The Shaman’s Circle Training, 2010-2011

The Shaman’s Circle is a one year training in advanced shamanic studies that starts in September and runs until June. There are three semesters: fall, winter and spring, each meeting for eight weeks and ending with a weekend Retreat.

Meeting weekly is a wonderful way to deepen your connection to spirit, prayer and an opportunity for profound healing.

Each semester is $500. We will be meeting Monday nights from 7-9pm.

Fall Semester starts Sept. 27th -Nov 15th. In the fall semester we begin the journey learning the Medicine Wheel, using the drum for journeying to other dimensions, divination, working with power, protection and healing. The Retreat will be a weekend to be in nature and implement the work we have learned in our circle.

Retreat is Dec. 4th, 5th. Plant Spirit Medicine .

Winter semester begins Jan. 17th to March 7th with the Retreat March12, 13th.  In the winter we will be focusing on extraction work and deeper levels of divination and word medicine. The Retreat will be Soul Retrieval. *note, soul retrieval is taught over a 4 day weekend. We will begin the work before the weekend and into the Retreat.

Spring semester begins March 21st to May 9th. In the spring we will be learning Compassionate Death and Depossession. The Retreat May 14, 15th will be Tibetan Shamanism and Chod.

All Retreats will be held at The Land Celebration in Gore, Virginia and cost $200 and are over the weekend with lodging.

Each semester will be held at The Polarity Center & Shamanic Studies in Silver Spring Md. The address is 9130 Walden Road 20910.

To register, send a $100 deposit with a letter of why you want to do the training and your experience with shamanism, nature and your heart.

Make checks out to Rose Khalsa.

The balance of each semester is due the first day of each class. The Retreat cost can be paid a week before the class.

Hope to see you in the circle!

February 20th and 21st

Tuition: $225

The Star Journey or Death Lodge is part of life. As a shaman it is always a gift to support the person transitioning and their families. In this weekend we will learn many ways to be with death in a compassionate way. Many of the teachings are from the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

April 10th, 11th: Saturday Chod, Sunday, Deposession

Chod is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist practice that cuts the cord of our deepest fears. The female shaman, Machig Labdron travelled all over India and Tibet sharing these teachings and freeing many from their suffering.

Lama Tsultrim Allione, the founder of Tara Mandala Buddhist Center, developed the chod practice in a western style that allows the practitoner to actually transform their deepest fears, our inner demons, into our closest allies.

Sunday we will learn a gentle but effective way to release energy that has “possesed” the person’s soul.

In the frantic life that many lead, there is spiritually more and more evidence of negative forces taking over a person’s spirit. The shaman, with the help of their compassionate teachers, is able to open a doorway for these forces to pass with grace and healing.

We will learn the Seven Dragon Treatment for releasing the Seven Poisons, known as Deposession.

“The Vision Quest was life changing not only for myself, but for those I prayed for. It helped me to release energy that had been binding me to old patterns and to move forward with my life. I highly recommend it for anyone!”

Paulette Robinson, Bowie, MD

“My cranial work has taken on a whole new dimension thanks to the techniques I learned while studying with Rose. I found her approach inspiring and easy to apply, not only in treatments but in my daily life. I really appreciated how she colorfully blended elements of shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism and polarity therapy. She truly honors this work as the healing art it is.”

Marie Rodriguez, N.D., Washington, DC