The Shamanic Journey uses the sound of the drum to travel to the realms of the invisible.  Its rhythm enables you to change your level of consciousness, to connect you to your inner voice and to bring about a state of deep relaxation.

Shamanic journeying is an indispensable tool for bringing back the parts of your soul that have been lost due to a shock, whether physical, emotional or spiritual; to extract thought forms and entities; rebalance your energy; understand your dreams; communicate with plant spirits, animals, etc.  The aim of the journey is for you to be able to feel whole and full of energy as you go about your daily life.

The shamanic journey uses different healing techniques to bring back your lost energy and the lost parts of your soul.  One of the most effective techniques is soul retrieval, which uses the shamanic journey to travel into the realms of the invisible and to seek the parts of your soul which have been lost during the course of your life.

This age-old healing method applies just as well to our present day world as it did to that of our ancestors.  After any type of shock, whether physical, emotional, mental or spiritual, or a challenging life situation, part of your soul leaves.  For example, you may have lost energy through a long illness, an operation, a relationship break-up, an accident, the death of a loved one, etc.  Then you can feel that you have less energy, a lack of motivation, powerlessness and a sense of not being connected to the real world.  These days more and more people are confronted with stressful and alienating situations and this causes them to suffer the loss of part of their soul.

In the language of modern psychology, shamanic journeying enables you to explore the hidden parts of the unconscious and the subconscious, free those buried parts of your being and to rediscover your energy and strength.

The Benefits of Shamanic Journeying are:

• retrieving the parts of your soul that may have been lost through physical or emotional trauma

• extraction of thought forms and entities

• rebalancing your energies

• understanding your dreams

• connecting with plant and animal spirits

• rediscovering your inner power

• freeing yourself from old emotional patterns and fears

• exploring your creativity

• experiencing the subtle energies of the natural world

• meeting your animal guide

• forming healthy relationships

• discovering the magic of life

Foundation Course - Celtic shamanic path

• Explore the principles of the Celtic shamanic path.

• Connect with your spirit animals and develop meaningful relationships with them.

• Dance the Celtic medicine wheel.

• Develop your capacity to "see and feel" energy and the subtle worlds.

• Learn the technique of shamanic journeying.

• Connect to the elementals (sylphs, salamanders, undines, gnomes).

• Discover the sacred Celtic trees and their systems of divination using oghams (Celtic runes).

• Participate in a Celtic healing ceremony.

• Heal your ancestral ties.

• Explore healing techniques such as soul-retrieval and extraction.

• Make your own Celtic shamanic tools : feather smudging fan, medicinal spirit pouches, shamanic rattle, pentacle and wand.

Discover Your Spirit Animal: A highly original and inspirational workshop

Come and discover your spirit animal guide and your spirit animal helpers. Whether you know it or not, you do have spirit animal helpers waiting to connect with you more. Some need to be asked for help while others have been helping you from birth. Developing a meaningful relationship with your spirit animal guide is just as important today as it has been in tribal cultures since the beginning of time. 

During the workshop you will:

• Discover your spirit animal guide.

• Connect with your spirit animal helpers and allies.

• Develop a meaningful relationship with them.

• Learn the simple technique of Shamanic Journeying.

• Discover some easy shamanic healing techniques for animals.

Animal Spirit helpers share with you their wonderful qualities of strength, endurance, patience, self-respect, enthusiasm, patience, and more importantly they help you to heal, to become whole and connect to the Natural World.  It is a great gift to be able to consciously live with your spirit animal guide and you will never again feel totally alone!

Shamanic Workshop - Make your own shamanic drum

• Make your own shamanic drum.

• Learn to dream and journey using the drum.

• Explore the medicine wheel through shamanic journeying, movement, song and art.

• Ceremony to activate the soul of your drum.

Dates	14 and 15 May 2011
Location	Centre l'EssenCiel, Chemin des Cornalles 14, 1802 Corseaux (Vevey)
Price	590 CHF / 450 euros (all materials included)