This day long immersion in essential shamanic practice will give you the opportunity to meet and cultivate a council of Helping Spirits who constitute the navigational foundation of contemporary shamanic work. In addition to meeting and attuning to a power animal needed by you at this specific time, you will also meet and work with a wisdom teacher suited to you current needs and temperament; a Gate-Keeper who manages the portals of your perceptual sensitivities; a Body Protector who maintains the safety, integrity and sovereignty of your physical and subtle bodies; and an ancestral ally to help you cultivate the desired strengths of your biological lineage as well as release any inherited obstacles to your most authentic self-expression.                                               

These allies will give you a fundamental assortment of resources with which to learn to cultivate your personal inquiries and reliably deepen your experience of expanded consciousness as well as of your divinity in the most loving and affirming ways. No prior shamanic experience is needed for this gathering. Once you have attuned to your council of Helping Spirits, we will work with ways to create effective and precise inquiries and learn how to implement into our daily lives the great beauty, balance and empowered humility the compassionate spirits have to share with us.

Please bring with you the following:

• an eye cover of some sort
• something comfortable to lie down on
• something to take notes with
• a small item meaningful to you to share on the altar if you wish
• water bottle
• a bag lunch. Water, hot teas and snacks will be provided

I also ask that you refrain from wearing any perfumes, essential oils or any other scents as we will be gathering in an enclosed space and will do our best in a fragrance-neutral environment.

There will be a post-workshop private Facebook page available for our group upon which you can post comments, observations, questions, etc. for the benefit of the group or yourself, and I will be responsive to your posts as supportive follow-up is critical for this endeavor to be of most benefit for you.

Entering into a contemporary shamanic practice is all about relationship and it requires similar efforts and qualities that any enlivening relationship does, i. e. transparency, deep listening, presence, openness, beginner's mind, vulnerability, dedicated time, respect, sincerity, patience, a willingness to make mistakes, forgiveness, humility, compassion for oneself, a sense of humor(very essential!), and a willingness to embrace change. As with most endeavors, a shamanic state of consciousness and the relationship with the Helping Spirits bestow their greatest gifts over time and with dedicated practice. It will evolve as you do for Spirit is never static; always dynamic and fluid. So please feel free to come and dip your toe in these waters to see if this is something that calls to you. Please feel free to ask questions at Contact Me

Sliding scale, $115.00-135.00