Shamanic Self-Healing and Practitioner Training In Chicago

Zen Shiatsu Massage School In Chicago
Healing the Healer: Shamanic Self-Healing and Practitioner Training
Grandmother WinterJade

Healing the Healer: Shamanic Self-Healing and Practitioner Trainings

Taught by Grandmother WinterJade Forest

Since 1975, shiatsu and shamanic practice has been my full-time occupation – consuming both my mind and my professional career. I have had some amazing teachers along the way, and, in my teaching, I’ve always tried to be conscientious about representing their work authentically and giving credit where credit is due.

But I have recently been asked to say what I feel my own contributions are to the evolution of this living medicine, as well as mentioning other teachers’ names. I responded that I have never felt the urge to claim anything as my own, even though I acknowledge [to myself, at least] that I have made some further original and valuable additions for western people. Be that as it may, there is a quote from Jon Batiste, referring to his album Beethoven Blues, in which he put his own spin on the classical masterpieces. It goes like this: “But, you know what? It’s been 256 years, and it’s due for an update. You mold it, you add to it, and it won’t revoke anything that exists; it’s only adding to the continuum of human creativity.” So, hopefully, I’ve done my part to add to the continuum of human creativity.

For instance….

HEALING THE HEALER SKILLSET

NO PREREQUISITES for HEALING THE HEALER SKILLSET

This series of trainings empowers you to embrace the wisdom of HEALER, HEAL THYSELF. Rather than working on others, you will receive shamanic healings to develop your “personal power.” Personal power is the Native American term used to signify all the gifts you’ve been given by Creator for the purpose of contributing to the good of all. This means conducting your life “in a good way,” – in peace and harmony with nature, with Mother Earth and Father Sky, with body and spirit, and with all beings (called “all my relations”). It means using your gifts to make a better world in the now, and especially for the upcoming generations who will follow.

THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES FOR THESE HEALING WEEKENDS.  THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS OF ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, AND TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  EACH ONE STANDS ALONE AND IS COMPLETE WITHIN ITSELF. 

HOWEVER, WE STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU ATTEND THE FIRST WEEKEND BAASED ON THE FACT THAT SHAMANIC JOURNEYING IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH ALL SUBSEQUENT TRAININGS IN THE SERIES RESTS.

These shamanic healings serve to upgrade, strengthen, clear and harmonize all your bodies – mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. They are great for your health and well-being on a personal level. Additionally, they prepare you for performing the next series of workshops, the Shamanic Healing Protocols.

The healings given in the Healing the Healer series are:

  • SHAMANIC JOURNEYING – 2 Days, $360, March 21-22, Sat/Sun 12-5pm, 10 CE Hours
    This is a 2-day introduction to the art of entering into non-ordinary states of awareness in order to engage with specific events and/or accomplish specific missions. One such traditional Journey we will take is called Traveling On The River of Time. Other Journeys will be chosen in the moment by my team of Guides according to their wisdom and sense of what is needed by the group at that time.
  • CHAKRA EMPOWERMENT – 3 Days $550, Apr 24-26, Fri-Sun 12-5pm, 15 CE Hours
    Master Gregory’s way of empowering the strength and function of chakras offers some of the most profound self-development and self-healing effects I have experienced. If you have any desire for more self-actualization and would like more control over your emotional state, this practice will definitely move you toward your goals. This 3-day empowerment includes: a perspective different to India’s; the Crystal Mountain; 12 aspects of yin and yang; and Chakra QiGong.
  • WHOLE PRESENCE QUANTUM SOUL RETRIEVAL – 3 Days $550, May 22-24, Fri-Sun 12-5pm, 15 CE Hours
    This 3-day WPQSR session brings back and integrates parts of your soul energy that have been lost, given away, or taken. You will be guided in separate Journeys across the Continuum of Time, the Continuum of Space, and the Continuum of Dimensions to restore 100% of your soul fragments, whether from this lifetime or any of your incarnations. The great advantage of this process is that you retrieve and reunify all aspects of your energetic Self—your “Presence.”
    QUANTUM SOUL RETRIEVAL IS A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED 2-DAY HEALING SESSION THAT IS LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS. IF THERE IS AN OVERFLOW, A SECOND SESSION WILL BE OFFERED (DATES TO BE DETERMINED).
  • DNA ACTIVATION – 2 Days $360, Jun 20-21, Sat/Sun 12-5pm, 10 CE Hours
    DNA holds the Divine Blueprint of perfection within us. DNA Activation returns purity and health to every cell in your body. It restores cellular communication and induces youth, vitality, rejuvenation and the cell’s ability to generate its own light energy. In this 2-day healing, we will add etheric strands of DNA to the physical double helix, and activate strands of Rejuvenation and Archetypal Chromosomes.
  • THE JOURNEY TO MEET YOUR PERSONAL POWER ANIMAL – 3 Days $600, Sep 18-20 Fri-Sun 12-5pm, 15 CE Hours
    During this 3-day intensive, we will cover:
    • The Sacred Circle
    • The Four Directions
    • The Shaman’s Tree
    • Journey to your Sacred Space
    • Journey to become your power animal
    • Journey to meet your Personal Totem
  • CHAKRA EMPOWERMENT WAS OFFERED IN JAN 2025. THIS CLASS IS OFFERED FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE IT THE FIRST TIME. ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY TAKEN THIS TRAINING IS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE IT FOR $260.00 (A DISCOUNT OF MORE THAN 50%.)

