Shamanic Journeying
What is Shamanic Journeying?
Shamanic journeying is an ancient practice that uses rhythm—most often the steady beat of a drum or rattle—to guide us into a lightly altered state of consciousness. In this state, the everyday mind softens, and deeper layers of experience can rise into awareness. Bound or hidden material in the body has space to surface, be explored, and integrated.
Entering the Embodied Imaginal World
Journeying is both embodied and imaginal. With the drum as anchor, attention drops into the body and opens into the symbolic world—a living field of collective images, energies, and archetypes. Similar in some ways to hypnosis, journeying allows us to cross into this symbolic realm where spirit guides, archetypal figures, or landscapes of deep personal meaning may appear.
These encounters are not mere fantasy. They carry wisdom, guidance, and medicine that speak to both body and psyche. By tuning into the places where experience feels bound or unresolved, journeying often helps new perspectives, healing, and release emerge—perspectives that might remain inaccessible through ordinary states of consciousness.
A path of integration
What arises in shamanic journeying is always welcomed into the larger flow of your healing. Whether it’s an old wound surfacing, a forgotten strength returning, or an unexpected ally appearing, the process is not about escaping reality but deepening contact with it. Because the body remains present—anchored by the steady beat—what emerges can be integrated into how you live, relate, and see yourself.
Why journey
People turn to shamanic journeying when they feel stuck, disconnected, or in need of perspective. It can help you:
- Access hidden layers of memory and emotion
- Explore bound places in the body with fresh awareness
- Reconnect with inner resources, guides, and allies
- Enter the symbolic world of collective images for guidance and meaning
- Restore a sense of belonging within the vast web of life
At its heart, shamanic journeying is about remembering—your connection to the unseen, to the earth, to spirit, and to the deep intelligence of your own being.
Shamanic Journeying – Standalone Sessions
Shamanic journeying can be woven into ongoing therapy or coaching, or entered as a standalone session for insight and healing. A single journey may support you in:
- Meeting spirit guides or archetypal allies
- Retrieving a part of yourself that felt lost (soul retrieval)
- Gaining clarity in times of transition
- Receiving messages from the unconscious or symbolic world
- Integrating ceremonial or plant medicine experiences
Each journey is an embodied exploration into the imaginal field, offering what your psyche, body, and spirit most need in the moment.