1 Day Workshop Programme

A brief history of shamanism
the key concepts of the shamanic universe
how to journey to the drum
how to meet ones power animal
how to work with a power animal
how to meet & work with your spirit guide(s)
how to journey in both the lower and upper worlds
the basics of how to journey for others.

What is Shamanism?

Shamanism is our most ancient spiritual tradition, far older than the organised religions. It has been practiced for tens of thousands of years in every part of the world where humans have settled. It is the spiritual practice that the overwhelming majority of our ancestors practiced, for generation after generation, going way back into human history.

It is itself not a religion, and is not incompatible with most religious traditions. Shamanism has no priests, no hierarchies, no sacred texts, no dogma, no sects or factions, no external moral injunctions. It is based on a direct and immediate personal connection with the sacred. Shamanic practitioners experience the world and everything in it as being alive and conscious. 

Given the number of different cultures in which shamanism is practiced, there is a remarkable consistency in what shamans experience and practice. This core shamanism is deeply wired into the human psyche; deeply familiar at an ancestral level, if not consciously remembered in the present. This makes (re)learning shamanism an easy and familiar experience for many people; a kind of spiritual homecoming

Shamanism is a set of tools. It can be used in many ways including healing (of self and for others) and for personal and spiritual development. Shamanic practice brings with it a deep sense of wholeness and a sense of connectedness to all life. It can instill in one a profound sense of connection with nature, something that is lost to many of us in our urbanised lifestyles, and which brings its own feeling of well-being.

Embodied Shamanism

Body-centred psychotherapy understands the deep wisdom of the body and how emotions can be released gently and safely if the appropriate environment is available and with the holding container of the body becoming a powerful tool. Embodied Shamanism recognises how the body is also vital for allowing Shamanic practice to unfold and emerge organically. The emphasis is on experiential and safe working groups and the trusting of the body’s ability to bring through whatever is naturally trying to emerge from Shamanic reality.