words that can describe my gratitude to Susan. I came to her a completely lost city girl, emotionally devastated on 3 different types of meds; and left a completely transformed human being! How she assisted me through my journey, going above and beyond, to emotionally, physically, and mentally be there for me every step of the way. I not only leave with a treasure trove of knowledge, I also left knowing that I’ve gained a mentor and a soul sister. I would trust her again with my life. 2019
Ruba Al Ghoul
Food Entrepreneur, Conflict Resolution, Heart Healer
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Name: BJ Smith
Profession: Advocate and Shamanic Practioner
Nature of Work: Mesa & Medicine Work, Private Retreat
Date of Work: September 2018, also 2020
Review:
I started studying with don Oscar Miro Quesada via the Shift Network December 2016 and the went to a live retreat in the Carolinas. After that introduction to Peruvian healing work, I knew that I needed to work with the plant medicines. From that network I was guided to Susan Bookman who just happened to have some time and worked me into her schedule. You could say it was a cosmic connection. And a powerful cosmic connection! I only had 5 days to spare. I know the internet is full of 10-14 day treks through the Amazon or over the Andes with lots of colorful flags flying, llamas nuzzling and people puking. But if you want to bypass the touristy medicine journey and get to work on healing what ails you, then you want to work with Susan. And I do mean work! When we toured sights it was to gather energy and messages and honor all that is in the Sacred Valley. When we did the plant medicine, it was in a well protected healing ceremony. When I thought there could surely be nothing left, we did a grand despacho ceremony and created a sacred manifestation amulet to support and accelerate my process of embodying all that I seek and desire in my life at this time. Yes it’s working. Oh wow, she healed me! Or as she might say – she facilitated the healing. I’m going back soon because the medicine is beautiful! My biggest takeaway was that all that is – is joyful happiness! The Buddha in technicolor neon laughing and giggling.
Mesa & Medicine Work, Private Retreat
September 2018, also 2020
I started studying with don Oscar Miro Quesada via the Shift Network December 2016 and the went to a live retreat in the Carolinas. After that introduction to Peruvian healing work, I knew that I needed to work with the plant medicines. From that network I was guided to Susan Bookman who just happened to have some time and worked me into her schedule. You could say it was a cosmic connection. And a powerful cosmic connection! I only had 5 days to spare. I know the internet is full of 10-14 day treks through the Amazon or over the Andes with lots of colorful flags flying, llamas nuzzling and people puking. But if you want to bypass the touristy medicine journey and get to work on healing what ails you, then you want to work with Susan. And I do mean work! When we toured sights it was to gather energy and messages and honor all that is in the Sacred Valley. When we did the plant medicine, it was in a well protected healing ceremony. When I thought there could surely be nothing left, we did a grand despacho ceremony and created a sacred manifestation amulet to support and accelerate my process of embodying all that I seek and desire in my life at this time. Yes it’s working. Oh wow, she healed me! Or as she might say – she facilitated the healing. I’m going back soon because the medicine is beautiful! My biggest takeaway was that all that is – is joyful happiness! The Buddha in technicolor neon laughing and giggling.
BJ Smith
Advocate and Shamanic Practioner
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Name: Victoria Hoch
Profession: Artist and Shamanic Healer & Teacher
Nature of Work: Priate Retreat Participant
Date of Work: September 2018, also 2020
Review:
I have a passion for exploring ceremony. When I have been in Susan’s presence, I have been able to learn and absorb from a most accomplished and magical medicine woman. For me, the compelling beauty of Bookman’s work is in the integration of ancient Peruvian shamanic arts with more mystical, alchemical, and yogic practices. When Susan opens the mesa and begins to pray, something subtle, powerful, and transformative occurs – something that can be felt in every cell of my body. I have seen many people create despachos before, but none have the power and light that Susan brings to this practice. She is the person I would turn to if I needed a ceremonial approach to an issue or problem. I highly recommend her work.
