Journeys to the Soul: A Shamanic Healing Practice

09/13/2024

In November, i will be offering a 6-session monthly online course in Advanced Practitioner training. This course is for those who, through a two or three year training program, have already acquired basic shamanic healing skills and techniques, such as soul retrieval, extraction, curse unravelling and psychopomp. In this course you will learn additional techniques and methods to expand on those basic skills and combine them in creative and effective ways in your client work.

The six lessons break down as follows:

1. More on Soul Loss and Retrieval: chronological tracking of a behavioral pattern (conditioning); how to negotiate with wounded soul parts; the importance of integration and how to assign.
2. Gatekeeper Soul Parts and Soul Reclamation: resistance and blocks to healing; alliances between/among soul parts; building back wholeness and soul part fostering.
3. Karmic Soul Loss, Psychopomp and Rebirth: past life relevance; when and how to perform/suggest a psychopomp; how non-transitioned loved ones can exacerbate grief and create other imbalances.
4.Relationship Dynamic as a Diagnostic for Soul Loss, Intrusion: cording and curses; narcissistic dynamic in relationship; blockages caused by relationship dynamic.
5. Using the Energy Body as a Diagnostic Tool: emotional and spiritual imbalances manifesting illness in the body, due to imprinting; intrusion; curses, cording and possession.
6.Ancestral Healing: how to identify and track a pattern; how to find resolution; ancestral ceremony/ritual; invoking homeland as the adjudicator of ancestral discord.

If you are interested in learning more, please write to me using the contact form on my website: https://journeystothesoul.com/contact-jane-burns/

06/30/2020

Here's an interview I did with Dottie Lamoureux back in April. It's part of her summit which is currently running. You'll only be able to watch it for the next 48 hours.

This interview is one of 25 powerful presentations in The Esoteric Moon Gathering: Ritual, Wisdom & Practices to Activate Inner Knowing & Trust. Click here t...

11/22/2019

11/16/2019

For anyone who missed the broadcast of my Shift Network Course, which aired this past fall, Celtic Shamanism: Rituals, Myths and Journeys for Reclaiming Your Sovereignty is now available for purchase from the Shift library. You can view or listen to all the modules and take the course at your leisure. Click here, if you are interested: https://theshiftnetwork.com/course/CelticShamanism?&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=infusionsof&cookieUUID=4222e856-a856-4d80-bec9-4e688ad42e68

The Gifts of Celtic Shamanism Rituals for Reclaiming Sacred Space, Sovereignty & Your Soul’s Calling A Free Video Event With Shamanic Teacher & Healer Jane Burns

07/30/2019

Please join this FREE video event on August 7th at 8:30pm EST. You will receive a recording, if you can't listen live. Sign up with this link:
https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/csJB/a19409/

06/08/2019

I'm very pleased to be teaching this workshop again at Stone Church, in Bellows Falls, VT! I love this venue and this town. Fall is a lovely time to visit this part of the northeast. Please join us! This course is designed for beginners but is substantive enough for savvy journeyers. All levels are welcome.

Stone Church Center: Venues for Music, Art, and Spirituality at the stone church on the hill in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

12/27/2018

12/11/2018

I am once again offering a Two Year Program in Celtic Shamanism, which will begin in April of 2019 at Pumpkin Hollow Retreat Center in Craryville, NY. This venue is sure to provide a beautiful backdrop for our study and interaction with nature.

Every year, the Celts observed the turning of the seasons as a guide to what needed to be tended, both without and within. In this two-year program, we will follow the Celtic lead and trace the seasons and festivals of the year as our time together progresses. We will look to the points of the Celtic Medicine Wheel as a guide to solve problems, master challenges and hone the virtues.

We will visit, through storytelling, many of the Celtic gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, the dangers, sacrifices, and rough places the living of life sometimes presents, and the tenacity and courage oftentimes required in order to withstand our ordeals.

