Renee Baribeau
Discover how to use wind as a living model for change — to form a trusted inner navigation system through shamanic ceremonial practices, rituals, and guided journeys to find clarity and direction, and to steady you and quietly point the way forward.
Do you ever feel unclear about your direction, especially in the midst of change?
Maybe you feel unable to trust your inner guidance, or disconnected from the natural wisdom that once was so clear.
Many people move through transitions feeling unmoored and overwhelmed, never discovering that one of humanity’s oldest physical and energetic navigation systems, the wind, is still available to guide them home.
Before spirituality was institutionalized, people lived closer to the land — wandering, watching the skies, and reading the winds for guidance, shares shamanic practitioner Renee Baribeau.
When we moved inside 15,000 years ago and erected "wind eyes" — what windows were called in Old English — we stopped receiving guidance directly from the wind and began asking others to interpret what nature was telling us.
We lost our connection with the natural world, says Renee — and with it, our ability to navigate from our own wheelhouse.
Drawing from ancient knowledge of the wind, Renee developed WindWork® — a modern framework for understanding where you stand in your life at any given moment. Rooted in traditions that haven’t been widely practiced for millennia, this system is returning now as a powerful tool for navigating today’s era of rapid change.
After decades spent listening to and working with the wisdom of the winds, Renee developed this practice that transcends any single spiritual tradition.
WindWork is built around the four cardinal winds — an internal compass that reflects how life moves through different dimensions of experience. East relates to the mind and memories, South to emotions and desires, West to physical endings and change, and North to support and community.
The intercardinal winds between these directions act as thresholds or gates of transition, helping you recognize when you are moving from one phase of life into another.
In Renee’s transformative 7-week journey, you’ll experience shamanic journeys, wind ceremonies, and sacred rituals. You’ll clear mental clutter, recalibrate your relationship with emotion, compost unfinished endings, and strengthen your connection to support.
Each week, you’ll learn to read the winds, assess your Wind Intensity across all directions, and recognize where you’re experiencing storms versus gentle breezes.
By the end of this journey, you’ll feel empowered to step outside and receive all the answers you need from direct connection with nature.
During this live video course, you’ll:
- Learn to read the 4 cardinal winds and the intercardinal winds as gates of transition, so you’ll always know where you are in your life at any given moment
- Complete a Wind Intensity assessment to gain clarity on which areas in your life need attention by identifying where you’re currently experiencing mental headwinds, emotional turbulence, unfinished endings, or isolation
- Clear mental clutter and limiting beliefs through potent practices like Taba Cutting the Wind and East Wind journeys — sharpening your perception and discernment so you banish thoughts that are distorting your direction
- Recalibrate your relationship with emotions, and learn how to use them for guidance rather than being overwhelmed by them
- Participate in Regret Harvest rituals and Wind Knot ceremonies, reclaiming trapped energy from unfinished endings so you feel lighter, renewed, and no longer drained
- Strengthen your ability to move in shared wind rather than through isolated effort, identifying visible and unseen support through Compass of Community mapping so you feel steadier, more connected, and less alone
- Receive direct revelation from spirit simply by going outside and taking wind walks, as you learn to get the answers you need from nature itself
- Work with the Wind Oracle each week to call in specific winds to support your journey
- Develop a steady internal living compass through Gyroscope Calibration that keeps you upright with stabilizing anchors found in nature, even during rapid change
- Integrate the full WindWork system into a sustainable daily rhythm you can use for the rest of your life, with confidence, guidance, and peace
- And much more…
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules
In this 7-week transformational course, Renee will guide you through an ancient compass framework that helps you understand where you stand in your life at any given moment — as you learn to read the four cardinal winds and intercardinal gates of transition.
Join the Livestream — or Stream Later to Watch at Your Convenience
You’ll connect with Renee and experience her teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Renee’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Course Sessions 2026-04-28 5:00:00 pm.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Renee. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of how shamanic journeys, Wind Intensity assessments, sacred rituals, and other practices can clear mental clutter, recalibrate your relationship with emotions, and compost unfinished endings.
Module 1: Enter the Compass & Learn to Read the Wind (2026-04-28 5:00:00 pm)
When life feels uncertain, the first step forward is to orient yourself.
As your journey begins, you'll learn how to read the four cardinal winds and recognize the intercardinal winds as gates of transition, discovering how life moves in cycles rather than straight lines, and why small directional shifts create powerful change.
Through Weather Vane mapping, Wind Intensity assessment, and a guided Threshold Journey, Renee will help you identify where you stand, and which gate is opening — allowing you to feel grounded within change rather than pushed by it.
