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Walking the Path of the Ancient Ones

July 14, 2018 By Red Feather Healing

Walking the Path of the Ancient Ones

Walking the Path of the Ancient OnesI seem to get asked the questions, “Don’t you need to be a Pagan to be a Norse Shaman?” or “Do you follow the Viking Religion and Odin as your God?” to even…“How can you claim to be a shaman if you’re not Native American?”

What most don’t understand is that Shamanism is one of the oldest professions dating back to the earliest of times. Historical records have been found and documented by archaeologists that date back to 27,000 years ago showing Shamans and Shamanism being practiced all over the world by multiple cultures.

When I began stepping into and learning to accept my gifts, I was lead to learn more about what society labels the Norse/Germanic Shaman, or Völva, and those that practice the Ancient form of Seiðr. While reading and attending workshops and seminars, I learned that this was practiced mostly by women in the Norse culture for the welfare of the entire community, for healing, divination, and aid in decision making when it came to land for dwelling or hunting. Like most shamans around the world, they would undergo a ritual of death and rebirth, to gain their powers. This could be done physically or while in a meditative trance-like state. This was said to allow them to come back with a new body, fit to the future tasks of the shaman while working in the world of spirits.

Walking the Path of the Ancient OnesLooking at my own life, I began to realize why I was led to learn these practices. It was only after a slew of hardships and adversities that led me to be on my knees with a gun pointed at my head by a man who loved me and wanted to be with me, that I understood why I had to endure each hardship and life lesson. I had to face the moment of “death” and appreciate “rebirth” into the spiritual world. Now, I am able to share healing messages with all beings.

With all of that said…and to get back to those original questions, while yes, a lot of research connects Seiðr with the Viking Age and Odin, I have taken into consideration that this is so much older than the Vikings. I have been led by my Spiritual Team, to see behind any label of religion or culture, to the source of the Divine, the Spirits, and the Power of Nature. For my Spiritual Team and I, we use the word “Shaman and Völva” as a way to show our respect and honor one’s ability at connecting to the power of the Divine to facilitate and bring messages of healing to the world.

Filed Under: Shamanism

What is a Shaman, really?

June 28, 2018 By Red Feather Healing

What is a Shaman, really? by Red Feather Healing

What is a Shaman, really? by Red Feather Healing“Shamanism”, like “Love”, is so hard to define. Most would say that Shamanism is considered the practice of entering a trance state in order to contact spirits and/or travel through spiritual worlds with the intention of accomplishing a specific purpose. It is the feature of countless magical and religious traditions from all over the world. Looking at this definition, I thought, am I a Shaman?

So many things have brought me to the point where I am in my life right now – leaving at 15 to go to school half way across the country (because my parents had the insight to know that in the small town we lived in my growth would have been restrained), thirteen years active military service, the loss of 2 babies, cancer, divorce, and domestic violence (that nearly turned deadly).

From the beginning, I grew up in a Christian home; I learned the bible verses and even went on Mission trips to spread the word…but I knew there had to be more!

As I began to question this faith and what it meant to me, the lack of answers I was receiving only made me run farther and farther from organized religion. I spent much of my 20’s living my life, looking back pretty recklessly at times, and not caring who I hurt or how it made anyone feel…let’s face it, even me! It wasn’t until I had finally filed for divorce after 4 years of marriage to a man that constantly cheated on me and left me during the hardest time in my life, the diagnosis of Stage 3 Breast Cancer at the age of 31, that I realized THIS CAN NOT BE LIFE!

What is a Shaman, really? by Red Feather HealingI found meditation and, sitting in silence, I began to find myself. Through my meditation, I began to feel all of the things that made me originally question my “faith” in the first place. Such as…why, when I step on the ground with bare feet, do I feel the pulse from the Earth run through me? Why, when I look into an animal’s eyes, no matter the animal, does it seem they have a message for me?

These feelings led me to a spiritual group, where I found an amazing woman who I felt such an immediate connection with that I just had to find a way to ensure I could learn from her!
I hired her as my coach and have never regretted it for a moment.

I began on a journey of what it means to have faith in the Divine and the Universe and that all will be provided. Through my coaching sessions, I have learned and grown my ability to communicate with ALL consciousness, not just of humankind. Everything has the potential and ability to communicate, whether verbally, through gestures, intuitively or otherwise. I am of the mentality that we would not be ourselves if we were not simultaneously a part of something greater than ourselves.

This is why I am here…I’m here to help others rediscover themselves, the true version of who they are meant to be; just as I have remembered and stepped into my authentic power.

So to me, it doesn’t matter what the name of my practice is called. What I have been through has brought me to this ancient, powerful form of myself – a place where so much of my power and vision comes from Nature and my Ancestral Teachings…this beautifully peaceful place, that I know so many long to be on in their own journeys. And this, Dear Souls is why I am here.

Filed Under: Meditation, Shamanism

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