| Eagle's Wing initiated the Practitioner | | | | dimensional affirmation! By enactment of |
| training course in 1994 and since then many | | | | prayers and statements of intention in a |
| participants have successfully been working | | | | state of high focus, one can influence the |
| with these Shamanic healing methods in their | | | | unfolding of 'reality'. |
| healing practice. | | | | |
| | | | Shamanic Trance Postures |
| This is an advanced Practitioner training | | | | |
| Programme. This training course would benefit | | | | The Trance Postures are a gateway to another |
| holistic practitioners who wish to develop | | | | reality, the reality that up to now is only |
| and expand their work to include classic | | | | experienced in myth and in the dreamworld. |
| shamanic healing practices. It is also | | | | During this training programme participants |
| suitable for those who have a desire to work | | | | will enter into that place of personal |
| as a shamanic practitioner to help others. | | | | vision, and experience manifestations of some |
| | | | of the most ancient myths of both Western and |
| The Course consists of the following; Year 1 | | | | non-Western traditions. These Trance Postures |
| | | | will enable you to participate in the sacred |
| Weekend 1. Shamanic Journeying | | | | lifeways of the ancient shamans and sages. |
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| A shaman is a 'Master of Ecstasy' (Mercia | | | | Course participants will receive training in |
| Eliade). The word ecstasy comes from the | | | | various Healing postures. These can be used |
| Greek - ex-stasis - meaning outside the | | | | for oneself and for others. |
| limited, narrow, trance-state we call | | | | |
| 'normal' waking reality. | | | | The Shaman's Dreambody |
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| The classical shamanic journey is one of the | | | | This world is regarded by many indigenous |
| most profound visionary methods of obtaining | | | | peoples as not the 'true world', but rather a |
| hidden knowledge and wisdom. It is a powerful | | | | reflection, an image, a shadow of the true |
| way to facilitate self-transformation, and | | | | worlds - known as the Spirit Worlds. The |
| personal empowerment. | | | | teachings say that all we are (and everything |
| | | | else by extension) are fields of energy, and |
| Participants on this course will learn | | | | it is only our senses that give us the |
| advanced shamanic journeying techniques, and | | | | illusion of the physical world. If we |
| explore the cosmology of the shaman, known as | | | | understand that what we perceive as physical |
| the Upper , Lower , and Middle worlds. | | | | reality is but the description of our |
| | | | physical senses, then there is great |
| Weekend 2. Soul Retrieval | | | | potential to move beyond the description and |
| | | | into the sacred. |
| From a shamanic perspective one of the two | | | | |
| main causes of illness, is a loss of power | | | | The programme will include significant work |
| (or life force), and the other an 'intrusion' | | | | with altered states of awareness and |
| of an invasive external force within our | | | | perception. We will be working with |
| field of energy. | | | | techniques and practices such as gazing; |
| | | | 'seeing without eyes'; stalking; walks of |
| The recapitulation of life force is the body | | | | attention to help us to become awake to our |
| of work, which restores or recapitulates lost | | | | innate potential of heightened states of |
| life force. Soul Retrieval is one of the most | | | | awareness, and an insight into the 'other' to |
| well-known and effective practices to this | | | | bridge from the everyday to the spirit world |
| end. | | | | (in modern terms called the 'unconscious'), |
| | | | and back again. |
| To understand how recapitulation practices | | | | |
| work, we need to look at the multidimensional | | | | The Course consists of the following; Year 2 |
| nature of reality and move away from a linear | | | | |
| sequential perspective. From this expanded | | | | Weekend 1. Shamanic Divination |
| perspective, 'anything which has ever | | | | |
| happened to anybody, anywhere; it is still | | | | Shamanism is not a system of belief or faith, |
| happening somewhere'. If a traumatic event | | | | it is a system of experiential knowledge. |
| occurred for a person 10, 20 and so on years | | | | Divination is one of the paths to gain direct |
| ago, for that person it is still happening, | | | | experiential knowledge. Experiential |
| and in some way still influencing the | | | | knowledge can be defined as that which is |
| person's life. | | | | experienced first hand by the senses. |
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| Shamanism does not dwell on past events; | | | | Divination is not 'fortune telling', it is a |
| there is only this vast awesome ever-moving | | | | way to a deeper understanding of events and |
| great moment of now where there is no | | | | influences surrounding a situation or person. |
| separate past, present, or future. It is | | | | Divination has always been an integral part |
| possible for a practitioner to journey and | | | | of shamanism. One of the most important roles |
| move outside of linear time to go to the | | | | of the shaman has been to seek revelatory |
| place where that energetic event is still | | | | knowledge from visionary sources, which may |
| occurring for that individual. Find and bring | | | | be for healing purposes, "why has this person |
