Shamanic Life
Online Community
Membership
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Private Online Membership Group
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Monthly 2 Hour LIVE Group Zoom Call with...
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Community Check-In
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Sharing Circle
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Q&A - Ask Me Anything
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Guided Drum Journey
Shamanic Life Membership
ONLINE COMMUNITY
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Are you drawn to find out more about Shamanism but doing a course or training isn't quite right for you at this time?
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Do you just want to dip your toes in without too much commitment, to get a feel for what it's all about? You may have already taken all the Shamanic courses you need right now, but would like to still connect with others on a similar path?
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Maybe you are seeking like-minded Community to bring companionship to your spiritual journey and opportunities to nurture soul-based bonds with kindred spirits?
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Or perhaps you are a current or previous student/client of mine and you would like to maintain your connection with myself and others in this Shamanic Circle, having the opportunity to touch base regularly without any expectations?
This Shamanic Life Online Community is a light-touch Membership, and a place to connect or re-connect with others on a Shamanic Path, strengthening the threads in our web whilst deepening our Shamanic journeys in a gentle and non-demanding way!
"Shamanism is not a course, but a life journey" - Alberto Villoldo
Many of us first encounter our Shamanic leanings through our own unusual and intuitive spiritual experiences, with the guiding hands of Great Spirit and Mother Nature leading us down this strange yet deeply familiar pathway.
But it can be a lonely journey if we don't know anyone else walking these ancient and lesser-trodden tracks.
We can end up feeling like the weird ones or outcasts in a world full or normies, isolated and alone in our 'wyrdness' until we find our Tribe of other strange and magical folk!!
"One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone." - Shannon L. Alder
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." - Hellen Keller
I see in our world these days, so many attempts to divide people; stirring up fear, anger and hatred between one another.
I am inspired and motivated to create opportunities to counter these attempts to divide humanity.
And so I wish to offer a regular space where those of us who consciously choose the path of Spiritual connection and liberation through ancient wisdom and practise, can come together to connect, inspire, support and lift one-another up through these strange and turbulent times we find ourselves in.
So often, in these types of group settings, through sharing and reflecting upon our own journeys, we can identify themes and energy waves that are washing through the collective.
"Some people think they are in community, but they are only in proximity. True community requires commitment and openness. It is a willingness to extend yourself to encounter and know the other." - David Spangler
In our willingness to reveal our subjective personal experiences within a confidential and safely held space, we are rewarded with other perspectives that collectively offer bigger picture views and broader understanding and wisdom.
This can help us to realise that we are not the only ones going through these storms alone. We are all being challenged and tested through these chaotic years, often being forced to confront our own shadows as well as the shadows of others.
And yet here we are. Doing our best to navigate the turbulent tides of our times.
"There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work towards the same goals." - Idowu Koyenikan
My name is Joanna Joy and I will be holding this Online Community space for us to connect, share, support and inspire each other through our Shamanic Journeys as we navigate these challenging times
"You should know the powerful positive effects you're having on us all, and the world! It's all rippling out and we're all so grateful for your grounding presence and approaches to these realms!"
MOLLY
"Highly recommend Jo and her guides/allies/work. She is professional, experienced, safe and quite frankly, bloomin' awesome!"
CRAIG
Over many years, I have had the pleasure and privilege of participating in and creating many different Shamanic Circles. This helped me to realise that there are more of us 'Pointy Hat People" out there than I had originally thought !
(For so long, I had thought I was the only odd one !!)
But for many reasons, we may not broadcast or advertise these more unusual beliefs, practises, outlooks, abilities or life-style choices, as so many of us have, at one time or another, experienced the pointy end of the stick being aimed at us 'Pointy Hat People'.
(If you know, you know).
But people like us are needed now more than ever.
The knowledge and practise of the Old Ways will help humanity to re-birth itself into a new paradigm that brings balance, honour and respect between people and the Earth, as we step out of the old, rotten and crumbling paradigm that is deeply toxic to all.
When we work together, miracles can happen.
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." - Margaret J. Wheatley
It has been a great honour to have run many circles, courses, workshops and trainings, where those who attended made life-long friendships.
