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Our emotions make our world
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Welcome to the "Inner Circle" newsletter here at the Alaska Ulfhednar. Each week we will recap this week's releases on social media, blogs, and television programs. In addition, we'll bring you the individual "rune readings" published daily. So be sure to keep us out of your junk mail folder as we bring you a message of peace and love
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Do you feel yourself called by your ancestors?
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| There are many messages the gods, as well as our ancestors, wish to impart upon us in our daily lives, and really want to help us be the best version of ourselves we can be. It is through his interactions with the spiritual realm that our Shaman is capable of bringing these messages to the physical plane of existence for us, as well as teaching us to discover the source within ourselves. With a proud Norse ancestry he is able to relay these messages in ways that we can understand in our every day lives. It does not matter what religious practice you subscribe to, or how long you have studied, his words can provide wisdom and guidance for all who come here with an open mind, and an open heart. |
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As our audience grows, so too does the distribution of a message that some really need to hear. So please take a moment to click on one of the many platforms below and help promote the message of a better mental health.
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Far North Tinctures
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If you are looking for natural remedies for almost any condition, be sure to check out Far North Tinctures. Located here in Alaska, they offer a huge selection of natural remedies of essential oils, salves, and potions.
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Our Online and Television Productions
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This week on "Whispers"
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Whispers of the Norse airs each Monday evening at 7:30pm (Alaska time) and present a in-depth discussion between our host "the Alaska Ulfhednar" and his grandfathers regarding some facet of our spiritual understanding and its implications on our everyday mental health. With a forward facing trajectory, the show offers us insight as to utilizing our spiritual connections to obtain or maintain our mental health:
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Monday Nights
7:00pm (AKT) 11:00pm (EST)
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Release of our show Kveda
"The Gathering"
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Kveda is the show where our Shaman sits down with other practitioners throughout the world. Ranging anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Our guests offer a different perspective on the energy received to help us better understand our path through our lives.
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Periodically we will introduce new practitioners who can provide a different perspective on achieving our mental health through a concentrated effort in understanding who we are.
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All Shows will be released on New Reality TV
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This week's release on Kveda.
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To Support our Shows and Message
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To add your financial support for the show and its message, please use the links below:
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"Live" morning Shows
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Each weekday morning the Shaman takes to the airways to broadcast illumination about our physical journey. He speaks of understanding the energies around us to better manage these influences to live happier, more peaceful lives.
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This week on Belysning
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| "Belysning" airs LIVE each weekday morning on many different platforms across the internet. Offering bits of intellect and wisdom to help us focus our energies for each day toward our destiny of enlightenment. Be sure to dial in with us each weekday morning at 7am (Alaska time) for our morning "Ancestral Illumination". |
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7a (AK)/11a (EST)
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Belysning is also available on "AUDIO ONLY" format on all your major podcast providers.
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S2E198 - The North Wind of Njörðr
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Njörðr, lord of sea‑roads and harbors, sends the north wind to clear stale air from the heart. This is an episode for those suffocating under cluttered thoughts and decision fatigue. When every choice feels heavy and every room crowded, the north wind offers a salt‑bright reset.
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First, open a window—literally. Stand there and breathe five slow cycles, imagining cold, briny air rinsing the mind. Say, “Fair wind, fair tide.”
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Second, choose one corner of your life to declutter in twenty minutes: a bag, an inbox folder, a shelf. Set a bell or timer. Move like wind—swift, impersonal, grateful. Keep, release, or set to voyage (donate). Decision fatigue eases when choices are simplified by ritual pace.
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Third, write a brief harbor log with three lines: Weather (mood), Draft (what weighs you), Bearing (the next small heading). Keep it to ten words each. The mind steadies when it has a heading, not a map.
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Fourth, walk if you can beside water or, if not, pour a bowl and watch the surface. Whisper to the restlessness: “You want movement; I’ll give you direction.”
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Fifth, appoint two wind‑days each week to repeat the twenty‑minute clearing and the three‑line log. Frequency matters more than force. Njörðr favors sailors who keep their kit tidy and their eyes on the horizon.
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When shame about old messes rises, remember: ports exist because storms happen. You are allowed refuge, repair, and relaunch. The north wind’s purpose is not to scold but to carry you out where the stars can be seen again.
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Let the wind clear a lane through your week. Lightness returns not by magic but by brisk, kind movement—choice by choice, draft by draft, toward open water.
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#akulfhednar, #ulfhednar, #norse, #shaman, #alaska, #belysning, #oldways, #rune, #seasonalritual, #burnoutrecovery, #rhythm, #harvest
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S2E197 - The Ancestors’ Trail
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There is a path that begins in the soles of your feet and runs backward through time. The ancestors’ trail is not nostalgia; it is a medicine against loneliness and drift. In an age of glowing rooms and scrolling faces, many feel untethered—no clan, no kitchen table, no shoulder to lean on. Tonight we walk the trail to remember we are not self‑invented.
