And we have another miracle to celebrate—how Wolves made us Human. There is a saying: To look into the eyes of a Wolf is to see your own soul. That’s because when our primate ancestors moved out on the savanna from the jungle, they had much to learn to survive. Wolf stepped forward to teach them how to hunt and live in clan. Now, Wolf and Human are inseparable: We are ever fascinated by their Ways and consider it a revelation to just see one in the Wilds.

We gather for our celebration in a rustic forest camp near the village of Neustadt, on the Spree River. That’s where this glorious new chapter in the life of Wolf began, and that’s why we go there to join Wolf and learn what he has to teach us about:

• Deep Tracking
• The Sacred Hunt
• Wolf Language
• Living in Community
• Raising Children
• The Honored Elder’s Role
• The Way of the Lone Wolf
• …and much more

Your Guides

Serving as the translator for Wolf is Tamarack Song, who knows Wolf like you know your mate and children. He lived with a family of Wolves, who instructed him in the same ways as they did our early Ancestors. The Wolves gave Tamarack the directive to gift their teachings back to his fellow Humans, so he is writing a series of books on what he has learned, he leads a research project on Wolf language, and he gives workshops on Wolf ecology and how to coexist peacefully with Wolves.

Guiding with Tamarack is his mate, Lety Seibel, and their long-time associate OdeMakwa. Lety was tutored in the ways of deep communication and intuitive connection by her Mayan Curandera grandmother. Lety and OdeMakwa have lived in the Wilds alongside Wolf, and they have kept track of the Wolf families where we live. A local guide who knows the neighborhood Wolves is joining us.

Fortunately, we are in the midst of a reawakening. The value of Elders—and the crying need for them—is again being seen in this troubled world, and in our troubled lives. This Council of Elders and soon-to-be Elders is being called together by Lety Seibel and Tamarack Song to provide both the example of Elders to emulate and training in the unique skills that would be helpful in serving as an Elder.

Along with learning the roles of Elders and guidance in how to serve, Elders from our culture and a number of traditional cultures come to sit in Council with us. They share stories of how Elders function in their communities, they teach how to serve as an Elder by example, and they address questions from a place of deep knowing.

Let’s start by clearing up two myths:

1. A person chooses to become an Elder. We are all born with our Elder already within us, along with the other four stages in our lives: Child, Crafter/Builder, Mentor, and Ancestor.
2. There is a particular age for becoming an Elder. Sometimes a younger than average person is called to serve as an Elder out of need. Others who reach typical Elder age are not ready or able to serve, yet they are respected as Elders.

Everyone who feels called to this Elder Council is invited to participate, regardless of age.

Here is the outline of our year together:

FIRST WEEK – INITIATION May 13-17, 2026

• Intro: What is an Elder?
• Embracing the calling and spirit of Elderhood.
• Exploring roles of Elders in traditional cultures.
• When and Why Elders are called to serve.
• Grounding and opening exercises, meditations, discussions, and stories
• Calling forth our Inner Elder, to nurture his/her Blossoming throughout the coming year.

MONTHLY COUNCILS on Zoom (10 Meetings)

The Councils feature the participation of a traditional Elder. The theme of the Councils (which run for around two hours) is to bridge the gap between the first calling and the blossoming into Elderhood. These three core areas are addressed:

1. How traditional Elders function in their communities.
2. How to serve in the various Elder roles.
3. How to use the Power of Story for passing on Elder Wisdom.

ONGOING E-GROUP DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES

• Becoming fluent in Dream Language.
• Strengthening connection with the Beyond Conscious Intelligence, which is the source of Elderwisdom.
• Developing communion within the Hoop of Relations, which is where Elders go for guidance.
• Discovering and maturing the Gifts we have been given for serving (skills and talents, crafts, consulting, mentoring, listening presence).
• Serving from the fountain of Love, Wisdom, and Personal Power.
• Practicing ceremonies to keep grounded in the Sacred Now.
• Identifying the Elder vacuums to step into, in your own unique way.
• Providing mutual support for each other while stepping into Elder Service.

LAST WEEK – EMERGENCE April 28 – May 2, 2027

We explore and develop these themes:

• What we have learned on this Journey to serving as Elder.
• What being an Elder means to us now.
• How we see our Elder Self manifesting in our life, and in our community going forward.
• Celebration of our metamorphosis and the personal gifts we have discovered, developed, and given back to our community.

Childhood trauma – you will receive step-by-step instructions and then be trained in their responsible and effective application.

Adult trauma is processed differently. The process involves reworking the trauma history and rewiring the brain to respond differently to trauma triggers. You will be guided through the process using one of your own traumatic experiences as a starting point to gain a visceral understanding of the process and to be able to support others from deep experience.

Here are the skills being taught:

• The Shamanic craft
• Taming the Dragon
• Soul Retrieval Journeying
• Trance State inducing techniques
• Limbic State ingression
• Client story metaphor selection
• Trauma Story revising –your story is not your destiny
• Neural synapse rewiring
• Boundary dissolution
• Shamanic techniques for trauma prevention
• Tools to create the life you would love living

Throughout the training, you learn how to use the shamanic tools of Breath, Fire, Dance, Drum, Chant, and Dreams.

