Note: Jeff recently moved to Minnesota and is now providing fire talk sessions from Belle Plaine via Zoom, and in-person. He’ll be updating this website as his new programs, retreats, and seminars are created.
Meanwhile, enjoy the information here and contact Jeff if you’d like to set up a fire talk session today! His international listing can be found on www.ShamanicTeachers.org.
A fire talk is a powerful, heart-centered approach to counseling rooted in the nature-based wisdom of indigenous people worldwide. The fire talk practice is outlined in Jeff’s book, The Lost Art of Heart Navigation, and honors the ancient curanderismo healing traditions of the Americas.
We sit down together, share a simple ceremony to open the heart, and listen for what is deeply felt but not seen in your life. We sense the quiet, insistent invitations of your heart and follow those like trail markers pointing to a central question: what kind of life– or more precisely what way of being– does your heart really long to be living? Getting clear on this is the first step in the ancient path of healing and transformation called the Path of the Heart. The wisdom of our ancestors is alive and well in us, and uniquely suited to help with our biggest modern struggles from the personal to the ecological.
Needless to say, this is a completely different approach to helping than conventional counseling and psychotherapy. Because the primary goal is not to just learn coping skills, mood management techniques, or insight about past traumas. The goal is to awaken your inner jaguar, the instinctual wildness and power that lies deep in your soul. And then to start living a life that honors your authentic heart and medicine whether the people around you are cooperating or not.
If you’re ready to wake up your jaguar, find your true path, and begin walking it? Contact me.
Bright blessings,
Jeff Nixa J.D., M.Div.
What Clients Are Saying
Why did you seek out a fire talk session?
Jeff’s clients describe the fire talk experience.
How do fire talks differ from psychotherapy?
Clients compare fire talks with standard types of counseling.
What does a fire talk session cost?
Clients talk about the fees, and the easy sliding-scale option.
Fire Talks Can Help With...
… almost anything. For example, many clients bring their struggles with stress, anxiety and depression, chronic illness, or relationship problems. Some are dealing with job or career issues. Others bring struggles that can be more spiritual in nature like feeling stagnant, lost, or adrift in life. These issues can be common to any counseling process, but the fire talk approach is uncommon, deeply concerned with the soul and our vital connection with nature as a source of healing, strength, and purpose in life.
Fire talks focus on the heart. Your heart. They do not involve a church, pastor, religious program, holy book, self-help guru, or any other form of external authority the client needs to “believe in” or follow. Instead, a fire talk helps you identify your own authority, on the inside, using a relaxed conversation to explore the heart, discover your authentic self, and bring this self out of the closet to be more fully alive in the world. We draw on the time-tested healing practices of our ancestors such as vision questing, storytelling, core questions, dream work, fire ceremony, shamanic journeying, acquiring a power animal or spirit guide, soul retrieval, nature-based mindfulness practices, and more. The “medicine” is not some generic treatment plan but selected to fit your life and situation. It’s a very organic, magical, and empowering experience that draws its power from the self-healing capacity of the soul and the supportive web of life all around us.
You can e-mail me to schedule a fire talk or ask a question. More details on each of the fire talk options below.
How to Enjoy the Fire Talk Experience
We meet via Zoom teleconference. I’ll send you a link for the session and a helpful self-preparation guide prior to our gathering online. The fee for this 1.5 hour session is a sliding-scale fee from $90.-$135. Payment is made in advance via e-invoice, after which you will be sent the link for the Zoom session.