Roots of a Shamanic Practice - 5wk Beginners Course
Details
No prior experience of a shamanic practice necessary! Small class size means plenty of personalized instruction.
Shamanism dates back over 100,000 years to peoples all over the world. This spiritual phenomenon predates all religions and includes all. This is an animistic way of life, a way of being in the world, a way of spiritually connecting to your soul’s purpose, as well as meeting the authenticity of those around you.
This practice empowers, heals, and transforms when done with integrity, commitment, and discipline. Shamanism has helped me and my clients heal symptoms of anxiety, depression, exhaustion, various physical illnesses, and so much more. From a shamanic perspective, illness (both of the body and mind) comes when there’s something the soul is missing, or if there’s something present that is out of alignment. Learning how to ask the compassionate, helping Spirits for help and healing can be an essential part of a person's path, especially when done in tandem with western medicine and psychotherapy as appropriate.
This course meets for 2hrs/week for 5 weeks in row (adjusted for holidays), beginning on the 1st Saturday of the month.
- Course dates: Nov 1, Nov 8, Nov 15, Nov 29, Dec 6
- NOTE: we skip Nov 22 for Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
- Handouts provided after each session for easy reference.
- There is light homework between sessions to deepen your practices. Sharing is encouraged via a designated, private Facebook group where I will give 1-1 feedback.
This course covers Sandra Ingerman’s basic workshop outline, with my own unique twists:
- Learning the instruments of a shamanic practice: the rattle and drum
- Meeting your Power Animal
- Meeting your Spirit Teacher
- Learning to do a shamanic journey to the Lower, Middle, and Upper Spirit Worlds
- Practice crafting your own journey intentions to become independent with your shamanic practice
- Participate in ancient healing ceremonies, including a communal power animal retrieval and paired help AKA divination journeys
- How to be of service to the Earth, focusing on your own unique gifts
- Sing, dance, drum, rattle, and more :)
Bonus: Each participant will receive one optional 30-minute Zoom shamanic counseling session for their own individual needs, scheduled at some point during the 5 weeks we meet.
Please bring:
- notebook & writing utensil
- drum
- rattle
- bottle of water
- blanket
A little about me...
I focus on the gifts of joy and passion with a shamanic practice. If I don’t make everyone laugh at least once, I’d be very surprised. I have experience holding circles locally and internationally over Zoom. I am trained by Sandra Ingerman in the USA since 2018, as well as Zara Waldebäck and Jonathan Horwitz of the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies in Sweden since 2020. I am on Sandra’s list, [ShamanicTeachers.com](www.shamanicteachers.com), having completed her 1yr Advanced Shamanic Practitioner Training in 2024 and being in her 2yr Shamanic Teacher Training Program slated for completion in September of 2026. My specialties include healing song, working with animals, and healing stories. I have dual master’s degrees in music performance and animal behavior, and a bachelor’s in education.
Course fee for all 5 weeks: $200
Early bird pricing: $150 if you sign up by October 25th.
- This course is a prerequisite for all advanced trainings, including Healing Song, Soul Retrieval, Extraction, and Death & Dying/Psychopomp. You can take it with me or someone else on Sandra’s list, but you need to have been working on your own for 1-2 years minimum prior to applying for more advanced trainings.
- All graduates are welcome to retake this class in future for free, provided I have at least 3 paying students.
- When you complete this course, you are eligible to be a leader for the Thursday night Drum & Journey Circle meetings.
Note: Scholarships are available. If this is out of your budget but you truly feel called to this work, please message me and we can work something out.