Sweat Lodge Ceremony (with Nettle - Gentle Heart, Boundaries & Protection)

Hickling, Norfolk

Staithe Road, NR12 0YJ, Hickling, England, United Kingdom

Sacred Ceremony

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Brett Almondfirst encountered shamanism when he was strongly pulled to attend a "Corn Dance" ceremony led by Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) in 1993. He didn't know what he was getting into at the time. But this event set him on a course of personal shamanic discovery that continues right through to this day.His teachers include Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow - Southern Ute / Picuris Pueblo), Jeanne White Eagle & John Pehrson (USA), Sammye-Jo Harvey (Chippewa), Pam Montgomery (USA), Chris Lüttichau (Denmark) and others. But it is also worth saying that much of what he has learnt is through doing ceremony he has taken part in for over 30 year. It teaches us.He took part in his first sweat lodge ceremony in 1993, and ten years later started to lead them. Much of his experience also comes from dance ceremony. From 1993-2004, each year, he danced Drum Dances and Sun Moon Dances from the visions of Joseph Rael, 3-4 day powerful, fasting, shamanic dances with fire, drums, sage, strong intention and complete reverence.In 2004 he met Jeanne White Eagle, who was a student of Josephs, and she had a vision of a 3 day singing dance that carried the remembrance that we are all one. For the entire dance dancers sing spontaneously, taking them deeper and deeper. He danced his first "For the One" Dance in 2004 in South Africa. And from 2006-2016 he led "For the One" Dances around the world in locations such as Israel, South Africa, Germany, USA, Ireland and Norway.From 2016 until present he has been dancing, crewing and leading Fire Dances (from the vision of Robbie Warren). From 2018-2021 he was Chief of the Fire Dance in Iceland.From 2017 until 2023 he pursued a further 6 years of training with "Northern Drum", a school run by Chris Lüttichau. The courses covered many different areas of shamanic pursuit including shamanic healing, psychopomp work, dream work, vision quests and more. One of the key teachings here was to always try to have a "beginner's mind" and approach everything as if you had never encountered it before. Brett has also trained to lead Vision Quests.Also in 2017 his shamanic work took an unexpected turn when he attended a weekend plant consciousness event in London. Over the two days he watched world renowned shamanic leaders talking about the consciousness of plants and how they can change lives. From here he was hooked, and along with teachings from Northern Drum, began a series of 40 day shamanic journeys with the plants, that he still does. Following further study with Pam Montgomery from 2020 onwards, he now often includes plants in the events he runs.He uses spontaneous sound within his shamanic work, as “Life at its most simple sings”.His passion is facilitating ceremony that allows people to connect with the Vast and the Magical - and with each other. In this way, we may come to feel less isolated and lonely. Because maybe there is only one of us here?