Insight Awareness-Classes-What is Shamanism

What is Shamanism:
Shamanism in Today's World

Shamanism is one of the world's oldest spiritual practices, indigenous to every culture, dating back over 40, 000 years. The core of Shamanism is the understanding that we are all related. Whether human, plant, animal, element or Spirit, everything which makes up our physical and energetic world is our family.

As humans evolved, we moved away from our connection with nature and the natural rhythms of life, creating an illusion of 'separateness'. This belief of separateness from Truth creates a void. We, as humans, fill the void with pain, resentment, fear, addictions, etc., we forget to fill it with our Divinity. When we believe in separateness, Spiritual dis-ease is created. This effects how we see and interact with ourselves and drives how we create our world.

This dis-ease creates imbalances in our body, mind and relationships. Much of the time it is the precursor to emotional issues and physical illness. Traditionally, Shamans, Medicine Women/Men, utilized healing ceremonies to return balance and harmony to a person and to the world, as we are all one. Today, we have many of these healing ceremonies available to us as well as powerful new modalities to bring Shamanic Healing into the 21st century.

Shamanism reminds us to live in harmony with our natural world to bring balance to our lives and create a world filled with honor and respect. Shamanism also brings opportunities for our individual spiritual quest and nurtures our journey toward reconnecting with All That Is, our Divine Self.

Introduction to Shamanism:

Introduction to Shamanism

Throughout time, Shamanism has been a way of life teaching us to walk in both worlds, combining earthly traditions and spiritual practices to promote balance.

Introduction to Shamanism II: Walking into the Circle

We will be exploring more complex journeys to work with the medicine wheel, ceremonies, making a journey mask, journeys for each other, how to bring shamanism into our everyday life and much more.

This class is open to anyone with journey experience.

Instructor: Donna Callaghan
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: $125 (lunch is included)

For both workshops, please bring a blanket, bandana and a drum or rattle if you have one (there will be extras available). $50 deposits are required 10 days prior to the workshops.

Donna Callaghan

Donna M. Callaghan , B.A., CHt, is a Transformational Coach, Shamanic Teacher/Practitioner, Certified Hypnotherapist and Workshop Presenter offering individual personal growth services and workshops for adults and couples as well as providing shamanic services and trainings. Donna brings a wealth of experience and knowledge into her successful private practice at her office in Chicago Heights, IL. She holds a bachelors degree in Psychology, is a certified Hypnotherapist and is currently working on her Doctorate Degree in Divinity.

Donna has a passion for words and the dispelling of beliefs, which rule our life and our relationships, based on painful experiences rather than facts. For the past 16 years she has honored the 'Inner Healer' within each individual, Donna believes the release of emotional pain and limiting beliefs frees us from our fears, uncomfortable life patterns and creates opportunity to manifest the life we choose!

In 1992, Donna was introduced to Shamanism, which brought understanding to a lifetime of experiences and began a passion to bring the ancient universal knowledge into today. Over the years she has studied with many teachers, her greatest being Spirit. "Shamanism is a phenomenal spiritual practice that has been a blessing in my life for many years. During my 14 years as a Shamanic Practitioner and 8 years as a Teacher, I have had the honor of witnessing healing for countless individuals and watched people's lives awaken to new levels of consciousness, many times greater than they ever thought possible. I believe that Shamanic Practitioners offer services that work on immeasurable levels of our being and can assess information and healing that is changing our world." In 2003, Donna developed the ground-breaking Clearing the Path Shamanic process.

Donna is delighted to be teaching at Insight Awareness and will be offering Shamanic and Personal Growth Workshops.