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Franco Santoro and his associates offer a wide range of both basic and advanced training courses on contemporary shamanism, astroshamanism, experiential astrology, spiritual healing, astroshamanic trance dance and bodywork. These also include distant learning training module.

For more details please contact info@astroshamanism.org

Here follow details on some of our courses.

THE ASTROSHAMANIC MENTORING SERVICE

Since 1988 Franco Santoro has worked extensively with thousands of people from all walks of life and from more than 100 countries, offering them regular support and guidance in the search for their life purpose. Franco is particularly successful in assisting individuals to gain clarity about their highest intentions and develop pragmatic means to fully achieve them. The connection with the inner guide, or multidimensional self, and the enhancement of shamanic healing gifts also plays a significant role.

As from 2009 the Provisional Astroshamanic Network (PAN) is pleased to provide the opportunity to extend this experienced assistance through a new exclusive Astroshamanic Mentoring Service (AMS).

The Astroshamanic Mentoring Service involves a regular direct connection with Franco Santoro or other qualified mentors aimed at the following:
• Setting, implementing and manifesting short, medium and long-term intentions
• Deeply and regularly connecting with one’s inner guide, core identity and other deep expressions of the multidimensional self.
• Releasing and transforming grievances, blocks and other aspects of separation.
• Integrating spiritual, multidimensional and visionary experiences with everyday life, including family, relationships, creativity and work.
• Retrieving lost parts of the soul and spirit medicines.
• Intimately engaging with the seasonal cycles and the energy dynamics of one’s astrological chart
• Unveiling, supporting and developing hidden potentials and gifts.
• Assisting in devising and applying practices and healing remedies, including a full programme aimed at supporting the above processes.
• Providing opportunities for further training and refinement of skills, together with the integration of various forms of astroshamanic tuition, such as Operative Training in Astroshamanism, Astroshamanic Practitioner Training or one-year courses, and of other modalities of teaching.

The Astroshamanic Mentoring Service is extremely flexible and can be adapted to all types of situations and needs. We will work with each person individually for a minimum of three months, and with pricing options starting from £19 per month. The service is offered by phone or via Skype, and also through face-to-face sessions, if required.

If you would like to receive further information about this service, including costs and format, please contact info@astroshamanism.org.

THE OPERATIVE TRAINING IN ASTROSHAMANISM
THE FIRST BASIC LEVEL OF INITIATION

The Operative Training in Astroshamanism is a complete ongoing system of teaching devised for training healers and shamanic practitioners in accordance with the initiatory tradition of the Sacred Cone Circle. The basic intent of this tradition is to foster the reawakening of our original multidimensional nature and the release of grievances based on the perception of separation. In this context initiation is not about receiving instant powers and radically shifting your life, although this at times may also happen. It is a process that involves implanting a seed which will grow according to your investment of energy and natural disposition.

The Operative Training in Astroshamanism consists of three independent stages of initiation and is accompanied by specific literature and manuals. The First Basic Level represents the first stage. This training comprises 144 hours of teaching with a flexible structure that can be tailored to fit individual needs and situations, including a home-study course. Previous participation to an astroshamanic workshop, or a cycle of three individual sessions, are a prerequisite for attendance.

Before deciding to join the Training, applicants will thoroughly examine their current life situation, purpose and learning potentials in order to verify whether this step can truly serve them. Entry into the Training also requires that intuition or specific individual guidance (received through a shamanic journey, vision or dream) proves that this work is appropriate.

The programme of the Training will include significant experiences with shamanic states of consciousness as well as relevant opportunities to ground the work in ordinary reality. Participants will learn a wide range of shamanic techniques and directly explore the astroshamanic cosmology as it is reflected in their inner and outer life. They will receive initiation in specific healing and ceremonial practices in accordance with each Sector of the Sacred Circle, integrating their shamanic experiences with information drawn from astrology and other esoteric sources.

The First Basic Level covers the following areas: astroshamanic voyaging and cosmology, Sacred Circle, Intent and Function, Sacred Cone Work (release practices, basic ritual, shamanic extraction), Spirit Guides, Totem Spirits, shamanic forms and detectors, spirit medicines, sacred tools, astrodrama, trance dance, totemic postures, dreamwork, glossolalia, exploration of the 12 Sectors, astroshamanic chants and planetary scales, an outline of astrology and its application to astroshamanism, elements of astroshamanic healing and soul retrieval.

The curriculum of the Training has a specific structure and there is a certain amount of work to do. At the end of the journey, the energies of each of the 12 Sectors and four Directions of the Sacred Circle will all be explored. The First Level has to do with building a foundation for the spiritual journey and reawakening of our multidimensional nature. According to astroshamanism, the existence of a stable container is essential for the energies beyond ordinary perception not to get lost or misused. The information and tools that are shared in the Training serve this purpose.

For the first lessons the work is preparatory. After this initial stage, the Trainee can start the exploration of the 12 Sectors and four Directions. One of the strategic purposes of the journeys in the Sectors is to activate tools of power, develop potentials, release grievances, make agreements with Spirit Guides, planetary forces, Totem Spirits, etc. and recall significant lost memories.

The practices and exercises related to the Sectors are devised to accompany you on a quest for treasures and powers that lie dormant within. This process strategically unfolds through recognising, retrieving and expressing each of the 12 basic archetypes (Totem Spirits) through our physical as well as emotional, mental and spiritual body. This work involves learning a multidimensional language and requires patience, constancy and attention mixed with sacred playfulness and adventure.

For more details please contact info@astroshamanism.org

Astroshamanic Audio-Conference Classes:

Audio-conference sessions are group sessions delivered via audio-conference calls which support various callers simultaneously. With this technology each participant, regardless of their geographical location, can join in the session, ritual or course, simply connecting with the audio-conference leader and all the other participants at the designated time.

The technology is free and is provided by Skype. In order to take part in an audio-conference class you need to have Skype software installed in your computer and have a Skype address. Skype is a software that allows free internet conversation. To download Skype and to get further information see: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/windows/

Audio-conference classes are used for advanced training, such as the APT, the OTA and some specialised aspects of astroshamamic work. They are also used for beginner and intermediate training.

Astroshamanic Practitioner Training (APT)

A formation process aimed at training individuals to become proficient astroshamanic practitioners. The APT consists of a general charter (Astroshamanic Intentional Configuration, or AIC) applied to all trainees, and a specialised curriculum based on specific individual talents. The APT includes three independent units: a two-year Foundation Course, a two-year Accreditation Course and a one-year Practice Training with the direct supervision of Franco Santoro. The Operative Training in Astroshamanism, which can also be taken during the Foundation Course, is a requirement for participation, as well as an interview and a series of introductory sessions with Franco. Astroshamanic formation is also aimed at training shamanic practitioners who wish to draw inspiration from this work, integrate it with other methods, support other lineages and traditions, or develop their own method, without necessarily becoming astroshamanic practitioners.

For further details or information please see www.astroshamanism.org or http://www.facebook.com/Astroshamanism, or contact us at info@astroshamanism.org.

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