This multi-cultural shamanic course is a foundation for living the ancient spiritual practices of direct revelation for transformation, and for living your life in power and unity. This course is for someone who is ready for change, for clearing away the things that block you from being you, and for awakening your true soul Self. This is for someone who wants to embrace his or her capacity to dream a life born of passion, joy and fulfillment.
Each designated Saturday Meeting we will gather in a safe, ceremonial space for soulful learning, drum journeying, soul remembering, and creating shamanic tools. We will also meet virtually on Zoom once monthly at an agreed upon evening time for teleconference and check-in, to maintain and ground our teachings into our every day life, to build community and to gain support. If for any reason you cannot meet at this agreed upon time by the group, a recording will be available.
The content of the course will include foundational Shamanic teachings, the wisdom of the Medicine Wheel, and shamanic practices for living life empowered and awakened!
Each meeting we will also make ceremonial, shamanic tools associated with the work of that month.
New Beginnings, The Void, Child, Sunrise, Spring
Your First Class in Artist Shaman Healer Sage will introduce you to working with:
Zoom Call for the East - Check-in, clearing, drum journey with the East, Q&A
Expansion, Growth, Heart, Tribe, Support, Adolescence, Mid-day, Summer
Your Second Class will introduce you to working with:
Zoom Calls for the South - Check-in, clearing, drum journey with the South, Q&A
Harvest, Completion, Death, Middle Age, Sunset, Autumn
Your Third Class will introduce you to working with:
Zoom Calls for the West -Check-in, clearing, drum journey with West, Q&A
Rest, Regeneration, Wisdom, Power, Old Age, Nighttime, Winter
Your Fourth Class will introduce you to working with:
Zoom Calls for the North - Check-in, clearing, drum journey with North, Q&A
The Power of Above and Below
Your Fifth Class will introduce you to working with:
Zoom Calls for the Father Sky and Mother Earth - Check-in, clearing, drum journey, Q&A
The Power of Great Spirit, Our Final Meeting
Plan on an all day affair, completing the circle of the Medicine Wheel with the teachings of the Center and Great Spirit. We will also review our time together and how to continue to take this work forward into our every day lives.
Instead of ceremonial art we will bring all our tools we have made and work with them. We'll deepen into some healing practices and practice upon each other.
Ceremony, Graduation and Celebration. It is time for our harvest, our completion, graduation and honoring of the hard work and play we have put in learning together, creating tribe together, and preparing to move to the next level of experience in our live
Every class will include a ceremonial, creative shamanic tool project. We’ll use ceremony and ritual to create our tools with intention and power.
Your deposit holds your place in class and is non-refundable after March 17th, 2021. There is limited space in this class. All class payments must be completed by your 5th class, August 2021.
With Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs. This multi-cultural shamanic course is a foundation for living the ancient spiritual practices of direct revelation for transformation, and for living your life in power and unity. We will meet every 5 to 6 weeks, gathering in a ceremonial space for learning, drum journeying, remembering and creating from the heart of Spirit. We will also meet virtually one to two times monthly at an agreed upon evening time for teleconference and check-in, to maintain and ground our teachings into our every day life, to build community and to gain support. If for any reason you cannot meet at this agreed upon time by the group, a recording will be available. The content of the course will include teachings of the Medicine Wheel and practices to incorporate it into your life as a powerful tool for balance and guidance, working with spirit guides and animal totems for support, drum journeying for direct revelation, cleansing and clearing, grounding and altar work; the power of prayer; protection; recapitulation and release; places of power and power spots.
Every class will include a ceremonial, creative shamanic tool project. We'll use ceremony and ritual to create our tools with intention and power.
May 5: Session 1 - Introductions, The Medicine Wheel as a Map for Life, The Ally of the East, The Void, New Beginnings, Shamanic Maps, altar work, cleansing, frequency, the quantum field, the spirit world, working with allies, shamanic drum journey as a path to direct revelation.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE WAND/STAFF from found objects in nature
June 9: Session 2 - The Ally of the South, deepening our relationship with Allies, calling for support, working with elementals, having better boundaries and protection, connecting to Spirit, power of prayer and ceremony, what spiritual medicine is, and creating harmony, balance and relationships.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE BAG
July 21: Session 3 - The Ally of the West, ancestors and ancestral patterns, releasing trauma, working with patterns, confronting fear, understanding death, recapitulation, shamanic intention, dealing with obstacles, shape shifting.
