Advanced Shamanic Healing Classes: North America
This section lists Advanced Trainings that may be taken once participants are proficient at journeying. These listings may include Soul Retrieval Training, Extraction Training and Healing with Spiritual Light and Death and Dying. Please note that many instructors include these classes in their long-term offerings. Please check with the instructors offering long-term trainings to see if these courses will meet your needs. If you are practicing shamanism and working with clients, it is beneficial to become familiar with all of the different aspects of shamanism.
This page was last updated on February 9, 2026.
Please check back frequently as courses are added throughout the year.
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*** If you are looking for a workshop on learning Soul Retrieval, please read Sandra’s article on: How to Find an In Depth and Comprehensive Soul Retrieval Training.
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12/28/20
From Sandra Ingerman
“Soul retrieval, extraction, depossession work should not be taught online. It is highly unethical as it puts clients at risk with poorly trained practitioners.
Due to the Covid we are in an unusual situation so I have given permission to teach online advanced healing workshops with no more than 4-6 participants so your shamanic teacher and the group can watch your work and help you deepen it.
If the Covid is still a threat to people in 2021 then please note that all the physical exercises for advanced healing in an online course will be split into smaller classes of 4-6 people.
In this way we can provide the best training possible.”
2026
January, 2026
January 31, 2026 Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
Course: Shamanic Extraction Healing and Alignment: Removing Energy Blocks and Restoring Flow
Taught by: Leontine Hartzell www.eyeofeagle.org
To register, contact: https://www.circlesofwisdom.com/workshops/events-workshops/sp/shamanic-extraction-healing-alignment-removing-energy-blocks-restoring-flow/
Cost/Times: $255.00, discount if taking entire Apprenticeship series. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Additional Information: Class size is limited, register early. Learn what energy instructions are and how to clear intrusions with spirit allies. Learn about the light pathways of the human body and how to restore energetic flow and balance in clients and yourself. Pre-requisite: some shamanic journeying experience, Healing with Spiritual Light, Deathwalking (taken with any qualified teacher) or permission of instructor. This class can be taken individually and is also part of a Shamanic Light Healer Apprenticeship.
March, 2026
March 28-29, 2026 Amsterdam, New York
Course: Shamanic Extraction Training
Taught by: Barbara Neznek
To register go to: https://www.willowtreewisdom.com/shamanic-extraction-training/
Cost/Times: $170.00. 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Additional Information: This class is an introduction to the shamanic healing method of extraction. This course teaches you how to see, sense, and remove energy that may be causing localized illness or pain connected to spiritual factors. Please bring a rattle or a drum if you have one, a bandanna, cushion and/or blanket, your lunch, and a pen and notebook. Wear comfortable clothing and warm socks. Location: 6907 State Highway 30, Amsterdam, NY.
April, 2026
April 3-5, 2026. Boulder, Colorado
Course: Medicine for the Earth (In-Person class, location provided upon registration)
Taught by: BJ Brown, MSW www.wolfheals.com
To register, contact: BJ Brown, bjbrown11@comcast.net, 303-808-4006
Cost/Times: $295.00. $50.00 non-refundable deposit due by 3/28/26. Bal. due by 4/3/26. $15.00 discount if paid in full by 3/25/26. Fri. April 3rd 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sat. April 4th 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Sun. April 5th 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time)
Additional Information: This course is designed to deepen connection with the rhythms and teachings of Earth and Her Nature. Our own piece of Earth – body, mind, heart, soul – is connected to the whole of Nature. Many tend to think of Nature as separate, out there. We are Nature. Through profound practices and ceremonies, we’ll enhance our awareness, fine tune our senses and intuition, and learn to transmute toxic thoughts that are affecting our own natural and environmental health and well being. Class Highlights from a Shamanic Perspective: Communicate with the elements – Earth, Air, Fire, Water; Transform toxins within ourselves and our environments; Ceremonies and sacred creative expression; Learn about Transmutation and Transfiguration; Walk About – Consider our footprint and its impact; Opening and Closing Ceremonies. This class is based on the course and book, Medicine for the Earth, by Sandra Ingerman.
April 8,15,18,19,23,30 Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
Course: Soul Retrieval Intensive Healing Training
Taught by: Leontine Hartzell www.eyeofeagle.org
To register, contact: https://www.circlesofwisdom.com/workshops/events-workshops/sp/soul-retrieval-healing-three-day-intensive-training/
Cost/Times: $595.00. Six part series: Four evening Zoom classes: April 8, 15, 23, 30 from 7-9 pm ET and one intensive weekend: April 18 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm & April 19 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm in person in Methuen, MA.
