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She is a legendary Spirit Teacher, Prophet and Ancestor of the Native American Lakota/Sioux nation of North America
“The great spiritual Teachers who walked the Earth and taught the basics of the truths of the Whirling Rainbow Prophecy will return and walk amongst us once more, sharing their power and understanding with all. We will learn how to see and hear in a sacred manner. Men and women will be equals in the way Creator intended them to be; all children will be safe anywhere they want to go. Elders will be respected and valued for their contributions to life. Their wisdom will be sought out. The whole Human race will be called The People and there will be no more war, sickness or hunger forever.” - ‘Rainbow Warriors’ by Jenni Giovanetti LakotaTimes.Com
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Even within the Holistic Heath and Complementary Medicine Industries, Shamanic Healing is still pretty left-field and far out of the box!
There are no Regulatory Bodies or set curriculum criteria for Shamanic Practitioner Training.
There are also so many branches, lineages and practises with Shamanism that it would be impossible to standardise this most ancient and diverse healing methodology.
Each teacher will have their own path and practise, based upon their own lineages and training.
I will be issuing Certificates for this Shamanic Practitioner Training & Apprenticeship, upon completion of all required case-history practicals and course-work.
Each Year and Level will be certified separately, and then there will be a final certification for completion of the entire Training.
You can supply these Certificates for insurance purposes for your business and practise once you qualify at each Level.
If you wish to receive Certification for completion of this Shamanic Practitioner Training & Apprenticeship, you will need to complete...
I started my Shamanic training at the Lodge of the Singing Stones, in Derbyshire, UK, which has now changed it’s name to the Centre For Shamanic Arts.
My Apprentice Guide and Teacher for 3 years of my Shamanic Apprenticeship there was Carole Youngson, who ran the Lodge of the Singing Stones for 20 years.
I had other teachers while there too, Pete Edwards and Elaine Casey.
The content of the teachings and traditional ceremonies were drawn from several Central and North American nations, notably the Maya, Lakota, Hopi and Navajo.
Through my apprenticeship with Carole Youngson, I learned how to practise and hold many traditional Healing ceremonies such as Womb Clearing, Cord-Cutting, Prayer Pipe, and Sweatlodge ceremonies.
I also learned many Personal ceremonies during my Apprenticeship, such as the Flowering Tree, Forgiveness and Ancestral Speaking ceremonies.
I participated in Vision Quests and Eagle Dance Ceremonies with my Teaching Lodge during this time too.
After completing 3 years of Shamanic Apprenticeship at the Lodge of the Singing Stones, I trained with the Sacred Trust in One-To-One therapeutic methods in Shamanic Healing - Classical Shamanic Practitioner Training.
My teacher at the Sacred Trust was Simon Buxton, the founder of the Trust.
I learned many techniques in Classical Shamanism, which are drawn from several different traditions, as Simon teaches them.
The main techniques taught within the Core-Shamanism framework come from the life-work of Michael Harner (now deceased) and his Foundation For Shamanic Studies, who Simon trained with.
These include the practises of drum-based Shamanic Journeying, Power Retrieval, Soul Retrieval, Shamanic Extraction and Psychopomp work.
Betsy Bergstrom was Simon’s teacher for the De-Possession and Curse-Unravelling teachings.
And she drew her lineage from Scandinavian Seidr and Tibetan Bon Shamanism.
I have done a lot of work with Family and Systemic Constellations with various different teachers and facilitators, through the western system established by Bert Hellinger, which he originally learned in South Africa from the Zulu traditions of Ancestor Worship and Ancestral Healing.
I also learned another method and system of Ancestral Healing with Christina Pratt, who founded the Last Mask Centre in New York, USA. Her shamanic work is a synthesis of studies with Ecuadorian, Tibetan, Tamang, and African shamans, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, the Centre for Intuitive Energy Processing, and personal shamanic experience.
I have worked with her methods extensively and I adapted and built upon this methodolgy for use in Past-Life and Karmic Healing, with the guidance and direction from my own Luminous Ancestors and Spirit Teachers.
Since arriving in Guatemala, nearly 5 years ago, I have been immersing myself into the indigenous Mayan Cosmovision, spiritual practises and ceremonies, as passed down through the indigenous Mayan shamanic lineages.
My first Mayan teacher has been a man named Don Pedro Pop Gonzalez, a wise plant and dream shaman, who comes from a long patriarchal ancestral lineage of un-officiated shamen.
Don Pedro’s father was a renowned healer in the region who specialised in removing spirits from people, and his grandfather was a sorcerer - the stories Don Pedro has told me about his grandfather’s abilities are straight out of a Carlos Castaneda novel !
The officially trained and ordained shamen in the Mayan tradition are known as Tatas (male) and Nanas (female), and they preside over the main Healing and Fire Ceremonies of the Maya.
For the last year or so, I have been attending a regular Mayan Fire Ceremony which is the central ceremonial practice of Traditional Mayan Shamanism.
My neighbour and friend Tata Viento, is one of the principle shaman of the town (although they call themselves 'Spiritual Guides') and he helps to organise our town’s regular Mayan Fire Ceremonies, with all the town’s Tatas and Nanas - ordained and in training - every 13 days. These regular ceremonies are opportunities to learn the ways of the Mayan Cosmovision by participating in the group ceremonies, for personal and collective healing.
You cannot just decide to become a Tata or Nana if you are a foreigner here. You must wait to be invited, and regular attendance is a positive step down that road.
Recently I was given a Mayan name in one of these Fire Ceremonies by Tata Oscar - my Mayan name is 'Xuana' and this is how all of the Tatas and Nanas now refer to me at the Fire Ceremonies.
And so I feel like my invitation to attend these ceremonies by Tata Viento and my ceremonial naming by Tata Oscar is the tentative beginning of an unofficial apprenticeship into the indigenous Mayan Shamanic tradition !
This lineage comes down through a very well loved, honoured, celebrated and internationally renowned shaman named Tata Pedro Cruz (now deceased), and his wisdom and teaching continues to inform and hold the spiritual practices of the Ceremonial Alter of our town - which is the Alter of Keme - Keme is the Mayan Nahual (or energy) of Death and the Ancestors - which is a shamanic pathway that I am deeply called to serve.
And so the learning continues !
There are many other spiritual and healing traditions that were stepping stones, paving the way for me into the realms of Shamanism, and they are still a foundation for my Shamanic practice and understanding - I have been a Reiki Master for 25 years, initiating hundreds of students into Reiki over the years. I completed a two year diploma in Crystal Healing. I consider myself to be a lay Herbalist and Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner - self-taught and with 4 years of experience working in a Herbal Apothecary. I have extensive experience in working with animals, spiritually and practically. The Animal Kingdom has provided me with a huge amount of companionship and learning experiences throughout my life, with a great variety of animals blessing me with their medicine, as I have done what I could to assist them in both Life and Death.
I consider myself to be a self-taught Hedge Witch, as within the European context, that label always fitted me more comfortably than Shaman. Although really, I consider them to be one and the same. These are the additional pathways that have shaped my spiritual experiences, outlook and practise, and that flavour my offerings in a unique way.