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I am unable to take clients; please contact me for a list of healing practitioners in the DC-Baltimore-Virginia area.
Workshops & movie nights are back, though!
New Client Form * Shamanic View of Illness * True Self Controls Thoughts and Emotions * Daily Tip Sheet * Becoming the Observer * Checklist of Symptoms and Signals * Follow Up Journeys
How does shamanic healing work? The "Three R's of Healing
Shamanism heals the spiritual aspect of illness. Although it may bring healing to the physical, mental, and emotional aspects as well, it is not a substitute for conventional psychotherapy or Western medicine. Psychotherapy and Western medicine are also no substitute for shamanism: they treat only the physical component and leave the spiritual dimension untreated.
If you wonder whether a shamanic healing session would be beneficial, please contact Mary for a list of qualified practitioners in the DC-Baltimore area.
Sandra Ingerman Speaks on Shamanic Healing
FREE 20-minute video clip from Listen with Your Heart: Sandra Ingerman on Shamanism, Healing and Nature. Great excerpt for understanding illness from a shamanic perspective and how shamanic healing works, from one of the world's most famous shamans.
Traditional and Modern Healings
You don't need to know about the most common shamanic healing ceremonies; you also don't need to figure out which ones you might need.
Still, people often ask out of curiousity, so I describe these below: power retrieval, extraction, and soul retrieval. Shamans also "cure" or "psychopomp" the dead by helping them cross over if needed.
Many healing ceremonies exist in different traditions and by different practitioners. The possibilities are endless, as "the helping [healing] spirits" that shamanic practitioners work with are creative and tailor the healing work to the particular person/situation.
Shamanism and the "helping spirits" evolve to respond to changing times and changing needs. People in ancient cultures rarely suffered from ...
Power Retrieval
When you don't feel deeply connected to yourself, to your own sense of personal power, or to "All That Is / Creator" in shamanic terms you have power loss. Classically called "power animal retrieval," this simple yet profound healing brings back a central "helping spirit" or "spirit partner" who is most needed in your life at this time (it may or may not appear in animal form). If you pursue journey work, this Form will likely be one of those who appears in your journeys to guide you.
Extraction
When you experience a spiritual imbalance, misplaced energy (energy that is not part of you) can become attached to you or move into part of your body. This misplaced energy, if allowed to fester, can cause localized pain or illness. Some symptoms may include illness, pain, or multiple misfortunes. Some pain and suffering is normal, it's one way we learn; chronic suffering as in a string of bad luck is the hallmark. The shamanic practitioner removes the misplaced energy and returns it to where it belongs in a neutral (harmless) state.
Soul Retrieval
When you experience a trauma (such as an accident, death of a loved one, war, surgery, drug abuse, chronic chipping away of self-esteem, etc.), the trauma causes a part of your essence to leave the body to avoid experiencing that trauma. (This is similar to the psychological concept of disassociation.) The shamanic view is that the soul part that left will usually return on its own in time. If it doesn't return, we often express this loss by saying "I haven't been the same since ..., or "I've never gotten over that." Other classic symptoms may include dissociation, post-traumatic stress, feeling separate (more of an observer than a participant in life), chronic illness, addictive behaviors, and feeling empty. The shamanic practitioner journeys to retrieve the lost soul part and returns it to you.
Psychopomp Work, Spirit Release/Depossession
Unlike the other healing methods, this one is for the dead. The shamanic practitioner uses this work to help those who have died but not "crossed over" to the spirit realms to do so.
Workshops & movie nights are back, though!
New Client Form * Shamanic View of Illness * True Self Controls Thoughts and Emotions * Daily Tip Sheet * Becoming the Observer * Checklist of Symptoms and Signals * Follow Up Journeys
How does shamanic healing work? The "Three R's of Healing
- It RELEASES what doesn't serve you (energy blocks, old anger or sorrow, old "baggage");
- It RESTORES lost power, vitality, and capacity (for courage, hope, love, and so on); and
- It RENEWS your connection to yourself, to your inner guidance, and to the rest of life
(providing a sense of belonging and feeling at one with the world and with the rest of nature).
