Shamanic Healing:
The apparent form of Shamanic Healing varies greatly in accordance with the cultural background of the practitioner. Ideally a British based shaman will work in the cultural context which suits the client. Treatment like hypnosis and hypnotherapy is centred on the focusing of the mind using trance to bring about emotional or physical change, yet the trance forms used tend to be more intense than that used by most hypnotherapists and the results correspondingly more dramatic. The Shamanic or Trance healer will take the client on an inner journey deep into the subconscious creative pool of intelligence - if possible! If that is not possible then an improvement at least will be brought about for the client by the skilful use of hypnotic techniques.
One sign that you have been in contact with a true Shamanic healr is that over a period of time, or even immediately, you emerge feeling an enhanced sense of your power - your power to creatively deal with, connect with life. However close you may become to your teacher/guide you do not develop the tendency states sometimes found in other systems. Nor do you need to dress up or adopt any strange cultural habits - shamanism is as true and effective for 20th Century Britain as it was for our stone-age ancestors..!
Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis:
Perhaps the nearest western equivalent to Shamanic Healing. On an emotional/psychological level hypnotherapy focuses the power of the mind enabling the client to embark on an inner journey of self-discovery with the help of the hypnotist. This treatment is very effective in healing a host of psychological and psychosomatic difficulties.
At another level focusing the mind's power can have a profound physiological effect, often bringing about relief from physical discomfort or disability that has proved unresponsive to normal medical treatment.
Self-hypnosis can also bring about similar results - yet the easiest and quickest way to learn self-hypnosis is by being taught by and experienced practitioner. Even in cases where the problem itself is untreatable - the self insight provided by hypnotherapy can greatly increase the client's ability to 'cope' in a satisfactory manner.
The apparent form of Shamanic Healing varies greatly in accordance with the cultural background of the practitioner. Ideally a British based shaman will work in the cultural context which suits the client. Treatment like hypnosis and hypnotherapy is centred on the focusing of the mind using trance to bring about emotional or physical change, yet the trance forms used tend to be more intense than that used by most hypnotherapists and the results correspondingly more dramatic. The Shamanic or Trance healer will take the client on an inner journey deep into the subconscious creative pool of intelligence - if possible! If that is not possible then an improvement at least will be brought about for the client by the skilful use of hypnotic techniques.
One sign that you have been in contact with a true Shamanic healr is that over a period of time, or even immediately, you emerge feeling an enhanced sense of your power - your power to creatively deal with, connect with life. However close you may become to your teacher/guide you do not develop the tendency states sometimes found in other systems. Nor do you need to dress up or adopt any strange cultural habits - shamanism is as true and effective for 20th Century Britain as it was for our stone-age ancestors..!
Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis:
Perhaps the nearest western equivalent to Shamanic Healing. On an emotional/psychological level hypnotherapy focuses the power of the mind enabling the client to embark on an inner journey of self-discovery with the help of the hypnotist. This treatment is very effective in healing a host of psychological and psychosomatic difficulties.
At another level focusing the mind's power can have a profound physiological effect, often bringing about relief from physical discomfort or disability that has proved unresponsive to normal medical treatment.
Self-hypnosis can also bring about similar results - yet the easiest and quickest way to learn self-hypnosis is by being taught by and experienced practitioner. Even in cases where the problem itself is untreatable - the self insight provided by hypnotherapy can greatly increase the client's ability to 'cope' in a satisfactory manner.
