Shamanic Healing, Training and Spiritual Mentorship in Portland, OR and Online Worldwide
You feel called to Shamanic healing and developing your intuitive gifts.
You are ready to heal yourself, your lineages and connect with your ancestors.
You desire a deeper connection to your spirit guides, Earth and all beings.
Are you ready for Universal Shamanism?
What Is “Shamanism?”
Ancient Shamanic Wisdom for the Modern Era
Shamanism is the original, most ancient spiritual practice of humanity, and is ubiquitous in cultures all over the world. It is an Earth-based, animistic practice (animism is the belief that all things are alive, and connected through that unifying life force). Shamanism is also a mediumistic practice. (Mediumship means communication and collaboration with the spirit or noncorporeal realm. All Shamans are mediums.)
Shamanism can support healing and well-being on all levels: the physical body and lifestyle, the mind and belief systems, the heart and emotional realms, and the soul, etheric bodies, eternal spirit and karma.
Shamanism offers us a direct path to the original sacred, where we can experience incredible healing and transformation. Shamanic healing, journey, ritual and ceremony practices take us beyond our cognitive, human experience and activate the ancient wisdom that is our Gaian birthright.
What Is a Shaman?
According to my Shamanic lineage, the word “Shaman” comes from ancient Sumerian and dates back over 6000 years. The Mesopotamian Sun God was known as Sjamas/Shamash, and his priests and priestesses were called Siamas, which means “in service of the light.” The Shaman is the one who holds the light of sacred knowledge, and who shares it with the world.
The Shaman has received initiations in self-knowledge, sacred wisdom teachings, universal understanding of people, animals, plants, Earth, and life itself. The Shaman also knows the liminal realms and lives as a bridge between the material and the spirit world, and offers their Shamanic service to their community. (It is possible to study and practice Shamanism as a personal devotion and lifestyle without offering this work to others. This person would not be considered a Shaman, but would have a personal Shamanic practice.)
I support both those who desire to develop their Shamanic practice so they can serve their clients through Shamanic healing wisdom, and those who want to cultivate their Shamanic gifts for their personal spiritual practice.
Ethical Shamanism in the Multi-Cultural, Western World
Many people who are called to Shamanism feel the yearning and intuitive remembrance of this tradition, but they don’t know where to start, or are afraid of appropriation. In a world of ever-increasing globalization, integrity and ethics are vitally important to hold at the center of Shamanic healing and study.
I am a multi-lineage practitioner and have worked with Shamanic teachers from all over the world. The training I offer is rooted in Universal Shamanic principles, and helps you to cultivate an integrous, authentic connection with your ancestors, your gifts, your spirit guides, and the local land and nature spirits where you live.
Practicing Shamanism is essential to our individual and collective healing and transformation. Healing our lineages and connecting with our ancestors is our birthright. Shamanism helps us come into right relation with Gaia, the spirit realm and all beings.
By working with Universal Shamanic Healing and Training, you can:
Awaken and develop your Shamanic gifts.
Heal yourself, your lineages and connect with your ancestors.
Fulfill your Sacred Purpose, living in right relation with Gaia and all beings.
“In our time together, I was touched again and again by Michelle’s fierce love – particularly with my tender questions around boundaries, opening my heart, and digging into shadow. She reminded me of what is possible when we hold Spirit and ethical shamanism in daily life. I particularly loved being activated in animism, which helped me center on larger purpose, rituals, and prayers along the way. Thanks to the codes transmitted in my time with Michelle, I now know what I am oriented to – both within and without.
Deepest gratitude!”
Meet Your Guide
I’m Michelle Hawk: Shaman, Alchemist, Spiritual Mentor, Healer in Portland, OR.
As a child, I always felt connected to animals, nature and magic. The world felt alive to me in a way I eventually realized most people didn’t understand, so I hid and didn’t tell anyone about my conversations with animals or the spirits I saw.
When I found out about Shamanism at age 15, everything changed for me. Shamanism gave me a context and vocabulary for what I already knew to be true: the world and all beings are alive and connected through the unseen realms. For the first time, I felt validated in my experience of life and I dove in.
I have been studying and practicing Shamanism with various teachers since 2003, and under dedicated mentorship since 2009. My core Shamanic lineages come from the Shaman clan Baksa of what is now Hungary, and the Celtic people and horse tribes who traveled across Europe. I have also worked with Turtle Island indigenous teachers.
As a white, western Shaman with 20+ years of study, I have navigated the territory of authentic Shamanic awakening and ethical practice. Instead of succumbing to the extractive cultural appropriation models of Shamanic teaching, I devoted myself to integrity of study in a way that honors my own lineages and my connection to the land and nature spirits with whom I collaborate.
After 16 years supporting hundreds of students and clients with Universal Shamanism for healing and transformation, I know that:
Shamanism helps us come into right relation with Gaia, the spirit realm and all beings.
Healing our lineages and connecting with our ancestors is our birthright.
Shamanic awakening and mastery in the modern world is vitally important to our individual and collective healing and transformation.
Are you ready for Universal Shamanism?
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Work with Michelle:
Mentorship
Shamanic Healing
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Talk with Michelle
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Your journey of healing and transformation and the support that would be most helpful to you.
You know you want to work with me, but you’re not sure where to start.
Learn more about Shamanism, Alchemy and my work to make sure we’re a good fit.
During our session, you’ll receive my best support, expertise and recommendations for working with me, or appropriate referrals.
I look forward to speaking with you.