Shamanism heals the spiritual aspect of illness. Although it may bring healing to the physical, mental, and emotional aspects as well, it is not a substitute for conventional psychotherapy or Western medicine. Psychotherapy and Western medicine are also no substitute for shamanism: they treat only the physical component and leave the spiritual dimension untreated.
If you wonder whether a shamanic healing session would be beneficial, please contact Mary for a list of qualified practitioners in the DC-Baltimore area.
Sandra Ingerman Speaks on Shamanic Healing
FREE 20-minute video clip from Listen with Your Heart: Sandra Ingerman on Shamanism, Healing and Nature. Great excerpt for understanding illness from a shamanic perspective and how shamanic healing works, from one of the world's most famous shamans.
Traditional and Modern Healings
You don't need to know about the most common shamanic healing ceremonies; you also don't need to figure out which ones you might need.
Still, people often ask out of curiousity, so I describe these below: power retrieval, extraction, and soul retrieval. Shamans also "cure" or "psychopomp" the dead by helping them cross over if needed.
Many healing ceremonies exist in different traditions and by different practitioners. The possibilities are endless, as "the helping [healing] spirits" that shamanic practitioners work with are creative and tailor the healing work to the particular person/situation.
Shamanism and the "helping spirits" evolve to respond to changing times and changing needs. People in ancient cultures rarely suffered from ...
- separation of mind, body, and soul;
- separation from the rest of nature;
- separation from the elements with less time outdoors;
- separation from family/friends/community; and
- separation from "All That Is / Creator."
Power Retrieval
When you don't feel deeply connected to yourself, to your own sense of personal power, or to "All That Is / Creator" in shamanic terms you have power loss. Classically called "power animal retrieval," this simple yet profound healing brings back a central "helping spirit" or "spirit partner" who is most needed in your life at this time (it may or may not appear in animal form). If you pursue journey work, this Form will likely be one of those who appears in your journeys to guide you.
Extraction
When you experience a spiritual imbalance, misplaced energy (energy that is not part of you) can become attached to you or move into part of your body. This misplaced energy, if allowed to fester, can cause localized pain or illness. Some symptoms may include illness, pain, or multiple misfortunes. Some pain and suffering is normal, it's one way we learn; chronic suffering as in a string of bad luck is the hallmark. The shamanic practitioner removes the misplaced energy and returns it to where it belongs in a neutral (harmless) state.
Soul Retrieval
When you experience a trauma (such as an accident, death of a loved one, war, surgery, drug abuse, chronic chipping away of self-esteem, etc.), the trauma causes a part of your essence to leave the body to avoid experiencing that trauma. (This is similar to the psychological concept of disassociation.) The shamanic view is that the soul part that left will usually return on its own in time. If it doesn't return, we often express this loss by saying "I haven't been the same since ..., or "I've never gotten over that." Other classic symptoms may include dissociation, post-traumatic stress, feeling separate (more of an observer than a participant in life), chronic illness, addictive behaviors, and feeling empty. The shamanic practitioner journeys to retrieve the lost soul part and returns it to you.
Psychopomp Work, Spirit Release/Depossession
Unlike the other healing methods, this one is for the dead. The shamanic practitioner uses this work to help those who have died but not "crossed over" to the spirit realms to do so.
Contact Mary at Shamanic Spring to receive her biweekly e-newsletter or for info on shamanic healing sessions.
About Your Teacher, Mary "Tyrtle" Rooker
To learn more about shamanism, see Resources.
(c) 1999, Mary Rooker * Please obtain permission before reproducing anything from this website. Thanks!
About Your Teacher, Mary "Tyrtle" Rooker
- is a member of Betsy Bergstrom's Compassionate Depossession Teachers Alliance,
- has studied with world-renowned shamans and healers, and
- is a licensed minister with the Circle of the Sacred Earth.
To learn more about shamanism, see Resources.
(c) 1999, Mary Rooker * Please obtain permission before reproducing anything from this website. Thanks!