In this opening module, you'll:
- Complete your Wind Intensity baseline using Renee’s field guide
- Discover which gate is opening and which is closing through directional exploration
- Create your Wind Altar and anchor your Wind Flag
- Connect your outdoor and indoor altars for ongoing practice
Module 2: Clear Your Mental Air & Stop Overanalyzing When You Connect With the East Winds (2026-05-05 5:00:00 pm)
Mental headwinds often disguise themselves as urgency or certainty. You'll learn how to recognize belief patterns that distort direction, discovering how the Vedic traditions understand that past, present, and future memories are stored in the mind.
As Renee expertly guides you through the potent practices of Taba Cutting the Wind, belief mapping, and an East Wind journey, you'll clear mental clutter without overanalyzing, leaving your perception cleaner and your discernment sharper.
In this module, you'll:
- Release head and jaw tension using the Wind Scan with a wind whistle or your hands
- Map one limiting belief currently influencing your path
- Journey to the place where new beginnings reside
- Create your East Wind Flag as a symbol of mental clarity
Module 3: Cultivate a New Relationship to Your Emotions With the Power of the Living South Winds (2026-05-12 5:00:00 pm)
Emotional turbulence often signals unmet needs rather than instability.
Encouraged by Renee’s compassionate teaching, you’ll explore how to recalibrate your relationship to emotion, recognizing it as directional guidance and using the wind map to see where things are lodged in your body.
Through an Emotional Wind Bath, Needs Worksheet integration, and the Clearing Wind ritual, you'll release emotional residue while staying grounded, learning to respond rather than react as you follow directional guidance from your emotional landscape.
In this module, you'll:
- Identify your core needs through structured worksheet exploration
- Discover how to protect yourself from absorbing others' emotions
- Practice Wind Zip for energetic containment
- Create your South Wind flag representing emotional alignment
Module 4: Explore the Sacred West Winds to Compost the Past Into Power (2026-05-19 5:00:00 pm)
Unfinished endings quietly drain energy and create hidden resistance.
Renee will explain how to identify what is complete, what still nourishes you, and what must be consciously released, winnowing your unfinished energy through an energy harvest of your regrets.
Through harvest inventory, Regret Harvest ritual, and Wind Knot ceremony, you'll compost the past instead of carrying it, reclaiming trapped energy and feeling lighter and more renewed as you transform what once weighed you down into power.
In this module, you'll:
- Assess your current physicality and past emotional regrets through a structured inventory energy harvest
- Discover what drains you and deserves to be released
- Create three ceremonial Wind Knots — one for release, one for retention, one for trust
- Journey into completion and closure with the West Wind
Module 5: Identify the Seen & Unseen Forces That Support & Anchor You When You Explore the Steady North Winds (2026-05-26 5:00:00 pm)
Isolation amplifies instability.
You'll strengthen your ability to move in shared wind rather than through isolated effort, examining your compass of community to see where you're connected and where you're not.
Through Compass of Community mapping, a Council of Winds journey, and a North Wind Shift practice, you'll identify visible and unseen support — discovering who's holding course for you in the other realms — feeling steadier, connected, and less alone in your decisions.
In this module, you'll:
- Map your relationships across physical and spiritual dimensions
- Meet the beings and energies already supporting your path
- Shift from over-functioning into collaborative movement
- Strengthen your Wind Altar as a physical anchor for spiritual steadiness
Module 6: Calibrate Your Internal Compass to Withstand Any of Life’s Storms (2026-06-02 5:00:00 pm)
When multiple winds move at once, it's easy to lose your footing.
You'll develop a steady internal axis through Gyroscope Calibration and full-compass review, understanding that you can't just anchor yourself in your center but must find stability in other places too.
By identifying multiple stabilizing anchors — discovering what's holding you in nature and clipping anchoring from the past you no longer need — you'll strengthen resilience without rigidity, remaining upright even during rapid change.
In this module, you'll:
- Build steadiness through rotational balance exercises
- Release outdated anchors no longer serving your direction
- Scan your entire energetic system for coherence
- Create an Integration Flag, weaving together all four directions
Module 7: Become a Wind Walker & Live Toward Your Intended Harbor Each Day (2026-06-09 5:00:00 pm)
Transformation becomes real when you live it daily.
As this journey comes to a close, Renee will guide you to integrate the full WindWork system into a sustainable rhythm — reviewing the tools you've learned and discovering how to ask the wind for a direct question.
Through reassessing your Wind Intensity rankings, refining your intended harbor, and completing a full Wind Bath and Send the Winds Home ceremony, you'll feel guided and steady navigating toward your next horizon with a wind for each month — if you'd like to go deeper.
