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Trainings, Workshops, Ceremonies in 2022
Scroll down for descriptions of all workshops.

The ever changing nature of the pandemic and its variants has necessitated frequent choices to postpone offerings or to make them available remotely. Thank you for your understanding and patience. 
All who wish to attend sessions, trainings, Ceremonies, etc. must be fully vaccinated. We respect your right to choose. And we ask for the same respect for those who reside at and/or those seeking counsel, healing, trainings, etc. at BJ's home/office. 

Journey Circles will be at the regularly scheduled times, third Sunday of the month. 10:30-Noon, MT. Some Journey Circles are a hybrid of both in-person and Zoom. Please inquire if you'd like to attend remotely.  
Suggested offering $25.
Private Sessions via phone, Zoom, or email are offered at discounted rates. Please see contact page for more details re all fees and sliding scale.  
Long distance Shamanic Healing Journeys are always free.  
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Journey Theater: (One day workshop, several options)
2022 in Boulder - 10am-6pm  -  

ZOOM Journey Theater:
This is a new offering for those eager to go deeper into a powerful and unique workshop experience while safer at home.  
The title of the film will be given a day before the first gathering. We'll meet via zoom for the morning session, where themes, guided meditation and direction will be given.  You'll view the film between the first and second sessions. We re-zoom in the afternoon, where the profound process takes place. Each person will get to process the themes that were most profound, meaningful and evocative for them, as  gleaned from the the film and guided meditation. 
Please see below for general details of the Journey Theater workshops.  
​Sunday, January 23rd 2022
Sunday, January 30th 


IN PERSON - TBA

Talking Circle
Dates in 2022 TBA 

Introduction to Shamanism:
2022 dates TBA
Private instruction for individuals/groups also available.

Beginning Shamanic Journeying
May 28th-29th, 2022
Healing with Spiritual Light
2022 dates TBA
Medicine For the Earth
July 22-24, 2022
Shamanic Extraction 

2022 dates TBA
​The Beauty Way (3 Day Retreat)
2022 dates TBA
Soul Retrieval (one class in 2 weekends)  Full
Feb. 12-14 & 19-21 2021  
See below for times and description
2022 dates TBA
Death and Beyond Full 
June 18th-20th, 2021
2022 dates TBA

See below for all class descriptions and details.

Seasonal Ceremonies:

Spring Equinox Ceremony 
   Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at 1:00pm  

​Summer Solstice Celebration 
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Sunday, June 19th, 2022 at 5:00pm 
Autumnal Equinox Ceremony
   Friday, September 23rd, 2022 at 6:00pm

Winter Solstice Celebration
   Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 at 5:30pm


These include Sacred Pipe Ceremony
Suggested offering: $30. *
* Any monetary offering for ceremony assists BJ's volunteer work for the Native American women in the Denver Women's Correctional prison (DWCF).  BJ is deeply devoted to being of service and advocacy for the offenders there.  
Expenses for contributions vary, but range from $700-$1000 annually. Your offerings help in the following ways:
- Native American foods on feast days  
- Treats at Equinoxes (e.g. Tanka bars, chocolates, juice, plantain chips...) twice a year
- Paper and ink for handouts on a weekly basis 
- Folders, DVD's, books 
- Sage, sweet grass, osha bear root and other plant medicines 
- Scared smoking blend for Ceremonies
- Contribution for special guests presentations during Native American Heritage Month
- And other donations purchased from Native venders at Powwow, or Indian Market.
If cost prohibitive, any offering in sacred reciprocity is gratefully accepted. Bring something to place on the altar during the ceremony.  If you wish, bring a poem, short reading or your words from your own heart, apropos to the Solstice season celebrations.  Space fills up more quickly for the Solstices. Please reserve your spot well in advance.
Welcome letter with more details and location given upon registration. 48 hour cancellation requested.  
Anyone of Native American descent, children under 15, elders over 65 are most welcome with no offering necessary.Contact BJ at 303-808-4006 to reserve your spot.  

