A Pilgrim's Guide to Walking Wisdom

Renee Baribeau, The Practical Shaman, is an award-winning author, teacher, and creator of WindWork®, a practice of working with the Wind Spirits for guidance, change, and renewal. Her forthcoming book, The Practical Shaman: Timeless Tools that Work in Modern Life (Inner Traditions, June 2027), brings decades of shamanic practice into everyday decisions, relationships, and transitions.She is the author of Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for Navigating Relationships, Health, and the Divine (Hay House), a Nautilus Gold winner, and A Pilgrim's Guide to Walking Wisdom: 11:11 Insights, winner of a 2025 Foreword INDIES Silver Award for Travel. Her Wind Walker's Wisdom Oracle, a 64-card deck and guidebook, received the 2025 COVR Visionary Award Gold.Renee co-hosts The Shamans Cave podcast with Sandra Ingerman, offering rituals and practical tools for personal and collective challenges. She has taught for The Shift Network, Omega Institute, and C4 Addiction Conferences, and brings more than 11 years of leadership experience in mental health and addiction recovery to her work. She also coaches a small number of executives and leaders through change.Her writing has appeared in Energy Magazine online, Medium, and Spirit Destiny Magazine. She lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, where the wind is never far away.