Shamanic Journey Group: Come Play with Us
Location 1:
North Dallas (almost Plano)
When: 7:30 p.m., Third Saturday of the month
Energy Exchange: $20 at the door, $15 if preregistered; class passes no longer work (cash preferred; no credit cards accepted) Where: Move Studio, 17062 Preston, Dallas; for more info about Move: www.movestudio.com
What to Bring: Drums/rattles if you have them, bandanas are often helpful for beginning journeyers, a journal if you want to record your journeys, a sense of adventure
Come play with us in the Spirit World. The shamanic journey is practiced throughout indigenous cultures worldwide and throughout time. The Mayans connect into the energies of the elements to seek visions, while other cultures use drumming, rattling and other sounds for the shamanic journey. Whatever the method, shamanic journeying is like dreaming while awake, or like riding the wind or a winged horse into the ethereal world.
Some cultures journey to three worlds, the lower, middle and upper worlds. In this system, overtime you develop an understanding of what these three worlds look like for you and also what information/help can be gained in each. Typically, the lower world is the place you travel to for animal guides, for information about plant medicine and a place to go for power. The middle world is a place where you can travel back in time and into the future. The upper world is where you will find the Spirit beings – those beings more typically considered Goddesses and Gods, etc. This is all a guideline and your experience can vary. It is always important to discover these shamanic realms for yourself, mapping them out.
Other cultures do not use these three worlds, but rather connect in with their guides and their guides will take them where they need to go in the Spirit worlds.
The most important thing in shamanic journeying is setting your intention. Your intention guides your journey and will ensure you’ll never get lost in the ethereal worlds. Your intention may be to get an answer to a certain problem you’re working through or it may be to find help for a friend or it may be to remember your core essence or it may be to recover power you’ve lost over time. Intentions are limitless.
You then work with your guides who will provide you answers that can come in many forms. You may see things like a movie or you may just hear things or you may just know the answer, or a combination of these. Many people are disappointed if they do not have a vivid, movie-like journey but the reality is if you have a sense of knowing without all the flashy pictures, you’re likely ahead of the game. Visions that include the visual symbolism must always be interpreted whereas a sense of knowing gives you immediate answers.
From the shamanic journey, you can dream new dreams you never thought possible before, returning magic to your life.