Awakening the Courageous Heart
Heart Powers - Part 1
Heart Powers - Part 1
Transmuting Fear into the Remedies That Restore Your Heart’s Powers
A 7 week, self-paced, online course with Christina Lee Pratt
Teacher, Healer, and Founder of Last Mask Center and The Cycle Teachings
It takes great courage to move openly from the heart, align with the clarity of the mind, and to take action with passion and integrity in the world.
That free flow of energy in our hearts gets stuck in the debris of past heartbreak, stagnation of overwhelming grief, and the emotional pain of past trauma, often delivered by those who are supposed to love and protect us.
Healing from heart-wrenching life experiences usually patterns our emotional energy, just as physical healing can result in scars, learned limping or compensation, or restricted range of motion.
Faced with the daily demands of life, these limiting emotional patterns become ingrained and we normalize leaning into the natural strength of our heart to keep loving. And we burn out, go numb with emotional fatigue, or shift into jaded despair.
This happens to us because that natural strength of our heart is only 25% of the true power of the human heart. All human hearts have four strengths or powers: Love, Wisdom, Power, and Vision. And—even better—these heart powers are in naturally regenerative relationships with each other when we allow our emotional energy to flow freely and fully.
The Whole Heart comes online when the four powers of the heart can be accessed freely, fully, and equally, and our emotional capacity—our ability to love in an imperfect world—feels boundless and sustainable. To access and use that other 75% of our hearts, we need remedies.
In the odd and wondrous crazy logic of our emotions, it is our fears and addictions that point directly at our unique, personal heart remedies. This is why I created Part One—The Heart Powers— of Awakening the Courageous Heart. You can learn to make your unique heart remedies from the stuff of daily life. When you “take” them, you access your four heart powers equally and restore the regenerative flow of emotional energy in your Whole Heart.
Join me. Explore this life alchemy to free the transformative power of your fierce, loving heart.
PRE-REQUISITES for Awakening the Courageous Heart, 4 Parts offered separately
1-The Heart Powers
There are no Prerequisites.This course is the prerequisite for the rest of the course.
2-The Heart Template
Part 1
Energy Body Mastery
(may take concurrently)
Energy Body Mastery
(may take concurrently)
3-The Elemental Heart
Parts 1 & 2
Ability to Journey
Energy Body Clearing
(may take concurrently)
Ability to Journey
Energy Body Clearing
(may take concurrently)
4-The Courageous Heart
Parts 1, 2, & 3
Energy Body Mastery
Energy Body Clearing
Ability to Journey
Energy Body Mastery
Energy Body Clearing
Ability to Journey
In this 7-class course you’ll learn:
- Fluency in the language of the Emotional Wisdom Body through the clarifying metaphor of the Four Chambered Heart, a universal translator between your emotions and the presence of your curious mind
- To access the four powers of your heart, their roots in indigenous intelligence, and ways contemporary fears weaken the heart powers
- The correlation between your typical addictive behaviors (your root heart addictions) and weakened heart powers
- How to create the unique remedies you need to strengthen each of your four heart chambers and access your present capacity for Love, Vision, Wisdom, and Power
- The actions you need to “take” your remedies; both small actions in the moment and 20 minute re-alignment practices that deliver a larger dose
- How to interpret your patterns of excess and scarcity and work directly with the natural regenerative relationships of the heart powers to establish balance and flow
By the end of this course, you will have the information, practices, skills, and community to restore and maintain the natural, regenerative relationships between the chambers of your heart and allow your emotional energy to flow freely and fully.
You will gain your own remedies to step out of daily addictions and restore your native emotional capacity to love in an imperfect world.
You are not “too much” and you never have been. Your heart is boundless, sustainable, and precisely what you, your community, and our times need.
MY PERSONAL STORY AND INVITATION FOR YOU...
In my late 20’s I found myself going through a box of my childhood journals. These were the books in bright colors with a little lock and key to supposedly keep your little brother or parents out of your private thoughts.
I opened them in order and read the precise cursive capturing what mattered to me in my inner and outer worlds as a pre-teen. I grew ever more disturbed by the realization that by about 12 years old I was deeply depressed. I was clearly a superficially happy little white girl, who was loved and supported by two parents and living a middle class, privileged, entitled life in a very beautiful place on earth. And I was confused that in spite of all of these blessings that I was aware of I was so deeply heart broken.
I didn’t understand what was wrong with me and I was terrified to tell anyone but my diary. All I knew as a child was that the world was breaking my heart day after day.
The more I searched for answers to what I didn’t understand was depression, the more I despaired on those pages. I was convinced that my culture was feeding me lies and complete crap and that I was somehow crazy for not accepting it all.