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​Introduction to Shamanism
Shamanism is an ancient, sacred methodology that is deeply rooted in most cultures around the world. Learning basic skills in Shamanic healing and divination can increase a sense of health, well being, clarity and wholeness. Such methods will be taught in this workshop to aid participants in their interior explorations of Self and Soul, and enhance their own spiritual autonomy and empowerment.  I would be honored to be your shamanic teacher.
Class highlights include: 
~ Learn basic shamanic journeying to enter into a Shamanic state of consciousness by use of sonic drive with drums and rattles
~ Meet helping and compassionate spirits and power animals in non-ordinary reality
~ Learn basic divination methods to ask for instruction and support from spirit helpers and​ power animals in
   non-ordinary reality
~ Learn Power Animal retrieval (offered in the 2 day - Beginning Shamanic Journeying class)
~ Closing Ceremony

When:  Intro class - TBA
Time: 6 - 9p.m.
Cost for class: $50.00
 A Welcome letter will be e mailed upon registration. It will include what you need for the workshop, cancelation policy, and address of workshop location.


Beginning Shamanic Journeying
This two day training includes all of the above, incorporating a deeper, more extensive exploration of cross-cultural shamanic ways.  It will also include training in:
~ Shamanic Journeying in non-ordinary states of consciousness
~ Instruction on long distance shamanic healing
~ Journeying to Upper, Lower and Middle worlds of non-ordinary reality
~ Power Animal Retrieval - instruction and practice
This training is a prerequisite for BJ's One Year Training in Shamanic Practices
and Sandra Ingerman's Two Year Teacher Training.

Saturday, May 28th 10:30-5:30
Sunday, May 29th, 10:30-5:00
​Cost: $225.00  
Non-refundable deposit of $50.00 is due by 5/11/22  
 
​Medicine for the Earth - 2022 
July 22nd - 24th

Friday 6:30p.m.- 8:30 (Ceremony)
Saturday 10:30a.m.-5:30p.m.
Sunday 10a.m.-4p.m.

The course is designed to deepen connection with the rhythms and teachings of Earth and Her Nature. Our own piece of Earth - body, mind, heart, soul - is connected to the whole of Nature. Many tend to think of Nature as separate, out there. We are Nature. 
Through profound practices and ceremonies, we’ll enhance our awareness, fine tune our senses and intuition, and transmute toxic thoughts that are affecting our own natural and environmental health and well being. 
This class is based on the course and book, Medicine for the Earth, by Sandra Ingerman.

This class is a prerequisite for Sandra Ingerman's Two Year Teacher Training.
Class Highlights from a Shamanic Perspective:
~ Communicate with the elements - Earth, Air, Fire, Water 
~ Transform toxins within ourselves and our environments
~ Ceremonies and sacred creative expression 
~ Learn about Transmutation and Transfiguration 
~ Walk About - Consider our footprint and its impact
 ~ Opening and Closing Ceremonies

When: July 22-24, 2022
Cost: $285.00
Non-refundable deposit: $50.00, due 7/7/22. Balance due on 7/22/22.
Early Registration Discount of $20 if paid in full by 7/7/22 ($265). 

Convenient Boulder location is provided upon registration.
Included: art supplies, snacks, coffee, tea.
Bring: lunch, journal, eye covering, drum and rattle if you have them. Wear comfy clothing and good walking shoes.
Prerequisite Reading: 
 ~ 
Medicine for the Earth by Sandra Ingerman
 ~ How to Heal Toxic Thoughts by Sandra Ingerman
The Beginning Shamanic Journeying class or private instruction in Shamanic Journeying with BJ Brown would be helpful but not required.

JOURNEY THEATER 
Time: 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Location: Boulder - details upon sign up.
Fee: $105 for first time participants.
$95 for repeat players.
Call 303.808.4006 to reserve your spot.
ZOOM Journey Theater Times:
10:00a.m. - 10:45a.m
1:00a.m - 6:00
Event Description:
In a day both restful and energizing, you will view a specially chosen, evocative film, allowing it to bring up the personal things your psyche is ready to reveal to you.  The movies are framed with the magic of meditation, music, community, and deft facilitation by BJ Brown.  This combination brings the power of the film to a new level, making of it a lucid dream ~ the psyche speaks and is heard. This is experience is unique among self-explorative ventures - it retains a lightness and pleasure in the day, even while deep soul work is being done together.

Talking Circle TBA
Talking Circle ~ An offering for our community
There is no fee for this circle.  Contact BJ to reserve your spot.  Location provided at that time. 
Talking Circle creates a safe harbor for our own and each other’s courage, vulnerability, concerns and yearnings.  We’ll witness, hold space, weep, laugh, seethe, express.  As in Native American teachings, the Talking Circle can be a cleansing and profound, even replenishing experience.  
The Talking Circle will be conducted in a traditional way.  A talking piece is passed, giving each person the opportunity to speak from the heart.  There is no cross talk nor discussion.  Compassionate presence, a willingness to listen deeply and to be heard is all that is needed.  We are in unpredictable, unprecedented times.  Many are experiencing ecological grief, deep bewilderment, anger, confusion...and some are deeply hopeful.  
T
he circle is here for you - a vessel for what wants rise and be expressed.

