Past Workshops, Conferences, Gatherings, and Circles
2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
2009	2010

June 2010

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.

June 12th, 2010 Saturday 11am - 5pm in the Lansing, Grand Ledge area.
$50 if pre registered by Wednesday June 9/ $60 after that.

This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn a practice to shift your your brain wave activity into more optimal states for healing. The benefits of one type of brain activity, the alpha brainwave, are the ability to relax and keep the mind on idle when not focused on specific task, heightened feelings of well-being and euphoria, increased creativity, and deep emotional healing. Yet it has been found that 20 % of the population does not engage in alpha brain waves. Also, another benefit of shamanic practice is that it allows us to engage in deep levels of self-healing, particularly on the subconscious level. You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. To register for this workshop, click here.

May 2010

Medicine for the Earth
including material from "Healing with Spiritual Light"
with Kate Durda, M.A & Stephanie Tighe,MSW
May 1-2, 2010 Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 9:30am - 4pm
at Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, MI near Lansing http://www.MiWildlife.org

Cost:   pre-registered required: $100 if paid by April 26th. After April 26th $120 if space available..
Repeat entire workshop for only $35!
Based upon Sandra Ingerman' work and book, MEDICINE for the EARTH. Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com

     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

April 2010

7th Annual Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2010
April 17th - 5th/Final session of “Journey of the Open Heart” (closed)

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
April 24th 10 am -7 pm Final Session
CLOSED

March 2010

7th Annual Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2010
March 6 - 3rd session of “Journey of the Open Heart” (closed)

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.

March 20th, Saturday 11am - 5pm in the Lansing, Grand Ledge area.
$50 if pre registered by March 17th, $60 after that.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
March 27th & 28th 10 am -6 pm
CLOSED

7th Annual Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2010
March 27th - 4th session of “Journey of the Open Heart” (closed)

February 2010

7th Annual Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2010
February 20th - 2nd session of “Journey of the Open Heart” (closed)

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
February 20 and 21 10 am -6 pm on saturday and 10 am to 4 pm on sunday
CLOSED

January 2010

2nd Annual

Mid-Winter SHAMANS' DANCE
& special evening event-the POWER DANCE

January 23, 2010 Saturday
(1p.m. - 8:30pm, approx.) (dinner break and socializing around 4:30-6)

At mid-winter, BEAR rolls over, This is a traditional time to look inward, and dream into the future! We host this DANCE with the dream of it being a wonderful coming together of the shamanic community! With this "DANCE", we honor the Spirits by paying attention to both who we have been and stepping into who we are becoming.- Out community intent this year will be focused on deepening our personal power and our connection with the Spirits and our True Self!

We will come together to journey deeply, and dance passionately- with intense drumming, sharing, feasting, and socializing as the shamanic kin we are! If you desire to desire to experience the ecstasy of your Shamanic Community, please join us this day!

INTRODUCING THIS YEAR- an evening event:
The Power Dance - a shamanic initiation. This initiation is a rare and unique opportunity. We have offered this only twice in the past 22 years, in private trainings- and to our knowledge has not been offered anytime else in Michigan during that time. This is a traditional ceremony/initiation where we step deeply into our power. We will work together and with the spirits during the entire day to in preparation for the Power Dance.

More details will be available to those who register.

For those who join us for the entire day, and we encourage you to please do so, after feasting and socializing, we will re-gather around 6pm to begin our preparations and come together for the Power Dance!

Location: at Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, MI http://www.miwildlife.org

IMPORTANT: This event is limited to 50 participants, so please register early. We will refund those who come in after 50. You Must be pre-registered for this gathering due to space limitations. If you do not get your registration in the mail by the due date, Please CALL us at 517.543.6754 to register by phone and reserve a space if there is room available. Cost 'at the door' is $45.

To Register:
Registration must be received by January 20^th WEDNESDAY
(call us to check if there is availability if you wish to register after this date)
Send registration check for $40 and form completed below. made out to Kate Durda
Mail to : Kate Durda, Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
To register for this workshop, click here.

Location: at Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, Michigan http://www.miwildlife.org

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
January 23rd We will be meeting at the Winter Shamans Dance, this will also include power dance/healing drum ceremony in the EVENING.

Please plan to stay until 9 pm.
CLOSED

7th Annual Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2010
“Journey of the Open Heart”

with KATE DURDA, MA … SPIRIT WEAVERS -- in Lansing area

Dates: Five Saturdays 11am- 5pm. Starts JANUARY 30th!!

dates are : Jan 30, Feb 20, March 6, March 27, April 17!!
Registration fee: $275. Note: due to our tough economic times, I am also making available a lower fee for folks who are feeling the pinch and they are welcome to enroll in this training for $200. Please know that payment plans (payment over time) are accepted. We also accept PayPal if you wish to pay with a credit card.
Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training or experience with Shamanic Journey from Spiritweavers or other similar teachings. I am available to meet with you if you have not learned to journey, and cannot make the next INTRO class which is on January 16th! Email me ... if interested.

This is the program for you if you are serious about developing a personal spiritual practice,
a solid foundation in Shamanism, and your abilities as a healer, if that is your path.
You will receive intensive training, and through personal experiential work,develop and benefit from a powerful personal spiritual practice!

Shamanism is a spiritual Path of Healing. This program will provide a safe & supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet for five full days. To register for this workshop, click here.

Training will include:

        Various methods of shamanic journeying
        shamanic healing methods: of self, and for others, including healing spirits of place,
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as medicine bags, rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation, dream work, journaling, etc.

December 2009

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
December 5th 10 am -6 pm
CLOSED

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.
December 5th, Saturday Noon- 5pm in the Lansing, Grand Ledge area.
$50 if pre registered by December 3rd , $60 after that.

October 2009

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.
October 10th, Saturday 11am- 4pm in the Lansing, Grand Ledge area.
$50 if pre registered by October 8th, $60 after that.

Medicine for the Earth: restoring health to self & earth
Based upon Sandra Ingerman' work and book, MEDICINE for the EARTH. Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
with Kate Durda, M.A & Stephanie Tighe,MSW
October 17-18, 2009
Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, MI near Lansing
Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 9:30am - 4pm
Cost:   pre-registered is $100 by October 15th, At door $120 if space available..
Repeat entire workshop for only $35!
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. NOTE- there are not any local fast food restaurants. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
October 24th 10 am -8:30 pm
Feast for the Dead will be in the evening. Please bring a dish to share, one from your family traditions, that your ancestors may have eaten. You are also encouraged to bring family photos and stories!!
CLOSED

September 2009

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
September 26-27 10 am - 6 pm on saturday and 10 am to 5 pm on sunday
CLOSED

AUGUST 2009

2nd Annual Shaman's Walk, Healing Circle, Community Networking & Bazaar

Saturday August 15th from noon-5 pm Cost $25

Background: We first experienced the Shaman’s Walk years ago with Canadian friends in Windsor, Canada & Brenda Atkinson, who initiated this event. We attended several Shaman's Walks, and always found them to be a powerful personal and community event!

Now, we are celebrating our 2nd annual walk in mid-Michigan for the shamanic community near and far!

With this "Walk", we celebrate our connection to each other and all things with intense drumming, dancing, journeying, sharing and networking. You are welcome to come with an open heart and a desire to experience the ecstasy of a large Shamanic Community.

PLEASE BRING:

Item for Empowerment Altar that you would like to have filled with power by the Spirits
Drums & rattles if you have them (bring extras to share with others if you would)
A cushion & blanket for sitting & lying down on the floor (chairs available)
Notebook, pen, drawing material if desired
Shamanic tools (masks, robes, prayer sticks, medicine bags, stones etc. *Shamanic regalia for those who have it, honors the Spirits and aids in deepening connections with them)
Eye covering (Siberian mask, scarf, bandanna, etc.)
Wear comfortable layered clothing and slippers/socks (we will walk without shoes)
Personal bottled water
Finger food or beverage to share (cheese, veggies, crackers, nuts, fruit, chips, goodies)
Bring any flyers or business cards you may want to share with others.
We’ll have drums, rattles, CD’s, books, medicine bags, jewelry and other goodies for sale too!
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Please join us!

IMPORTANT: If you plan on registering at the door, you must come by 11:45am at latest.
The entry Gate to the Nature Conservancy will be locked, and we'll be 'in session'. You can still park just outside the gate and walk in, but will not be able to park by the facility.
***However, please note that if you cannot stay the entire time, you are able to leave when you want to. We'll help with that! : )
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***Please register early, last summer we ran out of space and not everyone who wanted to was able to attend.

To Register: complete & send by Tuesday, August 11th (we will confirm if there is room by return email) with registration check made out to Kate Durda
Mail to : Spirit Weavers, Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Name____________________________________ Amount Included _________________
Address (inc Zip code ) _____________________________________________________
Phone (h)______________________(cell)_________________
Email_______________________________________________

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Spirituality and Young Folk: Sharing stories
exploring spiritual & self-knowledge
Open to youth from 13-17 yrs
Sunday August 16th, 2009 (wkshop postponed)
with Kate Durda, M.A.
1pm-5pm

CENTER for Health, Humanities and Well Being
Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E Michigan Ave, Suite 130

Teens have profound beliefs and meaningful spiritual experience from a very early age. Sometimes the gifted individual may feel alone, with no peers to talk with about their spiritual experiences. In this workshop, participants will share with each other what their spiritual path is like, and also learn some powerful spiritual practices/principles that will help them stay spiritually healthy. Participants will have the opportunity learn about and walk the Labyrinth, and to drum, using frame drums and a large community ‘pow wow’ style drum (drums provided). Open to those 13-17yrs old.

More Info to be announced:

Cost of Class: $25. To Register, contact Kate, or see website for how to apply, and other details of the program

The Background of Presenter:
Kate Durda, M.A., is a shamanic practitioner, esoteric healer (I.N.E.H.), educator, and developmental psychologist. She is co-founder of Spirit Weavers, an organization dedicated to providing experiential training in shamanism and offering shamanic healing, locally and long-distance.

For More information: (517) 543-6754; SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

Mailing Address: Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837

2nd Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
with Stephanie Tighe assisted by Kate Durda
2009: August 29,30 - on saturday we will meet from 10 am until 6 pm and from 10 am until 5 pm on sunday
September 26,27, October 24, December 5
2010: January 23 (Winter Shamans Dance-will also include power dance/healing drum ceremony), February 20, 21, March 27, April 24

This will be a small, intensive, and experiential group. You will learn and practice advanced shamanic healing methods over the course of 9 months, with the same small group of colleagues. Past participants in long term trainings have found such training in small groups to be powerful, safe, and allow deeper exploration of the material in a safe, supportive circle of peers. We will also be looking at the issue of personal power and becoming "Persons of Power".

Shamanic healing methods to be covered in this intensive include: Soul Retrieval; Plant Spirit Medicine; Extraction; Restoration of lost Power; Psychopomp (working with those who have died or are in the dying process) and more.

We will also cover other spirit directed techniques, ethics, establishing a healing practice, sensing energy, shifting energy, and how to help your clients to receive healings. We will cover the use of ritual tools (i.e. soul catchers) and the use of regalia/masks. During our first session Kate will guide us in making our own rattles to be used for healing work.

This training is a wonderful opportunity! You can avoid the cost/time of traveling to distant workshop sites. You have the opportunity to participate where you live, as well as develop relationships with folks in our communities!!

Please plan to attend all sessions - please be aware that the time of session may change from session to session. Please note the time of the sessions in your appointment books.

Pre-requisite: Application is required for this training! The ability to journey as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies or Spirit Weavers. Also needed is a good relationship with your power animal(s) and teachers and e-mail access with a commitment to checking it at least one time per week. You must be willing to receive and give healings during the course of the program. You will be expected to find persons in your life outside of the program upon whom you can practice your healing techniques as you learn them.

Cost: $900 (if you want to make payments please contact Stephanie or Kate)

For an Application , or if you would like more information about this program please contact Stephanie at StephanieTighe@gmail.com

JUNE 2009

6th Annual “Journey of the Open Heart”
Becoming a Person of Power and Wisdom

June 14, Sunday 2009 (time may be changing to 10am-4pm)

closed group-Final Session

MAY 2009

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing

with Kate Durda, M.A. and Stephanie Tighe
May 16, 2009, Saturday 11-5pm (NOTE: this is DATE CHANGE... )
Grand Ledge, Mi (near Lansing): directions will be sent upon receipt of registration!

$50 pre-registration if received by WEDNESDAY May 13th only) --
after 5/14, cost is $60 at door ( if space available-please call to register late)

6th Annual “Journey of the Open Heart”
Becoming a Person of Power and Wisdom

May 17th, 2009
-ongoing closed group-

April 2009

6th Annual “Journey of the Open Heart”
Becoming a Person of Power and Wisdom

April 4, 2009 11am-5pm
-ongoing closed group-
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Celtic Shamanism: Two-Year Training Program
with Tom Cowan "REUNION"
This program is only open to those who completed the Michigan Training
April 24-26 at Kellogg Biological Station
" CELTIC TREE LORE "
for direction to Kellogg visit here: http://www.kbs.msu.edu/directions/

MARCH 2009

6th Annual “Journey of the Open Heart”
Becoming a Person of Power and Wisdom

March 14, 2009 11am-5pm
-ongoing closed group-
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February 2009

Drumming Circle
Wednesday Feb, 18 at 6:30 pm.
We meet at Sparrow Professional Building (across the street from the hospital)
Suite 130 (Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities & Well Being
6:30 pm until about 8:30 pm
Contact us if you wish to be placed on our monthly reminder list for Circle dates.
This is a Shamanism Journey group - open to all who know how to Journey!
Pre-requisite is knowledge of how to journey (see intro class below)

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing

with Kate Durda, M.A.
February 7, Saturday 11am- 5pm
at Sparrow's Center for Health, Humanites & WellBeing
1200 E Michigan Ave, Sparrow Professional Bldg, Suite 130

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

JANUARY 2009

January 24, Saturday (Noon- ~4pm)

* note -correction: registration requested by Wednesday January 21st!!

Mid-Winter SHAMANS' DANCE
At mid-winter, BEAR rolls over
marking the beginning of the return of the Sun.

At this auspicious time, we will share:
The RELEASE JOURNEY - to review and learn from our Past Year
The RENEWAL DANCE - to call forth WHO We Are BECOMING

We host this DANCE with the dream of it being a wonderful coming together of the shamanic community! With this "DANCE", we honor the Spirits by deeply connecting and paying attention to both Who We Have Been and stepping into Who We Are Becoming.

