In the times when our ancestors began to live together in groups and farm the land, they learned that  a certain kind of magic happened when they gathered to tell stories, dance, sing and celebrate. The sounds and rhythms they created  lifted their spirits, improved their mood and helped them to recognise and value their relationships with each other and with the land they had chosen to settle on.

Some members of the tribe appeared to be more sensitive to rhythm and dance than others. Sometimes they'd go wild when they heard rhythms - spinning, shrieking, shaking and moving very quickly. They appeared to everyone else to go into a heightened state.  Some even seemed to be taken over so completely that they lost all sense of time, space and self. 

At the end of the celebrations, these individuals shared their dreams and unusual life experiences with their community. They talked about  where they'd gone when the community noticed they'd been missing.  Some had been carried away to strange yet beautiful places where they met with friendly yet unusual people and animals in unfamiliar landscapes.  

They were also somehow changed by this experience. For example, they seemed to have more knowledge and were able to address core problems with the health and well-being of sick tribal members. They could also take action on behalf of their community to ensure that the food supply remained constant and threats or danger to community members were kept to a minimum. 

The term shaman (saman) comes from the Tungus language. It is used there to describe the unique behaviour that comes through a person when they slip into a heightened state of awareness.  But shaman is also found in the ancient language of Sanskrit and refers to a person (sometimes a monk) who feels nothing but complete love for life in all its different shades and colours.

In the Western Hemisphere, because the word shaman comes from a different culture, it's been misunderstood, misused, misinterpreted and sometimes even mistakenly taken as a title.  However, in older traditions it often describes a perceptual orientation which, if left untrained, can cause severe disorientation and sickness. In our current climate shaman might better describe someone living life from a holistic perspective.

Today it's science and Google that most of us turn to when we have a problem, to find out what's going, to find out how to and to be entertained. While the info we find there can be very helpful sometimes it lacks a broader perspective that includes the body, mind and soul of a human being.

First Shaman Teachings offer you an alternative. They connect you to your roots, help you  increase your body's  relaxation response and assist with tapping into the creative and super conscious ability of your mind.

They're a doorway that can lead you through all kinds of  change - from  brighter, clearer levels of perception and awareness to completely new experiences of the self.  Everyone has access to different levels of perception and once it's found and worked with carefully it can benefit you, everyone and everything in your life.