Way of the Wild Soul Shamanka

Spiral One Course Content & Dates

2025 / 2026

In the first spiral of the Wild Shapeshift year starting in Autumn 2025 you will meet the elemental aspects of your Wild Soul Shamanka / Shaman and learn their Wild Shapeshift style skills. You will learn shamanic skills such as journeying between the worlds. We will follow the Avalonian Goddess Wheel of the Year, make shamanic tools and connect more fully to the essence of your soul.

Circle 1: October 18th / 19th / 20th – 3-day introduction for in-person students (All Students) 

Circle 1: October 18th / 19th / 20th and 21st – in-person weekend for Blended Learning Students

Wild Shapeshifter: I am she/he/they who:

Meet your key Wild Soul Shamanka Shapeshifter Guide/Power creatures, those who’re stepping forward to protect you, act as your gatekeeper guides, and teach their gifts.

  • Learn about your Wild Soul connection, how to work from your soul seed, know yourself, and how to connect with others from your authentic power centre.
  • I am she/he/they who journeys between worlds – learn key shamanic skills that you need to shapeshift between the worlds, with drums, movement and ceremony.
  • Explore what Shapeshifting is and its history of ritual for healing and ceremonies, and what/how we will be incorporating this into our course.
  • I am the Shamanka ancestors – who/what are they? Which traditions and teachings is the work rooted in? Explore & reclaim our native proto-Celtic British culture and how we honour the teachings of different lineages.
  • Learn the Four Agreements & how to incorporate them into your daily life.
  • Learn basic energy and protection rituals and how to align yourself to your sacred Tree of Life.
  • Drum Journey to birth & ritually craft your own shamanic fringed mask & sacred medicine pouch, learn about their shamanic & ritual use.
  • Experience Shapeshifting with your Journeying fringed mask into the 4 elements through dance & movement.
  • I am she who initiates the pathway on lunar Samhain eve, with a Wild Soul Transformation ceremony to clear old blocks, fears that have been stopping you from embracing your Wild Soul Shamanic essence, gifts and powers.

There will be self-study and personal Shamanic practice to do between weekends to help strengthen your connection to your Wild Soul Shamanka Guides, build, hone & develop your skills. You may need to finish crafting your Shamanic tools and sacred regalia between sessions.

Online Meeting: Sunday 9 November, 7:30pm to join our New Moon Zoom mentoring meeting.

Circle 2: November 21st (evening) and 22nd / 23rd in-person students

Circle 2: November 21st (evening and 22nd /23rd Blended Learning students attend online via Zoom

Wild Earth Shapeshifter: I am She/he/they who walk the earth…

Working with the earth elementals and spirits of the land to empower your presence and embody the wisdom of your Wild Earth Shamanka/Shaman.

  • Walk in the sacred landscape of the Avalon apple orchards to meet the Earth elementals & explore the wider sacred landscape of Avalon. Drum journey at Priddy 9 barrows to reclaim the wisdom of the ancestors.
  • Learn about psychic protection and clearing your vessel/body, holding your sacred space.
  • Shapeshift through movement, drum, dance & guided journeys to meet Spirits/Goddess of Earth, your Earth Power animals/guides and your Earth Ancestor guides.
  • Journey to ritually find/see/reclaim and birth your shapeshift mask/ head-dress that embodies the wisdom of your Wild Soul Shamanka.
  • Learn and explore Wild soul connection & theatrical skills to ground and empower your Personal presence.

Online Meeting: December 20 at 7.30 pm New Moon Zoom ceremony & mentoring session

2026

Circle 3: January 2nd (evening), 3rd / 4th in-person weekend

Circle 3: January 2nd (evening) 3rd / 4th Blended Learning students attend online via Zoom

Wild Air Shapeshifter: I am she/he/they who sings to the wind…

Wild Air Soul Shamanka Seer/Oracle– working with Air and breath explore, empower and find your ancient Wisdom’s voice and journey to heal your gifts as a Seer or Oracle.

  • Drum Journey with the elementals of air to meet your power animal who shows you your empowerment cloak/sacred wings and enables you to reclaim them. Sacredly Craft your ‘Wings’ as part of your Shamanic Regalia/Power Costume.
  • I am she/he/they who soars above and sees all Shapeshift embodiment dance with your wings out in the landscape at a hilltop sanctuary.
  • Walk in the sacred landscape and visit a Stone circle/ancient hilltop sanctuary to connect to the ancestors.
  • Find the voice of your Soul enchantress through journeying with your Wild Soul Shamanka of Air.
  • Learn how to connect to your SoulSong/light language to express your authentic Wild Soul Shamanka voice.
  • Speaking/Oracling your truth, and discerning the differences with spiritual ego and wounded toxicity.
  • Learn about creating and weaving sacred space through sound journeys. Following your Soul connection to the group and learn how to sensitively use instruments- drum, rattles, koshi bells, chimes, crystal bowls, to enhance, guide and weave the ceremonial space.