Location: at Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, Michigan http://www.miwildlife.org

Schedule:
12 noon -1:00pm. Please arrive early to meet and greet! Browse the Shamans’ Bazaar and share a cup of tea, hot chocolate or coffee! ***If you wish to sell your crafts, books, drums/rattles, and other shamanic supplies please contact us to reserve a table - given space, only those who reserve a table will be included in the SHAMAN's BAZAAR!

1:15 - 3:00 CEREMONY- Journeying, Dancing, Drumming
3:00 – 4:00 FEASTING!!! Sharing stories, feedback about the day!

PLEASE BRING: A dish or beverage to share for the feast at the end of the ceremony! Finger food is best… (plz bring tableware if you need it for your dish)
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IMPORTANT: This event is limited to 50 participants, and this Summer's Shamans' Walk filled quickly. We will refund those who come in after 50.
You Must be pre-registered for this gathering due to space limitations.

There will be NO REGISTRATION at the DOOR **UNLESS you have called us and we CONFIRM that there is room! Only then we can accept your attendance. There's always the case that someone may have cancelled at last mintue and made a space available, so don't hesitate to call.

At 1pm, the Entry Gate to the Nature Conservancy will be locked, and we'll be 'in session'. You can still park just outside the gate and walk in, but will not be able to park by the facility. However, please note that if you cannot stay the entire time, you are able to leave when you want to.
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Once we receive your registration, we will EMAIL you to let you we received your registration, and will send you an email with what to bring, and final information about the event. Directions to the retreat center, Michigan Wildlife Conservancy is at http://www.miwildlife.org

To Register:
Registration must be received by Wednesday January 21st
Send registration check for $35 and form completed below.
made out to ** Kate Durda **
Mail to : kate Durda, Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
for each person registering, please list:
Name____________________________________
Address (inc Zip code ) _____________________________________________________
Phone (h)______________________(cell)_________________
Email_______________________________________________

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6th Annual

Shamanism IntermediateApprenticeship Program-2008

“Journey of the Open Heart”

with KATE DURDA, MA … SPIRIT WEAVERS -- in Lansing area

Dates: Five Saturdays -2/28,3/14, 4/4, 4/25, 5/16, 2009

**Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training or experience with Shamanic Journey from Spiritweavers or other similar teachings.

This is the program for you if you are serious about developing a personal spiritual practice,

a solid foundation in Shamanism, and your abilities as a healer, if that is your path.

You will receive intensive training, and through personal experiential work,

develop and benefit from a powerful personal spiritual practice!

December 2008

Shamanism: path of empowerment & healing

with Kate Durda, M.A.
December 6, Saturday 11am- 5pm
at Sparrow's Center for Health, Humanites & WellBeing
1200 E Michigan Ave, Sparrow Professional Bldg, Suite 130

Bring a water bottle, LUNCH/Snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

November 2008

Feast for the Dead
Saturday Nov. 1, 6pm

contact Stephanie for more information, stephanietighe@gmail.com or 517 242-3927

August 2008
Introduction to Shamanism: How to Journey
August 2nd, Saturday Noon - 5pm
with Kate Durda, M.A.

at Sparrow Center for Health,Humanities & WellBeing
Suite 130, Sparrow Professional Bldg, 1200 E Michigan Ave
*THIS CLASS is a pre- requisite for all advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Please pre-register to assure space in training. Space limited. Call ahead if you plan on registering at the door to be sure there is room.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. Groundbreaking work in fields such as the 'new biology', quantum physics, and alternative medicine are validating what shamans and other wise spiritual healers knew and practiced thousands of years ago. We know that the mind/body/spirit connection is of vital importance not only in helping us to heal from illness, but beyond that, to truly 'thrive' and live in a state of 'wellness'.

This will be an experiential workshop. You will learn a practice to shift your your brain wave activity into more optimal states for healing. The benefits of one type of brain activity, the alpha brainwave, are the ability to relax and keep the mind on idle when not focused on specific task, heightened feelings of well-being and euphoria, increased creativity, and deep emotional healing. Yet it has been found that 20 % of the population does not engage in alpha brain waves. Also, Another benefit of shamanic practice is that it allows us to engage in deep levels of self-healing, particularly on the subconscious level.You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, LUNCH/Snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

Faery Doctoring:
A Five-Day Residential Training Program
with Tom Cowan from New York see his website -www.RiverDrum.com
August 6-10, 2008 (starts with dinner at 6pm on Wednesday, and ends approx 3pm on Sunday)
Pre-requiste: Shamanic Journey ability as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies or someone trained in the FSS core shamanic approach. Contact us if you wish to discuss this.

Faery doctors are men and women in rural Ireland and other Celtic lands who treat people suffering from illnesses and misfortunes attributed to faery influence. In the past, faery doctoring was strongest in areas without western medical care and where the presence of the Otherworld was recognized as one of the realities of daily life. As modern ways of life encroached on these traditional societies, faery doctoring was looked upon as superstition, and much of the old wisdom was lost. And yet, like shamanism, it is undergoing a revival. The faery doctor -- like the shaman or the druid -- re-appears in every age to meet the needs of the times. Every age must, therefore, come to its own understanding of the faery world and its relationship to it.

Working as a faery doctor means allying yourself, your shamanic practice, and other areas of your life with that realm of the Otherworld that some Celtic people call the Sidhe (pronounced "shee" and meaning both the faery world and the faeries themselves). It requires working with middle-world spirits according to our shamanic three-world scheme. Like all shamanic practices, faery doctoring requires working with and for the spirit world as much as seeking its help for ours. In fact, being a faery doctor may require living more closely with -- and between -- the worlds than what many people consider their usual shamanic practice. It requires new levels of commitment.

This five-day training program is structured so that participants can "partner up" with the faery world and learn traditional faery doctoring methods, such as healing ritual, prayer, gift-giving, song and music, love-talking, life-force rescuing, using elemental power objects, and other activities. But faery doctoring is more than just a collection of practices. It is actually a way of life, a shamanic way of living as faery allies who continue, even after the five days, to discover and create ways to promote health, beauty, love, vitality, and a relationship with the Sidhe based on cooperation, friendship, and affection.

There is a growing realization that the faery world and ours must live, work, and play in greater harmony than they currently do. The epidemic of illnesses with traditional faery-related symptoms -- such as tiredness, depression, listlessness, low enthusiasm for life, and an inability to focus attention that suggests partial soul loss -- is one manifestation of this disharmony. The Sidhe are taking energy and vitality from humans to restore and re-balance the life force that we consume wastefully, selfishly, and in great quantities. Modern exploitation of Earth's resources weakens Earth's ability to sustain diversity of life, including the life of the Sidhe.

The Sidhe need human allies and human energy to help them preserve Nature's vitality, just as we need their cooperation to heal individuals suffering from faery-related illnesses.

Participants should be seriously committed to shamanic living and be interested in adapting their current shamanic practice to middle-world work with the Sidhe. This is an advanced program, and participants need strong shamanic skills and some degree of commitment to using shamanism to learn faery doctoring so they can serve the needs of the human world, the faery world, and the Earth that is our common home.. Hopefully, we will become a new generation of faery doctors.

The Location:
This training will be held at Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Conference Center situated on beautiful Gull Lake in southwest Michigan. The Conference Center (see www.kbs.msu.edu/Conference), is located on the former W. K. Kellogg 34 acre estate, which includes more than a quarter mile of Gull Lake shoreline, a beautiful wooded and gardened area. Ancient beeches and cedars, a marsh pond abounding with wildlife, herons and bald eagles will be some of our companions in our journeywork.
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Medicine for the Earth: restoring health to self & earth
with Kate Durda, M.A & Stephanie Tighe,MSW
August 16-17 Location to be determined
Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 9:30am - 4pm
Cost: sliding scale* preregistered is $100 by August 13th; At door $120 if space available..
(* sliding scale- more if you can, less if you can't. You decide.)
Repeat entire workshop for only $35!
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

JULY 2008

Summer Shamanic Gathering!

COMMUNITY HEALING CIRCLE
&
SHAMAN'S WALK

July 26, 2008 Saturday 12 noon -5 p.m.

Note: Sorry, -registration closed, we have full registration for this event.
***Open to Shamanic practitioners -those who ‘journey’. Contact us with questions.

     Shaman's Walk     Healing circle
                            "Give Away"
              Community Networking & Bazaar

____________Feasting /socializing! ___________

Now, we are birthing the walk in mid-Michigan for the shamanic community near and far!

PLEASE BRING:

Item for Empowerment Altar that you would like to have filled with power by the Spirits
Drums & rattles if you have them (bring extras to share with others if you would)
A cushion & blanket for sitting & lying down on the floor (chairs available)
Notebook, pen, drawing material if desired
Shamanic tools (masks, robes, prayer sticks, medicine bags, stones etc. *Shamanic regalia for those who have it, honors the Spirits and aids in deepening connections with them)
Eye covering (Siberian mask, scarf, bandanna, etc.)
Wear comfortable layered clothing and slippers/socks (we will walk without shoes)
Personal bottled water
Finger food or beverage to share (cheese, veggies, crackers, nuts, fruit, chips, goodies)
Bring any flyers or business cards you may want to share with others.
****If you have spiritual books or spiritual items you would like to share with others and move them to the next good home, bring them for a “GIVE AWAY” table.
We’ll have drums, rattles, CD’s, books, medicine bags, jewelry and other goodies for sale too!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please join us!

To Register: complete & send by Wednesday, July 23 with registration check made out to Kate Durda
Mail to : Spirit Weavers, Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Name____________________________________ Amount Included _________________
Address (inc Zip code ) _____________________________________________________
Phone (h)______________________(cell)_________________
Email_______________________________________________

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June 2008

Medicine for the Earth: restoring health to self & the earth
with Kate Durda

Saturday, June 7, 2008
Midland, Mi. at Creative Spirit Arts Center   11 am to 5 pm
$55 ($5 discount for members of the Creative Spirit Arts Center)
****** pre-registration kindly requested for planning purposes *****
This experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com

It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins. Note: Tea will be provided; please bring a snack or your self and/or to share.

For more information or to register contact Creative Spirit Center at 989 837-1885.
Their mailing address is 1517 Bayliss St., PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org

Getting Powerful with your Power Animal:
exploring spiritual & self-knowledge
Open to youth from 9-14 yrs old.
Saturday June 14, 2008
with Kate Durda, M.A.
9am-11am pm $20 if received by June 11**** $30 afterwards if room available.

CENTER for Health,Humanities and WellBeing
Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E Michigan Ave, Suite 130

People of every age may have profound beliefs and meaningful spiritual experiences- throughout our lives. Young folks may be more ‘in tune’ from a very early age! In this workshop, participants will ‘journey’ to discover their ‘Power Animal” or Totem. In traditional cultures spiritual beliefs, power animals are animal spirits which reside within each individual and keep us safe, and are like our ‘guardian angels’. They lend us their strength, and share their abilities and wisdom.

EAGLE may see clearly and know what is happening at any time;
FOX may be good at blending in, and avoiding trouble;
BEAR may offer their strength and protection;
SPIDER may share her ability to weave and create beautiful art.
WOLF may show us the path, where to walk, how to live!
DOLPHIN may show us how to be comfortable with others!

Participants will also have the opportunity to share with each other their experiences, and to drum, dance, and sing, to connect and experience the gifts of their power animal/totem, through the use of rattles, frame drums and a 24inch ‘pow wow’ style drum (provided).

about Kate:

KATE A. DURDA is a developmental psychologist, spiritual healer, teacher, researcher and consultant. She has had extensive training in various spiritual healing traditions in the past 20 years. She has offered spiritual healing and advising, as well as spiritual training programs for the past 11 years. She has taught in the U.S, Canada, and internationally, as well as locally at Sparrow’s Center for Health, Humanities, and Well-Being.

She has been a presenter at numerous academic as well as spiritual conferences inside and outside of the U.S. While her primary audience is adult, as a developmental psychologist, she is well suited to work with all age populations, and has worked with youth specifically at the following:

-International Youth Peacemaker Conference: The Consciousness of Peace;in Cleveland, Ohio;

-International Conference on War and Peace, in St Petersburg,Russia, in collaboration with the
Jane Goodall Youth "Roots and Shoots" organization.

- First International Conference on Children's Spirituality

- We Want the Music Festival, Michigan - Children's spirituality workshop

and more. to talk with kate: email Spiritweaver@voyager.net Phone: 517 543 6754 home

For map to Sparrow Professional Building--see

http://www.sparrow.org/maps/default.asp

INTRO to Shamanism:
Mind,Body,Spirit and back to the “basics”

June 14th, Saturday 12 noon- 5pm

with Kate Durda, M.A.
Sparrow Center for Health,Humanities & WellBeing
Suite 130, Sparrow Professional Bldg, 1200 E Michigan Ave
*Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

$50 pre-registration (received by Wednesday June 11)- $60 after June 11/at the door, if space available.For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
Please Note: Please pre-register to assure space in training. Space limited. Call ahead if you plan on registering at the door to be sure there is room.

Please bring water bottle and snacks if you wish, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Folks often refer to journey while lying on the floor, so it is recommended you bring a mat and/or a snuggy blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

For map to Sparrow Professional Building--see

http://www.sparrow.org/maps/default.asp

May 2008

Advanced Shamanic Healing CLOSED
May 3, 2008 - final session

REUNION! Spirit Weavers Advanced Shamanic Initiations and Shamanic Healing -Three Year Program May 7-11, 2008
CLOSED: Reunion available only to persons who participated in this program from 2004-2007

Session 5 Final: Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
“Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA,
May 17th, 2008 ~closed

April 2008

Advanced Shamanic Healing CLOSED
April 19-20, 2008

Session 4: Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
“Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA,
April 26, 2008 ~closed

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
April 5th, Saturday 11am- 5pm

$50 pre-registration (received by April 1) -- $60 after April 1 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, LUNCH/Snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

March 2008

Session 3: Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA
March 29, 2008 ~closed

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Coming Home to True Self :
A one-day retreat of healing & empowerment

March 2nd, Sunday Noon-5pm at the Creative Spirit Center, Midland, Michigan
with KATE DURDA, M.A.
Cost $ $60

Come rejuvenate!

Find again your passion, joy in living!

Experience your direct connection with spirit, and your inner self.

Treat yourself to a relaxing and healing day of retreat!

