Foundation for Shamanic Studies In Person Workshops
In Person Workshops
All in person workshops are held in East Hartford, CT
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.​
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Please have with you for all in person workshops:
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A rattle and frame drum (if you have them; having at least a rattle is strongly recommended)
Something to cover your eyes, like a bandana
​​A notebook to record your journeys (electronics are not permitted for this purpose)
A covered water bottle
Pillows, blankets, or whatever you need to be comfortable sitting and lying on the ground
Please dress in layers, and in a way that you are comfortable moving around the space
See individual workshop listings for additional items to bring
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You must be in attendance for the entire workshop in order for it to count as a prerequisite for other FSS offerings (workshops with prerequisites, and the 3 Year Program). Please plan to be present for the entire workshop.
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Please note that recording in FSS workshops is not allowed.
Advanced Shamanic Divination Training
Saturday-Sunday September 28-29, 10am-5:30pm
**Prerequisite: The Way of the Shaman (in person), OR The Shamanic Journey; Shamanic Divination in Practice; and Shamanism, Spirits, and Healing (online)
One of the classic tasks of the shaman is to journey into nonordinary reality in order to obtain answers to questions, both at the request of others and for oneself. Participants in the workshop have the opportunity to engage in divination journeys for each other as well as for themselves and to gain experience in using various time-tested shamanic divination techniques. In the shamanic search to become persons of knowledge, they learn, as shamans have from time immemorial, how to converse with plant and animal spirits, how to learn about the use of quartz crystals, and how to seek and receive revelatory knowledge from visionary sources.
In addition to the items listed above, please have with you:
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A rough-surfaced, grapefruit sized rock (NOT a crystal)
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A small quartz crystal, at least 1 inch long, and something to cover it when you are not using it
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A blanket
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8 small objects, which you can hold together in your cupped hands, which you picked up outdoors
Cost is $295 for this workshop
Shamanism, Dying, and Beyond
Saturday-Sunday October 26-27, 10am-5:30pm
**Prerequisite: The Way of the Shaman (in person), OR The Shamanic Journey; Shamanic Divination in Practice; and Shamanism, Spirits, and Healing (online)
Participants learn how to deal with the issue of dying and the destiny of souls from a shamanic perspective. The workshop is both for those who wish to learn for themselves, and for those who wish to help others who are in terminal situations or who have already passed on. Experiences to be undertaken include learning how to become experientially familiar with the after-death realms, tracking a person using shamanic journeying, completing unfinished business, helping a person to cross over, and classic psychopomp work.
Cost is $295 for this workshop
Power Soul Retrieval Training
Saturday-Sunday November 16-17, 10am-5:30pm
**Prerequisites: Extraction (online or in person) AND Shamanism Dying and Beyond (in person)/The Shaman As Psychopomp (online)
Learning shamanism is not just a matter of acquiring methods, but also of increasing spiritual power and knowing how to use it. From the shamanic point of view, people who are not spiritually "power-filled" are prone to illness, accidents, and misfortune. Anyone who has had a traumatic experience may lose a portion of their soul, of their spiritual essence. There are also other reasons this may occur.
In this workshop, participants will learn about soul loss and soul retrieval from a shamanic perspective. There will be a particular emphasis on the importance of shamanic power to do successful soul retrieval. Participants will also learn how to re-empower a client's soul after it has been returned so that the client is once again spiritually power-filled, leading to greater health and well-being. This soul retrieval training is based on worldwide core principles and methods. It does not require Western psychological perspectives and practices.
Cost is $295 for this workshop