Sandra IngermanSandra Ingerman, MA, is an award winning author of
twelve books, including Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented
Self, Medicine for the Earth, Walking in Light, and The Book of
Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred into Everyday
Life. She is the presenter of several audio programs produced by
Sounds True, and she is the creator of the Transmutation App.
Sandra is a world-renowned teacher of shamanism and has been
teaching for more than 30 years. She has taught workshops
internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing
environmental pollution using spiritual methods. Sandra is
recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into
our modern culture, addressing the needs of our times.
Sandra is known for gathering the global spiritual community
together to perform powerful transformative ceremonies, as well as
inspiring us to stand strong in unity so we do our own spiritual
and social activism work while keeping a vision of hope and being a
light in the world.
She is passionate about helping people to reconnect with nature.
Since the 1980’s thousands of people have healed from past and
present traumas through the classic cross-cultural shamanic healing
method Sandra teaches called Soul Retrieval.
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and professional
mental health counselor. She is also a board-certified expert on
traumatic stress. She was awarded the 2007 Peace Award from the
Global Foundation for Integrative Medicine. Sandra was chosen as
one of the Top 10 Spiritual Leaders of 2013 by Spirituality and
Health Magazine.
Sandra has two new books released in 2018. The Hidden Worlds was
co-written with Katherine Wood and is a novel written for young
adults to help them navigate the changing world. The Book of
Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred Into Everyday
Life was written for a shamanic and general audience on how to
bring the sacred into daily life by performing shamanic ceremonies
designed for our times and the challenges we are facing today.
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"Compassionate...personal...Ingerman's comforting ceremonies will
provide interested, believing readers with practices for times of
strife, stress, and uncertainty." --Publishers Weekly "Sandra
Ingerman invites you on a life-transforming magical carpet ride in
her new release, The Book of Ceremony. She reminds you that rituals
and ceremonies are the drawbridges to a lush landscape where the
ordinary can seamlessly evolve into the sacred. Easy-to-follow
directions will guide you to confidently prepare, plan, and execute
rituals and ceremonies for all circumstances. This engaging read is
perfect for those of you just beginning to recognize and explore
your spiritual path, all the way up to the most seasoned and gifted
shamans. Whether your occasion is a joyful event such as the birth
of a new baby, tough times like transitions, hardships, or endings,
or even welcoming nature's changing seasons, the tools are there.
Sandra takes her profound insights and knowledge and weaves it all
into relevant stories that will lovingly grab you right from page
one. The way she meshes new technology with ancient wisdom is
brilliant and exciting. While immersing myself in this wondrous
work, I experienced a myriad of emotions from laughter to
compassionate tears. Keep this book handy. You and your community
will visit it often for its simple reminders on how to live life
fully as an expression of your gratitude for the unseen world of
spirit." --Renee Baribeau, the Practical Shaman, Wind Whistler, and
author of Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for Navigating
Relationships, Health, and the Divine "Our word 'ceremony' is
derived from the Latin word caerimoni. It covers a range of
meanings from observance and solemnity to sanctity or holy deed.
Ceremony means performing a sacred act. During a ceremony, the veil
between the worlds dissolves and the gates to our soul open while
the hands of our ancestors cradle us. Hope, healing, and miracles
all live in this place. As Sandra says in this book: ceremony is a
sacred tool so powerful that we cannot keep it for ourselves--it
must be shared! Thank you, Sandra Ingerman, for giving the world a
book that preserves the mystery of ceremony yet tells us how
ceremony is actually done, allowing all of us to taste a drop of
eternity." --Imelda Almqvist, international teacher of sacred art
and shamanism, author of Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit
for Life and Sacred Art, a Hollow Bone for Spirit: Where Art Meets
Shamanism "In these pages, you'll find a wide range of ceremonial
medicine including altar-making, traditional fire and water
ceremonies, coming-of-age ceremonies, blessing ceremonies,
relationship 'unwinding' ceremonies, energy-balancing ceremonies
for body and earth, innovative virtual ceremonies for online
sessions, and Ingerman's beautiful transfiguration ceremonies. All
are punctuated by practical advice on length ('keep it short'),
intention, unforeseen situations, holding safe space, and allowing
the helping spirits to 'work with you, not for you.'