In this final module, you'll:
- Measure your growth by comparing the current Wind Intensity to your original baseline
- Clarify your destination for this season of life
- Establish your personal daily WindWork practice
- Complete the Oracle integration and closing Send the Winds Home ceremony
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
When you register by 2026-04-14 11:59:00 pm , you’ll receive special bonus offerings designed to complement Renee’s transformative 7-module course — and deepen your understanding and practice even further.
Conversations From the Green Room
Audio Dialogue With Renee Baribeau and Sandra Ingerman, MA
This rare, intimate conversation between Renee and Sandra Ingerman, a pioneering teacher of shamanism and world-renowned author, offers an unscripted, behind-the-scenes dialogue shaped by years of friendship, teaching, and shared inquiry. During more than 250 hours behind the microphone recording The Shaman’s Cave podcast, Renee and Sandra have explored the lived realities of shamanic practice, health and illness, death, initiation, and the long arc of spiritual service. Listen to these conversations that usually happen offstage, where wisdom ripens through trust, time, and lived experience.
Wind Walker’s Wisdom Oracle Circle
Access to Renee Baribeau’s Online Experiential Group
Renee’s community group offers guided, experiential entry into working with the Wind Walker’s Wisdom Oracle as a living practice rather than a static deck. Participants are invited to slow down, listen, and engage the winds as sacred allies through reflection, intuitive insight, and shared inquiry. This circle models how oracle work becomes a relationship, one that deepens clarity, steadiness, and trust over time. It provides both practical guidance and a felt sense of community, reminding us that wisdom moves best when it’s shared and carried together, like wind through an open landscape.
Plus... you’ll receive these bonuses too!
Rituals & Sacred Connectors
PDF Excerpt From the Book, “The Practical Shaman,” by Renee Baribeau
This chapter from Renee’s book invites you into the quiet power of intentional practice as a way to restore balance, meaning, and relationship with the living world. Drawing on nature-based traditions, it explores how simple rituals act as bridges between inner life and outer change, helping you stay oriented when the winds of the world feel unsettled. These practices are practical, accessible, and rooted in lived experience rather than abstraction.
Catching the Winds of Connection: Harnessing Nature's Power to Enhance Your Relationships
Online Video Course With Renee Baribeau
Renee’s nature-based course is designed to help you understand, tend, and transform your relationships through the wisdom of the winds. Drawing from practical shamanism, this journey explores how connection shifts, strengthens, and renews itself across personal and professional life. You’ll learn to work with natural forces to restore clarity, resilience, and a sense of shared belonging.
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Join the Global Community
WindWork offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Renee Baribeau will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 90-Minute Class Sessions With Renee Baribeau
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from The Practical Shaman Renee Baribeau — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to reclaim humanity’s oldest navigation practice — eliminating dependence on external authorities as you develop the ability to ask the wind direct questions. Course sessions are on 2026-04-28 5:00:00 pm.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Seven 30-Minute Interactive Group Practice Sessions
With live class attendance, there will be a 30-minute optional interactive practice session immediately following three classes. You’ll be placed in a small, intimate Zoom group with a few other participants to interact, reflect, and share around a weekly topic, helping you more fully integrate the lessons. Practice sessions are not recorded. Whether or not you attend the live sessions, the online community group provides a space for you to connect with each other and arrange alternative times to interact.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Online Community
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, WindWork
We feel honored that Renee Baribeau has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with The Practical Shaman whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about working with the Wind Oracle to call in specific forces that support your path, integrating this sustainable system into your daily rhythm so you can navigate toward your intended harbor, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your Satisfaction Is 100% Guaranteed!
If you don’t absolutely LOVE WindWork — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before May 12, 2026 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
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About Renee Baribeau
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Renee Baribeau, the Practical Shaman, is a Hay House author, Wind Whistler, inspirational mentor, respected business coach, dynamic spiritual teacher, and keynote speaker. Renee is well known for her no-nonsense, “tell it like it is” approach in helping others to achieve successful lifestyle practices by aligning to their sacred Magnetic North. Her clients include everyday folks, entrepreneurs, CEOs, movie producers, and celebrities.
Renee launched the Finding Freedom LGBTQ Symposium, an annual event which brings together new “Thought Leaders” in Gender Expansion, LGBTQ Awareness, and Addiction-Mental Health Treatment. Possessing her own entrepreneurial spirit, Renee has owned successful Farm-to-Table restaurants and a holistic network of love-based healing and service providers. After spending 10 years as a corporate executive, Renee currently does community outreach and marketing for Michael’s House Treatment Centers.
In 2013, the Winds began to speak to Renee, insisting she turn her attention to their ancient wisdom teaching, resulting in a book which quickly became an Amazon bestseller, Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for Navigating Relationships, Health, and the Divine which explores the rich mythology and cultural significance of Wind and reveals a powerful system to utilize these subtle, life-healing energies.
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