What is Shamanism?
shamanism is the oldest tradition in our human heritage, and it helped our ancestors learn what medicine plants to use, where to hunt, how to help clanmates heal, and how to work in harmony with the life-giving spirits of nature. shamans enter a trance state, and travel in non-ordinary reality to bring back information and healing for the tribe. both shamanism and reiki move through the 'hollow bone' of the practitioner to bring healing into the world.

today, shamanism is undergoing a renaissance. everyone can learn to journey - I encourage you to come to a shaman circle, or experience shamanic treatment for yourself. to learn some of the basics, please read a shamanic intro here.

   
The Playful Raffle (April-June)
come play! book a shamanic or reiki session with anna and be entered in the raffle. winner receives $200 credit towards a session or class. good luck!
   
Shamanic Healing Ceremony
two-hour ceremony, $200
I offer online scheduling using BookFresh
you and I work together to decide which shamanic tools fit your circumstance best...these are potent techniques, and fun. details HERE.
1) ILLUMINATION (release the imprint of an experience from your energy body, **POWERFUL**read a client story HERE)
2) SOUL RETRIEVAL (parts of our spirit leave us to survive trauma or pain, and can be brought home so we have more of our power)
3) DIVINATION (receive information and counsel from your compassionate helping spirits about situations or decisions in your life)
4) POWER ANIMAL RETRIEVAL (forge an alliance with a helping animal spirit and benefit from it's medicine, guidance, and power)
   
What to Expect at a Shamanic Ceremony
we'll chat over a cup of tea to learn what you're working with, and decide together what tools make the most sense to attain your goal. usually, we'll use inkan illumination to literally remove the energy around a particular issue - illness, fear, abandonment, patterns, etc - and take your emotional charge around an issue from a 10 to a 0. this work is permanent - what gets released is truly released, and frees you up to dive deeper into your healing and joy. woot!

I'll call in the sacred directions for you, singing and rattling and invoking safe space. we'll work with inkan illumination, soul retrieval, power retrieval, divination, extraction, sacred stones or reiki to get you back on track. I don't practice 'precious' ceremony - we laugh, we talk, we cry, we do intense, potent work in a sacred way...with room for having fun. I see miracles with this technology all the time - it's why I've devoted my life to shamanic practice. I love this work!
   
Sacred Hoop Class: 4 Months in the Medicine Wheel
four month intensive: monthly ceremony 6pm-10pm and mid-monthly skype 7pm-9pm, two groups offered in 2013, $495
GROUP ONE: monthly ceremony nights: mar 13, apr 10, may 15, jun 12, AND bimonthly skype nights: mar 27, apr 24, may 29, jun 26
GROUP TWO: monthly ceremony nights: oct 16, nov 13, dec 11, jan 8, AND bimonthly skype nights: oct 30, nov 27, dec 25, jan 22


this four-month intensive is a vessel for initiatory experience, personal growth, and deep circle work. the months: earth (fundamentals of shamanic journeying), air (divination), water (shapechanging), and fire (release and rebirth). each month begins with a four-hour, in-person ceremony, with a group skype mid-month to support our circle and the personal work we do at home. life-changing! more details
   
The Reiki River: 6 Month Transformation
6 or 9 month series with anna to transform your life using reiki and shamanism, $1200

this work is GLORIOUS! we work together regularly over 6 or 9 months, and invite magic into your life using reiki and shamanism. you choose three measurable goals, and then meet them, drawing on your community, power animal retrieval, soul retrieval, power retrieval, shamanic divination, incan illumination, journey instruction, hands-on and distant reiki, purification rituals and a vision quest. FULL PROGRAM DETAILS HERE.
I offer online scheduling using BookFresh
 

The Monthly Shaman Circle - Learn How To Journey
monthly community circle to learn and practice shamanic journeying, beginners welcome, $25

based in core shamanism, the shaman circle offers a safe, joyful space to explore journeying. we'll call in sacred space, introduce ourselves, provide a brief overview on how to journey for beginners, and move through two shamanic journeys with live drumming, entering non-ordinary reality and exploring different shamanic worlds. everyone can learn to journey, and gain powerful insight into our struggles, help solve problems, and offer healing for creation. this gathering is held at beloved yoga society of san francisco. come play!

   
a portion of all profit from vibrant reiki is donated to the international otter survival fund,
supporting healing for and education about otters, whose playful and loving spirit enriches all of us.