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Shaking medicine™ refers to the spontaneous and radically transformative experience of ecstatic shaking – historically associated with the Shakers of New England, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Northwest, along with European Quakers, Chinese Taoists, Hindu yogis, Christian ecstatics, Sufi mystics, Siberian shamans, Scandinavian seidr-workers, Zulu sangomas, and the Kalahari Bushman n/om-kxaosi. Today’s Ju/’hoan Bushmen say that this ecstatic trembling, quaking, and shaking come from what they call n/om, an intangible energy or vital force similar to chi or kundalini. They believe it is the original source of ecstasy, healing, and transformation. For over twenty years, I have conducted fieldwork with ecstatic shakers from around the world. It is my privilege to introduce you to what I have learned about shaking medicine.