Online Course
Starts June 22, 2011
- Introduction
- Why do Animal Shamanism Level II?
- What we’ll cover
- How the course works
- Common questions
- The details
Introduction
Welcome to the second level of animal shamanism, where we explore the element of water and the undines, as well as diving deeper into the ocean of animal-human relationships through my book Heart-Centred Kinship and the New Shamanism. We’ll continue to expand our knowledge and understanding of animal communication, and we’ll begin to explore our relationship with death so that we can help animals through this very important stage of their life journey. We also learn much wisdom that the animals themselves want us to know.
The course covers six weeks, with each week featuring a recorded lesson from me, plus exercises. There will be an online forum where you can join in, ask me and other students questions, share your experiences of the work, support each other, and generally come together as a like-minded community. Plus, there will be two live teleseminars, one in the middle and one at the end, where I will answer your specific questions (and if you can’t make it to these, they will be recorded, so you won’t miss out, plus you will have the chance to ask questions beforehand). Some of the people on the course will have studied this material me before, and others will be completely new to it, so we will have a nice mix of experience and perspectives.
Why Do Animal Shamanism Level II?
You need strong foundations to build a castle, and like Level I, Level II is a strong and necessary foundation.
This is where we begin our dance with the whole world of Death and Dying, which ends in Level IV. We’ve all lost our animal companions at one stage or other, and it is important that we understand the process and how the animals feel about it, so we can be the best for them at this time, while living in a culture which largely tends to shut down around the subject and make it almost taboo.
This course is where we take animal communication to a deep level and understand how our energy field affects the world around us. At the end of the course you will have learned a lot about your own energy field, and how it affects animals. Also the energy fields of others. You’ll learn how to shed and shift so that you can come into greater harmony with the animals you love.
What We’ll Cover
On the shamanic side, we learn about spirit flight and death and dying, the dying process, and the world of spirit.
We learn how to read energies and begin to learn Seeing the Unseen. This is important when reading an animal. We take the skill of animal communication deeper and it is here I start demanding more from your readings.
We also learn about the element of water, how it relates to our own natures, how it can heal, and how the undines can help us.
We include processes, practices, journeying, ceremony and song to help us shed and shift and raise our frequency so you can come into greater harmony with the animals you love.
You will also begin to understand a lot more about animal behaviour.
How the Course Works
Each week, I will release a set of teaching materials. These will be some combination of recorded audio and written materials (I’m hoping for some video, too, but can’t promise it at the moment). These materials will cover the week’s topics, and set out exercises for you to do in your own time and at your own pace. I encourage you to take your experiences to the forum, share them with others in this safe space, and to learn from each other as much as you learn from me.
The forum will be a private space for students of this course only. I will be ducking in and out of it, but I always find that some of your best resources and contacts will be your fellow students. You will be given access to the forum after you register, and the forum will stay open until approximately two weeks after the end of the course, to allow you to do anything you need to do once the course finishes.
As mentioned above, these learning materials will be supplemented by two live calls using the Gotowebinar system I’ve been using over the past year. For those calls, you have the chance to ask me questions that relate to you personally (I’ll be fielding these in advance through the forum), and time permitting, I will field questions from people who are on the call as well. I will post the registration link to these telecalls in the forum once the course is underway.
My intention is to provide you with maximum flexibility in your learning, while still having it relate to where you are personally at in your journey.
Common Questions
1. I can’t make it to the live telecalls. Is that a problem?
Absolutely not. They will be recorded and made available to you afterwards. Plus, you will be able to ask questions in the forum beforehand to make sure your personal questions get answered.
2. I’m awfully busy at that time (or for part of that time). Can I still do the course? Will it be worthwhile?
We all live busy lives, and believe me, I understand the time concern. I have designed this course, with its recorded and written materials, to be accessible when and how you need it. I’ll release the materials on a regular schedule, but you can always catch up if you happen to fall behind. Plus, the materials will be freely downloadable to you, which means that even if our time together ends up not being a good timing for you, you can still enjoy and work with the learning materials when things settle down in your life.
3. I’m having trouble paying for the course. Is there a payment plan?
You bet. I always prefer that people do my courses rather than not, and I try not to make the money an issue. As such, there is a one-off payment option, or a three-part payment plan (which is slightly more expensive). Details are below. Feel free to choose the option that suits you best.
Or if you need some other arrangement (like different timing), use the Contact page to send me a note, and I’ll have Andrew get in touch with you to work something out.
4. I’ve studied with you before. Do I need to do this course to be able to do the other courses?
In a word, no. If you have done a Path of the Wild Pure Heart Level II, or a Secret Animal Business Level II, or an Animal Shamanism Level II with me before, either live or online, then you do not need to do this course again to do Level III and beyond.
Having said that, people often enjoy the process of repeating and refreshing, as well as coming together as a community. And my classes are organic and grow as I do, so I always tend to bring some fresh material to a new class. I offer a significant discount for students who would like to be part of the Level II journey again.
5. What about homework?
I do set tasks for you to do in your own time each week. But, again, I know how busy we all are, so I expect these exercises to be able to be done in a reasonable amount of time. At some level, how much time they take will be up to you. If an exercise calls to you deeply, you will want to explore it further, which will take more time. My goal, however, is that the homework will be a joy to engage with, something you will want to do, and in no way onerous.
6. Will I get a certificate?
I get this question surprisingly often. To be honest, I’m not a big fan of certificates. What does a certificate of completion say? Someone showed up – but not much more. In this class, I am not grading you. The shamanic path is one of experience. I invite you to come on this journey for the ride, and for your own growth.
Plus, animal communication in particular takes time and experience to develop and hone, to make sure that you are coming at it from a healed place, and not from a space where you are projecting your stuff on your animal client. So, while I absolutely encourage people to practice what they learn out in the real world, I also want people to maintain a sense of perspective about where they are at in their process.
So I only give out certificates to students who have done the whole program (Animal Shamanism Levels I through IV, plus the Earthkeeper’s Intensive). Thanks for your understanding about that.
7. I want to work with animals, but don’t necessarily want to be an animal communicator. Is this course for me?
Absolutely. While the teachings certainly incorporate animal communication, the scope is much broader than that, and will certainly be relevant to whatever you want to do with animals, from working with them professionally to simply sharing your life with them.
The Details
Start Date: June 22, 2011.
End Date: Approximately six weeks later.
Dates for the Live Telecalls: To be announced, but roughly at week three and at the end.
Cost: One payment of $325, or three fortnightly payments of $120.
If you are a repeating Level II student, then the cost is only $240, which is a discount of over 26%. Alternatively, you can pay three fortnightly payments of $90.
How to Pay:
Our preference is that you pay by EFT, as that saves us Paypal fees. Please contact us for those banking details. Otherwise, use one of the buttons below. Note that if you are choosing the three-part payment option, you must use the appropriate Paypal button so those payments are automatic. If you prefer to pay by cheque or some other method, then, again, get in contact and we can work that out.
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| One-time Payment, $325. | |
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| Repeating student: one-time payment of $240. Note: this only applies to previous Level II students. If you have only done Level I so far, you should not use this button. | |
| Repeating student: three fortnightly payments of $90. Note: this only applies to previous Level II students. If you have only done Level I so far, you should not use this button. |
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