Priate Retreat Participant
September 2018, also 2020
I have a passion for exploring ceremony. When I have been in Susan’s presence, I have been able to learn and absorb from a most accomplished and magical medicine woman. For me, the compelling beauty of Bookman’s work is in the integration of ancient Peruvian shamanic arts with more mystical, alchemical, and yogic practices. When Susan opens the mesa and begins to pray, something subtle, powerful, and transformative occurs – something that can be felt in every cell of my body. I have seen many people create despachos before, but none have the power and light that Susan brings to this practice. She is the person I would turn to if I needed a ceremonial approach to an issue or problem. I highly recommend her work.
Victoria Hoch
Artist and Shamanic Healer & Teacher
2019
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Name: N Lynnea Burr
Profession: Medical Doctor
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: November 25, 2019
Review:
I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet and work with such a talented and spiritually guided master: just one month ago I met her for the first time and yet I am forever changed thanks to Susan’s dedication. She provides the appropriate framework on which to build one’s journey, including visiting sacred sites, communing with ancestors in guided meditations, breathwork, music healing, all done in idyllic surroundings in the Sacred Valley. One’s preparation for communing with Mother Ayahuasca takes place with the proper context to endorse a spiritual journey with deeply reverent intentions and respect for the ancestors that have graced us with this truly amazing medicine. Susan’s commitment to her training as a shaman and plant medicine teacher are evident in everything that she does; she is a deeply caring individual with much passion for her vocation and everyone she touches are tremendously affected by her gifts. Gracias Gracias Gracias Maestra!
Retreat Participant
November 25, 2019
I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet and work with such a talented and spiritually guided master: just one month ago I met her for the first time and yet I am forever changed thanks to Susan’s dedication. She provides the appropriate framework on which to build one’s journey, including visiting sacred sites, communing with ancestors in guided meditations, breathwork, music healing, all done in idyllic surroundings in the Sacred Valley. One’s preparation for communing with Mother Ayahuasca takes place with the proper context to endorse a spiritual journey with deeply reverent intentions and respect for the ancestors that have graced us with this truly amazing medicine. Susan’s commitment to her training as a shaman and plant medicine teacher are evident in everything that she does; she is a deeply caring individual with much passion for her vocation and everyone she touches are tremendously affected by her gifts. Gracias Gracias Gracias Maestra!
N Lynnea Burr
Medical Doctor
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Name: Megann Reid
Profession: Artist, Designer, Breathwork Specialist
Nature of Work: Breathwork and Intuitive Guidance
Date of Work: May to November 2019
Review:
I want to share my gratitude for the breathwork healing experiences I have been having with Susan. Yesterday I had session #3 of 6 and just worth publicly noting how amazing she is at it. I bring my most intimate confusion and life stuck-ness and how I’m coping, and she just has this way of interpreting and re-framing my struggles into something I can work with and re-gain my confidence with. Thank you so much Susan for having done the work, for having a Mary Poppins deep bag of tools to help my mind and spirit inhabit being in this life, more light, hopeful, and free.
Breathwork and Intuitive Guidance
May to November 2019
I want to share my gratitude for the breathwork healing experiences I have been having with Susan. Yesterday I had session #3 of 6 and just worth publicly noting how amazing she is at it. I bring my most intimate confusion and life stuck-ness and how I’m coping, and she just has this way of interpreting and re-framing my struggles into something I can work with and re-gain my confidence with. Thank you so much Susan for having done the work, for having a Mary Poppins deep bag of tools to help my mind and spirit inhabit being in this life, more light, hopeful, and free.
Megann Reid
Artist, Designer, Breathwork Specialist
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Name: Rox Etheridge
Profession: Communication Specialist, Multidimensionality Specialist
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: September 2019
Review:
Imagine experiencing first hand “sacred crazy medicine” in this realm. Meet Susan. I spent six transformative days with her, connecting to Sacred sites, performing rituals/ceremonies and deeply remembering self, birthright, and soul. Susan is Great medicine! I have been studying multicultural Shamanism and was guided to Susan through my connection with the PMT community. Susan supported me to experience ancient traditions and the wisdom of IAM. She provided the space for me to sit with myself (by myself} and look at my resistance. In doing so, there was limitless space to evolve. Our work with Sacred plants transformed me profoundly, and her deep knowledge of breathing techniques, despacho, and manifesto ceremony, coupled with visits to the antiquity of divine places afforded even more certainty of my purpose and connection to the great work. Susan is hilarious and thoughtful, caring and wise. Bearing witness to the world she has manifested for herself in Peru has allowed me to explore many sides of myself that I have been afraid of or felt did not have a place in this work. A reclaimed sense of humor and complete acceptance of myself as a perfect being, are the greatest gifts I received from my time with her.
