Shamanic Practice is an ancient spiritual tradition and can be described as 'The path of direct revelation' - your direct experience with spirit is where wisdom and insight emerge.

The Shamanic practitioner facilitates a deeper experience for you through the practices used.

Shamanic healing occurs within the quantum field, also known as 'non-ordinary reality' - N.O.R.

'Ordinary Reality' - O.R. is the physical world we are familiar with, complete with all the human paradigms and constructs, conditioning and belief systems, barriers and limitations we subscribe to in three dimensional reality.

N.O.R. is vast and expansive. It is where spirit exists, and there are many layers and dimensions there. The limitations we experience in O.R. don't exist in N.O.R.

We access N.O.R through what is often referred to as our 'imagination'. There are times when what we 'imagine' feels real - and that's because it is!

It's just that, for the most part, we are unfamiliar with N.O.R. and like to explain it away in OR terms.

A 'Shamanic Journey' is an integral practice used to access N.O.R. It is a way to commune with spirit to find healing and wisdom that we then integrate into our O.R. existence.

It can also be described as a visualisation or meditation. It can be guided by a practitioner, or you can 'journey' by yourself. A Shamanic practitioner can also journey on your behalf in your presence or remotely.

There are some specific details and protocols that make a shamanic journey distinct from other forms of meditation.

• Traditional Shamanic protocols, such as calling in the ancestors, the four directions and the elements, are used to open the space for the healing journey.

• There is a clear intention for each journey that is decided and declared in advance.

• The 'journey' is taken to the background sound of shamanic drumming, which supports you to enter a deeper state of consciousness.

• You enter N.O.R. in your journey through a 'portal' in the natural world, e.g. you can imagine you are entering through the roots of a tree, a hole in the ground, or spiralling up from the top of a mountain. The place can be somewhere familiar in O.R. or a place you imagine.

• You are met and guided by spirit allies. They can appear in human, animal and plant form. You repeat the intention for your journey to your guides, and then proceed on the journey, following the guidance you receive.

• The shamanic drumming has a set duration - typically half an hour - and the drum beat changes near the end which is called the 'call back signal', which is when you make your way back from N.O.R. via the route you entered, returning to O.R.

Power animals and Spirit Guides are also known as our ‘Spirit Allies’ and are an essential part of Shamanic practice and journeying. They are your spiritual support team. In Shamanic traditions, it is believed that we all have spirit guides from all the realms, whether or not we are aware of them.

Our ‘Spirit Allies’ provide guidance, healing and power for different aspects of our lives.

We can lose our personal power and even fragments of our soul. This can be due to adversity e.g. divorce, bereavement, loss, trauma, accidents, illness, shock, abuse, difficult situations, some sort of spiritual, mental, emotional or physical rupture or intrusion.

Power animals have particular attributes that they can lend us when we need them.

Spirit guides often appear in human form, and provide wisdom and healing when we need it. They are always available for consultation and happy to help us always.

They may be familiar or completely new. Some animals and guides are with us for many lifetimes, others only for certain periods of time.

In advance of each session, I prepare myself and open the space, calling in my guides and ancestors, the four directions, and the elements, to support and protect us during the session.

I hold the space for the group, for the session and while guiding the journey through NOR.

Each member of the group has their own direct and individual experience on the guided journey.

You play an active role in the journey by listening to the drumming and following my guidance. This is your journey, and I am holding the space while you have your own experience in NOR. Things you see, hear, sense and know are 'direct revelation' to you from spirit.

You might want to have something from the natural world next to you while you journey - a stick, feather, shell for example - or any object that holds meaning for you.

At the end of each journey, you are given time to write up the details of your experience before any discussion. It is important to capture the insights and guidance before breaking the silence.

I look forward to supporting you to reclaim your truth and power through this ancient and powerful method and practice.