The Art of Shamanism
The path of original knowledge
This extensive series of Teachings and Ceremonies is one of the jewels we have created in more then 25 years of experience and received Teachings. Through intensive ceremonies and deep Teachings we will learn to step on the ancient path of the ancestors. We will learn how to stop the physical mind and step completely over to the conscious senses of the spirit. There are different traditional paths of knowledge to walk, and 2 of them are the art of dreaming and the art of the hunter. This is a rich and intensive Journey in which we will explore our existence on many different levels. We will learn to understand the physical reality (earth and universe) and the source of it. We will learn to move in and with the dreamtime reality and become aware of the infinite possibilities and medicines that are here. And we will move over to the unending realities to find our way back home to the source of our unending self, our totality. In this proces, we learn to master our perception, intention and awareness, we learn to integrate and purify our physical existence and realise the open connections we have with the realities around us. We will be working with ancestors, totems, wind-directions, medicine wheels, sacred space, medicine stones, healing, and more..... We will have 8 meetings of each 4-days. For more information please contact us.
Spirit of the Drum
Stepping into the medicine of the Drum
These 3 days we'll work intensively with the drums. We'll build up understanding in how to use the drums and how to connect with it on a conscious level. The drum has been a vehicle for the spirit for more than 40.000 years. The drum is the heartbeat of existence itself and the voice of consciousness. The drum is the door to unending realities and is a way to bring healing from the spirit into this existence and create beauty and abundance. We'll do initiations, ceremonies and healings with the drum and of course drum a lot. We will work with ancestors and totems and different other personal medicines, so we can integrate the drum into our lives. There will be also teachings about the practical stuff about different drums, their sounds and the effect of different drumsticks, etc. After this weekend you will know a lot about using your drum and setting up ceremonies with it. Your drum will be initiated, awakened and aligned with your spirit. It will be a true ally on your path.
Firekeepers Training
Becoming a ceremonial keeper of the Fire
In this 5-day training you will learn the skills of the firekeeper. The Firekeeper – takes care of the Fire during the Sweatlodge Ceremony and is the point of support and rest outside the lodge. He or she brings the stones into the lodge, provides the water and holds the Ceremony outside the sweatlodge. It is a task of service, you give your full effort, focus, and attention, so that the ceremony can take place and People can come one step closer to their own source and to the source of existence. As a Firekeeper you are in constant contact with one of the greatest teachers: the Fire. In this connection you can receive the flow of knowledge and medicine directly from the fire. In the training we make a lot of fire, small fires, large fires, we connect with the fire, do ceremony with it. You will learn the practical tricks of the trade, different ways of building the fire, you will learn about wood, stones, tools, and the basics of the ceremony of the place. It is a very fun, intensive and challenging training. And of course we also go into the sweat lodge. A requirement is that you already have some Sweatlodge experiences and feel strongly connected to the ceremony, that you have a passion for the fire, and that you want to serve the greater good. Even if you have already helped at the fire a few times, you will benefit greatly from this training.
Sweatlodge keepers training
Becoming a ceremonial keeper of the Sweatlodge
For those who have heard the inner call of the Sweatlodge, to share the Ceremony with the people, we provide a Sweatlodge Keepers Training. In this training you will be trained to guide the Sweatlodge Ceremony. We go all the way. The training consists of 10 days divided into three blocks. Many Lodges will be held in between, including solo lodges. You will receive a lot of basic knowledge about the ceremony, help and support and challenges and clarity to do this in a true way and from your own medicine. This is not something you just start. We expect you to have extensive experience in the Sweatlodge and preferably to have been a Firekeeper for at least a year. Moreover, a very good basis in advance is if you have followed the Art of Shamanism. And most importantly, you really have to be called by the sweat lodge. We will help you get on the line.
Spirit of the Healing Drum
Stepping into the healing of drumming
In this 3-day training we will proceed in the knowledge of the drum. This training can only be followed if you have already been in "The spirit of the Drum". We will move into healing with the drum but in very advanced ways. We move into the knowledge of illuminated dreaming and illuminated healing through the drum We will learn how to set up the drum as a gate and how to use this in healing. And we will move into different healing ceremonies for the earth and for ourselves. This is something extraordinary and I am looking forward to share these teachings and ceremonies with you.