About the Course

The Year 1 Foundation Training in Shamanic course is for those who want to go deeper in their self-development while walking their personal spiritual path, as well as, for those who wish to develop their gifts and become a shamanic practitioner by continuing the training in the future.

Meeting every three months, the course is designed to help you build a solid inner foundation as an individual and/or as a shamanic practitioner with the 2nd year training at a Practitioner level.

Next Foundation Group 8 Starting June 2012 (few places available)

MODULES OF THE COURSE

Walking the Shaman's Path

It is through understanding and experiencing different realities that the shaman is able to move between worlds bringing the gift of healing for self and his community. This is possible through the movement of our assemblage point, where our perception of reality is shifted and the gateways opens, allowing us to access the powers of the universe. When we master moving between realms, allies and powers are identified to assist with the healing at hand or simply with our daily life.

Introduction to the Medicine Wheel

By understanding, feeling and bringing the teachings of the Medicine Wheel into our body and our walk through life, we will always have a map to refer to shows us exactly where we are and what our next move should be. By navigating with this map we can access more of our potential power, find our centre and live a more balanced and fulfilled life.

The Natural movement of Energy in Healing

Life is energy. All physical and spiritual sensation is, on all levels, energy vibrating. What we and others experience as depression, fear, stress, negative thoughts and bad feelings are energies vibrating at "low" frequencies. Energy transformation, energetic healing, aura cleansing and self awareness are some techniques to transform energies and expand into our full potential as human beings and healers. Healers of the self, others and our planet.

The Path of the Spiritual Warrior

The Spiritual Warrior's battle is concerned with the inner life far more than the outer life. Her/his path is the path of great understanding of the self and the Universe around us. Healing of the self and consequently people and planetary healing is possible through the inner journey of awakening the warrior, overcoming the ego's limitations and engaging the enemy within, then seek vision and manifest that vision into the world. The Spiritual Warrior seeks visions that benefits all and is centred in love.

Sweat Lodge and Nature

We close our programme integrating what we have learned over the past year with the understanding and most importantly, the experience of what it is to live in a community, create ceremony and seek vision. A Sweat Lodge Ceremony, will mark our rebirth, the celebration of who we are, our vision and how it can be manifested into the world. Nature becomes our teacher. Click here for information on Sweat Lodges

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Costs for the training

It is our wish to include everyone who feel drawn to our work and are ready for this course, therefore, the price for the course in Balerno is on a sliding scale:  £720 / £550 / £465 (high/medium/low income). The course is completed in 5 weekend training during a year and payment is made as we meet (£140 / £110 / £93).

We also offer one bursary per course for those who genuinely cannot afford the lowest amount.

Please contact us for details and apply well in advance to avoid disapointment.

Costs for the teachings at Newbold House in Forres are slightly different as it covers rental of venue and food. Click here for more details.

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What to bring

Tools: drums, rattles (if you have them) notebook (one you can use the whole year for the course), pen, personal blanket in you have one. (We offer blankets, cushions and some shamanic tools)

Food: Please bring lunch to share. We will have access to an oven and a cook to warm up food if needed. We normally take 1 hr break for lunch around 2pm.

Clothes: Weather permitting we will also work outdoors in the woodland. Please bring with you warm outdoors clothes and wellington or walking boots.

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