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Kymberlee Ruff
tecpaocelotl:
We know she's a fraud, but Coast to Coast has posting an update about her on their facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/coasttocoastam
Pono Aloha:
Coast to Coast has the occasional good guest, but is mostly home of the frauds IMHO.
educatedindian:
Here's what we have on her before.
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1760.msg14253#msg14253
She also claims...
http://www.thegroundcrew.com/hopi_tibetan_prophecies.htm
She's also interfered in Hopi internal affairs, asking the feds to stop or overturn a tribal election.
http://0163efd.netsolhost.com/hopi_tibetan/2011/011811.html
And uses her claims to sell her services as a psychotherapist.
http://www.kymberleeruff.com/
Note she claims to have studied under "many" elders as well as an aborginal shaman. Conveniently, none named.
For someone claiming to have a serious message, she chooses the least serious and credible sites to go on. Not just Coast to Voast but also UFO and paranormal sites.
http://paranormalradionetwork.org/2011/06/18/voice-of-the-people--guest--author-kymberlee-ruff-and-aaron-joseph-of-the-vairotsana-foundation.aspx
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DiscerningAngels/message/42453?var=1
Appearing alongside numerous frauds and dubious people exploiting the 2012 nonsense.
http://www.transformingthrough2012.com/featured-authors.html
Also working with a number of frauds, Maria Naylin and Woody Vaspra, and an alleged psychic Michael Temura.
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http://www.michaeltamura.com/recent_news.htm
this past February: I was asked to meet with several key people at the Third Mesa in Hotevilla, Arizona who were to bring forth to the world some of the ancient prophecies, wisdom and the ways of healing and living that is needed for humanity and the earth at this time. Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma, the Keeper of the Sacred Tablets of the Fire Clan and Hopi Prophecy Holder, had been a life-long mentor in spirit (and now in the body) to our friend Kymberlee Ruff (who is part Cherokee by ancestry, grew up in Hawaii and was recently made an honorary Hopi Elder by Grandfather) and announced to her that the time has come to share some of the real prophecies with the world. The weekend had been destined for Kymberlee, her two sons, Joe and Jesse (wise souls reincarnated still in young bodies), 13th Generation Apache Quero Diiyin, Maria Yraceburu (who led a pilgrimage of 24 people to this gathering) and Elizabeth Ann Hinn, founder of the White Rose Foundation (and a carrier of one of the mantles of the Hopi Grandfathers) to come together as the "Three Sisters" who would carry the sacred work and wisdom to the world. Although, Elizabeth was called away on urgent family matters and could not be there in the physical, her presence was deeply felt. Another friend of ours, filmmaker Kent Romney, was also invited for the purpose of filming the gathering and revelations of the Second Prophecy Rock. Where the well-known First Hopi Prophecy Rock showed the choice of paths that humanity could take that leads either to nuclear devastation or to peace, the Second Prophecy Rock offers the way should we choose the path to peace. It tells of Shambala and the way we may learn to reach that space. And as Providence would have it, a good friend of Grandfather Martin, Woody Vaspra, Hawaiian Elder and President of the World Council of Indigenous Elders was there to meet with us as well.
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Ruff is also a ceremony seller in workshops with Naylin, and claimed to be a shaman and carrier.
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http://realityshifters.com/pages/archives/may08.html
Celebrating Turtle Island Womyn & Girls Healing Retreat
22 - 26 October 2008
Oakland, CA
This five-day workshop will provide the participants with the practical knowledge, tools and rites of passage for claiming power to heal themselves and others. Students will learn how to: Access, accummulate and direct power, Work with Spirit Guides that co-create our lives, Find and work with the aspects of self that mold reality, Use the secret of time for healing, Be initiated into the ancient sisterhood of earth, and Use daily practices that intensify spiritual growth. This retreat will be led by Quero Apache guardian Maria Yraceburu, Gypsy shaman Lynda Yraceburu, Hawaiian Huna priestess Leilani Birely, author shamans and wise women Mellissa Seaman and Cynthia Sue Larson, and Cherokee shaman and psychotherapist Kymberlee Ruff MFT, who is Carrier of the Hopi/Tibetan Prophecy. http://www.yraceburu.org/Celebrating_Turtle_Island.html
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That, plus using her false claims to get work as a therapist, is enough to move her to Frauds.
nemesis:
--- Quote from: educatedindian on January 31, 2012, 07:47:17 pm ---
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Ruff is also a ceremony seller in workshops with Naylin, and claimed to be a shaman and carrier.