Join us for a relaxing, rejuvenating session of guided visualization, drumming, and more!
Learn established techniques that will help you relax, and recover your sense of self and your energy .

The many demands of workplace, family and society can deplete us, while proper attention to our selves can help us maintain balance and vitality, and a sense of calm.

This experiential workshop is focused on coming home to our True Self – living in synchrony with our “soul’s purpose”. The “True Self” is that place from which we truly can be in harmony with who we are, what gives us joy and meaning. From that place of centeredness, we recover, remember, and learn how to stay in balance, full of energy, with joy and passion for living! Will include guided visualization, mind/body exercises, movement, & ‘frame’ drumming!

Bring a journal and pen, snacks, and a frame drum if you have one. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, and bring a bandanna or eye cover. Since often people prefer to so some of the visualization exercises while lying on the floor, fully relaxed, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

February 2008

5^th Annual
Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship Program-2008
“Journey of the Open Heart”

Starts FEBRUARY 23rd! *** note CHANGE IN DATE!!

with KATE DURDA, MA -- in Lansing area

2008 Dates: SATURDAYS Feb 23, March 8, March 29, April 26th, May 17
Time: 11am – 5:00pm COST $350 ( 5 days)

Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training (contact me for information on how to get this training if you haven't yet. We can set something up!) or experience with Shamanic Journey from Spirit Weavers or other similar teachings.

If you are seeking to improve your life, strengthen your spirituality, and be the person you were meant to be in this life time, this is a good program for you! If you are serious about developing a solid foundation in Shamanism, this work will help you truly gain the power to be a spiritual force for good in your own life, and for the world. Power is the ability to use energy, and a spiritually adept person is able to manifest change for their own and others’ highest good. This program has been positively life altering to past participants.

This is the program for you if you are serious about developing a solid foundation in Shamanism. You will receive training, and through experiential work will develop a powerful personal spiritual practice. We believe that it is important to take things one step at a time, and really learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and find your true selves before moving on to learning advanced healing methods.

Please note that Spirit Weavers offers a comprehensive training program of advanced workshops, including Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training (offered again in Oct 2008) for your further study.

Shamanism is a Path of Healing. Shamanism training does not “make you’ a shaman. Only Spirit directs that. However, through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are. We remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain intimate connection with our gifts, innate abilities, passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection. *** This is “the Journey of the Open Heart ***

This program will provide a safe & supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet for five full days (usually once a month). In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, allow your natural abilities to be revealed and strengthened, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
Various methods of journeying
shamanic healing: of self, and for others, including healing spirits of place,
divination methods
working with nature spirits
shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
use of power objects such as medicine bags, rocks and crystals, masks,amulets,
use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
dream work, journaling, etc.

Spirituality is about who you are becoming, so the time you spend on your own personal work is very valuable. Each Saturday will include some lecture, lots of experiential work, individually/with partner/ in group. There will be ceremony, dance or song, and outdoor work at times. Also, I will support focused time for individual spiritual quests and exploration. Our final session is usually held at my home, from 1-8pm, instead of the You will receive a thorough and full foundation in shamanism in this training, and will be well –prepared to advance in training if desired.

REGISTRATION and COST :

Deposit of $100 due by Wed Feb 20, or call/email me for other arrangements.

Full Registration is $350- due by February 23rd, the first class. However, we always want to make this program accessible to all who are truly interested so please note that we can set up a " Payment 'plan' over time.
Please contact me to discuss!
Please email SpiritWeaver@voyager.net or call Kate at 517 667 0694 for more information.
If you are interested, and I will send an application and the registration form!

*Registration and $100 deposit due by ** February 22nd, 2008 *** to assure you a place in the program.
*** Enrollment is limited, so acceptance will be on a first come basis.

Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Kate Durda, MA, is a developmental psychologist, reiki master, esoteric healer, shamanic practitioner, and educator. She has taught throughout the U.S., in Canada, in Russia and is also available for healing work or personal consultation. She is co-founder of Spirit Weavers, an organization devoted to providing experiential spiritual training and healing to those interested. She is planning member and instructor at the Sparrow Hospital’s Center for Health, Humanities, & Well-Beingis , and is committee member of the Sparrow Hospital Holistic Network and Education (SHINE) committee working to introduce alternative/complementary treatment options to hospital staff, patients, and the public. Currently she is collaborating with Sandra Ingerman (author of “Soul Retrieval”) and the University of Michigan (Integrative Medicine Department and the Cardiology Department) on a pilot research study of the efficacy of spirituality with heart attack survivors (methodology is focused on S.Ingerman’s Medicine for the Earth methodology). Kate is also on the board of the Peace Education Center (PEC) in Lansing, MI, and also chairs the “Peace-Healing Action Circle of PEC.

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Advanced Shamanic Healing CLOSED
March 8, 2008

Session 2: Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA
March 8, 2008 ~closed

Advanced Shamanic Healing CLOSED
February 9-10, 2008

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JANUARY 2008

Shamanism: Path of Empowerment and Healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
January 12, Saturday 11am- 5pm

$50 pre-registration rec'd by January 9th / Wednesday -- $60 at the door, if space available
***Please EMAIL me or Call to hold a space ASAP & to assure the class will be a 'go' ***

For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

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Advanced Shamanic Healing CLOSED
January 12 - 13, 2008

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December 2007

-postponed til January 12
Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
December 9th, 2007 SUNDAY Noon to 5pm

November 2007
-postponed til January 12
Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
November 4th, 2007 SUNDAY 10:am- 4:30pm

$50 pre-registration (received by November 1st !) -- $60 after Nov 1 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Celtic Shamanism: Two-Year Training Program
with Tom Cowan from New York see his website -www.RiverDrum.com
Nov. 9-11. 2007 CLOSED - FINAL SESSION

Peacemakers Reunion
Weekend before Thanksgiving
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan

Weekend available only to persons who participated in the Peacemakers Intensive in Michigan.

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October 2007

Medicine for the Earth
with Kate Durda in TRENTON, MI
October 20-21, 2007
$130-150 (sliding scale-more if you can, less if you can't) if registered by October 17.
$150 late registration at door, if room
** If you have taken MFE before with me or other FSS folks, repeat is only $50

This experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience. FIRE CEREMONY Saturday ; Transfiguration Healng Ceremony Sunday.   Kate has worked with Sandra extensively and hase completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Midland, Michigan at the Creative Spirit Arts Center
Saturday, October 27 10am - 4pm
$65 ($5 discount for members) *** Please register by October 24th !
$20 repeat class (At Door - $70)

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

Pre-registration/pre-payment by October 24th is kindly requested.
For more information or to register contact:

Creative Spirit Center
1517 Bayliss St.,
PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org
Call to register: 989 837-1885 or email creativity@creativespiritcenter.org

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September 2007

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
September 8th, 2007 Saturday 12 Noon- 5pm

$60 pre-registration (received by September 5) -- $70 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
at BodyWorks Healing Center, in Plymouth
with Kate Durda in Plymouth, Michigan
September 9, 2007, SUNDAY 10am-5pm

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

Cost: $100 pre-registration (received by September 8); $115 at the door, if space available

TO REGISTER - Contact
Bodyworks Healing Center
819 North Mill Street
Plymouth , MI 48170
Phone Number: (734) 416-5200

Email Address: info@bodyworkshealingcenter.com

Website: http://www.bodyworkshealingcenter.com/contact.php

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August 2007

Community Re-Dedication to Peace and Memorial for Victims of War
August 5, Sunday, 1:30 pm
This event is being held at the site of the new memorial on the campus of Lansing Community College between Dart Auditorium and the outdoor amphitheatre.
There will be a Peace Pole rededication Ceremony, Speakers, Music and Inspiration.
Reception will follow in the Sun Room of the Hermann Conference Center. Refreshments provided.
We, Kate and Stephanie, will be drumming for part of this event and invite all those who have drummed with us before to join us.
This event is sponsored by LCC People for Positive Social Change. Ben Miller, an active member, inspired this event with his work for non-violence and justice.
For more information contact Perry at 517 483-9653

MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH.
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July 2007

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
July 15th, 2007 Sunday 12 Noon - 5pm
$55 pre-registration (received by Wednesday July 11th) -- $65 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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June 2007

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
at BodyWorks Healing Center, in Plymouth
with Kate Durda in Plymouth, Michigan
June 10, 2007, SUNDAY 10am-5pm

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

Cost: $100 pre-registration (received by June 1st); $115 at the door, if space available

TO REGISTER - Contact
Bodyworks Healing Center
819 North Mill Street
Plymouth , MI 48170
Phone Number: (734) 416-5200

Email Address: info@bodyworkshealingcenter.com

Website: http://www.bodyworkshealingcenter.com/contact.php

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
June 9, 2007 Saturday 12 Noon - 5pm
$55 pre-registration (received by May May 30th) -- $65 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $20.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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RATTLE MAKING WORKSHOP (postponed)
June 15, 2007 Friday.... 6:00-8:00 pm AND June 17, SUNDAY 10am-5pm

June 2nd,2 hr session AND June 4th, 3 hr session.
2 sessions are needed to complete the rattle. Rattle must dry between sessions.

If you can't make this one, please email us to be put on mailing list for future rattlemaking workshops.

Rattles are very important shamanic tools, used for ceremony, calling the Spirits, and journeying. Making your own tools for spiritual practice is very powerful, and a wonderful way to strengthen your connection to the Spirit World. Interest in making a rattle for your own spiritual use is prerequisite for this workshop. You will create your own personal rawhide rattle, and can purchase additional supplies for making your own rattles.

Rattles are made with your choice of hides: cow, elk, deer, moose. Rattles /Drums made with choice of hides: cow, elk, deer, moose. All gifts from the animal/plant spirits honored in the creation of these spiritual tools. Honoring Ceremonies are shared.

This workshop will meet in two sessions, due to the nature of rattle making!

Note: We also have handcrafted rattles for purchase. See our website. We can do individual personalized rattles incorporating materials you want used in the making, upon request. We also will handpaint rattles to your specification

We also offer workshops on making your own drums and other personal spiritual items such as
"Personal Altars ” or “Prayer Cards’. Get our our SACRED CRAFT EMAIL LIST for notice of events!
Peacemakers Reunion
First Weekend in June
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan

Contact us if interested in more information. This gathering is now open to anyone interested in spiritual and shamanic approaches to healing, conflict resolution, social justice and PEACE!

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May 2007

Celtic Shamanism: Two-Year Training Program
3rd Session MAY 4-6, 2007 with Tom Cowan from New York
Please visit his website for more info on Tom! - www.RiverDrum.com
(4th and last session is Nov. 9-11. 2007)
CLOSED

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4th Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda
Final Session - May 12th, 2007
Grand Ledge, Michigan
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Peace & Healing Action Group

“Do not give up hope, we were made for these times!” Clarissa Pinkola-Estes

Meets the second Monday of every month at 7 pm.
Next meeting is May 14th at the Peace Education Center , East Lansing
Rainbow Room Annex ( ground floor –next to PeaceEd office)
855 Grove Stree,; East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 337-8087
website: www.peaceedcenter.org

“ The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship , their oneness, with the universe and all its power,
…it is within each of us”. - Black Elk (Oglala Sioux elder and Medicine Man)

The Peace & Healing group was implemented to weave a solid spiritual approach into the peace movement.
When asked if she would join a "anti-war" march, Mother Teresa declined. She added that she would join in a "peace march". The Peace & Healing group aims to provide a positive action group to explore and promote peace, social justice, personal and community healing, and healthy living. Purpose includes: to promote social justice in accordance with higher beliefs; to explore and promote spiritual practices supporting personal and community healing, health, and peace; and promote a shared recognition of our ‘oneness’ not only with all people, but also all of life. Spiritual awareness is key to this group's existence. Protest and acts of conscience are critical, but there is much more work needed in our efforts to creating peace, both in ourselves, and in the world.

Participants will chose the focus, but areas of interest could include:

How to be a spiritual ‘peacekeeper’
Public education and efforts to fostering hope and social action
Community-wide actions for support and direction in times of disaster
Spiritual methods of conflict resolution
Focus on healing for survivors of trauma (vets, domestic assault, abuse,etc)
Environmental health
Voluntary simplicity
Support for self –healing and community healing
Ceremonies, community movies, reading group(s) and public activities to support the goals and ends of the PEC and Peace & Healing task force.
Networking with local, national, and international organizations promoting the goals of this task force and PEC
Other
To join, or more info-contact contact: Kate Durda, PEC board member
517.543.6754 or email spiritweaver@voyager.net
or contact the Peace Education Center www.Peaceedcenter.org

Please join us and “Be the change you want to see in the world” (Gandhi)

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Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
(Note: Only open to those participating in the Medicine for the Earth workshop on May 26-27)
with Kate Durda in Chatham, Ontario
May 25, 2007, Friday 6-9pm
$ 15 pre-registration (received by May 18th; $20 at the door, if space available)

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies
www.Shamanism.org ) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

To register: call Sally Joyce at (519) 351-5703 or email wisewomanway@hotmail.com

Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Medicine for the Earth:
Restoring Health to Self and Environment
with Kate Durda, M.A.
May 26-27,2007 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Cost: $95 Canadian if paid by May 18th; $115 if paid later, or at door, if room. Space is limited. Please register early to ensure a place in the training.
(see also the accompanying May 25th 2 hr Intro to journeying above, for wkshop participants only)

This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.

For for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net
To REGISTER: call Sally Joyce at (519) 351-5703 or email wisewomanway@hotmail.com

Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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April 2007

4th Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda
Fourth Session - April 28, 2007
Grand Ledge, Michigan
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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Midland, Michigan at the Creative Spirit Arts Center
April 29, 2007 Sunday 12:00 -5:30pm
$65 ($5 discount for members) *** Please register by April 26th!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

For more information or to register contact Creative Spirit Center at 989 837-1885. Their mailing address is 1517 Bayliss St., PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org
Three Year Program in Advanced
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
April 18-22 2007 *** FINAL SESSION of three year program!
CLOSED-final session of 3 yr program

4th Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda
FOURTH Session - April 28th, 2007
Grand Ledge, Michigan
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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Midland, Michigan at the Creative Spirit Arts Center
April 29th, 2007 Sunday 12:00 -5:30pm
$65 ($5 discount for members) *** Please register by April 22nd, if possible!
$20 repeat class (At Door - $70)

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

For more information or to register contact:

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March 2007

Lecture:

Shamanism: Path of Healing and Empowerment

with Kate Durda,M.A.

