Welcome to the 22nd Crows Nest Wounded Healer Summer School, where we will be diving deep into the Heart Path and Parts Work from Shamanic, Jungian, and IFS perspectives. This 5-Day Intensive will offer a transformative experience as we explore healing practices and models in a heart-centered integrative approach.
Throughout the workshop, we will delve into the basics of parts work and learn how to apply these teachings in our own healing journeys. The Shamanic Journey will be a powerful tool for caring for our wounded parts, empowering us to take control of our own healing process.

Topics such as Finding Center Through Parts Work, Ancestral Healing, Archetypal De-possession, and Healing the Inner Child will be explored in depth. We will also discuss the importance of embodying our spiritual practice and listening to the needs of our soul to avoid spiritual bypass.

The workshop will be held in a sacred woodland setting, where we will open and close with Fire Ceremony and maintain a Sacred Fire Altar as the focal point of our communal healing space. This event is not just a workshop, but a retreat for the soul, offering a space for contemplation, community, and transformation.
Join us on this journey of self-discovery and healing as we explore the depths of our inner world and learn to integrate our wounded parts into a more cohesive and empowered whole. Let us come together in a spirit of empathy and compassion as we walk the Heart Path and explore the transformative power of Parts Work.

A psychoshamanic introduction to the basics of Shamanic, Jungian, and IFS parts-work models and terms, and actual experiences in applying the teachings.

Learn how to use the Shamanic Journey to care for and help your own wounded parts.

This is a very empowering self-healing and transformative practice that can be done alone, or used between parts work sessions for integrative purposes.

The psychoshamanic framework of the event is both workshop and retreat in a Heart-centered and Earth-honoring context, which opens and closes with Fire Ceremony and chant and maintains the Sacred Fire Altar as the contemplative, communal and ‘La Purga’ healing center, an ‘axis mundi’ for the event in a SW Michigan woodland setting.

Disclaimer: This workshop is intended for personal growth and transformation oriented individuals who are not currently undergoing a major life crisis. It is not a substitute for individual psychotherapy, medical, or psychiatric treatment. Parts Work can be a powerful tool for working with past trauma. However, in this workshop we will learn about parts work and have experiences practicing for your own personal growth and healing. The event is intended for the enrichment of shamanic practitioners, psychotherapists, natural healers, life coaches, Jungian analysts, creative artists and poets even, and for those interested in any of these fields. It is not for someone suffering from a severe mood disorder or experience in a high level of crisis or suicidality, nor for someone with a serious medical condition. We simply cannot offer that level of safe containment in a workshop context. If you have questions about any of this, email us so we can consider your situation and make a determination if it is right for you.