Am I a Shaman In the Making? Signs You’re Called to Be a Shaman
How do you know it is real and not just ego? Does it feel like everyone is saying? How do you know it’s real and true for you?
First and foremost, if you have the desire, if you keep thinking about it, it’s real. It’s not more complicated than that.
Most people will feel to be called to be a shaman through a strange occurrence literally referred to as at the call. They’ll get signs, clues, people will tell them they were a shaman in a past life, or maybe their curiosity is piqued through a psychedelic experience or an awakening. Often people get the energetic invitation through an initiation like losing their job, having an accident, losing a loved one or going through a medical ordeal. This opens the doorway.
It’s a real thing, that curiosity is trying to guide you to what you need.
Whether you start that journey for personal reasons, or because you want to be a better healer or start or grow your spiritual business, the process is going to mostly be the same. For most calls to the path, you see that life could be better and you want to be part of making a better world, even if it’s not clear HOW yet.
At the most introductory level you’ll learn how to speak with spirits and live a shamanic life where you understand your purpose and how that relates to the whole. This allows you to make informed choices rooted in who you truly are and what your purpose is. If you pay attention and listen, you don’t have to swim around in the daily anxieties and wonder what you are doing or why you are here.
You’ll heal personal past trauma, old belief patterns, and distorted perceptions of reality.
If you want to go further and offer healing to others you can, and you will know if you are being called to be a shaman, because you’ll FEEL it, you’ll keep thinking about it. There is an energetic invitation. Likely you will think… is this real? Why me, who am I to do this? Am I a Shaman in the making? You’ll have doubts and that is a good sign too. It means you are integrity.
And if you are feeling being called to be a shaman but wonder if you are cut out for it and what your next steps are, get on my calendar and book your Ignite Your Inner Shaman call. It’s free, there is just a small deposit to hold your spot. The purpose of this call is to get you to clarify if this is right for you and your shamanic path.
Now, you might be wondering how this applies to you and why Shaman School is the key to mastering your spiritual gifts and owning your worth.
Allow me to share a bit of my own journey. I was born with natural access to my spiritual gifts, including seeing and hearing spirits on the physical level, prophetic dreams, and psychic insight. Like many people meant to be spiritual guides I was interested in religion and spirituality very much and initially found a home in easter philosophy. Until I had a shamanic initiation as a teenager. All the gifts began to get overwhelming, and it looks like a mental health crisis because there was no context for bringing all these practices together. I had to regroup and reorient myself to the physical plane, because although shamans have heightened awareness, if they are overly sensitive and can’t cope or function in this reality, they can do their job, which is to bring the wisdom of the spirit realm and higher dimension HERE. This was part of my shamanic path, healing journey and learning this enhanced my ability to heal and help others manifest better lives.
Shamans undertake internal journeys through meditation or trance, assist in healing, and help manifest improvements in people’s lives using methods that draw from spirit, the earth, or the higher self. They also work on multiple dimensions or levels of reality like I just mentioned. This holistic approach is what sets shamanism apart from other spiritual practices.
One powerful aspect of shamanism is the emphasis on partnership. As a shaman, I don’t just offer healing; I guide individuals to connect with their own inner healer. It’s a collaborative process that empowers you to take control of your spiritual and emotional well-being.
Shamans don’t do FOR they do WITH.
Let’s take a moment for an interactive exercise. If you’re in a safe space, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Imagine you are standing at the edge of a vast forest. This forest represents the unknown, your untapped potential, and the mysteries of your inner world. As you step into the forest, you feel a sense of peace and curiosity.
Visualize a guide appearing before you, a spirit guide or a power animal. This guide is here to lead you on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Ask your guide what message they have for you today. Take a few moments to receive any insights or feelings that come up. When you’re ready, open your eyes and return to this moment.
This simple exercise demonstrates how accessible shamanic practices can be.
By enrolling in Shaman School, you’ll learn how to deepen these experiences and integrate them into your daily life, into work with your clients, and into your spiritual business.
Now, let’s talk about why Shaman School is the key to mastering your spiritual gifts and owning your worth and why there’s no better time to start than now.
Imagine having an entire year of emotional and spiritual support. No more spinning out of control every time something bad happens. Those moments of confusion about your next move? Gone. Instead, you’ll have clarity and peace of mind during life’s challenges. You’ll have one cohesive source of guidance, rather than piece-mealing advice from different people and different guides.
Shaman School offers a sanctuary for your spiritual growth. It’s a place where you can explore and develop your unique spiritual gifts in a supportive community.
Here are some of the transformative benefits you’ll experience:
- Emotional Resilience: No longer will you be overwhelmed by life’s challenges. You’ll develop resilience and find peace amidst the chaos- yes, it is possible.
