Shamanism is the realm of primordial feminine consciousness.

Known by many names- Underworld, Lower World, Netherworld, Otherworld- her essence remains the same across all cultures.

These Feminine Mysteries exist in realms beyond all language, time and space.

Our very first shamanic journey begins in the sacred womb of our Mother. Here in the hidden and unseen realms, we begin our alchemical journey  from spirit into Matter.

During these 9 months as we swim in the Dreamtime ocean of amniotic water, existing between worlds

Earth + Cosmos.

Our Feminine “side” of the brain ~ the Cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus awakens” first (much before the masculine “side”) and leads us to navigate our new world through feeling and sensing, while remaining connected to multidimensional realms through altered states of consciousness ~A + S Bertrand

As babies, we are born fully “awake” and connected to our Soul Self via the cerebellum (the feminine brain).

However, we soon begin the “programming” of the masculine dominated world, and by the age of seven (if the dreamstate is not nurtured) we lose our innate connection to the Throne of Feminine Consciousness (cerebellum), forgetting all memories of the womb realm and the mysteries of her vast darkness.

In this forgetting, we also sever the connection to our “inner shaman”.

And yet, these memories live on, swimming in the lunar depths of our “unconscious” waters- home of the lost feminine soul, where our shadows and secrets lurk, and our inner treasures long to be found.

Shamanism invites us enter the mysterious realms of Womb Consciousness~ to re-awaken our Dreamtime state of our “inner shaman”, to journey within and explore the space  “between worlds”; and reclaim what is our Birthright- the medicines, gifts, and our cosmic connection to our Soul, Source and to all Life..

In Service

Menarche (first Bleed), Menstruation, Birth and Moonopause (menopause) are sacred initiations, rites of passage, monthly shamanic journeys of our energetic and metaphorical death, and ceremonial rebirth within the holy temple that is our body.

These are invitations to honor and celebrate the wisdom and power of our body, our blood, our ancestors, our lineage and our connection with all Women- past, present and future; and remembering our sacred interconnected relationship with Mother Earth, Sophia Gaia and all Life.

 Feminine Archetypes

“The Womb Mysteries are a path of love, a returning to harmony with the way of nature, with the dreaming of Gaia, with life’s vast benevolence, with Creator’s deep and tender love, and with the wild, untamed creative flows and cyclical rhythms. Rooted in love, wildness, kindness , tenderness, and patience.”

~ Seren + Azra Bertrand

Sacred Circles

“Totality involves accepting the entirety of your own nature and of life, including both the joy and our deepest fear, the suffering. To live without letting your thinking rule your life is to be total in the meaning of this gift. 

The purpose of life can only be found in the here and now, not in some distant future.

This is a live lived in the present.

Our primamry action is to live a great life that embraces all the different seasons, moods and aspects of life.”

~ R. Rudd

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

~ F. Nietzche