Many deep and enduring friendships have been birthed in these spaces that I have held.
So for some of you who have walked these paths with me before, this Online Community may be a place to regularly re-connect with shamanic friends who you met previously, through my offerings.
I hope that this will be the case.
And so I would love to invite you to join this Online Community, where we will connect through a Live Monthly Zoom Call, as well as a Private Online Membership Group.
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This is NOT a course or training
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There will be NO content to work through
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NO homework to complete
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And NO ceremonies to do!!
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Simply show up as you are if you want to (and some months you may not want to)
"Highly recommend Joanna Joy - she works with integrity and soul. I have done two courses with her and absolutely recommend her."
BETH
"Little did I know when I stepped onto the path of the Wild Witch 5 years ago, where my journey would lead me. Thank you to Joanna Joy who introduced me to Shamanic practise and helped me find Crow on that day. He has become my constant guide and companion and was with me today as I graduated as a Shamanic Practitioner!"
ANNA
But know that whether you are an active participator or a more passive observer, if you join this Community, then you have a Tribe.
You will be a valued member of a group where you can...
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Share your Wyrd
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laugh and cry
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Offer and receive support
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Inspire and be inspired
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Share our collective wisdom
WHAT YOU WILL GET WHEN YOU JOIN THE SHAMANIC LIFE ONLINE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP...
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Live Monthly Group Zoom Calls
THIRD THURSDAY of every month,
11am-1pm CST,
5-7pm UK Winter Time
6-8pm UK Summer Time -
Private Online Community Membership Group to connect with Shamanic Life Members
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BONUS - 10% Discount Code for ALL One-To-One Shamanic Session Bookings with Joanna Joy
You can come for the whole 2 Hour Call, or you can drop in and out of the Call at your own convenience, depending on your own life demands and responsibilities.
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We will have...
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Check-in and sharing time
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Opportunities to ask Questions relating to anything Shamanic
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We will finish up with a Drum Journey for personal or collective healing, depending on the themes that arise through the Call
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None of it will be recorded and there will be no Replays!!
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Our Private Online Membership Group will be there to bridge the gap between the Monthly Zoom Calls
Whether you are new to Shamanism or you are a seasoned traveller on the Shamanic Highways and Byways, this Online Community Membership is for anyone and everyone, no matter your level of experience, welcoming all who seek spiritual connection at the alter of Shamanism.
To join us in this Online Community Membership..
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION OF...
£6
PER MONTH
This offer is only available until
Thursday 24th April 2025
You can also cancel your
Membership at any time,
if it's not working for you.
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION OF...
£10
PER MONTH
You can join at any time,
this Membership is always open.
You can also cancel your
Membership at any time,
if it's not working for you.
I can't wait to connect with you in our Online Community, if the time is right and the prevailing winds are favourable!
Much Love
Joanna Joy xx
"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Frequently Asked Questions
This is NOT a Training, class or workshop.
This is an opportunity to connect with others on a Shamanic Path and is a space for sharing, supporting and inspiring one another.
We will hopefully all learn and grow from this experience.
But you will not get any formal lessons, qualifications or a piece of paper from this expedition!
Absolutely NONE !!
This is a light-touch, no expectation offering.
Make a cup of tea, sit down with us to listen and share, create friendships, bonds and networks.
Simply come and be with your Tribe.
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 North American nations, notably 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 and Forgiveness ceremonies.
I participated in Vision Quest 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 - 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 Spirit Teachers.
Since arriving in Guatemala, nearly 4 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 Pedro Pop Gonzalez, a wise plant and dream shaman, who comes from a long patriarchal ancestral lineage of un-officiated shamen.
Pedro’s father was a renowned healer in the region who specialised in removing spirits from people. Pedro’s grandfather was a sorcerer, and the stories 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.
More recently I have been invited to attend a regular Mayan Fire Ceremony by my neighbour Tata Viento, who run’s 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. And so I feel like my invitation to attend these ceremonies by Tata Viento is a tentative beginning of an apprenticeship into the official Mayan Shamanic tradition. And 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 nearly 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.
