Be the Medicine

Reiki 1 Energy Medicine Training - Heal You and Others Too
2025-09-17 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | NJ
Learn this hands-on practice for Healers and everyone, Ready to Heal Themselves and others. Be ready to begin this beautiful journey. I am always honored to awaken this healing gift in each student. It is love, beauty, and awe to experience this beautiful class and energy.
Energy medicine is a natural ability we all have. In this course, you will receive an initiation into healing energy and learn how to use it to energize you, other people, pets, and food.
Enjoy practical teachings on personal healing and energy work, in addition to Reiki attunements, meditations, and practice. Everyone receives an entire healing session: Usui Reiki 1 Certificate, Reiki 1 book, and class recordings are included.
Learn and be confident in your ability to heal, awaken, and grow spiritually, working with spiritual guidance, clearing, and protecting yourself from taking on energy from others or the environment.

BENEFITS OF REIKI.
Reiki empowers your healing abilities. It can speed up healing, relieve pain, aid sleep, reduce stress, improve circulation, aid digestion, increase energy and stamina, balance the body, clear negativity, heighten psychic abilities, aid connection to your higher power, and much more! Healing can occur on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
“I found Janet to be a wonderful teacher; she is inspiring, talented, and sincere. I have benefited greatly from her teaching and healing. She has made me realize the power of my abilities to heal”.
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT AND BEGINNINGS.
You will learn how to help heal yourself and others. You are also trained to begin working with clients if you choose to work professionally. Reiki is a perfect professional enhancement for massage therapists, medical, dental, and veterinary practitioners, ministers, psychologists, and all who reach out to help people and animals heal. So please come ready to learn and enjoy!
DETAILS OF CLASS.
You receive attunements to the Reiki 1 Universal energy, which awakens healing in you and the ability to channel to others. We learn the basics of scanning, working with chakras, and various levels of ourselves and recovery. We experience meditations and connections to healing guides. We know hand positions, intuitive healing, and more, along with the Reiki creed.
THE EXPERIENCE.
Reiki is a hands-on method of bodywork. Hands are placed on or above the body according to your comfort. Each student has the opportunity to receive healing and give it as we practice together in every class. You leave feeling relaxed, refreshed, and energized.
EXTRAS.
“After working with Janet as a student and now apprentice, I have been amazed at how simply and easily Janet works with people. She teaches us how healing is normal and that we can learn to see, feel, and know all we need to help ourselves and others.”
Janet’s extensive years of experience and teaching offer a powerful opportunity to optimize healing with added instructions to enhance your ability to apply this in everyday life, achieve excellent results, understand, and give and receive deep healing and relaxation. You also learn how to work with energy in your daily life.
An excellent class for Yoga teachers, Psychologists, Doctors, Nutritionists, Healers, Parents, Coaches, Caregivers, self-healing of diagnosis, healing, helping others, and everyone.
Janet StraightArrow
REIKI MASTER HEALER-TEACHER.
Janet StraightArrow has taught Reiki for 29 years.
“Janet’s expertise offers us a lifetime of wisdom and understanding, which allows us to feel safe and confident to use this energy with ourselves, in our lives, and with others.”
Janet began teaching healing in 1982 and has been an energy healer for 31 years. Teaching Reiki since 1996. Janet has been involved in healing studies in many modalities for over 58 years. Her experience working with thousands of people brings a lifetime of healing, wisdom, and information to help you heal and feel comfortable in your process.
Tuition for $ 425. Two Days, along with a recording of the class, the Reiki 1 book, and a follow-up.
Send payment ASAP to reserve your spot and receive your book and forms to prepare.
DEPOSIT $200, or full payment now, or by October 27.
Call me with any questions. Blessings, Janet 973-647-2500
A phone call is good for us to meet and for you to ask any questions.
TO SIGN UP, please email me your name and phone number, and pay by any of the methods below.
Venmo @janet-straightarrow 2500 (Janetstraightarrow@gmail.com)
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Credit Cards: Venmo, or www.PayPal.me/janetstraightarrow
Checks – email Janet@bethemedicine.com for details.
CE Credits available for various professions,
See more about Reiki, our Reiki Training, Testimonials, and Janet on THIS WEBSITE

Professional Shamanic Healers Training
2025-10-26 10:00 - 17:00 | NJ
Ongoing Training

Take The Monkey Out of Your Mind - Achieve A Quiet, Clear, and Peaceful Body and Mind
2026-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Mind Body Therapy Collective, 70 Park Ave, Suite 206, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
Is Your Mind in Overdrive?
Ongoing Internal Dialogue can keep us out of ourselves, making it difficult to function and be present.
Learn A New Way of Seeing the World, You, Thoughts, Emotions, Energy, and How to… Achieve A Quiet, Clear, and Peaceful Body and Mind in minutes each day. Whenever you are overwhelmed, sad, worried, anxious, in fear, or just feeling “off”.

