Healing Seekers

By Tina  Firesheets | Staff Writer - Greensboro News & Record
Sunday, Mar. 9, 2008 3:00 am

The shaman started the ceremony with a blessing.

Reciting a prayer in his Andean dialect, he made the sign of the cross with his hand. Thomasville native Amy Greeson stood before him, unafraid. She traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and below the equator for this experience.

The shaman placed rose petals into the palm of his hand, then mixed them with oil. He dipped his index finger into the mixture, then made the sign of the cross on her forehead.

Finally, he blew smoke from a cigarette several times into the crown of Greeson's head. Some call this area the "crown chakra," and it's believed to be the body's energy center.

Healing Seekers is a Web and TV expedition series devoted to the exploration of health and healing traditions around the globe.

In the face of rapidly diminishing pristine rainforests and threatened remote villages and indigenous cultures, join our host Amy Greeson as she races to uncover the medicinal benefits of new plant and wildlife species, and to save the forgotten wisdom of centuries-old traditions that my hold the key to new treatments and cures.

Please visit the Healing Seekers site often as we continue to add more video, fascinating facts, fun games and educational resources. 

Watch for us soon on a TV station near you!