In addition to learning and engaging in ritual, ceremony and daily spiritual practice, we will examine the skills of alchemy, faery doctoring, omen hunting, oracle work, exploring land and liminal space, shapeshifting, working with elements and forces of chaos, transmigration of the soul, soul raising and hiding; matters of sovereignty: curse removal and spell unraveling, dismemberment, death rites, and working with the ancestors to strengthen our connection to the land.

If you are interested in applying for this program, please contact Jane Burns via FB messenger or via the contact section of my website: journeystothesoul.com

“Jane Burns is a remarkable shamanic teacher and writer. Her clarity, the depth of her wisdom and experiences is such a guiding force for anyone looking for spiritual tools to navigate the changing world we are living in. Anyone who takes a course with Jane Burns or reads her work will receive practices and a spiritual foundation to reconnect with oneself, nature, and all of life. Jane’s teaching is truly brilliant."
--Sandra Ingerman, MA,
awarded author of 12 books on shamanism,
including The Book of Ceremony, and internationally renowned teacher of shamanism.

"I highly recommend Jane Burns' programs and trainings in Celtic shamanism. Jane brings a broad knowledge of Celtic myth and lore to her teaching, and her shamanic work is deeply enriched by her own spiritual practices of contemporary Celtic traditions. Over the years, she has inspired many people with her memorable teaching, ceremonies, and rituals."
--Tom Cowan, PhD.
author of Fire in the Head andYearning for the Wind.

08/28/2018

This is the goddess Boann as she famously loses life and limb to become the River Boyne. Come explore the fruits of this and other rich and magical Celtic myths in a workshop called Seven Celtic Tales and How We Live by Them, here at the barn in Southbury, CT on October 13th and 14th, 2018. For more details, please contact Jane via [email protected]

05/08/2018

Our Unspent Grief: The Lost Art of Keening by Jane Burns | Mar 7, 2018 | Article, Celtic Shamanism Perhaps no other story in Celtic mythology demonstrates more succinctly the unbearable weight of grief than that of the great hero, Cu Cuchlainn at the death of his son, Connla. The young warrior’s d...

01/01/2018

A blessed and bountiful New Year to my clients, students and their families. You have each enriched my work and touched my heart in so many ways with your grace and bravery. I hope you will take a quiet moment to enjoy this short and lovely film about my two loves, trees and poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAqR4XYKeX0&ab_channel=fixkhai

Oscar-winning Dame Judi Dench is one of Britain's best-loved actresses, but few people know that Judi holds another great passion, a deep love for trees. Thi...

11/17/2017

Two Year Program in Celtic Shamanism!

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun;
Radiance of moon;
Splendor of fire;
Speed of Lightning;
Swiftness of wind;
Depth of sea;
Stability of earth;
Firmness of rock.

—Ninefold Blessing

I am pleased to offer, once again, the Celtic Shamanism Two Year Program, which will begin here at the barn in Southbury, CT next May. The Celtic way of seeing and being is extraordinarily unique, inspiring and artful. Through a shamanic lens, this training provides a deep examination of: Celtic lore, cosmology, and seasonal ritual; a reverence for the homeland and natural world, an appreciation for social/tribal responsibility; as well as, powerful and poetic healing and spiritual practices.

Today, many of us feel vulnerable and shaken by changes that are impacting our political, economic, environmental and spiritual landscapes. Even if you are someone who embraces the notion that “you were made for these times,” you might still be grasping for some clarity on exactly to proceed.

The ancient Celts often felt the need to call upon the gods and the ninefold powers of the elements to protect them in times of danger. Celtic history is marked with many periods of turbulence.

Every year, the Celts marked and followed the turning of the seasons as a guide to what needed to be tended, both without and within. In this two-year program, we will follow the Celtic lead and trace the seasons and festivals of the year as our time together progresses. We will look to the points of the Celtic Medicine Wheel as a guide to solve problems, master challenges and hone the virtues.

