Awaken Your Celtic Spirit:

Fundamentials of Celtic Shamanism

A Four-Month Training in Celtic Ancestral Wisdom

September 20 - December 15, 2026

A teacher said to me once: “Perhaps you have reached a place where you are no longer content to just make improvements in your life—you want to change your relationship with life itself.”

Beyond politics, religions, or economic systems, our inner and outer worlds are crying for a deeper realignment with nature and the powers of creation. This course feeds that yearning.

Grounding you in the Celtic Medicine Wheel, this four-month program works deeply with the medicine of the West—the realm of autumn, ancestral healing, release, and spiritual power, the North—the realm of fierceness, spaciousness and inner strength, and the Center—personal power and cinfidence.

The class is designed as a powerful stand-alone journey that delivers lifelong practices, while also serving as the first in a series of specialized Celtic shamanic teachings that you could combine into a year-long program.

Why Celtic Shamanism?

My first shamanic teacher, an indigenous Mayan elder, described modern Westerners as "sailing on a ship of orphans"—severed from the living spirits, traditions, and ancestral lands of our origins. Millions of us carry a pervasive, quiet grief over this disconnection. If you have European ancestry, the Celtic world is your indigenous spiritual origin. I’ve felt that sense of “orphanhood” deeply, which is why I’ve spent 30 years immersing myself in Celtic shamanic traditions. (Note: This course welcomes anyone fascinated by the Celtic Spirit, regardless of ancestral background!).

Building Inner Spiritual Power

Shamanism is about building enduring inner spiritual power—the force that predates empires, outlasts daily anxieties, and reconnects us to the living unseen world. While this class is filled with intellectual delight, our true focus is the artful heart: practical ceremonies, meditations, visualizations, and spirit-songs in both English and Gaelic.

What Makes This Program Uniquely Powerful

Ancestral Healing: Send healing to your ancestral lines to lift the feeling of "orphanhood" and unbind historical patterns.

The Celtic Medicine Wheel: Establish a daily prayer practice to anchor your energies, stabilize emotions, and deepen your connection to the land.

Mythic Medicine: Explore five of the most important Celtic myths packed with deep beauty and wisdom.
Deities & Spirit Helpers: Work directly with the luminous guardians of the West and the North—the Cailleach, the Morrígan, Cerridwen, and Manannán mac Lir.

The Nine Elements that Make Up the Soul: A distinct and beautiful Celtic view of soul-tending and soul retrieval.

Direct Guidance: Access perspectives drawn from my 30 years of cross-cultural shamanic training with indigenous teachers. (Check out my full bio.)

How We Gather & Learn

7 Live Zoom Classes: About every two weeks on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Central (90 mins max). All sessions are recorded if you can't attend live, and the link sent out that night or the next morning.

Between-Class Email Check-Ins: Receive additional video/audio meditations, prayers, and supplemental writings between classes.

Study-Buddy System: I'll pair up classmates every couple of weeks to share experiences and build community with like-minded seekers outside of class.

Course Books & Supplies: You will receive
My free downloadable Guide to Shamanic Journeying
A link to buy a preview copy of my manuscript, The Orphan's Wheel - a deep exploration of the Celtic Medicine Wheel, filled with practices and applications to self-healing of others.
A free download of my 40-page book "The Nine Elements of the Soul: A Celtic Workbook in Soul-tending and Soul Retrieval."
You will also need a few ritual supplies (dried juniper, lavender, mugwort, incense coals, sand, and a clay/stone bowl). More details on this after you register.

Curriculum & Zoom Schedule

Zoom Class Dates (Tuesdays, 7 PM CT): Sep 29 | Oct 20 | Oct 29 | Nov 3 | Nov 17 | Dec 1 | Dec 15. (October 29 is a formal Ancestor Healing Ceremony that other will also attend. The gap between Sep 29 and Oct 20 is to give you time to read the book, (plus I will be travelling.)

Medicine of the West: Healing, cleansing, release, and opening mystical vision.

Medicine of the North: Strength, resolve, confidence, fierceness for life, spaciousness.

Medicine of the Center: Personal power, confidence, connection to the All.

Ancestral Unbinding: Personal and lineage clearing of negativity and old patterns.

Activating the Inner Shaman: Meeting and collaborating with your inner spirit guide.

Sacred Stories: The Selkie, Boann and the Well of Wisdom, Cormac’s Journey to Faery, and The Voyage of Maeldún, The Second Battle of Mag Tuired. Practices to integrate these stories into your personal life as medicine.

Gaelic Chants & Songs: Sacred sound practices including "Awen I Sing."

Question? Email me directly: jaime@drummingthesoulawake.com

Tuition & Investment

Full Pay Discount: $555 when paid in full by September 15.

Payment Plan: $250 non-refundable deposit by September 20, followed by two installments of $165 (Mid-November & Mid-December). Total: $580.

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