Shamans Directory Ambassador and Member Imelda Almqvist’s offerings for 2026–2028 reflect a deep commitment to ancestral wisdom, imagination, and the healing of intergenerational patterns. Rooted in Sacred Art and Seiðr/Old Norse traditions, her work invites participants into lived, embodied relationships with land, spirit, and lineage.Across the next three years, Imelda will offer a carefully curated series of in-person courses in Sweden and the UK. Highlights include Seiðr introduction and advanced practitioner modules at her Forest School in Sweden; intensive work in ancestral and spirit-release healing aligned with Old Norse cosmology; and Inanna’s Descent, a profound women’s Sacred Art initiation in London. Future offerings include The Forest Witch retreat, a possible art-making voyage off the coast of Iceland, a deep immersion into rune magic, and in 2028, Tracking the Völva: An exploration of pre-Viking prophetess traditions from the Stone and Iron Ages, followed by a Dream Incubation retreat in London.
Underlying all of Imelda’s work is a clear guiding principle: if we want to change the world, we must learn to dream new dreams. By consciously engaging imagination, creating new thought forms, and honouring our ancestors through intergenerational healing, we can begin to unravel inherited burdens and open pathways toward more whole futures.
Imelda is an international teacher of Sacred Art and Seiðr/Old Norse traditions and the author of four non-fiction books, including Sacred Art: A Hollow Bone for Spirit and Medicine of the Imagination. She is also the creator of The Green Bear, a picture-book series for children set in Scandinavia, encouraging young readers to stay connected to wonder and magic. Imelda appears in the Smithsonian-produced TV series Mystic Britain (Ice Age Shaman), speaking on Mesolithic Arctic deer shamanism.
For thought provoking articles, artistic musings, and much more, visit her on Substack.
Plant Medicine and Shamanic Practices of the Amazon
With Aya Healing Retreats
Live Online and On-demand 2026
Aya Healing Retreats online courses offer an incredible opportunity to delve deeply into shamanic wisdom from the comfort of your own home. Their programs provide an accessible way to expand your understanding of these ancient practices, while gaining practical tools for personal and professional growth.
Shamans Directory Ambassador Elio Geusa of Aya Healing Retreats believes that safety and care in today’s psychedelic renaissance is a human right, a birthright. To honor this, they strive to co-create an inclusive, ethical, trauma-informed psychedelic renaissance grounded in responsibility, compassion, and impeccable care for all.
Aya Healing offers a transformative suite of online courses that bring the ancient healing traditions of the Amazon to life, supporting spiritual awakening, integration, and deep learning.
Prepare to embark on a remarkable journey of spiritual awakening and rediscover your inner balance. Approach the process with courage, and you will unlock profound transformations that can reshape your life.
Courses include the Trauma‑Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation Training, Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Practitioner Program, and the Noya Rao Remote Dieta, which explores sacred Amazonian dieta practices with remote guidance. Additional focused masterclasses offer targeted insights for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike.
Whether deepening your personal journey or learning to support others, Aya Healing’s online courses provide a meaningful, transformative path forward.
Reclaim: Heal Energy Loss & Renew Your Blueprint
With Roel Crabbé
On Demand - Begin any time
Join Shamans Directory Ambassador and Member Roel Crabbé for his most complete online Shamanic Training —RECLAIM.
Crafted with deep respect and heart-centered guidance, this immersive course guides you through a transformative three-part process, supporting you in reclaiming your inner power, reconnecting with your essence, and aligning with your soul’s purpose.
1. Recognize & Heal Energy Loss — By gaining spiritual autonomy through sacred circle work and lineage ceremony.
2. Purify & Retrieve — Cleanse energetic intrusion, meet your Power Retrieval Ally, and begin to restore what was once lost.
3. Rewrite Your Energetic Blueprint — Shed old patterns through de-armoring, reweaving your energy field, and step into a new, enlivened destiny.
Participants are invited into a sacred container, one rooted in simplicity, presence, and gentle initiation, where Spirit meets everyday life. Whether your path is seasoned or you are new to shamanic work, this course will nurture your connection to healing sources and strengthen your capacity to serve with clarity and integrity.
Begin your journey to reclaiming your light and living your purpose with grounded support and compassionate lineage based wisdom to guide your evolution.
The Spirit Wisdom of Plant Medicine
For Self-Realization, Integration, and Healing
A Seven Module On Demand Online Course
With Puma Fredy Quispe Singona at the Shift Network
Ayahuasca is gaining global attention for the powerful healing journeys it inspires. While some are drawn by curiosity or the promise of psychedelic insight, many seek a deeper understanding of these sacred plants as tools for lasting transformation.
Medicines like Ayahuasca and Huachuma (San Pedro) are not recreational — they are sacred teachers used for centuries by Indigenous communities for spiritual guidance and healing. Engaging with them demands reverence, preparation, and respect for their cultural origins.
