Shadow Transformation Protocol

Discover your heart’s limitless capacity to ally with your worst fears to restore precisely the truth, sexuality, joy, and passion necessary to sustain an authentic life of deep connection and transforming effect on the world.

We all know the Shadow is there and the work has got to get done if we are to create the life and the world we dream of. You want to feel empowered to directly manifest your part of that world and to thrive, free from unconscious internal patterns and external manipulations of others. You want your gifts to have a positive effect on the world, to feel valued by others, and connected to a larger whole.

But on reflection, you find your “wounded child is still driving the bus”. No matter how or what you heal you keep feeling destabilized again and again by old trauma and heartbreak, acting out of the same childhood fears, and feeling powerless in the face of dehumanizing systemic injustice. You fear:

Your dedicated spiritual practice may be bypassing effective shadow transformation
Something is fundamentally broken or wrong with you, when it may just be the wrong tool for the job
Your efforts are meaningless as the world breaks your heart more each day, but have you reached that deep self who originally broke your own heart?

This happens because, like it or not, you are woven into the fabric of a culture and some of those threads are unjust, oppressive, and hate-fueled. Dominant culture is a culture afraid of its own shadow. That fear blinds us to the fact that shadow work is neither psychological nor spiritual. And, our very definition of a healthy mind keeps us from entering the territory where the true shadow lies

At the heart of effective Shadow Work is the place you have broken your own heart with your treatment of your essential self. This is where you have betrayed a sacred contract with your soul.

It is precisely in embracing this heartbreak—fully and without judgment—for what it is and seeing who you are with different eyes that you find new courage. Not the courage to survive, but to heal and to love. Only in this way do you truly restore your best, most interesting self and the power and potential of your fierce transforming love. Only in this way do you truly restore your best, most interesting self and the power and potential of your fierce love to transform.

Tricky as it sounds, I have been doing this successfully within The Cycle of Transformation Teachings for 30 years. I created Shadow Transformation Protocol: The Wild Power of the Fierce, Unyielding Heart to be able to do it with you, live, online and now. Hundreds of people have joined us online, embracing this revisioning of what shadow work can be and taking the next steps personally to engage their allies in the collective work of transforming the systems of social injustice and environmental devastation.

In this 8-week, LIVE, online course you will learn:

What fragmenting into Shadow is, what it isn’t, and why you may find yourself in the same patterns even after other forms of “shadow work.”
The 3 phases needed for complete, enduring shadow transformation, what they are, and how to do them.
How to engage in a transformation that flies under the radar of the mind and is deeply rooted in other tools: somatic connection, creative expression, elemental ritual, and robust working relationship with the Invisible.
The secret to renewing your heart’s sacred contract with your soul.
How to step beyond the persistent survival patterns that render you unable to sense your dark heart’s truth (even when you can sense it in others).
To celebrate the return of your inner allied self and deeply integrate its access to your greatest innate gifts.

By the end of this course, you will have cleared a persistent shadow pattern that defied other transformational work, learned the protocol to continue, and gathered a crew of highly skilled, trusted co-conspirators.

With the wild power of your fierce and unyielding heart you can restore your sacred contract with your soul, reconnect with the gifts and medicine of your allied self, and step out, shameless and bold to make a difference in the world.

The course begins April 13th and runs every other Saturday through July 20, 2024.

MY PERSONAL STORY AND INVITATION FOR YOU...

At 29, I was a mostly out-of-work, modern dancer in New York City. After performing with the company of my dreams for several months, that ongoing job was pulled out from under me. From that dancer high, I crashed into a paralyzing depression. That depression rolled over one afternoon into a spontaneous initiatory experience of several harrowing days.

Held only by the magical intensity of New York City, I was questioned, challenged, and frankly harassed day and night by what I now understand was a powerful, ancient spirit woman. At the time she alternately terrified me and pissed me off. She altered every shred of my reality.

I didn’t understand what was going on, but I was pretty sure I was being tested. And, I realized I was failing the test. It was only dragging on out of my sheer stubbornness. Ultimately, I did fail, which is another story, but she made her point. My lifetime of study began with Crazy Woman and her fierce, unyielding love.