Jumping forward 10 years, I am wrestling with clarifying the teachings of Year 3 of The Cycle of Transformation. The teachings are coming from Star and I am struggling with the star-to-human interface. But people are showing up for this retreat in 2 months and I have to get it together. I still haven’t figured out that this star is basically trying to teach me Taoism, journey by journey, which carries its own issues of interpretation. I’m stumped. If Star can be frustrated, I am sure this one was.
And then in a stroke of multi-sensory, many-ways-of-knowing genius that I have only experienced when being shoved into by a helping spirit while in a journey altered state, I was emersed in the emotions and feelings of my broken-hearted child self while still also my adult self. Star overlaid the heart powers, highlighting the excesses and deficiencies of that child’s broken heart. Star then moved the powers into their regenerative relationships so that I could feel the innate capacity of the heart to heal, while moving me through the transformation of my heart from then to now.
Then with my mind and heart already completely blown, star added the dimension of elemental energies moving within the heart powers and the chambers creating an ever-constant and ever-changing flow and balance. That indescribable, multi-sensory experience became the Rosetta stone key for interpreting all of the other Star journeys and the teachings of Year 3 came together in the nick of time.
What star did that day was to move the four powers of the heart, similar to Angeles Arrien’s work that can be found in The Four-fold Way*, into living, breathing, regenerative, multi-ways of knowing relationships. Living those relationships lays out a path to literally being whole-hearted in this heart-breaking world. The cultivation of the regenerative and expressive whole heart comes in Parts 3 and 4 of Awakening the Courageous Heart.
Part 1—The Heart Powers, being offered now, (and Part 2) are the reverse engineered teachings that lay the necessary foundation of healing, transformation, and understanding needed to allow you to engage successfully with the Elemental Heart (Part 3) and the Courageous Heart (Part 4). I hope you will join me for Awakening the Courageous Heart.
* With great gratitude I honor Angeles Arrien, a Basque-American cultural anthropologist, educator, award-winning author, and a grandmother of the effort to lift up indigenous ways of knowing and thinking as a corrective path forward. She was the founder and president of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research, which focuses on the preservation of indigenous wisdoms, environmental sustainability, multi-cultural bridging and effective intergenerational leadership demonstrated by both elders and youth. With her blessing and permission, I brought her teaching of the archetypal heart powers into Year One of The Cycle of Transformation and it’s cosmology, which changed their relationship to each other and opened the way for Year Three and Awakening the Courageous Heart.
What People are Saying About
Awakening the Courageous Heart…
For the first time online, the “heartwork” is being drawn from each of the four years of The Cycle of Transformation and offered here. However, the transformational work of awakening all four chambers of the courageous heart was offered in person for Why Shamanism Now listeners for a decade.
These students were all successful healers, seasoned journeyers, and accomplished in meditation. Yet each one exclaimed that this work was work they would never have found on their own and thought they didn’t need.
Deborah: “…the gifts you gave us in Awakening the Courageous Heart are absolutely priceless. The three of us are still reeling from it, and in many ways, understand that our lives have been changed forever. All in a very positive ways!! …For myself, I can tell you that I have explored many of the subjects in the past. I have been keenly aware of my own personal deficiencies for many years and have often hoped for an opportunity to address them effectively. But the vision of my TRUE self I was given was so very strong and TRUE that I cannot even think about it without choking up with tears of gratitude... something was significantly different. And because of that difference, I saw into areas of my life I probably would never have seen had I not been there to experience it.”
Access to your whole heart cannot be described—you must awaken the four-chambers of your courageous heart to find out what you are missing.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Current brain science demonstrates that there is no one part of the brain that processes emotions and much of what we believe is really myth. Our emotions develop in infancy, throughout childhood, in adolescence, and in early adulthood. Working with the four chambers of the heart through The Cycle of Transformation Cosmology gives us a creative and dynamic metaphor to engage the complexity of our human hearts, emotions, and need to express love.
Class 1-4: The Archetypal Powers of the Human Heart
- The Heart Powers, what they feel like in restoration and expression, and your personal sensation of true powers.
- The False Heart Powers created when we are in fear and the root heart addictions that arise from fear.
- The creation of your unique remedies for each chamber of the heart and its power.
- The application or how to “take your remedies” in the moment, in 20 minute re-alignment practices, and in fundamental heart healing.
Class 5: “Holy Crap I am Taking My Remedies and I Don’t Know What’s Going On!”
- Review of typical experiential learning results in the first 2 weeks of remedies.
- Practices to address the fear that arises and transform the root addictions.
- Practices to move the energy in the heart chambers from the old habits into the true powers.