COMBINED PRICE FOR ALL "HEALING THE HEALER" TRAININGS - $2420

To be eligible to take SHAMANIC HEALING PROTOCOLS,
you must have received ALL the healings listed in HEALING THE HEALER
– yes, that’s right, ALL of them. 🙂

SHAMANIC HEALING PROTOCOLS

Shamanism is practiced with techniques, philosophies, healings and meditations to help you connect to the Great Mystery of us all, the Great
Spirit of Creation Source that moves through all things.

This series of trainings empowers each individual participant to learn and practice ancient healing protocols from a Cherokee lineage. You will be
able to apply them to your own self-healing, as well as to family, friends, co-workers and colleagues. Once you’ve practiced and memorized the format for any given healing sequence, you can add it to your professional practice for your clients.

CHEROKEE HEALING PROTOCOLS 

3 Days, $600, October 16-18, Fri-Sun 12-5pm, 15 CE Hours

  • LAYING-ON OF HANDS + TRANSFORMING UNCONSCIOUS EMOTIONS
    The Laying-On of Hands grounds the body, connects its physical parts, clears and charges the energy field, and coordinates the body with the chakras. Transforming Unconscious Emotions releases negative attitudes about oneself and creates positive ones.
  • REMOVING SELF-DEFEATING BELIEFS + CORD CUTTING 
    You will work intimately with your Power Animal both for Removing Self- Defeating Beliefs, which is a kind of psychic surgery that removes the core negative beliefs that all other negative thoughts branch out from (it’s not the kind where you pull out blood and guts).
    Cord Cutting addresses current situations in which we have either controlled, manipulated and/or dominated others, or allowed ourselves to
    be controlled, manipulated and/or dominated. These dynamics develop cords of guilt, pity, disapproval, intimidation, anger, fear and dumping on another. They show up as hooks in the back. You’ll learn to remove them.

Combined Payment Plans for Multiple Levels

If you would like a payment plan for ALL of Winter Jade’s Healing the Healer and Shamanic Healing Protocols classes in 2026, the $3020 total can be paid in two ways:

  • 12 payments of $251.67 ($0 interest) January 2026 – December 2026
  • 24 payments of $136.59 (8% APR) January 2026 – December 2027
Contact the Zen Shiatsu office at [email protected] to set up a payment plan for 2026 classes.

Shamanic Self-Healing and Practitioner Trainings: How To Register

How To Register:

  • Use the registration links below to pay online
  • If you don’t see an available registration link, contact us here to be added to our notification list.  Our classes generally repeat every six months.  July-Dec classes are listed by May 15, Jan-Jun classes are listed by Nov 15.  By being on our notification list you’ll be the first to hear about the new dates via email.
  • To pay by phone, call 847-864-1130
  • To pay online, check the box next to the associated start date below and  select the “NEXT STEPS ” button.
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