OTHER CLASSES
I can create a class or workshop with two people! All workshops and courses require a $100 non-refundable deposit to hold your reservation, as space is limited. When you attend, your deposit will be applied to your tuition.
(Please contact Suzy for more information)
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What’s a Shamanic Journey?
Since Paleolithic times, medicine people, known as "shamans," were the healers, seers, herbalists, spiritual advisors, and leaders of their tribes. The shamanic journey is a trance
process used to solve problems, heal, and receive insights on behalf of the tribe, and its members.
Shamans view the "spirit" as the essence that continues from one incarnation to the next. Our "soul parts" are the essence that defines us in this particular incarnation: our authenticity.
"Shadow Powers" are soul parts that represent our lost, stolen, or trapped parts of our soul, locked in past traumatic experiences and unresolved old wounds. It is as if parts of authenticity are frozen in time due to poor modeling, traumatic experiences, or harsh socialization involving ridicule, harsh judgment, intolerance, and perfectionism, along with the many other illusions that tell us we are fundamentally flawed. Eventually, these shadows express themselves in maladapted attitudes and behaviors.
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A shamanic journey is a trance induced by drums or rattles to access "non-ordinary reality." This state is often called "the Astral plane," which is a form of altered consciousness that experiences the Unseen realm of power animals and spirit guides that offer help, guidance, and healing.
Basic Shamanic Journey Skills Class
In this beginner class, you'you'll learn thetheories and skills of the shamanic journey work. This is an easy process to learn and can be used for problem-solving, healing work, acquiring power animals and spirit guides, and building the skills needed for more complex shamanic work such as "soul retrieval."
Intermediate Shamanic Journey Skills Class
Deepen your understanding of the basic skills and principles of the shamanic world-view, and the skills such as: setting sacred space, clarifying intention, building and deepening relationships with the Unseen allies, and exploring the principles underlying the shamanic worldview. This class will help you prepare for the work of journeying for others, and is a prerequisite for the Advanced Soul Retrieval Class.
Advanced Shamanic Journey Skills Class: Soul Theft and Soul Retrieval.
(Required prerequisites: Basic and Intermediate Shamanic Journey Skills.)
Dealing with negative forces takes extra care and training. This class is geared toward practitioners who need advanced training in dealing with "soul theft." "Soul theft" is very serious, as it comes from malicious acts such as curses, hexes, outright physical or emotional abuse, or any other intentional cruelty. Whether through soul loss or soul theft, the result is that one can forget or are robbed of their authenticity, and with it, the fundamental recognition of their inherent Divinity and personal power.
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Soul theft is addressed through a specific form of shamanic journey work known as "soul retrieval." In this process, the shaman journeys to find and return these parts and restore a sense of wholeness to their client.
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Discovering Taoist Wicca and the Wisdom of the Seasons Workshop
In this workshop, Suzy Peltier, aka Lady Red Hawk, 3rd Degree Wiccan Priestess and founder of the Taoist Wiccan Tradition, explores her Wiccan self-coaching system in-depth as described her book, "Ancient Wisdom for Modern Needs: Discovering Taoist Wicca.
By mixing Wiccan ritual with Taoist principles, and Chakra wisdom, this system transforms the agricultural calendar known in Wicca as Wheel of the Year into a seasonal self-coaching and ritual calendar system for stress management, healing, and growth. See how a process of applied introspection can open the sabbats as thematic and energetic connections between the body, mind, and spirit: the Unseen, ourselves, and our planet.
Chakra Classes
Chakra is Sanskrit for "wheel" or "vortex." We have 7 major Chakras that operate as a thematic link to the body's endocrine system. Functioning much like a hard drive, Chakras help us integrate life themes such as survival, sexuality, power, love, truth, creativity, and wisdom. This basic class covers energetic theories and strengthens perceptions through meditation and practice.
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Suzy will also explore her concept of the Zero Chakra, as an energetic Void, or place holder, similar to the use of zero in mathematics.
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