SHAMANIC EXPERIENCES
The Elders foretold we would undergo significant shifts in consciousness during this transitional time in history.
Their legacy has equipped us with ancient Shamanic Teachings, Sacred Ceremonies and Rites of Passage to support us through these changing times.
Joining us for any of our shamanic experiences removes you from your normal life and immerses you in a world of healing, learning, growing, exploring, celebrating, shifting and changing.
Empowering yourself in this way equips you with the strength to let go of the need to control and instead flow with the changes - which are an uncontrollable part of our reality.
When you can align with change, you align with the world and it's intrinsic nature.
This is how you heal yourself, walk in your beauty and change the world. This is what it means to teach each other here in this Great Lodge of the People, the Ways of this Great Medicine Wheel.
Below, you will find descriptions for some of the retreats, ceremonies, and courses we have developed and facilitated over the years. As with those who came before us, our mandate is to support the needs of the people.
Our approach is both practical and sacred. We create a safe, compassionate space where insight meets embodiment – supporting you to release unproductive patterns, strengthen your self-relationship, reconnect with what really matters and step into your life with greater confidence, balance, and purpose.
Lou “Worldweaver” offers clarity, perspective, and direction through symbolic and archetypal mapping, while Laurel “Weaving Willow” brings the work into the body through somatic, womb-centred, and nervous-system-aware healing.
We do not seek to fix, heal or pathologize, but to empower you to become the conscious author of your own life.
This ONLINE Mentorship begins at the end of each year and offers a magickal container for those who want to train in the art of alchemy.
We use our Almanacs as our place of personal power, beauty, and magick so we can dance ourselves awake and be the change we want to see in the world! Then we carry that energy forward through the year as we meet regularly to refocus our intentions.
Do you want to weave your dreams and desires into reality this coming year?
Are you ready to crack open the barriers to your fullest expression?
Do you wish to stand in your personal power and shape your future?
Are you yearning to thrive in our changing world?
This 3-month ONLINE AMWA Course includes in-depth teachings of the Medicine Wheels, guidance in developing your intuition and understanding of the material, and practical application so that you can confidently and ethically facilitate readings for others.
The merging of African archetypal imagery with the Medicine Wheel teachings of the Twisted Hair Elders invites you on a journey of awakening — into the ancient wisdom of Africa, the birthplace of humankind, and into the deep wisdom within yourself.
AMWA PT101 offers a simple and accessible pathway to explore and understand human nature. It gently guides you to embrace both the light and the shadow of who you are, helping you recognise your innate gifts and consciously shape your destiny.
Embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening with these ONLINE Shamanic Teachings.
This unique virtual programme invites you to step into the ancient world of shamanism, offering a practical pathway to unlock your intuitive potential and connect with the deeper currents of existence.
Beyond typical online learning, this course provides a transformative experience, guiding you to explore your inner landscapes, reclaim forgotten wisdom, and foster a more harmonious relationship with yourself and the natural world.
It's an opportunity to undergo a personal metamorphosis, facilitated by the potent symbolism of the Raven and the supportive embrace of Weaving Willow.
Join us for these transformational journeys where you get to learn from the Medicine Wheels, integrate their truth, and sit in Ceremony with your ancestors asking the Medicine People of the Twisted Hairs Lineage for their knowledge, wisdom and guidance.
Each Journey has a different theme and intent, with a focus on giving you simple and effective ways to gain deeper insights into yourself, the world around you and others.
Using natures wisdom, the greatest healer and teacher of all, you are guided back to hearing her voice speak quietly of Beauty, as she touches you with her Wholeness.
Combining Africa's natural world and the Medicine Wheels of the Twisted Hairs, this paradigm offers you a tool designed to open your heart and heal your mind.
The African animals embody the ancient wisdom imbued in the soil which birthed humanity, offering you their priceless guidance about survival, harmony, relationship, power, strength and balance.
A sacred space where women gather to awaken, learn, discover and explore the mysterious and magickal nature of the feminine. A circle of sisters, ready to be the change.
We journey into the ancient memory held within our blood and bones to re-member who we truly are, harness the powerful energy of our wombs and embody the potent creatrix we came here to be.
This Women’s Winter Retreat is not about doing, it's about being - more honest, more tender, more real. It invites you to:
Rest without guilt - Speak your truth - Reclaim your inner warmth - Dream quietly and intentionally
In the heart of winter, when the earth rests, something sacred is happening beneath the surface. So too within you.
This is a sacred time to step out of the noise and into the deep, fertile stillness of your inner world. Come and join us.
Do you feel a deep yearning to shed layers that no longer serve you?
To liberate your spirit, body, and heart from past wounds, societal expectations, or unspoken shame?
So many of us carry burdens that dim our light, especially when it comes to our inherent sensuality, pleasure, and the sacred power residing within our wombs.
Perhaps you've felt disconnected from your body, struggled with intimacy, or yearned to unleash a vibrant, authentic expression of your feminine self.
You are not alone. This is a potent moment in time for women to awaken, to heal, and to rise into their true divinity.
You will never be the same after these 10 days, so let's be real...
This journey of healing and awakening your pleasure isn't a walk in the park – it's a vibrant, transformative adventure for the brave and the bold!
Only 4 women will take this journey with me...
In-Residence Relationship Reboot
A relationship is one of the most rewarding — and challenging — journeys two people will ever share.
