Ethical shamanic practice includes the following. We always inform those we help that we are working with helping spirits. We always ask for permission.  We have the informed consent of our clients. We practice confidentiality with our clients. Check out Susan Mokolke’s article on working with ethics and shamanic practice. https://www.shamanism.org/articles/ethical-considerations-in-shamanic-healing/

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In the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, we journey using typically the drum.  The drum beat brings us to another state of consciousness.  We are probably all familiar with how different rhythmic sounds changes our perception of the world.  I remember traveling on trains at a certain speed or listening to chanting and how I felt at these moments.  In the 1960s, Andrew Neher conducted pioneering research on drumming, finding that it produces atypical changes in the central nerv

We journey to gain knowledge and healing.  Shamans have always journeyed to gain knowledge and wisdom.  We enter into a space where we receive messages from our spirit helpers.  The journey is the cornerstone of shamanic practice.  We step beyond this world, where knowledge and healing flow like hidden rivers.Since the dawn of memory, shamans have wandered these realms, gathering whispers of wisdom from the unseen.In the sacred stillness of the journey, spirit helpers speak,