Enlivening You and the Ecosystem through the Shamanic Art of Sacred Reciprocity with Nature’s Wildest Spirits!
I know you love nature and aspire to step into an even deeper relationship with the birds, trees, animals and plants – to dance to the river’s song and be guided by the stories whispered by the trees.
You also want to take effective, meaningful actions on behalf of nature for your children, grandchildren and future generations.
But, deep down, you may feel that no matter how many trees you plant or flowers you water for the pollinators, lavish gratitude on the vegetation and animals or do ceremony – deep down, you believe the situation is “too big,” and feel a growing anxiety about the future.
This leaves you with an awful sense of hopelessness and helplessness about how you, your children or family and our future descendants will be able to thrive.
The missing piece is nature still needs to be more inspirited to heal – and we have a part in that.
There are unique spirits that stand between our human world and the world of nature who need to be present to keep nature strong.
Our ancient ancestors once partnered with these beings, but subsequent generations were either taught by science or religion that they “weren’t real,” or simply forgot them.
And in being forgotten, they withdrew.
Now is the time for rekindling our partnership with them!
These nature guardians hold wild wisdom for healing Nature’s woundedness and energetic disharmony. And because you and I are part of Mother Earth’s body, they can support our healing, too!
As you step into a relationship with the Huldufólk or Hidden Folk, you will find your own heart’s wild nature is ignited – bringing you more courage, vitality and passion!
Embark with me on this seven-week journey to meet, learn from and be blessed by the wisdom of the Hidden Folk!
Join hearts with other like-minded people from around the world and be initiated into a more vibrant, courageous and impassioned version of yourself– a child of Mother Earth!
Our journey will be a series of encounters with nature spirits and the wise, Rå – these beings keep nature strong and vital – exactly what our lives depend upon!
From the Skogsrå who keep the woodlands strong, to the Havsrå who tend the “Whale Road,” to the Bergsrå who guard sky-kissing peaks, to the Trolls who embody essential wildness, to the many Landvættir who enliven local places, and more.
Working with them, you will experience an in-filling of spirit, a growing aliveness and a deeper sense of truly belonging!
Through this course you will:
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Rebuild and enliven your own spirit’s hardwiring to the natural world
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Transform into a version of yourself that is more genuinely self-assured and secure
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Understand the importance of your relationship with these Hidden Folk
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Access more of your own “wild” vitality
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Deepen your connection to the places you love
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Experience gratitude from nature’s many children
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Participate in healing ceremonies
…and so much more!
My Personal Message and Transformative Journey
As a child growing up in an urban suburb of New York City, my natural world was very well domesticated. While there was a scruffy little empty lot next to where I lived, I only experienced wildness in/on the ocean or when I traveled north but made friends with the enormous trees in my neighborhood and would spend hours looking up at the vastness of the sky.
Luckily, my father was an outdoorsman. He had learned to fish from his father, and as a very young man, had learned to hunt in a native way from an old Maine woodman. As a result, I began fishing and later hunted with him and my family.
Luckily, my father was an outdoorsman. He had learned to fish from his father, and as a very young man, had learned to hunt in a native way from an old Maine woodman. As a result, I began fishing and later hunted with him and my family.
While in the deep woods, or on a boat far from the sight of land, I became exhilarated! The sights and especially the aromas of wood and sea stirred something deep in me that I couldn’t name.
Later on, my family moved to a sterile subdivision on land that had been stripped of trees and topsoil. While I engaged in schoolwork and my later jobs, I began noticing the colors fading from my world as more of it became paved and built upon. I felt disconnected, dispirited and felt a pervading loss creep into my soul. I had the terrible feeling that something vital I could not name had been stolen from me.
What I later learned from my delving deeply into shamanism and my Norwegian ancestors’ mythic stories, is that there is truly something absent from the domesticated world. The spirits that helped to keep us and the world vibrant are missing! Without them, places and the individual lifeforms who inhabited them, suffer–-stunting their full potential.
I also learned that we humans have a part in engaging those beings as we were meant to be in relationship with them!
Through shamanic journeys I met these spirits – in person! The healing, teaching and nurturing interactions I experienced supported fresh energy, vision and vigor to flow back into my life. With their support, I stepped into living with the natural world in a way that had its roots in our oldest way of being.
In learning how to work with the transcendent nature spirits, I know more about our part in the wholeness of the natural world. I feel my place in it keenly and in so doing, I am a much more passionate, effective and empowered version of myself – willing to put myself “out there” to support transformation.
The wisdom I now hold informs my art, my writing and the way I perceive myself. I feel embedded in nature wherever I roam and know unwaveringly that I am no more or less important than anything or being in the Cosmos.
What Graduates of Evelyn’s Courses Are Saying…
– Liz Alton
– Kathleen Mary
– Kathy McDonough, licensed clinical social worker, MDiv, shamanic practitioner
Evelyn is genuine, deeply grounded, humorous and kind, without pretense. She is deeply connected with spirit and brings people into that field with her. She has the capacity to share her expansive experiences and set the container for deep work on the part of her students.
