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Ernie Flores - Shamanic Practitioner

I've lived here in the Rogue Valley since 2000 and have a strong connection with Mother Nature. I have bachelors degree in psychology from UC Santa Barbara and a masters degree in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, with over 25 years of experience working as a therapist.

Since I was young, I had a passion for exploring the connection between healing and altered state of consciousness such as dreams, meditation, breath-work, yoga, sound vibrations, and shamanism. In 2021, I was guided from within to complete an accredited certification training program to learn the foundational skills for shamanic healing practices. I got to experience first hand how powerful the healing potential was and it transformed my life.  This shamanic healing works on a deep level.

Shamanism is the most ancient form of healing on Earth.  This Earth based medicine acknowledges the spirit in all life and that we are not separate from nature, but a part of it.  It is nondenominational and is a spiritual practice.   This practice includes shamanic journeys, which are guided meditations, while listening to live drumming which supports a person being in an altered state of consciousness.

The shamanic journey is a path to connect with yourself in a deeper way and to connect with your spiritual helpers and benevolent ancestors for the purposes of healing.  

The most common journey is the ancient art of soul retrieval.  Soul loss can occur when we experience a traumatic event and a fragment or aspect of ourself goes away.  We naturally do this as a protective mechanism in order to survive difficult events.  A soul retrieval is a shamanic journey to recover what was lost and to bring it back to this current time and place within yourself.  After this, people often report feeling more connected to themself, regained sense of purpose, more energy, and more internal resources to navigate your life with.

I also offer these other shamanic journeys: ancestral lineage healing, meeting your totem animal, cord cutting, and energy clearing.  These journeys have a profound affect on healing emotional issues, medical issues, and relationship issues.  I’m offering these shamanic journeys through workshops and individual sessions. 

What you can expect:
Our first individual session will be gathering information to understand your needs and the best approach to use.  You will be laying down on a massage table during the shamanic journey.  I’ll be guiding you on the journey while drumming.  We will debrief and talk about the highlights of the journey and how to integrate this into your life.  Each time you do a journey, you become more familiar with the process, the inner terrain and more comfortable, which allows you to make more progress.  For best results, consider a package of 5 sessions.

Contact me with any questions: ernie@floresshamanichealing.com

See my website at Flores Shamanic Healing for more information.