“Partnered with her helping spirits, Julie teaches with a singular, intrinsic clarity … like that of a ringing bell. Those who choose to listen will be changed by it. They might even—by design, ultimately—discover their own music in the singing of everything.” – T. Elliot
Julie Kramer + Hollyhock
Spring and Fall 2025
The Story of Julie + Hollyhock
Dear friends, I was 25 years old when a series of synchronicities compelled me to move to Cortes Island, B.C., and begin working at the front desk at Hollyhock. During that formative time, two passions became ignited for me: partnering with helping spirits, and spiritual evolution by way of long-term trainings.
Over twenty-five years later, I’ve come full circle. I’m overjoyed to invite you to the second year-long blended learning spiritual practitioner training consisting of two residential retreats at Hollyhock, the seeds for which were planted there over two decades ago.
Featured Programs
Partnering with Compassionate Spirits: An Introduction to Your Medicine Council
Introductory Workshop
May 3 – 7, 2025
Cortes Island, BC
Whether we’re aware of them or not, we all have compassionate helping spirits who are devoted to our well-being, potentiation, and evolution. The practice of journeying enables us to initiate contact with our spirit guides in order to receive their immediate support whenever we’re in need of wise council, helpful insights, and powerful healing.
This is a stand-alone workshop that also serves as the prerequisite for Becoming a Spiritual Healing Practitioner Level I: The Essentials.
Becoming a Spiritual Healing Practitioner Level I: The Essentials
A Year-Long Professional Training and Initiation
Begins September 26 – October 2, 2025
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC
A year-long blended learning professional training for people who are called to become spiritual healers that begins and concludes with two six-night residential retreats at Hollyhock in September 2025 and September 2026. In between the retreats, the dynamic virtual curriculum unfolds by way of every other Wednesday evening gatherings; daylong monthly gatherings; and monthly small group “pod” meetings.
Spiritual healers partner with compassionate helping spirits in order to identify and remedy spiritual imbalances and disharmonies that can affect people’s emotional, mental, physical, and energetic health. During this training, participants will develop an extensive skill-set for addressing these underlying issues including divination; leading clients on guided journeys to meet their own helping spirits and access spiritual resources; cord cutting; psychopomp (helping people cross over at the time of death); merging with trusted helping spirits; facilitating healing rituals; and more.
At the conclusion of the training, participants will be qualified to provide professional spiritual healing on behalf of others within a private practice setting.
About Julie
Julie Kramer was introduced to core shamanism in 2000 while attending a workshop at Hollyhock, which enabled her to begin cultivating direct relationships with compassionate helping spirits using the practice of shamanic journeying. While continuing to receive training as a shamanic practitioner and facilitator, Julie began leading workshops in 2003 in order to teach others how to use natural trance states to journey into the invisible dimensions of reality and partner with benevolent helping spirits.
Beginning in 2011, Julie expanded her offerings to include long-term trainings with the creation of The Sacred Call of the Healer, a yearlong immersion for healers across disciplines to increase their efficacy by engaging the power of the unseen world. In 2012, Julie developed The Art and Practice of Shamanic Healing: A Three-Year Professional Training and Initiation, a comprehensive training for cultivating the broad skillset, proficiency, and stability needed to provide professional shamanic healing to clients
60-Minute Transformation Lab
Discover the benevolent helping spirits who want to partner with you. In this 60-minute transformation lab via Sounds True One, Julie introduces you to the practice of entering a natural trance state to connect with a compassionate guide who is devoted to your well-being and evolution.
Schedule
A detailed program schedule will be provided once registered.
Click here to view a sample program schedule.
Pricing
Partnering with Compassionate Spirits: An Introduction to Your Medicine Council (May 3-7, 2025)
Tiered Tuition:
- Generous: $850
- Standard: $750
- Reduced: $650
We ask that you reflect deeply and select the tier that is most appropriate for your financial situation. The “Generous” tier will support Hollyhock in continuing to offer meaningful programs and also support your fellow community members who are experiencing financial hardship.
A limited number of scholarships are also available for this program.