| back that person's life force which is held | | | | become ill?", "what medicine does this person |
| in that energetic event, and when this has | | | | need? |
| been carried out, then the therapeutic | | | | |
| healing of the event and it's consequences | | | | Divination is as old as humanity, but |
| can truly begin. | | | | unfortunately in mainstream Western society |
| | | | it has been regarded as something primitive, |
| The loss of life-force is known as soul-loss, | | | | irrational, and pandering to superstition. |
| and this can take place when we suffer a | | | | Divination is simply a way of revealing the |
| trauma, have an accident, experience strong | | | | truth. The diviner reveals or uncovers to |
| emotional exchanges with a loved one, | | | | their client hidden truths about themselves |
| separation from a partner, death of a loved | | | | or the circumstances surrounding them. In |
| one, go through a pervasive period of | | | | societies outside the West, divining |
| difficult circumstances. When we undergo a | | | | continues to play an important role revealing |
| severe trauma typically a part of our vital | | | | that which is hidden, easing anxiety, and |
| nature goes away, so that we can survive what | | | | helping in coming to terms with challenging |
| ever is happening to us. It is a way for the | | | | circumstances that may demand the |
| body and consciousness to survive severe | | | | implementation of difficult decisions. |
| trauma. Problems develop when the soul part | | | | |
| or fragment does not return. It may not want | | | | In divination, the role of the shaman is to |
| to come back, or may not be able to return | | | | act as a mediator or 'middle-man'. The |
| due to the nature of the trauma | | | | shaman, by exploring and providing the |
| | | | initial reading and interpretation, allows |
| There are a number of symptoms of soul-loss, | | | | the seeker of this information to avoid |
| for example, when people feel that they are | | | | projecting personal wants, desires, and |
| observing life as an outsider, rather than | | | | wishes if the question or situation is |
| engaging and being fully involved. Other | | | | emotionally charged. |
| common symptoms are when people feel that | | | | |
| they are being 'spaced' out a lot of the | | | | Participants will learn and experience |
| time, not really here. Other symptoms that | | | | advanced divination techniques |
| indicate possible soul loss are life-themes | | | | |
| such as a pervasive fear, inability to trust | | | | Weekend 2. The Pre-Birth Journey |
| people. I have also found that a severe | | | | |
| depression can also be a symptom of soul | | | | The Level of Energy of all beings depends on |
| loss. Chronic illness may also be a symptom | | | | three fundamental factors; |
| of soul loss. | | | | |
| | | | - The amount of energy with which they were |
| One of the differences between Soul Retrieval | | | | conceived, |
| and some modern Western psychological systems | | | | |
| is that Soul Retrieval focuses on the return | | | | - The manner in which the energy has been |
| and integration of the lost life-force, | | | | utilised since birth, |
| rather than focus on the original trauma | | | | |
| itself. In my view Soul Retrieval and therapy | | | | - And the way in which it is being used at |
| work very well together, the best combination | | | | the present time. |
| being first the recapitulation of the lost | | | | |
| life-force, followed by a therapeutic | | | | There is a teaching that 80% of our energy is |
| approach to support the person through the | | | | locked into habit, rigid patterns from |
| process of working with released feelings and | | | | generational & social conditioning and our |
| emotional energy which can be uncomfortable | | | | personal history. The remaining 20% |
| and even raw for the individual. This release | | | | constitutes our true free will. The great |
| and subsequent experiencing of the emotions | | | | teaching of the Medicine Wheel is to light a |
| is a fundamental part of the whole healing | | | | path to guide us towards release of these |
| process, and I cannot stress this enough. | | | | rigid habit patterns and addictions which, |
| | | | when unlocked, generates a reservoir of |
| This healing process leads to what I call the | | | | energy which can be used cognitively and with |
| union of the life force, when the person can | | | | conscious intent. This is true free will and |
| then move forward in their life without being | | | | freedom - no longer living parental and |
| anchored to the past, and live a life of | | | | cultural dreams but truly living our own. |
| creativity and productivity. | | | | |
| | | | The ultimate purpose of this body of |
| Soul Retrieval will be a significant | | | | practices is freedom. Freedom has powerful |
| component of the Shamanic Healing course. | | | | implications. Among these is that people must |
| Participants will be taught Soul Retrieval | | | | purposely seek and embrace change. It is no |
| and in-depth techniques to help and support | | | | easy task to embrace change and thereby |
| others. | | | | unlock the rigid structures which we have |
| | | | inherited, but we have innate magical |
| Weekend 3. Shamanic Core Processing | | | | qualities within ourselves to help us on the |
| | | | path to freedom. |
| Shamanic Core Processing is a method | | | | |
| developed for practitioners to support people | | | | Participants will learn and experience their |
| in obtaining a deep understanding into their | | | | individual pre-birth journey, and gain a deep |