– Joanna Leary
– Christine Prunier
What You'll Discover in These 7 Weeks
In this transformational 7-week online intensive, I will guide you to engage with the Hidden Folk, that will give you the fundamental body-mind-spirit skills and competencies you’ll need to heal into a newly restored, connected and more securely powerful version of yourself!
This course features LIVE teachings, interactive training sessions and experiential practices.
You’ll connect with me LIVE through streaming video and experience powerful teachings. The connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of the work. Or you can easily join via audio if you prefer — through your phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.
Each session builds harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to restore your connections to the Hidden Folk – to gain the emotional and physical wellbeing and harmony for a full, rich life!
Live Weekly Sessions begin Tuesday, October 12
11:00 am Pacific • 2:00 pm Eastern
Can’t make it live? No worries!
Video and audio recordings will be available after each class to download or stream in high-quality format at your convenience.
WEEKLY LESSONS
Week 1: Our World’s Spiritscape: Discerning Your Trusted Companions (October 12)
In our first session we will come together at the World Tree. The spirits of animals, birds, trees and plants; the spirits of landscape features, natural phenomena and elements are just some of the spirits who surround us. Some of these spirits can become trusted companions in your life and shamanic work.
You’ll discover:
- The amazing diversity of spirits with whom you can enter into relationship
- What spirits need to be avoided to safely negotiate the Middle World
- How working with your fylgja, or power animal is key for working safely in Middle World
- A spirit who can become your guide/intermediary with other Middle World spirits
- Guided Journey: Meeting the spiritual neighbors near to your home
Week 2: Not Alone: Engaging Invisible Nature Partners (October 19)
In this time together, you’ll meet the Landvættir who populate nature and assist the Rå to keep nature vital. These spirits are local to places and co-exist with all that is living in Nature. Using experiential journeys, you’ll engage these land wights as partners in restoring the spirits near your home.
You’ll learn:
- Shamanic Journey: Rebuilding and enlivening your own spirit’s hardwiring to the natural world
- How the Landvættir support specific nature spirits
- How you can build strong relationships with these spirits
- How the Landvættir can be honored for their contributions
- Guided practice: How you can participate with the Landvættir have healthier land
Week 3: Deep Sustenance: Tending the Sea of Origins (October 26)
In this session, you’ll meet the “Master Spirits” of the One Great Ocean. The Havsrå have deep wisdom about all the creatures who inhabit the sea and the hidden depths within the waters. The sea is the blood of Earth. It nurtured the earliest life and participates in all Life’s continuance. Using the power of ceremony, you will participate in its healing.
You’ll discover:
- The great unifying current of the ocean and tap into its power
- Shamanic Journey: To experience the first moment of cellular life
- How the Havsrå support the cycle of freshwater
- Why the Havsrå are critical to your own wellbeing
- Guided Ceremony: To bring our loving hearts to the Ocean
Week 4: Bathed in Blessings: Nurturing the Waters of Life (November 2)
In this time together we’ll be meeting the Wise Guardians of Earth’s rain, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, streams and underground aquifers. In other words, the Sjörå are also the keepers of what makes up nearly 70% of your body! Together we will be performing ceremony for the fresh waters of the Earth.
You’ll discover:
- What you can do with the Sjörå to enliven the source of your drinking water
- Shamanic Journey: Experience your place in the Great Cycle of Water
- How you can work with the Sjörå for a healthier balance of rainfall
- What role the Sjörå have in tropical storms
- Guided Ceremony: To bring Healing Radiance to the fresh waters of the world
Week 5: Breath of Life: Caretaking Nature’s Lungs (November 9)
In this session, we'll meet the Skogsrå, guardians of the forests. They support the trees’ work of providing oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, conserving water, improving air quality, preserving soil vitality and providing habitat. Using shamanic ceremony, you’ll support the source of all breath!
You’ll discover:
- The role the Skogsrå have in keeping you well and strong
- Shamanic Journey: To the very First Breath
- How working with the Skogrå can inspirit your entire area
- How intact forests are the foundation for life on Earth
- Guided Ceremony: Restoring the soul of the Boreal Forest
Week 6: Solid Framework: Strengthening Your Spiritual Bones (November 16)
In this session, we meet the Bergsrå, guardians of the mountains who caretake Earth’s minerals, crystals and the rocky bits in soil. These bones of the earth are also part of your own body’s structure. Together we’ll be performing a ceremony to bring healing to the earth’s soils.
You will learn:
- How the Bergsrå nurture wide areas of land
- Shamanic Journey: Experience the Bergsrå of the peaks nearest to you
- How the Bergsrå can support your own physical & emotional strength
- How caretaking the soil is part of caretaking life
- Guided Ceremony: To bring healing to the Earth’s fertile flesh
Week 7: Untamed Power: Embodying Wildness (November 23)
In this week together, we meet the Trolls! These are the embodiments of wild nature and are also described as being connected to or companions of the Old Norse seeresses. They are the almost-hidden faces you glimpse in rocks and trees. They remind us of our own inner, untamed vitality and can support you to reclaim your wild power!
