What is Shamanic Healing?
Learn more about this healing modality that can transform your health and wellbeing
Shamanic healing is a spiritual practice based on building relationships with compassionate helping spirits and seeking guidance through non-ordinary reality.
Within the shamanic worldview, personal difficulties may have emotional, spiritual and energetic dimensions. A session creates space to explore these dimensions alongside the practical realities of your life.
My work is grounded in Core Shamanism and does not claim to represent the ceremonies or traditions of any particular Indigenous culture.
the origin of core shamanism
Forms of shamanic practice have developed within cultures in different parts of the world. These traditions are diverse and should not be treated as one universal Indigenous practice.
Anthropologist Michael Harner developed Core Shamanism after years of research and direct experience. He identified methods that appeared across many shamanic traditions and organized them into a system without adopting culture-specific ceremonies.
Harner later founded the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, an organization dedicated to studying, preserving and teaching shamanic knowledge.
how does shamanic healing work?
A session begins with a conversation about what you are experiencing and what you would like support with.
Using rhythmic drumming or rattling, I enter a focused state of awareness and undertake a shamanic journey. Within the practice, this journey is understood as a way of consulting compassionate helping spirits for information and guidance.
The method used is not chosen in advance. I first seek guidance about what form of work is appropriate for you. You remain fully clothed and aware throughout the session.
Shamanic healing sessions may be offered in person or remotely.
a session may include
Depending on the guidance received, a session may include:
- Shamanic divination: Seeking spiritual insight into a question, situation or life transition
- Power animal or guardian spirit retrieval: Reconnecting with a helping spirit understood to offer guidance, protection and support
- Power soul retrieval: A practice intended to restore a sense of vitality or wholeness following trauma, loss or prolonged stress
- Shamanic extraction: Removing what is understood within the shamanic framework as spiritual or energetic interference
- Drum healing: Using rhythm and sound as part of the healing process
- Passing spiritual power: Offering spiritual support and strengthening through the practitioner’s helping spirits
- Psychopomp work: Assisting spirits of the deceased in their transition when this work is considered appropriate
Not every session includes all these methods. The work is guided by the situation and what emerges during the shamanic journey.
what can a session support?
People may seek shamanic healing when they are:
- Navigating grief, heartbreak or significant loss
- Recovering from a difficult or disruptive experience
- Moving through illness or another major life transition
- Feeling disconnected from themselves or their sense of purpose
- Experiencing recurring emotional or energetic patterns
- Seeking spiritual insight into a decision or life direction
- Wanting to reconnect with nature, meaning or spiritual practice
Shamanic healing is a complementary spiritual practice. It does not diagnose or treat physical or mental health conditions.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A SESSION?
Before the session, we discuss your concern and clarify your intention. You do not need to decide which shamanic method you need.
During the session, you will usually lie down comfortably while I work with rhythmic drumming, rattling and the guidance of my helping spirits. I may share information or perform a particular shamanic healing method based on what arises.
Afterward, I explain what I experienced during the journey and discuss any guidance or practices that may help you integrate the session into daily life.
A session may bring insight, emotion, physical sensations or a different perspective. Experiences vary, and change may unfold gradually after the session.
my training and approach
I completed a three-year advanced training in shamanism and shamanic healing through FSS Asia. My training included shamanic journeying, divination, extraction healing, power animal retrieval, power soul retrieval, psychopomp work and ethical practice.
I approach each session with respect, confidentiality and clear boundaries. My role is not to impose an interpretation on your experience but to offer spiritual guidance and support that you can consider alongside your own discernment.
I may also integrate coaching, meditation or sound into my broader healing work when these approaches are appropriate for the client.
private shamanic healing sessions
Private sessions are available in person or remotely. You may request shamanic healing as a focused session or as part of a broader healing and transition-coaching process.