[Crazy is a term used to harm and disregard a lot of different and diverse folxs. And it is her name for herself. She forces us to contend with the medical, pharmaceutical, industrial, capitalist complex’s definitions of sane and come to our own conclusions. Being well in an unwell world, is not sanity. And it doesn’t do what needs to be done for the next generations.]

Crazy Woman is much maligned, scapegoated, and blamed in our world for what we do to ourselves and each other. Nonetheless, she is who she is: that which destroys in the service of new life. She stands in a fierce unyielding love for all life. And, she will kill you in an instant to give life to your Authentic Self.

She is the specialist in the dark nether reaches of the human heart where we stuff our Shadow. She loves all that terrifies, disgusts, or humiliates us about ourselves. I know because she has taken me there, again and again, in myself. She is the Unfailing Guide for getting us to see and hear precisely where we are most deaf, dumb, and blind about ourselves.

She invites you to join us in this course. She will meet you there and guide you. I will be there too, sharing all I have learned doing things all ass-backwards in her school of hard knocks. I offer you The Protocol, refined and honed over 30 years, into clear phases with step-by-step instructions. You need only learn to trust Crazy Woman to be herself and to move what your mama gave you when Crazy Woman says, “Dance!”

—Christina

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT TRANSFORMING THEIR SHADOW WITH CHRISTINA:

"Over the last 15 years I have done a lot of personal transformational work using a wide variety of modalities (Reiki, Yoga, Meditation, Mantra, Psychotherapy, Conscious Dance, Shamanic and Ancestral Healing) but there were still major, limiting core beliefs in place, affecting my ability to move forward in my life mainly due to unprocessed aspects of my personal history that I hadn’t come to terms with. …All my ideas on the best way to engage in personal transformation work were exploded by the Shadow Transformation Protocol. …The journey from my Head to the Heart that took place via this Course was very surprising, and in the end, nothing short of astonishing. …I feel much more integrated and in touch with all aspects of my being, especially the creative, nurturing, feminine side of me, and am more comfortable in expressing this in relationships that matter to me.”

- David Lane, Householder, Student and devotee of deep practice, Lover of what matters, like dance, music, and connection

“Doing this deep shadow work with Crazy Woman and Christina has allowed me to access parts of myself that I didn’t even realize were there waiting to be discovered. It has helped me to access my true power and light in a way that I’ve simply found no equal to with any other shadow work that I’ve done previously with others. I’ve found my own capacity for selflove expand and feel more able to hold myself in love, patience and acceptance when navigating through my past trauma, allowing everything to flow and move in new and exciting ways.”

- April Davis, Artist of beauty in death

“Engaging in shadow work with Christina Pratt did nothing short of repairing my heart and teach me to love again. I had done extensive personal work and somatic healing before this and the change I experienced was more profound than anything else I’ve ever experienced. Her approach to shadow work stands out as far deeper and more radically transformative than my experience with anything else being offered under the same label.

She teaches how we can recognize and step out of collective cultural shadows and reclaim the juiciest parts of ourselves: our humor, our sexuality, our creativity, our power and have fun doing it. I think that this process is one of the major keys to us being able to come together as humanity to meet some of the greatest challenges of our time.”

- Langston Kahn, Shamanic Healing Practitioner, Occupy Your Heart

“Engaging in shadow work with Christina Pratt has been the single most transformative and empowering chapter of my life. I learned to partner with archetypal destroyer goddess Crazy Woman to develop the brave heart required to face some harrowing energies in my own shadow closet… I cultivated my warriorship skills to be able to engage with these shadow aspects of myself from a place of curiosity and compassion, coming to understand why they left in the first place and what was required to transform them from enemy to ally. As integrated allies, they have brought me profound gifts - namely getting in touch with my own resiliency, feminine empowerment, and sacred sexuality, as well as surrendering to my life’s path and learning to let go of control. I feel truly free and live in a constant state of awe and gratitude.”

- Mia Black, Founder of Catalyst Plant Medicines

"In my work with the Last Mask Center, I have found that my deepest transformation has come from a close relationship with subtle energy teachers that help show me where I am standing in my own path to healing and hold me in my process as I let my old self go. Shadow work has been no different. Longstanding patterns of disowned power in my life and blocks to intimacy I once assumed unchangeable have shifted due to the deep capacity for selflove I have gained from the Last Mask cosmology. Anyone looking for a lasting approach to shadow work would benefit from Christina's deep understanding of the human landscape and how to navigate effective relationships with the spirit world."

