June 15th – 19th 2023 | Olchon Valley, UK The Earth is calling out for the human race to remember and respect the connection we have with all of life and so it is with great delight that Shamanic Life offers the renowned work of Sandra Ingerman, Medicine for the Earth, in a five-day self-catering residential course June 15-19 2023 Held over five days we will learn grounded practices and hold ceremonies in community with each other using drumming, singing and working with the elements to re-connect with ourselves and the Earth. Location It’s the first time we are able to facilitate the course ..read more

Life changes… we lose friends, family, jobs… We lose love. We lose parts of ourself. We lose our soul, pieces of ourself that we didn’t realise had gone, been taken, hidden, until it’s safe to return. To become whole and make a new life, we need to commit to our healing The pandemic has brought many challenges, ‘our stuff’ has been triggered. So how can we step forward for ourselves, family, community and the Earth to find healing? One of the ways is to undergo a Shamanic Healing Ceremony. You will need to prepare before and after the ceremony and commit to intergrate the healing that Spirit b ..read more

COVID 19 – Connection, Ceremony and resilience. At the time of writing this we are emerging from the long lock-down with the global pandemic with some areas experiencing a resurgence of the virus and local lockdowns are occurring. We have not been able to go out on the land in community to light our ceremonial fires to celebrate the light. We have been in deep listening with the Earth and her worlds. Hearing from the Ancestors how to thrive. Transitioning out of lockdown let us deepen, listening to our soul. Depending on your circumstances of home, shelter, food, work and health, your experie ..read more

Simple Ceremony Ceremony is performing a sacred act, bringing the sacred into everyday life. Ceremony kept simple allows us to drop from our mind chatter, into our hearts without the worry of ‘Are we getting it right?’ This short ceremony is for those of you who may not have done this before. An easy starting point. Winter Solstice is a time for deepening, becoming gentle. Allowing stillness, as the trees mirror to us. Many people love this time of year, but for many in our community it is a challenging time. However you feel, be respectful of yourself. Preparation; – Find a place in ..read more

Stories from a Wild Wooder! How to buy a wood? Picture the scene, it’s a wet Saturday night on November 9th 1994, the first night of the lottery. Noel Edmunds is rattling on about how the numbers are chosen. I just wish Mr Blobby would appear. My Mother and I have bought tickets, she’s spent £10 and I’ve spent £1. Mother; “Sweetheart, if you win what are you going to do with the money?” Me; “I am going to buy a wood and plant trees” Mother; Deeply Sighing “ Oh I thought you may have got over that” Neither of us won any money. Autumn 2015 and I’m covered in mud. The track to the woodland I boug ..read more

It is with great delight to share this interview from ‘Buddha at the Gas Pump’ with guest Sandra Ingerman, my teacher and friend. Sandra’s new book ‘The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred in Everyday Life’ is out now – beautiful, significant & necessary for our times… The post Sandra Ingerman – ‘Buddha at the Gas Pump’ Interview appeared first on shamanic life ..read more

Releasing Into Grace For people who lose a child from miscarriage, still birth, termination, failed fertility treatment or cot death, there is often no ceremony to be conducted, no ritual to perform to assist in coming to terms with the trauma. For women the physicality of the experience adds a further dimension to that experienced by the father of the child. Conversely, the male partner’s grief can be overlooked at a time when they too are struggling with the loss of their son or daughter, and are bereft, not knowing what to do. As shamanic practitioners we may be able to offer a way through ..read more

  Lovely interview between Sandra Ingerman and Reneé Baribeau. The post Winter Solstice Celebration with Sandra Ingerman appeared first on shamanic life ..read more

Laurie McNeil, Shamanic Works interviews Maxine Smillie, Shamanic Life on News for the Soul Radio… download or stream interview here. Please don’t do centering practice when driving. The interview begins with a beautiful opening blessing; Maxine’s interview starts 8mins in. The post News for the Soul Radio… guest Maxine Smillie, Shamanic Life appeared first on shamanic life ..read more

Since the 1960’s Shamanism has been undergoing a renaissance. There are so many people waking up to this beautiful spiritual practice, with books, courses and multimedia picking up on the collective enquiry vibe. Spiritual guidance in the form of a power animal or helping spirit in human or elemental form has become much more known. Evoking ancestral remembering. Flicking the remote last night, I alighted on E4’s new youth sitcom ‘Wasted’. Imagine my delight to see the lead hero, Morpheus through the pain of having Westeros tattooed on his backside, journeying to non- ordinary reality where he ..read more