QUIET THE NOISE AND HEAR YOURSELF THINK? The Zen Buddhists call this distracting internal dialogue Monkey Mind. Jumping here and there, distracting us mentally and emotionally. Enjoy this simple practice for quiet and clarity. This two-hour class will change your perspective and release the power of the Monkey Mind. Held May 16 at Mind Body Therapy Collective in Montclair, NJ, and on Zoom May 19.
A New Way to Accomplish a Quiet Mind and More. A Powerful Practice that Blends Shamanic Energy, Zen Buddhism, and Universal Teachings, Practices, and Tools. Be pleasantly surprised and better valued when you read the testimonials sprinkled throughout this description of this life-changing work.
Join us in this profound workshop to begin a new way of looking at energy, mind, emotions, trauma, and spirit. Janet’s direct and gentle way of bringing you into a deep, loving, peaceful space will leave you relaxed and hopeful for a simpler way to live and work.
Designed for Professionals and all who appreciate high-level solutions for a clear mind, including therapists, coaches, and holistic healers. Participants will leave with new perspectives and immediate techniques to quiet the mind, listen to innate wisdom, and unlayer the causes of emotional stress and find peace.
Experience higher knowledge in simplicity that allows us to clear our busy minds. Discover what actually creates the thoughts, emotions, pain, and stressful energy that keep our minds going and take us out of our best self, body, mind, and heart.

–“It’s so easy for our brains to confuse anxiety, excitement and even low blood sugar. The monkey mind teachings and exercise cuts through all of that and helps bring me back to my centered place. I even use it with my patients to help them when their brains get chaotic. Such a simple, but highly effective tool!” -Emily R., Trauma Therapist and Shamanic Apprentice
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

Advanced-level teachings on energy and us.
You leave with a powerful set of simple yet powerful practices that change your life.
You look at life, ego, spirit, emotions, and mind in ways that help you live free, be present, and be happy.
You can move into a deep, clear space inside of you in a few moments, wherever you are.
No need to wait, you can clear your mind and energy immediately, find your center, and be present anywhere and anytime.
You also unlayer the years of energy, trauma, fear, and limiting beliefs that keep you stuck and break up the monkey mind when practiced over time.
A practice of reclaiming your energy and truth is also taught to bring you full circle.
Your ability for personal and spiritual growth is magnified as you live in clarity with no doubt.
Additional materials and recordings included.
A 20-minute follow-up call is included to integrate the class.
HEALERS AND THERAPISTS AND ALL WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE RAISE YOUR PERCEPTION, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND ABILITY TO MAINTAIN YOUR ENERGY, AND STAY CLEAR.

Imagine being content and clear-minded in a quiet, peaceful mind. Your life has so many possibilities to explore from this clear space. Your wisdom and center are fully accessible. Life Works. It only gets better from here.
This unique session focuses on universal wisdom and practical tools for healing trauma, being present, and releasing the interfering energies that cause anxiety, fear, and other negative emotions. You learn the deeper causes of our emotions, thoughts, and actions.
With these original practices, you learn to realign your attention and thoughts and release anything that is holding you back in the moment, leading to long-term healing. Learn how to take control of your mind and your life by being more aware, awake, and present in ways you always wanted.
“This work was a learning about perception – moving out of my head and into pure experience. The tools of the art of perception were shared with clarity and power by Janet, and I was able to use them immediately to access life. Janet is truly a gifted teacher.” Amanda, PhD, Psychotherapist.

FROM HERE: MEDITATION, SHAMANIC JOURNEYING, SPIRITUAL HEALING, COACHING, EVERYDAY LIVING, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY ARE SIMPLER AND EASIER.
“I have been working with the monkey mind practice on a daily basis for over a year, and what a difference! Everything is clearer. It not only clears the mind but calms the nervous system and relaxes the body. Focusing throughout the day and being in my natural rhythm is easier than ever!” – Tara Beth Villani, Shamanic Astrologer and Intuitive Guide, and Healer

