Welcome to Esa's Valley Courses

Below you will find the various courses that I offer in the Temple of the Crane

You will find two of the courses - The Personal Path and Death's Emissary/ Death Doula courses are set in traditional style course work. Each are 5 months long and offers:

All classes and live discussion will be recorded and uploaded to the discord server so you can go back and listen or review as your schedule allows.

The other two courses: The Blue Cranes and The Priestess Path are more at your pace, with guided instruction, workshops/ workbooks, weekly live discussion spaces, and more community connected growth. They are not time limited as a traditional course, allowing you to move as slow or as fast as your learning style dictates. They also give space for limitless expansion and growth, not just through the work but through the connections within the community.

The Personal Journey

$25/ month through Patreon

The tools and frameworks within this course will guide you through developing your psychic senses (your Soul senses); taking you through the practices of trance, channeling, and Spirit Walking; connecting you with your Ancestral Soul, unlocking its knowledge, skills, and abilities; teach you how to forge deep connections and clear communication with Spirits, Guides, and Deities that can help you along your journey; effective shadow work for self-empowerment; Transformation of the Self; a personal journey through Runes, developing your own guide book; and more.

Blending aspects of animistic, shamanic, paganistic, and magical practices in an effective way for real results and deep growth. Learning powerful techniques and creating tools so you can navigate your inner Self and the world of Spirits.

The discord server not only houses space for community, all the class and discussion work, but also a host of other resources and learning materials to delve deeper into.

This is a 5 month course offered twice a year through Patreon - $25/ month:

1st Session: starts in October and runs through February. Classes will be uploaded every Friday, with live discussion on Monday nights at 7pm CT

2nd Session: starts in April and runs through August. Classes will be uploaded on Friday, with live discussion / Q & A on Monday mornings at 11am CT.

Tools you will Need for this course:

Once you have finished the Personal Path course, you can move into any of the pathways below (Death's Emissary, Blue Cranes, or the Priestess Path) or into the Temple Hearth to continue your own journey and exploration.

Death's Emissary: Professional Death Doula course

$40/ month through Patreon

You must complete the Personal Path course before you can take this course.

Embrace the role of a Death Doula, serving as a bridge between the living - the dying - and the dead. Similar to how midwives facilitate the birthing process, we facilitate the Death process in all its forms. This section of the Death Emissary course approaches the end-of-life journey through Spiritual / Paganistic / Animistic perspectives, providing comprehensive training to serve our growing and aging communities.

Drawing from my own wealth of professional experience as a CCRN/ Death Doula and educator, along with insights rooted in my own experience of the Spirit Realm, I will help you develop the tools, skills, and insights necessary to be a successful Guide for those crossing over and those left behind.

The Death-Rebirth pattern at its core is about transformation and transmutation work. That means you can also apply the knowledge and skills acquired in this course to a variety of different fields beyond just traditional Death Doula work, such as: Effective Shadow-work and healing - spiritual counseling; helping stuck souls to heal and move on - paranormal investigation / mediumship; working with the Grieving left behind - grief counseling; guiding souls in reconciliation work in the Well so they can move onto their next journey; and all the other various transformations and transitions we experience through living.

A Death Emissary serves all forms of Transformation - Death and Rebirth.

This is a 5 month course offered twice a year through Patreon - $25/ month:

1st Session: starts in October and runs through February. Classes will be uploaded every Friday, with live discussion on Tues nights at 7pm CT

2nd Session: starts in April and runs through August. Classes will be uploaded on Friday, with live discussion / Q & A on Tuesday mornings at 11am CT

After successful completion of this course, you will be a Registered Death Emissary/ Death Doula with the Temple of the Crane and added to our new online Registry.

Death Emissary Course

The Blue Cranes

$5/month through Patreon

Magical and Ritual Development through ongoing practice and shared study.

Blue Cranes focus on: Ritual magic and Spellcraft, using Crane Tradition Frameworks to develop your own connections and practices.

