3 Shamanic Dimensions with Mary Newstrom

She's back! In this week’s episode I am turning the microphone over to Dr Mary Newstrom for her return visit. She's here to discuss Shamanism and the three Shamanic dimensions. Mary takes an annual trip to Peru, where she leads a group of students to connect with the indigenous Shamans there, first hand, she has Reiki training and is a holistic healer. Today, she will bring us through another enlightening meditation that she does so well. So let's call it in!   Let's call it in right now! 

Transcript

Speaker Dar 

She's back! In today's episode I am turning the microphone over to Dr Mary Newstrom for her return visit. She's here to discuss Shamanism and the three Shamanic dimensions. Mary takes an annual trip to Peru, where she leads a group of students to connect with the indigenous Shamans there, first hand, she has Reiki training and is a holistic healer. Today, she will bring us through another enlightening meditation that she does so well. So let's call it in!   Let's call it in right now! 

Welcome back for your second visit, and we're here to discuss the different shamanic dimensions for our audience. I'm so excited to have you with us. 

Speaker Mary   

I am very excited to be here. Thank you so much for inviting me back. I'm so excited. It's always a pleasure being here and talking to you and to the listeners as well. I want to talk a little bit about what shamanism is. I thought, I think sometimes people get a little bit confused or maybe don't know what it really is. And then I want to talk about some key things about shamanism, like the different dimensions. And then, once again, I'm going to lead people on a guided meditation. And so I think that it will be an experience everyone's going to enjoy, and I would expect everyone to be able to meet their spirit animal or spirit guide as well. 

Speaker Dar  

Wow, I can't wait. I'm going to turn the mic totally over to you. So let's get started. 