Janet StraightArrow is a Heyoka Shaman, Master Healer, Teacher, and Sage who has over four decades of teaching and healing experience. She has helped individuals transform their lives through these specific practices, enabling them to gain control and access long-term peace and joy. She focuses on Universal truths and how each one guides us to healing and being our true divine selves in human form.
PS Monkey Mind is a Zen Buddhist term referring to our internal dialogue.
REGISTRATION e
Email Janet to register. Pay Below.
Investment $155. Payment options below to secure your place.
Members of The Mind Body Therapy Collective $140.
Zelle 973-647-2500 Janet StraightArrow
Venmo @janet-straightarrow 973-647-2500
www.PayPal.me/JanetStraightArrow
Checks, reach out to Janet at 973-647-2500 or Janet@Bethemedicine.com
Please reach out to Janet with any questions.
Also available on Zoom on May 19 evening, linked here.
“One of the things in life where you don’t realize how much you need something until it presents itself. It is an amazing tool to help you break the habit of the automatic responses to life that are not the best for your well-being. The concept of the mind running on automatic pilot, where you are not the pilot, is so life-changing to get in touch with your true self and escape from the restraints that have been absorbed into our psyche throughout our life experiences.” Brett
“With all I have practiced and studied, I found Janet StraightArrow’s work to be profound and moves me deeply. Everything is logical and immediately usable in every area of my life. Each person in the class is from a different spiritual healing path, and yet we were all on this path together. It is refreshing to have such a grounded spiritual teacher to take me on this new level of my journey.” Claudia, Yoga Teacher
“I first learned Monkey Mind Breath and Teachings from Janet in 2008 when I was pregnant and carrying tremendous anxiety after a stillbirth. I didn’t want that fear energy to transfer to my baby. This simple practice has become my anchor. Eighteen years later, I still return to this breath. Through my parents’ deaths, through grief waves, through any moment when I need to shift what I’m carrying. What I love most is how specific it is – you can work with exactly what’s present and call in exactly what you need. After every session, I feel spacious, grounded, and ready. It’s not just calming – it’s clarifying. Janet taught me a practice that has become part of my nervous system’s toolkit for life.” LOVE. Jocelyn b., Art Therapist and Healer.
“The Take the Monkey out of Your Mind teachings and practices came together after years of studies in many traditions. After extensive Shamanic studies, I fully understood what causes our continual thoughts and emotions, how to clear them, and how to remove the cause and hear our true self think and know. From this place, peace and magic happen. We immediately move into our higher mind, intuition, and inner knowledge. I have been teaching this for over 20 years with great results.” Janet StraightArrow
No More Monkey-Clear Loving Smiles.

Take the Monkey Out of Your Mind - Be Quiet Clear Centered Wise - Zoom Class.
2026-05-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Be The Medicine, Chester, NJ, 07930, United States
TRANSFORM POWERFUL LIFE-ENHANCING MEDITATIVE
Zoom Class for Ease of Attendance

“This class brought me to a place of being more centered with myself. The personal insights gained from practicing newly learned awareness and breathwork techniques were a magnificent gift to myself, assisting me on my healing journey. These techniques are easy to learn and invaluable to all! ”

“Shamanic, Zen, Yogic Teachings and Tools to Be Peaceful and Present, Heal Trauma, and Be The Medicine.
Psychology and Spiritual Researchers say that up to 80% of our awareness and energy is used and sidetracked by the internal dialogue that keeps us busy and away from our highest mind.
Imagine being content and clear-minded in a quiet, peaceful mind. Your life has so many possibilities to explore from this clear space. Your wisdom and center are fully accessible. Life Works. It only gets better from here.
This unique session focuses on universal wisdom and practical tools for healing trauma, being present, and releasing the interfering energies that cause anxiety, fear, and other negative emotions. You learn the deeper causes of our emotions, thoughts, and actions.
With these original practices, you learn to realign your attention and thoughts and release anything that is holding you back in the moment, leading to long-term healing. Learn how to take control of your mind and your life by being more aware, awake, and present in ways you always wanted.
WHO WILL APPRECIATE THIS PROFOUND TOOL AND TEACHINGS
This class is designed for anyone seeking high-level solutions for a clear mind, including therapists, coaches, and holistic healers. Participants will leave with new perspectives and immediate techniques to quiet the mind, listen to innate wisdom, and unlayer the causes of emotional stress and find peace.
FROM HERE: MEDITATION, SHAMANIC JOURNEYING, SPIRITUAL HEALING, COACHING, EVERYDAY LIVING, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY ARE SIMPLER AND EASIER.
Janet developed these teachings and practices from 60 years of study. This is a new foundation for empowered and peaceful living. This practice and teaching align your life to understand and find peace, healing your past, and empowering your present.

You leave with a powerful set of simple yet powerful practices that change your life.
You look at life, ego, spirit, emotions, and mind in ways that help you live free, be present, and be happy.
You can move into a deep, clear space inside of you in a few moments, wherever you are.
No need to wait, you can clear your mind and energy immediately, find your center, and be present anywhere and anytime.
You also unlayer the years of energy, trauma, fear, and limiting beliefs that keep you stuck and break up the monkey mind when practiced over time.
A practice of reclaiming your energy and truth is also taught to bring you full circle.
Your ability for personal and spiritual growth is magnified as you live in clarity with no doubt.
Additional materials and recordings included.
A 20-minute follow-up call is included to integrate the class.

