Mishin on collaborating with shamans: “Tuktamysheva will only raise an eyebrow, but she already has a storm in her soul. Rituals quench such emotionality”

Honored Coach of Russia in Figure Skating Alexei Mishin explained to why he turned to shamans in Mexico.

Former World and European figure skating champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva told Sport24 how his trainer underwent a ceremony to cleanse the aura.

“The fact is that there are different forms of expression of emotionality. One of the characteristic forms of emotionality of Lisa (Tuktamysheva) is introvertedness. She will only raise an eyebrow and she already has a storm in her soul.

Local Mexican figure skating coaches told me that these rituals, which came from the ancient Incas, simply help to deaden, normalize and systematize that inner emotionality.

This is why we have used the (services) of local shamans and sorcerers. Not only do we use them, but people in other professions also use them. But we don’t make Commonwealth with shamans the main focus of our work,” Mishin told .

Tuktamysheva trains in the Mishin group, under her leadership the skater won gold and silver at the world championships, and also became the European champion.