Shamanic journeying is one of the oldest healing practices in the world, and one of the most misunderstood. In the Energy pillar of the Elemental Alchemy Framework, it’s a way of travelling, in a deeply relaxed and focused state, into what shamanic traditions call non-ordinary reality.
What it is
Usually guided by a steady drumbeat, much like the heartbeat we heard in the womb, the journeyer visits the Lower, Middle or Upper World to meet helpers, ask questions and receive insight. The mind thinks in pictures, and journeying speaks that language, so insights often slip in “through the back door” where our everyday thinking can’t reach.
What it isn’t
It isn’t a drug experience, it doesn’t require any particular belief, and it isn’t about escaping reality. It’s knowing through experience rather than through faith, and it’s always done with care: grounding before and after, and integrating what you bring back into everyday life.
Journeying is also the doorway to soul retrieval and power animal work, which Amy offers in the Spirit Sessions.
