When we feel acknowledged for who we are, we can relax and reveal our natural essence, wholeness and potential, our “medicine”.
Our vision is to inspire the awakening of your medicine, so you can touch yourself, the planet and others with your unique beauty.
By healing ourselves, we walk in our beauty, and we change the world.
For many people, the reality they are experiencing is dissatisfying and dissonant from the life they desire to be living.
To come into resonance, change has to happen.
Our mission is to provide shamanic knowledge, teachings and sacred ceremonies to help you negotiate change effectively and efficiently.
Such a sacred journey expands our minds beyond our singular perspective.
The student opens the door while the teacher takes knowledge and wisdom into unexplored areas.
Without one another, neither student nor teacher can grow.
As keepers of these ancient teachings, we remain committed to learning, healing and growing. It’s why we do what we do!
WORKSHOPS & ONLINE TRAINING
Rooted in the wisdom of the African animals and the ancient Medicine Wheel teachings, AMWA gives you a map of your innate strengths, a compass in times of challenge, a mirror to bring you clarity on hidden blind spots and an anchor to your true nature.
Ready to map your unique blueprint?
A personal Birth Constellation Reading reveals your specific relationship with each of the 21 Allies & Spheres, offering deep clarity on your life purpose and personal medicine.
Feel called to dive deeper?
AMWA PT101 ONLINE is a foundational 3-month course designed to immerse you in this remarkable paradigm. Learn to read the wheels, connect with the elemental forces, and integrate these ancient teachings into your daily life and practice.
WOMB HEALING
SOLO JOURNEYS & RETREATS
Rooted in the ancient wisdom of the feminine, the cycles of nature and the power of gathering in circle, Red Owl Women’s Lodge is a sacred space for women to slow down, reconnect and remember the wisdom that lives within.
Ready to come home to yourself?
Through sisterhood circles, sacred ceremonies and one-on-one sessions, you are welcomed into deeper connection with your body and your inner wisdom - creating space for reflection, renewal, creativity and transformation.
Feel called to journey deeper?
Our immersive retreats and transformational journeys weave together Medicine Wheel teachings, ceremony, movement, sound, meditation, creative expression and embodied practices. Come as you are, step out of the noise of everyday life, and enter a space where you can listen deeply, reconnect with your own rhythm and rediscover what is waiting to emerge.
SOLO JOURNEYS OR IN A GROUP
What if you could step outside your everyday story and see your life through a different lens?
Drawing on ancient teachings and the wisdom of nature, these shamanic journeys offer a space to explore what is happening in your life and discover new perspectives, insights and possibilities.
What are you ready to explore?
Choose an ONLINE journey from the privacy of your own home. Come on a private solo journey shaped around your own intention, or join a scheduled group journey with a specific theme.
Each journey weaves together teachings, ceremony, guided journeys, movement, breathwork, sound, somatic practices and time in nature.
Are you ready to see life differently?
Step away from the familiar and into the unknown. Explore practical ways to meet change with greater awareness, balance and self-trust — and take the medicine of the journey home with you.
A Time of CHANGE
After almost two decades of teaching, guiding ceremonies, and holding spaces of profound transformation, healing and growth, we are navigating a season of significant change.
Like the cycles of nature that inspire our work, there are times to create, times to serve, and times to go inward and quietly listen.
This is one of those times for us.
We have chosen to step into a period of sabbatical, where we won't be offering our full calendar of teachings, journeys or retreats.
But you are not alone, and the door is not closed.
If you are in a season of change yourself, or you are longing for guidance, support or simply a conversation, we would love to hear from you. Reach out and connect with us.
We thank all our students, seekers, and friends who have walked alongside us over the years.
We look forward to seeing where the path leads us next.
In beauty, Lou & Laurel
CLIENT EXPERIENCES
Hi Lou and Laurel! Since my Shamanic Healing with you, I have had three consecutive PSA serum levels done at three month intervals, all at barely detectable levels and no sign of an upward drift. The healing I accomplished with your guidance is holding true and I am much better able to relate successfully to the challenges that invariably come my way. I appreciate deeply what I came to SEE through your help. My view of the world and life are so different than before we met that at first it threw me off - but now I am seeing more clearly that some of my past views were not concordant with the changes I had made. Again, THANK YOU!
The Living Clean Program has been a bumpy ride… At times I felt annoyed & frustrated, a little caterpillar squirming his way up from a mountain of shit & at other times I felt like a burning phoenix, soaring above it. At the end, what I have really taken from my 10-day experience at Sacred Journeys is that just as I have the power to create dysfunction in my life, I am the only one capable of eradicating it. Thank you for showing me what I was no longer capable of seeing for myself
Shares this after a Personal Shamanic Retreat, ‘I have come to understand that the greatest moments in our lives that give us our true power back, are in fact the most simple – effortless. All we are required to do is to stand in front of ourselves with neutrality. When I can allow myself the opportunity to be neutral, I can find love for myself. I look back and deeply thank myself for the experience I had at Sacred Journeys. I can deeply thank you, Lou & Laurel for holding a space where I can search for my authentically powerful self. I thank you for your unconditional love and for breathing life into the Circle of the Medicine Wheel and the world.’
What on earth is a Sweat Lodge? Well, this experience has created a divine shift in me. Laurel talked us through the entire cleansing process and guided us to allow a beautiful space of release and openness to the Divine. What an experience! The sense of peace is amazing and indeed an experience for all! Every single person had let something go and every single person had evolved into a deeper level of themselves! I had never seen such transformation before. For me, this is now a monthly appointment in my diary! Thank you Laurel Weaving Willow!