It is workbook- based practice, alongside collaborative exploration and sharing. Giving you tools and starting places, and a community to walk with. Going deeper and discovering your own power, your own way of magical creation, forging your own traditions that yield real results for you.

This is an on-going, at your pace, practice space. Teachings are structured from the workbook, with additional monthly workshops or guided exercises. The emphasis is on doing the work together at your pace, not a limited time course structure. Discovering what works for you, not following the path of another.

The Priestess Path

$15/month through Patreon

Devotion, Presence, and Community Leadership.

Priestess Path centers on: Devotional relationship with the Divine Mother - Developing your own connections and practices with Her - Bringing yourself into a place of companionship, walking with Her and in reflection of Her - Cultivating spiritual presence and responsibility.

It includes: Monthly guided lessons and exercises to dive deeper into and make your own discoveries through. Live weekly collective gatherings (online), for philosophical discussions and holding devotional space. Developing leadership and practices of a Priestess through self-discipline, humility, and care.

There is a two year framework for the lessons and exercises to walk you through all aspects of the Divine Mother and transformation into Her Priestess. The way it is set up though allows you to move through at your own pace and develop your own practices and path within it. We will all serve as Priestess differently, solitary and in community. This is not a course of instructions telling you how to be, but a guide for you to discover what it is for you.

This path is relational and devotional, not hierarchical. Leadership here means learning how to hold yourself in companionship with the Divine Mother and in community, not authority over.

Death Emissary Participant Testimonials

I can't recommend this course highly enough, and Esa is a truly exceptional teacher, guide, and friend.

- Jackie

"I registered for this course about northern traditions, the Goddess Hell and death doula work. I learned plenty on those subjects, both theories and techniques, but also so much more!

I learned a lot about ancient nordic traditions, witchcraft and spirituality, about death, dying and helping the dying ones and the grieving ones. But I also learned a lot on myself and how to work on my own personal growth. A life course.

I connected to my ancestral soul(s). I wasn't even interested in it, but the course completely changed my perspective and I found it really useful. I discovered another way of being in trance / journeying, ways of using divination and runes, connecting to spirits, fylgja, protecting myself... Plenty to explore and work on for years!

Esa is a great teacher, very supportive. Every lesson is live and recorded. This is really worthy, and for me much more effective."

- Merlusina

"As I enter the last two months of a year long commitment to study to become Death's Emissary, I take a few moments to reflect on what this journey has provided me and asked of me. I had been looking for the "right" course for me for over two years, when Esa's advertisement came across my FB feed. The old adage that when the student is ready, the master appears held true.

I signed up for the course having intuitively served as a death doula in many respects but wanting to make that intuitive connection a more deliberate commitment. I expected to grow, change, and be asked to challenge many aspects of myself and my previous journey. I did not expect but scarcely hoped for the realization and understanding that threaded through so many of my experiences.

Esa is a tireless, dedicated mentor, who knows when to offer you a new perspective and when to let you come to realizations on your own. I expected a teacher, instead I gained a Sister, friend, and mentor. This course has challenged me to bear witness to many deaths within me, from my relationship to the Tower card in tarot, to my relationship to death itself. As with so many classes, you get out what you are willing to put in. My journey has been so much more than I could have ever imaged or hoped for!"

- Melissa

About the Instructor

Esa

Esa has devoted her life to guiding and healing in both the spiritual and physical realms. She specializes in transformative Death Work, understanding that change begins within. Her spiritual and magical practices reflect this philosophy.

She began her career as a CCRN / educator and Death Doula, spending almost 20 years helping both those who were crossing over and their loved ones left behind. Through this work, she developed a deep connection to the spiritual realm and gained knowledge about the interconnectedness between the soul, mind, and body.

"I am an avid explorer and believe experimentation is the key to growth. Magic and Spirituality is personal - the bonds we build, the skills we hone, how we practice, all of this being developed along our journey. The rules and limitations are those of you and nature, not another person."

She is a Death Doula, Author, Spirit Worker - Walker - and Guide for those wanting to build their own path and connections.

For any further questions, please email: oracle@365witch.com