School of Shamanism

22/08/2025

Sometimes the best shamanic work happens in the most unexpected places - like this beautiful garden.
Drums, rattles, feathers, and sacred objects laid out on the grass, surrounded by flowers and nature's own altar. This is what I love about shamanic practice - it doesn't need fancy temples or elaborate settings. Just intention, respect, and willingness to connect.
On September 6th for our Introduction to Shamanism day, we'll be working indoors at Art and Spirituality Centre, but the energy is the same. Whether we're in a purpose-built space or under the open sky, the spirits show up when we call them with genuine hearts.
This photo captures what you'll experience - that beautiful moment when ancient tools meet modern seekers, when 500,000-year-old wisdom flows through contemporary souls ready to remember what they've always known.
The drum calls the spirits. The rattles seal the energy. The feathers carry our prayers and cleanse. And you... you become the bridge between worlds.
Ready to experience this magic for yourself? September 6th, online and in-person.
Only a few spots left - link in bio and www.schoolofshamanism.co.uk

21/08/2025

This is what it looks like when I'm preparing for workshops - creating sacred space at Art and Spirituality Centre for our Introduction to Shamanism day on September 6th.
Those aren't just random objects scattered around. Each piece has meaning and purpose for the work we'll do together:
Drums for journeying to non-ordinary reality. Rattles for calling in the spirits. Stones and shells representing earth and water elements. Feathers for air. Candles for fire.
Creating sacred space isn't about having fancy spiritual tools - it's about intention. About honoring the fact that we're about to do work that's been happening for 500,000+ years.
When you step into this space on September 6th, you'll feel it immediately. The energy shift. The sense that something important is about to happen. That you're about to remember something your soul already knows.
This is where theory becomes experience. Where skepticism meets spirit. Where you'll journey to meet your power animal, retrieve lost gifts, and understand what shamanic healing actually feels like.
The space holds us while we do the deep work of remembering who we really are.
Ready to step into sacred space with us? Only a few spots left for September 6th - both online and in-person.
Link in bio to join us and my newsletter and www.schoolofshamanism.co.uk

20/08/2025

When you come to my Introduction to Shamanism day on September 6th, this isn't a lecture where you sit and listen to me talk. This is a full day of hands-on experience.
Here's what we actually do:
We start with foundations - what shamanism is, where it comes from, why it works. But I explain what it can do for YOU in your actual daily life, not just abstract concepts.
You'll understand the shamanic worldview - that everything is alive and has spirit, that there are realities beyond what we see, and that you can access these realities for healing and guidance.
Then we get practical:

Shamanic Journey - You'll learn to enter non-ordinary reality using drumming. Your first journey will be to meet your power animal - your spiritual ally who's been with you your whole life.
Gift Retrieval - You'll practice recovering gifts, talents, or qualities you had as a child but lost along the way. Your natural confidence, creativity, sense of wonder.
Healing Work Introduction - You'll experience energy extraction and soul retrieval basics. Feel how energy works through your hands, your intuition, your inner knowing.

This isn't theory you memorize - it's experience you embody. You'll leave knowing you can actually do this work, not just understanding it intellectually.
Ready for a day of real shamanic experience? September 6th, online and in-person in Edinburgh.
Link in bio to sign up and join my newsletter and www.schoolofshamanism.co.uk - only a few spots left!

19/08/2025

Most people have office meetings. I have hiking meetings with myself.
Today's agenda: walking through Edinburgh parks while my brain sorts through everything - life stuff, creative ideas, random thoughts about why trees are such good listeners.
There's something about moving your body that gets your mind unstuck. All those brilliant insights that were hiding behind the laptop screen suddenly show up when you're just walking and breathing.
Plus, my power animal definitely prefers meetings in nature over stuffy indoor spaces. Much better energy, way less artificial lighting, and the occasional squirrel for entertainment.
The downside? I get so inspired I want to voice-note myself all the ideas, but then I look like I'm having very intense conversations with invisible people. Which, let's be honest, as a shamanic practitioner, isn't entirely inaccurate.
Today's hiking meeting conclusions: I need more time outdoors. My soul feels bigger when I'm walking.
Anyone else do their best thinking while moving? Or am I the only one who treats walks as therapy sessions with myself?

