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Shamanism: A 21st Century Approach to Energy Medicine Podcast

LightSong's Mission is to provide excellence in shamanic and energy medicine education and to support personal growth for well-being, adapting ancient techniques to contemporary life in the 21st Century. LightSong contributes to the growing body of shamanic knowledge and experience to assist in the evolution and refinement of shamanism as a contemporary healing art form. All LightSong members participate regularly in focusing the vibration of love towards healing ourselves, each other, and the planet. The training we offer at LightSong will enable you to unlock the possibilities and potentials of the unseen realms with integrity, safety, and joy. Register for our introductory course “Through the Rabbit Hole” at LightSong.net
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Dec 27, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith answers questions from Tara Grant. Tara is acting as a liaison for the public posing common questions and concerns in the field of shamanism and energy medicine.

Jan and Tara discuss: techniques for healing the past or future that involve changes in the probable past and future associated with changes to the energy of the present. For example, if one dissolves a difficult past as a means of healing it, is there a consequent loss of our humanity?  Is there a gift in the wound?  What about compassion and wisdom?

Jan and Tara also discuss topics of concern, what if you have no hope? Do you ever reach an end point in your suffering?  How do you let go?  What are we all contributing to the collective?

Jan and Tara discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

If you would like Tara to ask your to Jan question, please submit your questions to info@lightsong.net

Jan is a featured guest on I AM WINTER SOLSTICE by Renee Baribeau - a free symposium.  Join in from around the world to participate in this winter solstice ceremony. https://thepracticalshaman.com/

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through the Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught January 12-13, 2019

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Dec 17, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith answers questions from Tara Grant. Tara is acting as a liaison for the public posing common questions and concerns in the field of shamanism and energy medicine.

Jan and Tara discuss: talisman ceremony of release and renewal, winter, the dark days of winter, medicine wheel, cycles of evolution, ascension and practical application of shamanism and how the shamanic techniques and methods can be used to attain realization, actualization and well-being. Jan and Tara discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

If you would like Tara to ask your to Jan question, please submit your questions to info@lightsong.net

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Dec 6, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith answers questions from Tara Grant. Tara is acting as a liaison for the public posing common questions and concerns in the field of shamanism and energy medicine.

Jan and Tara discuss: protection, empathy, boundaries, Oneness, ego, and practical application of shamanism and how the shamanic techniques and methods can be used to attain realization, actualization and well-being. Jan and Tara discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

If you would like Tara to ask your to Jan question, please submit your questions to info@lightsong.net

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught January 12-13, 2019

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Nov 9, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith interviews Tom McLaughlin an abuse survivor.

Tom was abused by the priests of the Catholic church.

The pod cast is about Tom’s journey to wholeness and healing.

Jan and Tom discuss practical application of shamanism and how the shamanic technics and methods can be used to unravel trauma. Jan and Tom discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information:

www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Oct 10, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith interviews Marty Nelson CEO of Alchemy Coding School a tech school in Portland Oregon.

Marty describes how he involves the tech industry with shamanism. How he brings shamanism into every phase of his life and career. That shamanism is a life style and can be applied to any career. This then leads the listener to question their own call to spirit. How do you know you have had a calling to spirit, shamanism or a medicine way?

Marty reads the indigenous story of Jumping Mouse. Marty and Jan discuss the story at intervals to assist the listener with the metaphors and guidance that is provided through this famous story of being called to spirit. Jan and Marty discuss practical application of this material and how the call to spirit speaks to us.

Jan and Marty discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught January 12-13, 2019

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine.

Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net.

Sep 17, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith interviews Renee Baribeau author of Winds of Spirit. Winds of Spirit is a practical guide to connect to powerful wind energies that navigate us toward authentic joy, power, and purpose. Winds of Spirit will teach you how to connect with your true inner self, use your body as a compass, and receive life-changing messages from nature.

Jan and Renee discuss practical application of this material and how the wind speaks to us all. Jan and Renee discuss shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught September 22-23, 2018

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine.

Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net.

Sep 12, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith dialogs with Hallie Clark a student of LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. There is major teaching in this podcast in the last 1/3 of the recording.  It will inform and transform your thought and behavior.  Listen all the way through. Hallie has moved to Indonesia and is experiencing cultural awareness as it relates to to the Earth.  Jan incorporates shamanic healing principals, the concept of thoughtforms and binary energy systems. Jan Engels-Smith explains how we all contribute energetically 24/7 and the statement that the spirits declared “every person born has the capacity to change the world singlehandedly. This means YOU. The conversation is powerful, empowering and will promote profound healing for each listener. Just listening to it will heal you.

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught September 22-23, 2018

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

 

Sep 3, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith describes and explains to the listener about the spirit realms.

Jan incorporates shamanic healing principals, the concepts of respect and honor for all life, and energy medicine techniques to promote divine connection.

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught September 22-23, 2018

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine.