Class 6: Exploring The Natural Regenerative Relationships Of The Heart Powers
- Continuing in experiential learning, we bring in practices to redirect your newly freed heart energy into flow and balance of the heart powers.
- Uncover and address the transformation of the beliefs that keep your heart from balance and flow.
Class 7: Exploring Persistent Patterns of Excess and Deficiency in the Heart
- Continuing in experiential learning, we focus on noticing and naming the persistent patterns that have emerged that keep the heart from its natural regenerative relationships.
- Review of practices to transform persistent patterns of emotion and belief.
- How to engage the innate diagnostic function of the work that clarifies the type of fundamental heart healing needed.
What People are Saying About Christina…
“Christina Pratt is a remarkable teacher and shamanic healer. Her teachings are authentic and deep. Christina never rides surface waves in her teaching. She gives her students the benefit of a wealth of knowledge and encourages them through the practices she shares to go to the deepest level possible with their work. She is a master of communication and provides a very grounded field of energy to work in. I truly admire Christina and all that she brings into the shamanic community. …(Working with her you) will receive a huge gift and will wake up to your power and how you can be in true service to all of life”.
- Sandra Ingerman, MA shamanic teacher and award winning author of 12 books including “The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred Into Everyday Life”.“Christina Lee Pratt is a foremost teacher and mentor of global shamanic wisdom and practices. Her vast and in-depth knowledge–published in the two volumes of "An Encyclopedia of Shamanism" is topped only by her authentic enthusiasm with the uncanny ability to communicate it emphatically. "Why Shamanism Now?" her long-running radio program is an essential contribution to our global community. Throughout the more than 20 years I was fortunate to work with Christina, in many capacities, I found her highly inspirational, thought-provoking, humorous, and at the same time utterly grounded. I admire Christina's focus on supporting people to make serious commitments, with the spiritual discipline needed to achieve life-changing results.”
- Itzhak Beery – Author of The Gift of Shamanism, Shamanic Transformations, and Shamanic Healing. Publisher of shamanportal.org
“I first met Christina Pratt at the Omega Institute in 1995 where she was offering shamanic healing at their Wellness Center. Since that time she has emerged as one of the pivotal teachers involved in bringing the shamanic method to non-tribal Western people. Her teaching involves both narrative and visionary fieldwork through which we rediscover that each of us still has an indigenous heart. "
- Hank Wesselman PhD., anthropologist and author of the Spiritwalker Trilogy, The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman, and The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder."“I've known Christina since 1993 and she continues to impress me with her knowledge of shamanism, her authenticity, her ability to bring to the surface complex ideas for open discussion, and her great sense of humor. She always stands out as a person of integrity and as a leader in any group she is a part of. If you have the opportunity to study with Christina Pratt, I say do it!”
- Alida Birch, Shamanic Healer and Teacher and Author of The Co-Creation Handbook: A Shamanic Guide to Manifesting a Better World and a More Joyful Life
It's More Than A Course, It's Your Community
“Revolutions do not happen only in grand moments in public view but also in small pockets of people coming together to inhabit a new way of being.” Valarie Kaur
When you register for Awakening the Courageous Heart: Part 1, you'll become part of an inspired, vibrant global learning community of individuals just like you, who are seeking skills to become the magnificent, diverse, and engaged humans that they were born to be. You'll interact online with Christina and your fellow students from around the world through a private, social network created exclusively for the participants of this course. Rest assured, your personal work will always be held secure and sacred in this virtual space.
These are experiential teachings that require engagement and camaraderie of working it out together. You will be supporting and working with each other to deepen your enjoyment of learning to awaken the unique capacity of your heart to guide your action in the world.
As a part of each class, you'll be given practices, invited to reach out to partners and workgroups to practice, and invited to post your experiences in the online class room. Christina will respond weekly to answer your questions online. During November and January, Christina is available to join any workgroup to assist in real time problem-solving in the application of the teachings to your life.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE
7 60-MINUTE CLASS SESSIONS FACILITATED BY CHRISTINA PRATT
The first 4 classes include philosophy, practice, and the, step-by-step, application of that practice in your life.
The last 3 classes focus on what you are learning from your experience of the practices and how to more precisely apply the practices to the reality of your life.
7 30-MINUTE Q&A SESSIONS WITH CHRISTINA, FOLLOWS EACH CLASS
You have the opportunity to learn from each other’s questions, experiences, and demos in live class. Learning from peer experience helps you to get clearer and more connected to the concepts in the course.
ACCESS TO CUSTOM-DESIGNED, PRIVATE WEBSITE WITH MATERIALS, VIDEOS, AND PRACTICES
You will have access to all of the course materials, documentation, and recordings of each class on the Awakening the Courageous Heart course website.
