Awaken Your Inner Viking Shaman – Beginner Level [certified]

go on spirit-world journeys for energy and insight with a Norse flavor

Created by: Yehuda Ben Jehoshua
Creative Director / Personal Coach

Created by: Dario Nardi
instructor, author, and consultant

Created by: Avi Mamont
spiritual life coach

What Will I Learn?

• The nature of shamanism and the role of a shaman as a bridge between worlds and facilitator for a community.
• Songs for rattle, drum, or guitar (in English and Norwegian).
• Ways to prepare for a shamanic journey, including mindset and setting, the role of ritual, music, the altar, and fetishes.
• Going on a medicine walk through nature to locate a power place, and how to revisit that place on a Middle World journey.
• How to visit the Lower World, on a drumming journey, to find a power animal and energy to deal with a challenge in daily life.
• How to visit the Upper World, on a drumming journey, to find a wise teacher and insight into a life challenge.
• The “tree dance” for grounding and the “beast dance” for vitality.
• How to draw on memory, music, song, dance, poetry, and the elements (water, fire, earth, metal, wood, etc.) to enhance your experiences.
• A basic introduction to Norse cosmology (of course!)
• A dozen people’s advice and experiences with this practice, in their own words.
• Includes free drumming track, suggested exercises for homework, and quizzes.
• Various downloadable resources and tips for successful journeys.
• Includes 5-1/2 hours of on-demand video, plus assignments and quizzes, and 60 lectures, demonstrations, and interviews.

Requirements

• Willing to go into a light trace to open up to your unconscious.
• A few hours of quiet time, when focused and rested, to work without distraction.
• A rattle or drum, blindfold or sleeping mask, and a kerchief or such as an altar cloth.
• Drumming track (you can download with this course).
• Patience and curiosity when you encounter challenges.
• You do NOT need to know a Scandinavian language, have that family background, or follow a particular religion. The course is open to everyone.

Target audience

• Students who want to learn core shamanic practices.
• Those who want to grow spiritually.
• People who are interested in Norse language, culture, and cosmology.
• Anyone curious about altered states of consciousness.