Additional Information: Class size is limited, register early! Soul retrieval is one of the most powerful healing modalities available on the planet! Learn to diagnose and heal soul loss. Work with helping spirits to retrieve lost soul parts of a person, place or community and restore vitality. Learn practices to help a client integrate returned soul energies. This class is for students who wish to bring soul retrieval healing to their communities and not for people seeking personal healing. Prerequisites: Strong shamanic journeying skills are required. If you don’t know how to do shamanic journeying, you can learn by taking the recorded version of the 3-part course: Walking the Shaman’s Path of Wisdom (linked on registration page).Admission to class is by application only, found on www eyeofeagle.org.
April 25-26, 2026 Amsterdam, New York
Course: Shamanic Psychopomp Training (Death and Dying)
Taught by: Barbara Neznek
To register, go to: https://www.willowtreewisdom.com/death-and-dying-psychopomp/
Cost/Times: $170.00 Saturday and Sunday 10:30 am 4:30 pm
Additional Information: Please bring a rattle and/or drum, blindfolds, journal and don’t forget your lunch both days. Good journey skills are required. In this class, we will explore healing the dead as well as the living. We will look at where we go after death, how we can help people transition, and how we can help stuck souls cross over. This is a great stand-alone class for hospice workers and people who work closely with the terminally ill. We will check in on our deceased loved ones, and make sure our friends and family “got to the other side.” After this class you will never look at death the same. Location: 6907 State Highway 30, Amsterdam, NY.
May, 2026
May 2-3, 2026 Amsterdam, New York
Course: Medicine for the Earth and Healing with Spiritual Light
Taught by: Barbara Neznek
To register, contact: Barbara Neznek or go to http://www.willowtreewisdom.com/medicine-for-the-earth/
Cost/Times: $170.00. Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Additional Information: This class is based on Sandra Ingerman’s teachings on how we can use this forgotten technique to change ourselves and our environment. This class will provide you with creative visualizations, ceremonies, rituals, and chants derived from ancient healing practices that produce miraculous, scientifically proven results. Please bring a rattle and/or drum, blindfolds, journal, and don’t forget your lunch both days. Location: 6907 State Highway 30, Amsterdam, NY.
June, 2026
June 5-9, 2026 Amsterdam, New York
Course: 5-Day Soul Retrieval Workshop
Taught by: Barbara Neznek
To register go to: https://www.willowtreewisdom.com/5-day-soul-retrieval-training/
Cost/Times: $300.00. Friday, June 5 10, 5:30 pm – 9:30pm, Saturday June 6 – Tuesday June 9 10:30 -4:30
Additional Information: This training is based on Sandra Ingerman’s books Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self and Welcome Home: Following Your Soul’s Journey Home and the CD program “The Soul Retrieval Journey” produced by Sounds True. These are suggested not required readings. This five-day workshop is designed exclusively for those who wish to bring shamanic healing techniques into their practice with others, not for personal healing. Participants will learn how to perform the shamanic method of soul retrieval to assist individuals who have experienced emotional or physical trauma. Participants will learn how to diagnose soul loss, perform soul retrievals, tell healing stories, and much more. Please bring a rattle, drum, journal and pen. There is a deli nearby but please feel free to bring your lunch.
June 13-14, 2026, Southfield, Michigan
Course: Healing with Spiritual Light: Embodying Love, Light, Gratitude
Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland www.shewolfshaman.com
To register, contact: Connie Eiland, 248-809-3230 or clshebear7@gmail.com
Cost/Times: $250.00 until May 30, then $300.00. 10:00 am Saturday until Sunday 4:00 pm
Additional Information: In Healing with Spiritual Light, we become the Light. We transfigure. This class brings in quantum physics as we work with the unlimited powers of the universe. Healing is through the Law of Resonance. This method doesn’t see the client as ill.
July, 2026
July 1 through July 5, 2026, Southfield, Michigan
Course: 5-Day Soul Retrieval Training
Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland www.shewolfshaman.com
To register, contact: Connie Eiland, 248-809-3230 or clshebear7@gmail.com
Cost/Times: $450.00 until June 13, $500.00 after. 10:00 am Wednesday until Sunday 4:00 pm.
Additional Information: This class is for people who want to bring soul retrieval into their practices. Participants will be trained in diagnosis, soul retrieval, and intensive after care. Ceremony is included. There is an application process for this training.
September, 2026
September 12-13, 2026, Southfield, Michigan
Course: Shamanism, Death & Dying
Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland www.shewolfshaman.com
To register, contact: Connie Eiland, 248-809-3230 or clshebear7@gmail.com
Cost/Times: $250.00 until August 29, then $300.00. 10:00 am Sat. until Sunday 4:30 pm
Additional Information: This workshop heightens our spiritual understanding of death and dying. It teaches ways to assist others as they approach transition. It also includes individual and group psychopomp, which is helping lost souls cross over.