Applied Shamanism Workshops

Introduction to Shamanism
In this workshop, you will learn about shamanism, Applied Shamanic practice and shamanic healing.

The Shamanic Journey
Cultivate your relationship with your inner wisdom and spiritual guidance to experience healing, clarify your purpose, solve problems and serve others.

Power Retrieval & the Middle World
Learn how to work safely in the middle world and how to recognize and resolve power loss.

Soul Retrieval & the Guiding of Souls
Learn how to recognize and resolve soul loss and how to guide souls in the middle world.

Next Steps in the Shamanic Journey
Hone your ability to interpret journeys and craft questions that will help bring insight.

Next Steps in Soul Retrieval
Deepen your work with soul retrieval and learn new applications of it in a supportive environment.

Next Steps in the Guiding of Souls
Receive support in exploring the more complex and sometimes difficult aspects of the middle world and psychopomp.

Advanced Applied Shamanism
Learn shamanic healing techniques not taught anywhere else, discover and align with hidden aspects of yourself, and forge a stronger connection with the world of spirit.

Advanced Seminar in Applied Shamanic Practice
In this class, you will learn advanced techniques in various forms of mediumship including spirit release and drum healing.

Applied Shamanic Counseling
Learn how to use the shamanic journey in your healing or counseling practice to resolve difficult client issues.

Introduction to Plant Medicine
This course provides an overview of the types of plants that have been used for millennia by shamanic and other practitioners to open new levels of awareness and consciousness.

Plant Medicine: Preparing and Integrating the Experience
This workshop is designed for those who are working with, considering working with, or simply interested in learning more about psychoactive plants.

Advanced Training in Plant Medicine
This workshop is designed to help people ground and integrate the insights that often come through the experiences of ingesting psychotropic plants.

Circles for the Earth
Circles for the Earth is a monthly non-denominational circle focused on healing natural places that have been polluted, contaminated, or are experiencing the effects of climate change.

Drum Circles
Our drum circles are held four times a year on the solstices and equinoxes. The focus of our circles is on healing for individuals, the community, and the earth.

Fundamentals of Integrated Energy
In this class, students are introduced to the fundamental principles of working with the energy of light and sound in the healing environment.

Mesa Verde: Spirits of Earth and Sky
Join us as we step back in time to a world of pinon pine and ancient sandstone cliff dwellings where we will explore the world of the Ancestral Puebloan people of Mesa Verde.

Exploring the Ancient Wisdom of Hawaii
This eight-day retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii offers you the opportunity to understand yourself in a new way. With the help of the shamanic journey and the assistance of the land of Hawaii, we will explore important concepts of Huna We will focus on self-limiting behaviors, ways of addressing them and learn new ways of holding power. We will also gain experience working with the elements in the practice of manifestation and engage innovative methods that will help students enter a new relationship with the creative power of the earth.

Shamans and Siddhas: Meeting at the Crossroads of Shamanism & Tantrism
Robert Thurman and Isa Gucciardi lead this experiential exploration into the realms of shamanism and tantrism.

Tracking Spirit in the Birth Environment: The Creative Portal
Reconnect with the important elements of power that are found in the deeper mysteries of the birth experience.

Working with Dreams
Learn to use the content of dreams as a way to access inner guidance and the deeper self.

Working with the Weather Spirits and the Elements
This class offers you practices for more deeply aligning yourself with the forces of nature and offers tools to help restore balance to the places in the nature that have been negatively affected by human activity.

Recommended Media

Article: The Shamanic Journey: A Pathway to Healing Anxiety

Blog: Plant Medicine: Moving Between Worlds

Blog: The Shamanic Journey and Metaphor

Article: To Weave a New World: Shamanic and Tantric Practice

Podcast: Episode 80: Shamanism and the Inner Experience

Video: Shamanic Paths to Inner Experience: The Shamanic Journey

Video: Shamanic Journey Introduction with Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.

Video: How the Shamanic Journey Illuminates the Inner World

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