Courses
All Courses are done through private discord servers, which allows for live discussions, community building among participants, and direct contact with the instructor for questions or one-on-one conversations requests to meet individual needs. All classes and discussion are recorded and housed on the server to accommodate any personal schedule and give availability to go back and review content at any time during the course. Every course has a weekly class time with live post discussions afterwards to dive deeper into the materials and share experiences with each other.
Death’s Emissary Course 1 and 2
The Personal Journey and Death Doula Training
“To Guide others through Death, we must first Know Her and Walk with Her.”
The Personal Journey Course – Course 1
The tools and frameworks within this course will guide you through developing your psychic senses – your Souls senses; take you through the practices of trance, channeling, and Spirit Walking; connecting you with your Ancestral Soul, unlocking knowledge and skills of its previous lives, and the abilities laying deep within yourself; forge deep connections and bonds to Guides and Deities that will help you along your path; and more.
Blending aspects of animistic, shamanic, and magical practices in a unique way. Learning powerful techniques and tools so you can navigate your inner Self and the world of Spirits. Learning to communicate with them and forge powerful alliances. You will explore the aspects of Binding and Galdring Soul Runes – Using the power of Voice and vibration, to create the unique songs to call the spirits forth, to send your spirit outwards, while crafting a new type of magic. You will also be taking a personal journey with the Runes, revealing your own path, lessons, and magic to strengthen your craft.
Our journey in life is filled with many deaths and rebirths. When we grow, when we go through shadow work, when we heal – it all contains death and rebirth. As people move in and out of our lives, as the world changes around us, as we move into different stages of our life, as we walk a path of self discovery, transformation is at the heart of it and that transformation is the death and rebirth pattern. In this course you will be diving deep into how to understand this pattern, identify the all the stages and aspects of it, and how to use it for all your death and rebirth work. Creating more effective, deeper, and lasting change in your life.
This is a 5 month course with weekly classes, live post discussions and Q&A’s. All of this will be housed in a private discord server where you can go back and listen to any of the materials at any time, making it friendly for any schedule, as well as, connect with others taking the course with you.
The next session starts April 5, 2025. Live Classes and post discussions will be held Saturday mornings at 10 am Central time. Cost is $250 and must be paid before classes begin. To claim your spot in the next session GO HERE
Tools you will need for this course:
– 2 Journals: to keep records of your personal journey and to keep notes and ideas in. This can take any form you choose. I personally recommend simple spiral notebooks for this – you can always transfer over any key information into a “pretty” one later. You can also keep digital ones, as long as they are something you will keep going back to reflect on. I have encountered many who start with a digital journal, but were less likely to go back and work with them.
– a Staff: The best staffs in my opinion are ones we go out and find in nature. Fallen branches can form into great allies. It should to be at least 2 feet long and I would recommend not any taller than yourself. You can buy one if you want, but I would recommend one that didn’t have any carvings or symbols on it. As you develop your skills you will be creating and infusing magic into it, so the more “unfinished” the better.
– Tarot deck: You will specifically need the Dreams of Gaia Tarot Deck. You can find it locally or buy the deck here: https://amzn.to/3S49rhW
– Mala: This can either be a string with 108 knot in it, a string of 108 beads, or you can purchase a mala (Example)
All other materials will be provided to you.
Professional Death Doula Course – Course 2
Prerequisite: To take this course, you must have completed Course 1 – the Personal Journey.
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 phases. This aspect of the course approaches the end-of-life journey through Spiritual, Paganistic, and 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 apply the knowledge and skills acquired in this course to a variety of different fields including: Effective Shadow-work and healing; helping stuck souls to heal and move on; guiding souls in reconciliation work in the Well so they can move onto their next journey; other work that deals in the Spirit Realm; and all the various transformations and transitions we experience through living.
This is a 5 month course and is offered once a year, Starting in April and ending at the beginning of September. Classes and live post discussions will be held on Sunday morning at 10am central time. The cost is $375 and must be paid before classes begin. The next available session is April 2026. To claim your spot today GO HERE.
Death Emissary Participant Testimonials
“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. She shares her knowledge and techniques, but also encourages us to adapt and find our own personal ways.
Every lesson is live and recorded. She could adapt it to the group needs. We could directly ask her questions at the end of each course and interact with her and the other students. Other times were dedicated to sharing collectively with her, ask any questions or talk about our experiences. Esa was also available for personal mentoring if needed.
A real course, not a digital and video book like some other courses. 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
Inner Alchemy Weekend Workshop
a Collaborative Course Between Hallie of the Aligned Life, The Goddess Life and myself.
Shadow work isn’t just about healing – It is the journey of true self discovery. To find who your authentic self is. To discover and raise the power you hold within yourself. To break the boundaries others have tried to place on you, and forge a new path forward.
Are you struggling with inner healing and shadow work? Tired of trying all the “standard” ways people seem to present these topics, yet you feel like you are not making any progress? Then this 3 day workshop is for you. Not only will you gain a variety of different tools and frameworks for effective shadow work and healing through a variety of different classes, but also live discussions afterwards, going deeper and answering your specific questions.
This is a 3 Day Course that includes: 12 classes with effective tools and strategies – Live Post Discussions – 2 Rituals – worksheets, 2 digital books – copies of all Classes and Rituals at the end to keep referencing back to – and more.
This is a collaborative workshop between Hallie of The Aligned Life and The Goddess Life and myself. Two Instructors that bring different approaches, yet perfectly aligned and for one goal – your healing, empowerment, and transformation.
The next session is Feb 28 through March 2nd. For more information and to claim your spot GO HERE
About Hallie Walker: Hallie Walker is a distinguished spiritual trauma healer, priestess, and accomplished author, with a wealth of experience in guiding individuals through transformative healing. With over five years of teaching experience and three years of leadership within the Grove, Hallie specializes in stability-focused, trauma-informed healing, with a deep expertise in shadow work. She has published insightful articles with PaganPages and authored a book that further showcases her knowledge and dedication. Certified as a Reiki Master and in meditation, Hallie seamlessly integrates these modalities into her practice. As an aspiring therapist, she is committed to empowering clients to reclaim their personal power, resolve internal conflicts, remove relationship barriers, and live in alignment with their higher self and intuitive center.
About the Instructor
Esa has devoted her life to guiding and healing, both in the spiritual and physical realms. She specializes in transformative and 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.