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http://realityshifters.com/pages/archives/may08.html
Celebrating Turtle Island Womyn & Girls Healing Retreat
22 - 26 October 2008
Oakland, CA
This five-day workshop will provide the participants with the practical knowledge, tools and rites of passage for claiming power to heal themselves and others. Students will learn how to: Access, accummulate and direct power, Work with Spirit Guides that co-create our lives, Find and work with the aspects of self that mold reality, Use the secret of time for healing, Be initiated into the ancient sisterhood of earth, and Use daily practices that intensify spiritual growth. This retreat will be led by Quero Apache guardian Maria Yraceburu, Gypsy shaman Lynda Yraceburu, Hawaiian Huna priestess Leilani Birely, author shamans and wise women Mellissa Seaman and Cynthia Sue Larson, and Cherokee shaman and psychotherapist Kymberlee Ruff MFT, who is Carrier of the Hopi/Tibetan Prophecy. http://www.yraceburu.org/Celebrating_Turtle_Island.html
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That, plus using her false claims to get work as a therapist, is enough to move her to Frauds.
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hmmm
Psychotherapists (real of fake / qualified / unqualified) who run "Womyn & Girls Healing Retreats" are of interest to me for obvious reasons
the source link did not work for me on a proxy server, however I found one that did here
http://www.prlog.org/10100352-celebrating-turtle-island-womyn-girls-healing-retreat.html
on which appears the following text:
--- Quote ---Celebrating Turtle Island Womyn & Girls Healing Retreat
Introduction to Celebrating Turtle Island Womyn & Girls Healing Retreat Shares the Ancient Secrets of Life, Time, the Self and Power of Being Womyn - October 22-26, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leilani Birely, Kahuna Initiation
PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 06, 2008 -
The knowledge and power of ancient earth transforms participants October 22-26, 2008 during the workshop Celebrating Turtle Island Womyn & Girls Healing Retreat in Oakland, sponsored by the Sisters of Honua (SoH), EarthWisdom, Daughters of the Goddess and San Jose Circle Moon Lodge.
The five-day workshop will provide the participants with the practical knowledge, tools and rites of passage for claiming power to heal themselves and others. Students will learn how to:
* Access, accumulate and direct power
* Work with Spirit Guides that co-create our lives
* Find and work with the aspects of self that mold reality
* Use the secret of time for healing
* Be initiated into the ancient sisterhood of earth
* Use a daily practices that intensifies spiritual growth
“This multi-cultural and intergenerational Rite of Passage helps us master the elements of power, cleanse dysfunction and master the Self,” said Maria Yraceburu, Quero Apache ceremonialist and author. “The Indigenous believed this moment in time is pivotal on womyn taking their place as Dreamers of the World. They handed down the secrets of these changing times through their lineages, their chants, wisdom, and through initiations.”
$575 includes tuition, materials and Daughters of the Goddess Spiral Dance Admission
Registration http://www.yraceburu.org/Celebrating_Turtle_Island.html
Detailed information on travel and what to bring to the seminar will be provided upon receipt of the registration. Deposit is not refundable. Remainder of the fee is refundable if cancellation is received in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the seminar. Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions.
Event Coordinator & Contact: Joe Montoya, events@yraceburu.org
Facilitators:
– Maria Yraceburu studied Quero Apache traditions with her grandfather, and became an akicita(guardian) of Earth. She facilitated the Earth Renewal Festivals by merging Tlish Diyan ritual with cross-cultural facilitators since 1972. She is author of Wisdom of the Rainbow Serpent: 2nd Penseh (FAEW 2008), Wisdom of the Rainbow Serpent: 1st Penseh (FAEW 2005), Prayers & Meditations of the Quero Apache (Bear & Co. 2004), and Legends & Prophecies of the Quero Apache (Bear & Co., 2002). To learn more visit http://www.yraceburu.org/Yraceburu.html
– Lynda Yraceburu is a living practitioner of her Gypsy shamanic tradition... Vas Pesh, the inheritor of a deeply enriching and healing craft which combines power, passion, light-heartedness and strong elements of magic and insight. She practices and teaches this craft in accordance with the ancient natural laws of the Rom and earth's cyclic energies. She is also a Traditional Healer in the Quero Apache Tlish Diyan tradition, and an Earth Spirit Photographer with her first book Where Spirit Lives soon to be released! To learn more visit http://www.yraceburu.org/Yraceburu.html
– Leilani Birely, Hawaiian Priestess and ceremonialist brings ancient Hawaiian healing and Goddess wisdom to the community. She is the active mother of two girls. Graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax VA with a degree in Business, and a graduate of the Masters in Womyn’s Spirituality from New College in San Francisco. On Summer solstice of 1996 she founded Daughters of the Goddess Womyn’s Temple. In August of 1998, she was Ordained as a Dianic High Priestess by Z Budapest at the Goddess 2000 womyn's Festival in La Honda, CA. In March 2008, Maria & Lynda Yraceburu, and Patrice Erickson acted as Guardians and take Leilani home to Hawaii to begin intiations as Kahuna with the Kumu of her lineage. To learn more go to http://www.DaughtersoftheGoddess.com
– Mellissa Seaman delights in facilitating events for women in their awakening, embodiment, and empowerment. In the year 2000, Mellissa experienced an awakening that took her from being a Stanford-educated Catholic Lawyer to being a channel and shamanic healer. Since then, she has led workshops in Shamanic Practice, the Arts of the Temple Priestess, Temple Dance, Shamanic Tantra and Ecstatic Breathwork in circles and retreat centers around California. Read articles she has written at www.HeartWisdom.net to learn more.