"A great teacher leads not only with fine instruction but with her
inner light and way of being in the world. As a graduate of
Sandra's shamanic teacher training program, I saw firsthand how she
could lead and light up an entire room with simple, well-designed
ceremonies for transforming our personal lives, communities, and
the wounded earth. This book shows you how she did that with clear
intention, complete trust in her helping spirits, gentle humor, and
great love." --Jeff Nixa, JD, MDiv, director of Great Plains
Shamanic Programs and author of The Lost Art of Heart Navigation: A
Modern Shaman's Field Manual "Ingerman stresses the importance of
incorporating ceremonies into our everyday lives as individuals,
but also shows that we can use them to bring ourselves together
with others in community. More experienced shamanic practitioners
as well as beginners at working in the shamanic realms will find a
cornucopia of powerful ideas here for creating and engaging in
ceremonies that provide a sense of meaning, healing, and
connection." --Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD, author of the bestselling,
award-winning Change Your Story, Change Your Life "The Book of
Ceremony will be one to refer to many times through the coming
years whenever there is a call to honor transitions, celestial
events, celebrations, or for any other reason that you want to
invoke the conscious presence of Spirit in action. A longtime
practitioner and teacher of shamanism, Sandra Ingerman has led and
participated in hundreds of ceremonies for a variety of purposes.
She offers abundant examples of various types of ceremony along
with examples that will inspire you and give you guidelines for
doing your own, whatever the designated purpose. It's a must-have
book for anyone, whether a beginner or an experienced
practitioner!" --Steven Farmer, PhD, author of Sacred Ceremony and
Earth Magic, leader of Earth Magic(R) "A big part of the genius of
this book is it is not drawing on any indigenous tradition, rather
we are encouraged and empowered to create sacred ceremonies that
speak to our own time and place, and which come from our
collaboration with the compassionate helping spirits. Great care
for a new reader is taken in this book, showing them how to create
beautiful, moving ceremonies for themselves. I found the reading of
it to be as nourishing as bread: 'Ceremony brings the sacred into
everyday life.' It's a very lucid style of writing that lifts up
the essence and reminds us, with our short attention spans, that we
do well to craft simple ceremonies from the heart." --Unknown "With
my background in extreme religion, I was never really equipped nor
empowered to be a prophet or leader of my own life, spiritually
speaking. I was conditioned to be a repeat customer of organized
religion, as well of 'gurus, ' once I broke from religion. For the
longest time, I had a fear that I was living life wrong." --Unknown
"When we undertake ceremonies with reverence and intentionality, we
can more easily release old beliefs, emotions, and obstacles to
transformation and bring in both new energy for healing and growth
as well as insights about our lives and our stories about them. In
The Book of Ceremony, Sandra Ingerman explains that ceremony
directly connects us to the invisible, sacred realms and helps us
achieve joy, peace, and transformation. She encourages readers to
ponder the ultimate realities of life and use ceremony to engage
and more deeply experience transitions that serve as initiations
into a new stage of being. Beautifully describing many types of
ceremonies, Ingerman provides examples of the profound effects they
can have on those who participate, their descendants, and others in
their communities and in the world. Explaining how to work with
nature and its elements outdoors or indoors, she provides ideas for
simple as well as more involved ceremonies, all of which have a
beginning, middle, and end. Even so, within those structures lies
the potential for the unexpected to deepen their meaning, and her
stories remind us of the importance of remaining open to Spirit's
ideas about what we need to learn and experience." --Unknown "In
The Book of Ceremony, Sandra Ingerman has created something I've
never encountered before! To say that The Book of Ceremony is
comprehensive in its scope would be a gross understatement. Sandra
offers instruction and examples for ceremonies that apply to
virtually any life situation or circumstance I could imagine. And
paradoxically, the book feels concise and to the point. In each
chapter, Sandra shares her vast wisdom and experience with an
abundance of information on the categories of ceremony she
explores. Sandra's loving reverence for the earth and all beings is
evident on every page, and it's obvious that she is a teacher who
'walks the walk' with immense integrity and authenticity."
--Unknown "One of the many outstanding qualities I love most about
Sandra's teaching and writing is her unique ability to transmit and
articulate shamanic wisdom teachings that can seem very complex and
esoteric to those unfamiliar with shamanism and related topics. Her
writing is clear and accessible to virtually anyone at any level.
As a seasoned shamanic practitioner and teacher, ceremony and
ritual have a central role in my life. Yet I found myself being
continuously inspired by the many 'gems' I discovered while reading
this book, and I am already incorporating some of these into my
life." --Unknown "I am deeply moved by this new book by Sandra
Ingerman. She is so loving and so gentle in her communication of
profound principles of spiritual living. Her style is always so
simple, clear, and yet profound. It nourishes our deep need for
reconnecting with the Sacred and for having a line of communication
open through ceremony to help us transmute our selves, transform
our world, manifest our intentions, and make our dreams come true.