MARCH 6, 2007 6-8pm

$15 ($3 discount for members) *** Please register by April 22nd, if possible!
At door - $15, no discount

Cost: $15

Shamanism, the oldest recorded form of spirituality known, is an ancient and powerful practice still used today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. It is a personal spiritual practice, and a healing practice, not a religion. Specific healing methods and their relationship to other popular healing modalities used currently will be discussed. Find out how "Soul Retrieval" can powerfully help a person who has experienced 'post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); or "Extraction, can assist with physical pain ,energy leaks, and disruption of the chakra energy. This will be combination lecture/ discussion/ experiential session. Come with your questions as well, there will be time for question/answers.

Pre-registration/pre-payment is kindly requested.

For more information or to register contact:

Creative Spirit Center
1517 Bayliss St.,
PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org
Call to register: 989 837-1885 or email creativity@creativespiritcenter.org

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Peace & Healing Action Circle - Inaugural Meeting
Monday March 12th, 2007
at the Peace Education Center , East Lansing
Rainbow Room Annex ( ground floor –next to PeaceEd office)

855 Grove Street; East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 337-8087 website: www.peaceedcenter.org
Please email KATE at Spiritweaver@voyager.net if you have questions!

“ The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship , their oneness, with the universe and all its power, …it is within each of us”. - Black Elk (Oglala Sioux elder and Medicine Man)

Kate has been on the board of directors, and is starting up this group. Intent of the group is to provide a positive-action group to help create social change lending itself to peace and healthy living, thru spiritual means. It will be creative, fun, healing and satisfying!! Come join us to help ‘dream’ our dream of a better world!

The Peace & Healing group will provide a positive action group to explore and promote peace, social justice, personal and community healing, and healthy living. Purpose includes: to promote social justice in accordance with higher beliefs; to explore and promote spiritual practices supporting personal and community healing, health, and peace; and promote a shared recognition of our ‘oneness’ not only with all people, but also all of life. Protest and acts of conscience are critical, but there is much more work needed in our efforts to creating peace, both in ourselves, and in the world.

Participants will chose the focus, but areas of interest could include:

Focus on healing for survivors of trauma (vets, domestic assault, abuse,etc)

Environmental health
Voluntary simplicity
Support for self –healing and community healing

Ceremonies, community movies, reading group(s) and public activities to support the goals and ends of the PEC and Peace & Healing task force.

Networking with local, national, and international organizations promoting the goals of this task force and PEC
Other

To join, or more info-contact: Kate Durda, PEC board member

517.543.6754 or email spiritweaver@voyager.net or contact PEC!

Please join us and “Be the change you want to see in the world” (Gandhi)

“Do not give up hope, we were made for these times!” Clarissa Pinkola-Estes

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
March 18, 2007 SUNDAY 12 noon - 5:00pm
$60 pre-registration (received by March 14th); $70 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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4th Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
2nd session with Kate Durda March 10
Grand Ledge, Michigan

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February 2007

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
at BodyWorks Healing Center, in Plymouth
with Kate Durda in Plymouth, Michigan
February 4, 2007, SUNDAY 10am-5pm

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

Cost: $100 pre-registration (received by January 26th); $$115 at the door, if space available

TO REGISTER - Contact
Bodyworks Healing Center
819 North Mill Street
Plymouth , MI 48170
Phone Number: (734) 416-5200

Email Address: info@bodyworkshealingcenter.com

Website: http://www.bodyworkshealingcenter.com/contact.php

4th Shamanism Apprenticeship Program:
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
Meets five Saturdays, Feb. thru May, 2007 Time:11:00am-5:00pm
1st Session -February 10, 2007
(other dates- March 10, April 7, April 28, and May 12)
held in Grand Ledge, Michigan
Pre-requisite: Intro Shamanism training; ability to do shamanic journeying (if you don't know how to journey, but still are interested in the apprenticeship, please contact me so we can discuss this).

*COST IS SLIDING SCALE. I want to make this program accessible to all who are truly interested!
Registration is $250 to $350, more if you can, less if you can’t. Payment 'plan' over time is available too, please contact me to discuss!
Please consider what you pay for a massage, or other health/educational session in your decision!

     This apprenticeship program is for those of you who know how to journey, but want to really learn how to work with Shamanism as a spiritual 'practice' in your life! You will experientially learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and may discover more of your your true selves in this program. Through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are….And we remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process of remembering, and deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain our passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection… The journey of the open heart.
      By remembering and healing our ‘selves’, we become part of the larger process of remembering and healing each other, and the environments around us.   “As within, so without". Shamanism is a spiritual practice of restoring and maintaining balance, harmony, connection and love…Shamanism is a Path of Healing.
   This program will provide a safe and supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet one Saturday a month for 5 months , and will deepen shamanic journeying skills and other shamanic practices.

In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
        Various methods of journeying
        shamanic healing - of self and for others, including healing spirits of place
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
        dream work, journaling, etc.

Each Saturday will include some lecture, lots of experiential work, individually/with partner/ in group. There will be ceremony, dance or song, and outdoor work at times. Also, I will support focused time for individual spiritual quests and exploration. Spirituality is about who you are becoming, so the time you spend on your own personal work is very valuable. In addition, there will be group discussions and time for question/answer.

TO REGISTER or for more information: click here
OR Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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January 2007

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
Jan 27, 2007, SATURDAY 11:00 - 5:00pm
$60 pre-registration (received by January 20th); $70 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a sack lunch.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

December 2006

Peacemakers Reunion
December 8-10, 2006
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan

Weekend available only to persons who participated in the Peacemakers Intensive in Michigan.

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
December 2, 2006 SATURDAY 12:00 - 5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by October 11); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

November 2006

Medicine for the Earth Reunion and Healing Ceremony
with Kate Durda & Stephanie Tighe
November 4, Grand Ledge, near Lansing, Mi.
$35 registration received by Thursday November 2/ $45 at door
Time will be 12 Noon - 5pm.
*** Giving and Receiving the Healing we need!! ****

We are very happy to invite past MFE participants to this First Annual MFE gathering/reunion
It's a good time to get together and do ceremony, don't you think?? If you have a healing pratice, come regenerate with others. If you are relatively new to MFE practice, come deepen your experience!

We will share/present:
Selected review of Medicine for the Earth work, to deepen our experience with transfiguration
Selected exercises from Sandy Ingerman's "Healing with Spiritual Light" work,
and explore the 'latest' of Earth work experience,
During the day, we will do personal journeys, and some partner healing work.

We will end the day with a Transfiguration/Healing Ceremony, followed by a small "feast".
Please bring a very light snack/ or beverages to share.

Please bring:

Drums and rattles (we'll have extras if you don't)
Eye Cover/ journal
WATER to drink
To share: a very light snack/ or beverages (no kitchenhere, so keep it simple)
Item for community altar!
Ceremonial garb if you wish
Let's build our shamanic community! There will be a 'community check-in', and general networking!

Let's build our shamanic community! There will be a 'community check'in', place for fyou to distribute flyers about your shamanic groups/worskhops/ceremonies... and general networking!

Must contact Kate at 517.543.6754 or Spiritweaver@voyager.net by November 3 to attend!
Will give directions to those who are registered, or confirmed in attendance.

TO REGISTER: Please send $35 check/m.order made out to KATE DURDA, and mail to :

Kate Durda
Box 539,
Grand Ledge, MI 48837

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Celtic Shamanism: Two-Year Training Program
with Tom Cowan from New York see his website -www.RiverDrum.com
May 12-14, 2006, Nov. 10-12, 2006, May 4-6, 2007, Nov. 9-11. 2007
CLOSED

October 2006

Human Spirit Expo
Kate Durda, MA will be speaking on Shamanism from 3-4 pm.
Keynote speaker is Dan Millman, author of "Way of the Peaceful Warrior"
October 7, 2006 in Holt, Michigan
for more information see the website: www.humanspiritexpo.com or call 517 488-2459
Be sure to stop by the Spirit Weavers booth and register for a free handmade rattle.

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Midland, Michigan at the Creative Spirit Arts Center
October 8, 2006, Sunday 12:00 -5:30pm
$65 ($5 discount for members) *** Please register by October 5th!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

For more information or to register contact Creative Spirit Center at 989 837-1885. Their mailing address is 1517 Bayliss St., PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
October 14, 2006 Sunday 12:00 - 5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by October 11); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
5th Session: October 18-22 2006, next session April 18-22 2007
Base price for this workshop is $450 per session, if you are able to afford to pay more to begin a scholarship program, all contributions would be welcomed.
Fee includes tuition, room and board.
This residential workshop will be held at the Leaven Center near Portland, Mi.
CLOSED

Medicine for the Earth
with Kate Durda
October 28-29, 2006 in Grand Ledge, MI just west of Lansing
Saturday 11:15- 4 pm, Sunday 10 am - 3 pm
Cost: sliding scale* preregistered is $100-$150 ; At door $130 -$180, space available..
(* sliding scale- more if you can, less if you can't. You decide.) Repeat wkshop for $35!
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

September 2006

Medicine for the Earth
with Kate Durda
September 23, 2006 in Midland, Mi. at Creative Spirit Arts Center
9 am to 5 pm
$90 ($5 discount for members of the Creative Spirit Arts Center)
This experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.

For more information or to register contact Creative Spirit Center at 989 837-1885. Their mailing address is 1517 Bayliss St., PO Box 1204, Midland, Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at www.creativespiritcenter.org

NEW Crafting Weekend
with Stephanie
September 20-24 2006, at Leaven Center
$75 + potluck food
Bring your craft supplies and food to share. Leaven has a great space with beautiful windows overlooking the river and lots of table space. This is a good time to spend doing crafts (which we LOVE) and to spend time with other wonderful women!! You may learn a new skill or finish up a project you are already working on.
For more information contact Stephanie at journeyonit@yahoo.com or 517 242-3927

Medicine for the Earth
Restoring Health to Self and the Environment
with Kate Durda, MA
September 30, 2006 in Traverse City, Mi. at the P.E.A.C.E. Center
10 am until 8 pm (includes evening Fire Ceremony)
Cost is $110 if registered by September 25th, $130 after that

This experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
September 10, 2006 Sunday 12:00 -5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by May 18th,Wednesday); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Medicine for the Earth
Kate Durda
September 15-17, 2006 in Port Huron, Ontario, Canada
This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

July 2006

Mediumship
with Betsy Bergstrom
July 22-23, 2006 in Lansing, Mi. Plus July 21
Note Pre-requisites:
Prior workshop with B. Bergstrom only.... Friday July 21 session is optional refresher for you!),
OR
No prior training with B. Bergstrom, you must have good journeying skills AND completion of Betsy's July 21 training immediately prior to the Mediumship workshop! Call us with any questions about this!

Workshop TIMES: Saturday 9-6; Sunday 9-4pm (Friday July 21: 9am-5pm)

Cost: by June 20th is $235 ____ for Mediumship or ___$335 Mediumship plus FridayJuly 21

after June 20th is $255 ____ for Mediumship or ___ $355 Mediumship plus Friday July 21

** A limited number of rooms at Reduced cost hotel reservation are available at the Marriott Hotel of East Lansing...See Below! Deadline is June 30th (FRIDAY)

Many different kinds of beings dwell in this world that we live in.
Compassionate spirits and deities are some of those beings that are willing
to share their knowledge and wisdom to help humankind and the earth.
Mediumship, a partnering of spirit and humanity, is one of the ways that
these beings are able to offer their help. Join Betsy Bergstrom in a 2-day
workshop exploring this practice.

Mediums are people who are able to align their vibration with those of the
high spiritual beings in order to become channels or conduits for their
wisdom to come through. There are different styles and practices of
mediumship, including verbal and written channeling.

Some people are natural mediums and may be unaware of their abilities in
this area. Sometimes people are unknowingly channeling the thoughts and
feelings of spirits of the dead or even living people. Empathy and psychic
abilities may be aspects of mediumistic gifts. Lack of awareness off these
abilities or lack of training in them may unfortunately result in a variety
of mediumistic illnesses.

The workshop includes:

·     Explore the nature of conscious mediumship

·     Exploring different styles of mediumship

·     Learning authentic partnering with compassionate spirits

·     Protocols for safety

·     Determining personal gifts and styles

·     Developing a mediumistic practice

For more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or email us atSpiritWeaver@voyager.net

TO REGISTER: click here
NOTE: Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…
*SPECIAL RATE for JULY BERGSTROM WORKSHOPS ONLY... See EAST LANSING MARRIOTT Hotel
This hotel has free airport Shuttle service AND is within 3 blocks of workshop location for easy walking!
*****July hotel reservation deadline is June 30th, FRIDAY!******
See EAST LANSING MARRIOTT Hotel -- CLICK below for info.
This hotel has free airport Shuttle service AND is within 3 blocks of workshop location for easy walking!
For information on hotels in the area, click here.
For information on location of this workshop, click here.

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Shamanism: Healing and Empowerment
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
July 8, 2006 Saturday 12:00 -5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by July 6th Thursday); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

June 2006

Medicine for the Earth:
Personal and Environmental Transformation
with Kate Durda & Stephanie Tighe in the Lansing, Michigan area
at Michigan Nature Conservancy, Bath, Michigan www.miwildlife.org
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
JUNE 10-11 (Saturday-Sunday), 2006
Cost: sliding scale* preregistered is$100-$150 ; At door $130 -$180, space available..
(* sliding scale- more if you can, less if you can't. You decide.)
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration

Heart Centered Shamanic Depossession Training, Introduction
with Betsy Bergstrom in Lansing, Mi.
on the campus of Michigan State University
June 2,3 and 4, 2006 - Friday 10 am - 6 pm, Saturday 9;30 am - 6 pm, Sunday 9:30am - 4pm
Cost $335
Marriott Hotel East Lansing - 3 blocks walking distance! **Reduced rates available until May 18th only!! Call now to reserve room. Ask for "SpiritWeavers" group rate!

Pre-registration requested

Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth, says, "Betsy is the one I would train with in Depossession. I think she is a brilliant teacher of Depossession."

The clearing of possessing spirits has a profound impact on the person suffering from the problem, as well as on the practitioner who facilitates the clearing. Heart Centered Shamanic Clearing is a form of basic shamanic depossession and clearing work that incorporates the partnership of the Light of the Creator and the Heart Light of the Practitioner, along with the Helping Spirits to safely and respectfully free human beings from possession by suffering beings of all kinds. This training is for all practitioners who are interested in the recognition of possession, techniques for clearing and protocols for protection.

