Chris Adeyoka

ARCHETYPE: Creative joker. Finding humor, art and compassion in all.

PERSONAL JOURNEY: My name is Chris Adeyoka. I spend my life looking for art and beauty in every situation, striving to make beauty out of my own shadows. With a background in finance and administrative work, I found myself in a holistic environment after my own experiences with plant medicines.

However, before entering this world, I worked for most of my twenties in an administrative and corporate role across various industries, struggling to be able to find my calling and constantly feeling that something was wrong. I struggled at this time in my life through my own mental health challenges, which led to my hearing of plant medicines.

I am a certified Shamanic Practitioner from Avalon (Glastonbury) in the UK. I have studied and continue studying numerous shamanic traditions and modalities worldwide. Having spent time in study with both indigenous wisdom carriers and Western practitioners of shamanism –my work over the years has taken its own form. 

With a fundamental background in core shamanism and nature-based spirituality, I have spent my time on this journey weaving together indigenous wisdom and other practices, finding what works and is relevant for the communities I serve at home. I aim to bridge animistic spirituality and modern-day mindsets and needs.

With my partner Maggie, we formed our project “Hieros Gamos”, in which together we aim to represent the balance of masculine and feminine within sacred spaces and, indeed, life. 
Hieros Gamos embodies the stories, wisdom and frequency of our Celtic homelands and that of the Avalonian spirituality. We bring heart-centred, compassionate space into our work. We pray for harmony and balance within, striving to live in a relationship with nature itself. This is our main motive for this work. 
My passion is primarily carrying sacred songs from varying medicine traditions. I am a multi-instrumentalist and sound healer and also a recorded medicine musician. Having worked in many different ceremony styles, the essence that links these ceremonial styles is the power of sound, and it is here where most of my work takes place. I carry ikaros, saitis, and mantras and create soundscapes with various ancestral instruments. My partner and I also write our own songs drawn from our own experiences on the healing journey.
We also work closely with indigenous communities in the Americas, such as the Yawanawá, Huni Kuin and Mazatec lineages, to ensure reciprocity for the work we do, regularly fundraising and assisting in projects to support those who share the knowledge of this profound work with us in the west, at this time in history where we need it most.    
I am your humble servant and companion, and I am pleased to guide and serve you as part of the Avalon family.
ROLE: Medicine man. Guardian and musician of sacred ceremony space. Space holder of masculine circles.