Shamanic Healing Workshops:
I teach shamanism from a completely practical standpoint. I see the study and practice of shamanism as a framework from which to live a whole and meaningful life, not an esoteric study into ancient society. Shamanic skills, beliefs, and healing techniques have (fortunately for us) been preserved on this planet for over 40,000 years. They are enduring and time-honored and meant to be applied in modern life situations.
I generally hold workshops at my office, but if you would like me to come and teach to your group or lead a workshop series at your healing center, please contact me and we can arrange something. I have a repertoire of workshop material, but if you are looking for something specific, just ask.
If you wish to be added to an email list that will notify you monthly of times and dates of upcoming classes, please let me know. If you are interested in taking any of the workshops I am currently offering, please contact me first about times and available space.
Beginner's Shamanism—This is a four hour workshop, usually given on the second Sunday of every month from 11:00am-3:00pm. The cost is $50. You will learn basic shamanic principles as well as how to take a shamanic journey. You will explore different worlds within non-ordinary reality and be introduced to various journeying techniques. You will contact your power animal, a fairy and spirit guide. Participants should bring a journal, eye covering and a light blanket with them.
How to Become a Suburban Shaman: A Monthly Shamanic Workshop Series—This is a three hour workshop, offered twice on the last Wednesday and Sunday that fall together in the month. Wednesday's class meets in the morning from 9:30-12:30 and is repeated on Sunday morning from 11:00-2:00. The cost is $50 per workshop, but if you pay $150 in advance, you can attend 4 workshops for the price of 3. The topic changes from month to month. Recent workshops have included: Crow Medicine, Stone Wisdom, Feast of Samhain, Sovereignty, Karmic and Ancestral Legacies, and Manifestation. Please note that prior journeying experience is required to take these workshops.
The Celtic Medicine Wheel as a Daily Practice—I teach this workshop two ways: as a series of six three-hour classes that meet once a month or as a weekend workshop that lays the foundation for the five months of self-study that follow. Based on the five airts or directions of the Celtic Medicine Wheel and its gifts of Prosperity (East), Music (South), Knowledge (West), Battle (North) and Sovereignty (Sacred Center), this program encourages the participant to spend one month of study (or one moon cycle) at each point on the wheel. The actual workshop experience investigates the theory and culture behind the Celtic Medicine Wheel and clarifies the conceptual material with a number of exercises, folk tales, journeys, and ceremony. The daily practice portion of the work is imaginative and deeply transformational. Each part of the cycle changes with different spirit guides, daily practices, creative activities and rituals. Please note that prior journeying experience is required to take this workshop.
Fairy Doctoring—This is an experiential study of the middle world spirits known as the "fairies." These folk are found in the lore of cultures across the globe and are wonderful allies and helping spirits. Since they share this world with us, their perspective and investment in the matters presented to them for healing is unique. We will look at the world through the eyes of the fairies and look at the fairies through the eyes of nature. You will meet and work with your co-walker, or fairy guardian, and discover some of the clever and magical ways that fairies create harmony and balance. This workshop is about 8 hours and can be given in one day or in several shorter meetings.
Taking Back your Soul: A Program of Recovery from PTSD—This is a workshop designed for veterans and any victims of abuse or trauma who suffer the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. In shamanic terms, PTSD is simply an indication of soul loss, a natural (not aberrant) process by which individuals in life-threatening situations aim to protect and preserve themselves from pending harm. As a participant, you are introduced to a variety of centering and empowerment techniques to help you cope with the effects of your PTSD. You are taught how to journey and to seek counsel, protection and aid from your helping spirits. You also spend time on a variety of healing ceremonies and rituals and lay the groundwork for the return of your lost soul parts. An individual soul retrieval session is scheduled at the completion of the workshop.
Spirit Coaching—A Program of Self-Empowerment—Spirit Coaching is a new format of shamanic healing I have begun to offer in addition to my standard sessions and workshops. Folks who come to see me typically have a desire for clarity and insight into their life process, and shamanism as a healing modality can be very helpful and inspiring. But shamanism as a practice holds so much more potential than that, especially when people learn to access spiritual guidance on their own.
To gain the maximum benefit from shamanic healing, this exploration into your inner world will resemble a body of empowering work rather than a number of “close encounters of the third kind”. The program goes beyond the standard healing session. It’s not a workshop or an apprenticeship program, though it bears some resemblance to each. Spirit Coaching is completely tailored to an individual’s needs and skill levels. It is a combination of one-on-one instruction (shamanic skills, journeys and rituals), appropriate shamanic treatment (soul retrieval, extraction, reiki, etc.), deep spiritual insight and experience, and the creation of an empowering spiritual practice in your life.
The participant will be required to commit to six sessions at a time. Each session is two hours in length. The fee for this service is less than what 6 individual sessions would cost, but it is paid in three installments over the first three meetings. The total fee of $750.
(Long distance clients can participate in this program via Skype.)
Spirit Coaching is suitable for any skill level, and it can certainly be designed with whatever intention you bring to it. This is not a boiler-plated format. It is an organic, evolving process—as are all shamanic sessions—requiring input and shaping from the spirit world to create what is appropriate and perfect in that moment for that client.