Speaker Mary   

Wonderful, wonderful. Well, thank you again. My name is Mary Newstrom, as everybody knows already, and I'm a shamanic teacher practitioner, reiki master as well. I started shamanism a long time ago. In the 90s, actually, I took my first shamanic journey, but I started working with my guardian angel, my spirit guide. That's what we call him with shamanism in the 90s, and at that time too, around right? I actually started working with him, excuse me, in about the 80s. 82 I also got a tune to Reiki around that time as well. And there's some really interesting things I think about shamanism that really piqued my interest in why I really like it as a spirituality, but shamanism is the earliest spiritual practice known to humankind. It's dating back 10s of 1000s of years. It's practice and has thrived around the world, and we have seen, I think, a resurgence in people wanting to experience shamanism, which is a nature-based spirituality, and they want to experience it first hand, because there's that hunger for connection to the earth and to our environment, and there's also this deeper understanding that we're all interconnected. You know, if we pollute our water or the air, we're going to be in trouble as well, and I'm so encouraged by that. I love nature. I'm a Master Naturalist. When I was a kid, I was always outside. I'm sure many people can relate to that. So shamanism has been practiced all over the world, and so for the listeners, and for you listening, that means your lineage, your family tree, way back when, probably has a shaman in it. Now, the type of shamanism that I follow and teach is actually Nordic shamanism, dramatic shamanism, and because I've studied so much in Peru, of course, I find that in there as well the Peruvian shamanism. Some of the key things about shamanism is direct revelation. And what does that mean? Direct revelation, it means that messages come directly to you. They don't come to someone else who then interprets and tells you, for example, Catholicism does not practice their ideas, not direct revelation. The message goes to the priest or the Pope, and then that is conveyed to us with shamanism, you are talking, you're connecting to your spirit guides and the divine. And so it is based on that. And you might ask, Well, how do we do that? And that's to the shamanic journeying and the guided meditations that my Spirit Guides will take you through in a few minutes, because we're going to do an exercise. Why is it so important? Why is direct revelation so important? Well, we know that if things are filtered through someone else, they're coming. The messages coming are through their interpretation. And it's really important that if you want accurate interpretation, you want it coming through you, so that your experiences you basically will understand the message. So direct revelation is really important in shamanism. The other thing is free will. We all have free will and that, um, we because of that too. You're going to be able to. Decipher the messages and move on those and act on those as well. Now with shamanism too, it's interesting, the word shaman is actually there's only one group in the whole world that are actual shamans, and that is the Tongue people in Siberia. What happened was the researchers went out there and started researching shamanic cultures, and they landed on calling everyone in the world that doesn't have a nature based spirituality a shaman. But the word comes from Siberia. That's actually where the only people that can really own that word. So it's interesting when you also hear someone saying that maybe in your family, family lineage, you had a medicine woman or a witch or a seer or some other type of magical being. Well, now we might call those shamans, but back then they might not have been called that. So that's why I really say everyone listening has a shaman in their lineage, which, of course, gives you the opportunity and that ability to study this type of spirituality. Now shamanism doesn't have any fixed dogma. So what's good about that is the fact that it's not a religion. So technically, you could be a Jewish shaman, you could be a Christian Shaman. There's no dogma. What that means is there's no rules. And we know religions have rules, like you should do this, you shouldn't do that. But there, obviously, there's foundations and there's things to live by, but it's more of a lifestyle than a religion that has rules. So when, if you go and you read about shamanism, you're going to read about the dimensions I'm going to talk about, you're going to read about the direct revelations, but there won't be any like 10 commandments or things like that. The other thing about shamanism that I really like, and I think this is why it makes it so accessible to people, is the fact that you really don't need any tools. Everything you need is in nature, and that, you know, that's very free. So you could go out and find a beautiful leaf or stone you can give thanks to the river and the water. So really, shamanism is open and accessible to everyone. And that's when I