Gatherings on the calendar

Join Marilyn Walker and Charmaine for a day that brings together shamanic journeying, somatic shadow work, and Relational Somatic Practice.

Marilyn's shamanic work opens a doorway into deep energetic movement — inviting contact with parts of ourselves that everyday awareness doesn't usually reach, and softening the boundary between the seen and the unseen, and the inner and outer self. Because traditional shamanism views Nature as the source of all wellness, we find ways to connect, on many levels, with its wisdom, teachings and spirit medicine.

Relational Somatic Practice then offers a rare opportunity to stay in relationship with what's surfacing as it happens. As what has been held beneath awareness comes into consciousness, it can begin to release and reorganize. Nothing needs to be pushed away, analyzed, or fixed, but transformed through allowing, presence, and being witnessed in supportive relationship with others.

Together, these approaches invite a different way of meeting yourself — one grounded in direct experience, embodied awareness, and authentic human connection.

About Dr. Marilyn Walker

Dr. Marilyn Walker is a medical anthropologist and shamanic practitioner whose work bridges academic inquiry with lived, ceremonial practice. Rooted in her own Celtic ancestry and practice of Celtic shamanism, she also draws from decades of dedicated study and practice within core shamanism.

Her path has taken her deep into traditional healing systems across cultures through long standing, immersive relationships with Indigenous shamans and knowledge keepers in Mongolia, Siberia, Canada, the United States, and beyond. These were not brief encounters, but years of shared learning, ceremony, and cultural exchange. Within a number of these traditions, Marilyn was formally initiated and entrusted with specific teachings and ceremonial practices, receiving permission from respected elders and teachers to carry aspects of this work forward. She brings a breadth of study — along with years of hands-on shamanic work — into a practice that's both rigorous and deeply felt, honouring the traditions from which she has learned while remaining grounded in her own ancestral roots.