Join Shamans Directory Ambassador and beloved Andean medicine man Puma Fredy Quispe Singona for a powerful Seven Module Online Course where he will share how to build relationships with these master plant spirits, with or without physical ingestion. Trained since age six, Puma works with direct lineages of Huachuma and Ayahuasca, and teaches how to connect through breath, intention, and heart-based practice.
In this experiential course, you will: Be guided to connect with Ayahuasca and San Pedro spirits. Learn to set clear, sacred intentions. Discover how to integrate plant wisdom without discomfort. Explore safe, ethical ways to manifest the teachings of these ancient medicines.
Discover how to commune with sacred plant medicines for profound healing and transformation. Answer the cosmic calling. Step into deeper communion with Pachamama and the spirit world.
The Magic Mushroom Course
With Christopher Hobbs at The Shift Network
On-Demand Video Training
Have you been curious about the benefits of working consciously with psilocybin mushrooms (aka “magic mushrooms”), and do you want to explore a wise, grounded, and safe path toward a relationship with them?
There is a new wave of interest in psychoactive compounds firmly grounded in solid scientific research, psychological sophistication, and sober caution about ensuring safety, so that these compounds can truly help better people’s lives.
To explore this transformational (and potentially challenging) tool for healing, it is important to have a trustworthy expert guide you step by step through the entire process, so you understand the history, science, and legalities, and ultimately feel the confidence to have safe and supportive experiences with them.
So what does a healthy and safe way to work with magic mushrooms look like? In this 7-week video course with highly respected clinical herbalist, scientist, and researcher Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc, you will explore in depth the opportunities, promise, and potential pitfalls of psilocybin mushrooms. Christopher is uniquely qualified, as a clinician and a trained herbalist, to be your guide along this path.
Deepen your journey toward emotional wellness, psychological freedom, and lightness of spirit by understanding the history, state-of-the-art research, and best practices for wise use and holistic integration of psychedelic experiences with mushrooms.
Mayan Healing and Transformation
Twelve Month Training Program
With The Mayan Wisdom Project
The Mayan Wisdom Project offers a transformative 12-month program guided by authentic Mayan teachings rooted in ancient traditions. The curriculum, designed as a spiral journey, mirrors the natural flow of life and healing, deepening your understanding and personal growth with each phase. Founded in honor of the revered Maya spiritual guide Carlos Barrios, this program carries his legacy of bridging Mayan wisdom with the modern world.
Highlights of the program include: Activating your Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual bodies. Discovering the 20 Maya energies. Cleansing your body and home of unwanted energies. Healing past traumas through transformative practices. Exploring sacred connections to the four elements, ancestral rituals, and the role of ceremonial cacao in Mayan culture. See a beautiful example here: https://bit.ly/4h4SRJx
If you're ready to embrace authentic teachings and reconnect with Mother Earth, The Journey awaits.
Blog and Course Excerpts by Ahamkara
Introduction to His Upcoming Course
Shamanic Approach to Balance and Healing
At the heart of shamanism lies the profound care and maintenance of health through the balance and harmony between the soul, body, and nature. Shamans, as mediators between the human world and the spiritual realm, dedicate themselves to restoring this equilibrium, recognizing that true health encompasses physical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic well-being.
Shamanic healing focuses on connecting with spirits and drawing upon their power to address imbalances. Through techniques like meditation, chanting, dancing, the use of herbs, and sacred rituals, shamans strive to realign the body and soul with the natural world. Illness, from a shamanic perspective, is not merely a physical issue but often stems from emotional traumas, spiritual disturbances, accidents, or negative influences.
A shamanic healing process typically involves several key stages:
This holistic approach not only restores physical health but also nurtures emotional balance and spiritual growth, offering a path to deeper connection with oneself and the natural world. Shamanism invites individuals to see health as a state of harmony, attainable through respect for the interconnectedness of all life.
The Foundation of Shamanism
Shamanism is an individual path. Each shaman can choose his own methods and practices that best align with his personality and goals. However, at the center of all these practices is always the desire to establish a connection with oneself and develop intuitive abilities.
Shamanic practice is based on the idea that every person possesses inner wisdom and the ability to communicate with spiritual forces and the natural world. One of the important aspects of shamanism is fostering a deep connection with oneself — a practice that helps us understand our true needs and goals, as well as develop our inner insight. Each person holds powerful intuitive abilities, making it essential to listen to our inner self and trust our intuitive feelings.
Beyond rituals and meditative trance practices, shamanism also involves mastering energy work. Aspiring shamans (energy practitioners) learn to sense and understand the flow of energy within their bodies and the environment, enabling them to better manage their states of being and influence their realities. Many also explore working with plants and herbs, which can open pathways to expanded consciousness and profound spiritual understanding.
