What is shamanism?
“As a spiritual practice, shamanism can become a way of life that mayutterly transform the one who practices it” ~ Sandra Ingerman
What is Shamanism?
You are a luminous being of Light.Your luminosity is the same Light as the Light of the Creator, who made all things.
You are in relationship with all things and all things are in relationship with you.
Shamanism is a practice of nurturing and tending those relationships in a deep and meaningful way.
Shamanism is a practice for uncovering and awakening your inner Light, about remembering who and what you really are.
Shamanism is a practice for bringing Light to your shadow places.

Shamanism has no dogma and operates from a few basic tenets:
Everything is Alive
Everything is Aware and Conscious
Everything is Dynamic and Changing
Everything is Connected
Everything Responds
A visionary practice which gives you access to your own direct revelation, shamanism is one of the oldest forms of spirituality that is known, practiced by ordinary people, and dating back tens of thousands of years. People who practice shamanism are people from all over the world, indigenous and non-indigenous people like you and like me. The shaman goes to the spiritual realms to discover and address the spiritual causes of illness and imbalance. The shaman acts as an intermediary between you, the ordinary world, and the world of Spirit.
Unless we change
direction,
we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~ Chinese proverb
we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~ Chinese proverb
The word "shaman" or "saman" comes from the Tungus of North Central Asia. It means "he/she who knows"; the shaman is the person who sees what others are not yet able to; the shaman is s/he who finds and retrieves information from the hidden spiritual realms. The shaman acts as an intermediary between the ordinary world and the world of Spirit, allowing us to change direction.
Shamanism is not Religion
Shamanism is a spiritual practice and not a religion.
As a personal practice, shamanism is about awakening and
tending the Light within you; my Peruvian teacher says
that these practices are "about becoming a person"; it is
about bringing Light back into those interior places
of Shadow. It is about building
relationships and connections with the Light of compassion
that is found in all things and in all Beings.Shamanism is spiritual healing.
Shamanism reunites you
with your Divine Purpose.
It uncovers and awakens your inner Light, ignites and rekindles your joy, and reconnects you to your unique and individual sources of personal power.
Shamanic Healing helps you to make sense of life again and brings back lost vitality. It gives you the tools and ability to change direction to find a more life-affirming path of living.
It uncovers and awakens your inner Light, ignites and rekindles your joy, and reconnects you to your unique and individual sources of personal power.
Shamanic Healing helps you to make sense of life again and brings back lost vitality. It gives you the tools and ability to change direction to find a more life-affirming path of living.
The Shamanic Healing Session
Shamanic healing is generally about one of three broad categories of healing:- restoring missing spiritual energies to a person
or place
- transmuting/unwinding spiritual energies,
tangles, and unfinished business
- removing unhealthy spiritual energy from your luminous energy field
After the shamanic spiritual healing session you will have a period of integration of the healing. During this time your luminous energy field balances and the healing integrates. This may take days, weeks, or months depending on what we did in your healing session.
Healing is a bringing together, a clarifying. It is a process, a journey. Each of us has our tasks to perform to ensure a good, well-integrated healing. Here are some shamanic healing aftercare suggestions which may help you understand more about the healing process.
When Should You Seek Shamanic Healing?
- You find yourself repeating behaviors or events,
especially after a life-changing event or surgery
- You are having repeating bad luck with no
explanation
- You are experiencing paranormal,
'poltergeist' phenomena: moving objects, noises
you can't explain, etc.
- You can't get away from negative, shaming mental
chatter, especially which gets worse when you are
tired
- You have a strong desire for a life change
- You are experiencing low energy
levels for no discernable reason
- You have noticed character shifts or
mood swings, especially when you are tired or when
you are caught off-guard
- You experience inner voice(s)
speaking to you
- You are abusing drugs and/or alcohol
- You find yourself having impulsive
behavior that is out of character
- You are experiencing memory problems
or memories that are not your own
- You are having poor concentration and fogginess
- For you there is a definite sense of
there being a 'before' and 'after', of things
having changed at some point
- You experienced a sudden onset of
anxiety or depression which does not respond well
to traditional treatment
- You have experienced sudden onset of physical problems with no obvious cause; i.e. changes to your vision or to your hearing
- You experience physical discomfort that has no discernible cause and/or for which no traditional treatment can shift
- You are having emotion and/or physical reactions to reading this list
If you think you may need a shamanic healing session but can't get an appointment with me right away, check to the Self-Help page for things you can do now, for yourself, on your own.
If you are really curious to know more about the ins and outs, here's what you need to know about when to seek shamanic healing and the specific shamanic healing modalities that I may use in your session to treat the spiritual causes of what is making you ill.
For even further reading, you'll find lots of books and links at the Shamanic Books and Links page.
Jeffrey
Rich