BEGINNING JOURNEYING SKILLS

The classes listed in the section are for the person who has no experience in shamanic journeying or has just learned how to journey and wants to deepen their journeying skills. The workshops posted in this section are for in-person training, where one attends a workshop. You are invited to also look at Web and Telephone Classes for virtual classes.

This page was last updated April 4, 2024

2024

January, 2024

January 20-21, 2024   Sarasota Florida, USA
  Course: Introduction to Shamanic Journeying and Healing
  Taught by: Chetna Lawless
  To register, contact: admin@vision-voyages.com www.vision-voyages.com
  Cost/Times: $250.00. 10:00 am – 4:00 pm both days. 
  Additional Information: Learn how to navigate effectively through non-ordinary reality.  Deepen your connection to your teachers, give and receive healing and explore divination. Meet a Colour Ray Master!  

January 27-28, 2024, Retreat at Loon Pond, Litchfield, Maine
  Course: Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Taught by: Nancy MacPhee and Kathleen Duggan
  To register: 2-Day Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Cost/Times: $185.00 until 12/27/23, then $195.00/Sat.9:00 am-5:00 pm, Sun. 9:00 am-4:00 pm
  Additional information:  This course introduces you to the foundations of shamanism. Through the practice of the shamanic journey, you will travel to the hidden realms to connect with your spirit allies to receive guidance, support, and healing in the lower, upper and middle worlds. Participants will journey for a partner on the second day. Optional residential accommodations for additional cost.

February, 2023

February 3-4, 2024,  Boulder, Colorado 80303  (Convenient Boulder location provided upon registration)
  Course: Beginning Shamanic Journeying 
  Taught by: BJ Brown, www.wolfheals.com
  To register, contact: BJ Brown, bjbrown11@comcast.net, 303.808.4006
  Cost/Times: $250.00.  10:30 am-4:30 pm MT.   Non-refundable deposit of $50.00 due by Jan. 20, 2024
  Additional Information: Learning basic skills in Shamanic healing and divination can increase a sense of well-being, clarity and wholeness. Shamanic methods are taught in this class to aid participants in their interior explorations of Self and Soul, and to enhance spiritual autonomy and empowerment. ~ Learn beginning level, classic Shamanic journeying. ~ Meet helping, compassionate Spirits and Power Animals in Non-ordinary reality. ~ Learn basic Shamanic Divination and remote healing methods. ~ Power Animal Retrieval demonstration and practice.~ Closing Ceremony 

February 3-4, 2024   Media, Pennsylvania
  Course: Intro to the Shamanic Path 
  Taught by: Damini Celebre
  To register, contact: 7stones.heartspace@gmail.com
  Cost/Times: $250.00. 12- 7:00 pm both days.

February 10-11, 2024,  Denver, Colorado
  Course: Beginning Journeying 
  Taught by: Kaylene
  To register, contact: Kaylene  sacredspiraloflife@gmail.com
  Cost/Times: $250.00.  10:00 am-4:00 pm both days.

February 24-25, 2024   Woodland Hills, California
  Course: Intro to the Shamans Journey  (Hybrid/Remote)
  Taught by: Nicole Evelina  www.modernpalmist.com 
  To register, contact: Nicole at nicole@modernpalmist.com
  Cost/Times: $380.00  Saturday 930 am to 2:00 pm, Sunday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
  Additional information:  This course will introduce you to the traditional worlds a shaman enters to seek guidance and wisdom from compassionate guides and helping spirits, while teaching you about the spiritual aspects of illness. As a beginner you will learn the power of preparation of both yourself, and your space; the significance of formulating intentional questions; how to employ your senses to work with information received from your helping spirits; and, ethical practices and energetic hygiene paramount to working safely for yourself and your community.  This class is a prerequisite to advanced shamanic studies. Please see modernpalmist.com for additional information.

April, 2024

April 6-7, 2024,  Boulder, Colorado 80303 (Convenient Boulder location provided upon registration)
  Course: Beginning Shamanic Journeying 
  Taught by: BJ Brown, www.wolfheals.com
  To register, contact: BJ Brown, bjbrown11@comcast.net, 303.808.4006
  Cost/Times: $250.00. 10:00 am-4:30 pm MT.    Non-refundable deposit of $50.00 due by March, 22nd, 2024
  Additional Information: Learning basic skills in Shamanic healing and divination can increase a sense of well-being, clarity and wholeness. Shamanic methods are taught in this class to aid participants in their interior explorations of Self and Soul, and to enhance spiritual autonomy and empowerment. ~ Learn beginning level, classic Shamanic journeying. ~ Meet helping, compassionate Spirits and Power Animals in Non-ordinary reality. ~ Learn basic Shamanic Divination and remote healing methods. ~ Power Animal Retrieval demonstration and practice.~ Closing Ceremony 

April 13 -14, 2024   Hollywood, Florida
  Course: Introduction to Shamanic Journeying and Healing
  Taught by: Chetna Lawless
  To register, contact: https://www.vision-voyages.com/intro-to-journeying-and-healing—shamanic-empowerment.html
  Cost/Times: $333.00  10:00 am – 4.30 pm on both days includes lunch
  Additional Information: Learn how to navigate effectively through non-ordinary reality.  Deepen your connection to your teachers, give and receive healing and explore divination. Meet a Colour Ray Master!  

