Explore the powers of shamanic practices to assist you and our modern world. We will study finding your medicine, direct revelation, journeying, using guides, and higher wisdom, finding and making tools, creating ceremony, working in healing, and how to help yourself and be of service to the world.
Class #1: Learn to be your own Shaman
Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Students will be introduced to the shaman’s role in service. We will discuss the ethics, expectations, and power of using Shamanic techniques in the modern world. We will learn what journeying is and how to use it to find your role, your strengths, your path, and your heart as well as discovering your connection and your direction through direct revelation. We will conclude the class with a Journey.
Class #2: Find your Medicine
Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Discover your spirit guides, animal teachers, power in nature, and wisdom within. Learn how to ground, connect, and create sacred space. Find or make your own shamanic tools. Understand the power of imagination, visualization, and creativity in your work. Heal the past - shamanically referred to as soul retrieval. We will conclude the class with a Journey.
Class #3: Healing in our World
Saturday, January 18, 2025 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Learn about healing the self, healing others, and healing the world. Discover techniques to release energy and attachments (often referred to as cord cutting), and learn about sacred reciprocity. Explore tools and techniques to help you find your power and your methods. Gain an understanding of who is doing the healing and how to encourage that in yourself and others. We will end the day with a healing drumming ceremony. We will conclude the class with a Journey.
Class #4: Ceremony and Ritual
Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
We will discuss using ceremony for yourself and as a community service and learn about your role as a guide for yourself and your community. Use what you are learning to guide positive transformation in yourself and others. Learn how to facilitate guiding a journey and incorporating singing, chanting, and using art and creative sound in healing. We will conclude the class with a Journey.
Class # 5: Nature Visit and Closing Ceremony
Saturday, March 22, 2025 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Weather permitting, we will seek a place to hold this class outdoors. We will wander, gather, sense, and listen. We will create our own ceremony, blessing all we have learned and drawing on each of our individual strengths. We will hold a group journey on the earth, asking confirmation of paths and direction of our future. We will conclude the class with a Sound Journey.
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