Janet StraightArrow is a Heyoka Shaman, Healer, and Sage who has over four decades of teaching and healing experience. She has helped individuals transform their lives through these specific practices, enabling them to gain control and access long-term peace and joy. She focuses on Universal truths and how each one guides us to healing and being our true divine selves in human form.
Janet teaches advanced ways about perception – moving out of my head and into pure experience. The tools of the art of perception were shared with clarity and power by Janet, and I was able to use them immediately to access life lessons.” Amanda, PhD Psychologist
REGISTRATION email Janet#Bethemedicine.com or call 973-647-2500
Tuition $155. Includes a 20-minute personal follow-up call.
Payment options below to secure your place.
Zelle 973-647-2500 Janet StraightArrow
Venmo @janet-straightarrow 973-647-2500
www.PayPal.me/JanetStraightArrow
Checks, reach out to Janet at 973-647-2500 or Janet@Bethemedicine.com
Please reach out to Janet with any questions.
“With all I have practiced and studied, I found Janet StraightArrow’s work to be profound and moves me deeply. Everything is logical and immediately usable in every area of my life. Each person in the class is from a different spiritual healing path, and yet we were all on this path together. It is refreshing to have such a grounded spiritual teacher to take me on this new level of my journey.” Claudia, Yoga Teacher

Imagine a life where you can be present, loving, and kind to yourself and all. You access your inner wisdom and live life on a higher plane. Blessings, Janet
Please reach out with any questions or for more information.

Soul Shamanism Retreat - A Weekend with Your Soul - Catskill Mountains
2026-08-28 14:00 - 2026-08-30 14:00 | Art Farm, Fawn lane Accord NY, NY, United States
“I accept the great adventure of being me,” Simone de Beauvoir.

A SACRED INVITATION
This is a profound opportunity for spiritual growth, awareness, and connection beyond anything you might have experienced. Universal wisdom allows students from all traditions to relate to, experience, learn from, transcend, and deeply integrate it into their lives today.
3 Days 2 Nights, Follow-up Zoom Class for integration and completion.
I Love teaching on retreat as everyone has space to relax, receive, enjoy, and process.
Tuition $625. Lodging $130. = $755. by 8/18. For the price of several hours with Janet, you have an entire weekend.
Deposit $250 holds your place. Class size limited to 12 participants.
Join us on this journey to you. Imagine learning a direct process to know exactly who you are and why you are here now. Experience yourself on the most grounded human and spiritual levels to begin to know and live your authentic Self.
We learn to heal and trust ourselves on all levels as one divine human.
In this Ancient Siberian practice, advanced-level awareness, practice, healing, clearing, and manifesting occur as we release all that interferes.
Janet guides us with refined spiritual practices that help us move into this higher experience. We dive into our Spirit Lake, a territory that reflects our body and life in direct ways, informing us about what is occurring in our life, health, energy field, relationships, purpose, and more.
In this divine dimension, we feel at home. Next, we meet our Soul, called the Spirit Twin. Immediately, we feel connected, supported, and loved, and we begin to join body and Soul.
As we learn to navigate this territory and ourselves, and learn how it works, we align with universal laws and release ego limits. With continuous practice, we continue to grow and find that our daily life transcends our trained limitations, allowing us to live our authentic selves.
Our Soul twin is our divine Self, who loves us unconditionally, knows our personality, agreements, contracts, and lessons, and offers us wisdom in everyday life. In this practice, we begin to learn to walk our human and spiritual path with direct experience and understanding.
From this day forward, you will never feel alone. You will be empowered by the depth of who you are and all the spiritual connections and tools you’ve gained from this accelerated experiential class.Teaching seekers from children to elders has been exciting to experience and witness the deep personal connections and growth as they come home to themselves in myriad ways. You learn to trust your innate knowing, intuition, and Soul’s wisdom rather than struggle.
Who Is This For?
This Soul Shamanism Training has been developed for healers, teachers, therapists, coaches, yogis, and all seekers. Long-time Shamanic practitioners discover how this advanced spiritual practice empowers more direct healing and knowledge.
Offering this training in a retreat setting allows participants to integrate and relax away from daily responsibilities. This nurturing spiritual container of the Himalayan Institute supports our journeys.
This comprehensive training includes:
• All-new levels of teaching and experiences to deepen your journey.
• A Soul Shamanism Divine Playbook to support your practice.
• A recording of teachings with two practices to begin.
• Lecture, discussion, shamanic journeys, and other practices.
• Extended Hours post-retreat. Follow-up sessions on Zoom, allowing for full integration of this profound practice (Entire class sets dates for evening classes.
• Recordings of the class journeys and new practices to work with independently.
After completion, you can join an ongoing group of practitioners on Zoom for growth, learning, and practice to continue your education and journey. There will also be further classes to experience more levels of the practice.
Practical Details
Tuition: $625. Lodging. $130. Deposit $250. Balance Due by August 18. Limited to 12 participants. Join after August 18, if there is space.
Total cost: Tuition and housing $755. Sleeping in private spaces on three floors.
Preparation Suggestion: A meditation practice — any style — is supportive.
Listen and practice the recorded class and preparation materials Janet sends you when you sign up.
Suggested, not required. Read the book “Entering the Circle” by Olga Kharitidi, MD, a psychiatrist and shaman, which references information about this practice and its lineage.
Illusions by Richard Bach is a great read. Fun story full of related wisdom.
Registration for this course is at the bottom of this page.
For a free introductory consult with Janet:
call 973 647 2500 or email Janet@BeTheMedicine.com
ART FARM RETREAT SPACE