Your Trainers

The team of Lety Seibel and Tamarack Song have taught shamanic healing to hundreds of healthcare practitioners and shamans over the past twenty years. Lety, who was raised by her Mayan Curandera (shaman-healer) grandmother, witnessed many healings and Soul Retrievals, along with receiving first-hand instruction in shamanic practices. Tamarack studied with a number of American Indian healers, and he has authored three soon-to-be-published books on trauma recovery and shamanism. OdeMakwa has been guiding people in life transformation for seventeen years in Teaching Drum’s wilderness immersion programs. As certified Life Mastery Consultants, Lety and OdeMakwa help people change their thinking to free themselves of limiting circumstances and belief systems, so they can create self-empowered and fulfilling lives.

The inspiration for this workshop comes from the soul journey you can connect with here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_30gigZ1_Fs If that inspires you to say farewell to your old self and come run with the Wolf to seek a home for your soul, then please come and join the pack, where we are going to:

• Live together like Wolves, engaging in their daily rituals and seeing and feeling as they do.
• Feel the spirit of Wolf by walking in his footsteps in the Wilds and reading his stories.
• Go back to the beginning, to rediscover how Wolves made us Human.
• Hear our ancestral stories of how life was when we all lived and ran with Wolf.
• Spend time with people who have lived with, studied, and rescued Wolves.
• Learn Wolf language to better communicate with each other and all of Nature.
• Journey to recall our ancestral memories of the time when Wolf and Human were one.
• Become Wolf Warriors to help our Brother Wolf again run free and in peace.

Jurjen Annen, Tibbe de Raat, Lety Seibel, OdeMakwa, and Tamarack Song are your guides to the World of the Wolf.

In 1972, Tamarack rescued from a zoo the last surviving Wolves in Wisconsin, USA.. In honor of that gift, the Wolf family adopted him and taught him the Way of the Wolf. Ever since, he has been sharing the teachings and helping people rekindle their innate love for Wolf, through the Brother Wolf Foundation, a series of books, and workshops. Lety and OdeMakwa have been keeping tabs on their local Wolf families for a number of years. They know the families’ homelands, the fluctuations in their numbers, their mating behaviors, and the other prey and predator animals they coexist with.

Why Study Leadership?

The bottom line is that you are going to lead, and you are going to do it either by default or design. By studying leadership, you are developing your full potential. This enables you to effectively share your gifts with other people, and with our world, in service to bring positive change.

Leadership by Nature

The big question, then, is not whether you are going lead and mentor, but how. You have two choices: the way of our culture or the way of Nature. Our most revered and successful leaders, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Nelson Mandela, have chosen Nature’s Way. You can follow in their footsteps, and this Training shows you how.

You may not be able to mentor with a Gandhi or Mandela, yet you have a willing and readily available mentor: Nature. And you have your own inner nature, which intuitively knows how to lead so that people will not only be inspired by you, but want to step up and lead with you. This Training is held in Nature, where you are surrounded by the best leadership examples and shown how to wake up your own inner leader.

What You Learn

This workshop is for both established and aspiring leaders. You get solid grounding in the skillset you need to become the fully empowered leader you were born to be. You learn to:

• Lead with grace and respect, rather than authority and position.
• Identify a low-frequency Leader, and what makes a high-frequency Leader.
• Go from victimized follower to empowered trailblazer.
• Generate high frequency leadership.
• Maintain demeanor in the face of rejection and criticism.
• Listen with presence, as the best leaders are the best listeners.
• Transform rebellion into collaboration.
• Convert typical stress and failure pitfalls into stepping stones to success.
• Bust the myths of the alpha male, the need to be smart, and more.

Your Training Leaders

Wolf, Honeybee, Elephant, Swan, Mouse, Tree, Cloud, Wind, and Native People are your primary trainers. They give instruction clearly, simply, and directly. They are joined by:

Lety Seibel

As a Certified Life Mastery Consultant, Lety has guided many to take charge of their lives, step into leadership positions, and realize their dreams. She has inspired many in the dynamic leadership roles she has held in nonprofits and self-development organizations. From her Mayan Curandera grandmother, she learned how to lead by being a catalyst, then getting out of the way.

Tamarack Song

From childhood clubs to currently directing four nonprofits, Tamarack has founded twenty-two businesses, co-ops, nature centers, political action groups, and intentional communities. He has authored several books on leadership and mentoring, and he is a Certified Nonprofit Consultant. He learned leadership directly from Nature and the Wolf family who adopted him.

OdeMakwa

Working and training with Lety and Tamarack for twenty years, OdeMakwa brings that experience and her prior involvement as a political organizer to our trainings. She also heads up environmental restoration projects, is Program Director for the Brother Wolf Foundation, and is a Certified Life Mastery Consultant.