Isabelle Latreille

Often around the New Year, I see posts appearing on my feed saying that January 1st is not the real new year at all, and that it is something completely made up by the Gregorian calendar. And yes, that is true. The way we experience time today, and the calendar we use to structure our lives, is very different from how humans related to time before the Gregorian calendar was introduced. Time was once deeply connected to nature, the moon, the sun, the seasons, agriculture, and ritual. Today, it...

Spirit animals have been part of human spiritual traditions for thousands of years. Long before modern spirituality had names and labels, people all over the world connected with animals as teachers, protectors, messengers and guides. Indigenous cultures in North and South America, Siberia, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia and Australia all worked with animal spirits in their own way. Shamans, healers and wisdom keepers understood that animals carry specific energies, lessons and medicine that can...

Trance journeys - remembering what we already know. I was 21 when I first consciously learned how to trance journey. I signed myself up for a four-day shamanic intensive in Belgium with Roel Crabbe from Anam Cara. At that time, I didn’t fully realize what I was stepping into. I just knew I felt called. Something ancient in me recognized something ancient in the work. During those four days, I learned how to journey on the guidance of the drum. How to shift consciousness without leaving my...