For over 30 years, Betsy Bergstrom has taught spirit-based mystery traditions and healing. Raised by her animist mother of Coastal Salish tradition, Betsy focuses on remembering that the world is alive and much of what we encounter in nature has a consciousness of its own. 

 

Her heritage also reaches back in to Viking Scandinavia and Clan Macdonald in Scotland and in more contemporary times into the Forest Finn or Skogfinnene tradition in Sweden. She has been lovingly encouraged by her teachers in Nordic, Swedish, Scottish, Finnish, Nepali and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, to share her insight, techniques and experiences. This is the foundation from which Spirit-Wise was launched. 

Betsy has been developing and teaching her signature practices of Psychopomp and Compassionate Depossession since the year 2000. She also pioneered the techniques of   Consciousness to Consciousness Mediumship, Curse and Thought-form Unraveling and Space Clearing, all courses for healing practitioners.

 

In later years, following ancestral threads, she has become one of the premier teachers of Norse Seidr in the United States, bringing the practice from England and Denmark. Archive courses called Völva, Vala, Norn can be found to extensively explore this topic under Recorded Courses.

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Mind-Rooms, from Swedish folkloric tradition, are adapted to modern life and support our dreams to become reality. 

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As a practicing Buddhist and student of the late Lama Tsering Norbu Wangdu Rinpoche, she is authorized to teach  Vajrayana Buddhist teachings including Chöd and  21 Taras.

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As a dedicated crafter of textiles, tassels and tablet weaving, delving into ornamental patterns from Viking age Sweden, Norway and Finland is her latest avenue of deep connection to Ancestral wisdom and lore. Fused glass is another love, allowing glass pieces of the Norns and others to embellish altars.
 

"My goal in teaching is to facilitate a connection with wisdom traditions and lore, so that these rich contributions can be adapted in the present to enrich individuals, families and communities in contemporary times.  ”

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At this time, Betsy is no longer working with individual clients, but is available t mentor her students.