Shamanic Counselling/Coaching

True Self Empowerment

In these sessions, you will work on your issues and goals in a spirit driven way; using a tool set of visualisation journeys and transformation ceremonies guided by the Medicine Wheel.

Maybe you have analysed your problems and pondered possible solutions many times, without making real progress? Or you may seek a new vision, want to bring your dreams alive, resolve a conflict or explore your creativity?

Ask your left brain to be silent for a while, so that you can listen to your deep wisdom and the ancient teachings of the universe. The goal is empowerment and finding your own path; You can co-create your reality and transform those aspects of your life that need new inspiration or positive transformation.

We will debrief each session to make it applicable to your everyday life, also covering your emotions, thinking patterns and the actions you need to take to transform your life. If your body is tense and hinders your development, I can also show you some Tai Chi or breathing exercises inspired by the Reiki practice.

Once you are familiar with these methods, you can use them on a regular basis to heal your deep Essence, and to create positive energy shifts in your life.

Mentoring for your Spirit Path

If you are already on a personal development path, I can support you as a witness, mirror and guide. You may be familiar with shamanic work and journey on a regular base? Our sessions can lead you to a deeper level and give you some new tools do accelerate and focus your work. Working with me as your mentor will enable you to fully integrate your development work in your everyday life.

Coaching for Specific Issues

How we will work together

We will custom-design your sessions for you, using some of the methods described below. Your first session will likely contain a symbolic walk around the Medicine Wheel, to explore what aspect of your Self needs strengthening or balancing out.
You then will be guided on a Drum Journey, which allows you to explore one of our core methods, and gain initial insights into your challenge or goal. I may recommend an additional journey, where you can find your power animal and learn how to work with it.
After this initial work, I will explain some of the other methods to you, and we can decide together what we do in follow up session.

True Self Empowerment will help if...

You have been struggling with the same issue for a while, without making much progress.
You are searching for a new path in your life - but are challenged on how to get started.
You are going through a major change - maybe you are getting married or have a new job. You need some support for the transition.
You suffered loss and can't move on. This may be emotional loss, the ending of a relationship, the death of a loved one, or the loss of a limb...
You feel let down and need empowerment.
You have done something wrong and cannot forgive yourself.
You would like to celebrate or reinvent yourself for a special occasion; for example, doing something special for your 40th Birthday or celebrate your retirement.

Some of our Methods

These can be combined - we will have a chat to find out what will help you the most.

Drum Journey

'Journeying' is a special kind of meditation that allows you to access your sources of inner wisdom, which might be blocked by your analytical brain. (read more about Journeying)
The work starts with your formulating a specific question. We then do a relaxation exercise and sometimes some light drumming to calm down your left brain. I will lead you through a guided meditation that might feel a bit like day-dreaming. Just as an example; you may imagine yourself going up a mountain and enjoy the view from up there, and all of a sudden a hawk comes flying and has an important message for you. This is your Inner Wisdom - some may call it your 'Spirit' - that found a way to manifest itself.
When debriefing your 'journey', I will not do any interpretation for you, but I may ask questions, reflect back what you said and witness what you experienced. This will help you make sense of what just happened and decide on how to apply it to your life.
If you know how to journey and have practiced it for a while, I will suggest more challenging journeys, which will help you go deeper and create real breakthroughs in your life.

Medicine Wheel

We will always be inspired by the Medicine Wheel, but these sessions use it in a more intense way. As a map of the universe, the Wheel contains everything that is. Exploring its energies and dynamics can make you feel at peace with who you are and how you relate to the world. The teachings can be very practical; for example, helping with problem solving and working through conflicts.
The Medicine Wheel will be marked as an energy system in the room (or we might build a wheel together outdoors). I will guide you on how to 'walk' the wheel by visiting the four directions, learning about the teachings, gifts and shadows they can hold, and exploring a problem or a goal in several areas of the wheel.
You may be led to the centre of the wheel, the sacred place of full potential. What you find there might leave you in Awe, and positively change the way you look at your reality and go about your life.
This work is also available for groups and families who would like to build a Medicine Wheel together on their land, and then walk it to explore the potential of the group.

Chakra Animals

Chakras are our energy centres, and like any place with increased energy vibration, they make it easy for us to connect with the non-ordinary reality. They often are 'home' to specific helpers or wisdom keepers, often in the shape of animal guides (similar to totem animals). Connecting to them and linking them with each other will bring new insights and healing.
Through a guided meditation, I will show you an easy way to find out who your helpers are and what they have to say to you.
Once you have found your 'team' of Chakra helpers and know how to work with them, you can visit them on a regular basis by yourself and ask for their advice for challenges of your life.
Chakra journeys are also appropriate for people who have been working with chakra energy for a while, and now would like to explore these concepts from a different angle and take a more active, conscious role when working with their chakras.
This work is inspired by Steve Gallegos' method of the Personal Totem Pole. Our approach is close to his teaching, but combines it with our unique journey work.

Transformation Ceremonies

Transformation Ceremonies help you create a specific energy shift when you feel stuck or disconnected. They consist of guided journey work, reflection, and a series of symbolic actions: which can be as simple as arranging some candles to express parts of your True Self. Or they can be longer and more complex (including working outdoors with nature).
After a ceremony, we will debrief together and explore how you can implement these energy shifts in your life.
Here are a few examples.

Empowerment of your True Self

This is a guided meditation in a ceremonial setting, which will lead you to the 'non-ordinary reality' where you meet your True Self; the place in yourself that contains your deepest wisdom and your purpose for this life.
Once you have met your True Self, you will practice a simple method to connect to it in your everyday life. This will enable you to receive guidance and support from that deep place within you whenever you need it.
You then can re-evaluate your life out of a "True-Self" perspective: What is serving your path here in this world, and what is in your way. A journey to a healing place will allow you to release what you no longer need.
A Soul Reading can be part of this ceremony. I will journey for you and bring back something that represents and honours the strength of your Soul (such as a story, a chant, a magic word, a power-dance, etc).

Manifestation and Cord Cutting

Being 'tied down' by dysfunctional relationships, ideas and projects can hinder you to bring your dreams alive. Manifestation and Cord Cutting are two related ceremonies. In Cord cutting, you will cut the cords that tie you to co-dependent, draining relationships, while strengthening the positive cords that connect you to the Universe and 'all your relations'.
The Manifestation Ceremony will help you clarify your vision and goals - from a place of your "True Self". So this is not about societal expectations of who you should be - but an in-depth exploration of who you want to be to honour your True Self. You then gather your resources and learn about concrete action steps to manifest your goals. You send your intention out to the universe through a powerful ceremony. The last step is letting go - surrender and find peace with the suiting power of the Water.

Medicine Basket - Spirit Womb

The Medicine Basket offers a powerful ceremony to help you let go of things that no longer serve you, and attract the things you would like to invite as part of your journey into the future.
The Medicine Basket can also represent your 'Spirit Womb'. You honour the place in yourself that creates new life. This does not have to be a child, but it can cover all aspects of being creative and giving room for new seeds to grow and blossom in your life. The Spirit Womb is also a deep, warm cave where you can find safety and a place to hibernate. Sacred darkness will enable your eyes to see more...
Women - especially those who have lost their physical womb or go through menopause - often feel healed and empowered by Spirit Womb work. However, this work is not just for women - everybody has a Spirit Womb.

Journey well!

​True Self Empowerment