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SchwaderMarilyn Schwader, Shamanic Practitioner, offers Shamanic Counseling, Soul Retrieval, Shamanic Extraction, Depossession, Shamanic Journeying, and Energy Healing. The shamans 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 countrys 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.
Why Shamanic Healing?
Understanding Shamanism
By Marilyn Schwader, Shamanic
Healing & Reiki Practitioner
"The basic work of shamanism is taking out bad energy and putting back good energy." ~ Jan Engels-Smith, Founder of LightSong School of Shamanic Studies
One of the interesting aspects of
launching my shamanic healing practice at Healing Waters &
Sacred Spaces is how to bring to a larger audience an
understanding of what shamanism is and how it changes lives. To
help people who might be exploring a different method of
healing, here is a short introduction to the work of a shamanic
practitioner.
The word Shaman came from Siberia
in northern Russia, describing indigenous healers who worked
with nature and spirits. There is much discussion of the
differences between modern-day shamanic practitioners and
classic shamanism. The following describe basic shamanic
techniques that are similar to both traditions. Shamanic
healers:
1. Have gone through an initiation
period, learning from elders who are also shamans.
2. Know the power of sacred places
and plants, acting on the principle that humans are part of
nature, related to all forms, and not superior to them.
3. See into time, past or future,
and are visionary.
4. Have the ability to use sound
and vibration to alter consciousness, entering a trance state to
visit non-ordinary worlds for messages and guidance from power
animals and spirit guides for help in healing and divination.
5. Have the ability to connect
with spirits to channel their messages and healing energy.
6. Are able to access the death
realm in everyday terms at will.
Depending on the needs of the
client, there are several techniques that the shamanic
practitioner can use for healing. At the base of all of these
methods is the shamanic journey, a kind of mental or astral
passage to find answers to a specific question or intention.
With all senses alert, the shamanic practitioner is provided
answers to the question by power animals and spirit guides. The
answers appear in the form of metaphors, symbols, archetypes,
and other messages that reveal answers to the question.
One technique commonly used in
shamanism is soul retrieval, the recovery of parts of the soul
that have been lost or left somewhere, often due to physical,
mental, or emotional trauma. A traumatic incident might have
forced the person to fragment, keeping him or her from being
whole again. The objective of soul retrieval is to make the
person complete and present.
Symptoms of soul loss are often
found in a person's language: "I lost my innocence. He stole my
heart. I left a part of me with my old company. My strength is
gone." If you scan through your life, note major turning points.
What qualities did you have that you no longer feel are in your
life?
Once it's determined that part of
you is missing, the shamanic practitioner uses ritual and
ceremony, along with journeying to find and reclaim those soul
parts. When the soul essence returns, the knowledge of qualities
or aspects of life such as purpose, trust, and self-love will
also return.
Related to soul loss, a person may
also find that they have become host to lower frequency
vibrations or suffering beings or entities. In the former, an
extraction of that energy is necessary prior to the soul pieces
being returned.
In the latter, a suffering being
or entity may live off a person's energy and cause illness,
depression, addictions, suicidal thoughts, emotional problems,
or other issues. The possessing beings are often souls of people
whose own death experience was distorted or compromised, and
they did not successfully journey to the light. In this case,
the shamanic practitioner would use an approach called
compassionate depossession, a way of clearing the energy by
guiding the suffering being to cross into the light.
In all of the methods described
above, benevolent spirits protect both the practitioner and
client, while spirit guides lead the practitioner in the best
approach for the particular problem.
The results of these methods are
truly amazing, revealing the true self and helping clients see
the world from a different lens, one of true expression and
light.
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