You’ll discover:
- Trolls that reside in the untamed places near your home
- How trolls caretake animals and birds
- Shamanic Journey to a Troll: What ways you can encourage wild nature – even in suburbia!
- How you can honor these living representatives of wildness
- Guided Ceremony: Tapping into your own wild, untamed power
- Guided Closing Ceremony
What Others are Saying About Evelyn Rysdyk . . .
– Tom Cowan, author, Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit and Yearning for the Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul.
It’s more than just a course...
It’s a Community!
To support you to continue internalizing the teachings you receive, you’ll have a community to support you!
You’ll join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices I will share in this powerful training. In a private social network that is exclusive to this course, you’ll be able to converse with people around the world who are learning along with you!
Here's What You'll Receive:
7 weekly LIVE, 90-minute course teaching sessions
Experience a rare opportunity to be mentored by me from the comfort of your own home. Each sessions includes a streaming option and guides you to discover skills and abilities to awaken your spiritual potential.
Deepening Practices for each course session
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools and performing simple ceremonies to accelerate your learning and integrate each session.
Private custom-designed, interactive course website
All sessions and materials will be yours forever so that you can experience the teachings again and again!
Private Social Sharing Group
Join a global movement of people manifesting their fullness to support harmony and revere all life.
+ PLUS:
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7 weekly LIVE, interactive Q&A with me
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Downloadable PDF documents to help you to prepare for each session
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Audio AND Video recordings of all sessions
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Special Bonus Content to enhance your course experience
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And more...
COURSE BONUSES
Early Registration Bonus – Register by midnight September 30
Befriending the Spirits – Shamanic Journeying for Healing, Wisdom, and Guidance in Your Everyday Life, an intensive mini-course
This pre-recorded, self paced, 4-session course by Evelyn Rysdyk, covers all the basic knowledge you need to perform shamanic journeys safely and effectively:
Sacred Doorways: Unveiling Worlds of Wisdom • Embraced by Power: Meeting Your Animal Ally for Protection • Embodied Wisdom: Engaging Spirit Teachers • Beyond the Map: Making Journeying a Living Practice
$149 value – Available only to early registrants.
Instant Registration Bonus – Register by 4:00 pm ET September 25th
Journey to meet an ancestor who honored the Hidden Folk
Guided audio journey with Evelyn Rysdyk
(Ambient recordings: Vicki Anderson)
Interview & Journey to Lyfjaberg, Mountain of Medicine
with Evelyn Rysdyk
In this hour-long video interview with Linda Fitch recorded for the Shamanic Dreamkeepers Summit, Evelyn discusses Norse shamanism, the goddess Freyja and finally offers us a guided healing experience to the goddess MengloΜð in the Mountain of Medicine. There, the goddess and her Nine Maidens will provide healing.
Landvaettir and Rå Print Folio
Original Artwork by Evelyn Rysdyk
This folio contains PDF prints of all seven original pencil drawings of the Landvaettir & Rå drawn jusr for this program by Evelyn Rysdyk. They may be enjoyed as-is or printed out for display on your sacred space.
Vintage Julenissen folding gift tags (pdf)
by Evelyn Rysdyk
There are special Hidden Folk who bring treats at Yule time. These Julenissen or Jultomten are beloved characters across Scandinavia. This vintage image of a Julenisser riding a bird is a print-your-own PDF. Each 8.5” x11” sheet you print on cardstock will provide four cards you can cut out and fold.
Shamanic Journey Album
by Spirit Passages
This recording has four tracks. The first is a short rattling and whistling track to center yourself. The second track is a full hour of shamanic journey drumming being played by six drummers in perfect unison. Track three is the callback signal. The last bonus track is a stand-alone recording that includes a short journey with callback signal.
~ REGISTER NOW ~
Course begins Tuesday, October 12, 2021 for 7 weeks
11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern
Can’t make it live? No worries!
Video and audio recordings of all sessions will be available for download and streaming .
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Evelyn C. Rysdyk
Evelyn C. Rysdyk is the author of several noted books on shamanism including, The Norse Shaman, Spirit Walking: A Course in Shamanic Power, A Spirit Walker’s Guide to Shamanic Tools and The Nepalese Shamanic Path (with Bhola Banstola.)
Along with her writings, Evelyn is an impassioned shamanic teacher and storyteller with over thirty years of experience working with people who are eager to grow and experience their true power. She is a featured instructor for The Shift Network, and for Sounds True and other online international programs.
Whether through face-to-face contact with individual clients, workshop groups, and online participants, or through the printed word, Evelyn uses her loving humor and passion to open people’s hearts, expand their awareness and inspire them to live more joyful, fulfilling, and purposeful lives.
She acknowledges that as people awaken their full selves, they are much more likely and able to make their unique contributions toward transforming our world.