- Spiritual Clarity: Gain a clear understanding of your spiritual and shamanic path and purpose.
- Personal Power: Learn to harness your inner power and use it to manifest the life you desire, keep your energy clear (like not taking on other people’s energy) , and hold your boundaries.
- Spiritual Gifts: Enhance your natural healing abilities and learn new techniques to help yourself and others. You’ll develop a sense of what makes you unique in the way you work so you can stand out.
- Awakening Shamanic Archetypes:
- Community Support: Connect with like-minded individuals who are on the same journey, providing mutual support and encouragement.
- Higher awareness of spiritual patterns, dimensions, and the full scope of spiritual wisdom. Not just pieces.
- Healing Skills
Coaches & therapists – if you are frustrated seeing what your clients need but not being able to get them instant breakthroughs, this is for you! You’ll learn exactly how to use the gifts that are unique to YOU and bring them into practice, offering more powerful results with your clients and unshakable certainty in your spiritual business.
Reiki practitioners – did you finish your reiki training and love it but now that you are working with clients you see there is SO MUCH MORE?
This is your opportunity to deeply understand how to navigate the spiritual realms and higher wisdom that reiki doesn’t teach. You’ll feel more confident, reach more people, be able to offer real virtual sessions and I bet you’ll have even MORE fun in your practice.
Shaman School offers you the chance to master your spiritual gifts, build self-worth, and be a confident healer. But it is also its own deeply healing journey and process where you get in alignment with your spiritual gifts and higher purpose.
It’s about living your values loudly and seeing them reflected in the world around you. This program is designed to support you in fully embodying the legendary energy that you are meant to live.
Let me share a story from one of our students, Sarah. When Sarah joined Shaman School, she was struggling with self-doubt and a lack of direction. She felt a calling to heal but didn’t know how to harness her gifts. Through the support and teachings at Shaman School, Sarah discovered her unique healing abilities. She learned to trust her intuition and connect deeply with her spirit guides. Today, Sarah is a confident healer, helping others find their path to wellness and joy.
Melissa was working in a corporate career. She wanted to learn, she’d been on a healing journey, and she knew there was so much more. Her soul was calling. She kind of was interested in offering this professionally, but she loved her job. In the end life led her to both.
Jim had a recent awakening and was ready to understand his purpose. He had incredible heart healing, deepened his skill and understanding of spiritual realms, and got offered a board position at a cutting-edge company. It was a dream position.
Kim had previous shamanic training, but it wasn’t done with love, and it left her distrusting herself and shamanism itself. She felt the calling to work with us. She said no the first time because of money, but she came back a year later and that was part of the journey. During shaman school she picked up her first official client as a Shaman and shortly after becoming aware of her specific gifts and purpose offered (and filled) a workshop on the topic of her expertise.
Kat was trying to open a yoga studio but was struggling. It made no direct correlation because to join Shaman School, she had a curiosity and longing for a long time. In the program she got connected to her inner knowing and trust. She has got to understand herself, why she is the way she is and what she really wants. As a result, she not only opened a successful yoga studio and community center, but she also met the love of her life. It’s truly incredible what our curiosity and desire give us when we follow it.
Her transformation is a testament to the power of shamanic practices and the supportive community we foster at Shaman School.
I could go on of course, but the point is, if your soul is calling, if you are committed to healing and spiritual growth, and especially if you want to grow your spiritual business. The time is now. Don’t wait.
The people who joined are not special, they are just like you, they are working full time, single parents, in life transitions, questioning marriages, questioning career changes. They have expenses and families, and health concerns. Don’t let that be the reason you put this off.
You want to be clear to yourself that the reason you are a No right now is because it is not aligned, you’re not committed, or it’s not a soul calling- not the other reasons we say to ourselves.
One common concern is, ‘What if it doesn’t work for me?’ This is a valid fear, and it’s something many of our students initially feel. The truth is shamanic practices work because they are deeply personal and adaptable.
Shaman School provides a safe space for you to explore and find what resonates with you. Remember, it’s not about achieving perfection; it’s about progress and self-discovery and challenging yourself to stretch.
Another question we often get is, ‘How is Shaman School different from other programs?’ Well beside the fact that we have a fun and deep culture, we offer 3 main distinctions from other trainings:
- Unique medicine
- Archetypes
- Spiritual realms
We don’t hold back content to get you to train longer. It is all right here and will grow with you as you grow. You’ll come back to the training when you are ready for your next level, and they are built into the teachings already in my unique layered approach.
Bonus! We also offer support in your spiritual business.
You can listen to the full story on Leading With Spirit [Episode #89]: Are You a Shaman? How to know if Shamanism is Your Spiritual Calling
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