Ceremonial Art - DEATH MASK
Aug. 25: Session 4 - The Ally of the North; Power, rest, restoration, regeneration, introspection, observation, wisdom, vision, soul loss and soul retrieval. - the power of places, objects, allies; the path of empowerment, generosity and wisdom. We will work with the power of the rattle as the instrument of the North.
Ceremonial Art - RATTLE
Oct. 6: Session 5 - Completion and Graduation - We will complete the circle of the Medicine Wheel with the teachings of Above (Father Sky), Below (Mother Earth) and Center (Great Spirit.) We will also review our time together and how to continue to take this work forward into our every day lives. Instead of ceremonial art we will review working with the various tools we created.
Additionally you will receive your choice of a one hour healing session or two half hour sessions with Katherine.
Full Tuition $800
How to pay:
Pay in full - $800 due by May 1st
Pay Deposit - $300 now; Balance of $500 due May 5th at beginning of class.
Payment plan - $300 now, and four (4) payments of $125 beginning with the first day of class May 5th, then at the first of each succeeding class. Last payment is due Aug. 25. Post dated checks or Credit card will be held on file to be part of the payment plan.
Commitment to the workshop series is required, and expected. May not take individual workshops. This is a series and your complete participation is expected. Class participation agreement required.
Classes and Workshops Cancellation and Refund Policy If for any reason you have registered for this workshop series and cannot attend, you must contact Katherine Skaggs and Soul Sistas Creative Productions in at least 14 calendar days prior to the beginning of the class/workshop to receive a full refund, or to receive a credit toward another class, service or product. Any credits must be used within six months. Class registration fees are non-refundable after the 14-day prior to start of class period offer listed above with the exception of dire emergent situations to be evaluated on an individual basis. The class or training may be cancelled on our end up to 14 days in advance of start date if enrollment is under our minimum. We will not be responsible for any travel expenses incurred by participants should we cancel an event. If we cancel the training course all registration fees are refundable.
With Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs This multi-cultural shamanic course is a foundation for living the ancient spiritual practices of direct revelation for transformation, and for living your life in power and unity. Each month we meet on the 3rd Saturday in a ceremonial space for learning, drum journeying, remembering and creating from the heart of Spirit. We will also meet virtually once a week at an agreed upon evening time for teleconference and check-in to maintain and ground our teachings into our every day life, to build community and to gain support. If for any reason you cannot meet at this agreed upon time by the group, a recording of the weekly meditation and talk will be available to you for downloading and listening. The content of the course will include teachings of the Medicine Wheel and practices to incorporate it into your life as a powerful tool for balance and guidance, working with spirit guides and animal totems for support, drum journeying for direct revelation, cleansing and clearing, grounding and altar work; the power of prayer; protection; recapitulation and release; places of power and power spots.
Session 1 - Introductions, The Medicine Wheel as a Map for Life, The Ally of the East, The Void, New Beginnings, Shamanic Maps, altar work, cleansing, frequency, the quantum field, the spirit world, shamanic drum journey as a path to direct revelation.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE WAND/STAFF from found objects in nature
Session 2 - The South, Allies, support, elementals, boundaries, protection, connecting to Spirit, power of prayer and ceremony, Spiritual medicine, creating harmony, balance and relationships.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE BAG
Session 3 - The West, ancestors and ancestral patterns, releasing trauma, working with patterns, confronting fear, understanding death, recapitulation, shamanic intention, dealing with obstacles, shape shifting.
Ceremonial Art - DEATH MASK
Session 4 - The North; Power - the power of places, objects, allies; bids for power, the path of power and wisdom.
Ceremonial Art - SACRED TALISMAN/OBJECT FOR ALTAR OR MEDICINE BAG WORK
Session 5 - Above & Below - Father Sky and Mother Earth, balancing polarity, healing the Earth, aligning with planetary rhythms for power, trance dance, animal ally dance, and soul retrieval.
Ceremonial Art - INNER SHAMAN MASK 
Cost: $675
Deposit of $200 holds your place in class.
A Payment plan is available with $175 down, and four (4) payments of $125 beginning with the first day of class April 30th. Payment of class must be complete on July 23rd. Post dated checks or Credit card will be held on file to be part of the payment plan.
Commitment to the workshop series is required, and expected. May not take individual workshops. This is a series and your complete participation is expected. Class participation agreement required.
