About the book: 2010 / Alberto Villoldo is a Ph.D., author of many best-selling books, psychologist and medical anthropologist. For over 25 years he has been teaching various practices of shamanism. A keen skier, traveler and climber, he is the organizer and leader of annual expeditions to the Amazon Valley and the peaks of the Andes in order to gain knowledge from the wise spiritual teachers of America. The author conveys to readers the knowledge of the shamans of Latin America - the current Guardians of the Earth. He explains that all our life problems are associated with the stereotypes of our thinking and behavior, which are laid down in childhood. Only by realizing your true deepest desires, by discovering limiting thoughts and statements, can you take the path leading to the realization of your deepest dreams. To dream and realize your desires, you need courage! Courage at all levels of our consciousness - eagle, hummingbird, jaguar and snake. The book provides meditation exercises through which you can gradually free yourself from inner constraint and uncertainty. You just have to allow yourself to believe in your own strength! The book is intended for everyone who would like to understand their true desires and dreams in order to go through life in their own way, relying on the thousand-year experience of shamanism, interpreted from the point of view of modern psychological science.