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ABOUT THE FOUNDER<\/a> The School of Shamanic Womancraft was founded by Australian\u00a0Jane Hardwicke Collings<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p> Jane has trained in Shamanic practices with James M Harvey<\/strong>, aka Blackbear and has had many wonderful teachers including Midwife Maggie Lecky Thompson<\/strong>, Birthkeeper Jeannine Parvati Baker<\/strong><\/a> and Teacher and Author Cedar Barstow<\/strong><\/a>. Jane lives in NSW, Australia, with her husband, some of her children and many animal friends.<\/p> \u201cBack in 1991, when I was 33, I met Jeannine Parvati Baker at a USA MANA conference. She gave a pre-conference workshop entitled Shamanic Midwifery<\/b>. At that point in my life I had been a homebirth midwife for six years and a student of Shamanism for one year and we had three children. Jeannine\u2019s wisdom helped me bring my passions of homebirth midwifery<\/strong> and shamanic practices<\/strong> together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t “Over the years I continued my country midwifery practice, had another baby and put together two workshops called Pregnancy: The Inner Journey<\/strong> and Moonsong: Reclaiming Feminine Power Through Reconnection With The Women\u2019s Mysteries<\/strong>.<\/p> “Until Jeannine\u2019s untimely death in 2005, I learned so much from her and on her passing, I committed to continue to spread her wise teachings<\/strong>, however I could.<\/p> \u201cIn 2008 I had a conversation with a young midwife. She spoke so eloquently, poetically, mythically, archetypally<\/strong>. She reminded so much of Jeannine. She asked me to share with her what I had learned from my mentor Jeannine and as a midwife to help her on her journey. And so the seed for The School of Shamanic Womancraft<\/strong> was sown.\u201d<\/p> (Jane Hardwicke Collings is not registered as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t In 2009 the School started with Her Virgin Journey. Ten women graduated<\/strong> from that first year-long journey in December 2010 and the second year, now called the Four Seasons Journey<\/strong><\/a>, started in October 2010.<\/p> The Four Seasons Journey program has continued to run successfully for each year to follow.<\/p> Women from all over the world<\/strong> are expressing interest in this Women\u2019s Mystery School<\/strong> and she is growing as we grow with her.<\/p> Several Shamanic Craftswomen from the original groups are now teachers, and more are learning each year through the Apprentice Circle<\/strong> to become facilitators of this program, as well as Moonsong<\/strong><\/a>, Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy<\/strong><\/a> and Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen<\/strong><\/a> workshops.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Many other exciting and\u00a0paradigm-shifting projects<\/strong>\u00a0are underway within special groups formed by the students and graduates, including helping to bring\u00a0Red Tents<\/strong>\u00a0to communities and festivals where women gather, creating\u00a0documentary films<\/strong>\u00a0and presentations on the Women\u2019s Mysteries sharing the wisdom of others from all over the world.<\/p> The School is growing, and the\u00a0Women are gathering<\/strong>, finding the\u00a0deep connection<\/strong>\u00a0they often didn\u2019t even realise they were craving.\u00a0 Blessed be!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Intimacy is the The School of Shamanic Womancraft is dedicated to participating in ushering in necessary social change.<\/p> Social change will be facilitated by women who are resilient, adaptable, and accessing their inner strength.<\/strong><\/p> From our one-day workshops, through to the five-day retreats and the one- or two-year programs (Four\/Eight Seasons Journey), we focus on helping women reclaim feminine knowledge, wisdom and strength<\/strong>.<\/p> We do this through unlearning the dominant perspective of overriding our body\u2019s wisdom and then by relearning the significance of our transformational rites of passage<\/strong> (birth, menarche (first period), childbirth, menopause and death), the power and importance of the menstrual cycle<\/strong>, the Earth\u2019s cycle of seasons<\/strong> and the lunar cycle<\/strong>.<\/p> Basically we are reconnecting to the wisdom of the cycles of Nature<\/strong>, which govern our lives, whether we realise that or not, and whether we want that or not!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Transformation happens at every rite of passage<\/strong> and often unconsciously creates a deeper wounding. By bringing awareness to this we can do our inner healing work, and the cultural healing work, for the wounded feminine, within and without.<\/p> Due to the urgent need for effective action<\/strong> to, at least, be prepared for what awaits us, especially the extremes, we need to empower resilience<\/strong>, adaptability<\/strong> and strength<\/strong> in people and especially the ones most people are nurtured by: women.<\/p> Our programs are designed to assist women in their healing so they can build these internal muscles<\/strong>,\u00a0so they can be the women the Earth needs now<\/strong>.<\/p> We call in, with great thanks, the resources required to empower women<\/strong>, at-risk women and all their sisters, with these attributes \u2013 adaptability, resilience, strength<\/em> \u2013 so they can be leaders<\/strong> and healers<\/strong> in their families and communities, prepared for what is to come.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Gather the Women
ABOUT THE SCHOOL<\/a>
MODUS OPERANDI: REWILDING WOMEN<\/a>
RECONNECTING WITH NATURE<\/a>
VISION STATEMENT<\/a>
AIMS<\/a>
WHAT IS SHAMANIC WOMANCRAFT?<\/a>
WHO OR WHAT IS A SHAMANIC CRAFTSWOMAN?<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tThe Founder<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
The School<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Cauldron of Growth<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tModus Operandi: Rewilding Women<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Save the World<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tReconnecting with Nature<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t