Classes and Workshops Cancellation and Refund Policy If for any reason you have registered for this workshop series and cannot attend, you must contact Katherine Skaggs and Soul Sistas Creative Productions, LLC in at least 14 calendar days prior to the beginning of the class/workshop to receive a full refund, or to receive a credit toward another class, service or product. Any credits must be used within six months. Class registration fees are non-refundable after the 14-day prior to start of class period offer listed above with the exception of dire emergent situations to be evaluated on an individual basis. The class or training may be cancelled on our end up to 14 days in advance of start date if enrollment is under our minimum. We will not be responsible for any travel expenses incurred by participants should we cancel an event. If we cancel the training course all registration fees are refundable.
If you have wanted to know more about navigating life in balance, with more joy, and with a happy heart, please come!
Artist, intuitive, visionary and shamanic practitioner Katherine Skaggs will give an introduction to shamanism and the power of awakening the heart so you can live a more authentic and joyful life. Katherine will bring you into a sacred container of the heart and the wisdom of Life as a Sacred Ceremony. She will assist you in navigating your every day world, as well as holiday season with heart centered practices to lead the way.
If you are considering a soul portrait, spirit guide painting or the Leading with the Heart class with Katherine, you will enjoy this talk as an introduction to Katherine and her guidance for soul-full, heart centered living. You will also get a good dose of shamanic principles and a few practices to illuminate your heart for everyday joyfulness.
All are welcome. Come be blessed as you join in.
By Donation.
with Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs
This class is devoted to living life centered in the Heart Medicine found in ancient shamanic teachings that help us walk every day life as a sacred ceremony. You will learn about the teachings of the Medicine Wheel and specifically the medicine of the South.
The South awakens the medicine of the heart and shines a light on right relationship to all life. The South is the ally which opens and illuminates the authentic heart. It is the direction representing the the bright Solar light of the Summer sun, community and the heart. Learning to call upon the ally of the South within the map of the Medicine Wheel, is a call to open the heart; it is a call to clean and clear that which blocks and limits the heart; and it is a call to illuminate your most beautiful power of authenticity and love.
Within a safe and sacred container, you will have the opportunity to explore the drum as the instrument of the heart. You will also experience using shamanic drum journey as a way to clear old stories and woundings, and to gain support and guidance for illuminating the heart and soul light.
Additional teachings and exercises will be given to increase your havingness and joyfulness.
You will receive healing by simply participating in the class. You will also be empowered with transformative exercises and practices to infuse your heart with the light of your own authentic self.
CLASS TUITION:
EARLY BIRD PRICING - $60
Receive early bird pricing by registering by November 30th, 2015 before mid-night.
Regular Tuition - $75
Dec. 1st to Dec. 12th full tuition due.
Items to bring to class:
Water to drink and mid morning snacks if needed.
Journal and pen for reflecting and taking notes
with Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs
The Medicine Wheel provides a beautiful map for walking the cycles of life in joy, peace and power. Join Katherine Skaggs, Shamanic Practitioner for an experiential learning on the medicine wheel and how to infuse its wisdom into your everyday life for greater balance.
You will also receive foundational teachings in shamanism, including but not limited to the Q'ero people's understandings of energy and how to work with it to bring harmony; how to clean and clear your energy field working with nature; how to recognize and clear energy leaks; the right use of power; use of the shamanic drum journey to open you to the path of direct revelation; and what is "medicine," from personal to global, for empowerment. Within the concept of “medicine” you will explore your personal “medicine”, the medicine of Mother Nature and the medicine of your allies, guides and guardians, and how to restore your medicine when you have leaked it away or feel disempowered.
You will activate the medicine of creativity in the afternoon. You will make your own “medicine” wand or staff, and learn how to use it as a wisdom tool in your life.
Items to bring to class:
Water to drink
Sack lunch
Snacks for the day
Found items for your medicine wand. Prior to class, please tune in and take a walk in nature. Ask if there is a stick, short or tall, that will support making your medicine wand or staff. Tune to your heart and open to what will come to you. Trust! Also "ask" if there are any feathers, stones, or other items from Mother Nature that would like to come to you as medicine.
Bring the stick and any other found items from nature. Also, bring any crystals that have meaning to you that you might like to put into your medicine wand, or totem or symbol trinket and beads that you might like to incorporate.
Medicine wands often are made from crystals, feathers, leather, beads, colored twine or ribbon, trinkets that have meaning, etc.
Other items provided: leather, beads and other items I will gift to you to support your medicine.