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First, choose one kitchen memory—smell of bread, a song, a phrase an elder said. Write it down. If no memory comes, borrow one from the land you stand on: the river’s patience, the mountain’s spine. An ancestor can be a person, a place, a craft well kept.
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Second, make a small altar with three simple things: a bowl of water, a piece of bread or salt, and a photo or symbol. Speak aloud the names you know. For those unknown, say, “To the kindly ones who carried me here.” Pour a little water; break a little bread. Reciprocity opens the trail.
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Third, practice the kin‑breath: inhale four, hold two, exhale four, hold two, as though you were walking and pausing to listen. On the exhale, whisper, “With me.” The body learns presence by rhythm.
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Fourth, extend your line forward. Who receives your care tomorrow—child, neighbor, passerby, your own future self? Do one small act that the elders would recognize as good: mend, share, sing, sweep. Belonging is a verb.
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When grief for what was broken rises, sit with it. Place your palm on your back where a hand might rest. Say, “I am arrived.” Loneliness loosens when contact is imagined and then enacted.
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For nine days, return to the altar for one minute. Add a name as it comes. The trail brightens with each step. You do not walk alone; you are the latest bead on a long cord, shining because others held the thread.
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#akulfhednar, #ulfhednar, #norse, #shaman, #alaska, #belysning, #oldways, #rune, #seasonalritual, #burnoutrecovery, #rhythm, #harvest
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Who Are My Ancestors, Really?
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Blood carries one history; breath carries another. Many of us come from mixed lines, torn archives, or stories spoken in whispers. When the papers fail, the land and the virtues still speak. Your ancestors are those whose love and labor made your being possible—and also those whose ways you choose to continue with integrity.
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Begin with the known names, however few. Light a candle and speak them aloud. If there are gaps, say, “For those I do not know, I honor you.” Place a bowl of water and a small piece of bread or fruit; these are common languages across many traditions. Offer a single sentence of gratitude for the gift of life that reached you through imperfect hands.
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Now listen for lineage through qualities, not only surnames. Who taught courage in your line? Who carried the work quietly, mended what was torn, fed the children first? Write three virtues you wish to inherit—truth-telling, hospitality, steadfastness—and make them your chosen ancestry. When you practice a virtue on purpose, you join the river of those who lived it before you.
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For mixed heritage, hold the strands without forcing them to blend. You are not required to flatten difference to belong. Learn enough of each line to be respectful: how they prayed, how they greeted the day, how they marked grief and joy. Ask living elders for stories, not proofs. A true story is a map; a proof is a fence.
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Where harm exists in your line, do not carry it forward. Name it. Choose repair where repair is possible and boundary where it is not. Light another candle and say, “What began in pain ends in my hands.” Then act: apologize, donate, volunteer, or change a habit that repeats the wound. This is lineage work also.
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At the end, take your bowl of water to the threshold. Pour a little outside with thanks to the old ones and a little inside with thanks to the living. Stand between and feel the currents meet within you. You are not a broken branch; you are a graft that can bear good fruit.
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#akulfhednar, #ulfhednar, #norse, #shaman, #alaska, #belysning, #oldways, #rune, #seasonalritual, #burnoutrecovery, #rhythm, #harvest
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S2E196 - The Autumn Rune of Jera
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Jera, the harvest rune, turns like two sickles chasing each other across the year. In autumn it teaches the weary heart what our hurried age forgets: growth ripens by seasons, not by panic. This episode gathers those who feel behind—burned out, scrolling through other people’s milestones, measuring worth by speed. Jera offers a steadier calendar.
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Begin by naming your field. What are you cultivating—sobriety, trust, a skill, a home? Write it at the top of a page. Beneath it, draw the Jera rune: two hooked crescents revolving. Mark four quarters around it—sow, tend, reap, rest. Place your current life in its rightful quarter. If it is sowing time, stop demanding harvest. If it is resting time, stop calling yourself lazy. Rhythm is medicine.
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Next, choose one sowing act (fifteen minutes), one tending act (maintenance you avoid), and one resting act (recovery that isn’t a screen). Stack them like a small braid each day for two weeks. Jera works by humble repetition. Burnout eases when effort is braided with rest.
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Go outside and collect three autumn things: a leaf, a seed, a remnant stalk. Name them “what I’m releasing,” “what I’m planting,” and “what still sustains me.” Set them where you’ll see them. Let the room keep time with the land.
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When envy rises—an old thief—touch the rune and say, “Their field is not my weather.” We do not harvest at the same hour or under the same sky. Jera is justice by seasons: each gets a turn.
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Finally, close the day with the harvest breath: inhale for count of five, exhale for five, nine cycles, while listing what was sown, tended, reaped, and how you rested. You will notice: even quiet days offer grain if you look for it.