- Firelight Hammerquist, Heart-centered Facilitator

“Every once in a while you stumble upon something new that you just know you are meant to learn - and this was it. The deeply healing and transformative experience of finding out there is a part of you so denied, unloved and hidden in a place you didn’t even know existed - in and of itself is profound. But that is only the beginning of this work. The rewards really come when that “enemy” transforms into the “ally” with the help of benevolent archetype Crazy Woman. In my 20+ years of doing inner work, I have never come across any course, any learning, that truly integrated who I am and result in fearlessly expressing that truth with deep love and joy. Living from this truth today, I am grateful I found Christina, Crazy Woman, and this course.”

- Pamela Dussault Runtagh, Shamanic Practitioner, Passage To Inner Joy and The REAP Healing Method

Here’s What You’ll Learn

Any job is made simple with the right tools and an excellent consultant. First we gather the tools and create the relationships needed for a successful Shadow Self Rescue Mission. Then, in teams within our global community, we execute your rescue plan. Together, we begin the journey of transformation with each rescued Shadow Self. Completing the transformation from enemy to ally, you will arrive at our Warrior’s Celebration with the ability to renew your sacred contract with your soul. During these sessions, here’s what you will learn:

Week 1: The Specialist: Falling in Love with Crazy Woman

The art of cultivating right relationship with fierce and unyielding Crazy Woman
The best practices for creating a strong, intimate working relationship with a helping spirit
How to create and work effectively with a shrine or altar
The art of working with power objects, from creation, to use, to destruction

Week 2: The Job: The Terrain of the Shadow, its Prison, Inmates, and Guards

A clear understanding of all parts of complete and lasting Shadow Transformation Protocol: Rescue, Transformation, and Integration
A clear and accurate understanding of the nature of Shadow energy, how “becoming Shadow” changes the aspects of you that are there, and why they stay.
An accurate map of the terrain of the Shadow Realm, functions of the beings you will meet there, and how to interact with each to complete your mission

Week 3: The Rescue: The Precise Plan and Secret To Your Success

The true nature of a successful Shadow Rescue journey and the protocol to address each challenge that will arise
How to work with Shadow bindings to extract their secrets and release their hold
Uncover the key to seeing through your survival-based blindness and gather your accomplices from our global community for your shared mission
The creation of a powerful Shadow Self Power Object

Week 4: Enemy to Ally: The Tool to Circumvent the Mind and its Minions

Identify the true nature of your Shadow Self enemy, its function and poison
Practices to circumvent the mind to freely and fully express the enemy and ally aspects of your Shadow Self
Intentional use of movement to engage crazy logic transformations at will
Techniques to infuse and sustain your transformation with energy from our Global Dance Parties

Week 5: Pain and Confusion: Accessing the Wise and Clever Heart

Identify the true nature of your ally, its remedy and gifts
Practices to unravel the messages held in your dark heart that release the enemy’s pain and confusion
Intentional use of movement to engage wise and clever heart to deepen your transformation

Week 6: Loneliness and Chaos: Accessing the Resilient Nobility of the Body

Identify the true nature of the lie the enemy tells you about yourself
Practices to mine the loneliness and chaos created by the enemy for the intimacy and true nature in the ally
Intentional use of movement to align your transformation with the nobility and honesty of the body

Week 7: Inner Justice: Facing the Fear of Your Heart’s Truth

Identify the truth the enemy distorts in the dark heart and why
Practices to use the ally and its truth to release the fear and restore inner justice
Intentional use of the elements in ritual to create the necessary cleansing, clearing, and honorable deaths

Week 8: The Warrior’s Celebration: The Renewal of Your Sacred Contract

Practices to avoid the common hazards of distraction and indulgence that derail closure and completion of shadow transformations, allowing the energies to slip back into the Shadow
Celebration of the warriorship gained in the full integration of our Ally Self
Shared Ceremony to renew your sacred contract with your soul

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

When you register for Shadow Transformation Protocol, you'll become part of an inspired, vibrant global learning community of individuals just like you, who are seeking skills to become the men or women they were born to be. You'll interact online with Christina, senior students from the Cycle of Transformation Teachings who will assist, and your fellow students from around the world through a private, social network created exclusively for the participants of this course. These are oral, experiential teachings that require engagement and camaraderie of working it out together. You will be supporting and partnering with each other to learn from the collective wisdom we share together.

