Malin Wind Disse

Wind Malin Disse was born in Berlin, Germany. His mother is German, and his father Swiss. From the age of 4 years old, he has been living in Ecuador with the exception of a few years in Switzerland and Germany, where he has been living over the past 2 years to study about the German politics of integration of migrants. He loves extreme sports and once came third in Europe in downhill skiing. In October he will start to run a vacation camp of “Yoga, Surf and Shamanism” in Mompiche, one of the nicest beaches of Ecuador. Wind's path as an anthropologist, artist, and 500-hour certified Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance International yoga teacher lead him to be seen as a cultural mediator; a bridge between worlds. Due to his deep interest in shamanism, he has contacted many shamans of the Amazon and Andean region of Ecuador, and worked with them to understand their traditions. In 2009 Wind was invited to learn more about the shamanic tradition of the Cofán- A’i socio-culture and ended up being accepted as an apprentice by the shaman Don Avelino Quenama. Wind's thesis as an anthropologist was on Orality, practices, and symbols o, the A´i shamanism, including the relation with visionary plants. Don Avelino gave him the authorization to do his own ceremonies with this medicine and share his knowledge. Since then, Wind Malin Disse has attended and guided many shamanic ceremonies in order to keep on learning and help others to enter into a shamanic state of consciousness that allows shamanic healing.