Advanced Courses in Therapeutic Shamanism
Please note. To attend any of these courses you need to have...
attended one of the Introductory Courses, or an equivalent course run by either Paul Francis, Jayne Anderson or another shamanic practitioner and...attended one of the Intermediate Courses, and/or have prior training in humanistic counselling and/or psychotherapy.All the courses may be taken as individual, stand-alone courses. They can also be taken as part of our Practitioner Training.
The exact content of each course is flexible, according to the needs and wishes of those involved. This is in accordance with our ideals of modelling being facilitators and enablers. As groups, we will be creating and exploring the weekends together.
At present, the cost of each non-residential weekend is £120, with an earl-bird discounted cost of £100 for bookings received six weeks prior to the start of the course. £40 deposit (non-refundable except in the case of us cancelling the course) secures a place. Venue is north-west England.
For more information on any of the courses listed below, or to book on to them, please contact us.
The courses...
Shamanic Healing: Extraction, Burial, Depossession and Dismemberment
November 15th + 16th 2008
A course learning the nuts and bolts of Core Shamaninic healing practices: extraction - the removal of intrusions in the energy body; depossession - the removal of living intrusions, including entanglements with other people; burial and dismemberment - both methods of deep cleansing and re-patterning of the energy body. As with all courses, our unique approach will focus on doing the work in a way that is as empowering to the 'client' as possible; working with helping the client explore what is going on and helping them discover what needs to happen for them (rather than taking over and interpreting the symptoms and doing the work for them).
Ancestor and Family: Healing our Inheritance
January 10th + 11th 2009
A course exploring how much of what we do is coloured and affected by messages from our parents, grandparents, and even further back into the generations. Also looking at how families form powerful 'fields' of energy, in which the participants can feel compelled to act out particular roles. We will explore our own family and ancestral influences, and learn how to heal wounds within the ancestral and family patterns, and begin the process of disentangling ourselves from unhealthy roles and influences that no longer serve us.
Soul Retrieval: Recovering from Trauma
March 7th and 8th 2009
Soul loss occurs when part of us splits of. This may be the result of traumatic events, but may also occur simply because we learn to hide away part of who we truly are in order to fit in; eventually this part becomes lost to us. The symptoms of soul loss can include: depression, fatigue, feelings of emptyness, low self-esteem, addictions and illness. We will work on reconnecting to our own lost soul parts, as well as learning the beautiful, moving and empowering work of helping others recover theirs.
Plant Spirit Medicine
June 13th and 14th 2009
A Shamanism recognises that all things are alive. Far more than just their medicinal (herbal) properties, plants have profound wisdom and healing powers. This course will explore how to communicate deeply with the Plant People and the Standing People (the Trees), and learn how to draw on their wisdom and healing, and cultivate them as spirits and allies we can draw on in our shamanic work.
Healing the Future
Oct 17th + 18th 2009
How we move into the future, the form we take and the choices we make, is usually heavily and unconsciously determined by our past. In healing our family wounds; disentangling ourselves from unhealthy ancestral influences; recovering our lost soul parts; reconnecting with nature and spirit; we can become conscious and free to chose how we move into the future. Who do we want to be?
Further courses are planned for the following dates: December 12th + 13th 2009, February 6 + 7 2010, April 24th and 25th 2010, May 22nd + 23rd 2010, June 19th + 20th 2010, Sept 18th + 19th 2010, Oct 16th + 17th 2010. The themes of these courses are yet to be finalised, and will be negotiated with the students on the Practitioner Training. Themes offered will include:
The Shamanic Energy Body: Shamanism, Kundalini and the ChakrasThe medicine wheel as a spiritual map for living.Allies and Objects: Working with Power Animals, Ancestral Kin, Tutelage Spirits and Tools Death and DyingBetwixt and Between: Working with Darkness and Heightening the SensesSpirits around us: Working with Urban and Nature SpiritsHealing Ourselves: The Wounded HealerThe Stone People: Gem and Crystal MedicineShapeshifting and transmutation
