Episode Details

This episode invites you into a living memoir. Christine Marie Mason sits down with Vonetta E. Taylor (Vonetta Rain)- a revered shaman and healing expert—whose true-life memoir The Shaman’s Apprentice traces her journey from a challenging upbringing to an award winning career, through a toxic marriage and spiritual disconnection to profound remembrance of purpose.

Guided by a renowned Peruvian shaman, Vonetta steps onto a path of deep healing, ancestral reconciliation, and spiritual initiation. In this episode, she shares how apprenticeship differs from merely “studying” spirituality, what it means to live as an ongoing student of mystery, and how her work now helps others heal from disease, childhood and ancestral trauma, relationship and financial struggles, psycho-somatic disorders, and more.

This episode is an invitation to soften, to listen, and to trust that your own path of healing and purpose is already unfolding beneath your feet.

In this episode, we cover so many topics, including:

• Her new book
• The Journey of Self-Realization
• Cultural and Spiritual Awakening in Kenya
• The Difference between Studying Shamanism and Becoming an Apprentice
• The Importance of Presence and the Heart
• Black Identity
• Community and Sisterhood
• Vonetta Taylor's Current Work and Future Plans

Helpful links:

• Vonetta E. Taylor author of The Shaman's Apprentice: A Memoir, available on Amazon
• Join upcoming Retreats and Connect with Vonetta
• Vitality Reset Program
• To stay updated for the Upcoming Shamanic Practitioner Certification Course, follow @vonettaetaylor on Instagram and Facebook

Your host:

• NEW Book by Christine: The Mystic Heart of Easter: A Four-Day Journey Through Love, Death, and Rebirth. Available on Amazon
• Easter Intensive: A Holy Week Journey with Christine Mason and Elizabeth Arolyn Walsh, April 2-5, 2025
• Bhakti House Immersion with Christine Mason and Adam Bauer, with Special Guests Christopher “Hareesh” Wallis and Peter and Sarah Dawkins on May 17–27, 2026