Week 1: Opening Ritual
Connection with self & other, setting intentions & the container for our shared work. Practice: meditation, individual reflection, sharing circle
Week 2: Meeting the inner shaman/wise one
Get a direct experience of your inner wisdom and explore your relationship with him/her. Practice: inner round table (parts work)
Week 3: Opening your energy flow
Connecting with the Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth and opening for a free flow of the upward (liberating) and downward (manifesting) energy streams in your body. Practice: inner nature & chakra cleansing
Week 4: WEST/EARTH: Relating with Nature Spirits
Connecting with the spirits of a place or ones you wish to bring into your altar space, so you can establish a respectful & mutually supportive relationship. Practice: earth ritual, nature flow art
Week 5: NORTH/AIR: Liberating the Heart
Expand your capacity to hold all of yourself and move love and lifeforce energy through your system. Practice: holotropic breathwork
Week 6: SOUTH/WATER: Empowering the Heart
Connecting with the consciousness of water, establishing right relationship & asking for her support for your hearts’ deepest desire. Practice: water ritual
Week 7: EAST/FIRE: Establishing right relationship
This is the core work of the shaman in a universe in which everything is alive, purposeful and equal. Practice: fire ceremony
Week 8: Gathering allies, protection & resources
Create an altar and a safe and empowering space for your shamanic work. Practice: 4 elements invocation dance
Week 9: Relating with Ancestors
Cleansing your family tree, transforming ancestral wounds and opening for the love & support of your ancestors. Practice: ancestor’s ceremony (with rocks)
Week 10: Shamanic visioning
Connect to the world you are dreaming into being and address your immediate blocks/fears to take action and move towards it. Practice: guided visualisation & ritual
Week 11: Dreaming Awake
Immerse into the Great Within through drumbeat, intention and subconscious imagery work. Practice: shamanic drum journey
Week 12: Completion Ritual
Connection with self & other, integration & next steps. Practice: meditation, individual reflection, sharing circle