April 21, 2024, Southfield, Michigan
  Course: Introduction to Journeying
  Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland
  To register contact: Connie Eiland at clshebear7@gmail.com or 248-809-3230
  Cost/Times: $80.00 until April 6, $100.00 after. 10:00 am till 5:00 pm
  Additional information:  6 hr. class includes power animal retrieval and journeys to Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds.  Journeying is with drums and rattles.

May, 2024

May 4-5, 2024   Media Pennsylvania
  Course: Intro to the Shamanic Path (in person)
  Taught by: Damini Celebre
  To register, contact: 7stones.heartspace@gmail.com
  Cost/Times: $250.00. 12- 7:00 pm both days. 

May 5, 2024  Fort Bragg, California
  Course: Introduction to Shamanic Journeying
  Taught by: Heather O’Connell
  To register, contact: https://hearthoftheheart.org/introduction-to-journeying/ (707) 397-0018.  
  Cost/Times:  $125.00 (donation basis for elders on a fixed income $5.00-$125.00). Sunday, 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
  Additional Information: Learn the basics of shamanic journeying, meet your Power Animal/Guardian Spirit, learn how to journey with them for guidance & healing, explore ethical practices & building working partnerships with your spirit guides. This course does not count as the prerequisite for Sandra Ingerman’s advanced healing courses.

May 19, 2024, Southfield, Michigan
  Course: Introduction to Journeying
  Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland
  To register contact: Connie Eiland at clshebear7@gmail.com or 248-809-3230
  Cost/Times: $80.00 until May 4, $100.00 after. 10:00 am till 5:00 pm
  Additional information:  6 hr. class includes power animal retrieval and journeys to Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds.  Journeying is with drums and rattles.

June, 2024

June 1-2, 2024, Retreat at Loon Pond, Litchfield, Maine
  Course: Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey  
  Taught by: Nancy MacPhee and Kathleen Duggan
  To register, contact: 2-Day Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Cost/Times: $185.00 until May 11, 2024, then $195.00/Sat.9:30 am-5 pm, Sun.9:30 am-4 pm
  Additional information:  This course introduces you to the core foundations of shamanism. Through the practice of the shamanic journey, you will travel to the hidden realms to connect with your spirit allies to receive guidance, support, and healing in the lower, upper, and middle worlds. Participants will journey for a partner on the second day. Optional residential accommodations for additional cost.

 June 7, 2024  Bloomington, Indiana
  Course: The Power of Shamanic Journeying: Traveling Outside of Time and Space to Gain Guidance, Healing, and Spiritual Freedom
  Taught by: Garrett Jackson garrettpjackson.com
  To register, contact: The Cocuun, tinyurl.com/56ams7fk
  Cost/Times: FREE. 7:30 – 9pm.
  Additional information: Discover how shamans use their most important ceremony – the shamanic journey – to help heal, counsel, and inspire themselves, others, and their communities. We will explore the history, contemporary practice, and vital relevance of shamanism in the West, how shamans can use only sound to facilitate journeying, shamanism and organized religion, shamanic cosmology and spirit allies, and how your shamanic practice impacts the collective. And, you’ll embark on a guided journey to meet a personal animal helping spirit. This is an introduction to Garrett’s upcoming Shaman’s Journey Basic Workshops, and does not count as a prerequisite for advanced training. Limited to 14 persons.

June 7-9, 2024  Bend, Oregon
  Course:  Introduction to Shamanism: A 3-Day Initiation into Shamanic Practice, Earth Medicine, and Spiritual Rewilding
  Taught by: Juniper Stokes www.alchemessence.com
  To register, contact: https://www.alchemessence.com/spiritual-rewilding-the-shamanic-path
  Cost/Times: Earlybird $450.00, after April 4 $550.00 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday – Sunday, June 7-9
  Additional Information: This 3-day workshop is for anyone who wants to deepen their connection with spirit and the Earth, learn shamanic skills for healing self and others, and gain greater self-trust through spiritual rewilding. Together, we will engage in ritual and ceremony, shamanic journeys, nature communication, healing practices, and more. All levels of experience and diverse backgrounds are welcome! Let’s become allies for the Earth and co-create a more beautiful path forward together.

