To understand the difference between animism and shamanism please visit the page About Shamanism.
In this 4-hour group workshop you will learn about the difference between Shamanism and Animism, and about the roles of the Shaman historically and in our modern world. We will discuss how we can live shamanically today and return our lives to balance: to honour the sacredness and connectedness of all living beings and our planet, to gently walk in oneness with all kingdoms and beings, both physical and non-physical, and to live in harmony and respect with nature, the directions, the elements and the Divine.
Journeying is the ability to enter into an altered state of consciousness and to access the alternate reality of the Otherworld or spirit realm. You will learn to journey to the beat of the drum, enter the Otherworld, and meet your Power Animal (or Animal Spirit Guide). We will discuss how you can connect with this guide later at home to gain insight into important life issues.
Once every month on a Saturday afternoon 1:30-5:30 pm
$60
This workshop can be scheduled any time with a minimum of three participants. Please contact us, if you would like to host this workshop in your area. You can also book a private session and learn this practice one-on-one.
Journeying skills are recommended.
This is a four-day workshop in animism on the four directions of the Wheel Of Life, the four classical elements and their corresponding aspects, and the Chakra system of the Shamanic World Tree:
Activities include practices in nature as well as shamanic journeying (or guided meditations). The ability to do shamanic trance journey to drum beat and some experience with your Power Animal would be helpful. Please consider the introductory workshop The Shamanic Journey above, if you are new to animism, shamanism, and journeying.
EXTENSIVE: 4 Saturdays 10am-5pm (early spring 2021 TBC)
INTENSIVE: April 2-5, 2021, Friday-Monday (Easter long weekend)
$595 for the series of four full days. A non-refundable downpayment of $100 reserves your spot.
Distance program: $485 for the series of four lessons.
This workshop series is taken straight from the yearlong training in Practical Animism, divided up into a series of workshops for those, who cannot commit to a full year of intense training and transformation. More advanced workshops will follow through the Fall and Winter for those who wish to delve deeper.
Workshop location is Hope where those travelling will find many overnight options to choose from: motels and Airbnb for every budget, as well as camping.
Ancestral healing is based on the belief that what happened in our family before we were born, any trauma or unresolved issues our ancestors had, may be influencing our life today. Ancestral healing can transform these patterns that are not in our highest good or are preventing us from carrying out our soul’s purpose. In this workshop, we will use the shamanic drum journey to meet your Ancestor Guide and journey up your four primary ancestral lines to explore the patterns that are having a disruptive influence on your life today.
This is a journey-intensive workshop. Basic journeying skills and knowing your Power Animal are helpful. Please consider the workshop The Shamanic Journey above, if you are new to journeying.
November 7, 2020 in Hope, BC
$150 all day Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm
Distance option: $125 for the lesson package
This workshop is offered annually in the fall, generally around the time of Samhain or Ancestors' Blot when the veils between the worlds are thinnest and the ancestors walk among us.
Open to all. No pre-requisites.
Give birth to your own shamanic frame drum in sacred ceremony and journey to the spirit of your new drum to learn its name and purpose.
We will gather in sacred space on Saturday afternoon to meet the spirit of your drum, connect with the Earth and Fire elements, work with the hoops and begin preparing your mallet. The hides will soak overnight. We will meet again on Sunday morning to connect with Air and Water, and then spend the rest of the day pulling hides and finishing mallets.
Choose your rawhide from either Elk or Deer (ethically sourced Horse hide from natural deaths can also be ordered with advance notice). The hoops are Maple (or Cedar on request, if available). Bring your own tree branch for the mallet, or choose from the ones available at the workshop.
The cost for all materials for a 16" drum with mallet is $170, payable by the registration deadline so the hides can be ordered, and is non-refundable. The workshop fee of $180 covers instruction and ceremonies for a total of $350. For larger or smaller drums, please inquire about material cost.
This workshop can be scheduled any time with a minimum of three participants. Please contact us, if you would like to host this workshop in your area. You can also book a private session and learn to make your own drum one-on-one.
The Vision Board is a powerful tool to help plant the seeds of our goals and intentions for the year ahead. “The Secret” people were right when they said that we have the power to manifest anything. However, they didn’t tell us that we can only manifest that which is aligned with the greater Truth for the highest good of all beings. Otherwise, what we manifest comes at a very high price and doesn’t last.
In this workshop, we will take a shamanic approach to vision-boarding and determine first what it is that we need to manifest in our life right now to align with our soul’s purpose. We will go on a shamanic drum journey around the Wheel Of Life to find out what needs to “die” in order to make room for something new to be born, what needs to be nurtured to grow and mature, and what is ready to be shared in our community. This process will take place in the morning followed by a brown-bag lunch. In the afternoon, we will share the fun of happily ripping and cutting images and words out of magazines and gluing them onto our poster boards to serve us as beautiful reminders throughout the year.
This workshop is offered annually in January and can be scheduled any time with a minimum of three participants. Please contact us, if you would like to host this workshop in your area.
Give birth to your own shamanic rattle in sacred ceremony and journey to the spirit of your new rattle to learn its name and purpose.
Working with the four elements of the shamanic wheel, you will birth your own rattle from rawhide, filled with seeds, rice, crystals, pebbles, beachsand, sacred herbs..., and a handle of wood, bone, or antler gifted to you from Nature.
Saturday afternoon (2-5pm) we work with the Earth element when we clean and cut the handle. Then we work with the Water element and cut, sew, and shape the soaked rawhide to let it dry over night. Sunday morning (10am-1pm) we begin with a short Fire ritual, fill the rattle, and attach it to the handle. Then we journey to the Spirit of the Rattle to discover its purpose and name. We decorate it and complete the process with the Air element.
Choose your rawhide from either Elk or Deer. Bring your own tree branch, bone, or antler piece for the handle, or choose from the branches available at the workshop. (The rattle shown in the picture is made of Elk hide.)
The cost for materials is $60, payable by the registration deadline so the rawhide can be ordered, and is non-refundable. The workshop fee of $150 covers instruction and ceremony for a total of $210.
This workshop can be scheduled any time with a minimum of three participants. Please contact us, if you would like to host this workshop in your area. You can also book a private session and learn to make your own rattle one-on-one.
Good journeying skills as well as completion of The Shamanic World Tree and Balancing Our Ancestral Lines above is required.
One Saturday in September. $150
Details provided to those who meet the prerequisite.
One Saturday in October. $220
Details provided to those who meet the prerequisite.
One Saturday in November. $220
Details provided to those who meet the prerequisite.
Please note that Ulrike does not work with plant spirits such as Ayahuasca - it is not part of her heritage or training - nor does she teach shamanic healing practices to laypersons. The workshops above focus on living an animistic life in a modern world. If you are interested in a shamanic apprenticeship, please contact her for details.
Ulrike, I want to take a moment to thank you very much for the shamanic ceremonies this past weekend. You have a great talent of knowing when to ask questions and what questions to ask to help draw out feelings and emotions that I may not have otherwise realized. You have helped transform my life and I feel grounded and have more self-realization. I am blessed that our paths have crossed. Thank you so very much!
Ulrike has a strong presence and her shamanic rituals allowed me to get in touch to deep places within me. She challenges you just enough so that you can get there, and yet she is gentle and very caring. Thank you Ulrike, you are a very powerful Shaman!
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