| life issues and problems, and to find ways to | | | | understanding how this journey has shaped and |
| address and resolve them. It is a way to help | | | | formed their lives. Participants will also |
| people move into their own power, and | | | | learn how to conduct a session with clients |
| discover untapped resources and deepen their | | | | using these practices. |
| connection to sources of spiritual | | | | |
| nourishment. | | | | Weekend 3. The Pre-Birth Journey continued |
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| Course participants will receive extensive | | | | We continue this advanced and detailed body |
| training in this method, which is a bridge | | | | of work focusing on practical applications. |
| between traditional and modern methods of | | | | |
| therapy | | | | Weekend 4. Plant Spirit Shamanism |
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| Weekend 4. Extraction Medicine | | | | It offers a significant challenge for the |
| | | | rational Western mind to come to terms with |
| This body of work addresses illness as an | | | | the plant spirit consciousness, and a leap of |
| 'invasive external force' within the human | | | | imagination is required to incorporate the |
| field of energy. (refer to Soul Retrieval | | | | 'otherness' of the plant. The magical world |
| section). | | | | to which we are transported by plants is not |
| | | | accessible through the verbal rational mind |
| Participants will learn techniques to help | | | | but through dream language or an expansion of |
| them to 'see' or perceive external intrusions | | | | the imagination. Thus dreams and the power of |
| in a person's field of energy, and to safely | | | | our imagination act like doorways and connect |
| extract them. To boost the person's own | | | | us with the plant spirit consciousness. |
| innate healing power to restore integrity and | | | | |
| energy to the cleared area of the body. | | | | In this weekend we explore the medicinal and |
| | | | spiritual qualities of plants from the |
| Weekend 5. Death and Dying | | | | Amazon,and our own isles. |
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| The Shaman as Conductor of Souls From a | | | | Weekend 5. The Healing Power of Sound |
| shamanic perspective there is a thin veil | | | | |
| between what we call life and death. Life is | | | | We are aware of the power of the drum, and |
| a continuum which does not end at the moment | | | | human voice to alter brain patterns, release |
| of death. One of the most important | | | | neuro transmitters and induce relaxing |
| traditional tasks of the shaman is to assist | | | | meditative states of consciousness. The base |
| people who are either dying or the spirits of | | | | principle is that of vibration and resonance. |
| those who have died, to make the transition | | | | It is possible to work with sound to project |
| into the places one goes after death. This is | | | | a healing vibration to restore harmony and |
| called psychopomp (conductor of souls) work. | | | | balance to our body and thereby promote |
| | | | health and well-being. |
| Participants on the course will learn how to | | | | |
| deal with the issues surrounding death and | | | | This weekend Frank Perry one of the leading |
| dying from the perspective of the shaman. On | | | | practitioners working in the field of |
| this course we will experience the regions | | | | sound-healing to demonstrate and teach us |
| where one goes after death, to help in | | | | methods of working with sound that we can |
| completion of unfinished business, and to | | | | incorporate into our healing practice. |
| help a person make the transition of | | | | |
| cross-over. | | | | The Residential Week |
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| Residential Week | | | | During the residential week, we will be |
| | | | intensively focusing on bringing the healing |
| During the residential week, we will be | | | | practices from the previous weekends into a |
| intensively focusing on bringing the healing | | | | cohesive and congruent body of work in which |
| practices from the previous weekends into a | | | | the participant will gain trust and |
| cohesive and congurent body of work in which | | | | confidence in this work. |
| the participant will gain trust and | | | | |
| confidence in this work.In addition; | | | | Who Should attend? |
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| Healing Mesa | | | | This training course would benefit holistic |
| | | | practitioners who wish to develop and expand |
| We will be working with ways and means using | | | | their work to include classic shamanic |
| natural objects to create and develop your | | | | healing practices. It is also suitable for |
| healing 'mesa'. The mesa which means in | | | | those who have a desire to work as a shamanic |
| Spanish 'table' and 'high place' is created | | | | practitioner to help others. |
| by traditional shamans to bring balance and | | | | |
| harmony to their client. The mesa is a | | | | Certification |
| representation of the cosmos with both | | | | |
| positive and negative aspects both coming | | | | There is a Certification of Proficiency |
| together to bring balance. The mesa is a way | | | | programme for participants who wish to take |
| of making sacred time and space in order to | | | | this work further on completion of the |
| focus the entire being towards a desired | | | | training programme. Details available on |
| outcome, in conjunction with spiritual | | | | application. |
| powers. In a sense one could say it is three | | | | |