We enjoy walks in the woods, bonfires at night, a star-filled sky, an outdoor soaking tub, visiting horses, and a nature-spirit-filled property. Janet also leads us through advanced Shamanic practices.
OUR RETREAT SPACE:
Art Farm is a farm converted to a retreat space in the Hudson Valley in the Catskill Mountains, west of New Paltz, off the NY Thruway and Route 209. Janet rents the cabins and acres of property for privacy. We have a main cabin and smaller cabins, each equipped with linens for sleeping and working together. A pine forest campground has a flush toilet and an outdoor stone-lined hot shower for tent campers. We provide our food and have an ample, fully equipped kitchen, along with indoor and outdoor seating options. It is suggested that we prepare something simple to make the most of our time.
THE WEEKEND:
We gather Friday afternoon, settle in, and enjoy a communal dinner. Friday night’s welcome ceremony marks the start of the weekend. We meet in learning and journeying sessions throughout the weekend, with space in between to integrate the energy and information we experience directly. We leave on Sunday, before or after lunch, as you decide. Our last session ends before noon. A follow-up evening of practice, integration, more learning, and healing will be held on Zoom on a night we all agree on.
A lovely community of people is always a delight to relax and be ourselves in this natural space. Dress comfortably with layers. Past students love this place for its homey feel.
Testimonials. Healing professionals and advanced seekers.

“This weekend workshop with Janet StraightArrow is a weekend with your Soul. With humor, wisdom, honesty, and compassion, she guides you back to your true Self. It is an amazing experience that must be felt! And I can tell you, you will never be the same. You will be transformed on a deep level; you will open to your gifts, your strengths, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery. This powerful first workshop with Janet blew me away. Be prepared to laugh, because being with Janet is like being with a wise, trusted friend. Be prepared to see things in a new way; her techniques are magically transforming and healing. I had a blast! PS. Janet teaches you in a way you don’t realize you’re being taught – the information amazingly flows into you. It is awesome!” Mary Nag. Reiki Master Healer-Teacher
“Working with the Spirit Lake and Spirit twin is a beautiful complement to all the healing work I do. It allows me to delve deeper into other work and experience healing that is both immediate and enduring. Janet teaches in a way that is sacred and safe, with wisdom and discernment that creates profound, lasting results.”
“The weekend was a learning about perception – moving out of my head and into pure experience. The tools of the art of perception were shared with clarity and power by Janet, and I was able to use them immediately to access life lessons during my Shamanic Journeys. Janet is truly a gifted teacher.”
“This class brought me to a place of being more centered with myself. The personal insights gained from practicing newly learned journeying and breathwork techniques were a magnificent gift to myself, assisting me on my healing journey. These techniques are easy to learn and invaluable to all!”
“My weekend with Janet was all about opening my mind, heart, and Soul. She created the space with her gentleness, insight, and warmth, allowing this opening to unfold naturally. I appreciate how she can cull wisdom from ancient practices and apply it to each student’s experience. A powerful workshop.”
“This workshop was a bringing together of me, a way to access me and be with me. A very safe space to speak my truth without judgment, shame, punishment, or shove. It solidified for me what the next step on my journey will be and provided a path toward it. Not only will this work support me on my journey, but it will also impact all the Patients and clients I work with.”
From Janet, “I have been honored to be a midwife to thousands of people in this practice. When I introduced my 80-year-old mother to this practice, she was in bliss and said,” I feel at home for the first time.” Everyone has a Spirit Lake and twin. From here, our journey is limitless.”
THE REAL DEAL “I have been working with Janet StraightArrow’s Soul Shamanism program for the past 5 years. Up until that point, I had accrued many accomplishments in the Healing Arts: three Master Reiki certificates, four courses of study with big-name Shamans, Theta healing, hypnotherapy, and many others. There is absolutely nothing out there at the level of what Janet is teaching! She has brought me forward in my life and healing practice in an expanded, beautiful way and upleveled me after many years of healing modalities that only brought me so far. Today, my life flows as I live in alignment with my authentic self, with the pain and traumas of the past transmuted and no longer playing out in my life. Janet is the real deal. Honest, with kindness and integrity. She is a powerhouse healer while still being compassionate and accessible, and very much in touch with her own humanity and story. This allows for vulnerability with safety and Love, which equals deep Healing on all levels. I am well beyond grateful and highly recommend her programs.” Kim M. Roche, Astrologer, Reiki Master, Shamanic Professional
JANET STRAIGHTARROW LINEAGE
“Janet’s teachings disintegrate the old neural pathways and create new ones to break out of old patterns that have been the default way of operating and living for generations and lifetimes. Her work lays the foundation for a new road for humanity’s future by merging ancient traditions with higher wisdom. Allowing the Soul and ego to work in harmony and unveiling the truth of being.” Tara Villani, Astrologer, Energy Healer, Shamanic Practitioner.
REGISTRATION

