Wisdom Rising

Guided Shamanic Journey to Meet Your Power Animal

Send Us a Message!If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re “making it up” during a meditative visualization, this guided shamanic journey will change how you relate to your imagination. We’re Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa, and we’re opening the door to the lower world, a grounded shamanic realm of nature, instinct, and deep support where power animals and spirit allies live. Along the way, we explain what the lower world is, how the entrance can show up as tunnels, roots, water, or a crack in the earth, and why the landscape often mirrors what you need most right now.We’ll explore: What the lower world is and why it feels earthy and groundingHow power animals communicate through metaphor and symbolismWhy your entrance and landscape can change from journey to journeyHow to notice sensory details to make the journey feel clearer and more “real”What calling in the seven directions does and how it creates energetic safetyA guided shamanic journey to meet your power animalA live example journey with a black bear and the lesson of the honeycombHow we teach journeying inside Soul Rising Shamanic ReikiWe also get practical about power animals: why they show up as protectors, how they carry the “medicine” of their species, and why small or unexpected animals (and even mythical creatures) can be exactly right. We talk about symbolism and metaphor as the primary language of spirit animals, plus the single biggest skill that makes journeywork easier over time: releasing expectations and letting the experience unfold through your senses.Then we guide you through a full lower world visualization to meet a helping spirit, receive a message, and return safely to your starting point. After the journey, Christine shares a vivid story of merging with a mama black bear and finding honey surrounded by bees, a lesson on going for the sweetness of life even when fear tries to keep you back. We also share how our Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki training supports students with journeying, interpretation, and a protected container for deeper healing work.If this resonates, share your power animal experience with us, and subscribe so you don’t miss the next Whispers of Wisdom. If you loved the journey, leave a review and send this to a friend who needs more grounded guidance.Join us for Soul Rising: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/soul-rising/Book your call to lock in your price: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-caMoon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

Rooted And Ready: Shamanic Journeying And The Lower World

Send Us a Message!We share a grounded path into shamanic journeying, explore the lower world, and show how power animals and symbols offer practical guidance. We reflect on surrender, interpretation, and why story can help Western minds release patterns and choose steadier action.In this episode, we’ll explore:🌕 Grounding breath and roots to settle scattered energy 🌖 What shamanic journeying is and why intention matters 🌗 The power of sensory experience in Lower World journeys 🌘 Difference between surrendering in journey and interpreting after 🌑 Power animals as teachers of pace and pattern 🌒 Working with snake, eagle, mouse, elephant, snail medicine 🌓 Discerning shadow vs light and maintaining boundaries 🌔 Bringing journey insights into Reiki and daily life🌕 Details on our Soul Rising shamanic Reiki trainingWe explore power animals as allies with real-world impact. Think elephant for loyalty and family, mouse for precise repair, eagle for retrieval and perspective, and snake for deep clearing and renewal. We talk about discerning shadow from light, how to avoid forcing meanings, and why surrendering during the journey matters as much as interpreting afterward. If you practice Reiki or energy work, you’ll learn how journey skills sharpen boundaries, reduce projection, and turn session imagery into grounded insights clients can use the same day.This conversation lives where spirit meets daily life. We honor the Western need for story without getting stuck in it, then translate symbolic lessons into small actions: breath when heavy, movement when numb, perspective when fixated on the problem. We explain a simple framework to enter non-ordinary reality safely, meet your allies, and return with clear next steps. Curious to go further with trusted guidance and community? Explore our ​Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki ​ training, now in early-bird enrollment. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs grounding, and leave a review to help others find the work.Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

Everyday Shamanism, Simply Explained

Send Us a Message!Feeling the wind pick up right as you exhale? Waking at 2 a.m. with vivid images and next steps? We lean into those moments and show how shamanism turns them into reliable guidance for everyday life. From blessing water to drumming into trance, we walk through simple, repeatable practices that calm the mind, restore energy, and help you act with clarity.In this episode you’ll explore:Shamanism as presence, not doctrineListening to wind, sun, and seasons for cuesDrumming and rattles for trance and soul retrievalMeeting and embodying power animalsShadow work through energy centers and elementsCalling on loving ancestors for supportWe unpack animism in plain language: everything carries spirit, and the elements are willing collaborators. Water rinses what you no longer need. Wind clears busy thoughts. Earth holds and composts. Fire transforms. We share stories from outdoor Reiki sessions, group drumming, and those uncanny times when nature answers a prayer in real time. You’ll hear how power animals show up with specific medicine—sometimes ferocity, often rest and nourishment—and how embodying their traits changes posture, breath, and daily choices.Shadow work runs beneath it all. We talk through meeting anger and grief without flinching, working through the energy centers, and calling back lost parts with compassion. As clarity returns, health habits shift, boundaries strengthen, and community appears where expansion is welcomed. No dogma. No one-size-fits-all routine. Just tools you can adapt—breath, smudge, journeying, journaling—to access self-sourced wisdom on command.We also open early bird enrollment for our five-month Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki program, designed for real schedules with flexible call times, recordings, and an app-based community. Whether you’re brand new to journeying or ready to deepen your practice, you’ll learn to trust your visions, work with guides, and build rituals that stick. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s waking at 2 a.m., and leave a review with the one practice you’re trying this week.Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