Find more information:

www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net.

Aug 29, 2018

In this episode of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism Talking Stick Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith answers questions from the extended LightSong community through LightSong’s global Talking Stick Forum.

Listed below are the questions that Jan Engels-Smith covered in this broadcast.

1. Jan and guests have an involved conversation about power animals. Get all your questions answered about these amazing spiritual allies

2. Discussion: How do we know the spirit realms are real?

3. What is spirit language and how is this developed and spoken?

 

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught September 22-23, 2018

http://bit.ly/lightsonglevel1

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information:

www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

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Jul 2, 2018

In this episode of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism Talking Stick Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith answers questions from the extended LightSong community through LightSong’s global Talking Stick Forum.

Listed below are the questions that Jan Engels-Smith covered in this broadcast.

  • How do you know if you are being called by the Inner Shaman’s Call?
  • What are the pros and cons of Traditional Shaman Experience vs shamanic training?
  • How do I find my Soul Mate?
  • How can I heal Night Terrors?

Jan also dialogues about how to heal from anything using shamanism as a platform.

  • What to do when food is an issue?

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information:

www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Mar 26, 2018

In this episode of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith is interviewed by David Newell of Inner Truth.  A broadcast and show out of the UK.  

What is shamanism and how is it useful to us in day-to-day life? Are there other realms we can journey to and experience? Has science disproved or given further evidence to support this ancient practice?

These are some of the questions I put to Jan Engels-Smith, a shamanic practitioner and the founder of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine where she teaches shamanism and journeying techniques.

Central to Jan’s work is the philosophy that shamanism is not the preserve of a gifted few seers or just for indigenous cultures to practice but that we all have the capacity to cultivate a shamanic skillset through journeying and practices that help move us from left brain focus into right-brain experience.

In her book, Through the Rabbit Hole, Jan talks about dominance of left-brained thinking in our culture and in particular the limiting belief that all we see is all there is. This belief keeps our imagination and our other subtler senses locked away from the wider world around us. Opening up our minds to other realms and possibilities connects us in new ways to the universe.

You might think scientific findings would be at odds with a shamanic perspective of life but actually there’s more correlation than you would first imagine. Relatively theory and quantum mechanics indicate there is a vast amount of the universe not observable to the human eye, indeed almost all of it is dark matter and dark energy. Within that, it’s already been shown for some time that our consciousness has a direct impact on the world around us, a phenomenon known more widely as the observer effect and something that has been espoused in shamanism for millennia.

With this level of cross-over though, shamanism still remains a niche activity in popular culture today. I caught up with Jan to talk about what has happened to shamanism in the West, the ways it can help cultivate a relationship with spirit and mostly importantly help us find greater fulfillment and peace in life.

Episode Topics

  • What is shamanism and what does it mean for the average person?
  • Why has shamanism been traditionally seen as a craft of a select few?
  • How does shamanism, journeying and other ritual practices help people?
  • How does our left brain and right brain relate to the practice?
  • What is shamanic journeying and how do we do it?
  • What are the realms available to us in shamanic journeying?
  • What is a power animal and how does it relate to a person?

 You can learn more about Jan’s shamanism courses at LightSong including her entry-level Shamanic Journey Skills that is also available online. 

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

 

Jan 29, 2018

In this episode of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith talks Bernie Taylor author of Before Orion: Finding the Face of the Hero. Bernie shares his experiences with patheolithic cave art and how it relates to shamanism through the eyes of psychotherapy using Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell as reference. Jan Engels-Smith and Bernie dialogue about this cave art, imagery, the hero’s journey, and shamanism both ancient shamanism and 21st century shamanism.

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

Jan 8, 2018

LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism’s founder Jan Engels-Smith joins with her husband Ed Smith.  Together they tell the story of Ed’s recovery from a traumatic and dramatic illness experience.  The story shares intimate details of what happened, the spirits explanation of why it happened as well as guidance from the spirits in what has to happen in order for recovery to be possible. 

A profound understanding of the bigger picture of life from a shamanic perspective is presented. Why we become ill from a shamanic or energy medicine perspective is discussed. How we evolve in our personal actualization or growth through trauma, how the spirits have our back, and the miracles that are possible are all discussed.

The story is filled with love, the power of prayer, Reiki, shamanic healing, and a channeling from Arch Angel Michael. Jan incorporates shamanic healing principals, and energy medicine techniques to help the listener understand and begin to grasp the power of spirit and the power of miracles.

Jan supplies listeners with other articles to read as supplemental material. http://lightsong.net/articles-by-jan-engels-smith/

Jan Engels-Smith invites listeners to attend Through The Rabbit Hold: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey a class being taught January 13-14, 2018

http://lightsong.net/all-lightsong-shamanic-courses/core-courses/lv-1-rabbit-hole-basic-shamanic-journey-skills/

Learn Shamanism and Shamanic practices at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine. Find more information: www.LightSong.net or email info@lightsong.net

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