Embracing Shamanism has dedicating time this year to nurture it's charity - Heart of the Wild. This is a shamanic charity being established by a group of practitioners who have been called to work together to share ancient and contemporary practices with the wider public and the global community. We are growing steadily and organically, inspired and guided by Spirit at every step of the journey. … Read more about Embracing Shamanism’s Charitable Heart
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Embracing Shamanism offers a wide range of highly experiential training opportunities including introduction weekends, a comprehensive Practitioner Training plus Shamanic Teacher Training for those wishing to pursue a teaching role. Additional trainings focus on Toltec Shamanism, conducting Healing Circles and Sweatlodge Ceremonies, and a one-year training in Earth Centred Shamanism with emphasis … Read more about Learn more about Embracing Shamanism
What is the ego?
Ego is more of a value question, where identity is how you identify yourself. In spirituality and self-help the ego is regularly labelled as bad, it’s demonized, it is shamed. However, I want to invite you to ponder on whether this rings true for you in relation to why we are here, and our soul contract that includes to develop ego and identity. The ego is the part of the mind that negotiates … Read more about What is the ego?
Plant Intelligence
On our Nature Intelligence Course we explore the complex dynamics of the plant kingdom, interactions that show clear parallels to the human realm. This includes language, plant sentience, intelligence, the creation of cities, cooperation in groups, adaptation to their environment, protection of offspring and species memory that is handed down through the generations. Learn more here. … Read more about Plant Intelligence
Power Dance
Dance is a beautiful tool to connect with the power of the Universe. The word power in shamanism refers to ‘spiritual power’ or ‘divine force/presence’, and therefore power dance always involves some form of merging or communion with the divine. All of our offerings here include the element of dance. … Read more about Power Dance
Toltec Shamanism
"Mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called Darkness… Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding." Lao-Tzu Thousands of years ago, the Toltec in southern Mexico were known as the ‘men and women of knowledge’. They were ancient ‘shaman-seers’, the receivers and holders of mysteries. Toltec Shamanism offers a range of practices within the … Read more about Toltec Shamanism
What do we mean by the term Spirit “teacher?”
What is meant by the term ‘teacher’ is a spirit ally in human (ish) form such as an Ancestral Being, an Angelic Being, a Bodhisattva or Jesus Christ. You don’t need to know who that Being is. It can also be a deceased loved one such as a father or a grandmother who come forward to be with you at this point in time. At Embracing Shamanism we teach you skills that connect you with your Spirit … Read more about What do we mean by the term Spirit “teacher?”
What can your power actually do for someone?
Wise words from Twobirds, Principal teacher at Embracing Shamanism: "If you are falling into feeling ‘for’ people, you are mistaking your power. You will end up powerless, violated and collapsed. So my first step here to give you a backbone in empathy is: get your power straight and accept some fundamentals of this life. People die, people suffer, people have challenges, really horrific things … Read more about What can your power actually do for someone?
What is Identity and Why is it Important?
Identity is the distinguishing character or personality of an individual, it is what gives us individuality. It is the condition of being oneself and not someone else. We have a soul contract to evolve and live and create through identity. All of our courses at Embracing Shamanism explore this at some level but especially through the Archetypal work in our Journey Beyond Course. … Read more about What is Identity and Why is it Important?
What is Soul Remembrance?
A beautiful Shamanic healing technique that reconnects a person to their essence – who this person was before they were told who they are, what are their original beauties, gifts, talents, strengths, that they came to manifest. We teach this technique at Embracing Shamanism through our Shamanic Practitioner Training. … Read more about What is Soul Remembrance?