MATERIAL COVERED:
* Nature & fundamentals of possession and multiple possession
* The nature and possibilities of the Middle World
* Middle World protection and Allies * Recognition of possession and multiple possession
* Techniques for clearing the suffering beings, including live demonstrations
* Importance of clearing for the suffering being’s themselves
* Post-clearing protocols, aftercare for clients
* Required healing for client’s nervous system and psyche
* Personal protocol and care for self, before and after doing this work
* How to recognize curses and sorcery * Unraveling curses and creating preventatives

Betsy Bergstrom is a full-time Shamanic Practitioner from Seattle, Washington, who has studied with shamans and healers from many cultures. As a small child she was recognized by Hawaiian kahunas and was made aware of her Helping Spirits and Totem Animals. As a teenager, she was recognized as a spiritual healer and medium by ministers of the Spiritualist Church. In her 30´s and 40`s, she has been trained by a number of indigenous shamans and healers from many cultures. Her own practice of depossission incorporates many Middle World elements that are not part of core shamanism and the Foundation`s program. She is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies 3-Year Program, and has also taught Depossession through the Foundation Her calling is to work in partnership with the Helping Spirits, to help the living and with the dead.

Betsy says; "The feedback from my classes has been that the teaching defused much of the fear that some people felt in approaching the work of clearing and depossession."

Note: This workshop is a prerequisite for Advanced Deposession and Mediumship.

Prerequisite: Basic Shamanic Journeying using the method taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. If you are not sure if you know this technique or have questions please contact us.

TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…
*SPECIAL RATE fro JUNE and JULY BERGSTROM WORKSHOPS ONLY...
June reservation deadline is MAY 18th THURSDAY; July hotel reservation deadline is June 30th FRIDAY!
See EAST LANSING MARRIOTT Hotel -- CLICK below for info.
This hotel has free airport Shuttle service AND is within 3 blocks of workshop location for easy walking!
For information on hotels in the area, click here.
For information on location of this workshop, click here.

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May 2006

Celtic Shamanism: Two-Year Training Program
with Tom Cowan from New York see his website -www.RiverDrum.com

May 12-14, 2006, Nov. 10-12, 2006, May 4-6, 2007, Nov. 9-11. 2007
Costs range from $490-$570 per session depending on housing choice
Register by March 1 for discounted cost: add $50 for late registration, if space available! see registration link below for all cost/due date information.
Program begins at 9:30 am on Friday, we will end by 4pm on Sunday.

This program is an opportunity to acquire and hone shamanic skills in a Celtic context, using traditional Celtic practices mixed with core shamanic techniques. The program is part of the worldwide revival of shamanic lore and customs. By means of ongoing study and practice we adapt the Old Ways of Celtic and European peoples to the modern world. We recover and utilize shamanic wisdom found in folk customs, fairy traditions, ancient myths and rituals, and traditional healing and visionary methods. On-going practice at home is expected between sessions which occur in the spring and fall of two consecutive years.

Celtic shamanism is a forest tradition in which seership, shapeshifting, poetry, and participation in the life of the elements of nature play important roles for the shaman and healer. A major element in Celtic shamanism is poetry, for poets had shamanic healing and visionary skills, so we will explore ways to use poetry in healing and ritual work.

The training also includes working with the cauldrons of the soul and key Celtic gods, goddesses, and other spirits when appropriate for shamanic work, especially the spirits known as the Sidhe, the People of the Goddess Danu.

As presented in this program, Celtic shamanism is a living tradition that comes from older practices and folklore combined with modern shamanic techniques that can be used in healing sessions with clients or solely for one's own spiritual and personal development.

We use seasonal rituals and ceremonial activities to align ourselves with the old Celtic calendar. At Samhain we engage in the Wild Hunt, a form of ritual battle against the coming forces of death and destruction most prevalent in the winter months.

In the spring we learn a healing ritual called the Beheading Game, based on a Celtic tradition similar to the practice in other shamanic cultures where the shaman takes on an illness or problem in order to transmute it.

We will also practice some Celtic-based meditation techniques that do not require drums or rattles. And we will learn ways of entering nonordinary reality that are closer to the Celtic understanding of the Otherworld as being present here in ordinary reality. At our last meeting we use the Celtic shaman's initiation found in a Welsh myth to complete our training.

One of the benefits of an ongoing program is to participate in a stable community of shamanists. We all gain insight and wisdom from each other, and as the program progresses, the support of a familiar community enriches our shamanic practice. Guided by our helping spirits, the program will acquire its own unique life, punctuated with surprise and discovery as we go along.

This will be a three day residential program (Friday am thru Sunday afternoon) held at the Kellogg Biological Station Conference Center situated on beautiful Gull Lake in southwest Michigan (see www.kbs.msu.edu/Conference).

If you are interested in this workshop please click here and you will be taken to the application page.

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
May 21, 2006 Sunday 1:00 -5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by May 18th,Wednesday); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

April 2006

Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
4th Session April 19-23 2006
Last two sessions are October 18-22 2006, and April 18-22 2007
This residential workshop will be held at the Leaven Center near Portland, Mi.
This program involves intensive, extended training in progressively higher levels of advanced shamanism and shamanic healing, including rare methods and little-known principles.
CLOSED (Note: new 3 yr program starts in Fall 2006!)

Shamanism : Personal Healing and Empowerment
April 30th, Sunday 1-5pm with KATE DURDA, M.A.
Creative Spirit Arts Center
1517 Bayliss Street, Midland, MI
Cost $65 ($5 discount for Creative Spirit Center members;)
** If you participated in the Feb.19th class, cost is only $15 to Repeat!!! ; )
Pre-registration requested.

To register: call Creative Spirit Arts Center (989) 837-1885

** This introductory class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered or sponsored.* We are planning further advanced work in Midland area as well.

Note: Midland Women's Journey Circle was initiated after the Feb.19th Intro we did. This April 30 training is pre-requisite for joining the CIRCLE, if you are interested! Call kate 517 543 6754 for more info.

The Shamanic Journey - “the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. Science is now confirming what the Shaman always knew…and quantum physics, medicine, and ancient spiritual traditions are finally finding common ground.

Shamanism is a powerful spiritual practice that restores the YOU in your life. Come heal, become more empowered, and get in touch with your passions! This will be an experiential workshop, based on the “core shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will receive an introduction to Shamanism, and will begin to learn how to incorporate Shamanism into daily life. You will be provided with methods for “journeying” to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.

*Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. (we will have extras for those who do not have these items). Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, and bring a bandanna or eye cover. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

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March 2006

Shining Light in the Darkness:

...a 21st century approach to ghosts, possession, curses, and all that dark and scary stuff!

with Betsy Bergstrom, from Seattle
March 24 Friday 7pm-9pm
LOCATION: Michigan State University Student Union Building, IOWA Room (3^rd floor) Abbott RD S.E. Corner of Abbott & Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI Union Bldg Info 517 355 3489
For maps and driving directions, see http://www.msu.edu/maps/documents/driving.pdf

$10 pre-registration/ $15 at Door

Join Betsy Bergstrom of Seattle, Wa. for an investigation into the unknown (mostly) and the unusual that we all hear about and that some of us have experienced. Science, especially quantum physics, is showing us that no longer does the maxim “I will believe it when I see it!” apply in quite the same way. A lot more is going on than meets the eye. Haunted houses, ghosts, deceased relative’s spirits appearing- learn more about these phenomenon. Also more than an esoteric curiosity, for example, curses and thought-forms, both intentional and unintentional, abound in this world that we live in. Many of us live lives that are overshadowed by non-positive beliefs, thought-forms and outright curses (some inherited from our ancestors!) that limit us from achieving our true potential.

Shining Light in the Darkness is an informal and informative talk about some of the unusual things that can and do happen AND what we can do about them. Ms. Bergstrom helps to demystify and defuse fear about the unusual, without taking away the wonder of it all, and is adept at handling difficult problems of possession, haunting and curses. Betsy is a sensitive, healer, teacher and shamanic practitioner and speaks from extensive experience. Please join us! This talk kicks off the beginning of a series of three training workshops Betsy will teach in Lansing this year!

To Register, please send check made out to Kate Durda, and include your name, email address , and phone number . Mail to Kate Durda, Box 539, Grand Ledge, MI 48837.
We must receive this by Friday in U.S. mail for the early discount.

FOR MORE INFO: Contact Kate at 517.543.6754; or email us at SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

Betsy Bergstrom is a full-time Shamanic Practitioner and Medium from Seattle, Washington, who has studied with shamans and healers from many cultures. As a small child she was recognized and taught by Hawaiian kahunas. As a teenager, she was recognized as a spiritual healer and medium by ministers of the Spiritualist Church. In her 30´s and 40`s, she has been trained by a number of indigenous shamans and healers from many cultures. Her own practice of depossession healing work incorporates her own native heritage, and a heart-centered caring approach to deceased and other spirits. Her calling is to work in partnership with the Helping Spirits, to help the living and with the dead.

Unraveling Curses, Negative Beliefs,

& Thought-forms: A two day healing methods workshop.
with Betsy Bergstrom, from Seattle -see www.BetsyBergstrom.com
Saturday/ Sunday March 25-26, 2006 in Lansing, Mi.
Registration is $255 (if received before March 22, cost is $235)
Times: Saturday 9:00(registration) -6pm; Sunday 9am-4pm.
   Curses and thought-forms, both intentional and unintentional, abound in this world that we live in. Many of us live lives that are overshadowed by non-positive beliefs, thought-forms and outright curses that limit us from achieving our true potential. Whether simple or complex, personal or lineage, curses and thought-forms can have very real power in our lives.
    Unraveling Curses is a 2 day workshop that provides and in-depth opportunity to identify the nature and fundamental elements of curses and offers practical means and techniques with which to safely dismantle them. In this class, we learn to safely navigate the non-ordinary realms of our world. We meet and work with spiritual allies who are specialists, protectors and healers in what some shamanistic cultures call the Middleworld. We learn and practice techniques and methods for unraveling curses and thought-forms that may have negative impacts on our lives. The skills and practices in this class are a great contribution to any shamanic practice and can be safely practiced for oneself.
    Note: This workshop is a prerequisite for any of Betsy's other workshops (See June and July 2006).
Prerequisite: good shamanic journeying skills

Workshop is a prerequisite for Betsy's other workshops coming in 2006: Heart-Centered Depossession in June & Mediumship in July.

Betsy Bergstrom is a full-time Shamanic Practitioner and teacher who has studied with shamans and healers from many cultures. She is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies 3-Year Program and teaches nationally. Her calling is to work in partnership with the Helping Spirits, to help the living and the dead. Visit her new website: www.betsybergstrom.com

LOCATION: Michigan State University Student Union Building, IOWA Room (3^rd floor) Abbott RD S.E. Corner of Abbott & Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI Union Bldg Info 517 355 3489
For maps and driving directions, see http://www.msu.edu/maps/documents/driving.pdf

For information on hotels in the area, click here.
For information on location of this workshop, click here.

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda near Lansing, Michigan
March 19th, 2006 Sunday 12:00 noon - 5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by March 14); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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February 2006

Shamanism : Personal Healing and Empowerment
February 12th, Sunday 1-5pm with KATE DURDA, M.A.
Creative Spirit Arts Center
1517 Bayliss Street, Midland, MI
Cost $65 ($5 discount for Creative Spirit Center members)
Pre-registration requested.
To register: call Creative Spirit Arts Center (989) 837-1885

** This introductory class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops
offered or sponsored.* We are planning further advanced work in Midland area as well.

The Shamanic Journey - “the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind
to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore
spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. Science is now confirming what the Shaman always
knew…and quantum physics, medicine, and ancient spiritual traditions are finally finding common ground.

Shamanism is a powerful spiritual practice that restores the YOU in your life. Come heal, become more
empowered, and get in touch with your passions! This will be an experiential workshop, based on the
“core shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central
to all Shamanic practice). You will receive an introduction to Shamanism, and will begin to learn how to incorporate Shamanism into daily life. You will be provided with methods for “journeying” to discover, and study with your own
individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.

*Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. (we will have extras for those who do not have these items)
Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, and bring a bandanna or eye cover. Since often people prefer to
journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

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January 2006

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda near Lansing, Michigan
January 22, 2006 Sunday 1:00 -5:00pm
$50 pre-registration (received by January 20); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a water bottle, snacks, journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
Meets one Saturday a month:
Noon-5:30pm January 28, February 11,   March 18, April 29,
and Noon-8pm May 20(note: this is an double session-all day!)
held in Lansing area, Michigan
Pre-requisite: Intro Shamanism training; ability to do shamanic journeying (if you don't know how to journey, but still are interested in the apprenticeship, please contact me so we can discuss this).

This apprenticeship program is for those of you who know how to journey, but want to really learn how to work with Shamanism as a spiritual 'practice' in your life! You will experientially learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and may discover more of your your true selves in this program. Through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are….And we remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process of remembering, and deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain our passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection… The journey of the open heart.
      By remembering and healing our ‘selves’, we become part of the larger process of remembering and healing each other, and the environments around us.   “As within, so without". Shamanism is a spiritual practice of restoring and maintaining balance, harmony, connection and love…Shamanism is a Path of Healing.
   This program will provide a safe and supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet one Saturday a month for 5 months , and will deepen shamanic journeying skills and other shamanic practices.

In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
        Various methods of journeying
        shamanic self-healing,
        other healing methods such as Tuvan drum healing, and word doctoring
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
        dream work, journaling, etc.

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December 2005

Medicine for the Earth:
Personal and Environmental Transformation
with Kate and Stephanie in the Lansing, Michigan area
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
December 3-4, 2005
Cost: sliding scale $125 to $200 by November 23, 2005; $150 -$250 at door, space available..
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while coffee and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
December 10, 2005 Saturday Noon to 5 pm
$50 pre-registration (received by December 7); $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them.
Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

November 2005

Peacemakers Reunion
November 18, 19, 20
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan

Weekend available only to persons who participated in the Peacemakers Intensive in Michigan.

