together to bring balance. The mesa is a way of making sacred time and space in order to focus the entire being towards a desired outcome, in conjunction with spiritual powers. In a sense one could say it is three dimensional affirmation! By enactment of prayers and statements of intention in a state of high focus, one can influence the unfolding of ‘reality’.
Shamanic Trance Postures
The Trance Postures are a gateway to another reality, the reality that up to now is only experienced in myth and in the dreamworld. During this training programme participants will enter into that place of personal vision, and experience manifestations of some of the most ancient myths of both Western and non-Western traditions. These Trance Postures will enable you to participate in the sacred lifeways of the ancient shamans and sages.
Course participants will receive training in various Healing postures. These can be used for oneself and for others.
The Shaman’s Dreambody
This world is regarded by many indigenous peoples as not the ‘true world’, but rather a reflection, an image, a shadow of the true worlds – known as the Spirit Worlds. The teachings say that all we are (and everything else by extension) are fields of energy, and it is only our senses that give us the illusion of the physical world. If we understand that what we perceive as physical reality is but the description of our physical senses, then there is great potential to move beyond the description and into the sacred.
The programme will include significant work with altered states of awareness and perception. We will be working with techniques and practices such as gazing; ‘seeing without