Aileen Tápanes Salmaggi
Systemic and Shamanic Healing Guide, Awakened Executive Contributor
Aileen Salmaggi is a lifelong educator and former bilingual teacher of 32 years whose personal and professional transformation through Family Constellations and shamanism redirected her life’s path. Spending over three decades teaching children taught her how to easily see and connect with the inner child in all of us. Today, she is a dedicated Family Constellation Facilitator and Master Practitioner of Shamanic Energy Medicine, specializing in revealing and transforming inherited generational trauma. Grounded in her deep understanding of human systems, Aileen’s extensive training includes foundational work with Five Changes, advanced programs with Relationship Constellations and the International Family Constellations Training Institute, and spiritual coaching with James Van Praagh. She has presented Family Constellations at the Collaborative for Spirituality in Education Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, as well as multiple national conferences for dual-language educators and instructional leaders, as a way to build more compassionate relationships between teachers and students. Beyond her systemic work, Aileen is a certified Master Practitioner via Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Society, performing soul retrievals to help individuals recover parts of themselves that may have fled due to trauma. Through all of her transformative workshops and private sessions, her greatest joy is witnessing people tap into their inner wisdom and ancestral gifts. Whether through Family Constellations or soul retrievals, this gentle yet profound work allows you to break free from the past and step into a brighter future. Connect with Aileen at www.tappingintoyourgifts.com.
Recent Articles
A Letter from a Little Girl to Her Dad in Heaven
Dear Papi,
I’ve spent a lot of time working with Mami on the other side, healing old wounds and speaking the unspoken. Now it’s time to reconnect with you.
Things were quiet between us for a while, save for the subtle signs—seeing your birthday appear in something I was reading or your date of passing show up on a clock. I knew you were giving me space so I could work on things with Mom.
Releasing Old Stories, Reclaiming Our Power: How to Become the Author of Your Own Life
When we choose to incarnate into this world, our lives begin in the womb, and so do our stories. We receive nourishment from our mothers, sometimes effortlessly, other times not. We either float peacefully in her waters or feel the constriction of her muscles—held in her fears, her grief, and her unspoken anxieties.
We learn to fear the world before we even enter it.
How Family Constellations Help Restore the Flow of Love – An Interview with Aileen Salmaggi
Most of us assume our fears, sadness, or repeating life patterns are entirely our own. But what if some of those feelings are connected to the stories, losses, and sacrifices of the generations who came before us? In this conversation, Aileen Salmaggi shares how her family’s journey from Cuba, her years as a school teacher, and an unexpected introduction to Family Constellations transformed the way she understands healing. What emerged was a profound realization that honoring our ancestors doesn’t mean carrying their pain.
They’re Here: Signs From Above
It was Valentine’s Day, 1999. One of my second-grade students had given me a red heart Mylar balloon. I took it home and tried to tie it to a chair, but it slipped from my hands and took off. It floated right past the second-floor loft and didn’t stop until it hit the high ceiling. Looking up at what was basically a three-story height, I realized, “There’s no way I’m getting that back.”
The Cost of Being Seen: Why I Had to Choose My Family Over Work
For months, the kitchen table became my office and fourth-grade classroom. It was 2020, and educators across the nation were teaching on Zoom, forced to navigate a whole new technical world.
Every morning, I saw twenty-five faces on my computer screen—that is, if they decided to turn on their cameras. You can only imagine the challenges of getting kids to stay focused and grasp concepts in a virtual setting. I did everything possible to make lessons fun and engaging for these nine-year-olds. Once the school day ended, I made phone calls to parents and tracked down absent students. Then, the painstaking task of creating lessons in Google Slides began.