Rest assured, your personal work will always be held securely in this sacred, virtual space. As a part of each section of the curriculum, you'll be given practices, invited to reach out to a partner to practice, and invited to post your experiences in the forum. Christina will be available on a weekly basis to answer your questions and deepen your enjoyment of learning to transform and integrate your true allies.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE

8 LIVE 90-MINUTE CLASS SESSIONS WITH CHRISTINA

Each section involves 2 weeks: the 90 minute class session one week and the optional study session the next week. These 2 week sections gives everyone time to complete each step of the process.
Please note: Recordings of classes and study sessions will be posted, so if you can’t make a session live, you will always have access to listen.

8 LIVE 60-MINUTE optional STUDY SESSIONS WITH CHRISTINA

The 60 minute Study Sessions are completely optional. They are live, unstructured time for questions from your experience, demonstrations, and discussion. The study sessions are scheduled on the alternate weeks from class at 4:30 PM PST, a different time to accommodate students on the other side of the globe. They are also recorded and posted. LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC Study groups are also offered and are optional. Schedule TBA.

8 LIVE 30-MINUTE Q&A SESSIONS WITH CHRISTINA

Christina has set aside time at the end of each class to answer your questions. You will have the opportunity to learn from each other’s questions, experience, and the answers shared during this interactive time. If you have concerns or uncertainty arise with the course material, these sessions are offered to help you get clearer and more connected to the concepts.

Practices and Bi-weekly Work Group Assignments to explore each new topic

Each week you will receive practices and an experiential “process landmarks” specifically designed to deepen and support your understanding and practical integration of the course content covered. Working with your work groups is expected and will greatly accelerate and deepen your learning.

ACCESS TO CUSTOM-DESIGNED, PRIVATE WEBSITE WITH MATERIALS, VIDEOS, AND PRACTICES

You will have access to all of the course materials on the Shadow Transformation Protocol Course website. You have year round access. This is not an email driven course. All of our content is resident online, including recordings of the live sessions and study session, and available to retake again and again. Where ever you are you can simply log-in to find the bi-weekly practices, bonuses, recordings of the live class sessions, and other course material.

Audio Recordings of All Sessions

Each live course session is recorded and posted on the course website. If you miss a live session or wish to listen to it again you can. These recordings can be a wonderful tool to deepen your integration of the teachings. They will all be resident on the course website.

PRIVATE ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP FOR PARTICIPANTS

Connect and engage with other course participants in this private, practice community group. As you go through the course, you will be able to connect with other participants to share your questions, experiences, breakthroughs and insights. This collaborative support allows you to deepen into the principles and teachings and share your experience for feedback from Christina, the assistants and other participants in the course.

Group Discussion “Office Hours” 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 shadow transformation process is tapping into.

Special Bonuses to Add to Your Course Experience

Additional materials offer expanded teachings on key concepts in the course. These bonus materials are listed here.

COURSE BONUSES

FOUR ADDITIONAL COURSE BONUSES

BONUS #1
A Guide To Creating Right Relationship With Crazy Woman

She is a specialist in the dark nether reaches of the heart where we stuff our Shadow. She loves all that terrifies, disgusts, or humiliates you about yourself. She is that which destroys in the service of new life. She will kill you in an instant to give life to your Authentic Self. And she is exactly The Specialist that we need for this job, but the rescue and transformation of your Shadow Self. You can follow this guide to come into right relationship with Crazy Woman.

BONUS #2
The Uses of Ecstasy: Engaging Ecstatic Dance as a Transformative Practice

In this bonus recording Langston will share techniques for engaging the power of ecstatic dance to bypass our analyzing mind and skillfully track and transform energies and patterns we hold within our body. He will also discuss his process for creating playlists to explore specific energies (like shadow parts) through dance and provide some sample playlists.

BONUS #3
Cleansing and Clearing: A Handy Reference Guide

Cleansing and Clearing are two distinctly different actions and we will need them both. Trying to clear what needs to be cleansed leads to either meandering, ineffective work or heavy handed, potentially re-traumatizing work. Trying to cleanse what needs to be cleared leads to perpetual cycling or the re-emergence of persistent patterns, both are ultimately deeply demoralizing. This handy reference guide can help to you discern the tool to use for your next step in the transformation of your Shadow Self from enemy to ally.