Retreat Participant
September 2019
Imagine experiencing first hand “sacred crazy medicine” in this realm. Meet Susan. I spent six transformative days with her, connecting to Sacred sites, performing rituals/ceremonies and deeply remembering self, birthright, and soul. Susan is Great medicine! I have been studying multicultural Shamanism and was guided to Susan through my connection with the PMT community. Susan supported me to experience ancient traditions and the wisdom of IAM. She provided the space for me to sit with myself (by myself} and look at my resistance. In doing so, there was limitless space to evolve. Our work with Sacred plants transformed me profoundly, and her deep knowledge of breathing techniques, despacho, and manifesto ceremony, coupled with visits to the antiquity of divine places afforded even more certainty of my purpose and connection to the great work. Susan is hilarious and thoughtful, caring and wise. Bearing witness to the world she has manifested for herself in Peru has allowed me to explore many sides of myself that I have been afraid of or felt did not have a place in this work. A reclaimed sense of humor and complete acceptance of myself as a perfect being, are the greatest gifts I received from my time with her.
Rox Etheridge
Communication Specialist, Multidimensionality Specialist
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Name: Carol Miller
Profession: Writer, Artist, Teacher
Nature of Work: Rite of Passage, Manifesto Amulet Work & Breathwork
Date of Work: January 30, 2019
Review:
I spent my 60th birthday with Susan doing the Psychotronic Amulet and Manifesto Ritual followed by a shamanic breath work session. Susan was warm and welcoming and the ceremonies were profound and very healing for me. Susan is well versed in shamanic ceremonial practices and I appreciated her willingness to share her knowledge with me and her patience and stamina to stay with me in the process until it was complete. Susan is sincere but not sanctimonious, and it was an auspicious and fun way to spend my birthday in ceremony with someone with both a profound depth of knowledge and a light hearted sense of humor. 2018
Rite of Passage, Manifesto Amulet Work & Breathwork
January 30, 2019
I spent my 60th birthday with Susan doing the Psychotronic Amulet and Manifesto Ritual followed by a shamanic breath work session. Susan was warm and welcoming and the ceremonies were profound and very healing for me. Susan is well versed in shamanic ceremonial practices and I appreciated her willingness to share her knowledge with me and her patience and stamina to stay with me in the process until it was complete. Susan is sincere but not sanctimonious, and it was an auspicious and fun way to spend my birthday in ceremony with someone with both a profound depth of knowledge and a light hearted sense of humor. 2018
Carol Miller
Writer, Artist, Teacher
2018
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Name: Barbara Snow
Profession: Writer, Shamanic Teacher
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: November 2018
Review:
The spiritual journey that Susan created for my group was truly transformative. The combination of ceremonies at sacred sites like Pisac, Ollayantaytambo, Killa Rumioque, and Saqsayhuaman with breathwork and sound healing ensured that we cleared vast quantities of “hucha,” (dense, heavy energy) and replaced it with lightness, clarity and joy. Susan gave marvelous attention to details. We received snacks and waters upon arrival that refreshed and renewed us. We greatly appreciated her explanations and guidance around history and sacred activities. She made sure time was set aside to rest and to reflect to balance the intensity. She made sure we had the nourishing foods we needed to avoid allergies and sustain energy. Her greatest gift to us, however, was her spiritual awareness. Susan is an accomplished ceremonialist and an intuitive sensitive with a generous, compassionate heart. Her insights are deep and clear. Her energetic support through her Pachakuti Mesa is incredibly strong and fine-tuned. Her instincts for help and support are consistently on target and helpful in reaching new states of being. This journey was deeply transformative. I returned clear, strong, and ready for the assignments I received during the process. I look to taking other groups on similar pilgrimages and I will include Susan Bookman and her expertise as a central figure in service to our collective enlightenment.
