Evenly spaced glowing rings in ochre and soft green spreading outward from a warm light low in a dark, earthy scene under a few faint stars.

Shamanic Journey Plus

Three worlds, a power animal and a guide, on a steady pulse

Six imaginative journeys in the common three-world form: an entrance in the earth, the lower world, a power animal, the upper world, a guide and one question.

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Guided binaural sessions written around you. Start with 5 free hours. For new accounts · valid 14 days · terms

Session 1: The Entrance

Settings · Theo · 30 min

These apply to every session of this journey. Your sessions are updated, and the next Listen prepares each one again.

Your guide

Theo A warm British storyteller with rich images

Each guide has their own voice, pace and way of speaking. Press ▶ to hear them.

Audio settings

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What you'll practise

Sessions

6 sessions · 3 h
  1. 1. The Entrance

    Next upPlus30 min

    Learn to ride the steady pulse and find your entrance into the earth. Look, but do not go in yet.

    Edit script · The Entrance See Plus

  2. 2. The Lower World

    Plus30 min

    Go through your entrance and down a tunnel to the lower world. Look around, then come back the same way.

    Edit script · The Lower World See Plus

  3. 3. Power Animal

    Plus30 min

    In the lower world an animal shows itself to you. Notice it, ask what strength it brings, and thank it.

    Edit script · Power Animal See Plus

  4. 4. The Upper World

    Plus30 min

    Climb from your entrance to the upper world and meet a guide, an imagined teacher figure.

    Edit script · The Upper World See Plus

  5. 5. One Question

    Plus30 min

    Take one clear question to your animal or your guide and bring the answer back as a symbol to reflect on.

    Edit script · One Question See Plus

  6. 6. Open Journey

    Plus30 min

    Open practice: the pulse, your entrance and the worlds you know. A few cues, long silences and the same way back.

    Edit script · Open Journey See Plus

About the sound

Each session layers soft tone pairs, one in each ear, over a gentle noise bed, with a voice guiding you. Research on binaural beats is mixed; we publish both sides.

The science of this course → · How the sound is made →

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