Gisele Massini
Somatotherapy and shamanic practices
In 2023 start of 2 teaching cycles over one year: cycle 1 and cycle 2.
These cycles require a commitment over the year for 6 weekends
Shamanism:
Shamanism is an ancestral art that comes from the origins of humanity.
I will not discuss traditional shamanism widely documented elsewhere, but rather give here my approach and the way I practice.
I insist on the use of the words 'shamanic practices' rather than 'shaman', I consider myself as an accompanying and transmitting, witch (follower of the cauldron, medicinal plants, trees and cats) but not 'shaman', word borrowed from a culture other than mine.
I take this path for more freedom and as a path of the heart above all,
at the service of life.
It is a path of direct revelation, through experience, in the present,
through dreams and bodily trance, in relation to the invisible.
The interpretations belong to us,
according to our personal history and our culture.
I invite you to seek your own truths and find your own answers,
while remaining within an ethical and benevolent framework.
I accompany practitioners or patients to travel by themselves and through their body to bring back resources on a daily basis,
for a better life with the great living.
Practically it consists of traveling inside oneself to the sound of the drum,
support of the altered state of consciousness,
to meet unsuspected or forgotten parts of oneself.
We can then interact and co-create with nature spirits, ancestors, living archetypes within us,
manifest them through the body and the dance the time of this space
and bring back answers,
resources and a new impetus of life.
Round 1
Open to all, to explore the basics of shamanism and move forward together with the energy of the group.
6weekend in presence and in a group.
Dates:
11/12 November 2023
20/21 January 2024
17/18 February 2024
March 16/17, 2024
April 20/21, 2024
May 25/26, 2024
Content :
Basics of Shamanism :
- The six directions
- The Journey of Consciousness
- The Three Worlds, (bottom, middle, top)
- The World Tree
- The integration of the Three Centers, (Heart, Belly, Head- in other words: Intuition, physical, Rational).
- Protection, rooting, Centering and Cleaning.
Presence
- The importance and the practice of the Presence, of the body (Breathing, feeling, Meditation)
- The role of the heart, prayers and incantations in shamanism.
Work with the Spirits
- How to work with Allies and Familiars
- How to merge with Allies and Familiars
- Work with Guides
- Work with the Ancestors.
The Forces of Nature
- The 5 elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Spirit)
- The Vegetable World
- The spirits of the weather: winds, rain, snow, heat.
- The Dance between Day and Night
- The World of Crystals.
- The pagan wheel of the seasons
Shamanic Ceremonies and Tools
- Shamanic Art
- Set up and practice a Ceremony, a Ritual
- Create and maintain an Altar
- Shamanic Drum and Rattle
- The power of Song and Dance as means of travel.
The subtle beings
- The Hidden Peoples (Fairies, Elves, Giants, Dragons...)
- The spirit of the place
- Archetypes and deities
- Coincidences and synchronicities
- Work on our ability to be intuitive and visionary.
- How and when to interpret signs and intuitions.
Honoring the Ancestors
- The Blood Ancestors (family lineage)
- Historical Ancestors (cultural heritage)
- The Ancestors of the Place
- The Spiritual Ancestors
body energies
- How to take care of your body
- The “Energy Points” (Chakras)
- Protection and Projection
Alignment with Nature
-Alignment: harmony, unification, concentration, focus, love...
-Transfiguration, shamanic work of Light, Non-separation and mindfulness meditation.
Modalities for each cycle:
Rate: €650 excluding accommodation (gîtes and bed and breakfasts nearby) and to keep prices low, meals are shared and brought by everyone in a Spanish inn style.
Schedules: 9:30 a.m./7:30 p.m. on Saturday + evening, and 9:30 a.m./5:30 p.m. on Sunday
Inscriptionsare done by sending me an email atgisele.massini@orange.fr, we talk to get to know each other and if it's okay I'll send you my IBAN to send the deposit that will validate your registration.
The deposit is 300€ and is non-refundable in the event of withdrawal on your part. (except in cases of force majeure: end of the world), the rest each weekend, €100 the first and €50 the following.
Round 2:
continuation of cycle 1 or for those who have already participated in at least 6 workshops with me. To continue to move forward together without having to go back to the basics.
6weekend in presence and in a group.
Dates:
4/5 Nov 2023
January 6/7, 2024
February 10/11, 2024
March 9/10, 2024
April 13/14, 2024
May 11/12, 2024
- Cares"
- Extraction, protection and cleaning
- Power Recovery
- Soul Retrieval
- Death (Psychopomp and working with Death as an Ally)
- Shamanic work with the Shadow
- Deeper energy work
- trance
- how to do ceremonies
- masks, costumes...
- remember the future
Participants will also learn:
- how to make a consultation - the basics of advice
- how to teach a 'client' to take shamanic journeys and how to do a simple ceremony with them
- follow-up work after treatment
Shamanism and shamanic practice:
No one will be a "Shaman" after these courses, there is no diploma for that, only the Spirits and the Ancestors decide who is the equivalent of a "Shaman" and who is not.
In the same way that cycle 2 graduates are not shamans, they are neither psychotherapists, doctors, nor therapists.
Shamanism is a spiritual way of life. It means that we work on meaning and connection, with the sacred aspects of life and personal power.