18/08/2025

Introduction to Shamanism - 6th September, online and in Edinburgh.
If we need to translate shamanism into one word, it would be healing.
It's probably the world's oldest healing practice - around for 500,000+ years across every culture, every continent. It's not a religion, it's a method. A set of techniques for accessing non-ordinary reality to get healing, guidance, and power. If therapy works with your mind and medicine works with your body, shamanism works with your energy and your soul. It addresses the parts of you that conventional approaches often can't reach.
This isn't theory - it's hands-on experience. You'll learn to journey, meet your power animal, do gift retrieval, and understand how shamanic healing actually works.
No experience needed. No special gifts required. Just curiosity and willingness to explore what your ancestors knew but we forgot.
Whether you're dealing with anxiety that won't shift, feeling disconnected from your purpose, or simply curious about this ancient practice - this day will show you what shamanism can offer you.
Ready to remember what your soul already knows? Link in bio to sign up and join my newsletter and www.schoolofshamanism.co.uk

17/08/2025

People think when you have your own business(es) you're just living it up, going to the beach every day while everyone else is stuck in offices.
Plot twist: I'm at the beach... but I'm also mentally planning next week's content, thinking about my students' healing journeys, and wondering if I should record a quick video about the healing properties of ocean energy.
The reality of running two businesses? You never really "switch off." Not because you have to, but because you're so passionate about what you do that it doesn't feel like work, even if you wear several business hats!!!
I'm sitting here watching these waves and thinking about how they're the perfect metaphor for shamanic healing - the way they come in, clear what needs clearing, then retreat to gather power for the next wave.
See? This is what happens when your soul mission becomes your daily life. Everything becomes inspiration. Every moment becomes a teaching. Every beach day becomes a business strategy session disguised as relaxation. What would you do if your soul mission became your day job?

16/08/2025

24th August FREE FIND YOUR CENTRE WITH MANDALA BEAN ART
Bookings www.artandspirituality.co.uk
A mandala is basically a circle that becomes this beautiful container to hold all your ideas and emotions. We're gonna kick off our workshop together with this really relaxing meditation – complete with crystals and incense – to quiet that busy mind and find the right focus and concentration you need to create your mandala.

Once you're feeling ready and calm, you'll create your own personal mandala using different beans, letting your imagination run wild. (we'll glue them on paper)

While you're working, I'll be sharing the history, process, and meaning behind mandalas in a super easy way – we'll explore everything from how they show up in nature to their role in religion and art. I'll show you some incredible pictures of mandalas from around the world that'll blow your mind.

When your wonderful work is done, I'll guide you through a creative visualization to reconnect with your inner center.

Then here's the beautiful part – you'll choose 3 beans from your mandala and plant them with some cotton and water by your window at home. You get to watch them germinate and grow, and they'll become your new seeds for the coming months.

It's this amazing cycle – from creating your mandala circle to planting actual seeds that will grow into new life. Your inner work becomes outer growth, literally.

15/08/2025

Just sent out my newsletter this morning sharing an extraordinary ancient Greek practice for overcoming fear.
The Orphics would carry golden tablets with this phrase: "I am a child of earth and starry sky."
They understood that most fears come from over-identifying with our small self - "I am Sarah who's terrible at decisions." But when you remember you are both earthly and cosmic, fear loses its grip.
Try this when anxiety hits:
Place your hand on your heart and say: "I am a child of earth and starry sky."
Feel your feet on the ground (earth) and your head open to infinite possibility (starry sky).
When you remember your true cosmic nature, individual fears become tiny.
This is the work we do in my 1-1 sessions - ancient wisdom for modern fears, addressing the root terror that keeps you playing small.
Did you get this morning's newsletter? If not, link in bio to join our community.

