Our Ancestors are all who have walked before us. Typically we think of ancestors as our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and all who share our DNA who have passed. Yet many tribal peoples have a larger view of who our ancestors are. The Lakota people say Mitakuye Oyasin, "All are my relations. Tree, water, sky, earth, animals, brothers, sisters, and those that have taken their spirit walk are our kin." The Q'ero people of the Andes say Kausay Pacha, "All is connected; all is an abundance of living energy. All is life, and all have the essence of love. All are children of the Great Mother and Father – in spirit and physical form." These Ancestors who have walked before us are the ones who have taken a physical body to experience love, sorry, joy, and the pain of being human. They have now moved into the Spirit Realm.
Because they have experienced human incarnation, they share both spiritual and physical DNA. They can have great compassion and empathy for the experiences and lessons you are experiencing now. They also have another perspective now that they are in the spirit world. They can support and give guidance, teachings, healing, forgiveness, and even protection.
Just because they are in the spirit realm doesn't mean they are more evolved than you. Some ancestors are more developed, and some are not. Some ancestors even receive healing because of your path of healing and awakening. They are in observation and respect your journey.
There are different types of ancestors you can call upon. You have familial ancestors born of your physical DNA specific to this incarnation. They can be helpful when working to heal specific ancestral patterns. They often offer much love and protection. You may even experience their gratitude as you can heal patterns born of this lineage.
There are also ancestors specific to land areas, known as Land Ancestors. These territorial or land ancestors are stewards and spiritual guides connected to a particular land or area/territory. Honoring these ancestors is highly beneficial when buying a home or property. Suppose you have a property with problems — such as a lack of property value, arguments in the house, bad water, accidents, and mishaps of any sort. In that case, you may want to get to know the Land Ancestors and Spirits and ask for their help. Working with them can more readily bring the property back to balance.
Spiritual Ancestors are lineages of Spirit beings that your soul repeatedly chooses to work with, such as archangel Michael, Buddha, Christ, Kuan Yin, Mother Mary, White Buffalo Calf Woman, etc. You may have had significant lifetimes in Egypt or as a Buddhist Monk, or in a particular religious sect. You may recognize this early in life though it may not make much sense then. An example of identifying a spiritual lineage may look like this: "I grew up Christian and loved Jesus, but I found myself reading the Tao de Ching and asking about reincarnation by the time I was a teen. Buddhism, Hinduism, and Egyptian mystery teachings powerfully resonated when I got into my 20s. The core teachings of Jesus resonated, but the religion's hell, fire, and damnation did not. Eastern religions and philosophies, metaphysics, and shamanism all rang true without question once they came into my awareness.
There are infinite possibilities, and a particular ancestor may reside in multiple "categories."
Being on planet Earth is a soul's learning opportunity. We choose our parents, siblings, and DNA lineage when we jump into a body. Every part of our soul's choice to incarnate offers opportunities to advance as a soul, whether it be loving or born of fear. Your DNA codes from your earth family carry gifts and challenges. There may be diseases that your parents, grandparents, and others in your DNA pool have again and again experienced, such as heart disease or cancer. As a soul, this does not mean you will get these diseases, yet it may show you a pattern that you will face. You may be the one to break the pattern and heal that which was not healed before you. Or the pattern is part of your learning and growth. Earth family DNA also offers many gifts. Often there are families who are all artists, or doctors, or musicians. These DNA codes may also be part of why you chose that DNA. You may want to carry on a particular focus from another life, or begin a new focus. The DNA supports either. Or you may be the different one who does not carry on with the family pattern, whether it be the gift or the challenge to heal.
Recognizing the patterns of your earth family is one of the first steps to healing in your soul's earth adventure, as well as offering healing to your family lineage. Looking backwards to your parents and their experiences, as well as their parents and beyond can give you greater understanding of what you inherited. The traces of trauma within the body of your mother, your father, your grandparents, etc. are passed on if they are not healed in that person (epigenetic.) These trauma patterns can manifest in different ways. Difficult relationship patterns, abandonment, broken heartedness, ill-health, etc. can all be passed on as patterns that you have to face to heal. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and other types of abuse are often sent through family lines.
We often choose our Earth family stories and DNA that mirror patterns we have been working on in other lifetimes. The learning, growth, and healing we take on in a life through our physical DNA patterns give us opportunity to heal misunderstandings and to bring more love into our lives. Karma is the indebtedness to ourselves to grow through mistakes and misunderstandings that we return to more love within ourselves, and for the world around us.