– Spiritual life coach Cynthia Sue Larson is author of several books, including Aura Advantage, and Reality Shifts. Cynthia holds an M.B.A. from San Francisco State University, and a A.B. degree in Physics from U.C. Berkeley. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she publishes the free monthly ezine, RealityShifters News through her reality shifting web site http://www.realityshifters.com
– Kymberlee Ruff,MFT was born in the Cherokee Nation of two part Cherokee parents. Kymberlee has worked in psych for thirty years, licensed as a psychotherapist since 1986 and apprenticed as a shaman for over ten years.For the past nine years, Kymberlee has been working with a paradigm that she created combining shamanism and traditional psychotherapy. In 2001 Kymberlee learned that she is a Prophecy Carrier of the Hopi/Tibetan Prophecy. In 2006 Kymberlee was made an Honorary Hopi Elder by Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma, the Keeper of the Sacred Tablets of the Fire Clan. Specifically, Kymberlee is a Carrier of the message of the "Second Hopi Prophecy Rock". The Message of Hope that follows after the First Hopi Prophecy Rock.
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A non-profit organization for the reunification of Earth and Humans through programs that offer healing, spiritual awareness, personal development and community. We celebrate the Changing Mother earth and work through responsible co-creation.
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No time to check out all of the "shamans" listed as leading the retreats, however one of them is already on my radar Mellissa Seaman
FB page here
http://www.facebook.com/mellissasea?sk=friends&v=friends
Lots of dodgy "tantric" friends including plenty of deer tribe members.
This woman is running an event called "Yoni Speak"
http://www.facebook.com/events/316861151675066/
Her websites are here
http://heartwisdom.net
http://www.divineravishment.com
She and her partner Richard Bock teach "Divine Ravishment" workshops and offer "Tantric Inquiry" counseling sessions.
The divine ravishment website advertises a mix and blend of long distance healing, aquatic "bodywork" and "quantum light breath"
I am already familiar with some other people running "quantum light breath" events. Guess who?
http://www.meetup.com/Sedona-Tantra-for-Awakening-Meetup-Group/events/13935754/
Ms Seaman uses her vagina as a "power tool", because the coyote told her too. Or something.
--- Quote --- Every shaman has a “power tool” – the main tool that she uses in her practice. My power tool, as revealed to me by my guides, is my Yoni, a.k.a. my vagina. When I first heard this news from my Guides, I thought perhaps Coyote was just giving me a hard time, as he is known to do. So I asked again. Again they told me my power tool was my Yoni – my “lower mouth,” they said. I remember how odd and scary that sounded to me that day. But now, after working with and through my Yoni with many clients, I realize the perfect sense of it all. Yoni is the primary channel of a woman. She is the perfect instrument for channeling healing energy, whether it is my Yoni channeling into another, or my client using her own Yoni to release trauma. And so I am honored and dedicated to continuing my work as Yoni Shaman. My full Spirit name is Mellissa Andromeda Yoni Ashwan, and I will continue to serve as I am Called.
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source:
http://heartwisdom.net/articles/yoniarticle.htm
Just had a quick look at one of the other "shamans" Leilani Birely, could not find her on FB but the group she is involved with http://www.DaughtersoftheGoddess.com seems to be a mix of different traditions and newage stuff for a hefty price. Could someone else take a look?
It links to this group http://www.templeofdiana.org/ . I seriously doubt whether the http://www.templeofdiana.org/ group is knowingly involved in THB and the women involved are old skool feminists involved in archery.
I feel concerned about a "womyns" event in which feminists are mixing with pseudo-tantrics as the "tantric" poison is spread by social contagion and some feminists seem especially vulnerable to recruitment.