There is SO much wisdom in this offering to guide us in ceremonial
work." --Unknown "Sandra Ingerman just seems to have thought of
everything we need to be aware of for virtually any kind of
ceremony. It is a relatively small book, chock-full of useful
ideas. There are suggestions on how to trust your own ceremonial
genius--your own wisdom and creativity. She shows you how you can
elegantly design and facilitate ceremonies that bring in light and
a loving energy that is so beautiful that even the household pets
like coming into sacred space." --Unknown "I found that part of the
joy of reading this book is that it's like reading sacred poetry,
relaxing the soul and feeding the hungry heart with real bread. The
author really doesn't offer confining rules. She doesn't want us to
put ourselves, or the spirit world, or anyone or anything else in
'boxes.' We are empowered to open to the mystery. Based on decades
of experience in creating ceremonies, she offers suggestions and
guidelines for making our own powerful ceremonies." --Unknown "The
Book of Ceremony is a gem! Sandra Ingerman is a master--of
ceremonies, of spiritual leadership, and of bridging shamanic
practice and everyday life. The Book of Ceremony is packed with
practical step-by-step guidance for creating profound ceremonial
work. It's inspiring and joyful to read so many examples of healing
from this work. One of Sandra's many gifts is her ability to meet
us where we are while motivating us to go deeper. In The Book of
Ceremony, she gives us an intimate look at her own personal
ceremonies and shows how we can create beautiful and meaningful
ceremonies for ourselves, our loved ones, and our community. You
will return to this wonderful book again and again." --Mara Bishop,
MS, author of Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life with Sacred
Intelligence and 365 Journeys: Shamanism for Every Day "For anyone
interested in shamanism, shamanic practice, and earth-based
spirituality, The Book of Ceremony is a 'must-have'!" --Byron
Metcalf, PhD, transpersonal psychologist and author of The Shaman's
Heart Meditation Training Program "Sandra Ingerman reminds us that
we enter the dreamtime in sacred ceremony; we enter the space where
intentions are planted like seeds, like dreams that will grow into
actualities if we nourish them in ceremony. When something
invisible happens in ceremony, it tends to flow into manifestation
in a passage of some time. I give thanks to Sandra Ingerman for
decades of work and devotion, her innovations, her humility, her
groundedness, her compassionate teaching spirit, her joyous heart,
and for this wonderful book." --C. Michael Smith, PhD,
psychologist, shamanic teacher, author of Jung and Shamanism in
Dialogue, director of Crows Nest Center for Shamanic Studies
International, and teaching member of the Cercle de Sagesse
"Shamanism is an ancient spiritual tradition in which shamans use
their own body and mind to create a bridge between the personal
world of form and the transpersonal world of spirit. They do this
with ceremony, and when this bridge is formed, it allows the
healing gifts and the power of the spirits to flow across that
bridge and into our world. This is when the miraculous happens.
Sandra Ingerman is a master shamanic teacher who reveals how
performing ceremony may bring the sacred into our ordinary lives.
Experiencing goodness and joy is one of our birthrights, and The
Book of Ceremony is a gift, enabling us to open a line of
connection between our self and the power of the universe to
manifest healing and our soul's desires in these times of change."
--Hank Wesselman, PhD, anthropologist and author of The
Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder, The Bowl of
Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman, and the
Spiritwalker Trilogy "Sandra Ingerman has done something remarkable
to my life--she has in fact taught me through applicable guidance
and direction (in her written work alone) how to be a prophet of my
own life. One might say it is a horrible business model to empower
your repeat customers to no longer need your services, but because
you know she moves from a place of altruism, you will always keep
coming back." --Lance Allred, first deaf player in NBA history,
inspirational speaker, TEDx star, and author of Longshot: The
Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to
the NBA "The book in your hands is a treasure trove of wisdom for
creating powerful ceremonies for any occasion, packed with case
studies, practical advice, and step-by-step instruction from a
master healer and beloved teacher. Whether you need a simple
practice for your personal life, or are facilitating a large
gathering for a whole community, The Book of Ceremony provides a
wide range of fresh, innovative ceremonies for those new to
shamanism and experienced practitioners alike." --Unknown
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