Upon registration, Janet sends you a 75-minute recording with teachings and practice to prepare you for the weekend. This is a deep-level experience that you can grow with for the rest of your life.
You will also need to complete a student form.
Call Janet before signing up, 973-647-2500, or email
Sign up early and secure your spot with a $250 deposit. Tuition: $625. Lodging $130. Final payment by August 18. Class size limited to 12. Join us if there is space in the class after August 18.
Tuition includes the entire weekend course.
A private in-person or Zoom session with Janet is recommended, but not required, to help prepare for the weekend.
Zelle 973-647-2500 Janet StraightArrow
Venmo @janet-straightarrow 973-647-2500
www.PayPal.me/JanetStraightArrow
Checks, reach out to Janet at 973-647-2500 or Janet@Bethemedicine.com
Please reach out to Janet with any questions.
YOUR GUIDE, AND THE JOURNEY TO SOUL SHAMANISM
“To have a true teacher who can communicate to everyone from different backgrounds the ‘truth’ of ‘love’, loving ourselves and loving each other, is a rare and miraculous gift. She knows when you have a question and need to express yourself, even if you’re afraid to. Janet kindly helps you reframe your words about yourself, your feelings, and others to better align with love and truth. What a genuinely amazing experience and teacher.” Claudia Barish Teicher, Yoga Teacher

Janet StraightArrow is a Master Shaman, Healer-Teacher, Sage, Yogi, and Astrologer.
As a Shaman, Janet holds a big energy of love and delight. She is honored and grateful to support the journeys of each person who is called to work with her. Six decades of focus and study on spirituality and healing have led her to experience and explore traditions and unexpected places worldwide, offering people an exciting journey.
Janet’s lifelong search has been to study and live the wisdom of the sages. She was born with the gift of discernment and the knowledge of Ancient Knowledge. Seeing the truth and illusions of what was happening in the world made it difficult for a child to understand.
In 1967, at the age of fifteen, she was given a dire diagnosis, without any hope. After recovering from shock, she remembered the divine truth inspired by Jesus’s example and teachings. She knew we could heal ourselves and decided to learn how to do so, becoming happy and healthy into old age.
Her life’s mission, Be The Medicine, was born. She has been inspired to develop a universal path to help others become their own medicine. Now, at the age of seventy-three, Janet has reached the first stage of her goal. The next phase of the journey may be the best, as she brings the journey’s fullness into the world.
Janet’s life has been a progressive journey of study, practice, and living through each stage; new questions have always led to answers. There was always another book, teacher, master, or practice to glean more clarity and wisdom. Janet relates to the spiritual healing and becoming journey as an adventure. Each step opened more truth and light to embrace. Her entire life has been extremely challenging, marked by resilience and accompanied by enormous gifts.
Janet’s focus has always been Universal; many paths became one as she honored and integrated all the foundational wisdoms of many traditions. Her studies with 150 teachers worldwide and her reading of thousands of books gave her information, tools, and many perspectives to learn from.
In 1981, Janet opened her first healing business, The Whole Foods Cooking School. She taught women how to heal and nourish their families with whole foods nutrition. She also taught tasty ways to prepare healthy meals with pure ingredients.
That same year, Janet began her yoga and meditation studies with the Himalayan Institute. She has always honored this lineage and is happy to bring her work to the Institute.
SHAMANIC CALLING