Just sharing some thoughts
educatedindian:
Ruff contacted me, claiming it's all a misunderstanding and she supports what we do. First is her email followed by my response.
Has anyone ever heard of this "Cherokee Dream Walker lineage" she talks about?
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My name is Kymberlee Ruff, MFT. A friend sent me a link to the page someone wrote about me.
I wanted you to know that I deeply support your work to try and keep the Native traditions safe from white people that would exploit the Natives. I am Cherokee. In fact I just recently found out that I actually have an ancestors on the Dawes rolls.
I have also spent much time devoted to trying to protect the sacredness of the Native traditions. It also bothers me greatly when I see a white person calling themselves a "Hopi Prophecy Carrier".
My friend suggested that I write to you to clear up the misinformation that was written about me in order to preserve the integrity of your site.
I would like to clarify that I have NEVER ever made any money from anything I have done with the Hopi or the Tibetans. The site says that I participated in a workshop with Maria Yraceburu. That workshop never happened. I do not know it was not taken down off the internet.
I am not a "ceremony seller". I have never participated in leading any such ceremonies for money ever.
I have never charged for tours or made a penny off the writings for the internet.
The site says that I am using the Prophecies to get psychotherapy patients. I am not allowed to have any kind of "dual-relationsip" with patients or I could lose my license. I am a Marriage, Family Therapist and am only allowed to practice within the boundaries of family therapy.
I keep my psychotherapy practice completely separate from the other parts of my life.
Also I have indeed studied with many wise Elders of the years.
My main teacher is Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma. He adopted me into his Hopi family in 2006.
I have studied with many Tibetans over the years but my main teachers are the Venerable Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche and Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok. I have taken refuge in the three jewels and taken Boddhisattva and Upasaka Vows with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The aborigine shaman that I studied with was Major "Muggi" Sumner whom I met at a Lakota Sundance in 2007. He taught me about the Dreaming. I inherited the lineage of the "Cherokee Dream Walker" and have had dreams every single day of my life.
Also regarding the Hopi election. I strongly suggest that you look further into what happened. The Hopi Tribal Council was trying to dissolve their Traditional Way of Life. It was a miracle that in the end the Hopi voted to keep to the instructions of Maussau the Creator.
Regarding the radios shows: Grandfather Martin asked me as a personal favor on 08/08/08 to go out into the world and share his message. He was losing his hearing and since gone completely deaf.
I did not want to go public for reasons exactly like was written on this Fraud web site. I do not have thick enough skin to weather misinformation and accusations about me. I went public anyway as a favor to Grandfather Martin because he is so dear to me and I feel like the world owes him a huge debt.
So in closing I wanted to let you know that I appreciate your efforts to keep the Native teachings pure.
I share your passion for protecting the truth.
I am hoping that whoever wrote that site will take the time to read and consider what I have written.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about my life.
I strongly support what you are doing.
may all beings benefit,
Kymberlee Ruff,MFT
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Hello Ms. Ruff,
Thank you for contacting us. We always welcome all further information that can help clear up these matters.
Perhaps you can answer then:
What was your association with Naylin? How did your name get online in several places as selling ceremony with her?
I know that if a similar falsehood was put out about me, I'd be contacting the site owners demanding it be taken down and threatening a lawsuit if they didn't. Yet these sites have been up for four years now.
Why do so many sites have you listed as a Hopi elder? Have you ever tried to contact those site owners?
Why do you put your claims of being a carrier for Hopi prophecy on your professional websites? How is that not profiting, using those claims to get clients?
I'm not certain what a "Cherokee Dream Walker" is but I will ask our Cherokee members. It is rather striking that the only evidence of any claim to your alleged Cherokee heritage is a claim you studied it with an aboriginal from Australia.
I know all too well there are often conflicts between elected tribal councils and the older councils of elders, but I would never dare interfere in internal tribal matters as you seem to be doing. Not just in that election but in openly defying the wishes of the council earlier, when they denied you and Miriam Delicado permission but you went ahead and did it anyway.
Could you tell us about your association with fraud Woody Vaspra, the imposter claiming to be a Hawaiian elder? How did you become involved in his council of "elders"?
I couldn't find who most of the alleged elders were in that council. Those who were...included the fraud Maria Naylin, another obvious fraud named Benny Lebeau, a woman from Peru named Talia, and of course the Hopi man you know, Martin. But by your account, Martin has been quite ailing and hasn't left the rez for many years. Did you represent him at that conference?
For someone claiming to support what we do, it sure doesn't seem so by who you associate with and your own actions.
Al Carroll, moderator
PS. I'll post our exchanges at the site. This information is important for all to see. If you wish you can join and respond directly to questions.
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