Master's Courses at Four Winds

WALKING WITH PROTECTION IN THE WORLD:
We live in a world where power is constantly being abused and misused, and where we must be vigilant and protect ourselves and our loved ones from the fear and negativity around us. In this course you will learn to walk through life with protection and light, and to bring peace and beauty to everyone you touch. You will study the practices for undoing sorcery and neutralizing the negativity, envy, jealousy, and harm that might be directed against us and our loved ones, or that we may be calling upon ourselves. (Part of the HLB and MW curriculum)

WORKING WITH THE SACRED:
You learn how the archetypes, the gods of old, still inform and guide all human activity. You will learn to work with the ancient myths and the forces of nature to guide the course your destiny. With the aid of fairy tales, Jungian archetypes, shamanic storytelling, journeying, quantum physics, the tarot, and dream analysis, we learn how archetypal forces inform our lives. You will learn to use archetypal analysis and energies to heal yourself and others, and to design mythic maps that can guide you, and your clients, in a sacred life-journey. (Part of the HLB and MW curriculum)

READING THE SIGNS OF DESTINY:
Divination is the art of recognizing and aligning oneself with the signs of destiny. You will learn to read the signs provided to us by nature, randomness, and chance events. Shamanic seeing is the learned ability to perceive the luminous world of energy and spirit. You will discover ancient tools to awaken the shaman’s way of seeing. You will learn to sense the energy vortexes, or chakras, as well as develop the skills and tools for tracking and divination. During this week you will open the doors of perception to discover the luminous world of energy and spirit that surrounds us, and awaken the dormant seer within. (a 10 day Peru Expedition or Advanced Divination may be substituted as session seven). (Part of the HLB and MW curriculum)

MUNAY-KI:
The Munay-Ki are a series of nine energetic transmissions or “rites”, that heal you and transform our human energy field into that of homo luminous – one who lives free of fear and resides in his or her transcendent nature. In this training, you will receive and learn the exact form of the nine rites of passage. You will take home the skills to facilitate friends and clients to step into who they are becoming.

MUNAY-KI MENTORING:
In this advanced training of the Munay-ki, you will learn the specific steps to teach and mentor others to transmit the nine rites of passage, both individually and through group trainings and workshops. You will further refine your skills to assist your students through an accelerated process of transformation.

SOUL RETRIEVAL:
This course teaches shamanic practices for recovering the essential self that has been lost as a result of trauma. You will learn to journey to the lower world and visit the four chambers of the Soul. Journeying allows you to discover the soul contracts made by your client, sometimes even before they were born; to claim their passion and bliss; and to discover the gifts and treasures they can bring into the world. This is a practical, powerful training you can use in your personal and professional life. (HLB 03 may be substituted) (Part of the Medicine Wheel curriculum)

ADVANCED DIVINATION AND SEEING:
A week-long intensive to master the art of tracking, seeing, and creating sacred maps. You will develop the practical skills that allow you to track through time and master the perceptual states that awaken your shamanic seeing abilities. You will learn the arts of the medical intuitive; how to see inside a person’s body to explore organs, systems, tissues, and diagnose spiritual disease, and how to master the four levels of shamanic perception. Through practical exercises you will learn how we can influence events that occurred in the past and change fate into destiny. (Advanced Students only)

ADVANCED SOUL RETRIEVAL AND DESTINY RETRIEVAL:
Destiny retrieval allows you to find and install a desired future into your lifeline. You will learn to assist others to step into their destiny with absolute non-attachment and compassion. You will master the skills of the shaman to journey along your own, as well as your client’s timeline. You will explore how to turn the limiting beliefs that we confuse for reality into tools for crafting a healthy and meaningful life. The course teaches you how to draw the navigational charts that will bring healing and beauty to yourself, to your loved ones, and to the world. (Advanced Students only)

RITES AND RITUALS:
In this course you will learn about the great rites of passage that mark puberty, womanhood, manhood, and our sage years. You will explore the great initiations of shamanism and how they are maps to your personal growth. Shamans speak about a knowledge that can be known but not told. This knowledge is secret, not because it is withheld from the seeker, but because it must be discovered and experienced personally by each one of us. The great rites of passage are the entry points into this knowledge, which provide a timeless understanding of life, of creation, and the nature of miracles. (Advanced Students only)

SHAMAN'S MESA AND CEREMONY:
In this experiential workshop you will discover ways that the shamans mesa, or medicine bundle, may reorganize itself to reflect changes in the shaman’s life, or it may be reorganized (by the shaman) to effect desired changes in her life. Although the mesa organizes itself the way it is meant to – it can’t be forced – the shaman who knows the ways of power and healing can work with the mesa to change the world. You will learn about the despacho ceremony which is performed in the Andes after each earth cycle to renew the powers of nature on our body, and to attain balance for ourselves and our loved ones. A despacho brings the shaman into harmonious relationship with heaven and earth, aligning the archetypal organizing principles of the Universe.

(Advanced Students only)

MASTERY OF TIME:
Time is one of the great archetypal experiences of man, and has eluded all attempts at rational explanation. Come play at the razor’s edge where there is no clock time. Learn to work more elegantly at the place outside of time, before everything manifests. You will learn the shaman’s skills for working both in dream time and waking time, sacred time and linear time. Learn to step into timelessness so that you may consciously create the time to come. (Advanced Students only)