say, I see this resurgence, because I see this yearning for people, wanting to be outside, wanting to connect with nature, really understanding, you know, we're all interconnected. So I call shamanism the people's spirituality, because the fact that it's so accessible, I I want to talk a little bit about who's on our spiritual team, because I say that a lot, and so if you, you know, attend any of my workshops, or sign up for my year long shamanic training program, or go to Peru with me to study with my shamans, you're going to hear me say, our spiritual team, we have a spiritual team, and they're all here already for you. So they're with you, they're standing next to you, they're all excited that you're listening. And what that's related to is the fact that you have guardian angels in the form of spirit guides. So those look maybe like a human or like an archangel, and then you have them in animal form. They can be any type of animal. Some of you already got your spirit animals last time we talked and worked together. And then for those that really have an affinity to plants or a particular tree, then you might even have the energy of that plant or tree in the form of a guardian angel, or a spirit guide. So that when I say who's on your spiritual team, that's what I'm talking about. And so it's really when you are with this earth plane, when you're down here and you're learning your lessons, working on your karma, they're your number one fans, supporting you. And where are they when you're here? Well, that's going to lead into our dimensions, and I want to talk about that in depth, and we're going to go experience some of that. So shamanically, there's the foundations of shamanics. Shamanism tells us there's three differences; there's probably a lot more. But if you are. To open up a book on shamanism the three different dimensions. These three different dimensions will jump out at you, and they're the upper world, the Middle World and the lower world, so they're pretty logically titled. And in addition to those different dimensions, the researchers gave us non ordinary reality and ordinary reality. So ordinary reality is what we're in right now. We're listening to the podcast. We're, you know, we're, you know, in our rooms, outside whatever, and we're in our world. That's ordinary reality, non-ordinary reality is when we enter into these different dimensions. And you're going to experience that in just a minute. Because what I'm going to do is, well, my guides actually allow them to open up a doorway, a portal, and you will walk through that, and you will experience different dimensions. We're going to experience two today. So, um, the different dimensions. So I'm going to explain what the upper world is and it's really unfortunate we got named upper world, Middle World and lower world. And the reason why I say that is it's normal to then think there's a hierarchy and one's better than the other. That is not true. That's just how they name them, and it does help when you're learning that they're named that, but it in some ways, like I said, it's a double-edged sword. So for me, I grew up Catholic, and many people grew up with that type of background. Of course, we think of the upper world, maybe as heaven. Doesn't make it better or worse than anything else, but when I go to the upper world, it might be like a Crystal City, or bright, shiny crystals, or just light might be stars. It's hard to say what it's going to be for you, because everyone also processes energy differently. How do you process it? I don't know, but you may already know, but when we go on these guided meditations, what I'd like you to do is pay attention as you're listening to me and you're imagining what I'm saying. How are you feeling the energy? Is it the colors you're seeing? Is it knowing? Is it tingling in your hands? Is our thing heating up? Those are things to know. So the upper world's going to be something like maybe a Crystal City, or temples, or bright and shiny, or stars. Someone told me their upper world is like she's on a cloud. So you can see how it's so individual. But we're going to go up there today anyway, so you will find out the middle world is our world that we're in, but in a different dimension, in non ordinary realities. So that's where the energy is like the spirits of plants and spirits of trees, maybe fairies and trolls and the lower world is, think Earth centered, made like a jungle or a mountain scene or a prairie. So its always nature based. And the guides that are down there tend to be your spirit animals. But there could be a human once in a while, but they tend to be spirit animals. And spirit animals can be anything from insects to birds to mammals to reptiles, anything. And then the upper world, that's where our guides in human form tend to be. So that's a different dimension. And the best way to understand them, of course, is to lean into them and feel them and experience them. Now, one thing too, is the fact that this is, it's a shamanic practice, meaning you're practicing. So people doing this today might not have a 