Retreat Participant
November 2018
The spiritual journey that Susan created for my group was truly transformative. The combination of ceremonies at sacred sites like Pisac, Ollayantaytambo, Killa Rumioque, and Saqsayhuaman with breathwork and sound healing ensured that we cleared vast quantities of “hucha,” (dense, heavy energy) and replaced it with lightness, clarity and joy. Susan gave marvelous attention to details. We received snacks and waters upon arrival that refreshed and renewed us. We greatly appreciated her explanations and guidance around history and sacred activities. She made sure time was set aside to rest and to reflect to balance the intensity. She made sure we had the nourishing foods we needed to avoid allergies and sustain energy. Her greatest gift to us, however, was her spiritual awareness. Susan is an accomplished ceremonialist and an intuitive sensitive with a generous, compassionate heart. Her insights are deep and clear. Her energetic support through her Pachakuti Mesa is incredibly strong and fine-tuned. Her instincts for help and support are consistently on target and helpful in reaching new states of being. This journey was deeply transformative. I returned clear, strong, and ready for the assignments I received during the process. I look to taking other groups on similar pilgrimages and I will include Susan Bookman and her expertise as a central figure in service to our collective enlightenment.
Barbara Snow
Writer, Shamanic Teacher
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Name: Lynne Klippel
Profession: Writer, Ghostwriter, Coach
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: November 2018
Review:
Susan Bookman lead our group for a week in the Sacred Valley and created an incredible experience for us. We went far off the beaten path to scared sites, toured major points of interest with holy eyes instead of tourist vision, and held moving ceremonies daily. Our evening breath work sessions were powerful healing experiences as well. Susan is a master at logistics- every hotel, restaurant, and location was carefully chosen to meet the needs of our group. Our time was well organized and optimized. She shared her wonderful sense of humor, authentic humanness, and powerful spiritual wisdom freely. By the end of the trip, she was a friend as well as a trusted retreat leader. I lead retreats myself and know how much work goes into creating successful ones. Susan gets my highest recommendation for her skills, planning, personality, and depth. You will love working with her.
Retreat Participant
November 2018
Susan Bookman lead our group for a week in the Sacred Valley and created an incredible experience for us. We went far off the beaten path to scared sites, toured major points of interest with holy eyes instead of tourist vision, and held moving ceremonies daily. Our evening breath work sessions were powerful healing experiences as well. Susan is a master at logistics- every hotel, restaurant, and location was carefully chosen to meet the needs of our group. Our time was well organized and optimized. She shared her wonderful sense of humor, authentic humanness, and powerful spiritual wisdom freely. By the end of the trip, she was a friend as well as a trusted retreat leader. I lead retreats myself and know how much work goes into creating successful ones. Susan gets my highest recommendation for her skills, planning, personality, and depth. You will love working with her.
Lynne Klippel
Writer, Ghostwriter, Coach
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Name: Jari Holland Buck
Profession: Retired Consultant, Patient Advocate and Shamanic Practitioner
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: November 2018
Review:
I was privileged to travel Peru with two dear friends, accompanied by Susan. She served as spiritual guide, teacher and friend. We did ceremony daily and she even created a special circle to honor my beloved Boston Terrier who passed while I on this trip. Greet the day and the experience with an open heart when Susan stands in service!
Retreat Participant
November 2018
I was privileged to travel Peru with two dear friends, accompanied by Susan. She served as spiritual guide, teacher and friend. We did ceremony daily and she even created a special circle to honor my beloved Boston Terrier who passed while I on this trip. Greet the day and the experience with an open heart when Susan stands in service!
