Classes
Shamanic Journeying
Shamanic Journeying
What: Shamanic Journeying
When: March 21 & 22, 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $360.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About the Two-Day Class
Shamanic Journeying steps you into an expanded state of consciousness. You are able to identify physical sensation, tune-in to your inner senses, connect with the Earth and Cosmos, and honor the intelligence of your soul. If you are one who has found it challenging to enter into a meditative state, you many find this method easier because it doesn’t require you to quiet or empty your mind. It acknowledges that your mind is a legitimate and valuable asset of applying imagery as a way to experience other realms.
Day 1
We begin our first day together introducing ourselves and mentioning our personal draw to this intensive masterclass. Then we’ll consecrating our space. We’ll call in the energies of The Four Directions to witness, assist and support our work.
In the first Journey, you’ll meet your spiritual parents—Mother Earth and Father Sky—and connect with your spiritual DNA. You’ll begin a new personal relationship with the powerful beings who co-created you – a bond that strengthens both body and soul.
The second Journey is a traditional Cherokee Journey that lays the foundation for the process of Journeying, itself. Its purpose is to reacquaint you with the innocence of a child’s imagination so that you can allow yourself to be transported into shamanic realms and realities.
Day 2
We will broaden the scope of the previous day’s skills. You will once again enter into non-ordinary states of awareness and Travel On The River Of Time to a place specifically created for healing and integrating unresolved past experiences.
As we Journey through the weekend, my team of Guides may suggest additional organically inspired Journeys to support the unique energies of the group assembled in our sacred space.
This weekend experience is designed to be welcoming for beginners, as well as deeply nourishing for experienced meditators. Each journey is clearly guided and there is no expectation to “do it right.” Subtle experiences are just as meaningful as vivid ones.
No prior shamanic or meditation experience is required—only openness and willingness.
Who This is For
This spiritual training is well suited for you if you are:
Drawn to spiritual exploration but struggle with traditional meditation.
An experienced meditator seeking a more relational, embodied practice.
In a period of transition, healing, or personal growth.
Interested in shamanic Journeying and non-ordinary states of awareness.
A beginner who wants clear guidance in a supportive, grounded environment
What to Expect
The Shamanic Journeying weekend has been designed to provide:
Clear instruction and preparation before each Journey.
A safe, sacred container created through time-tested traditional ritual.
Time for reflection and integration.
Flexibility in response to the needs of the group.
Handouts for easy home reference.
If you feel drawn—whether through curiosity, an inner longing, or aa sense that now is the time—you are warmly invited. Come just as you are and join us.
Questions? Feel free to call, text or email me for more information:
Chakra Empowerment
Chakra Empowerment
When: April 24 - 26, 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $360.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About the 3-Day Class
Chakra Empowerment is one of the most beautiful practices I have ever experienced in 50 years of spiritual development. It is perfect for these times we are living in: times of change and uncertainty; times of losing our sense of self or purpose. It dissolves the exhaustion that comes from feeling “in it all alone” and restores your awareness of the inner resources that are always available to you. Many participants say they’ve gained a renewed sense of support, clarity, and confidence — not because of any huge effort, but just from feeling in touch with their true self again.
Chakras are vibrational centers of energy located within the core of the body. They receive, organize, regulate, and distribute your life force — your vital energy — throughout your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual systems. Strengthening the chakras and bringing them into harmony allows your energy to flow more freely. This increases and improves your physical health, emotional stability, mental resilience, and spiritual vitality. Chakra Empowerment cultivates an inner sturdiness that allows the body and mind to work together with greater ease, preparing the way for a gentle expansion of consciousness and a more hopeful, empowered relationship with life.
While the chakras function as an integrated system, some may function more or less optimally than others over time. If they become weak or misaligned, physical discomfort, emotional strain, fatigue, or a sense of stagnation often arise. Chakra Empowerment addresses these imbalances directly, restoring coherence and balance throughout the entire chakra system. Participants commonly experience:
Participants commonly experience:
• Increased vitality and stamina in your mind & body, heart & soul
• Greater energy reserves for daily life and its challenges
• Reduced reaction to stress
• Less fatigue and emotional depletion
• An overall sense of well-being and inner equilibrium
If you are seeking deeper self-actualization and greater mastery over your emotional and energetic state, this practice offers a clear and supportive pathway. This 3-day Chakra Empowerment introduces a simple yet sophisticated system for increasing the vibrational strength and healthy spin of your chakras. These practices release blockages and restore the clear intelligent flow of energy throughout your entire being.
