discover your personal connection with the spirit world

Shamanic Counselling — with Kirien

Learn to journey shamanically for personal healing

Shamanic counselling is based on the idea that the spirits are the true counsellors. Any life inquiry or challenge we might bring to a human counsellor, we can also take to the spirits.

One way of communicating with the spirit world is through the practice of shamanic journeying, accompanied by the rhythmic beat of the drum.

Over 6 sessions, typically spread out over 6-12 weeks, I can guide you to develop your own shamanic journeying practice in support of personal healing and wellbeing. I will support you to discover the unique way in which the world of spirit makes itself known to you, and to develop lasting personal relationships with spirit guides and counsellors whom you will be able to return to for healing and guidance throughout your life.

Everyone can learn how to journey, regardless of cultural or religious background — no prior experience is necessary.

How it works

In the first session, we will go over the basics of what shamanic journeying is and how it works, animist and shamanic cosmology, as well as its relationship to western science. We’ll also have opportunity to discuss where you are in your own life and spiritual journey, including any intentions you want to bring to our time together. Then, you’ll practice journeying, and have space to discuss or reflect on the experience together afterwards.

Each session will have this format:
- Time to share: anything you want to work on or bring to the spirits, integration reflections and questions since the previous session
- Time to practice journeying: while I hold the space for you
- Time to reflect on the journey together: it is often through discussion that new insights on the meaning of a journey appears. I can’t give you definitive answers on what your journey means, as that is between you and your spirit guides — but I can bring my curiosity and questions to help you reflect further.

The first session lasts 3 hours, to lay the sufficient groundwork for what we’ll be doing together.
Subsequent sessions are typically up to 2 hours each.

Sessions can be scheduled every week or biweekly — longer timeframes are also possible to support integration needs.

The cost of all 6 sessions is 500€ (or 100€ if paid per session).

If you are interested, I welcome you to book an intro call with me.

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“Thank you so much Kirien. These sessions have honestly expanded my capacity to feel, heal and be. It’s been the most beautifully unexpected journey and feel so grateful to be guided and held by Kirien and also to be able to learn to journey on my own. Since then I feel so much more grounded, I’ve learnt to slow down and be ok with doing nothing (big ask from me previously) and I just feel so much more peace internally. He has the most beautiful way of guiding, witnessing and holding safe and sacred spaces, I’ve been to so many practitioners but Kirien truly is one of a kind!”

— Vivian M., shamanic counselling participant

Questions

  • Sure. The structure can be adapted based on your level of experience - it might be that I’ll need to do less “explaining” as I would with a beginner, and we’ll have more time to delve into what you already know and are interested in learning more about.

    We can explore what is possible in an intro meeting.

  • Preferably so — when learning to integrate a new skill into your life, giving it time is an important part of the process.

    I only do one-offs in these cases:
    - for those who already have an established shamanic journeying practice
    - in the unlikely case that you discover, after the first session, that this practice is not a good fit for you

  • No. Please be sober when attending our sessions :)

  • This is described in more detail on my about page.

    I learned to facilitate this specific container with Mandy Pullen, a shamanic practitioner and teacher in England. I also receive supervision from Mandy on an as-needed basis.