Jessica West

Specialising in shamanic journeying (one-to-one tuition), shamanic healing and ancestral healing / ancestral reconnection.

Jessica is a shamanic practitioner offering one-to-one tuition on shamanic journeying, as well as shamanic and ancestral healing sessions within the tradition of Britain and Ireland.

She began cultivating her practice in ecoshamanism and shamanism with Mandy Pullen in 2019 and has been training with the Foundation for Inspirational and Oracular Studies since 2021.

Jessica grew up in Belfast in the decades before the Good Friday Agreement and has a particular interest in ancestral lineage healing and reconnection, issues of belonging, life during conflict, and post-conflict healing and reconciliation.

What is shamanism?

Shamanism is a lived practice for actively engaging and co-creating with the web of life by nurturing supportive relationships with helping spirits and ancestors. It is an embodied practice where Earth provides the anchor for spiritual exploration.

A core element of shamanism is the journey. Here, the practitioner journeys across the three worlds of non-ordinary reality, guided by their allies, to gain healing, empowerment and wisdom. The vehicle for that journey is the drum, the heartbeat of the universe.

She offers the following services in-person at the Isbourne and online via Microsoft Teams:

One-to-one tuition on the shamanic journey: Shamanism is a practice of direct revelation that helps you access useful information for your life and community with the aid of your ancestors, spiritual allies and nature. By learning how to journey for yourself, you will be able to access your own spiritual wisdom by forming relationships with your own helping spirits and ancestors. In a world that is becoming faster, noisier and more confusing, a clear connection to our own spiritual guidance is more important than ever. One-to-one tuition takes place over a minimum of one to three sessions lasting 2 hours each.

Shamanic healing: The word “healing” means “to make whole”. Shamanic healing is a practice that aims to restore spiritual wholeness and balance after trauma, during and after major life transitions, or when facing feelings of stuckness or disconnection using techniques such as power retrieval, soul retrieval and personalised ritual. A session typically lasts between 2 and 3 hours.

Ancestral healing and ancestral reconnection: A shamanic healing session may bring to light issues of an ancestral nature. By disentangling and reweaving the ancestral web, we can reconnect to our ancestral gifts and resources, freeing ourselves from inherited fears, wounds, patterns and beliefs to the benefit of our community and descendants. A typical session lasts between 2.5 and 3 hours.