Adina's Bio
Shamanic Apprenticeship with Jaes Seis for 3 1/2 years, 2010-2013 Madison, WI www.jaesseis.com
Jaes' own study of shamanism comes from: her personal sacred experience with Nature, studying with indigenous shamans in Chile, Bolivia and Peru., and with North American shamans. Two North American teachers who she studied with which strongly influenced Jaes' teachings were: Alberto Villoldo www.thefourwinds.com & Sandra Ingerman www.sandraingerman.com
Adina is a Mesa Carrier initiated in the Peruvian, primarily Q'ero, Inka Lineage.
Adina has received various Shamanic Rites from her teacher Jaes Seis.
Adina has done extensive work with Betsy Bergstrom in Seattle and Portland. www.betsybergstrom.com
Adina has studied with Peruvian Shaman Jose Luis Herra www.rainbowjaguar.org
Ritual Leader through Pachamama Spiritual Circle & Private Ceremonies (Iowa City)-2008-present-
Adina creates spaces for her local Iowa City community to gather together to do earth based and peruvian shamanic ritual. Sometimes these events are open to the public and sometimes they are done for private groups. She did many events at Gaia's Peace Garden. Some of the titles of past events she organized were: Creating Altars to Illuminate our Soul's Connection to the Mystery, Connecting with Your Spirit Guides, Despacho ceremony, Shamanic Journeying, Fire Ceremony, Rites, Building an Apacheta, & Grudge Releasing Ceremony.
Pilgrimage to Peru with Jaes Seis and apprenticeship group in July 2011
Adina participated in ceremony with Peruvian shamans: Puma Quispe Singona, Roberto, and Jorge; Received Pampa Mesayoq Rites from Don Francisco, Dona Juanita, and their son Ricardo (Q'ero Shamans); and visited sacred sites.
Family Pilgrimage to Peru in August 2013
Traveled down the coast following the waters of the Pacific Ocean and Lake Titicaca (Islands of Uros, Amantani, & Taquile).
Taught Classical Yoga for 10 years in Iowa City, Iowa, 1999-2010, www.theyogainstitute.org
Co-Owner of Classical Yoga Center with husband, Andrew Levitt. Adina taught all levels of yoga, in addition to Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga.
6 month Residential Yoga Teacher Training Program in INDIA at The Yoga Institute with Dr. Jayadeva and Hansaji Yogendra 1998-1999. Revisited INDIA in 2006, spent time at the The Yoga Institute and traveled visiting sacred sites.
B.A. degree in Human Development and Social Relations-graduated from Earlham College in 1996, www.earlham.edu
(an interdisciplinary degree in psychology, sociology, and anthropology)
Andrew Levitt stirred Adina's spirit awake when she met him in 1996. This began her personal spiritual journey, which has unfolded before her eyes for the last 27 years. Adina has been married to Andrew since 1999 and they have one son together. Andrew has taken the 2 1/2 year Shamanic Apprenticeship with Jaes Seis, he also facilitates group work with men.
Jaes' own study of shamanism comes from: her personal sacred experience with Nature, studying with indigenous shamans in Chile, Bolivia and Peru., and with North American shamans. Two North American teachers who she studied with which strongly influenced Jaes' teachings were: Alberto Villoldo www.thefourwinds.com & Sandra Ingerman www.sandraingerman.com
Adina is a Mesa Carrier initiated in the Peruvian, primarily Q'ero, Inka Lineage.
Adina has received various Shamanic Rites from her teacher Jaes Seis.
Adina has done extensive work with Betsy Bergstrom in Seattle and Portland. www.betsybergstrom.com
Adina has studied with Peruvian Shaman Jose Luis Herra www.rainbowjaguar.org
Ritual Leader through Pachamama Spiritual Circle & Private Ceremonies (Iowa City)-2008-present-
Adina creates spaces for her local Iowa City community to gather together to do earth based and peruvian shamanic ritual. Sometimes these events are open to the public and sometimes they are done for private groups. She did many events at Gaia's Peace Garden. Some of the titles of past events she organized were: Creating Altars to Illuminate our Soul's Connection to the Mystery, Connecting with Your Spirit Guides, Despacho ceremony, Shamanic Journeying, Fire Ceremony, Rites, Building an Apacheta, & Grudge Releasing Ceremony.
Pilgrimage to Peru with Jaes Seis and apprenticeship group in July 2011
Adina participated in ceremony with Peruvian shamans: Puma Quispe Singona, Roberto, and Jorge; Received Pampa Mesayoq Rites from Don Francisco, Dona Juanita, and their son Ricardo (Q'ero Shamans); and visited sacred sites.
Family Pilgrimage to Peru in August 2013
Traveled down the coast following the waters of the Pacific Ocean and Lake Titicaca (Islands of Uros, Amantani, & Taquile).
Taught Classical Yoga for 10 years in Iowa City, Iowa, 1999-2010, www.theyogainstitute.org
Co-Owner of Classical Yoga Center with husband, Andrew Levitt. Adina taught all levels of yoga, in addition to Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga.
6 month Residential Yoga Teacher Training Program in INDIA at The Yoga Institute with Dr. Jayadeva and Hansaji Yogendra 1998-1999. Revisited INDIA in 2006, spent time at the The Yoga Institute and traveled visiting sacred sites.
B.A. degree in Human Development and Social Relations-graduated from Earlham College in 1996, www.earlham.edu
(an interdisciplinary degree in psychology, sociology, and anthropology)
Andrew Levitt stirred Adina's spirit awake when she met him in 1996. This began her personal spiritual journey, which has unfolded before her eyes for the last 27 years. Adina has been married to Andrew since 1999 and they have one son together. Andrew has taken the 2 1/2 year Shamanic Apprenticeship with Jaes Seis, he also facilitates group work with men.
Adina and her teacher Jaes Seis