The Secret of the “Old Believers”
With limited influence from modern civilization, the “Old Believers” are people who live in Siberia, who adhere to the faith that they have had for hundreds of years. Living in relative isolation, they have developed methods to maintain their health and vitality, enabling them to live exceptionally long lives, often exceeding 100 years. One of their remarkable secrets to longevity lies in a simple yet powerful practice: regular belly self-massage. This ancient technique helps them sustain their energy and extend their ability to work and remain active well into old age.
The origins of the “Old Believers” date back to centuries ago when people in Siberia sought refuge from the rules of the European world order. Siberia, with its vast landscapes and abundant natural resources, provided an ideal sanctuary. These communities established self-sufficient villages where they thrived by foraging, hunting, and growing food. Today, many of these “Old Believer” villages remain, showcasing a lifestyle of vitality and resilience. In their later years, they enjoy an active life, often engaging in physically demanding tasks like hunting and daily labor with ease, thanks to their enduring energy and health.
The Healing Power of Abdominal Massage
Chronic illnesses often require constant care, medication, and create limitations that can disrupt daily life. Conditions like asthma are not just about breathing difficulties—they are accompanied by the constant fear of an attack. Similarly, gastritis or cholecystitis bring persistent pain, dietary restrictions, and discomfort, reducing the joy in everyday life. Many people find themselves limited in activities and pleasures due to these ongoing health challenges.
However, ancient wisdom from our ancestors provides a powerful tool for prevention and healing: visceral belly massage. This technique, rooted in centuries-old traditions, effectively supports organ function, relieves pain, and addresses symptoms of chronic illnesses. By restoring balance and alleviating discomfort, belly massage offers a natural and empowering approach to health and well-being.
It is no surprise that proper work with the belly can address a wide range of health issues. For example, gallbladder dysfunction can manifest as headaches, typically in the temples, or as joint issues like a crunching sound in the knees. Prolonged bile stagnation can even lead to joint stiffness and reduced mobility. Abdominal massage not only restores the health of the abdominal organs but also alleviates conditions like migraines, arthritis, hypertension, and more.
This technique is particularly effective in treating gynaecological issues, relieving intestinal blockages, easing colon spasms, and managing chronic constipation. These health improvements contribute to enhanced skin condition and appearance. During the process that involves pressure tapping, and displacement, blood and lymph circulation are restored, metabolic processes normalized, and physiological imbalances corrected.
Abdominal massage provides a natural, holistic approach to healing, addressing not just the symptoms but the underlying connections between different parts of the body for a more balanced and vibrant state of health.
Ahamkara is excited to announce the upcoming start of his 3-month online training, "Diagnostic and Self-Massage of Internal Organs." In this course, you will learn how to diagnose and heal through belly massage, equipping you with the tools to improve your own health and support your loved ones. Together, you will explore the profound benefits of this ancient practice and its ability to transform chronic illness into a path of empowerment and vitality.
Learn more about his upcoming course:
Internal Organ Massage Course
Ancestral Connection & Awakening Your Purpose
A Seven Week Course at The Shift Network
With Grandmother Moetu-Taiha
Begins 30 July 2024
The shamanic teachings and practices of the Māori can bring to light the intrinsic beauty and potential that lie within you, guiding you on a path of self-discovery, personal growth, and spiritual awakening. Throughout this soulful and empowering program, you will find that integrating Māori wisdom helps us to naturally experience a stronger sense of belonging and oneness with the natural and ancestral world.
Grandmother Moetu-Taiha, known for her work as an International Transformational Leader and Member of “The Grandmothers of the Sacred We” and “Grandmothers Circle the Earth,” invites you to experience the profound spiritual transformation that is available to us through Māori wisdom, shamanic practices, personalized rituals, and embodying the five sacred elements, in Māori traditions, revered not just as natural phenomena but as divine presences, to cultivate inner strength and holistic wellbeing.
By the end of the course, you will have the ability to develop your own personalized daily rituals and devote yourself to the practices that speak most to you, ensuring your continued spiritual growth and transformation.
Most of the modern world is built on lands that were once inhabited by Aboriginal or Indigenous Communities. Some of these original communities have disappeared altogether, many have been displaced from their native lands, while others have remained in place, experiencing varying degrees of marginalization as the colonists' reality expanded around them.
The cost of human life, culture, and earth-based wisdom traditions that have connected us to one another and to all of life for millennia is immeasurable. To begin to understand these hidden and marginalized narratives and experiences it is necessary to develop cultural competence capabilities.
Key elements of practicing cultural competence include being able to understand and interrogate context, which in this curriculum includes, learning about the peoples, places and histories of Aboriginal Sydney as well as understanding issues around how knowledge is created and how dominant narratives can exclude diverse knowledges and experiences.
