Francis Rico

Musician, Author, Big Wave Surfer, Traveler, Teacher, Guide, friend to cats and the Great Mystery, Francis Rico Hayhurst combines ancient and modern wisdom with an irrepressible advocacy for having fun and enjoying life.

His Applying Shamanism Here & Now Program includes opportunities to directly participate in the realms of magic and miracles in ways that are wildly creative and resourceful.

His book, A Shaman's Guide To Deep Beauty, shares stories and practices from 40 years of dedication to shamanic pathways and teachers of indigenous wisdom traditions - including the Toltec legacy of Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Co-author of Dreaming Heaven, along with Lee McCormick, Gini Gentry, and Kelly Sullivan-Walden, Francis explores the energetic mysteries of an ancient "University of Spirit" - Teotihuacan Mexico.

In Men's Work - Francis contributes a chapter on the feral intelligence and beauty that precedes all definitions of identity - and offers a way of being based on the wild heart of Creation.

Francis has a home in Northern California, where he shares the beauty of the wild coastal mesas, cliffs, and ocean in support of his shamanic teaching, healing, and counseling practices.