On The Farm
These days, weather patterns and politics seem to mirroring each other—one day near zero, the next day sunshine and sixty degrees! With these extreme ups and downs, it’s easy to be dramatic about the lack of predictability, about the chaos that ensues, about uncertainty every day. We just don’t know when it will end. Are we still talking about weather? You bet!
The energy we generate around anything we experience creates a field around us that affects everything—our family, our animal companions, our work, our creativity and problem solving, our communication, and our environment. Shamanically speaking, we, as a world population reacting to various crises, are creating the energy that produces these extremes of cold, heat, wet, fires, earthquakes, storms, blizzards.
Sounds unbelievable? Notice when you are upset, nervous or confused, how do your animals behave? or your kids? How does your life change—do you experience episodes of “bad luck”, accidents, unfortunate events? As an animal communicator, I frequently see behavioral changes in animal companions in response to human drama and emotional states. It’s not easy to tell a person who simply wants their companion to stop peeing outside the box, that the animal is telling me their person’s energy is too intense and they have no control over their person.
Lynn McTaggert, in her book, The Field, explains that we are made of energy—we generate it, we emanate it, and we contribute to world-wide matrices of energy with our emotional state of vibration, and that can actually be measured. The good news is that we have a choice. We can contribute to the matrix of hatred that surrounds the planet and add to its strength, OR, we can choose to contribute to the matrix of compassion that also surrounds the planet. The entire country of Bhutan prays for the planet’s higher vibration. In my travels, I have been shown by animals the world over a kind of energy grid that they work on to help raise Earth’s vibration.
In the throes of reactivity, it is sometimes difficult to be aware of our own energy, much less be aware that we’re part of a chain reaction that is contributing to others’ emotional states, for good or for not so good. However, we CAN acknowledge our feelings and choose not to add our reactive energy to those matrices which are not to the highest good of the planet. What did you contribute today, which matrix did you strengthen?
Come Join Me In Peru!
Give yourself magic this year, and beauty, and fun. Join me for an amazing exploration of Peru in October-November from the native perspective. In twelve days, we’ll have experiences from the Sacred Valley to Lake Titicaca, the navel of the world, with a small group (8-12 persons) expedition.
Experience the sacred sites of 1600 years of history with your personal native guide. Enjoy the exquisite cuisine that includes seafood from the coast, fresh mangoes and fruit from the rainforest, and grains and herbs from the mountains. Participate in ceremony and celebration, dancing and music. Be welcomed as a family member and stay in homes and native guest houses, as well as well-appointed inns and hotels. In the Sacred Valley, we’ll stay in a beautiful inn and make day trips so you don’t have to live out of a suitcase. At Lake Titicaca, we will stay on the islands of Taquile and Amantaní, and visit a vicuña preserve to walk among the beautiful animals.
You can see the full trip description at https://judyramsey.net/andean-exploration. There is an early bird $200 discount if you pay the trip fee by April 1, 2025. Deadline for the trip enrollment is May 1, 2025. If you have questions or would like to do incremental payments, contact Judy at ramsey.judy003@yahoo.com.
A New Year of Shamanic Training Is Beginning!
The new year of shamanic training will begin in April with MEDICINE FOR THE EARTH/HEALING WITH SPIRITUAL LIGHT. This foundational class will be taught on ZOOM every Wednesday, 7pm-9pm eastern time from April 2-May 14.
This class does not require that you know how to journey — I welcome people of all backgrounds and faith traditions. The class was designed by Sandra Ingerman as a resource for everyone to help people cope with uncertainty and toxic energy, and more importantly, reconnect people with nature and its wonders from a spiritual perspective.
I will be teaching you simple healing techniques for yourself and others. There is also an introduction to the elements and their role in our wellbeing. Reconnection with nature would not be complete without an introduction to the Hidden Folk—nature spirits all around us that most of us loved as children and disconnected when we entered school.
If you feel a spiritual energy when you walk in nature, this course is for you. I hope you will join me for a deepening of your relationship with Nature and with the Earth and for fun. For registration, see the UPCOMING CLASSES section below.
The Bookshelf
A Pilgrim’s Guide to Walking Wisdom, by Renee Baribeau
For the past four years, Renee Baribeau has been my teacher and mentor in wind shamanism. Her book, Winds of Spirit, has become my foundation reference book to the wind spirits who have become important guides in my life. Wind work is about trust, forces of nature, and significant lessons that one can learn through wisdom that the wind allies have been giving humankind for eons.