14/08/2025

Yesterday I shared the symptoms of anxiety that bring people to my healing sessions. Today let's talk about how these symptoms actually steal the life you want to live.
⭐Career and purpose:
You don't speak up in meetings. You don't apply for jobs you want. You stay in situations that drain you because change feels too scary. Your gifts remain hidden because visibility feels dangerous.
⭐Relationships:
You say yes when you mean no. You don't set boundaries because conflict terrifies you. You either cling too tightly or keep people at a distance. Authentic intimacy feels impossible when you're always braced for rejection.
⭐Creativity and expression:
You don't share your art, your writing, your ideas. You second-guess every creative impulse. You wait for permission that never comes. Your unique voice stays locked inside.
⭐Decision making:
You research everything to death but never actually decide. You ask everyone else's opinion but ignore your own inner knowing. You stay stuck in analysis paralysis while life passes you by.
⭐Joy and presence:
You can't fully enjoy good moments because you're always scanning for what could go wrong. You miss the magic happening right now because your mind is in next week or last year.
⭐Physical health:
Chronic tension creates real physical problems. You're either too activated to rest or too depleted to move. Your body becomes a prison instead of a temple.
This isn't living - it's surviving. And the tragedy is that most of this suffering is caused by fears that exist only in your mind.
In my 1-1 sessions, we work to reclaim the life anxiety has stolen from you. We address the root fears so you can finally stop surviving and start thriving.
Tomorrow in my newsletter, I'll share the ancient secret to transforming fear into freedom.

13/08/2025

Just dropped a new video breaking down anxiety symptoms and honestly? It's kind of hilarious when you really look at what our bodies and brains do.
If you've ever wondered why your shoulders have permanently moved to your ears, why your brain won't shut up at 3am, or why dropping a spoon makes you jump like it's the apocalypse - this one's for you.
I cover the full comedy show: the physical drama (invisible chest-sitters!), the mental chaos (hello, catastrophic thinking), and the behavioral masterpieces (professional avoiding, anyone?).
But here's the real tea - these aren't signs you're broken. They're signs your nervous system is trying to protect you from something it thinks is dangerous. Usually it's protecting you from change, being seen, or stepping into your authentic power.
Your anxiety isn't your enemy - it's just a really overzealous bodyguard who thinks everything is a threat. Even butterflies.
In shamanic healing, we work with these symptoms as messengers, not disorders to fix.
Watch the full video (link in bio) and let me know in the comments - which anxiety symptom made you laugh because you totally recognize it?
Ready to work with your anxiety instead of against it? 1-1 sessions available online and in-person.

Ever feel like your body is hosting its own comedy show? Welcome to anxiety symptoms - where your shoulders move to your ears permanently and your brain thin...

12/08/2025

Yesterday I explained how a 1-1 shamanic healing session works. Today I want to talk about the most common issue that brings people to me: anxiety.
But here's what I've learned through years of shamanic healing: anxiety is never the real problem.
Anxiety is the symptom. Fear is the root. Not just any fear, the deepest, most unconscious fear we all carry: the fear of death, of transition, of letting go of who we think we are.
This sounds dramatic, but think about it. Your anxiety about speaking up? It's fear of social death, of rejection. Your anxiety about changing careers? Fear of the death of your current identity. Your anxiety about relationships? Fear of abandoning the safety of isolation.
Every small fear has roots in this bigger fear of transition, of not knowing what comes next.
The ancient Greeks understood this. They knew that to live fully, you first have to make peace with death - not literal death, but the death of who you were so you can become who you're meant to be.
In my 1-1 sessions, we don't just manage anxiety symptoms. We go to the root. We work with that primal fear that keeps you small, safe, and ultimately unfulfilled.
In my newsletter this Friday, I'll share the ancient secret the Greeks used to overcome fear completely. It's a practice so powerful they literally carried it with them everywhere.
Ready to address what's really underneath your anxiety? Link in bio to book your session.

11/08/2025

When you feel lost, stuck, or disconnected - Shamanic Healing can help
Feeling lost without purpose? Stuck in the same patterns? Overwhelmed and can't make decisions? These aren't personal failures - they're signs your soul needs attention.
Shamanic healing works where conventional approaches often can't reach - at the energetic and spiritual level where these imbalances actually live.
What we can work on together:

Feeling lost and without life purpose
Anxiety and overwhelm that won't shift
Being stuck in repetitive patterns
Inability to make clear decisions
Disconnection from your authentic self
Low energy and hope
Manifestation blocks
And so much more

How it works:
Through energy extractions, soul retrievals, past life regressions and shamanic journeying, we address what's happening beneath the surface. Each session is tailored specifically to your needs after our initial conversation.
Available both online and in-person. Sessions suitable for individuals, children, and couples.
This isn't just healing - it's remembering who you really are beneath all the conditioning and pain.
Ready to address what therapy hasn't been able to touch? Lik in bio and www.schoolofshamanism.co.uk