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12 Thursdays, 7 – 9 PM CT
November 14, 21, December 5 & 12, 2024
January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2025
Attend in person or via zoom
$450
Life Force Shamanic Training (LFST) provides comprehensive instruction in a contemporary form of shamanism, an ancient form of spiritual practice and healing through connecting to one’s spirit guides. It is based in the Life Force Wisdom Wheel which Life Force Founder & Director Joan Forest Mage received as a “download” from the Universe beginning in 1985.
All LFST classes can be taken in person or via zoom.
The program provides training from the basics of shamanism to establishing a firm personal shamanic practice, and progressing to doing shamanic healing and teaching for others. Graduates of the whole program receive a Certificate in Shamanic Practice.
Level 1: Foundations of Shamanism (12 weeks) helps you understand in-depth foundational principles of shamanic energy work, how to receive messages from the intuitive and spiritual realm and doing the basic shamanic journey meditation. No prerequisite.
This 12 week class meets weekly for 2 hours each week, and there are readings, assignments and discussion with instructor and fellow students through an online student forum. Cost: $450 (includes required books).
Life Force Shamanic Training Level 1 Unit Descriptions
Learn the basic concepts and practices of shamanism
Level 1 is comprised of three units: Energetic Protection, Sensing Spirit and Shamanic Journeying. Students also have books to read, and assignments based on the books. The book(s) are included in the tuition cost. Between class meetings students are welcome to discuss assignments online with the instructor and classmates.
Level 1: Cost: $450
(includes required reading books – No prerequisites)
Energetic Protection Unit
Do you feel drained of energy when you’re near certain people or places? Are you an “energetic sponge” who absorbs disturbing emotions of sadness, fear and anger from those around you? This class covers everything from practical, down-to-earth advice to mystic lore about energetic protection. Learn how to ground your energy; identify your etheric, emotional and astral bodies; remove energetic blockages and intrusions; examine and transform unconscious intentions and core beliefs that may be opening you to energy loss; cleanse and invigorate your body’s major energy centers (chakras); work with crystals; and find your Power Animal and other helpful spirit guides to help protect you. We will practice techniques such as breathing, visualization and simple body movement and experience how they help us shift energy. This seminar is 8 hours; 4 weekly sessions of 2 hours each, as well as readings, assignments and discussion with instructor and fellow students through an online student forum. Required reading: The Psychic Pathway by Sonia Choquette.
Shamanic Journeying Unit
Learn the ancient shamanic journey meditation: traveling to the spirit realm to gain wisdom and healing from angels, ancestors, totem animals and other helpful spiritual beings. To the classic shamanic drumbeat, you will journey to the three territories of non-ordinary reality to begin building relationships with your own group of spirit helpers. Learn about shamanic cosmology, the history and ethical basis of shamanism, and the ways shamanic practice applies to the modern world and to healing the web of all life. No Prerequisite. Please bring a rattle, and a pen and notebook. This seminar is 8 hours; 4 weekly sessions of 2 hours each, as well as readings, assignments and discussion with instructor and fellow students through an online student forum. Required reading: Singing The Soul Back Home by Caitlin Matthews.
Sensing Energy Unit
Gain greater skill in entering meditative consciousness through learning time-proven methods of quieting your mind and body, observing your intuitive impressions so you can hear Spirit’s messages more clearly. We will utilize self-expressive arts – writing, drawing, singing, dancing – as meditational and energy work practices. Learn how to interpret the visions you see in your shamanic journeys and dreams through discovering your preferred perceptual mode (seeing, hearing or feeling) for accessing intuitive information. You will further deepen your relationship with your own group of spirit helpers. No prerequisite. Please bring a rattle, and a pen and notebook. This seminar is 8 hours; 4 weekly sessions of 2 hours each, as well as readings, assignments and discussion with instructor and fellow students through an online student forum. Required reading: The Open Mind by Dawna Markova.
Joan Forest Mage
Joan Forest Mage, the founder and director of Life Force Arts Foundation and Shamanic Training Program, is honored to serve as a shamanic healer, educator and artist in her hometown of Chicago (and throughout the world via zoom). She has a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Professional Studies from De Paul University’s School for New Learning, with the focus area “Creating Healing Ritual Through the Arts: A Contemporary Paradigm.” A Certified Movement Analyst, she has studied shamanism, energy work and healing ritual with numerous teachers, and has worked as a Shamanic Practitioner since 1995, performing over 1000 soul retrieval healings. Joan has over thirty years of professional performing and teaching experience as a dancer, singer and theater performer, and two music CDs to her credit. She has taught workshops and training programs in the arts and body movement since 1985, and in shamanism since 1996.
Register for Course
Life Force Shamanic Training Level 1. $450
Pay by credit card:
To pay by Zelle – our Zelle address is joan@lifeforcearts.org
Please contact Joan to specify if you are coming in person or via zoom
Questions? contact Joan at joan@lifeforcearts.org or 773-327-7224
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Life Force Arts Center, 1609 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657.
Who the Shamanic Training Program is for
The Level 1, Level 2 and Wisdom Wheel Course enable the student to establish a firm personal practice of shamanism, connecting to your spirit guides and intuitive consciousness.
The two advanced Courses, Shamanic Healers Practicum and Ritual Leaders Practicum, are for those who feel called to do shamanic healing and teaching for others.
Tuition policy
There are no refunds, but each Course is repeated on a regular basis, so if you find you are not able to attend the entire Course you have paid for, you can take the Course when it is offered again. In addition, most class meetings are recorded on zoom, so if you miss a few of the class meetings, you can view the videos of those class meetings. Please consult with the instructor for the best way to make up classes for your situation.
Required reading list for Life Force Shamanic Training Level 1
Books are included in cost of tuition
Level 1
- Energetic Protection Unit – The Psychic Pathway by Sonia Choquette
- Shamanic Journeying Unit –Singing The Soul Back Home by Caitlin Matthews
- Sensing Spirit Seminar Unit- The Open Mind by Dawna Markova