Brief introduction to Shamanism

Brief introduction to Shamanism:

Shamans are most commonly known as healers. They have the ability to enter a Trance at will, for the purposes of healing, obtaining information, or power.
Shamans take their work very seriously, and do not enter their Trances for personal gain. Shamans use the aid of drumming and dance to enter their designated state of consciousness to perform their work.

Crash course in Shamanism - Meeting your Spirit Guide.

Shamans openly communicate with their spirit guides, commonly animals to obtain knowledge and wisdom. In this miniature crash course you will be on a quest to meet your own personal spirit guide.

1. Lay down in a comfortable, dark place. It is said that Shamans see in the Otherworld more clearly without the light.
2. Keep comfortable. Adjust your position, and make sure your clothing is loose so that it does not become a distraction.
3. Have a Shamanic drumbeat recording on hand, it is advised to listen to this to truly enter a Shamanic state f consciousness. Play the tape.
4. Start to relax your body, from your feet up or vice versa. Become completely relaxed.
5. Imagine your spirit leaving your body. Imagine your Spirit is inside of a dark tunnel.
6. Imagine the tunnel and it's details from what you can see. The tunnel is dark, but there is a hint of light far away from you. Move closer.
7. The light becomes brighter as you move towards the end of the tunnel. Exit the tunnel.
8. What do you see? Imagine a beautiful forest surrounding with sweet smelling flowers, grass, trees, and a creek. Hear the water running through the creek.
9. Approach the trees in front of you, and ask your Spirit Guide to come to you and greet you.
10. Your Spirit guide may be anything, but most commonly an animal. What appears before you? That shall be your Spirit Guide.
11. Ask your Spirit guide to help you with a certain problem or situation you've encountered. You can openly communicate verbally with them, or telepathically.
12. If you're having a hard time hearing your Spirit Guide's answer, or if it does not have one at all, simply thank your Spirit Guide for what it had to offer you. The answer will come to you within one week.