Churaig Mac Niall

www.hearttracks.co.uk
churaig@yahoo.com
07717663922

What is Shamanism?

Shamanism is possibly the planet's oldest spiritual form of healing. It is still practised amongst many indigenous peoples and the echoes of its European forms can be seen amongst many religions and healing modalities. The shaman acts as an intermediary between the spirit worlds and this world to enact healing and divination. This is done through the shamanic journey and through the shaman's deep relationship with helper spirits or allies.

Shamanic Healing

At times in life we all feel less than we know we could. This may manifest physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. From a shamanic view this means that we have become disconnected somewhere in our lives. From inside our unwell self it can be very difficult to see where that disruption lies. After sharing your reasons for coming, Churaig will create sacred space using the drum and song. He will then journey to the Spirit Worlds to ask for advice on your behalf. This can then lead to traditional shamanic forms of healing such as soul retrieval, ally retrieval, extraction, energy healing or psychopomp.

Shamanic healing may be useful for:

Stress Management
Before/After Surgery
Relationship Issues
Positive Projects
Harmonising Emotions Sickness/Imbalance
Phobias/Fears
Personal Development
Spiritual Development
Unfolding Potentials

Shamanic healing works well alongside Western medical treatments and will not conflict with them. Rather, it will complement and support them, helping to build holistic health at all levels of your being.

Courses in Shamanism

A number of courses in Shamanism are available at the Elemental Sanctuary:

The Shaman's Track: 2-day Introductory Course
This course brings you to the core knowledge that allows you to interact with power animals and spirit allies for your health and healing. You will learn to journey to the Shamanic realms using drums, rattles and movement to deepen your relationship to Spirit. Also, you will be shown how to use these new skills to bring healing to others.

The Track of Heart: 2-day Advanced* Level Course
This workshop will allow you to reconnect to the depth of your own heart. Shamanic people worldwide view the heart as a most precious energy centre and having a full, open, clear and strong heart is seen as essential to emotional, physical and spiritual health.

Tracking the Ancestors: 2-day Advanced* Level Course
This workshop is designed as a deep and powerful ceremony to awaken the Ancestors. By clearing unfinished family business, you can deepen your knowledge of your life's purpose and have the ancestral support to bring this into being.

Dreaming Tracks: 2-day Advanced* Level Course
The Shaman knows all of life is a dream and that we dream our own world into being living life with ease and power. On this workshop, you will clear dreams that no longer serve you and begin to manifest the life you truly dare to dream.

Sound Tracks: 2-day Advanced* Level Course
Drums and rattles are the steeds on which the Shaman rides into the other worlds. On this workshop, you will learn to make a rattle with focus and sacred intention be shown techniques to use your rattle and voice as powerful healing tools.

Tracking Power : 3-day Advanced* Level Course
Stepping deeply onto one's power path requires knowledge of how power works. One of the key principles is that power is drawn from those things that have greater power than us. This workshop will bring you into deeper relationship with Nature, the Elements and other natural forms of power.

* All Advanced courses pre-require completion of an introductory course in Core Shamanism either with Churaig or another known teacher.

Churaig Mac Niall

I have been on my spiritual journey for many years but about 16 years ago Spirit saw to it that I could no longer ignore the many calls I had been previously refusing to acknowledge. Essentially, life fell apart and I found myself suddenly living as a single dad with four kids and a radical separation from the life I had been living up until then. I entered into a phase of deep spiritual awakening and began exploring many aspects of the sacred. At this point, a Bear appeared in my 'meditations' and began taking me on teaching journeys. A few years later, I was led to do a degree in the Study of Religion at University. During an experiential lecture in the subject 'Witches, Pagans and the New Age' I had an experience that led me to realise that these teaching episodes with the Bear had a name - Shamanism. Many of the other-world encounters that I had were classic to peoples around the world who work with Spirit in the way that has come to be known as Shamanism.

Since then, I have intensively trained with Dr Crow Swimsaway and Bekki Shining Bearheart at the Church of Earth Healing in Ohio, USA and studied with a number of other teachers. I have degrees in Studies of Religion and Anthropology and in Education. I also have a background in massage, hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I teach Shamanism around the UK and have a shamanic healing practice. I am a member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners and the Core Shamanic Practitioner's Circle.