Online Meeting: Sunday 18 January eve – Zoom New Moon meeting

Circle 4: February 13th (evening) 14th / 15th  in-person weekend

Circle 4: February 13th / 14th / 15th Blended Learning students attend in-person.

Wild Water Shapeshifter: I am she who flows in the depths

I am She who flows and transforms: Water Shapeshifter Walk in the sacred landscape of Avalon, explore Her wells and rivers, work with water for healing to cleanse, and transform the emotions. Inner Healing – work with water & the emotions to heal your Wild soul Shamanka/Shaman.

  • Shapeshift through movement, drum and guided journeys to meet Spirit/ Goddess of Water, your water Power animals and guides and your Water Shamanic /ancestor guides.
  • Make a water/ snake rattle for use in ceremony and immerse in the waters of the White Spring for healing
  • Journey with your soul guides to release emotional blocks and limitations of your Wild water Shapeshifter.
  • Learn how to listen to your body and own your feelings and emotions
  • Learn and explore theatrical improvisation skills so that you can embody and shapeshift as a group
  • Shapeshift through movement drum and guided journeys to embody Spirit of Water and your water elemental animals/guides.

Online Meeting: March 8 Join us for Zoom mentoring and journeying

Circle 5: March 27th (evening) 28th / 29th in-person weekend

Circle 5: March 27th (evening) 28th / 29th Blended Learning students attend online via Zoom

Wild Fire shapeshifter: I am she who dances with fire: claim your authentic power.

Work with fire to explore your Wildfire Shapeshifter, meet your Fire power creatures and elemental Spirit guides.

  • Empower your Wild Soul Shamanka through dance and ceremony.
  • Drum journey with The Spirit of Fire to meet your Fire elemental guide.
  • Learn and develop theatrical and Soul connection skills of projection and empowered presence.
  • Call upon your Wild Shamanka and elemental guides to bring your power belt into being.
  • Learn about fire ceremonies how to be a sacred fire keeper, set it, tend it and bed it in a shamanistic way. Experience an early evening burn and release Fire ceremony in the sacred Avalonian landscape.
  • Journey with your Wild Soul Shamanka to embody & embrace your creative fire within and without and create your inner Hearthfire boundaries.
  • What does authentic empowerment look like to you, explore the drama triangle of victim, persecutor, rescuer and learn how to step out of those behavioural patterns.
  • Learn about boundaries through meeting real ponies and empowering your soul-to-soul connection.

Online Meeting: 12 April 7.30 pm Zoom mentoring & Journeying

Circle 6: May 1st (evening), 2nd / 3rd May in-person weekend

Circle 6: May 1st (evening), 2nd / 3rd May Blended Learning students attend online via Zoom

Soul Star Shapeshifter: I am she/he/they of the heart centre Stars and the depths.

Journey into the heart – the core, the centre of you and your wild soul Shamanka, exploring space and the void.

  • We will explore the centre the Heartcore of you and your Wild Soul Essence. Learn more soul connection exercises like soul bonding and joining the wave connection.
  • Experience a 2-day group Soul Rebirth ceremony, where you will be guided to travel through the seven gates of transformation leaving behind the clutter of your old self and shedding the layers of your ego self. Descend into the depths to be reborn in the light of your soul star Shamanka.

Online Meeting: Zoom 1:1 mentoring dates/ times to be programmed in May

Circle 7: Friday 12th (evening), Saturday June 13th @ 10am – late & Sunday 14th @ 11-4 pm in-person weekend

Circle 7: June 11th / 12th / 13th / 14th Blended Learning students attend in-person

Wild Shapeshifter dedication: I am s/he/they who Shapeshift

This is your dedication weekend, dedicate as your Wild Shapeshifter I am She/He/they Who …….

  • Journey in the Goddess Temple with your Wild Shamanka/Shaman ceremonial regalia and tools to empower them ready for your dedication.
  • Visit your elemental power places to prepare and shapeshift in the sacred Avalonian landscape.
  • Shapeshift dedication ceremony in the evening: to reclaim and embody your Wild Soul Shapeshifter in a sacred ceremony on the land , I am She/He/They who…..… with your ritual tools and Wild Soul Shamanka Regalia.
  • Receive certificates and gift share.

For simplicity’s sake we have included dates for Blended Learning students only here.