You will learn how to work with your medicine staff or wand as an empowering tool, as well as how to use it to clear energy and bring in energy.
with Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs
This class is devoted to working with the Medicine Wheel and the Teachings of the South, the medicine of the heart and relationships. The South is the ally which opens and illuminates the authentic heart. It is the direction representing the illumination of the Summer sun, community and the heart. Learning to call upon the ally of the South within the map of the Medicine Wheel, is a call to open the heart, a call to clean and clear that which blocks and limits the heart, and a call to illuminate our most beautiful power of authenticity and love.
Within a safe and sacred container, you will have the opportunity to explore the drum as the instrument of the heart, and to receive a drum healing. You will also experience working with shamanic drum journey as a way to clear old stories and woundings, and gain support and guidance for illuminating the heart and soul light.
You will learn additional techniques for healing, forgiving and letting go of old stories and wounds that limit your havingness and joyfulness. Then you will learn to center, and fill up, infusing yourself with light, expanding your energy through your body and into all of your life, again for greater harmony, peace and joy.
You will receive healing by simply participating in the class. Better yet you will receive transformative exercises and practices to infuse your heart with the light of your own authentic self.
Items to bring to class:
Water to drink
Snacks for the day
Journal and pen for reflecting and taking notes
With Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs This multi-cultural shamanic course is a foundation for living the ancient spiritual practices of direct revelation for transformation, and for living your life in power and unity. Each month we meet on the 3rd Saturday in a ceremonial space for learning, drum journeying, remembering and creating from the heart of Spirit. We will also meet virtually once a week at an agreed upon evening time for teleconference and check-in to maintain and ground our teachings into our every day life, to build community and to gain support. If for any reason you cannot meet at this agreed upon time by the group, a recording of the weekly meditation and talk will be available to you for downloading and listening. The content of the course will include teachings of the Medicine Wheel and practices to incorporate it into your life as a powerful tool for balance and guidance, working with spirit guides and animal totems for support, drum journeying for direct revelation, cleansing and clearing, grounding and altar work; the power of prayer; protection; recapitulation and release; places of power and power spots.
Course Outline: Session 1 - March 21st Introductions, The Medicine Wheel as a Map for Life, The Ally of the East, The Void, New Beginnings, Shamanic Maps, altar work, cleansing, frequency, the quantum field, the spirit world, shamanic drum journey as a path to direct revelation.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE WAND/STAFF from found objects in nature
Session 2 - April 18th The South, Allies, support, elementals, boundaries, protection, connecting to Spirit, power of prayer and ceremony, Spiritual medicine, creating harmony, balance and relationships.
Ceremonial Art - MEDICINE BAG
Session 3 - May 16th The West, ancestors and ancestral patterns, releasing trauma, working with patterns, confronting fear, understanding death, recapitulation, shamanic intention, dealing with obstacles, shape shifting.
Ceremonial Art - DEATH MASK
Session 4 - June 20th The North; Power - the power of places, objects, allies; bids for power, the path of power and wisdom.
Ceremonial Art - SACRED TALISMAN/OBJECT FOR ALTAR OR MEDICINE BAG WORK
Session 5 - July 18th Above & Below - Father Sky and Mother Earth, balancing polarity, healing the Earth, aligning with planetary rhythms for power, trance dance, animal ally dance, and soul retrieval.
Ceremonial Art - INNER SHAMAN MASK
Cost: $625 Deposit of $100 holds your place in class.
A Payment plan is available with $225 down, and four (4) payments of $100 beginning with the first day of class. Payment of class must be complete on June 20th. Post dated checks or Credit card will be held on file to be part of the payment plan.
Commitment to the workshop series is required, and expected. May not take individual workshops. This is a series and your complete participation is expected. Class participation agreement required.
Classes and Workshops Cancellation and Refund Policy If for any reason you have registered for this workshop series and cannot attend, you must contact Katherine Skaggs and Soul Sistas Creative Productions, LLC in at least 14 calendar days prior to the beginning of the class/workshop to receive a full refund, or to receive a credit toward another class, service or product. Any credits must be used within six months. Class registration fees are non-refundable after the 14-day prior to start of class period offer listed above with the exception of dire emergent situations to be evaluated on an individual basis. The class or training may be cancelled on our end up to 14 days in advance of start date if enrollment is under our minimum. We will not be responsible for any travel expenses incurred by participants should we cancel an event. If we cancel the training course all registration fees are refundable.