BONUS #4
Qi Gong for the Cultivation of the Warrior’s Heart

This form continues the qi gong practices begun in Energy Body Mastery. These movements connect you to the archetypes at the heart of each phase of the S/Hero’s Journey. The practice of the form supports your ability to complete the journey as well as giving you a perspective on yourself while on the journey. This rigorous qigong form can be practiced in full or in smaller parts. It can be practiced standing or sitting.

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ABOUT CHRISTINA PRATT

Christina is a healer, author, and teacher of exceptional clarity, humor, and practicality. Her mission is to create transformational processes that are effective and efficient, that root us ever more fully in nature and the elements and support us in being better humans in all parts of life.

Her courses directly cultivate emotional maturity and spiritual adulthood. Both qualities are fundamental requirements for true meaning and purpose to motivate inspired, passionate actions in the world, a world destine for our children and the future generations of life.

She is the founder of Last Mask Center, in Portland, Oregon. She offers long distance healing for individuals, families, and communities, a robust, online course curriculum, and The Cycle of Transformation, experiential learning in an emerging tradition that embodies an animist lifeway and actively engages the Dreaming through a reliable working relationship with spirit.

She is a pioneer in new techniques that are rooted in ancient healing practices that directly and effectively address the illnesses of our times. Her current focus is healing our ancestral lines, the effective and immediate transformation of shadow, and cultivation of deep liberation skills to learn to live together in our ever evolving climate crisis.

Christina is the host of the international podcast Why Shamanism Now, the author of the two-volume set “An Encyclopedia of Shamanism”, and a regular and favorite presenter at summits including Shift Network and Sounds True.

Cultivating energy body mastery is the first step in bringing ancient shamanic ways into our time so that we, the Living, can heal, change, innovate, and become the medicine needed in our time. Together we can create a just world where life flourishes and we hold sacred the responsibility to be ecologically and economically sustainable in our every action.

FAQ

WHAT ARE THE DATES AND TIMES FOR THE SESSIONS?

The course begins Saturday, April 13th @ 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST. Each session is 90 minutes of teaching and practice plus 30 minutes of Q&A. The class airs every other Saturday from April 13th -July 20th, 2024.

Study Sessions begin Saturday, April 20th @ 4:30 PM PST/7:30 PM EST. They run for an hour with an open format. They air every other Saturday through July 27th.

DOES THE COURSE REQUIRE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE?

There are no pre-requisites for the course. However, shamanic journey experience and Energy Body Clearing are helpful preparation. Where a journey is required, the assistants can perform the journey on your behalf if needed. Regardless you do need curiosity, compassion for your own learning self, and joy in engaging your imagination.

WHAT ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY?

Your experience remains completely confidential. If you wish to share in the live session or on the closed discussion group, there is a confidentiality agreement in place. We respect the vulnerability it takes to learn something new and honor the shared, sacred space.

WHAT IS AN ONLINE COURSE?

This online course delivers live curriculum to you on a bi-weekly basis and you can determine and control how you do the work. Whether your favorable work time is morning or evening, you can participate live or 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 participate in the Zoom classes, to access the discussion group, and to access the course website. Headphones can help with sound quality.

WHAT IF I MISS A LIVE SESSION OR Q&A?

Please do not worry! This is not a problem – recordings of each session are available soon after so you can download and listen to them at your own convenience. You can post any questions in advance for the live class on the closed discussion group and Christina will answer them in the next live session.

I CAN’T ATTEND EACH SESSION LIVE — WHAT NOW?

No worries. You can post questions in advance on the group discussion page 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. To schedule contact Andrea at assistance@lastmaskcenter.org. For questions and queries regarding the teaching content each session you are encouraged to post on our group discussion page.

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 this course work is infinitely easier if you keep pace with the class. You have access to the course material and the online discussion group year round. There will be ongoing support offered for continued learning and integration.

DO I NEED STRONG INTERNET SKILLS TO DO THIS COURSE?

No, you only need to access the course website and join our live sessions. We will give you all the support we can – and you’ll see that, once you’re in the flow, it’s really easy. However if you do need specific support for your devices with Zoom (for class) or Kajabi (for the course material) they both have easily accessible tech support available online.