Jari Holland Buck
Retired Consultant, Patient Advocate and Shamanic Practitioner
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Name: Nicky Alice
Profession: Artist
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: April 12, 2018
Review:
I have been very cautious when receiving guidance on such an intimate level for years. When I met Susan who came highly recommended by quite a few people who have had healing experience, I knew I had a reason to be grateful. My experience could not have been better and I have a lot of gratitude to her teachings in natural and spiritual wisdom. I could not have wished for a better, more comfortable experience and I look forward to continuing or friendship for years to come as well as making plans to visit next year! What a priceless experience!
Retreat Participant
April 12, 2018
I have been very cautious when receiving guidance on such an intimate level for years. When I met Susan who came highly recommended by quite a few people who have had healing experience, I knew I had a reason to be grateful. My experience could not have been better and I have a lot of gratitude to her teachings in natural and spiritual wisdom. I could not have wished for a better, more comfortable experience and I look forward to continuing or friendship for years to come as well as making plans to visit next year! What a priceless experience!
Nicky Alice
Artist
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Name: Daniel Moler
Profession: Artist and Author
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: February 26, 2018
Review:
My wife and I experienced our honeymoon in Peru, hoping to have a sacred experience. Not one bit of our experience was stressful as Susan guided our trip through the Sacred Valley, coordinating transportation, sacred site tours, and facilitating ceremony in ways that made our trip a once-in-a-lifetime experience. She knows the people and way of life very intimately, and walking through the streets of Pisac and Lares with her are some of my most favorite memories. She is is both fun and friendly to be around, and we felt self around her the entire time. On top of that, she is an impeccable ceremonialist and healer! We completely trust Susan to be there for us on our next trip to Peru. Not only did she make the trip worth it, we got a friend out of it in the process! We love her dearly and have stayed in contact with her.
Retreat Participant
February 26, 2018
My wife and I experienced our honeymoon in Peru, hoping to have a sacred experience. Not one bit of our experience was stressful as Susan guided our trip through the Sacred Valley, coordinating transportation, sacred site tours, and facilitating ceremony in ways that made our trip a once-in-a-lifetime experience. She knows the people and way of life very intimately, and walking through the streets of Pisac and Lares with her are some of my most favorite memories. She is is both fun and friendly to be around, and we felt self around her the entire time. On top of that, she is an impeccable ceremonialist and healer! We completely trust Susan to be there for us on our next trip to Peru. Not only did she make the trip worth it, we got a friend out of it in the process! We love her dearly and have stayed in contact with her.
Daniel Moler
Artist and Author
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Name: Iris Wolovick
Profession: Mother Extraordinaire
Nature of Work: Private Healing Retreat
Date of Work: January 18, 2018
Review:
If you seek a restorative, mystical sanctuary look no further! Susan Bookman is incredible and has created a nourishing, peaceful paradise in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Hatun Rumiyoq Wasi is one of my most favorite places to be in the Sacred Valley.
Private Healing Retreat
January 18, 2018
If you seek a restorative, mystical sanctuary look no further! Susan Bookman is incredible and has created a nourishing, peaceful paradise in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Hatun Rumiyoq Wasi is one of my most favorite places to be in the Sacred Valley.