Our Private Couple’s Retreat offers the time, space and gentle guidance to reconnect, communicate openly and strengthen the foundation of your relationship. Stepping away from the pressures of daily life allows you and your partner to enter a supportive, intentional environment where your relationship can pause, reset and realign.
The length of the retreat is flexible and can be tailored to your needs. We recommend 3–5 days to allow enough time for deeper insight, meaningful conversation and lasting integration.
The circular nature of the shamanic hand drum unites us with the medicine wheel & teaches us of the cycle of life, death & rebirth.
It is through the drum that we can re-establish our connection to spirit, ourselves and the circle of life.
By making your own drum, you come into divine communion with all five elements & the minerals, plants & animals. They are what contribute to the manifestation of everything.
A Drum Birthing Ceremony awakens the drum to it's unique voice & song. It affords the creator the chance to pay respect to our great mother & accept the death-life experience of re-birthing ourselves into a new life. In this way we celebrate, that from nothing, everything was birthed, and from everything, we return to the nothing.
I DRUM THEREFORE I AM
The drum is a sacred instrument, we all have one beating inside of us.
When we sit in union with the drum, we connect to our own rhythm & vibration.
We feel our return to the unconditional nurturing of the great mother.
We align to the universal beat of the heart centre.
We surrender ourselves to the beauty of all that is, all that was, & all that ever shall be.
In-Residence Wellness Reset
Are you seeking an alternative approach to address a health issue, illness or dis-ease?
Heart of Healing is a transformational, inward-focused process for your healing journey.
This 10-day immersion is designed to shift the core energetic patterns that create imbalance, ill health, and dis-ease in the body, mind and soul.
Through ancient shamanic practices, ceremony, and deep inner work, you’ll be guided to reconnect with the heart’s intelligence,
where true healing begins.
Only four participants ensures a deeply held and transformative experience.
In-Residence Addiction Rehabilitation
This is an intensive 10-day experiential Shamanic Program designed to deal with dysfunctional patterns and behaviours within the human psyche. If not dealt with, these behaviours create neural pathways or memory programs in the brain resulting in addictions.
This Program is not easy, it will challenge you to face your core issues.
We guide you through a step by step process, where we help you to identify and take the steps to overcome the source of what created the misalignment in the first place.
Are you ready to clean up your past & stand in your own authority?
It is said that San Pedro opens the very gates to heaven, inviting a direct experience of expanded consciousness and spiritual clarity. Beyond this, it is deeply celebrated for its capacity to provide profound physical healing and to balance the chakras, with a particular emphasis on the heart chakra, opening us to greater compassion and connection.
San Pedro embodies the powerful masculine energy of Earth Father, Coatl. This ancient archetype represents our essential connecting link to pure intent – our original meaning and purpose. This sacred connection also extends to the primal spirit of the animals, the wild, untamed wisdom that resides within us and in the natural world around us. By consciously invoking and aligning with the spirit of Earth Father, Coatl, we simultaneously open ourselves to a deeper, more harmonious connection to Earth Mother, Quetzal. She is the nurturing, life-giving spirit of the plants, the very essence of life that blossoms in every leaf and bloom, grounding us in abundance and fertility.
The exquisite synergy of bringing the energies of Quetzal (Earth Mother) and Coatl (Earth Father) into balance within ourselves is where truly transformative healing occurs.
A Dome Casting creates a protective energy field around your space, property or home, keeping out unwanted energy and creates an environment promoting beauty, blessing and harmony. There are 3 layers to this Doming.
The Bridging Crystal Dome sets the boundary around the perimeter of the property you want to protect. It also links into a network of all like-energy Domes across the world. The House Blessing Dome supports the health, harmony and balance of activities within the space.
The Mesa Altar is the innermost layer which holds an energy matrix for the Dome. This matrix aligns whoever is in the space to step into their higher potential.
Following in the time honoured tradition of Shamanic Healing, the tools and techniques we use focus on identifying and addressing the cause of your illness or disease. The conventional approach is to defer to the medical "experts" with a primary focus on treating the symptom and generally excludes the patient from participating in their own healing. Shamanic Healing includes the active commitment and participation of the patient and provides you with an alternative, holistic approach to non-invasive and non-medical health and wellbeing.
The Healing process begins with an initial consultation and a "Healing Intake Form". This becomes the basis by which a specific healing ceremony is prepared for you. Creating the healing ceremony takes between 4 to 7 days to prepare because each healing is as unique as the individual.
A Healing could include a traditional Pipe Ceremony, various doctoring techniques, chakra system restoration and crystal work. These tools clear out imbalances and blocks within your energy body and re-centre your emotional, physical, mental and spiritual aspects. Please note: Our services are not a substitute for consulting with a qualified medical professional.
A traditional Bonding Ceremony is seen as a union of body, mind and spirit between two people and the Great Spirit. This Bonding Ceremony takes place in nature, under the sacred roof of Father Sky and upon the nurturing body of Mother Earth.
It is witnessed and blessed by the minerals, plants, animals and participants.
As with most weddings, the ceremony has rituals woven through it to strengthen the bond and commitment of the couple. The smudging purifies all those who are present, while the washing of the couple's hands cleanses and releases their past. Invoking Great Spirit in its formlessness, both feminine and masculine existing within all things throughout the universe brings the blessings of mutual respect and sacred communion of the two individuals.
The ceremony is performed within the Sacred Medicine Circle which holds a protective and supportive space for the union of these lovers.
At the completion of the ceremony, the couple are wrapped in a bonding blanket to symbolize two bodies living as one under the blessing and guidance of the Great Spirit.