Marilyn Schwader

Marilyn Schwader, Shamanic Practitioner, offers Shamanic Counseling, Soul Retrieval, Shamanic Extraction, Depossession, Shamanic Journeying, and Energy Healing. 

“The shaman’s path is unending. I am an old, old man and still a baby, standing before the mystery of the world, filled with awe.” ~ Huichol Shaman Matsuwa

 Shamanic healing incorporates the use of ritual and divination with the help of compassionate spirits to restore health to those who are experiencing illness, problems, or unhealthy patterns caused by imbalance, negative attachments, and intrusive energies. 

Much of the work of Shamanic Practitioners focuses on the fragmentation and loss of soul parts when the person experiences traumas, abuse, loss, illness, accidents, or injuries. The resulting soul loss occurs as a survival mechanism. The vital essence that is lost is most often a precious and cherished aspect, one that causes an absence of self-love, joy, creativity, ability to be in relationship, confidence, self-esteem, and a connection with your true self. 

Shamanic Practitioners use vibrational energy, such as drums, rattles, toning, and other sounds to alter their consciousness to become a channel for healing. 

Marilyn has studied for 7 years with Jan Engels-Smith, founder of LightSong School for Shamanic Studies, encompassing many aspects of shamanism, including soul retrieval, extraction, shamanic journeying, and working with totems, power animals, and spirit guides. She has also trained with one of the country’s foremost healers and teachers of Compassionate Depossession and Curse Unraveling, Betsy Bergstrom, founder of Heart Centered Shamanic Healing.

To make an appointment, please call Marilyn at 503-695-6550. $75 per hour.

Shamanic Writing: Reawakening Creative Expression at the Soul Level

Introductory class: Friday October 10, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Healing Waters & Sacred Spaces
Cost: $15  Please call HWSS at 503-528-1430 to pre-register & ensure your space

In this class, you will learn:
.       Basic shamanic journeying technique
.       How to call power animals and spiritual aid
.       How to detach from ego in the creative process
.       How to enhance the flow of creativity
.       How to become a channel of information from the spirit world

Shamanism is the way medicine men and women in cultures throughout the world use specific techniques for healing or to gain spiritual knowledge. In Shamanic Writing: Reawakening Creative Expression at the Soul Level, we will be exploring basic shamanic techniques that will enhance the writing and the creative process. Using these basic skills, you will “see” through a new set of eyes, allowing you to observe what is happening on a spiritual level, then recording your discoveries through the written word. Shamanic Writing will help open your consciousness by shifting your state of awareness, allowing you to retrieve information for your creative growth.

For the shaman, everything is alive and carries information. Rocks, trees, and land have energy, a spirit. To communicate with the consciousness of these spirits, the shaman shifts his or her state of awareness through various means, such as meditation or repetitive sounds from a drum or rattle. Shifting to altered states of consciousness  called a shamanic journey  the shaman is able to move beyond the physical body into other realms or higher levels of existence.

A person practicing shamanic techniques uses that altered state to fine-tune his or her senses in order to see, feel, hear, and smell more vividly. A lighter trance state feels like when you are reading a book or doing an activity where you are so engrossed in what you are doing, you are not aware of your surroundings. A deeper trance feels similar to when you are first waking up in the morning.  Your imagery is vivid, and you feel relaxed and good.

The ability to attain and control a trance is the result of cumulative conditioning and mental training. As you train yourself to deepen the trance, your journeys become more vibrant, until they look and feel as though they are taking place in physical reality. From this place, you have access to the soul level of creative expression.

FYI:  Marilyn Schwader is a  Shamanic Practitioner that offers Shamanic Counseling, Soul Retrieval, Shamanic Extraction, Depossession, Shamanic Journeying, and Energy Healing upstairs at Healing Waters & Sacred Spaces', The Healing Space  Call her at 503-695-6550 to make an appointment.