Iris Wolovick
Mother Extraordinaire
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Name: Martine Geeraert
Profession: Founder & Director of Zencare, massage therapist
Nature of Work: Family Manifesto Amulet work
Date of Work: January 12, 2018
Review:
During my planning of my trip to Peru with my 14 year old son Ethan, Don Oscar Miro-Quesada referred me to spirit sister Susan Bookman. I felt a calling to go on a soul journey for me and my son. I explained to Susan what I wanted and from the beginning her responses were quick and accurate. There was clear communication. She warmly welcomed us and we could even stay in her house. Even with the remodel going on in her house the atmosphere was serene. I felt she was well prepared for our full 3 days journey. We did a lot of work together and the presence of her cute little dogs added on in a playful way. Susan is very knowledgeable indeed and I felt a deep integrity within her, a passion for her work, respect and gratitude for her teachers. She held the space gracious for me and my son. My son opened up deeply, a treasure for me to experience this work with him. We will never forget this. Healing has happened and will go on. I bow to Susan and her spiritguides and I hope to meet again. Many blessings 🙂
Family Manifesto Amulet work
January 12, 2018
During my planning of my trip to Peru with my 14 year old son Ethan, Don Oscar Miro-Quesada referred me to spirit sister Susan Bookman. I felt a calling to go on a soul journey for me and my son. I explained to Susan what I wanted and from the beginning her responses were quick and accurate. There was clear communication. She warmly welcomed us and we could even stay in her house. Even with the remodel going on in her house the atmosphere was serene. I felt she was well prepared for our full 3 days journey. We did a lot of work together and the presence of her cute little dogs added on in a playful way. Susan is very knowledgeable indeed and I felt a deep integrity within her, a passion for her work, respect and gratitude for her teachers. She held the space gracious for me and my son. My son opened up deeply, a treasure for me to experience this work with him. We will never forget this. Healing has happened and will go on. I bow to Susan and her spiritguides and I hope to meet again. Many blessings 🙂
Martine Geeraert
Founder & Director of Zencare, massage therapist
2017
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Name: Amore St Ives
Profession: Owner & CEO at Modrn Medicin, Yoga Instructor
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: December 18, 2017
Review:
As soon as I met Susan, I was immediately comfortable with the journey that was to come. I instantly felt like I was in the presence of family under her care and so appreciative of her kind approach. She is warm, supportive, incredibly knowledgeable and patient. She was an unexpected surprise in every way and I am so grateful that she was my guide through such a healing process. Her spirit envelopes you like a loving blanket and you can feel her authentic intention emanate from her entire being.
Retreat Participant
December 18, 2017
As soon as I met Susan, I was immediately comfortable with the journey that was to come. I instantly felt like I was in the presence of family under her care and so appreciative of her kind approach. She is warm, supportive, incredibly knowledgeable and patient. She was an unexpected surprise in every way and I am so grateful that she was my guide through such a healing process. Her spirit envelopes you like a loving blanket and you can feel her authentic intention emanate from her entire being.
Amore St Ives
Owner & CEO at Modrn Medicin, Yoga Instructor
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Name: Douglas Burr
Profession: Acupunturist, Shamanic Practitioner
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: December 18, 2017
Review:
I have had the opportunity to study and work with Susan on several occasions over many years. Her knowledge and awareness of the power of plant and spirit are tremendous! I always tell anyone who is interested in communing with the plant spirit realm must do so only in a safe, loving and supported environment. There are no shortcuts in creating such a space! I have just recently been in ceremony with Susan and was extremely impressed by her abilities and commitment in creating that exact space. Her attention to detail is nothing short of Amazing!
Retreat Participant
December 18, 2017
I have had the opportunity to study and work with Susan on several occasions over many years. Her knowledge and awareness of the power of plant and spirit are tremendous! I always tell anyone who is interested in communing with the plant spirit realm must do so only in a safe, loving and supported environment. There are no shortcuts in creating such a space! I have just recently been in ceremony with Susan and was extremely impressed by her abilities and commitment in creating that exact space. Her attention to detail is nothing short of Amazing!
Douglas Burr
Acupunturist, Shamanic Practitioner
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Name: Kathy Edmondson Kieffer
Profession: Retired Nurse Practitioner
Nature of Work: Retreat Participant
Date of Work: December 20, 2017
Review:
I worked with Susan over the course of a three years, as I led medical teams into remote regions of the Andes. Susan was an active team member, supportive of the medical team, proactive in finding ways to positively impact community health and education. She was a knowledgeable resource for local supportive modalities. Susan was friendly and open to the medical team, integrated well with our group and was a valuable team member. I continue to enjoy and treasure the friendship I now share with Susan. She is a person of integrity both in word and deed.
Retreat Participant
December 20, 2017
I worked with Susan over the course of a three years, as I led medical teams into remote regions of the Andes. Susan was an active team member, supportive of the medical team, proactive in finding ways to positively impact community health and education. She was a knowledgeable resource for local supportive modalities. Susan was friendly and open to the medical team, integrated well with our group and was a valuable team member. I continue to enjoy and treasure the friendship I now share with Susan. She is a person of integrity both in word and deed.
Kathy Edmondson Kieffer
Retired Nurse Practitioner
