shamanic ancestors Archives - https://inkwoodhealing.com/tag/shamanic-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 shamanic ancestors Archives - https://inkwoodhealing.com/tag/shamanic-ancestors/ 32 32 211843302 No Moon Ceremony 2026 https://inkwoodhealing.com/no-moon-ceremony-2026/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:53:13 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=4429 On Sunday, January 18th, 2026, I will hold the second public No Moon Reindeer Shaman ceremony in modern history at the Unitarian Church of Marlboro and Hudson, in Hudson, MA. This healing ceremony brings us together in beloved community to offer ourselves and our communities healing as we work to lift the energetic darkness of […]

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]]> 4429 Embracing My Ancestral Shamanic Power https://inkwoodhealing.com/embracing-my-ancestral-shamanic-power/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:30:42 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=3059 From my journal: 2/2/24 – Waxing Quarter Moon, Imbolg I had a really powerful, concrete journey today. Working with my shaman family, we were drumming using standing drums which were beat with two mallets. Things shifted, and I found myself alone briefly in a forest. I was soon joined by my family, who were drumming […]

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]]> 3059 Healing and Transformation Through Dismemberment https://inkwoodhealing.com/healing-and-transformation-through-dismemberment/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:10:11 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=3050 From my journal: 12/19/23, Waxing Half Moon; approx 1-year anniversary of initiation. Just before the last new moon, I started working on clearing out the mental and emotional stuff weighing me down. My desire to free myself from headaches and medications is tied up in this work. At my last visit with Aileen, they said […]

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]]> 3050 Shamanic No Moon Ritual https://inkwoodhealing.com/shamanic-no-moon-ritual/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:20:03 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=789 In January of 2023, I journeyed on the new moon to work with my shamanic family and found myself participating in a ritual to protect our tribe. This No Moon ritual is the first ritual in our tradition that I was taught (and is what I get for journeying on the Lunar New Year! šŸ˜„). […]

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]]> 789 The Power of the Feminine in Shamanism https://inkwoodhealing.com/the-power-of-the-feminine-in-shamanism/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 20:59:01 +0000 https://inkwoodhealing.com/?p=1455 Shortly following my full moon initiation journey in December, I had two more powerful experiences working with my Grandfather in shamanic reality and getting to know his, and now my, shamanic lineage. I learned about the power of being a female shaman, and what that means to my lineage. 1/2/23, 7:30 PM, waxing gibbous moon […]

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]]> 1455 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 Iā€™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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