Shaman’s Journey

Shaman’s Journey
with Christiana Aro-Harle
13.-15. March 2026 Koivu, Keminmaa, Joypack, Finland

Welcome to come get to know for the first-timer, the curious. Welcome to deepen and hone for the experienced.

Shamanism contains humanity’s oldest spiritual practice. Within are traditions for healing and problem solving. It is a way of maintaining balance, understanding within the individual and between the individual and all of creation.

This workshop contains teachings in the shamanic way, shamanic techniques and animistic worldview. Animism is the worldview that all alive, all is spirit and this the foundation of the shaman’s path.

As this is a general introduction into shamanism, we may only touch upon some of the similarities or differences between various cultures of the world which express shamanic ways. Finland, Saame, Evenki, Tuvans, Mongolia, Turkey, almost all continents and peoples, have had or continue to have ancient shamanic or shamanic-like traditions. One thing in common is that shamans (general use of word) are foremost, healers. Not everyone is a shaman, yet we all have this connection.

During this workshop, participants will explore key ideas and methods used for thousands of years: the shaman’s journey into the spirit world. We will turn to the traditions of song, dance, drumming and rattles to help us shift our consciousness to meet our spirit guides and explore the spirit world and return to this reality with our remembered experiences. In this other reality, the spirit world, we can learn and understand about power and knowledge for themselves and others, relearn how to communicate and immerse themselves with this other world which is this one: spirits and nature. Shamanic healing will also be introduced.

Within this circle, we learn even more by listening to the experiences of others, their stories. We look closely at the ethics of shamanic healing work and see how shamanism can strengthen our everyday lives. We may be inspired to reawaken our own earth-based animist spiritual path, which returns to Mother Earth and all our kin.

Christiana threads together what she has gathered/lived/learned over many decades of shamanic healing experiences and ceremonies. As always, Spirits guide the group and this workshop is tailor-made for those who gather together at this time.

This is a drug-free (hallucinogen, alcohol also) workshop. Workshop is in English and/or Finnish.
This is not intended as a therapy course – although we do work with ourselves.

Place: JoyPack, 95355 Koivu (between Kemi-Rovaniemi)
Price: 150,00€ Price includes breakfast, all linens, shared rooms (2 persons), wood-burning sauna, teachings.
Add sliding scale: choose 140€ or 165€ or giving forward 190€ + VAT 25,5% teaching and C’s travels. Lunches and Dinner we shall organise together.
Reservation: infoÄTsolavoimaDOTfi by 28.02.2026

Should we cancel you will receive a refund. Cancellations less than three weeks prior there are no refunds.

Schedule: arrive 04.04 begin 5 pm – ending 4 pm on 06.04