To heal it requires that you face the patterns and acknowledge them. By the time we realize there is a trauma pattern in our ancestral line we have most likely already begun to heal. Working with intention, energy work, shamanic journey, prayer work, altar work, meditation, etc. is a path inward to one's higher self, as well as ancestral healing. Shamanic journey work and healing can support the spiritual and psychospiritual work required to transform and transmute the pain of the past. Forgiveness is a very important part of the journey.
Having a safe and wise healer and guide can be a very important part of the journey.
Join author Katherine Skaggs as she opens her initial shipment of ten books of the Artist Shaman Healer Sage. These first ten books give her the actual experience of the book to review and approve, so the large shipment can get upon its way to Katherine's storage and shipping location, so YOU can get your book in hand after the first of May. Experience the excitement and the beauty of a foundational guidebook on shamanism, with amazing spiritual wisdom and mapping systems that will assist you in living a better life.
Shamans, shamanic cultures, and ancient mystical cultures all know the secrets to a happy and healthy life. Now more than ever in a time when life is full of chaos and confusion, many are returning to foundational and timeless principles and practices that restore harmony, peace, and well-being, personally, and for the good of the whole. The times we live in have been prophesied for generation after generation, from the Hindu teachings on the Kali Yuga, to the Christian teachings on the end times, to the prophesies of the Hopi, the Maya, the Navajo, and the Aztec (to name just a few) telling us major change is upon us. We must shift consciously, and willingly, that we may clear away suffering and hardship, and return to a time of peace and well-being. It needs all of us to participate consciously and willingly as best as possible. Artist Shaman Healer Sage is a wise map that assists you in choosing a better reality for yourself.
Let's do this together, to dream a better world for ourselves, and the generations to come. You truly are the blessing when you begin to center in your heart and become present to the blessings within you and all around you.
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Check out Katherine’s new book, Artist Shaman Healer Sage to learn more about shamanism and how its wisdom, practices, rituals, and ceremonies can bring greater balance and harmony to your life. Artist Shaman Healer Sage is filled with wisdom teachings and stories, “How to” guidance for working with shamanic tools, ceremony, ritual, prayer, altar work and much more. This shamanic guidebook is a life map for the soul on their earth walk. It provides insights into the spiritual working of the earthly world, and how to live in balance with the ancient woven truths that bring flow, harmony, and balance to life.
“Artist Shaman Healer Sage is a foundational guide for igniting your creativity and passion as the conscious dreamer of your life. Great Spirit gives us many clues to living a life of joy, abundance, and harmony. However, as humans, we often walk around in the dark, confused as we chase linear goals, disguised and separate from our true nature as spirit. Artist Shaman Healer Sage shines a light upon the workings of Great Mystery, and to the eternal truth that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, souls upon a spiritually purpose-filled Earth walk. It also gives you timeless shamanic teachings, practices, and tools for living in balance, empowered to live in harmony and joy once again.”
-Excerpt from the Introduction of Artist Shaman Healer Sage
March 2021
Enjoy a hearty conversation on shamanism between Diane of Differing Together and Katherine Skaggs is an Intuitive, Visionary Artist, Author, Spiritual Guide and Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, and Soul Painter. Katherine found the world of metaphysics and all things spiritual in the early 80s. In 2007 Katherine stepped upon the symbiotic path of Shamanism — studying, apprenticing, and sitting in many years of healing ceremonies with Shamans worldwide. She now brings these universal, multi-cultural teachings and practices to you from her heart-centered voice of personal experience. Katherine Skaggs' Website: http://wpdraft.simple.biz/katherineskaggs-temp Order Katherine's Book: https://www.artistshamanhealersage.com
Katherine has been on her spiritual path since her mid 20s when she sought healing and greater understanding for her spiritual self as she stepped away from traditional religion as she had known it. The world of metaphysics, dream interpretation, symbolism and symbol systems, meditation, and mystical, spiritual practices brought her into a place of greater balance and harmony. And as life unfolded various challenges arose, giving the opportunity for more healing. Katherine tells of a dark night of the soul (or two), that gave way to shamanic death and dismemberment. The difficult yet soul expansive experiences ultimately led Katherine to the world of shamanism in a quest to find greater healing, understanding, and balance.
Enjoy this delightful conversation with Diane and Katherine. You will learn more about shamanism and how it can be beneficial to your life. Sit back and enjoy a time of story telling, taken from Katherine's own personal experiences upon the path that offer insight and practical wisdom for life's journey.
