Amy Mermaid Isakov
Amy Mermaid Isakov is an eternal student of Life and an innovative dreamer, passionate about connection, spirituality, music, ritual arts, and healing. Having left the traditional education path, she has studied in-depth with shamans, bodyworkers, evolutionary thought leaders, and green builders since 2001. While working at The Shift Network, she hosted and managed all of don Oscar’s courses, while having the privilege to host and learn from many of the world’s leading mystics, dreamers, and visionaries. She also had the joy of recording the audiobook format of don Oscar’s Shamanism: Personal Quests of Communion with Nature and Creation, as well as another book published by Sacred Stories, Ancestors: Divine Remembrances of Lineage Relations and Sacred Sites by Mindahi Bastida. She is a Pachakuti Mesa Sanctioned Teacher, a certified teacher of Active Dreaming, a writer, singer, and mother — among other things — and looks forward to helping as many people as possible return to the truth of interconnection in these times of dire beauty. She regularly leads gatherings in her region and beyond, subscribing to the truth she recognizes in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching “The next buddha will be a sangha.” Amy is available for local or distance healing work and resides near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“I am beyond words thankful to have Amy as my teacher. She has made me believe in the goodness and beauty of life on a whole, deeper level. She does everything from her heart, and happily shares the knowledge she has of this lineage. Amy is truly changing this world for the highest good, through her teaching both in and out of ceremony.”
– Rachel W.
Conversation with don Oscar
Credentials
- Shamanic Practitioner since 2003
- PMT Sanctioned Teacher since 2019
- Ritualist & Ceremonialist
- Nationally Certified Massage Therapist since 2006
- Medicinal Aromatherapist since 2005
- Reiki Practitioner
- Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
- Cosmic Solution Seeker
- Dream worker in the School of Active Dreaming by Robert Moss
- Council member for the Antisuyu
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PMT Apprenticeship Trainings + Events
These trainings are done in person. Contact Amy to set up a PMT course in your area.
Wednesday Night Link-Up with Amy Mermaid & Lance Isakov
The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition: Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal
Writers Forum Contributions
Pilgrimage to Huascaran: Part 5, the Grand Finale
Walking down did have its easier aspects, and I felt some hope that I would be able to ride a horse for part of it. Going down, I could lean into gravity rather than fight it which meant that…
Pilgrimage to Huascaran: Part 4
It had been blessedly cloudy for most of the day which meant protection from the great and powerful Inti, and that the likelihood of rain was great. I suppose this is why Martín decided…
Pilgrimage to Huascaran: Part 3
Revitalized by the magic of Royal Hummingbird, I loyally followed my guides up the mountain once more. This part of the trek had us going into some new terrain.
Pilgrimage to Huascarán: Part 2
I kept thinking I would adjust, acclimate, hit a stride. I could hardly look around. I used every technique I knew to make it easier – every coping mechanism or trick I’d picked up…
Pilgrimage to Huascarán: Part 1
They say a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. What they don’t tell you is that you’ve already started.
The Mesa as an Anchor of Soul in Rough Times
“Batten down the hatches!!” She cried out in her mind. The world had gone rough and she needed help. Well, sometimes the best help to be had is in just riding out the storm — batten down your hatches and turn into the wind. The Wind had been…
Facing Compassion: A Look Inside a Weekend Death Mask Ritual
I was inspired by a non-linear, matter of fact series of events to enact a ritualized death mask ceremony. On the full moon of early November 2017, eight people came together over a weekend to do just that, and Faced Compassion. “Love and compassion are…
Ritual is a Technology
The power of the ritual is calibrated by our ability to surrender. When we do the steps, even if we have resistance, we’re letting go more. It rewires us. Ritual is a technology? Yup. Technology rewires us? Yup. There are studies that show how being…
11 Things I Learned from a Shaman that Changed My Life
I never really expected shamanism to be my path… let alone transform my relationship to life so powerfully.