a total, absolute, clear vision of what these different worlds are. But as you keep doing it, or you keep leaning into it, things will get easier and they'll come so that's one thing I want to mention. Couple things on we're going to start in just a few minutes with our guided meditation, a couple just foundational things I want to mention is pay attention to what I'm saying so kind of lean into that, realizing, if you things start to kind of happen, you might immediately kick into, well, I gosh, I think I'm making this up. Well, you are making it up at the beginning. Inning, because, of course, you're imagining what I'm saying. But if you just relax into it, Spirit will come along and things will unfold in a way that you would never have made up. So that's one thing. So using your imagination and your creativity, and if the loop starts coming in your brain, well, gosh, I think I'm making this up. Still take that to the end, because the fact that you will find back as you're reflecting, you get done with this, and you maybe are journaling what happened, it'll be clear that these things were very special that happened. The other thing is, not everyone, I will see their guides. And so as I'm taking you through there, I might be using the words, you know, you might see this. You might see that. You may not. Most people don't. Actually, it's more of a sensing or a feeling. And so that's what's so important. It's like acknowledging, hey, how are you picking up these, this energy, okay, and remember, everything's direct revelation. Going back to what I said at the very beginning. These messages and these experiences are meant for you.  Yes, you can ask people what they think they're in the Insight is what, like, hey, this happened. What do you think? But ultimately, you need to decide what they mean for you. Because if someone else says, hey, they meant this and this, that's what they meant to them, not you. So that's the key thing. Okay, so we are going to go on a guided meditation and, like I said, lean into and be creative. Now one thing too is like, just relax into this. Don't get anxious, don't hope too much. It's almost that double edged paradoxical sword. You know, don't try too much what you want to do with it, the more relaxed you are in approaching it with wonderment, it's going to be a very nice experience. Okay, so go ahead and close your eyes. If you know how to drop your grounding cords, go ahead and do that.  Take a few deep breaths and energetically feel yourself standing up and making your way to your front door, and just stand there. And I'm just going to wait a few minutes and let everybody kind of get to their front doors when I when I feel like everyone's there, okay, and you're going to open it up and close it behind you really quickly, and you're stepping into a field, a beautiful field, we'll call it a blessing Field, very much, very high energy, high frequency healing energy. You can feel the sun coming down, filling you with warmth. It's the perfect temperature, and you're taking it in. Maybe you're at this point, you're smelling the wildflowers, feeling the breeze against your face. You might be hearing songbirds. I'm kind of curious about what you're experiencing. Just take it in, feeling that healing energy of the warmth of the sun, and as you are taking it in, go ahead and energetically, look to your right, and you see a wooded area. I call it the enchanted forest head, and start making your way. And as you're making your way towards that, you see that there is a path on the left. We're not going to take that today, maybe another day, but not today, and we'll take the path on the right. And as you entered in, its familiar trees to you, maybe, is that oak? Is that pine? Is it an evergreen? What type of trees are those that you're used to, temperature dropping a little bit, but still comfortable, and you're smelling that deep, grounding, earthy energy from A beautiful, old forest. These trees are ancient. They have been around forever. And we're making our way along the trail, and you might be feeling and hearing the crunch of the twigs beneath your feet. You might even be barefoot, that's okay, or maybe wearing some sandals or shoes, hiking boots and. We're making our way, and you're seeing something glow up ahead. We are making our way to the tree of light. It's a high vibrational energy, Buddha like Christ, like it is pulsating with beautiful, comforting, grounding, healing energy. I wonder, how is it presenting itself to you? Is it presenting itself as a tree, an actual tree, maybe an oak or a willow tree, or is it just such bright light that it's just illuminating, but make your way towards that.  