In 1992, Janet StraightArrow found her Shamanic calling after twenty-five years seeking complete healing of body, mind, and spirit. No one was more surprised than herself, a white woman from New Jersey, to accept and understand her true Self as a Shaman.
Her gifts and past-life memories have been continuously awakened since that moment of discovery. Janet experienced many spiritual initiations and energy risings as she continued her deep work with Shamans, Masters, Gurus, and Renowned Teachers.
In 1995, Janet began practicing and teaching healing and Shamanism, Reiki, and other spiritual healing modalities, and has offered continuous individual and group healing, coaching, and teaching in seven states, NYC, and on Zoom. Teaching has been a huge learning experience, too. She has mentored ongoing groups of students since 1999.
Soul Shamanism was born in 2003, when she was introduced to a Siberian Shamanic lineage. She was guided to grow this path into its wholeness, bridging refined levels of universal wisdom and healing mastery, along with embodied teachings and accelerated practices.
Teaching Soul Shamanism for 23 years has allowed the fullness, ongoing potential, and profound results to manifest into grounded spiritual experiences in how to live our innate power and truth. Continuous journeys into higher dimensions of healing and wisdom, from the sixth to the thirteenth, have been extraordinary.
Janet has several books in progress, and more workshops, training sessions, and online offerings are being scheduled. Yearly Vision Quest Ceremonies and other unique, transformative ceremonies and retreats help people deepen their personal journey and live their true selves.
More information about Janet, Be The Medicine, and Soul Shamanism is available on her website. www.BetheMedicine.com.
“A retreat with Janet is coming home. Janet’s teachings emerge from a place of unconditional love. You come away with you and your life forever changed. Making a choice to work with Janet is giving yourself the most beautiful gift in the world.” Beth Mund, Master Healer, Medium, Channel, Author, was mentored by Janet for several years.
REGISTRATION

Upon registration, Janet sends you a 75-minute recording with teachings and practice to prepare you for the weekend. This is a deep-level experience that you can grow with for the rest of your life.
You will also need to complete a student form.
Call Janet for a consult before signing up, 973-647-2500, or email
Sign up early and secure your spot with a $250 deposit. Tuition: $625. Lodging $130. Final payment in full by August 18. Class size limited to 12. Join us if there is space in the class after August 18.
Tuition includes the entire weekend course.
Total cost $755, tuition and housing.
A private in-person or Zoom session with Janet is recommended, but not required, to help prepare for the weekend.
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Soul Shamanism - New Advanced Levels - Deepening the Journey - Catskill Retreat
2026-10-23 14:00 - 2026-10-25 14:00 | Art Farm, Fawn lane Accord NY, NY, United States
Enter a Deep Space of Higher Potentials & Possibilities.
Journey with higher-level guides and dimensions.
Learn to access deeper Healing and wisdom.
SOUL SHAMANS-ARE YOU READY FOR A MORE PROFOUND ADVENTURE TO YOU?
“After 23 years of practice and teaching this work, I found so much more depth and breadth to explore, heal, and know how to be us as ascended beings in this world..I look forward to working with whoever is called to join us. Where we go, and what we learn, is always an adventure.” Janet StraightArrow
3 Days 2 Nights, Follow-up Zoom Class for Integration and Completion. I Love teaching on retreat as everyone has space to relax, receive, enjoy, and process.
Now that you have been practicing the first and more levels of connecting to your soul and inner space in the sixth dimension, we move into more experiences, higher dimensions, guides, and learning. Joy meets us as we experience so much more to learn and ascend with.
In this class, you will join more fully with your timeless Self-Soul and gain a clearer understanding of your life and soul purpose. We explore new dimensions of ourselves in higher realms and discover our true nature as divine humans, with solutions always available. Health, happiness, truth, beauty, light, Love, goodness, oneness, and peace are always within us, guiding us to live them today.
“I find that people who begin this journey can use and appreciate deeper teachings and ways to use this practice. I will advance all students and initiate them into higher dimensions as they learn to journey, heal, and be who they are on subtle and real levels. I will take the group and each participant to the next level in themselves.” Janet StraightArrow
Janet brings forth more profound teachings as you move more strongly into communion with you. Learning to move through any blocks into wholeness, health, happiness, truth, beauty, and light allows your entire life to transform into its perfect alignment.
Learn to know and heal yourself in simple, profound ways. Exploring deeper regions of the Lake and Twin, and ways to develop a daily practice, unfold. Working together helps us gain a better understanding of ourselves and others.
StraightArrow teaches you how to awaken your gifts and expand your perception in all areas of your life. Establishing a greater understanding and experience in the Spirit Lake and with the Spirit Twin offers you a unity of self that is a strong foundation for moving clearly in the world.
ART FARM RETREAT SPACE

