The Pacific Northwest Core Shamanic Community

Pacific NW Area Home Grown Local Classes
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WASHINGTON

Alliance of Wisdom ~ Journey Class
January 20 - March 10, 2009 8 Tuesday evenings from 7-9 pm. Seattle, WA
Basic Journeying skills will be taught as well as more in depth techniques for those who wish to deepen their practice.
Suitable for beginners or more advanced practitioners.
More info at: www.jeananthony.net/current classes.htm
Contact: Jeanie for questions or registration, 206-898-5724 or www.jeananthony.net

Class in Shamanic Journey ~ Eastlake, Seattle
8 Sunday nights, 6:30 - 9pm, Jan. 11 - March. 1, 2009
Learn to conduct your own shamanic journeys to the otherworlds to meet your spirit allies, whether in the form of animals, plants, deities, teachers, angels or any other benevolent spirits who are attracted to you. Deepen this relationship with your allies, allowing them to assist you with the challenges in your personal life. Shamanic journey is not only for shamans and healers. It is accessible to all and can help us live deeper, more meaningful lives.
Taught by Jen Domeier 206 251-0890, jen@northwestceremonies.com
Website and Registration Info:http://www.northwestceremonies.com

Dream Circles ~ Seattle, WA
Monday nights at Heartspring, 1914 N. 34th St., Suite 400,
2-3 times per month beginning early January;
Tuesday nights in Columbia City, every other Tuesday beginning Jan. 13

Join an ongoing dream circle. An introduction to shamanic dreaming is provided for new members. Participants share dreams that have meaning for them. We listen to the dreams in an intuitive way, respond from the heart, and consider what messages the dreams hold for the dreamer and all of us. We identify spirit allies and power animals who appear, often in multiple forms, and suggest ways to further develop relationships with them, including through shamanic journeying.
Contact: June BlueSpruce, 206-579-1203, jbluespruce@gmail.com
Website and Registration: www.junebluespruce.com (must call to register)

Women and Plants ~ Shamanic Herbal Apprenticeship Program
South Whidbey Island ~ Next Session begins January 16, 2009
Immerse yourself in the shamanic herbal tradition of the wise woman through connecting with the common plants, listening deeply to your surroundings and your own inner yearnings and gathering the bounty of the Earth.
16 Month Program (Four, 13 Week Sessions)
Contact info: Julie Charette Nunn, Crow's Daughter, julie@crowsdaughter.com, 360-579-2319, www.crowsdaughter.com

The Well ~ A Study Group for Women
Seattle, First Wednesdays of the Month ~ Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and more
A group for women to explore the wise woman tradition, nourishing ourselves deeply
and connecting with the treasures within us.
Contact info: Julie Charette Nunn, Crow's Daughter, julie@crowsdaughter.com, 360-579-2319, www.crowsdaughter.com

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Sacred Drum Making
December 6, 2008, Portland

The drum is the most universal, sacred tool for transporting us to the spirit world. Come make a beautiful drum in sacred space with your own hands, and leave with a sacred tool infused with your own spirit!
Instructor: Lenore Norrgard, MA, Harner Method Shamanic Counselor

Web sites: http://www.CircleLivingEarth.org
http:// www.ShamanicApprenticeship.org
To register contact: Circle of the Living Earth-AIWP, 503.450.9991, info@CircleLivingEarth.org, or online at http://www.CircleLivingEarth.org
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuition plus materials fee. Register by Nov. 28.

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Ongoing Home Grown Classes
(also see the Teacher's pages: many teachers have ongoing programs)

The Rose Circle, Seattle
Every 1st Saturday of the month.
All Day - 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Facilitated/taught by Jen Domeier

A long-term community course and circle that can be taken in 3-month, 6-month, 1-year or 2-year cycles, depending upon how deep you want to go. You will deepen your shamanic journey skills and your relationships with the helping spirits. You will also learn different types of magic and ritual. You will practice the Wheel of the Year in the way that you choose to define it.
This circle is designed to allow advanced students to go deep and for beginners to get their toes wet, with lots of opportunity to make long-term commitments to self and circle. If you commit to a deeper path, you will be expected to do solitary work at home and stretch to bridge your spiritual communications with your most personal issues, by strengthening trust in your unique relationship with Spirit.
Each cycle will be a journey to explore the energy, meanings and allies of an element: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, finishing at the year and starting around the wheel again. A 3-month element arc will look like this: exploration, deep connection, ceremony.
Prerequisite: Shamanic Journey skills: either the basic class from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies or to have learned from someone who has.
Price: $75-$100 sliding scale per Saturday.
More info at: http://northwestceremonies.com/teach/rosecircle.html

Sacred Drum Making, Federal Way, WA. 98003,
15-16" Elk hide, white cedar frame, hand drums. All supplies furnished.
Come make your own Sacred Drum. $100.00 per person per drum.
Contact: 253-273-4171 for details. - Grey Falcon Of The Mist

Sacred Shield-Making is a yearlong exploratory program, guiding us around the quadrants of the Medicine Wheel to fashion a set of personal medicine shields. These shields represent our unique creation, depicting a balance of our knowledge and experience in each sacred direction, and providing a mirror to reflect the truth of our own medicine. We gather one Saturday a month. Open to women from all walks of life, sessions incorporate teaching, discussion, meditation and journeying, shield crafting, journaling, sharing, and ceremony. Offered quarterly beginning April 2007.
Contact: Sandy at (206) 947 5226 or sandydentremont@aol.com

Snake Clan Medicine Wheel Teachings, Castle Rock, WA
Every 1st Saturday of the month
All are welcome to come experience the powerful teachings of the Snake Clan Medicine Wheel taught by Chief Roy Wilson (Grandfather) the Spiritual Leader and Storyteller of the Cowlitz tribe. Kyle Ward and Maureen Browning, Ritual and Shamanic Practitioners, Healers and Sun Dancers will show you how to contact the spirits of the medicine wheel to assist in ordinary daily life by receiving helpful information, teachings and guidance.  
Please bring your drum and/or rattle, sack lunch, blanket (pillow), eye covering, bottle of water, an open mind and heart to hear the similarities of the traditional Native American medicine wheel teachings with those of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and other world religions.

Noon- 1pm   Drumming Circle
1-4pm   Medicine Wheel Teachings
4 – 5pm ish   Contacting the Spirits of the Wheel

Where: The Grange Hall     (bright blue building)  214 W Cowlitz Ave in downtown Castle Rock, WA  98611
Contact Maureen Browning or Kyle Ward for directions or questions    RavenHouseHealing@yahoo.com
Donations appreciated to help pay for Roy, Kyle and Maureen’s teachings, time, travel expenses and space rental.