ancestors Archives - https://inkwoodhealing.com/tag/ancestors/ Shamanic Healing, Classes and Ceremonies Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:13:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://inkwoodhealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-Crow-cropped-small.jpg ancestors Archives - https://inkwoodhealing.com/tag/ancestors/ 32 32 211843302 Building Sacred Relationships: A Practical Guide to Working with Guides and Gods https://inkwoodhealing.com/building-sacred-relationships/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:18:04 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=4111 Learning how to develop a relationship with a higher spirit guide of any kind – ancestors, spirit animals, angels, fairies, deities, ascendant masters, etc. – is an important aspect of our spiritual growth. Learning how to connect, but also how to stay open to communication in the physical and spirit realms, can be foundational.  There […]

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]]> 4111 What is Reindeer Shamanism? https://inkwoodhealing.com/what-is-reindeer-shamanism/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:19:00 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=1816 Reindeer shamanism was an indigenous shamanic practice in the Nordic (Scandinavian) Arctic, among the tribes of people who followed the migrating reindeer herds approximately 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. Over thousands of years, it evolved into the more intricate practice of Sami shamanism, which was eventually suppressed when shamanic practices came under attack in Scandinavia […]

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]]> 1816 Initiation Into Reindeer Shamanism https://inkwoodhealing.com/initiation-into-reindeer-shamanism/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:12:26 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=1913 From my journal: 12/7/22, 4:40 PM, full moon. For the full moon, I did a ritual to dedicate my shamanic work and healing to the spirit of Reindeer. After offerings (I included Rat Spirit to give him my thanks and accept his assistance and teachings as well), and dedicatory words, I journeyed swiftly to the […]

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]]> 1913 Shamanic Dedication https://inkwoodhealing.com/shamanic-dedication-and-initiation/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:41:26 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=1048 From my journal: 11/26/22, 7:30 PM, waxing crescent moon. I journeyed tonight to seek out my grandfather and let him know I’m ready to step onto the path that he has helped me find. I appeared as a young-ish teen when I spoke with him to tell him my intention. He seemed both pleased and […]

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]]> 1048 Processing a Shamanic Path https://inkwoodhealing.com/processing-a-shamanic-path/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:37:41 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=1035 For the rest of October and into the first half of November of 2022, I continued to ruminate on my past life and shamanic experiences, and how they relate and integrate into my current spiritual practices. Additionally, a message from my mother (who was a clairvoyant and passed away in 2012) in mid-October would add […]

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]]> 1035 Shamanic Visions – My First Journeys https://inkwoodhealing.com/shamanic-visions-my-first-journeys/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:03:15 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=920 About a month after the session with my healer when I experienced my past life in the Arctic with my Grandfather, I went out to the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for a week-long professional development workshop. While there, I had my first two shamanic journeys despite not having any intention of doing so. […]

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]]> 920 Reindeer Shamanism – Journaling my Shamanic Path https://inkwoodhealing.com/reindeer-shamanism-journaling-my-shamanic-path/ https://inkwoodhealing.com/reindeer-shamanism-journaling-my-shamanic-path/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:16:12 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=910 Welcome to the ongoing series of articles that document my path through shamanism. You can find all these articles (in reverse chronological order) under the blog category of ‘My Shamanic Path‘ if you’d like to follow the full story. In the summer and early fall of 2022, I had a series of unexpected experiences that […]

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