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The autumn rune does not hurry you; it dignifies you. You are not late. You are ripening. Trust the wheel, and let the season teach you when to place your hands on the plow and when to set it down.
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#akulfhednar, #ulfhednar, #norse, #shaman, #alaska, #belysning, #oldways, #rune, #seasonalritual, #burnoutrecovery, #rhythm, #harvest
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S2E195 - The Secrets of Hel
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In the old north, Hel is not a villain but a keeper of thresholds—the quiet hand that steadies us when we meet what cannot be changed. Tonight we walk her road to face a modern affliction: the dread of endings—breakups, lost work, illness, the slow wintering of a dream. Anxiety urges flight from the dark. Hel teaches us to sit with it until our eyes adjust.
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First, name what is ending. Speak it without embroidery or apology. The ancients knew an unnamed thing becomes a noisy ghost. Say it plainly: this chapter is closed; this person is gone; this version of me is finished. Feel how the breath loosens as truth lands.
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Second, practice the Hel-breath: in through the nose for four heartbeats, out through the mouth for six, as if fogging winter air. On the long exhale, picture frost clarifying a windowpane. The extended out-breath signals safety; the body learns the ground will hold.
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Third, light a small candle and ask three questions Hel loves:
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1) What is truly dead and deserves burial?
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2) What is only sleeping and needs time?
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3) What is trying to be born from this ending?
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Write the answers without judgment. Grief and growth are siblings; both sit at Hel’s table.
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Fourth, take a threshold walk. Find a doorway, a bridge, the line where stone meets water. Step across and back three times, naming what you leave and what you carry. Ritual gives the nervous system markers; the body believes what the feet rehearse.
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When memory rises like cold fog, place one hand on chest and one on belly—the Hel-rope that anchors breath to heartbeat. Whisper, “I can be with this.” Shame loses power when met with companionship. You are not alone; ancestors who survived harsher winters keep pace beside you.
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Finally, make a covenant: for nine nights, tend one small living thing—water a plant, clear a drawer, write a letter you do not send. Hel honors those who feed life while grieving the dead. Anxiety starves when life is nourished in steady, faithful portions.
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The secret of Hel is not morbid but merciful. Endings are doors. Sit in the dim long enough, and you’ll notice: the dark is fertile, and your eyes remember how to see.
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#akulfhednar, #ulfhednar, #norse, #shaman, #alaska, #belysning, #oldways, #mythicpractice, #nervoussystem, #ritual, #mindfulbreath, #resilience
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Norse Imports
A super great collection of information about the Norse culture and its magical properties. In addition these awesome folks offer some products that make the perfect symbol of allegiance to the “old ways” of the Norse people. A wonderful resources for those individuals who have Norse blood running through their veins to connect to their ancestry.
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"Sporgsmal"
Sporgsmal airs each Wedneday evenings at 6:30pm (Alaska time) and offers a live answer to one of the many questions received here at the Alaska Ulfhednar. As part of our ongoing effort to enlighten as many as we can to initiate their own spiritual journey toward their understanding and implementation. These shows provide a live answer to a question that you may have.
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Wednesday Evenings
6:30p (AK)/10:30p (EST)
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Have a Question about your spiritual journey?
Is there something that you don't understand, or just want more information about? Feel free to reach out to us here at the Alaska Ulfhednar and we'll get your question to the Shaman who can probably answer it. In addition, if the Shaman decides to make a show out of your question, we'll send you a free support T-shirt as our thanks. So all you have to lose is that dark energy around your mind. Reach out at
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Mountain Rose Herbs
Without compare, the finest collection of herbs and essential oils on the planet. Browse through hundreds of plants, ground into its essentials, or powder. Perfect for creating your own spells, potions, ointments, or just adding them to your favorite dishes. Every purchase using the link below provides a small contribution to us.
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This week's Rune Reading
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The reading of the Nordic "Elder Futhark" runes of early Scandinavia requires an intuitive ability unlike "fortune telling". The runes display a connection from the deity by reminding us of our past lessons, as well as those influences of our present. This information is then used to make informed decisions about moving into our future. For this castings, we will use the "four winds" layout which demonstrate that which has, and will influence our trajectory moving forward.
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Danish Vintage Cottage
A wonderful collection of items from Denmark to add beauty to any home or office. Whether it be the many items from the kitchen, or decor around your home, you will find something that brings the essence of Denmark to your home. Check out her amazing collection.
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Personal Notes
| As the Shaman visits many different people in many different areas of the world, his spiritual guides offer him wisdom and insight along the way, here is where we note these tidbits for our further enlightenment. |
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Time Nomads
A wonderful collection of items for those who follow the pagan traditions. Many different hand made items, in addition to printed shirts and other items that can display our belief in these ancient traditions and understandings.
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This week's Questions to the Shaman
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