We will visit, through storytelling, many of the Celtic gods and heroes, the dangers, sacrifices, and rough places the living of life sometimes presents, and the tenacity and courage oftentimes required in order to withstand our ordeals.

In addition to learning and engaging in ritual, ceremony and daily spiritual practice, we will examine the skills of alchemy, faery doctoring, omen hunting, oracle work, exploring land and liminal space, shapeshifting, working with elements and forces of chaos, transmigration of the soul, soul raising and hiding; matters of sovereignty: curse removal and spell unraveling, dismemberment, death rites, and working with the ancestors.

Who is this training for? Students of shamanism who want a course of practical study in a rich, imaginative and well-grounded tradition. Practitioners of core shamanism (or other traditions) with an interest in exploring the Celtic expression of their acquired skills and techniques. Celtophiles who wish to adopt a more spiritual and shamanic expression of their favored tradition. (For graduates of my Two Year Program in Celtic-Core Shamanism, this training goes much wider and deeper into Celtic shamanism and spirituality.)

You must complete an application to be accepted into this program. A familiarity and comfort with the shamanic journey is a prerequisite. As the program progresses, your spiritual practice will deepen, and your journeying skills will improve, but you will need some experience navigating non-ordinary reality before coming in. If you are unsure about this qualification, talk to me about it, and I will endeavor to find you the grounding you need.

For more information, please contact Jane at [email protected]

10/31/2017

A happy and blessed Samhain to all! Deep Peace of the Celtic New Year!

10/25/2017

I am teaching Introduction to Celtic Shamanism next weekend in Bellows Falls, VT at a lovely venue -- the Stone Church Center. From Friday, November 3rd at 5:00 to Sunday, November 5th at 1:00. Hope to see you there!
http://www.stonechurcharts.org/event/8c4bdeeab17ca889d3cc403278844839

Stone Church Center unites two programs, Stone Church Arts and Immanuel Retreat Center. Stone Church Arts was founded by Eugene Friesen, Rev. Margaret Crane and Robert McBride in 2004. Immanuel Retreat Center was started by Gloria Mansfield and Robert Bowler in 2013. Both organizations offer program...

10/09/2017

I will be speaking this Sunday, October 15th, to the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society in Woodbury, CT. The 11:15 service is being held at the First Congregational Church in Woodbury, 214 Main Street South near La Bonne's market. The topic is "Our Souls in Autumn," and it addresses the need to accept the guidance of nature for deeper living in the world and closer communion with our souls. All are welcome.

06/14/2017

Hello All!
As the summer solstice approaches us, I am sending you summer greetings and this lovely quote from James Carroll to help urge you into the season:
"In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the week toward which the year has been straining. The fullness of light transforms awareness. Each day prolongs itself. Time is reinvented, as the present tense comes into its culmination. Approaching next week's summer solstice, the earth seems to slow in its turning. The sun loiters. Evening slides luxuriously into night, which reliably cuts itself short with dawn. All of nature tugs at human consciousness to say: Notice this.
And so you do. This morning, you put the newspaper down and let your eyes go to the window. A red-breasted bird perches on the ledge, watching. The wall of ivy shimmers with pale ripeness. Sunshine slants into the yard, and motes of dust move in the cone of the breeze. Ferns lounge in the shade. Fresh-green branches scratch at the sky. Leaves glisten. For a moment, you attend to the way the world welcomes the longest days of the year. Your part is to take it in."
Deep Peace of the Summer Breeze!

02/01/2017

Frosting on the gnome. Happy Imbolc, everyone! May the goddess Brigid lay her blessings on your head.

01/17/2017

If you haven't checked my blog recently, there are some new posts up. Here's the latest.

http://journeystothesoul.com/2017/01/09/we-are-stardust-we-are-golden/

It has not escaped my notice during the hundreds of journeys I have undertaken on behalf of others, how much care and time the helping spirits take to elucidate