The shamanic practitioner will connect with spirits in NOR to help the cleansing and healing of an individual in the real world. Although any treatment can be done remotely, typically the process involves being in a relaxed environment where the shaman will have an open and honest conversation with you to understand what you’re looking to get out of the experience. The shaman will then journey to determine the type of treatment advised for the client, return from NOR, then describe to the client what information was received and if any healing ceremony was suggested, what that would involve. Once the client agrees, the shaman then performs the treatment. Though it’s the exception, in some instances the client will journey simultaneously with the shamanic healer and after returning both will discuss what they experienced.

Shamanic healing, as it is practiced in the West, is not based on a religion or any religious institution. It is a spiritual way of engaging with the body, mind, emotions, soul, and spirit of an individual or a group using practices such as energy healing, meditation, journeying, sacred songs, ceremonies, and rituals to directly access the divine and the healing energies of nature, spirits, and the cosmos. The worldview of shamanism is founded on the knowledge that everything exists in a dynamic, ever-changeable and eminently malleable, luminous, holographic energy matrix that interconnects with everything in our cosmos, from Earth to the Stars and into other worlds and dimensions. A shamanic healer can work within the energy body of a client to assist in the removal, transformation, and lessening of physical, mental, and emotional imbalances, blocks, and traumas, both personal and ancestral.

Shamanic healing is frequently used with other alternative treatments, such as traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, etc. It can be used effectively in conjunction with both conventional medicine and other integrative therapies. Shamanic healing can assist in releasing trauma, shifting bad habits, breaking through blocks in personal creativity, relationships, work, and financial prosperity, and, in general, transmuting heavy life energies that no longer benefit you. While shamanic healing cannot do many things that mainstream medical and psychological interventions can, it can complement them. In general, shamanic healing acknowledges the greater spiritual dimensions of human experiences. It works multidimensionally within, through, and around the body-mind-soul complex.

Before your first session, It is normal to feel a little apprehensive, usually in relation to fear of the unknown and what you might experience. However, please try to relax, ask any questions before the session starts so that your mind is eased and be as open as possible to whatever you experience, trusting this is for your highest good and is unique to you. This is your time to receive and it’s allowing yourself to let go, leave all your worries at the door and be open to this transformative healing energy.