June 22-23, 2024  Bloomington, Indiana
  Course: The Shaman’s Journey | Basic Workshop
  Taught by: Garrett Jackson garrettpjackson.com
  To register, contact: The Cocuun, tinyurl.com/5n7rrkzc
  Cost/Times: Early registration (until June 1): $275. 00.Late registration (after June 1): $295.00. 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Sunday.
  Additional information: Step onto the shaman’s path by practicing basic yet powerful shamanic journeying, divination, and healing methods. In this sacred circle, we will explore the nature of shamanism, the worlds that shamans journey to (and the spirits they meet there), connecting with your own incredible power animal and spirit teacher, obtaining spirit guidance for yourself and others, illness through the shaman’s eyes, the power animal retrieval healing method, and much more. Prerequisite for Sandra Ingerman’s 2025-2026 Two-Year Teacher Training. Limited to 14 persons.

June 23, 2024, Southfield, Michigan
  Course: Introduction to Journeying
  Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland
  To register contact: Connie Eiland at clshebear7@gmail.com or 248-809-3230
  Cost/Times: $80.00 until June 8, $100.00 after. 10:00 am till 5:00 pm.
  Additional information:  6 hr. class includes power animal retrieval and journeys to the Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds.  Journeying is with drums and rattles.

July, 2024

July 20-21, 2024  Albany, New York
  Course: The Shaman’s Journey (Basic Workshop)
  Taught by: Garrett Jackson garrettpjackson.com
  To register, contact: Garrett Jackson, garrettpjackson.com/events/p/nybasic
  Cost/Times: Early-bird discount of $275.00 until June 29. After, $295.00. Bundle discount for this and other week-of trainings available (see course page). 10:00 am – 5:00 pm both days.
  Additional information: Step onto the shaman’s path by practicing basic shamanic journey, divination, and healing skills. In this sacred circle, we will explore what shamanism is, the realms that shamans journey to (and the spirits they meet there), connecting with your own incredible power animal and spirit teacher, obtaining spirit guidance for yourself and others, illness through the shaman’s eyes, the power animal retrieval healing method, and much more. Prerequisite for Sandra Ingerman’s next Two-Year Teacher Training.

September, 2024

September 7-8 2024, Barn at Windpointe, Freeport, Maine
  Course: Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey  
  Taught by: Nancy MacPhee and Kathleen Duggan
  To register, contact: 2-Day Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Cost/Times: $225.00 until August 17, 2024, then $275.00/Sat.9:30 am-5:00 pm, Sun.9:30 am-4:00 pm
  Additional information:  This course introduces you to the core foundations of shamanism. Through the practice of the shamanic journey, you will travel to the hidden realms to connect with your spirit allies to receive guidance, support, and healing in the lower, upper and middle worlds. Participants will journey for a partner on the second day. Optional residential accommodations for additional cost.

September 22, 2024, Southfield, Michigan
  Course: Introduction to Journeying
  Taught by: Connie Lee Eiland
  To register contact: Connie Eiland at clshebear7@gmail.com or 248-809-3230
  Cost/Times: $80.00 until September 7, $100.00 after. 10:00 am till 5:00 pm
  Additional information:  6 hr. class includes power animal retrieval and journeys to Upper, Lower, and Middle Worlds.  Journeying is with drums and rattles.

December, 2024

December 7-8, 2024, Retreat at Loon Pond, Litchfield, Maine
  Course: Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Taught by: Nancy MacPhee and Kathleen Duggan
  To register, contact: 2-Day Introduction to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey
  Cost/Times: $225.00 until November 16, 2024, then $275.00/Sat.9:30 am-5 pm & Sun.9:30 am-4 pm
  Additional information:  This course introduces you to the core foundations of shamanism. Through the practice of the shamanic journey, you will travel to the hidden realms to connect with your spirit allies to receive guidance, support, and healing in the lower, upper, and middle worlds. Participants will journey for a partner on the second day. Optional residential accommodations for additional cost.

2025

February, 2025

February 22-23, 2025  Rochester, New York USA
  Course: Intro to Shamanism
  Taught by: Cynthia Nado
  To register, contact: cnado@mac.com
  Cost/Times: $225.00 Saturday 12:30 – 5:30 pm, Sunday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
  Additional Information: Spend a weekend stepping deeper into your personal power, reconnecting to yourself by learning foundational shamanism. Learn how to journey to hidden realms to find your power animal and spirit teacher, basic shamanic divination and much more.