“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 brings ancient practices to the modern experience and empowers clients to develop a shamanic skill set. You will learn to journey and connect to your internal guide, deepening self awareness and your own innate self healing medicine. As the practitioner, Kristina, creates a safe and sacred container for the work to unfold deeper by and through the client.
Applied Shamanism integrates ancient shamanic teachings from cultures around the world as well as Applied Buddhist philosophy, self-inquiry to gain insight on the presenting issue, patterns, and into the inner workings of the self. This method of counseling also includes dream recall, interpretation and integration.
Methodology
Kristina holds a sacred space for you to explore and empower your own clarity to healing and the creative forces innate in your body’s wisdom. She helps you to develop areas of inquiry, and assists you to integrate your journeys, as well as gain better clarity with your dreams.
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.
"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
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.