You will learn about the Crystal Mountain, the Seven Chakras, and the Eight Directions—and more importantly, you will experience them directly. The teachings are embodied through specially designed, simple movements that I like to call “Chakra QiGong.” Handouts are included to support integration and continued practice.
If you feel that now is the time to replenish your energy, restore balance, and strengthen your spiritual foundation, say yes to yourself with this Empowerment!
Spaces are intentionally limited to preserve the integrity of the experience—please register early to reserve your place.
Questions? Feel free to call, text or email me for more information:
Whole Presence Quantum Soul Retrieval
Whole Presence Quantum Soul Retrieval
What Whole Presence Quantum Soul Retrieval:
When: May 22 & 24, 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $550.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About the 3-Day Class
Whole Presence Quantum Soul Retrieval reunites you with the essence of your heart and soul. It is a transformative process by which you:
· Perceive, stabilize, and maintain your energy
· Retrieve your energy from past, present and future experiences
· Return soul fragments you have collected from people, places, and other realms of existence
We typically give away bits of ourselves all the time, without even noticing it. And, we let people take bits of us, without even noticing, too. So, knowing how to get yourself all back together is a real plus! You might want to repeat the process with a guide once or twice to refresh your memory and further develop your own skills. Sometimes it’s helpful to be led more than once until you become better acquainted with the territory of those realms and feel more confident to venture in on your own.
Whole Presence Quantum Soul Retrieval is more of an on-going integration than a one-time healing event. It empowers the expansion of consciousness. It evolves and changes with the times, always staying up to date to serve the needs of human beings as they evolve throughout time. It is truly a “Living Medicine” performed for the highest good of you and everyone connected to you.
This empowerment is limited to 12 participants.
In the event that an additional five people register, we will offer a second date.
Day 1
~ introductions
~ meditation to infuse w/LIGHT
~ identify Whole Presence
~ repair & re-integrate four matrices: mental, emotional, spiritual, physical
Day 2
~ Journey Through Space
~ Journey Through Time
~ Journey Through Dimensions
Day 3
~ Journey To Other People
~ Cellular integration
~ Journey To Clear Patterns & Programs
~ Complete cellular integration
If you desire more self-actualization and more control over your emotional state, this practice will definitely move you toward your goals.
Questions? Feel free to call, text or email me for more information:
DNA Activation
DNA Activation
Awaken Your Body’s Natural Intelligence
When: June 20-21, 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $360.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About this 2-Day Class
DNA is more than a biological structure—it is the key to our health, vitality, resilience, and, ultimately, our happiness. It holds all the information your body uses to repair, replenish, and renew every system: cells, organs, bones, blood . . . absolutely everything!
When life is balanced, this intelligence expresses itself naturally and elegantly. However, that intelligence is compromised by prolonged or chronic stress which is known to break down and fray the protective caps at the ends of DNA strands,. Once fraying occurs, mutations can take place during the DNA replication process. These mutations may result in mild to severe symptoms of illness and aging.
But, through guided meditation and specific brainwave states, we can stimulate the healthy replication and anti-aging mechanisms of our DNA, and make it thrive.
About DNA
Modern science acknowledges that it only understands 2% of our DNA. Until recently, the other 98% was called “junk DNA” because its purpose was unknown and, therefore, considered waste. It is now called “non-coding DNA.” Study is ongoing, but one commonly-held position is that non-coding DNA helps stem cells to sense their surroundings and decide what kind of cells to become. One less commonly-accepted theory is that of the “God gene hypothesis,” which theorizes that the tendency toward spirituality can be found in the genes. So, let’s run with both of those and up our chances for higher personal, intellectual and spiritual development!
Bridging Body and Soul
DNA Activation reconnects conscious awareness with the deeper intelligence that governs growth, repair, and self-regulation. Information about DNA tends to open your mind. It helps you perceive the wonder of the great gift that is your life. DNA Activation helps to create more health, harmony and happiness in your life. It gives you powerful tools against stress, depression and aging, and a comprehensive system for staying strong and positive through life’s ebbs and flows.
States of deep relaxation encourage the type of brain activity that resets the body clock to “youth.” When you enter into these brainwave states, you access the awareness of your divine blueprint of health and perfection.