Healing with Spiritual Light  2022 dates TBA
A Shamanic perspective on the rippling benefits of healing through your empowered intentions and radiant light, this workshop uniquely enhances your connection to self, Earth, your spirit helpers, and your own essence. 
No prerequisite.
Cost/Times: $245.00
Friday, 6:30-8:30, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4.  
Non-refundable deposit of $50.00 due by August 15th
Please bring your journal, drums and rattles if you have them.  Rattles available to borrow.  
Welcome letter with details available upon registration.  
Please call or e mail BJ Brown to register ~
303-808-4006 ~ 
bjbrown11@comcast.net


Soul Retrieval  2022 dates TBA 
This training is also folded into the One Year Apprenticeship

It is understood in Shamanic cultures that soul loss can occur in different ways, as a result of chronic misfortune or trauma.  Various types of trauma, such as the loss of a beloved, accident, chronic illness, history of abuse, toxic/abusive relationships, addictions, etc. can be situations that cause a part of our essence, soul, to "leave."  In some situations a soul part or essence is "stolen," or "given away," which creates a fragmentation and a feeling of being lost, not whole.  
The following explorations included in this training:
~ Identifying soul loss and how it occurs (diagnosis)
~ Examining different kinds of soul loss (soul stealing, given away, abrupt/spontaneous soul loss).
~ Preliminary Journeys regarding the Soul Retrieval ceremony and connecting with the Spirit Helper who does retrieves the Soul part
~ Learning the ceremony (method) of Soul Retrieval
~ Exploring soul loss and retrieval of injured body parts
~ Interpreting the Healing Stories
~ Aftercare - Integrating the Soul/essence parts that have been returned.  Welcoming Home to the whole Self. 
This training is appropriate for students who have good experience and skill with Shamanic Journeying.  It is a prerequisite for Sandra Ingerman's Two Year Teacher Training.
Prerequisite: Beginning Shamanic Journeying.
 When: The class must take place over two weekends. (Feb. 2021 is FULL)
Friday, Feb. 12th, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Saturday, Feb. 13th, 4:30pm-9:00pm
Sunday, Feb. 14thth, 10:00am-5pm
Friday, Feb. 19th, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Saturday, Feb. 20th, 10:00am-5pm
Sunday, Feb. 21st, 10:00am-5:00pm
Where: Convenient Boulder location
Cost: $500.00 
Non-Refundable deposit of $200 due by May 10, 2020. Balance due June 5th. 
Early Registration is $475 if paid in full by May 15th.
Fees are payable by cash, money order, check or PayPal.
Welcome letter with further details, cancellation policy and location provided at time of registration. 

Death and Beyond  2022 dates TBA 
This training is also folded into the One Year Apprenticeship

This advanced Shamanic training explores death, dying and beyond from a shamanic perspective. The training for those wanting to learn more about this ultimate transformation, whether for ones own, self inquiry, or to assist others in their dying time. It includes Psychopomp - assisting souls to transcend. Through shamanic journeying and teachings, we'll explore the soul's transcendence, death, and the destiny of souls beyond death. 
Prerequisite: Beginning Shamanic Journeying.


Journey Circle
For those interested in an ongoing shamanic journey circle, this facilitated group meets every third Sunday of the month.  Members are notified by BJ of any changes due to quarterly ceremonies, Holiday, illness, etc. 
Basic knowledge and experience in shamanic journeying is required to participate.  Our circle provides long distance healing and divination work for family, friends, andcommunity members who have specifically requested our support.
Cost: $25.00.  
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Past Special Events:
Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe) Coming to Boulder, CO
November 8th, 2019
7:00-8:30pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder (UUCB)
5001 Pennsylvania, Boulder 80303
This is an extraordinary opportunity to see and hear Woman Stands Shining.
Please scroll down to view flyer with her bio and details of the event. 
You're welcome to contact BJ for more information or to receive for yourself or to pass along to others.​

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The Beauty Way ~ An Urban Retreat 
Fall 2019 is Full

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