We enjoy walks in the woods, bonfires at night, a star-filled sky, an outdoor soaking tub, visiting horses, and a nature-spirit-filled property. Janet also leads us through advanced Shamanic practices.
OUR RETREAT SPACE:
Art Farm is a farm converted to a retreat space in the Hudson Valley in the Catskill Mountains, west of New Paltz, off the NY Thruway and Route 209. Janet rents the cabins and acres of property for privacy. We have a main cabin and smaller cabins, each equipped with linens for sleeping and working together. A pine forest campground has a flush toilet and an outdoor stone-lined hot shower for tent campers. We provide our own food and have an ample, fully equipped kitchen, along with indoor and outdoor seating. It is suggested that we prepare something simple to make the most of our time.
THE WEEKEND:
We gather Friday afternoon, settle in, and enjoy a communal dinner. Friday night’s welcome ceremony marks the start of the weekend. We meet in learning and journeying sessions throughout the weekend, with space in between to integrate the energy and information we experience directly. We leave on Sunday, before or after lunch, as you decide. Our last session ends before noon. A follow-up evening of practice, integration, more learning, and Healing will be held on Zoom on a night we all agree on.
A lovely community of people is always a delight to relax and be ourselves in this natural space. Dress comfortably with layers. Past students love this place for its homey feel.

REGISTRATION.
Tuition $625 for the weekend, plus Zoom follow-up night. For less than a couple of sessions with Janet, you experience an entire weekend of energy, healing, and learning.
$130 for lodging. Tuition and lodging together are $755.
Deposit to hold your place. $250.
Balance or payment in Full by October 14.
You can join the class after this date if there is space.
Sign up with Janet 973-647-2500 Email
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Please send checks in advance. Ask for details.
Join us in our ongoing Zoom community, before or after this class.
ONGOING STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

THE REAL DEAL “I have been working with Janet StraightArrow’s Soul Shamanism program for the past 5 years. Up until that point, I had accrued many accomplishments in the Healing Arts: three Master Reiki certificates, four courses of study with big-name Shamans, Theta Healing, hypnotherapy, and many others. There is absolutely nothing out there at the level of what Janet is teaching! She has brought me forward in my life and Healing practice in an expanded, beautiful way and upleveled me after many years of Healing modalities that only brought me so far. Today, my life flows as I live in alignment with my authentic self, with the pain and traumas of the past transmuted and no longer playing out in my life. Janet is the real deal. Honest, with kindness and integrity. She is a powerhouse healer while still being compassionate and accessible, and very much in touch with her own humanity and story. This allows for vulnerability with safety and Love, which equals deep Healing on all levels. I am well beyond grateful and highly recommend her programs.” Kim M. Roche, Astrologer, Reiki Master, Shamanic Professional

“Janet’s teachings disintegrate old neural pathways and create new ones to break out of default ways of operating and living that have been the norm for generations and lifetimes. Her work lays the foundation for a new road for humanity’s future by merging ancient traditions and higher wisdom. Allowing the soul and ego to work in harmony and unveiling the truth of being.” Tara Villari, Astrologer, Healer, Shamanic Professional

“Janet brings a rare blend of grounded wisdom and lightness to her teachings. She makes the deep work feel accessible and real, never too heavy or too precious. She doesn’t lead from a pedestal — she walks with you. Her presence is steady, spacious, and refreshingly human. Through her Soul Shamanism practices — which blend guided journeys, spiritual mentorship, and energy alignment — I’ve learned to return to my center again and again. Her work is rooted, clear, and practical. Over the years, her teachings have become a companion to all the modalities I work with — not the backbone, but a trusted ally. And to me. Her support has reminded me again and again of my own agency — the power I hold to welcome, release, and return to what’s true. I’ve come home to myself through this work many times — with more clarity about the role I play in my own life, and the Love I want to lead with. With deep gratitude, Jocelyn, Healer, Therapist, Artist, Coach
“Working with Janet StraightArrow has been life-changing for me. Her insights have opened up my eyes in ways I never dreamed possible. She uses humor and direct communication that bypass my natural defenses. Janet is the real deal. I am grateful to have crossed paths with her.” JN. Psychotherapist, Soul Shamanism Practitioner.

“I’ve been working with Janet for the last two years, and I recommend her highly. I have attended some of her workshops in person, met with her individually, and I attend her ongoing shamanic journeying groups. Janet is definitely the real deal, a true shaman. She is a very skilled and experienced guide. My life has changed rapidly since working with her, as I have navigated big life transitions with her support. Our work together has facilitated a far deeper relationship with my own soulful depth and has made room for me to connect to my ancestors and guides on my own. Additionally, I use many of the tools I have learned from her daily; they have allowed me to quickly clear myself energetically and be so much more present, as I can quickly center myself and clear thoughts that get in the way of being truly aligned with myself. After benefiting from many years of solid psychotherapy and Healing, Janet has taken my journey to the next level. She has been a powerful spiritual guide and teacher to me and continues to be. As a Psychotherapist myself, this work has deepened my ability to guide my clients on their own psycho-spiritual Healing journeys. “SB. Psychotherapist, Soul Shamanism Practitioner.
