“Phrases such as "I'm beside myself," "I was frightened to pieces," "I feel lost," "I feel like part of me is missing," originated from a sense of soul loss.”
S. Kelley Harrell
Applied Shamanism
Applied Shamanic Counseling (ASC) brings ancient practices to the modern experience and empowers clients to develop a shamanic skill set. Individuals learn to journey and connect to their own internal guide, deepening self awareness and their innate self healing medicine. In spiritual traditions, imbalances manifest on different levels- spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. By listening to drums and inducing a light trance (altered state of consciousness), individuals can understand where and why they may be experiencing power loss or soul loss and then seek strategies to bring balance back into their lives.
ASC, as taught by Isa Gucciardi, PhD, blends traditional Shamanic practices with the modern understanding of psychology. ASC empowers individuals to learn skills to deepen their relationship with themselves as well as the people and the environment around them. This method of counseling also includes dream recall, interpretation and integration.
Methodology
Explore and empower your own clarity for healing and the creative forces innate in your body’s wisdom.
Inner Guidance
Applied Shamanic Counseling is a specific method. First, you will be taught how to enter into altered state of consciousness, the shamanic journey, using sound. Journeys use similar language to dreams. They are often symbolic in nature. You will gain insight on your own symbolic meanings and how to connect to your inner self, or "guide."
Insight Inquiry
Working together with Kristina, you will dive deeper into insight inquiry on the presenting issue, journeys and your dreams. Kristina will help you harness your own skillset on how to formulate journey questions to work with the presenting issue. The journeys will be done within the sessions, and a process of connecting to your dream world between sessions will be taught to you.
Liminal Space
Between the sessions, you will be tracking your experience during the days and providing attention to your dreams at night. It is encouraged to journal about your issue throughout the process. You will create a question before sleeping that you ask your guide to continue the work while in the dream state, supporting the bridge between your seen and unseen worlds.
Other Services
Kristina offers a variety of 1:1 Applied Shamanic services such as Space Clearings, Soul Retrieval, Power Retrieval, Soul Part Exchange, Extractions, Psychopomp (for those who have died), and Dream Journey Integration.
"Each one of us has our own truth inside ourselves. The quest of the shaman is to find, live, and express it. When you no longer rely on others to tell you what kind of person you are, your love for yourself stops being conditional."
don Jose Ruiz