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Mind, Lightwork and Shaking Medicine: Integrated Shamanic Healing Techniques Part I
Shamanism has been defined as ancient human ways of engaging with the powers and elements of the natural world and the spirits in service of the health and wholeness of and individual and community. In the 20th and 21st centuries, methods and tools continue to be gifted by indigenous peoples to the West. These tools include the use of ritual, energy medicine, stone medicine, shaking medicine, sound, movement, and soulwork. They also include the perennial gateway into multidimensional realms of consciousness of the Medicine Wheel. When combined with western understandings of human psychology and the effects of trauma, they form a complete system of healing on every level of human experience: body, mind, soul, and spirit.
As part of the class, students will study the Great Medicine Wheel of the New Earth. Each direction takes us deeper into healing every dimension of the self.
The class is offered in several locations:
Alexandria, VA, Sacred Circle Bookshop, Registration CLOSED.
Charlottesville, VA, Bridge Between the Worlds Retreat Center, to start in September, stay tuned for dates and open registration!
Virginia Beach, VA, Location and Dates TBA
Rachel Mann, PhD has studied in the Four Winds Society Healing the Light Body School and has also studied with many other teachers. She specializes in treating trauma and integrates western scientific and psychological perspectives and approaches into her practice. She is an anthropologist and teaches part-time at the University of Virginia Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program on the new shamanism in the West and, Gandhi and the Native American Peacekeepers, among other topics. Her writings on shamanism, violence and peace have been published in Spirituality & Health and other journals and magazines. She has had a private client healing practice for 5 years all over the state of VA. For more information about her work, go to the website for MettaKnowledge for Peace or email her at rachel@mettaknowledge.com. Or call 434-227-0538.