Navigating Altered States (Series of 3 webinars)

For centuries shamans and mystics in various cultures have used altered states to connect to the divine and spirit realms. Another word could be ‘trance states’ or non-ordinary reality where the veil between the physical and non-physical worlds are diminished. Why is this important? Because our world is full of chaos and violence right now. As people learn to connect more deeply to their spirituality they become more human with deeper powers of empathy, compassion and intuition.

To change our world, we need to change. The light of the sun needs to touch us deeply. John will include deeper teachings on using the physical power of the sun to open the third eye.

Dreams are an area of Altered states and will be touched on throughout the series.

This webinar series is going to focus on various methods and techniques to activate altered states. In the sangoma culture rhythms, chanting and dancing are used to connect to altered states of consciousness. John will tap into his traditional sangoma and Zen roots to take people on a sound journey to activate altered states. Amongst the sangoma these states could be termed ‘trance states’ and are activated through particular sangoma dances.

John will teach people the sangoma rhythm, a supercharged drumming/ percussion technique to connect with the spirit world.

Some areas to be explored:

• What is an altered state?
• How do you know you have activated an altered state?
• Using sun light to activate the third eye
• Ways to ground and integrate the experience afterwards.

Way to activate Altered States via trance rhythms:

• Learning Body percussion
• Learn drum rhythms with handheld drums
• Connect with the voice via chants from South Africa, Yoga & Buddhist cultures

Each Webinar runs as a ceremony with a guided meditation, some chanting and an invocation in isiXhosa to lift the energy. They last 75 mins.