Benefits You May Experience
Greater resilience to stress
Improved sense of balance and well-being
Renewed energy and emotional clarity
A more harmonious relationship with aging and change
Tools you can return to again and again
What You’ll Receive
You will learn a repeatable activation process and receive a take-home packet with clear, step-by-step reminders. Continued practice increases the benefits. DNA Activation is a bridge between the physical and the subtle bodies. It reconnects conscious awareness with the deeper intelligence that governs growth, repair, and self-regulation. As the nervous system relaxes, the body naturally recalibrates, and many participants report feeling at ease, uplifted, and clearer.
Most people find they want to return to these states again and again. You will receive a take-home packet that clearly outlines the process you’ve learned, with step-by-step reminders to support ongoing practice. Repetition strengthens the benefits, supports long-term vitality, and adds dimension to your life.
Course Structure
Day One
Foundational DNA concepts
Alpha and Beta brainwave states
Core DNA Activation skillset
Day Two
Review and integration
Archetypal Chromosome Activation
Rejuvenation Activation
Awakening Wonder
Learning about DNA opens more than the intellect. Through the guided meditations used in this work, your Inner Eye – your Third Eye – opens, and you see from the perspective of your mind’s vast and bright awareness. When you tap into the enormous capabilities of your Mind, you are able to revitalize the subtle systems that support your physical health, emotional well-being and spiritual connections.
Invitation to Register
If you are ready to restore balance, awaken your body’s natural intelligence, and reconnect with a deeper sense of vitality, DNA Activation offers a path forward that is expansive yet grounded.
Space is limited. Register now to reserve your place.
Questions? Feel free to call, text or email me for more information:
Meet Your Personal Power Animal
Meet Your Personal
Power Animal
Four-Leggeds guide your spiritual walk and assist your personal and professional healings
When: September18-20, 2026 — 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $600.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About this 3-Day Class
Meeting your Personal Power Animal—also called your Power Animal or Spirit Animal—is a profound and intimate experience. It connects you more deeply to your essential self and to the Great Mystery of Creation’s Source—Creator, Spirit, God, Goddess, or however you name the awe-inspiring intelligence that animates all life.
Cultivating a relationship with your Totems brings self-knowledge, healing, and direction. It strengthens intuition and awareness, restores stamina in mind and body, and promotes peace, confidence, and integrity in the heart and soul. This wisdom is timeless—just as meaningful and transformative today as it has been for countless generations.
An Ancient Relationship Remembered
Long ago, human beings lived in close relationship with the animal world. We were more connected to their wisdom and their teachings. By observing them, we saw our own qualities reflected, both our strengths and our challenges. Animals spoke, and offered guidance on how to live in balance and harmony. We knew how to listen.
Some indigenous cultures never lost this awareness, and many are actively bringing it forward for us today. While this wisdom is accessible through all ethnicities and ancestral roots—European, African, Asian, and every other—the most commonly preserved pathways in our culture come through Native American traditions.
Your Place on the Medicine Wheel
Many Indian Nations teach that you enter this life at a particular place on the Medicine Wheel to learn specific lessons. Creator provides helpers to support you in this learning. One of the most influential of these helpers is your Personal Animal Totem.
Walking with Your Totem
When you cultivate the bond between yourself and your Totem, you discover how to use its wisdom to remove barriers to your personal and spiritual development. You become a “true human being,” one who lives in a good way. As you develop your unique gifts and talents through this relationship, your life becomes a benefit . . . not only to yourself, but to your community and to the Earth Mother for generations to come.
Discovering Your True Power Animal
Your Personal Totem usually has a different message for you than what you may have heard or read
So, how do you identify your Personal Power Animal? And how do you make its acquaintance? Sometimes an animal appears repeatedly—crossing your path, entering your dreams, or showing up in unusual ways. These encounters may be very meaningful, but they do not necessarily indicate your true Totem. The traditional and reliable way to meet your Personal Power Animal is through Journeying—a shamanic practice that opens access to direct, experiential knowledge.
This training offers a time-honored, grounded and respectful way to make that introduction.
Course Structure
Day 1
Sacred Circle
The Four Directions
Mother Earth & Father Sky Meditation
Journey to Innocence
Journey to the Shaman’s Tree
Day 2
Journey of the Four-Legged Ones in Nature
Journey of the Winged Ones in Nature
Day 3
Journey to Meet Your Four-Legged Totem in Another Realm
Journey to Meet Your Winged Totem in Another Realm
A Living Relationship, Not a Symbol
This training is not about adopting a symbol or learning animal meanings from a book. It is about entering a living, reciprocal relationship with a spiritual ally. The bond you form here can continue to guide, protect, and teach you long after the course has ended.
