Alignment
Your Verona Experience
Two days of practice, teaching and community
€325
Personal sessions with Dr. Reid
€235
A Portal, From the Past Into the Future
At the juncture between the new physics and the cognitive world of the shamans of ancient Mexico, alignment is the force behind everything we perceive and experience.
Perception is a condition of alignment. When two things align, they easily relate to one another — information travels between them. Alignment is what allows awareness to be cultivated.
The workshop offers an experiential exploration of six alignments, six references, each a distinct perceptual world, as practical ways to orient awareness and navigate life.
Miles Reid connects this work with his medical background and his interest in the relationship between perception, the body, sound, light and energetic experience. The central point, however, remains direct experience.
The Two Axis and the Four Winds
East carries a light mood and the vibrancy of a morning breeze — the beginning of something new. North is direct, bold, confident and strong. West evokes a wave in the twilight — roundness, completion and joy. South brings stillness, a possible coming, an unknown silence.
To the four winds is added the vertical axis, above and below. Together, the Six Directions are explored through six Long Forms of Energy Passes and become practical references for entering distinct perceptual worlds.
For those already familiar with Tensegrity, the language of Energy Passes and awareness is familiar. For those coming from other paths within Centro Studi per lo Sciamanesimo, the workshop can be a direct encounter with this stream of Castaneda’s work without requiring previous practice.
Dr. Miles Reid
Miles Reid is a physician and practitioner of integrative medicine. After earning his medical degree in Argentina, he continued his training in the United States in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and spiritual psychology. In parallel, he studied directly with Carlos Castaneda.
He is one of the two apprentices who demonstrate the Energy Passes in the book Magical Passes and was involved from the beginning in the international transmission of these teachings. Today he directs the Energy Life Sciences Institute, where he integrates medicine, body practices, awareness work and approaches from the shamanic tradition he learned from Castaneda.
This background makes his work distinctive: it is not limited to the practice of Energy Passes, but for many years has sought a bridge between the knowledge of don Juan, medicine and contemporary life.
FULL BIOGRAPHY OF DR. MILES REID →
Perhaps the single biggest aspect of my involvement in the lineage of shamans who originated in ancient Mexico — through my teacher Carlos Castaneda, to whom I was personally attached as a direct apprentice — was the task he gave me to make a bridge between the knowledge of don Juan and medicine.
As a young doctor, the idea seemed enticing to no end, but at the same time it seemed unfathomable. Now, thirty years later, it is ready — emerging right in the midst of a true revolution in what we can understand about reality and perception, through the new science of consciousness and molecular physics.
Who the Workshop Is For
The workshop is open to all levels of experience. It is intended both for those who already practice Energy Passes and wish to meet Reid and other practitioners live, and for those approaching this work for the first time.
On Saturday, October 31, from 3:30–6:30 pm CET, the Verona workshop will join the Global Practice Joining Forces 2026, broadcasting live as part of the Third Annual Event with participants and Practice Groups from several countries.