Foundation for Shamanic Studies Online Workshops
Online Workshops
All online workshops are held live via Zoom
All workshop times are in Eastern Time
**PLEASE NOTE: I will be away and will have limited access to email from March 21st to April 9th. Feel free to submit your registration, but please be patient, as I may not send your confirmation until April 10th.
Workshop cancellation policy:
Refunds will be given, minus a $40 processing fee, up to one month before the workshop. 50% refunds will be given up to two weeks before the workshop. Within two weeks of the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Please note that it is against FSS policy to record any workshops, whether online or in person. Online workshops will not be recorded; you must be present for all sessions in order to complete the workshop, and in order for it to count as a prerequisite for advanced workshops.
Preparation for online workshops:
Please be located in a private, quiet place, without background noise, where you will not be disturbed
Please be able to have your camera and microphone on during the workshop
Dress comfortably
Please have with you a rattle, as well as pen and paper to record your experiences (see individual workshops for additional items to bring)
Headphones are recommended but not required
The Shamanic Worldview: Everything is Alive
Thursdays April 20th and 27th, 5pm-8:30pm
**Prerequisites: The Shamanic Journey and Shamanic Divination in Practice (online) or The Way of the Shaman (in person)
This workshop will be required to complete the Healing Series
The shamanic worldview underpins the ethical and effective practice of shamanism. Experiential knowledge of this worldview leads to a profound awareness of the sacred nature of our world and an awakening of compassion, resulting in a deep desire to relieve pain and suffering and restore balance and harmony.
Using journeying and experiential shamanic methods, in this online workshop you will have the opportunity to personally explore and experience the fundamental aspects of the shaman's worldview:
Everything is alive and has spirit
Unity: We are part of, connected with, the totality of nature
Independent spirituality, the shaman as "one who knows"
The implications of these principles related to permission when doing shamanic healing and divination
Cost is $150 for this workshop
Shamanism, Spirits, and Healing
Thursday May 18th and 25th, 5pm-8:30pm
**Prerequisites: The Shamanic Journey and Shamanic Divination in Practice (online) or The Way of the Shaman (in person)
**Strongly recommended: The Shamanic Worldview
This workshop is required to continue with the Healing Series
Effective shamanic practice depends upon knowledge of the spirit realms and how to access them to build strong relationships with the compassionate helping spirits. Powerful shamanic healing requires training, discipline, and experience.
In this experiential workshop, which sets the context for the Shamanic Healing Online Training Program, you will have the opportunity to personally explore:
The three worlds of the shaman (Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds) and the qualities of ordinary and non-ordinary reality;
The nature of the spirits of the three worlds;
Middle World non-ordinary reality spiritual aspects and their relationship to illness and wholeness.
Primary shamanic healing methods will be described, including shamanic extraction healing, psychopomp to help the spirits of the deceased, and soul retrieval. You will learn and practice power animal retrieval, with the chance to work with another participant to both retrieve and receive a power animal.
In addition to the items listed at the top of the page, please have with you:
A rock (NOT a crystal) about 2-3" in diameter, preferably found in nature, that is new to you
A human-made piece of artwork that is able to be visible on your screen (Examples: A sculpture, ceramic dish/vase, painting, weaving, stuffed animal, jewelry (larger), drawing, etc. NO ELECTRONICS OR PHOTOGRAPHS -- nothing with people in it.)
Cost is $150 for this workshop
Shamanism and Personal Transformation
Thursday June 8th, 15th, and 22th, 5pm-8:30pm
**Prerequisites: The Shamanic Journey and Shamanic Divination in Practice (online) or The Way of the Shaman (in person)
Shamanism has much to offer those seeking personal knowledge and emotional and spiritual maturity. Shamanism & Personal Transformation teaches us how to work with our spirit helpers and in ordinary reality to transform personal attitudes, emotions, and blocks to living a fulfilled and inspired life. Exercises are provided to help participants see and move beyond personal limitations to a centered and compassionate state of being. In so doing, we bring these qualities into the world to the benefit and ultimate transformation of our Earth and its inhabitants.
This workshop offers practical methods to gain and apply wisdom from the spirits to your personal life:
Reconnect with your soul's purpose and discover your role in the larger context of our world
Practice applying shamanic divination/journeying methods to personal issues using a standard problem-solving process
Uncover personal attitudes and emotions that block and limit personal growth and wholeness
Use shamanic divination to discover how to move beyond your limitations to live a compassionate and transformative life
Cost is $220 for this workshop
The Shaman As Psychopomp
Thursdays July 20th and 27th and August 3rd, 5-8:30pm
**Prerequisites: The Shamanic Journey and Shamanic Divination in Practice (online) or The Way of the Shaman (in person)
**Strongly recommended: The Shamanic Worldview
Shamans are concerned with the human soul, with healing during life and assisting the soul's passage out of the Middle World after death. Familiar with the realms of the dead, a shaman can act as a psychopomp - a conductor of souls. A trained shamanic practitioner is able to guide the soul of a deceased person out of the Middle World to a place where the soul can receive help in taking the next step on its path. The focus of this training is on learning and practicing the psychopomp method.
In this fully experiential workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
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Explore what happens for human souls from a core shamanic perspective after they leave the body - the "destiny of human souls" in the Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds
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Learn and practice the psychopomp method to help the souls of the deceased out of the Middle World to a better place
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How to locate a soul in the Middle World that may be stuck and in need of help
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How to obtain the soul's permission to offer shamanic assistance
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How to guide the soul to a place in the Upper or Lower World where it will be helped to continue on its journey
Cost is $235 for this workshop
Shamanic Extraction Healing Method
Wednesday August 16th and Thursdays August 24th and 31st, 5-8:30pm
**Prerequisites: The Shaman As Psychopomp and its prerequisites, and The Shamanic Worldview (online) or The Way of the Shaman (in person)
Shamanic extraction healing is a powerful practice for treating localized pain and illness resulting from spiritual factors. "The shaman works to remove things that interfere with the health of the body, such as spiritual intrusions, and extract them. This is not done through journeying. It's done through working here in the Middle World in an altered state of consciousness." Michael Harner, Shamanic Healing
In this fully experiential online workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
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Learn methods to build spiritual power to prepare for extraction practice
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Sense and see spiritual intrusions, which may be causing localized illness
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Practice with other participants to safely extract (remove) spiritual intrusions
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Re-empower a client after a shamanic extraction to restore health and well-being
Cost is $235 for this workshop