October 2005

SHAMANIC HEALING METHODS SERIES: SOUL RETRIEVAL TRAINING
Stephanie Tighe near Lansing, Mi.
October 8-9, 10 am - 9 pm Saturday and 10 am - 5 pm Sunday
Cost: $150 - $250 (sliding scale based on ability to pay) by September 15, 2005 after that date the cost is $200-$250.
Soul Retrieval is one of the three primary healing techniques used by Shamans around the world. It is an ancient technique, which has been rediscovered and revitalized by Sandra Ingerman (author of Soul Retrieval; Welcome Home; and other books). In this workshop we will examine the issue of soul loss from a shamanic perspective; learn signs and symptoms of soul loss; learn the technique of soul retrieval; and will learn how to assist someone in making lasting changes in their lives after receiving a soul retrieval. This workshop is not recommended if you are only seeking a personal healing (you can contact Kate or Stephanie and schedule an appointment for this), it is recommended for persons who want to bring healing to others.

It is important that you be available for all of the days of this workshop!! Pre-requisite is the ability to journey as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Kate, or Stephanie. You must have a good relationship with your power animals/teachers.

Stephanie has been trained by Sandy Ingerman to teach this workshop and have been doing soul retrievals since 1995. This will be a small and intimate training.

Click here for the application form.

Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
October 19-23 2005, April 19-23 2006
October 18-22 2006, and April 18-22 2007
CLOSED

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
First Session begins October 8
Meets one Saturday a month for 6 months:
also November 12, December 17, January 21, February 11, and March 18
12:00 noon to 5:30 pm
held in Lansing area, Michigan
Cost $350 for entire program if paid in advance, $390 if using payment plan
Pre-requisite: Intro Shamanism training; ability to do shamanic journeying.

This apprenticeship program is for those of you who want to learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and find your true selves.   Through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are….And we remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process of remembering, and deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain our passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection… The journey of the open heart.
      By remembering and healing our ‘selves’, we become part of the larger process of remembering and healing each other, and the environments around us.   “As within, so without". Shamanism is a spiritual practice of restoring and maintaining balance, harmony, connection and love…Shamanism is a Path of Healing.
   This program will provide a safe and supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet one Saturday a month for 5 months , and will deepen shamanic journeying skills and other shamanic practices.

In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
        Various methods of journeying
        shamanic self-healing,
        other healing methods such as Tuvan drum healing, and word doctoring
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
        dream work, journaling, etc.

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Unraveling Curses
with Betsy Bergstrom
October 15-16, 2005 in Lansing, Mi.
$225 early registration by September 14, after that date the cost is $245
     Curses and thought-forms, both intentional and unintentional, abound in this world that we live in. Many of us live lives that are overshadowed by non-positive beliefs, thought-forms and outright curses that limit us from achieving our true potential. Whether simple or complex, personal or lineage, curses and thought-forms can have very real power in our lives.
    Unraveling Curses is a 2 day workshop that provides and in-depth opportunity to identify the nature and fundamental elements of curses and offers practical means and techniques with which to safely dismantle them. In this class, we learn to safely navigate the non-ordinary realms of our world. We meet and work with spiritual allies who are specialists, protectors and healers in what some shamanistic cultures call the Middleworld. We learn and practice techniques and methods for unraveling curses and thought-forms that may have negative impacts on our lives. The skills and practices in this class are a great contribution to any shamanic practice and can be safely practiced for oneself.
Prerequisite: good shamanic journeying skills

Betsy Bergstrom is a full-time Shamanic Practitioner and teacher who has studied with shamans and healers from many cultures. She is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies 3-Year Program and teaches nationally. Her calling is to work in partnership with the Helping Spirits, to help the living and the dead.   Visit her new website: www.betsybergstrom.com

September 2005

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda near Lansing, Michigan
September 10 SATURDAY Noon - 5 pm
$55 pre-registration by September 7th; $65 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre-requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

August 2005

Peacemaking: Shamanism, Peace, and Healing
with Kate Durda at the Northern Edge Algonquin Lodge in Canada
August 26-28, 2005
Conflict offers a sacred opportunity to be peace makers. Being a peace maker leads us to explore ourselves and create connections. We live in a world of separation. The greatest wound is the illusion of separation from the great web that connects us all. This is the origin of fear and confusion.

Our challenge is to take what we know, to deepen our collective learning, and become the peacemakers and healers of our times. As peace makers we begin to heal a long history of trauma that spans the generations and whose seeds live in the soil we on which we stand

This weekend workshop explores peace, justice, harmony, balance and spirit from a variety of traditions. We discover what they can teach us about healing conflicts and bringing spiritual peace to our times.

Methods used in the workshop include but are not limited to:

§ Practices to bring internal peace and healing;

§ Elements and how they can be used to promote peace and healing;

§ Conflict resolution rituals for healing;

§ Models of circle justice;

§ Role of place and history in larger conflicts;

and Use of emotional release to resolve conflicts.

Requirements: Prior experience with shamanic journeying is helpful but not required.
What to Bring: Blanket and pillow, Drum and Rattle (if you have them), Journal for personal notes, A desire to create Balance and Harmony, An open heart, Dress comfortably

For more information on this workshop click here: http://www.shamanismcanada.com/upcomingevents.htm
or Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

July 2005

Advanced Heart Centered Shamanic Depossession Training and Unraveling Curses
with Betsy Bergstrom in East Lansing, Mi.
July 15, 16, & 17, 2005 Friday and Saturday 9 am - 6 pm, Sunday 9am - 4pm
Cost: $285 early registration by June 15, after that date cost is $310
note: this is not a residential workshop - click here for hotel information
The Advanced Depossession training is a three day course that is designed to deepen the skills, techniques and understandings gained in the Basic Heart Centered Depossession Training. This Training includes a day of intensive review and demonstrations of the clearing process and extensive question and
answer periods. We will strengthen our connection to our True Selves and learn how to summon it in others, including suffering beings. We will look at the complexities of multiple possession, curses, and dark force suffering beings and energies. We will work with clearing death wishes to aid in working with clients with serious illness and health issues. The clearing and curse unravelling work is deepened in this workshop which will work with ancestral possessing spirits, curses and family legacies. There will be additional practices taught to help the practitioner to remain objective, compassionate and safe and to receive the most clear information while doing this work. We will deepen our connection to our helping spirits and learn
about ways to keep the depossession and clearing practice in balance in our lives, practices and homes.

June 2005

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
June 12, 2005 SUNDAY 12 Noon - 4pm
$50 pre-registration by June 7th; $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

SHAMANIC HEALING METHODS SERIES: SOUL RETRIEVAL TRAINING
Stephanie Tighe and Kate Durda in Lansing, Mi.
June 3 6:30-9:30 pm, June 4 9:30 am- 9:00 pm, June 5 9am - 4pm, July 9 10am-9pm
Cost: $175 - $250 (sliding scale based on ability to pay) by May 27, 2005 after that date the cost is $200-$250.
1st in 4 part series over 2 years. May be taken separately; recommended and discount for enrollment in entire series. Extraction Training ; Psychopomp & working with the Dying; and Cultural Healing Methods .
Soul Retrieval is one of the three primary healing techniques used by Shamans around the world. It is an ancient technique, which has been rediscovered and revitalized by Sandra Ingerman (author of Soul Retrieval; Welcome Home; and other books). In this workshop we will examine the issue of soul loss from a shamanic perspective; learn signs and symptoms of soul loss; learn the technique of soul retrieval; and will learn how to assist someone in making lasting changes in their lives after receiving a soul retrieval. This workshop is not recommended if you are only seeking a personal healing (you can contact Kate or Stephanie and schedule an appointment for this), it is recommended for persons who want to bring healing to others.

It is important that you be available for all of the days of this workshop!! Pre-requisite is the ability to journey as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Myron Eshowsky, Kate, or Stephanie. You must have a good relationship with your power animals/teachers.

Stephanie and Kate have been trained by Sandy Ingerman to teach this workshop and have been doing soul retrievals since 1995.

Click here for the application form.

May 2005

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
February 5, March 5, April 9, May 7,
held in Lansing area, Michigan Cost $325 for entire program
CLOSED

Medicine for the Earth:
Personal and Environmental Transformation
with Kate and Stephanie in the Lansing, Michigan area
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
May 14-15, 2005
Cost: sliding scale $100 to $150 by May 1; $120-$150 at door, space available..
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while Coffee and Water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

April 2005

Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
April 27-May 1 2005, October 19-23 2005, April 19-23 2006
October 18-22 2006, and April 18-22 2007
Base price for this workshop is $450 per session, if you are able to afford to pay more to begin a scholarship program, all contributions would be welcomed.
Fee includes tuition, room and board.
This residential workshop will be held at the Leaven Center near Portland, Mi.

CLOSED

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
February 5, March 5, April 9, May 7, & one day to be determined
held in Lansing area, Michigan Cost $325 for entire program
CLOSED

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
April 10, 2005 SUNDAY 10:30am -3pm
$50 pre-registration by March 30; $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $20.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them.
Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Women and Bear Medicine Intensive
with Carol Proudfoot-Edgar near Kalamazoo, Michigan
April 14-17, 2005
Cost: $495-615 (depending on housing option)
Powerful 4 day residential workshop for women in which you will be introduced to the major shamanic themes and activities of Bear Medicine. In many cultures, women who practiced the way of Bear carried knowledge and spiritual connections essential to both the health of the people and the prospering of the land and other inhabitants. All of us have some deep ancestral lineage to Women who walked with Bear. We come to awaken this wisdom carried in our bones.

Costs and details to be determined. Contact SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

March 2005

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
February 5, March 5, April 9, May 7, & one day to be determined
held in Lansing area, Michigan Cost $325 for entire program
CLOSED

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
March 6, 2005 SUNDAY 1pm - 5pm
$50 pre-registration by March 30; $60 at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $25.

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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February 2005

Heart Centered Shamanic Depossession Training and Unraveling Curses
with Betsy Bergstrom in Lansing, Mi. on the campus of Michigan State University
February 18-20, 2005 - Friday and Saturday 9 am - 6 pm, Sunday 9am - 4pm
Cost if registered by 2-1-05 is $275, after that date the cost is $300
Pre-registration: to hold place without full payment $50.00 deposit (non-refundable).

Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth, says, "Betsy is the one I would train with in Depossession. I think she is a brilliant teacher of Depossession."

Betsy says; "The feedback from my classes has been that the teaching defused much of the fear that some people felt in approaching the work of clearing and depossession."

Prerequisite: Basic Shamanic Journeying using the method taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. If you are not sure if you know this technique or have questions please contact us.

TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

For information on hotels in the area, click here.
For information on location of this workshop, click here.

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda,
Workshop was delayed due to snow in January: FIRST SESSION Starts Feb 5!
February 5, March 5, April 9, May 7, & one day to be determined
held in Lansing area, Michigan         Cost $325 for entire program
Pre-requisite: Intro Shamanism training; ability to do shamanic journeying.

This apprenticeship program is for those of you who want to learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and find your true selves.   Through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are….And we remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process of remembering, and deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain our passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection… The journey of the open heart.
      By remembering and healing our ‘selves’, we become part of the larger process of remembering and healing each other, and the environments around us.   “As within, so without". Shamanism is a spiritual practice of restoring and maintaining balance, harmony, connection and love…Shamanism is a Path of Healing.
   This program will provide a safe and supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet one Saturday a month for 5 months , and will deepen shamanic journeying skills and other shamanic practices.

In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
        Various methods of journeying
        shamanic self-healing,
        other healing methods such as Tuvan drum healing, and word doctoring
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
        dream work, journaling, etc.

If you are interested in this program, please email SpiritWeaver@voyager.net or call
Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…and I will send further information about how to apply for this program.

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Teachings on the Four Agreements
with Stephanie Tighe, MSW in Lansing, Mi.
at Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities and Well-Being
Wednesdays, February 2-23, 7:30-9 pm
cost $50 per person
This course is based on the book "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. The Four Agreements offers a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements has the potential to help you move your attention from what the world thinks you "should" do or be to what you know is right for you, reclaim scattered personal energy and power, and open up to a deeper intimacy in personal relationships. According to don Miguel Ruiz, everything we do is based on agreements we have made ― agreements with ourselves, with other people, with God, with life. But the most important agreements are the ones we make with ourselves. In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, how to behave, what is possible, what is impossible. One single agreement is not such a problem, but we have many agreements that come from fear, deplete our energy, and diminish our self-worth. In this 4-week course we will spend one week discussing each of the agreements and also discuss the changes that are beginning in our lives.
Pre-registration required, call 517 364-2764 (Sparrow) or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...

Restoring Our Connections:
Practices and Teachings for Healing Ourselves, and Our relationship with Nature
with Kate Durda, MA in Lansing, Mi. at Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities and Well-Being
Thursdays, February 3 and 17, 6-8 pm
cost $35 per person
Step into a new level of being, with exercises and methods that allow us to establish and maintain a state of being in harmony and balance.
Pre-registration required, call 517 364-2764 (Sparrow) or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...

January 2005

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program :
Journey of the Open Heart
with Kate Durda, MA
*SEE FEBRUARY 5th.. This training program was delayed due to snow storm on January 21/22nd.

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Shamanism: Introduction to the Shaman's Way
with Kate Durda at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 29, 2005 Saturday 12:30pm--5pm
$50 pre-registration by January 20th; $60 at the door, if space available
* Please let me know if coming, so I can have drums and rattles available for your use!.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
January 8, 2005 Saturday 12noon-5pm
$55 pre-registration by November 22nd; $65 at the door, if space available

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

The Biology of Emotions: Love, Appreciation and Living the Good Life
with Kate Durda, MA in Lansing, Mi. at Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities and Well-Being
Thursdays January 13 -27, 6:30-8:30 PM
cost $60 per person
Spiritual practrices and scientific research clearly show that our thoughts and feelings strongly and directly influence our health and well-being. Includes a combination of guided meditation, visualizations, and shamanic journey work.
Pre-registration required, call 517 364-2764 (Sparrow) or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...

