Reclaiming
Intuition
Rebuild Connection. Restore Boundaries.
Return to Right Relationship.
SIX MONDAYS
BEGINNING OCT 27
4pm Vancouver | 7pm New York | 11am Sydney (Tuesdays)
About the Course
Intuition and connection to older ways of knowing can feel antagonistic to materialism and modernity. So many of our cultural systems and ways of life encourage numbness and disconnection from the sensorial, the imaginal, and deep feeling. For harmful systems to thrive, multi-dimensional ways of knowing and living must be repressed.
This course invites repair by nurturing an ecology where intuition can live and thrive through steady practice. We’ll take a clear-eyed look at intuition as an ancestral strategy for becoming a thriving participant in the living world. Our focus will be to gently unravel the repression that severs us from our innate capacity to sense, feel, and know. We’ll cultivate ways to support a healthy, integrated relationship with visions, dreams, voices, inspired speech, and the quiet sensing of the body—our soma as an antenna in dialogue with the living world.
About the Course
Intuition and connection to older ways of knowing can feel antagonistic to materialism and modernity. So many of our cultural systems and ways of life encourage numbness and disconnection from the sensorial, the imaginal, and deep feeling. For harmful systems to thrive, multi-dimensional ways of knowing and living must be repressed.
This course invites repair by nurturing an ecology where intuition can live and thrive through steady practice.
We’ll take a clear-eyed look at intuition as an ancestral strategy for becoming a thriving participant in the living world. Our focus will be to gently unravel the repression that severs us from our innate capacity to sense, feel, and know. We’ll cultivate ways to support a healthy, integrated relationship with visions, dreams, voices, inspired speech, and the quiet sensing of the body—our soma as an antenna in dialogue with the living world.
Learn about the history, science, and diverse cultural expressions of intuitive perception.
Build tangible practices to reconnect with intuition as an ancestral way of knowing.
Restore boundaries, build clarity and resilience, and forge a path to right-relationship with yourself, the land, and the unseen.
Explore decolonial ethics that honor diverse ways of knowing and help to address the harm of cultural erasure.
Course Overview
We know the term déjà vu as the uncanny feeling that a present moment or situation has been experienced (or déjà rêvé, “already dreamed”) before. While often explained as a neurological glitch, many interpret déjà vu as a fleeting intuitive recognition, an overlap between different layers of time or perception.
In Andean traditions, the word Munay conveys a heart-centered intuitive power, often linked to love and will as a unified force for action and perception. Shen, in Daoist tradition, is the subtle spirit or consciousness of a person, linked to intuitive perception and vitality. In Welsh bardic tradition, the flowing inspiration or insight that comes from attunement to the unseen is referred to as Awen. In English, we might reach for imperfect words like telepathy or mediumship to refer to diverse ways of knowing because so much has been lost due through centuries of colonialist erasure and Earth disconnection.
But good news: there is a path back. Many paths really.
In these six lessons, we’ll explore intuition as a natural human ability celebrated across diverse cultures and contexts. This includes the felt sense that tells us when something isn’t right, the clarity that comes from a “gut check,” and the quiet ways we simply know what we need to know.
Reclaiming intuition means returning to an ancestral way of knowing yourself and the world. This course supports both those seeking to reconnect with their intuitive capacity and those wishing to strengthen or establish healthy boundaries—especially where porousness has led to an overwhelming flood of intuitive information or unwelcome energies.
At its core, intuition is rooted in the body—it’s not just a mental skill. It’s an experience that is often somatic and subliminal. We are the stuff of stars and cool Earth. Our bodies have been shaped by ancient forces. We’re sensitive to a vast range of information in ways that are both practical and mysterious, and the guidance we need is often all around us, we just need to (re)learn to listen.
6 live teaching calls with Amber McZeal and Trece Spalten
Small breakout sessions with trained ritualists
18+ carefully curated resources to accompany lessons
Unlimited access to recordings and course materials
Access to a dedicated community discussion space
Course Curriculum
Lesson One: What is Intuition and How Did We "Lose" It?
- Consider the meaning of intuition in light of natural, ancestral ways of knowing
- Learn how coloniality and other conditioning can numb/distort intuitive capacity
- Practice accessible, embodied methods to reconnect with intuition
- Explore the role of fear and socialization in diminishing our intuitive awareness
Lesson Two: Interpretation and How Our Stories Shape Perception
- Discuss how personal and cultural stories influence what we sense intuitively
- Learn to shift from labeling to accurately describing sensory and intuitive data
- Expand awareness of how coloniality and trauma shape perception and interpretation
- Practice the “unnaming” exercise to focus on raw experience rather than assumptions
Lesson Three: Intuition Across Cultures | Animism, Dreaming, & Relatedness
- Learn ways that diverse cultures honor intuition through different types of practices
- Welcome older and alternative frameworks of knowledge rooted in relationality
- Explore animist approaches to intuition, meaning-making, and the symbolic world
- Practice embodied ways of knowing through relationship rather than dominance
Lesson Four: Boundaries and Psychic Hygiene | Part 1
- Learn about grounding in the body as a foundation for healthy boundaries
- Consider common challenges like merging or spontaneous spirit contact
- Practice physical and energetic tools to support clear, healthy boundaries
- Explore how cultural dismissal and denial leads to confusion and porousness
Lesson Five: Boundaries and Psychic Hygiene | Part 2
- Explore what it feels like for you to be steady, clear, and centered
- Consider the body as antennae for sensory dialogue between Self and the environment
- Expand your capacity to sense when your energy is your own vs entangled
- Practice centering techniques to support increased clarity and resilience
Lesson Six: Reclaiming Intuition and Moving Forward
- Learn how coloniality and scientific rationalism can undermine intuitive knowing
- Explore the nature of consciousness, using intuition as a valid method of inquiry
- Discuss how to contribute to shifting the cultural narrative and restoring respect
- Identify your own path for integrating and honoring intuitive wisdom in daily life
Register for Reclaiming Intuition
3 and 6 month payment plans available at checkout at 0% interest.