Shipping May 2021 - 264-Page Full Color Shamanic Guidebook
Check out Katherine's new book, Artist Shaman Healer Sage to learn more about shamanism and how its wisdom, practices, rituals, and ceremonies can bring greater balance and harmony to your life. Artist Shaman Healer Sage is filled with wisdom teachings and stories, "How to" guidance for working with shamanic tools, ceremony, ritual, prayer, altar work and much more. This shamanic guidebook is a life map for the soul on their earth walk. It provides insights into the spiritual working of the earthly world, and how to live in balance with the ancient woven truths that bring flow, harmony, and balance to life.
"Artist Shaman Healer Sage is a foundational guide for igniting your creativity and passion as the conscious dreamer of your life. Great Spirit gives us many clues to living a life of joy, abundance, and harmony. However, as humans, we often walk around in the dark, confused as we chase linear goals, disguised and separate from our true nature as spirit. Artist Shaman Healer Sage shines a light upon the workings of Great Mystery, and to the eternal truth that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, souls upon a spiritually purpose-filled Earth walk. It also gives you timeless shamanic teachings, practices, and tools for living in balance, empowered to live in harmony and joy once again."
-Excerpt from the Introduction of Artist Shaman Healer Sage
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Join shamanic practitioner and author, artist Katherine Skaggs to learn about No Smoke Smudging with Flower Water.
Katherine will teach you about Agua de Florida, as well as the flower waters made from palo santo, tobacco, kananga, rose, and orange to clean and clear your space, and that of others. You will also learn about a pusanga or love potion, and how to use that to attract blessings, love, and good fortune.
Flower water is an excellent way to smudge when you can't burn smudge and use smoke to clear. With flower waters plant medicines are infused into alcohol and water, prayed with and sung into, used with intention, to clean your energy, raise your frequency, clear trauma and fear, as well as to bless and bring protection.
Agua de Florida water is the go to for shamans in Peru, and many places in the world. It is a mixture of a variety of plants. Many shamans, shamanic practitioners, and medicine people will pray into this flower water for general or specific prayers to heal and to clear bad energy (Hucha as the Q'ero call it), and to bring in uplifting energies of the plant spirit medicines as well as the prayers and intentions of the practitioner.
Using flower water as a daily smudge is an excellent way to keep your energy high, and to clean away worry, fear, and fright that is rampant in our world today.
Open your flower water, then as with all your allies, thank it for its powerful energies that are good in cleaning energy and raising your vibration, pray into it with a heart centered prayer and intention for wellness, shift, balance, love, peace, etc. Then pour some into the palms of your hands, rubbing your hands together, and then bringing up to breathe in deeply three times. Do so gently as this is very strong with alcohol and can be intense.
Once you have breathed in the flower water, use your hands to move through your energy field, above your crown, to the back of your neck, and behind you (intentionally sending to your heart and all of your back), and through your front, sending to your third eye to awaken your vision, to your throat to express your creativity and truth, to your heart for full heartedness, to your solar plexus to activate your power, to your 2nd chakra to support your creativity and intuition, and to your root, that you are grounded in this world with love. Place your hands onto any parts of your body that need extra healing and attention, intentionally sending this energy deep into your physical body and cellular structure to receive this energy and come back into balance. Use your hands and imagination to then send out into your room, to your animals, your loved ones, your land, to your work place, and to the world at large for healing and peace.
You can do a blessing offering anytime with this practice to clear, to bless, and to give gratitude. Give without condition. Those who would like to receive will do so in their right timing.
Other flower waters you can use are Palo Santo, Tobacco, Kananga, Rose, Orange, Lavender, and any assortment of home made flower waters, such as the pusanga/love potion.
I also have another company I carry that makes other plant medicine flower waters. Some that she creates are made from White Sage, Clary Sage, Sweetgrass, and Cedar to name a few. She makes an amazing Palo Santo mist that is one of my favorite.
If you want to buy some flower water, go to my website at http://wpdraft.simple.biz/katherineskaggs-temp/product-category/flower-waters/
Order Artist Shaman Healer Sage book to learn all about shamanism, smudging, flower waters, plant medicines, calling your allies and ancestors, working with the medicine wheel, and shamanic wisdom teachings. Learn to awaken your inner creative Artist, your inner Shaman, your amazing inner Healer, as well as your wise Sage Self to be more empowered in all of your life.
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.
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.
Healing with Our Ancestors is a path of soul healing, physical DNA Healing, and one that sends healing backwards and forwards through generations. This path of healing our ancestors can also transfer to others outside our physical DNA, assisting all of humanity in healing.