December 2004

Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
December 1, 2004 Wednesday
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $ donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

Medicine for the Earth:
Personal and Environmental Transformation
with Kate and Stephanie in the Lansing, Michigan area
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
December 4-5, 2004
Cost: sliding scale $100 to $150 by November 30th; $120-$150 at door, space available..
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while Coffee and Water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you..
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

November 2004

Annual Feast for the Dead
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe in Lansing, Michigan
November 2, 2004 6 - 8 pm *Free
Many cultures around the world take time once a year to celebrate their loved ones who have passed. Please join us in this annual gathering as we celebrate our ancestors. This is a time to share stories, laugh, eat, and enjoy life. Bring a dish to pass (preferable one that your ancestors/deceased loved one enjoyed) and you are also encouraged to bring stories and/or photos of your loved ones to share with the group.
TO REGISTER: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
November 11, 2004 Thursday
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $ donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
November 27, 2004 Saturday 12noon-5pm
$55 pre-registration by November 22nd; $65 at the door, if space available

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land, etc.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Year long Peacemaking, Shamanism and Healing Intensive Reunion
November 19-21, 2004
CLOSED

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October 2004

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan at Sparrow Center for Health
Friday evenings: October 1, 8, 15, 2004 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$90 Preregistration is required!!

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
October 7, 2004 Thursday
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $ donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

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Wisdom and Wellness Expo
Visit Kate and Stephanie on October 9th at the Women's Wisdom and Wellness Conference in Lansing, Michigan!!
Kate Durda, Presenter
Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Center
Saturday, October 9 from 10 am until 7 pm.
Admission price $8, children under 5 get in free!
($1 off coupon –Healing Garden Journal.. with Ad across from Page 1)
Kate Durda will be presenting from 6:-6:30 pm on the Mystic Family stage

Visit our BOOTH! We will be selling our handmade spiritual crafts! Come do your holiday shopping!
We will have:

Rattles -many sizes- made with moose, elk, deer and cowhide!

Spirit Bags…personal medicine bags with totems, crafted by Stephanie

Beaded colored bracelets… to satisfy your need for shiny things!

Sweet Grass Braids from our garden

Used Spiritual Books.

And other items of spiritual interest!

The Wisdom & Wellness Expo is focused on holistic and preventative health, family-friendly services, personal and spiritual growth, and ecological awareness. This is a wonderful event with presentations and booths and fun folks! For more information see their website at: http://www.wisdomandwellnessexpo.com/ or call us at 517 543 6754.

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Soul Retrieval
with Stephanie Tighe in Lansing, Mi.
October 8-10 AND October 30th, 2004
(friday evening from 6:30-9p, both Saturdays from 9:30-9 pm, Sunday from 9:30-3:30 pm)
$200 if registered by 9-7-04, after that the cost is $250. If you are able to afford to pay more to begin a scholarship program, all contributions would be welcomed.
This class will teach the Soul Retrieval method that has been taught by Sandra Ingerman. During the first weekend of this training participants will learn about the shamanic perspective of soul loss and will learn the technique of soul retrieval by doing for each other. You will learn about the process of soul retrieval including techniques to allow a deepening of the experience and how to create healthier lives for ourselves after the healing has taken place. During the interval between classes you will be expected to do at least one soul retrieval for another person, to write up your experiences and to be prepared to fully discuss when we meet again.
Soul Retrieval is one of the primary shamanic healing techniques and this course is intended for persons who plan to use the technique to bring healing to others.
Prerequisite is the ability to do the Shamanic Journey as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and having good relationships with your power animal and teachers. If you have not previously worked with us you may be asked to complete a questionnaire.
Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her Teacher Training in Soul Retrieval methods.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

The Four Agreements
with Stephanie Tighe
Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan
Four week class on wednesday evenings beginning 10-20-04
For more information on this class please contact Stephanie at stephanie@voyager.net or call 517 371-2077.

Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
October 20 -Oct 24 2004, April 27-May 1 2005, October 19-23 2005,    April 19-23   2006
October 18-22 2006, and April 18-22  2007
Base price for this workshop is $450 per session, if you are able to afford to pay more to begin a scholarship program, all contributions would be welcomed.
Fee includes tuition, room and board.
This residential workshop will be held at the Leaven Center near Portland, Mi.
This program involves intensive, extended training in progressively higher levels of advanced shamanism and shamanic healing, including rare methods and little-known principles.   This program provides persons who truly want to go to a deep place with their spirituality, the opportunity to do so. Are you willing to take risks? to try something new? to go to that deep place?

We will meet as a clan for 3 years, working and growing together. This type of learning provides incredible opportunities to create relationships that support our spiritual growth as well as creating community. We will meet twice a year (April and October) for three years, with practical assignments between meetings. The program is devoted to the objective of advancing the participants' knowledge and practice as far as possible during the three years. Enrollment is limited.
Prerequisite is the ability to journey and have connection with your Power Animals and/or Teachers.
To apply for this workshop and for additional information click here.

September 2004

Shamanism: A Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
September 12, 2004 Sunday 1- 6 pm $55 pre-registration requested

Class is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops offered.

Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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August 2004

International Youth Peacemaker Conference
The Consciousness of Peace: Transcending Fear, Revenge and Victimization
August 5-8, 2004 Cleveland, Ohio
sponsored by Pathways Foundation for Peace and Healing
(click here for more information)

Abstract of Youth Peacemaker Conference workshop:
Being “ONE WITH” - presented by Kate Durda, M.A.
Practices and Teachings for Healing our Relationships with Each Other and Nature

We will explore and work with basic spiritual principles of connectedness, and health. Major premises are that all things are connected, and all things have a ‘spirit’. Thus, when war takes its toll on people, it also takes a toll on the land. Everyone, and everything suffers. Life is degraded, decreased, energy and vitality and balance are lost. War could not be conducted if people saw themselves as intimately connected to the ‘other’. Similarly, people could not degrade the environment with pollution and destruction if they knew and felt their interrelationship on the deep level upon which we are connected !

In this experiential workshop, we will explore the experiences of ‘separation from’ others and Nature, and how to heal from this separation, including ‘healing the land’ where conflict has happened. Using guided imagery, shamanic drumming, and other exercises, participants will learn how to establish and maintain a state of being ONE with all things.

The presenter will be drawing from her training as a developmental psychologist, as well as her spiritual healing training. She has been a teacher, healer, and researcher for over 25 years. She conducts workshops on Shamanism and Shamanic healing methods, has presented at conferences, including the 1st U.S. Conference on Children's Spirituality , Oct 4-7,2001 in Atlanta,Ga.

An Evening with Sandy Ingerman
August 18, 6:30-8:30 pm $10 in advance ($15 at the door)
Sparrow Hospital Auditorium, Lansing, Mi.
Sandy will be discussing her latest material from her book Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins. The evening will be experiential and informational. For those of you who haven't been able to attend her workshops due to cost or distance this is a rare opportunity too meet with her.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...

Healing with Spiritual Light
with SANDY (Sandra) INGERMAN!!!
August 19-22, 2004
Residential Workshop in Hickory Corners, Mi.
Costs range from $400-$450 depending on housing preference and include Tuition, Room and board.

As the causes of illness today are different than in ancient times, our healing methods must be updated to deal with modern day illness. So much of the illnesses we see today such as the epidemic rate of cancer and the increase in immune deficiency problems are a direct result of the chemical pollution in our environment.

The focus of this training will be on learning new methods of healing that can be integrated into your shamanic healing practice. We will explore the use of transfiguration (shapeshifting into your own divinity, also known as the Medicine for the Earth work) as well as methods of merging with helping spirits to go beyond traditional healing methods and open us to the power of the universe that knows how to heal and transmute illness.

For more information or to register for this workshop, click here.
For list of Medicine for the Earth workshops and teachers please consult the website: www.medicinefortheearth.com

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Teachings and Healings in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
August 27-29
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe
Kate and Stephanie will be in the Upper Peninsula (Keewanau area) teaching classes and being available for healing work by appointment. If you are interested in a class or Healing work while we are there, please let us know. Additional details regarding the specific class and location will be posted soon!
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...

July 2004

Peacemaking: Shamanism, Peace, and Healing
with Kate Durda at the Northern Edge Algonquin Lodge in Canada
July 24-25, 2004
Conflict offers a sacred opportunity to be peace makers. Being a peace maker leads us to explore ourselves and create connections. We live in a world of separation. The greatest wound is the illusion of separation from the great web that connects us all. This is the origin of fear and confusion.

Methods used in the workshop include but are not limited to:

§ Practices to bring internal peace and healing;

§ Elements and how they can be used to promote peace and healing;

§ Conflict resolution rituals for healing;

§ Models of circle justice;

§ Role of place and history in larger conflicts;

and Use of emotional release to resolve conflicts.

Requirements: Prior experience with shamanic journeying is helpful but not required.

What to Bring: Blanket and pillow, Drum and Rattle (if you have them), Journal for personal notes, A desire to create Balance and Harmony, An open heart, Dress comfortably

For more information on this workshop click here: http://www.shamanismcanada.com/upcomingevents.htm
or Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
July 6, 2004 6-9 pm $40
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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June 2004

Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
June 9 and 23, 2004
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $ donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda, M.A. at Metaphysical Church of Christ in Lansing, Mi.
June 24th , 2004 Thursday 6:30 -9:30 pm $40 in advance, $45 at door
Pre- Registration Requested.
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential session, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will begin to learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.

Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.

Information about further study will be shared,.. for those who wish to pursue this spiritual practice.

TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…
Send check for $40 made to Kate Durda and mail to Box 539,, Grand Ledge, Mi 48837 by June 21st ^. Or pay $45 at door.

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Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
June 26, 2004 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Cost is $65 if registered before June 20th, after that the cost is $85
One of the definitions of spiritual is “of, concerned with, or affecting the soul”. This workshop is for those who are interested in exploring the role of spirituality in their life, health, and overall well-being, and in how to develop or deepen your spiritual life. We will be focusing primarily , but not exclusively on the practice of Shamanism, which is the oldest recorded form of spirituality known. It is a personal spiritual practice, and a healing practice, not a religion. You will receive instruction in the practice of the Shamanic Journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe of Spirit. We will utilize drumming to shift our consciousness, and we will also incorporate ceremony, affirmations, song, movement, prayer, and other spiritual practices to deepen our spirituality. Bring a blanket and eye cover. Upon registration you will receive directions to workshop location. TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

Metaphysical Church of Christ
Kate Durda, guest speaker in Lansing, Mi.
July 27, 2004 Service at the Church begins with Healing Time at 10 am and the service beginning at 10:30 am.
The Church is located at 230 Holmes St. in Lansing. Their website is: www.lansing-mcc.org Their phone number is 517 484-2360.

May 2004

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
May 4, 2004 6-9 pm $40
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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12th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution
7& the First Annual Ecology of War and Peace: International Youth Conference
St. Petersburg, Russia
May 9-19, 2004
Co-Sponsored by the Association of Humanistic Psychology/Common Bond Institute &
the Russian Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling(HARMONY)

Abstract of Eocology of War & Peace workshop:
Being “ONE WITH” - presented by Kate Durda, M.A.
Practices and Teachings for Healing our Relationships with Each Other and Nature

We will explore and work with basic spiritual principles of connectedness, and health. Major premises are that all things are connected, and all things have a ‘spirit’. Thus, when war takes its toll on people, it also takes a toll on the land. Everyone, and everything suffers. Life is degraded, decreased, energy and vitality and balance are lost. War could not be conducted if people saw themselves as intimately connected to the ‘other’. Similarly, people could not degrade the environment with pollution and destruction if they knew and felt their interrelationship on the deep level upon which we are connected !

April 2004

Medicine for the Earth: Personal and Environmental Transformation
with Kate and Stephanie at Bengel Wildlife Center near Bath, Mi.
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
April 3-4, 2004   Cost: sliding scale $100 to $150 by March 20. ($120-$150 after the 20th)
Preregistration by MARCH 20 is graciously requested.
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
     Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE Teacher Training to present this work.   For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
     It is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
     Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while Coffee and Water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves, and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you..
     TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
April 14, 2004 6-9 pm $40
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Medicine for the Earth: Harmony Within, Harmony Without
Instructor: Kate Durda, M.A., Esoteric Healer, Shamanic Practitioner, Psychologist
Mondays April 19, 26, and May 3, 2004 6-8 PM, $90 per person
It is who you become, not what you do, that changes the world. You will explore and learn personal spiritual practices that will begin to help you work with your emotions and actions in order to open your heart, free your mind, and heal your body, and align with your soul’s purpose. We will use a powerful combination of guided meditation, visualizations, and Shamanic journey work. Some material based on the groundbreaking book of Sandra Ingerman, Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins. For more information about Sandy Ingerman and the teachers she has trained to to www.medicinefortheearth.

Women and Bear Medicine Intensive
with Carol Proudfoot-Edgar near Kalamazoo, Michigan
April 22-25, 2004
CANCELLED
Powerful 4 day residential workshop for women in which you will be introduced to the major shamanic themes and activities of Bear Medicine. In many cultures, women who practiced the way of Bear carried knowledge and spiritual connections essential to both the health of the people and the prospering of the land and other inhabitants. All of us have some deep ancestral lineage to Women who walked with Bear. We come to awaken this wisdom carried in our bones.

Costs and details to be determined. Contact SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

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March 2004

Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie
Tuesday March 9 in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Note: this circle will be an outdoor fire ceremony at the home of Tina S. for directions
call (517) 322-2308
Cost: $2 or other donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Bring a drum or rattle if you have one, an eye cover, blanket or mat, and journal and pen. If you are new, call or e-mail for location.

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Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie
Tuesday March 23 in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Cost: $2 or other donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Bring a drum or rattle if you have one, an eye cover, blanket or mat, and journal and pen. If you are new, call or e-mail for location.
Be sure to check this website or call/email us for any changes /cancellations to confirm date and times, even if you are a regular. We occasionally move things around a bit. (517) 887-5237.

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Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
March 24, 2004 6-9 pm $40
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or click here or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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February 2004

Shamanism: Spiritual Practice for Daily Life
with Kate Durda, M.A.
February 2, 9, and 23 from 6-8 pm in Lansing, Mi. Cost $65
One of the definitions of spiritual is "of, concerned with, or affecting the soul". This workshop is for those who are interested in exploring the role of spirituality in their life, health, and overall well-being, and in how to develop or deepen your spiritual life. We will be focusing primarily, but not exclusively on the practice of Shamanism, which is the oldest, recorded form of spirituality known. It is a personal spiritual practice, and a healing practice, not a religion. You will receive instruction in the practice of the Shamanic Journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe of Spirit. We will utilize drumming to shift our consciousness, and we will also incorporate ceremony, affirmations, song, movement, prayer, and other spiritual practices to deepen our spirituality. Bring a blanket and eye cover. Pre-registration is required, call Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities & Well Being 517 364-2764.

