The Science + Art of the Ceremonial Container 

Ceremony is a transformative container where we sublimate old patterns of energy and reveal new energies within us.  Shamanic traditions of central and South America have refined this practice for countless generations, showing us a way to create more refined inner spaces that help organize and channel energy for greater healing.  This course brings ancestral wisdom of the South alongside the wisdom of Eastern contemplative traditions and modern psychotherapy.  Grounded in earth-based understandings of how life organizes itself, we will take a simple three-month journey to practice how to hold the "liquid bubble" of a true ceremonial container. The course includes pre-recorded material  (90 minutes/month), live cohort meetings (2 hours/month), practices for skill building during the month, and ongoing Q&A access with your teacher.

Combine Shamanic and Psychotherapeutic Perspectives 

Weave together the understandings of biomedicine and traditional animistic cultures

Learn the Outer Set + Setting and Inner Container 

Maximize relational connection, energetic organization, and safety for ceremony participants

Consultation with Jordana

The course includes ongoing Q+A access with Jordana to discuss real-life ceremonial container creation.  Individual consultations are also available. 

Course Curriculum

8 Chapters · 36 Lessons

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    Welcome!

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      Welcome to the Art of Ceremony!

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      Get to know Jordana

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      Welcome Survey -- A Few Questions Before We Start

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    Onboarding

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      Student Agreement (Action Required)

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      Zoom Links + Calendar Info

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      Community Circle on Signal

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      Online Learning Tips

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      Additional Learning Resources

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    Handouts and Syllabus

    1. Course Syllabus Free preview
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      Welcome! Intro from Jordana

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    Class Fly-Over: Art of Ceremony (1 hour)

    1. Course Overview (50 min) Free preview
    2. Meditation on Being-ness (7 min) Free preview
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      Journaling: Set + Setting in the Holidays!

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    Class 1: 15 Keys to Architecting Set, Setting, + Intention Setting

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      Week 1: The Purpose of Ceremony (24 minutes)

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      Week 2: Structure: Set + Setting (38 minutes)

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      Week 3: Intention Setting (24 minutes)

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      Week 4: Practicing Sensing the Space (13 minutes)

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      Week 4: Making Offerings (7 minutes)

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      [Reading] Summary: Key Points of Set and Setting

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      [Reading] Set + Setting in Santo Daime Rituals

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      [Practice] Month 1 Practice Guide by Week

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      [Optional] "Living in the Earth" by Sarah Conn

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      Class 1 Recording

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    Class 2: Inner Space: Tracking and containing the field of presence

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      Week 1: What is the Presence Field (22 min)

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      Week 1: Building the Presence Field (26 min)

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      [Audio] Concentrating the Presence Field (10 minutes)

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      Week 2: Sensing the Collective Field (23 min)

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      [Audio]: Feeling Space (8 minutes)

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      Week 3: Utilizing the Presence Field (15 min)

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      [Audio]: Tummo (Inner Fire)

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      Week 4: Expanding the Field with Nature (27 min)

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      [Audio] 7 Directions Meditation (12 minutes)

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      [Practice] Month 2 Practice Guide

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    Class 3: Following the Flow of the Unfolding of Conscioussness

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      Organicity: The Inner Healer

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    Class 4: Stepping Beyond Shadows + Healer-Participant Safety

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      Shadows and Safety Considerations for Participants and Healres

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      Feedback and Continuous Improvement

Learning Together the Art of Ceremony

Study at Your Pace

Pre-recorded material (90 minutes/each month for 5 months)

Weave Community in Live Classes

Monthly live, online classes to meet and practice with aligned community

Skills You Build at Home

Receive practices each month for skill building in your home practice during the month

Class Format

      • Pre-recorded material (90 minutes/month)       • Live cohort meetings (2 hours/month)       • Practices for skill building during the month       • Ongoing Q+A access with Jordana

Class Dates

• Tuesday, Dec 16th, 5-7pm PM PST // 15 Keys to Architecting Set + Setting  • Tuesday January 13th, 5-7pm PM PST // Presence + Tracking the Forces of the Subtle Container • Tuesday, Feb 10th, 5-7 PM PM PST // Following the Flow of the Inner Healer • Tuesday, March 10th, 5-7 PM PST //  Stepping out of Shadows and Projections • Tuesday, April 14th, 5-7 PM PST // Integration of Integration • Ongoing Community Forum with Q+A for Jordana

Meet Your Guide, Jordana

Jordana Ma holds a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, where she focused on the psychotherapeutic use of entheogenic plants.  She also has training in Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.  Jordana is a lineage carrier in the Asháninkan tradition of Traditional Amazonian Medicine.  She is a student of the Diamond Approach and a long-time practitioner of yoga and zen. Jordana's primary teacher and love is the natural world.

Shamans are sometimes considered healers or doctors, but really they are people who deal with the tears and holes we create in the net of life, the damage that we all cause in our search for survival.

Martin Prechtel

Unlock the Power of Sacred Ceremonies

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