And as you're taking the healing energy, look around and do you see any animals? And if you do ask, Hey, are you my spirit animal? Now that's really important to ask, because there's a lot of animals in non-reality that interact with us and support us, but they're not assigned to us as a spirit animal. And so when you see those animals, Hey, are you my spirit animal? And you might be getting a yes, some of you are sure are getting a yes, and some might get a no, because they are just hanging out, and that's okay. We welcome them too. So we're taking in the high frequency, high energy of our tree of light. We're just taking in our beautiful old growth force and we're welcoming any spirit animals that are coming in and asking them, Hey, are you my spirit? What we're going to do now is climb up the tree of light and we're going to go to the upper world. So this has been the Middle World, and we're going to come back, and your spirit animal can come with you, by the way, and so start climbing, climbing up the tree. Remember, we're in a different dimension, so there are no physical limitations. So it doesn't matter what you can do in this reality, ordinary reality. We're an ordinary reality. So go ahead and climb up so that you are strong and nimble and flexible. Go ahead and climb up the tree. Go as high, as high as you can. And when you reach an area that's kind of like a cellophane covering. So we're really at the top, go ahead and punch through that. Everyone. Go ahead and punch through it and climb up. You can pull yourself up. I can feel everyone doing that right now. And as you do, you're looking around and you're seeing, what is your upper world? The upper world looks like to you, and off to the left is an area to sit, and if you want to, you can sit there, but or you can look around. At this point, I am going to invite people's guardian angels to come in. Is there a spirit guide that would like to make themselves known? Let's all go ahead and sit. So go ahead and look to the left. You can see there's like a circle, maybe even around a nice little fire. Yeah, we'll start a fire. We're sitting in a circle. And you can feel the energy of everybody, beautiful, cleansing, healing energy, because we just came up the tree of light. We were just lifted by Christ, like Buddha, like type energy. And we're sitting in a circle, and we can feel it pulsating. And that is our unconditional love. And here come our spirit guides in human form. They still might have angel wings on them. And one thing too, with a spirit guide, you may know them, but more than likely you don't. You don't know them in this world, because when you come down and you start living, you forget who's on the other side. You know them on a different level, but they might not look familiar, and that's okay, and certainly they do not need to be an archangel.  Some of you may have Archangels next to you right now, so we're taking it in. Your guides are next to you. I'm just going to sit in silence for about a minute while you take that in, and they might even have messages for you as they lean on you. Are you hearing or feeling Any messages at this time, as your angels are with you, I'm also going to invite Do you have a beloved, deceased family member you'd like to interact with again, or a beloved pet that has crossed the Rainbow Bridge? I'm going to give them the invitation now to come in and be with you. And some of you might be feeling a lost mother or father or child or uncle, aunt or a beloved pet. Let's sit in silence for another minute As you are visited by these individuals and our time is almost coming to an end. Know that these are always there with you, your guardian angels, your spirit guides, are with you, and they walk alongside you all the time. Say your goodbyes, and we're going to lower yourself down that little portal to the tree, the branches, and make our way down the tree of light. As we kind of slide down. We're getting a deep healing again, feeling that unconditional love, feeling the love from our loved ones, our guardian angels, our beloved pets, sliding down the tree. Big smiles, big energy, feeling very joyful and loved. We start making our way out of the enchanted force. We're now in the field, the blessing field, the prairie, just really soaking it in. Maybe our eyes are gay, turned upward, gazing towards the sun. There's a few clouds in the sky. So we're not looking directly in the sun, of course, and we're just letting it just wash over our face and our body and torso, and it's transmuting anything that might be still stuck in our energy, down to Mother Earth. She can take this and she can handle it, and she can transmute it. And why we're in the blessing field. These are what you're experiencing right now and what you just did. These are the cornerstones to shamanism. If this resonates with you, I encourage you to seek out, study shamanism, and connect. Reach out to me if you so desire. Go to your local library, pick up some books on shamanism. There's a lot of things on the internet, but this is what embodies shamanism. So we're still in our blessing field. We're taking it when you're feeling the energy of the sun coming into you and raising your frequency and vibration, vibration with unconditional love, high vibration, high frequency. And I want everybody to imagine that doorway, if you can't remember, because now you're a little loopy from meeting all your guides, just imagine a doorway that's opening up. You're walking through, you're closing it behind you, and you're coming back into your space. You're back into your room. Room or wherever you were listening to, you're disengaging from non-ordinary reality. You're further disengaging. You're fully disengaged. You're back in your body now. So sometimes Welcome everyone back. So what I would encourage everyone to do is pull out a journal, journal, because a lot of times people are like, wow, that i What happened was amazing. And of course, we think we'll never forget, and we do. It's just like a dream. You know, you wake up from one of those crazy dreams and you're like, well, I'll never forget that. And two seconds later, you know, you're like, what just happened? So write it down. Know that you are this, the tree of light that is a gift for you. That is my gift to you. You know how to go back. You open the doorway, close it behind. You go to the blessing fields, go to the enchanted force. Take that path on the right, and there it is. Now some people really, really enjoy being at the tree of light. And they've said to me, Well, I don't want to come back. You need to come back, though. You can go back there, but you can't stay, because the frequency is different. And if you stay, you'll feel a lot of sorts. So it feels good in short bursts, and that's cool. You can go back, but then always make sure you retrace your steps like we did, and if you're still feeling a little lightheaded, food drinks, just make sure you're grounded before you drive or go anywhere. But blessings to everyone. Thank you so much. I'm so appreciative of being able to take you through this journey. 

Speaker Dar  

Thank you. Wow. I think we're going to have many people replay this episode. I want to remind everyone that your contact, content, information, your contact See, I'm a little loopy from being out there. Anyway, Mary's contact information will be in the show notes, and you'll be able to get hold of her and do some more exciting things in building this practice. Is there anything else that you just feel called to tell people before we conclude 

Speaker Mary  

The only thing I feel that I haven't touched is the fact that, of course, I do shamanic healings, and a lot of times people are looking for soul retrieval or spirit release or something like that. So just think of that too, as people can if they feel like they want a shamanic healing to think of me, but the dimensional work really is what I love to do, too. So all of it I love to do. 

Speaker Dar   

Yes, I'll vouch that she loves to do it all. So get in contact with her, everyone. Thank you so much. Big Virtual hugs your way. Thank you. 

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