Renee’s approach to life is unconventional, like the wind. She has learned to embrace the unknown. Her intuitive sense of the world around her is expressed in this book—she’s a really good writer. Her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in 2024 brought insights that will support your own spiritual journey, wherever you are on that path. Her observations are practical—she is known as the Practical Shaman. Her experience on the Camino touches things we all have thought about and takes us deeper into our process of self-discovery, stimulating perspectives that broaden our path.
This book is right on time for new spring beginnings. I hope you like it.
Just For You
The spring equinox is March 20. I will begin spring cleaning of the farm, the house, and myself. Since this is the Chinese Year of the Snake, I thought it might be fun to give you a guided visualization, basically a guided journey, to the spirit of Snake to help you slough off those old energies from the past year or longer that may be slowing you down. My apologies to those of you who have a fear of snakes. I encourage you to experience a very gentle and profound journey to this spirit animal. Everyone who has done this so far has emerged with new joy in their life. I hope you will, too.
Upcoming Classes
Find full descriptions and costs of the classes and events on the website - https://JudyRamsey.net. Registrations are on the website. Please note: “Repeat Student” means that you have already taken a particular class once. If repeating a class, you will be eligible for reduced tuition in most cases. Once registered, a Zoom invitation will be sent to register to receive the meeting link. If you want to attend a journey circle, please contact Judy at info@judyramsey.net. Journey circles are held the first and third Thursday of each month. All classes and journey circles are recorded for your convenience. All class times listed are eastern time.
2025 CLASSES ARE NOW ON THE WEBSITE. I WILL BE STARTING A NEW YEAR OF SHAMANIC TRAINING BEGINNING WITH MEDICINE FOR THE EARTH IN APRIL. I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN ME.
APRIL 2-MAY 14, 2025
Medicine For the Earth/Healing With Spiritual Light—This course is the beginning of the shamanic year of training, and also stands on its own as a wonderful resource for everyone. Explore the depth of your own inner light and its connection with All That Is. Learn how to transform the energy behind toxic thoughts and achieve balance in yourself and harmony in your world. You will connect with nature, spirit allies, and the elements to learn how to transform and heal yourself, your community and your environment. Suggested reading: Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins by Sandra Ingerman. Journeying skills are not necessary. All levels and traditions are welcome.
The class will be taught online via ZOOM.
$400 per person, $200 for repeating students
6 sessions, Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm est
APRIL 3 & 17, 2025
Journey Circle—Journey circle meets on the first and third Thursday of each month, exploring themes that support your inner work. Your first circle is free. Pre-requisite: shamanic journeying skills.
Held online via ZOOM
$25 per session or $40 per month
7pm-8:30pm est
Contact Judy for registration and payment.
MAY 1 & 15, 2025
Journey Circle—Journey circle meets on the first and third Thursday of each month, exploring themes that support your inner work. Your first circle is free. Pre-requisite: shamanic journeying skills.
Held online via ZOOM
$25 per session or $40 per month
7pm-8:30pm est
Contact Judy for registration and payment.
MAY 3-4, 2025
Ancestors: The Power Within—Ancestors can be powerful allies in your practice, and healing our ancestral lines can help us heal ourselves and our families. Deepen your connection with the grandmothers and grandfathers in ceremony, in initiation and in the shamanic journey. Prerequisite: basic journeying skills.
Held online via ZOOM
$200 per person, $100 for repeating students
9am-4pm each day est
MAY 6-JULY 1, 2025
Shamanic Healing for Animals I—Explore unique perspectives for animal healing that draw upon core shamanic practices. Students will develop a toolkit of techniques within a supportive, interactive, and experiential learning framework of instruction from a professional animal communicator who also practices shamanism. Prerequisite: journeying basics. Knowledge of animal communication not necessary.
The class is taught via ZOOM
$425 per person, $225 for repeating students
Tuesdays for 9 weeks
7pm-9pm est
MAY 31, 2025
Shamanic Gardening—From vision to harvest, take steps to manifest your life dreams and goals through shamanic gardening. Learn how to work with blocks and challenges so that everything contributes to your growth and synchronizes with your own pace and flow. Prerequisite: journeying basics.
The class is taught via ZOOM
$150 per person, $75 for repeating students
9am-4pm est
JUNE 21-22, 2025
Basic Shamanic Journeying— The shamanic journey is an easy and powerful tool we can use to access spiritual information. In this class you will meet and begin to develop a relationship with a compassionate spirit or power animal who is coming forward to help you at this time in your life. You will learn techniques to help you develop a self-directed practice of empowerment, allowing you to move safely, intentionally through the world in a balanced way.This class is a prerequisite to ongoing and more advanced shamanic studies.
The class will be taught online via ZOOM.
$160 per person, $80 for repeating students
9am-3pm each day (consideration will be made for west coast students with starting time at 10am-4pm)