A Teaching Brought To Completion
In many traditions, knowledge is revealed in stages. This training offers the final teaching in a sequence meant to be lived, embodied, and carried forward.
It completes a progression of practices designed to help you embrace all of who you are, reclaim your inner resources, and walk sure-footedly along your life’s path with greater clarity, balance, and purpose.
Invitation to Register
If you feel called to deepen your intuition, restore a sense of inner guidance, and remember ancient ways of knowing that live within you, you are warmly invited to join us for Meet Your Personal Power Animal.
Together with the Four-Leggeds, Winged-Ones guide you on your spiritual walk and help you with your personal and professional healings
Cherokee Healing Protocols
Cherokee Healing Protocols
Traditional Practices for Working with Spirit in Service to Healing
Open to your senses, your inner knowing
When: October 16-18, 12-5pm each day
Where: Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 818 Lake St, Evanston IL
Fee: $600.00
Registration: Reserve your spot.
About this 3-Day Class
This powerful weekend is designed for students who have completed the entire series of Personal Healing trainings and would like to heighten their ability to channel spiritual energy for the benefit of others. You will discover powerful Cherokee healing practices that transform emotional patterns, release energetic cords, and awaken your capacity to serve as a healer.
From Where You Are To Where You’re Going
In the previous Personal Healing weekends, you experienced several expansions in your energy field and strengthened your relationship with Spirit. In this training, you will learn centuries-old Cherokee healing protocols for using your personal power with the utmost integrity to enhance and support the well-being of others on all levels.
You will learn healing protocols that channel Mother Earth and Father Sky energies to work through you. Some practices also integrate the medicine and guidance of your Totem Animal. You learn to set aside the false ego, and to deepen your connection with both the natural and spiritual forces that sustain life.
Channeling Healing Energy
Ancient indigenous healers understood the natural progression of a healer — first strengthening the body’s energetic foundations, next transforming negative emotions and belief patterns that limit us, and finally, removing the cords that keep us bound in unhealthy relationships.
Over the course of this three-day training, we will follow the wisdom of that traditional design.
Course Structure
Day 1 – Laying the Energetic Groundwork
Meditation: Mother Earth & Father Sky – Opening to the nurturing and sustaining powers of our spiritual parents
Laying-On of Hands – Grounding the body, reconnecting its physical structures, clearing and charging the energy field, and strengthening the bonds between the physical body, the meridians, and the chakras
Exchange healings – The giving and receiving of healing energy through practicing the protocols with one another
Day 2 – Transforming the Inner Landscape
Transforming Unconscious Emotions – Often, the attitudes we hold about ourselves are operating beyond our conscious awareness. In this protocol, you learn how to uncover hidden negative emotional attitudes about oneself and replace them with more positive feelings of self-worth and self-respect.
Removing Self-Defeating Beliefs – This practice is sometimes described as a kind of psychic brain surgery (but no blood and guts ). It is a powerful protocol that works at the root level to help remove core negative beliefs – the beliefs that give rise to all the other self-sabotaging thoughts and beliefs.
Exchange healings
Day 3 – Paving a Path to Liberation
Cord Cutting – addresses current situations where we have controlled or manipulated others, or allowed ourselves to be controlled or dominated. These patterns create energetic cords of guilt, pity, disapproval, fear, intimidation, anger, etc. In shamanic realms, they show up energetically as hooks in the back. In this practice, you learn how to safely locate and remove them to restore energy and personal sovereignty.
Exchange healings
If you feel called to deepen your healing path and learn powerful traditional protocols for working with spiritual energy in service to others, this training offers the next step for upleveling your inner healer.
Do the Earth a favor, don’t hide your Light.
Joint Mobilizations Workshop
About the Workshop
When we measure the relative health of a joint, we mostly consider its ease of movement. But, the space between the structures that allows for this freedom is as fundamental component of joints as the bony structures composing them. . . perhaps the most important one.
In this workshop you will learn new skills to:
Stabilize the axial skeleton and mobilize the joint
Feel the joint space as clearly as the joint structures
Orient palpation skills toward expanding the space
Use the additional space to increase range of motion
Open the joint and reduce pain
Restore function to injured joints
Cost: $210
Location: Shiatsu School of Vermont, Brattleboro, VT
Questions?
Contact Grandmother for more information.