At the heart of this online course is the theme that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. Despite this, the Aboriginal presence in the city is often invisible to non-Aboriginal eyes. This course aims to bring to light marginalized narratives of Aboriginal presence in this space.
In the depths of darkness, we often find our truest light. Not by escaping our shadows, but by walking through them with courage, purpose, and love — Sandra Ingerman
In Polishing the Path of the Soul, renowned teacher Sandra Ingerman offers a step-by-step guide for journeying through the dark night of the soul, illuminating how to reweave our destiny, foster forgiveness, and awaken our inner resilience. This audio resource is infused with thought and care, inviting us to walk with her for 10+ hours, and reminding us that even in our most difficult moments we are not bound to the shadows.
Sandra speaks with gentle compassion as she shares shamanic rituals, practical techniques, and invaluable guidance to help us move out of darkness and back into the light, so we may reconnect with the sacred flow of life that awaits us. Whether we are grieving the loss of a loved one, navigating the end of a relationship, or coping with an ongoing sense of dissatisfaction with life, these teachings have a way of nurturing us with a powerful healing elixir, one that fosters wisdom and brings us hope when we need it most.
Sandra will be also teaching a webinar entitled Tools For Working Through Initiations And Dark Times, hosted by Shamans Portal on 17 July 2024.
The release date for her book is 02 July 2024.
Did you know that "cacao ceremony" is not a part of ancestral Maya tradition? It’s true.
Although cacao has been considered sacred to the Maya since ancient times, there has never been any such thing as a cacao ceremony. The reality is that this is a modern-day phenomenon, and although it can offer healing, it is being practiced around the world without acknowledging or learning from the Maya.
Cacao has the potential to heal, connect, and open our hearts to our true essence. For this reason and more, it is beneficial for all of us to incorporate cacao into our daily routine. To do this, it is important to acknowledge certain key factors. The most crucial aspect is to respect those who hold the wisdom and knowledge of the cacao tradition, as they have inherited it. To establish a proper practice with cacao, it is essential to trace its origins and understand its roots.
In The Mayan Wisdom Project’s 20-Day Cacao Challenge, you will learn how to connect with this sacred medicine in a truly authentic way. You will explore the depths of this ancient practice and the different Maya energies.
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Shamanic WindWork guides you from the linear path to a genuine alignment with the rhythmic cycles of nature. This transformative livestream workshop is your initiation into this ancient wisdom. Leading you in this online workshop is Shamans Directory Ambassador Renee Baribeau, The Practical Shaman. Through offering shamanic wind wisdom, Renee will teach you how to uncover the strength in perceiving each day, each lunar phase, and each year, as distinct in the continuum of life's cycles.
You will learn to: Synchronize with the cardinal winds to unlock your shamanic potential. Understand and apply wind vocabulary for daily insights. Call upon the wind for help, guidance, and support. Erect a living altar, anchoring your spiritual endeavors. Experience elemental techniques such as wind breath, wind walk, and wind baths to assimilate daily teachings and meditate on personal evolution. Learn basic tools for navigating life with the ancestral wisdom of the winds.
Join Renee and immerse yourself in the foundational principles of Shamanic WindWork and find out about her subsequent offering called “Wind Knots for Abundance & Prosperity: Navigating Change with Ancient Wisdom”, a workshop to weave prosperity into your life through the ancient art of tying knots.
We are living in remarkable transformative times of reawakening ourselves and restrengthening the Divine Feminine here on planet earth in order to restore our relationship with nature and all living things.
Shamans Directory Ambassador Luis Alejo Mango, the Paqos from Serena Anchanchu, and Shamans Directory founding member Mayumi Beckers invite you to step into this extraordinary moment, and join them on this journey to honor the sacred feminine. Our great Mother Earth, and the powerful goddesses known as the Ñustas, assist us in personal, collective and planetary healing. Let us come together in ceremony at powerful sacred sites from the Inca and pre-Inca times to work with the light vibrations from Pachamama and the Ñusta goddesses to envision a world of harmony, equilibrium, love, peace, and unity.
At the heart of our spiritual journey, you will receive the Ñusta Karpay initiations from the Paqos, mystical energy masters from the Andes. We will travel to magnificent sacred sites, connecting with ancient energies and immersing ourselves fully in nature as we camp in the magical Andean landscape. connecting with the mountains, the water spirits, and the star nations around the fire at night.
This will be a life-changing journey, expanding your knowledge of the Andean spiritual traditions, building a Ñusta Mesa medicine bundle, nourishing your soul, and discovering or deepening your medicine gifts to share them with the world. An option to travel to the Amazonian jungle prior to the Ñusta Journey is available. Space is limited. Please apply soon if you are interested.
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