Welcome to your shamanic drum journey into the upper realm to meet with your guides and teachers.
Be sure to have read the Guide to Journeying in the booklet before you start.
To begin,
Cleanse yourself of any negative energy.
This can be done beforehand by smudging or right now with your will and intention by speaking the words,
I cleanse myself of all negative energies.
Lie down or sit if you'd prefer,
Cover yourself for warmth and relax your body.
Melt into where you are.
Check your body for any held tension and let it go.
Now take your awareness to your breath.
Deepen your breath.
Slow your breathing down.
Relax.
I will drum for you at a rapid rate.
Focus on the beating of the drum.
If you start thinking or getting distracted,
Just bring your focus back to the drumbeat.
Single pointed focus on the drumbeat.
For your journey into the upper realm,
You need to picture in your mind a place in nature that you love that has either a tall,
Tall tree you can travel up or a mountain you can climb.
You need to ascend to travel upward into the heavens and usually beyond the treetop or mountain top,
You will encounter a cloud or a mist that you must then travel through to enter the upper realm.
Once you have arrived into the upper realm,
You can call out for guidance.
Pay attention to everything you see,
Hear and feel.
You may take your power animal with you.
You may ask whomever you encounter for directions to find your teacher.
You may encounter angels,
Gods and goddesses,
Deceased wise folk and various archetypes.
Perhaps you already are acquainted with your guides and teachers and you are going to the upper realm to meet with them for a particular purpose.
Ask questions.
Perhaps there is something else you need to know at this time as well.
So pay attention and remember you will have the journey you need to have,
Perhaps even travelling to other realms.
You may get your information visually with pictures or hearing sounds or voices or by feeling and probably a combination of all of these.
If you encounter anything on your journey that concerns you or worries you or you're not sure of,
Simply ask it,
Are you for my highest good?
If it is for your highest good,
It will stay and you can ask it some questions.
If it's not for your highest good,
Then it will disappear.
When the journey is over and it's time to come back,
I will change the drumming from fast to slow.
At that point,
Say thank you and say goodbye,
Perhaps arrange another meeting and then retrace your steps,
Coming back the way you went in.
So pay attention now and enjoy your journey and state for yourself three times,
I am travelling to the upper realm to meet with my guides and teachers.
Picture your place in nature now.
Find your way upward,
Ascending into the heavens above whilst listening to the drum beat.
Check out my apartment with the Say thank you.
Say goodbye.
Retrace your steps.
Take a deep breath.
Wiggle your fingers.
Wiggle your toes.
Take another deep breath.
Open your eyes and slowly,
Slowly,
When you're ready,
Sit up.
Write down in your journal what you want to remember.
If you feel a bit unusual,
Have a drink and something to eat.
You can even go outside and lie belly down on the earth if you feel like you need grounding.