PRIVATE ONLINE GROUP FOR PARTICIPANTS—LIVE, ONGOING SUPPORT
The online discussion group offers live support for learning the teachings, practices, and applications in the reality of your life. Connect and engage with teachers and other course participants in this private, practice community group on Mighty Networks.
In our online classroom discussion space, you can form workgroups, and share your questions, experiences, breakthroughs, and insights. This collaborative support allows you to deepen into the principles and practices and share your expanding human experience.
ONLINE “CLASSROOM” DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTINA
Christina will join in your discussions and answer your posted questions weekly. In this way she can help you to “connect the dots”, to normalize any fears or discomfort, and share the larger context your new energy experiences are tapping into.
REGISTRATION IS NOW ONLY AVAILABLE AS A BUNDLE WITH PART 2
LEARN MORE ABOUT CHRISTINA LEE PRATT
Christina is the founder of Last Mask Center in Portland, Oregon. She offers a full online curriculum of necessary life skills for all, shamanic healing for individuals, families, and communities, and The Cycle of Transformation, a four year, in person, animist training in the skills needed for passionate action to create a better world to hand down to our children and the future generations.
Her practice and teachings bring ancient shamanic ways into our time so that we, the Living, can heal, change, innovate, and become the medicine needed in our time. She is pioneering new shamanic techniques to deal with the illnesses created by contemporary life. Her current focus is in the healing of our ancestral lines to release the growing burden on the living of the unresolved energies of the dead and the initiation of our young into spiritual adulthood.
Christina is the host of the podcast archives of Why Shamanism Now, the author of the two-volume set “An Encyclopedia of Shamanism”, and a regular presenter at summits at which she shares practices to hold sacred the responsibility to be ecologically and economically sustainable in our every action. She believes that only together can we make meaning, re-align with the true stores that arise from the Earth, and take the actions needed to create a just world where all life, human and more than human, flourishes.
FAQ
DOES THE COURSE REQUIRE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE?
There are no pre-requisites, but you do need curiosity, compassion for your own learning self, and joy in experiential learning. Part one is a pre-requisite for Parts 2-4 and it is strongly suggested that you learn to journey now, if you don’t know how.
WHAT ARE THE DATES AND TIMES FOR THE SESSIONS?
This is a self-paced course. You attend in your own time.
WHAT ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY?
Your experience remains completely confidential. If you wish to share in the live session or on the closed online discussion group, there are clearly posted group guidelines which include confidentiality. We respect the vulnerability it takes to learn something new and honor the shared, sacred space.
WHAT IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED COURSE?
This online course delivers 7 recorded classes. You can determine and control how you do the work. Whether your favorable work time is morning or evening, you can listen to the recordings of each session at your convenience. In addition, all of the course materials are available to you at any time on the course website.
DO I NEED ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT?
Nothing special, just a device that connects to the Internet to access the course website and to access Might Networks for group discussion. Headphones can help with sound quality.
I CAN’T ATTEND EACH SESSION LIVE — WHAT NOW?
No worries. You can post questions in advance on the Mighty Networks discussion group or after you have watched the recording of the class. In fact, many people who take the course are unable to attend all the sessions live and they report that their experiences are just as powerful via the recordings.
WHAT IF I NEED MORE SUPPORT, ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR SESSIONS?
Christina is available for individual sessions via phone, SKYPE, or Zoom for course participants who feel you require individual consultation. There is limited availability. Sessions can be accessed via our program manager, Andrea, at assistance@lastmaskcenter.org. For questions and queries regarding the teaching content each session you are encouraged to post in our Online Classroom Discussion space.
DO I HAVE TO FINISH THE COURSE IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD?
You can finish the course at your own pace in your own time. However, the four parts Awakening the Courageous Heart are sequential and offered live, quarterly. To take the full course live, you will need to complete each section within the 3 month quarter.
You will be able to access all of the materials on the course website for life (for tuition paid in full). You can download what you want, but you do not need to. You will have ongoing access to the group discussion to interact and learn with the course participants even after you have completed the course.
DO I NEED STRONG INTERNET SKILLS TO DO THIS COURSE?
Only for accessing the course website and interacting in the Q&A aspect of online group discussions. We will give you all the support we can – and you’ll see that, once you’re in the flow, it’s really easy.
WHAT IF I NEED TECHNICAL SUPPORT?
Andrea, our program manager, can answer your basic questions to get oriented, supply you with login information, lost links and other course information. For technical issues you are encountering due to your specific devices, bandwidth, and operating systems, you can contact Zoom Help Center or Kajabi Help Center to speak to the technical professionals.