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Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie
Tuesday February 10, in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Cost: $2 or other donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Bring a drum or rattle if you have one, an eye cover, blanket or mat, and journal and pen. If you are new, call or e-mail for location.
Be sure to check this website or call /email us for any changes /cancellations to confirm date and times, even if you are a regular. We occasionally move things around a bit. (517) 887-5237.

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Shamanic Extraction Training
with Myron Eshowsky, in Lansing, Mi.   Cost $195
February 21-22, 2004 Note: this includes Saturday evening session
Participants will be initiated into the extraction method of healing, including how to see, sense, and remove localized spiritual illness and pain. They will also learn a classic method of awakening their own spirits and discovering their songs and dances. The Extraction Healing Training workshop is designed exclusively for people who want to bring shamanic healing work into their practice with others. The training is not designed for people looking for personal healing. Will include an extensive review of the use of extraction including scanning/seeing into the body, a number of extraction methods including use of eggs for extraction and divination, the importance of songs/dances in doing the work, and review of the nature of different types of intrusions that shamans extract.   Pre-requisite: Strong Journeying Skills.....Before enrolling in this workshop, please make sure that you have been having success in contacting your power animals and/or teachers on your own and that you feel confident about your journey skills.

TO REGISTER (click here): Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…or e-mail SpiritWeaver@voyager.net

For those who register, further information will be sent to you via e-mail.

For MAPS and DIRECTIONS   (click here), we will be meeting in the Union

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Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie
Tuesday February 24, in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Cost: $2 or other donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Bring a drum or rattle if you have one, an eye cover, blanket or mat, and journal and pen. If you are new, call or e-mail for location.
Be sure to check this website or call /email us for any changes /cancellations to confirm date and times, even if you are a regular. We occasionally move things around a bit. (517) 887-5237.

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January 2004

Shamanism Apprenticeship Program
January 10, February 7, March 27, April 17, June 5 in Lansing, Mi.
Cost $325
   This apprenticeship program is for those of you who want to learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and find your true selves.   Through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we really are….And we remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this process of remembering, and deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain our passion for life, our purpose, and we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love, personal power, and connection… The journey of the open heart.
      By remembering and healing our ‘selves’, we become part of the larger process of remembering and healing each other, and the environments around us.   “As within, so without". Shamanism is a spiritual practice of restoring and maintaining balance, harmony, connection and love…Shamanism is a Path of Healing.
   This program will provide a safe and supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the same group will meet one Saturday a month for 5 months , and will deepen shamanic journeying skills and other shamanic practices.

In this program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences, and will introduce a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
        Various methods of journeying
        shamanic self-healing,
        other healing methods such as Tuvan drum healing, and word doctoring
        divination methods
        working with nature spirits
        shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
        use of power objects such as rocks and crystals, masks, amulets,
        use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
        dream work, journaling, etc.

Meals will be on your own.. and I will encourage ‘brownbagging’ it. The location where we will meet has a refrigerator, microwave, even an oven. Coffee , Tea, and water will be provided . At times, I may l have a shamanic video for those interested to watch at lunch time.

If you are interested in this program, please email SpiritWeaver@voyager.net or call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…and we will put you on this list of those interested, and send further information (content, meeting dates, costs, etc. ) about the program. This info should be available in early December.

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Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie
Tuesday January 13 and 27th, in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Cost: $2 or other donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Bring a drum or rattle if you have one, an eye cover, blanket or mat, and journal and pen. If you are new, call or e-mail for location.
Be sure to check this website or call /email us for any changes /cancellations to confirm date and times, even if you are a regular. We occasionally move things around a bit. (517) 887-5237.

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January 2003

Bringing Spirit, Peace and Healing to the World
with Myron Eshowsky in East Lansing, Michigan
January 30th, 6-8 pm *Free
Unitarian Universalist Church
peacehealing.org

Year long Peacemaking, Shamanism and Healing Intensive
with Myron Eshowsky
January 31-February 2 (Course is FULL.)

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February 2003

Living the Good Life
Opening our Hearts: Freeing our Minds: Healing our Souls
with Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe in Lansing, Michigan
Thursdays, February 6 to March 13
6 pm to 7:30 pm
This course is offered through Sparrow Hospital.

Shamanism: Spiritual Practice for Daily Life
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
February 8, 9 am - 4 pm
This course is offered through Sparrow Hospital.

Personal and Environmental Transformation: Medicine for the Earth
with Kate and Stephanie in Lansing, Michigan
February 22-23, 9 am - 9 pm on Saturday, Sunday 9 am - 5 pm
This workshop is based on the work of Sandy Ingerman in her most recent book, "Medicine for the Earth". Kate and Stephanie were trained by Sandy to teach this work (refer to website).
www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html

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2003 Partial list

March 2003

Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
March 11th and 25th
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

Shamanism and the Creative Power of Emotion
with Evelyn Rysdyk and Allie Knowlton in Lansing, Michigan
March 22-23 9 am - 4 pm
Cost is $ 150
Evie and Allie are healers and educators who will explore with us how our emotions and feelings affect the ways our bodies function and our immune system, even changing our DNA. Evelyn is the author of Modern Shamanic Living. See www.spiritpassages.com

Join Evelyn Rysdyk, author of Modern Shamanic Living for a brief talk examining how the seemingly different worlds of quantum physics, medicine, psychotherapy, and ancient spiritual traditions are finally finding common ground. A powerful guided imagery will be a part of this program and she will be signing copies of her book after the presentation.
************************ Schuler Books and Music in Okemos, Michigan Thursday, March 20 at 7:30PM

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The Way of the Shaman
with Myron Eshowsky in Lansing, Michigan
March 1-2 9 am - 5 pm both days.
This workshop is prerequisite for Foundation for Shamanic Studies Advanced Workshops
Cost is $180.00
In this workshop , participants are introduced to core shamanism and initiated into shamanic journeying.
Note: this is prerequisite for all advanced FSS training.
See www.shamanism.org or http://www.communityshamanism.com

“Seeking Peace in a Time of Fear”, a one day Conference on Peace and Healing
with Myron Eshowsky, Stephanie Tighe, Kate Durda, and others in Cleveland, Ohio
March 8, 2003 Cost: donations gratefully accepted
Children Welcomed
peacehealing.org

April 2003

Shamanic Journey Circle in Lansing, Michigan
April 8th and 22nd, 2003
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost $donation
This Circle is open to all persons who know how to journey. Call or e-mail for location.

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
April 12, 2003 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost is $55 if registered before April 6th, after that the cost is $65
One of the definitions of spiritual is “of, concerned with, or affecting the soul”. This workshop is for those who are interested in exploring the role of spirituality in their life, health, and overall well-being, and in how to develop or deepen your spiritual life. We will be focusing primarily , but not exclusively on the practice of Shamanism, which is the oldest recorded form of spirituality known. It is a personal spiritual practice, and a healing practice, not a religion. You will receive instruction in the practice of the Shamanic Journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe of Spirit. We will utilize drumming to shift our consciousness, and we will also incorporate ceremony, affirmations, song, movement, prayer, and other spiritual practices to deepen our spirituality. Bring a blanket and eye cover. Upon registration you will receive directions to workshop location.

	*Women and Bear Medicine Part I with Carol Proudfoot-Edgar** near Kalamazoo, Michigan April 24-27, 2003 (4 days/3 nights)
Four day residential training, which is prerequisite for Part II. In this workshop you will be introduced to the major shamanic themes and activities of Bear Medicine. Advanced Bear Medicine to be held in Fall, 2003. Prerequisite: ability to journey into non-ordinary reality and work with power animals. See description of Bear Medicine and more at: www.shamanicvisions.com Return to top

MAY 2003

Shamanism: Spiritual Practice for Daily Life (Introductory workshop)
with Stephanie Tighe, in Lansing, Mi. at Sparrow Center for Health Humanities and Well Being
Saturday, May 3, 2003 10am to 4pm
$60/person Pre-registration is required :Call 517.364.2764 (Sparrow)
One of the definitions of spiritual is “of, concerned with, or affecting the soul”. This workshop is for those who are interested in exploring the role of spirituality in their life, health, and overall well-being, and in how to develop or deepen your spiritual life. We will be focusing primarily , but not exclusively on the practice of Shamanism, which is the oldest recorded form of spirituality known. It is a personal spiritual practice, and a healing practice, not a religion. You will receive instruction in the practice of the Shamanic Journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe of Spirit. We will utilize drumming to shift our consciousness, and we will also incorporate ceremony, affirmations, song, movement, prayer, and other spiritual practices to deepen our spirituality. Bring a blanket and eye cover. This workshop is being held at the Sparrow Center for Health, Humanities and Well Being in the Sparrow Professional Building, Suite 111, 1200 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing

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Year long Peacemaking, Shamanism and Healing Intensive
with Myron Eshowsky
May 30-June 1, 2003 (Course is FULL.)

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June 2003

Visit Kate and Stephanie on June 14-15 at the Women's Wisdom and Wellness Conference in Lansing, Michigan!!
Kate will be leading an introductory workshop about shamanic journeying at 4:30 pm on Saturday. For more information on the conference visit the website at www.mystic-family.com. His Holiness Gayuna Cealo will be present on Sunday from 3-5 pm.

NEW! June 14-15, 2003

Personal and Environmental Transformation:
Medicine for the Earth
with Kate and Stephanie in Lansing, Michigan
June 14-15, 2003
$95 by June 1 ($110 if registering after June 1).
Two day experiential workshop is based on the work of Sandy Ingerman in her most recent book, "Medicine for the Earth" (recommended reading prior to participating in this gathering). Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and were trained by her to teach this work. For info about Sandy Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html and http://www.medicinefortheearth.com

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June 2003

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
June 30, 2003 6-9 pm $35
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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July 2003

Shamanism: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
with Kate Durda in Lansing, Michigan
July 8, 2003 6-9 pm $35
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754…Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…

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Tibetan Shamanism: Soul Retrieval and Psychopomp Process
with Dr. Larry Peters in Lansing, Michigan
July 12-13, 2003
Cost is $180.00 if registered by June 20, 2003, after that the cost is $200
Soul retrieval in the Tibetan/Tamang tradition is multifaceted. It involves the ritual skills as well as the journeywork of the shamanic practitioner. Soul retrieval, indigenously called gunnasera utthar puja
(literally, going to find and bring back the heat/mind-soul ritual) is more often than not combined with other healing processes like extraction, divination, spirit invocation, and psychopompic work. When these multiple processes are involved, the ritual as a whole is often known as karga puja (spirit weapons ceremony). This workshop is actually a ritual in itself, and involves the group first learning and then carrying out a performance of karga puja. For more information visit www.lpshaman.com

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MEDICINE FOR THE EARTH: Transmuting Personal and Environmental Toxins
with Kate Durda in the Upper Peninsula (Hancock Area) of Michigan
July 19-20, 2003 Cost: $95
     This weekend experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions.
     The process continues with learning how to work in cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and transmutation
     The training includes learning about working in cooperation with all the elements earth, water, air, fire. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
     The great power of visioning will be explored and there will be a powerful ceremony with fire used to manifest visions. In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning , singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
TO REGISTER: Contact Nancy Gagnon at 906 482 9847 (or 1247) or negagnon@wildmail.com

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JOURNEY CIRCLE : How to Start One
with Kate Durda in the Upper Peninsula, Marquette, Michigan
July 23 or 24th,   6:00-8:30pm Cost - Donation/Love offering
Prerequisite: Knowing how to do shamanic journey
What we will do/discuss:
What is a JOURNEY CIRCLE ?   It is a gathering of those who wish to support each other in deepening your practice and experience of Shamanism. Typically the focus is on Shamanic Journeys for self and community /earth etc healing and information. Many circles also gather at certain other times of ceremony such as Solstice, Feast of the Dead, Equinox celebrations.
    A shamanic journey circle can offer a ‘core’ spirituality experience for those who are from and of many spiritual and healing traditions. And provide a comfortable circle experience for meeting and sharing.
     This evening will include presentation of   information useful for starting a community “drumming circle”. Drumming circles are typically intended for those who have learned how to journey, and wish to deepen their experience with the shamanic journey and practice, with support of others, what they learned in the Intro training.   Establishment of a solid relationship with your Spirit Allies (teachers and power animals) is essential before entering into training for any healing work.
     In Drumming Circle, participants will work with their spirit helpers to learn how to deepen their connection with them, to improve their practice of divination and healing methods taught in the intro workshops, and to learn how to bring the wisdom of shamanism home into their everyday lives.
TO REGISTER: Contact Roslyn McGrath at 906 226 2097

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Introduction to Shamanic Journeying
with Kate Durda in Republic , MI. (Upper Peninsula)
Saturday, July 26th Cost $55 if registered before July 12, after that date the cost is $65
Shamanism is an ancient and powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism” approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Bring a journal, frame drum or rattle if you have them. Please wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you have them. Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with.
TO REGISTER: Contact Kate Durda 517 543-6754 or after 7/ 12-Mariangela Formolo 906 376 2691

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Shamanic Journeying Circle with Kate and Stephanie and
Pipe Ceremony with Barb Cowles
Tuesday July 29th, in Lansing, Mi. 6:30 pm - 9 pm.
NOTE: This is a different day and location from our regular circle.
We will be meeting at Tina's home. For directions please contact her at 322-2308.

with KATE DURDA, MA … SPIRIT WEAVERS -- in Lansing area

with KATE DURDA, MA … SPIRIT WEAVERS -- in Lansing area

**Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training or experience with Shamanic Journey from Spiritweavers or other similar teachings.

February 2008

with KATE DURDA, MA -- in Lansing area

2008 Dates: SATURDAYS Feb 23, March 8, March 29, April 26th, May 17 Time: 11am – 5:00pm COST $350 ( 5 days)

Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training (contact me for information on how to get this training if you haven't yet. We can set something up!) or experience with Shamanic Journey from Spirit Weavers or other similar teachings.

International Youth Peacemaker Conference The Consciousness of Peace: Transcending Fear, Revenge and Victimization August 5-8, 2004 Cleveland, Ohio sponsored by Pathways Foundation for Peace and Healing (click here for more information)

2008 Dates: SATURDAYS Feb 23, March 8, March 29, April 26th, May 17
Time: 11am – 5:00pm COST $350 ( 5 days)

International Youth Peacemaker Conference
The Consciousness of Peace: Transcending Fear, Revenge and Victimization
August 5-8, 2004 Cleveland, Ohio
sponsored by Pathways Foundation for Peace and Healing
(click here for more information)