Early Registration | 20% Off
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Sale price available until August 6 or while spaces last
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This rate applies if you’re relatively less economically advantaged in the ways listed under “standard rate” or that cost is simply out of reach for you financially.
Course Schedule
SIX TEACHING CALLS WITH Amber and Trece
- Six Mondays | Oct 27, Nov 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec 1.
- 4pm Vancouver | 7pm New York | 11am Sydney (Tuesdays)
Los Angeles and New York shift back one hour on Nov 1 for the end of daylight saving time. For those regions, our call time is consistent—4pm Vancouver / 7pm New York. However, in Sydney, the first call will be at 10am local time, and all following calls will be at 11am.
CLASS STRUCTURE
Each live session (1hr 45min total) will include 75 min of teaching, guided practice, and live Q&A with the instructors. 30 minutes in small breakout sessions will follow, and these sessions will be anchored by trained ritualists in the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network.
All calls will be recorded and available in your course dashboard indefinitely. Look for recordings in 24-48 hours after the live call.
About the Instructors
Amber McZeal
Writer, vocalist, & sacred scholar Amber McZeal utilizes sound therapy and guided somatic imagery to engage the knowledge of the body within an interactive and liberatory arts practice. Amber weaves somatic praxis with social justice and spirituality, in an approach that centers the psyche as foundational in movements to end oppression and create more humane social & cultural relationships. She holds an M.A. in Somatic Depth psychology and a Ph.D. in Depth psychology with a specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecological psychologies. Her ancestors are from Louisiana, with roots in Haiti, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Benin, France, Spain, and Indigenous North America. Amber lives on the Indigenous lands of the Ohlone people in Oakland, CA.
Trece Spalten
Intuitive teacher, healer, speaker, and spiritual advisor, Trece has been reconnecting people with their inner compass and sources of healing for over 20 years. His background in psychology (BA), Montessori education, bodywork (LMT), and extensive psychic training has deeply honed his skills of listening, guidance, and insight. Bridging spiritual insight with practical guidance, and magic with the everyday, Trece is passionate about helping people open the door to intuition for a rich and meaningful life. Descendant of the Finns, Germans, Norse and the people of the British Isles, Trece has a rich heritage of spiritual and practical wisdom that he has come to cherish as a profound source of healing, guidance, and reconnection with the living Earth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Main Teaching Calls | 90 min | Mondays
4pm Vancouver | 7pm New York | 11am Sydney (Tuesdays)
*see exceptions below
Call 1: Oct 27 – this call will be at 10am for Sydney
Call 2: Nov 3 – this and following calls will be at 11am for folks in Sydney
Call 3: Nov 10
Call 4: Nov 17
Call 5: Nov 24
Call 6: Dec 1
Vancouver and New York shift back one hour on November 1 due to the end of daylight saving time. For those cities, our call time remains consistent—4pm Vancouver / 7pm New York. However, in Sydney, the first call will be at 10am local time, and all following calls will be at 11am.
The timing of the main calls favor participants in Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Thanks to our international community of learners for your understanding around the challenges of time-zone inclusivity. All who register get lifetime access to recordings, and you’re welcome to send in questions for our teaching team to answer during live calls or in written form.
To the very best of our ability, yes. All Ancestral Medicine offerings seek to embody an anti-racist, feminist, LGBTQ-celebrating, decolonizing, and Earth-honoring ethic. They are also class-aware and internationally conscious. We offer a heartfelt, non-dogmatic approach that seeks to honor each participant’s unique life experiences and ancestral storylines. Resources included with each lesson favor ancestrally and geographically diverse voices.
All live teaching calls will be recorded and made available 24-48 hours later in the course portal to watch and listen to at your leisure, with indefinite access.
All of our lesson videos have auto-generated English subtitles, as well as downloadable audio-only versions of the lessons. If you have needs not met here, please feel free to reach out to us with suggestions at info@ancestralmedicine.org.
Should you wish to withdraw from an online course for any reason, please contact us at info@ancestralmedicine.org to request a full refund within the refund window of that specific course. For this 6-week course, you can request a refund before the second call begins.
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