From Loss to Purpose: Grief, Ritual, And Renewal

Send Us a Message!Grief can freeze a life—or forge it. We open a raw, grounded conversation about death, loss, and the quiet rebirth that follows, guided by Shantel’s story of losing her 16‑year‑old son and the years of healing that turned pain into purpose. Together we explore what conscious grieving looks like in real time: feeling everything without drowning, setting gentle containers for emotion, and choosing tiny acts of life that keep you moving when the weight says stay in bed.In this episode, we’ll explore:🌕 Turning grief from paralysis into practice 🌖 Cultural timelines for funerals and energy movement 🌗 Grief beyond death: identity, relationship, opportunity 🌘 Ongoing bonds, signs, and frequency of connection 🌑 Service as integration and post‑traumatic growth 🌒 Using archetypes and soul contracts to map meaning 🌓 Community spaces for being witnessed and supportedWhether you relate to mysticism or prefer a psychological frame, the core insight holds: grief needs motion, breath, and witness. You’ll hear practical tools like thought catching to stop mental spirals, timeboxing to honor waves without losing the day, and body‑based practices that move grief through the chakras so healing is felt, not just analyzed.If you’re early in grief, take what helps and leave what doesn’t. When you’re ready for more structure, we share two pathways: our Conscious Grievers group, which blends coaching, energy work, and community, and our Soul Contracts and Archetypes masterclass starting March 23rd to map meaning and reclaim agency. And Join the Mystic Moon Collective, our monthly membership with weekly classes! Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find this space. Your presence lifts the collective—one honest breath at a time.#spiritualpodcast #consciousgrieving #spiritualhealing #griefjourney #rebirthMoon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

Finding Safety In Sacred Spaces

Send Us a Message!What actually makes a group feel safe enough to transform? We open with a vulnerable debrief from a tantric couples retreat—where the intention was beautiful but the container felt thin—and use it to map the anatomy of true space holding. From feeling “muted” to identifying the missing check-ins, we explore how safety, consent, and integration are built through small, deliberate choices rather than rushed practices.In this episode, we’ll explore:🌕 Naming desire and boundaries as core skills 🌖 Why context-rich introductions build empathy 🌗 Five-minute integration transitions are valued over more practices 🌘 Simple somatic resets to integrate 🌑 Reaffirming the sacred container each day 🌒 How to design meals for processing 🌓 Upcoming women’s tantra circles and trainingsWe get practical fast. You’ll hear simple tools that change the room in minutes: one-word emotion rounds, quick chakra check-ins, collective sighs, shaking and brushing off energy, and five-minute integration windows between practices. We talk through context-rich introductions that include desires, fears, and boundaries so participants can empathize and calibrate. We also share a favorite design move for tight schedules: intentional meal tables—quiet journaling, open processing, Q&A with assistants, and light social a—so connection keeps breathing even when the agenda is full.Real mastery of facilitation meets people at the gate—honoring sovereignty, reaffirming the sacred container each day, and inviting voice without forcing performance. If you facilitate spiritual retreats, circles, or trainings this is a blueprint for building nervous-system-safe spaces where people can risk, reveal, and integrate.We also share upcoming offerings: ​She Who Speaks​, our women’s tantra integration circle; ​Mystic Moon Collective​ with a guided shamanic journey; ​Intro to Tantra​; and a Valentine’s Day self-love package designed to activate daily rituals and clear limiting beliefs. Find our complete calendar of events​ here! ​ If this conversation resonates, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review telling us one practice that makes you feel safe to share. Your insight might be the exact tool another listener needs.#SpiritualPodcast#consciousconversations #TantraWisdom#SomaticIntegration#TraumaInformedFacilitatiMoon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstituteFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmysticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.instituteYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstituteSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensiveBook a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt