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-module journey, you’ll experience shamanic journeys, wind ceremonies, and sacred rituals. You’ll clear mental clutter, recalibrate your relationship with emotion, complete unfinished endings, and strengthen your connection to support.
In each module, 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 on-demand 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
- Discover 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 module 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-module transformational course, Renee guides 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.
The Beauty of On-Demand
This course features step-by-step teachings and experiential practices from Renee. Each session builds 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 complete unfinished endings. Your purchase includes 24/7 ongoing access to your course content, allowing you time to review the materials at your own pace and integration.
Module 1 Enter the Compass & Learn to Read the Wind
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, you'll learn to 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
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 you're guided 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
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
Unfinished endings quietly drain energy and create hidden resistance.
Renee explains 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
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
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
Transformation becomes real when you live it daily.
As this journey comes to a close, you'll be guided 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
In addition to Renee’s transformative 7-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
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.
What People Are Saying About Renee Baribeau…
Television executive
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Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven Pre-Recorded 90-Minute Modules
Experience a unique opportunity to learn from The Practical Shaman Renee Baribeau — from the comfort of your own home. Each session includes a streaming video 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.
Seven Transcripts of Sessions
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive session transcriptions. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each lesson.
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 online course. This is a unique opportunity to learn from 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.
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About Renee Baribeau
Renee Baribeau, known as The Practical Shaman, is an author, spiritual teacher, and creator of WindWork®, a grounded, nature-based practice for navigating change.
Her book Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for Navigating Relationships, Health, and the Divine brought the wisdom of the winds into a practical, modern framework. Her more recent book, A Pilgrim’s Guide to Walking Wisdom, continues this work, offering clear guidance for times of transition.
Renee is known for her direct, grounded teaching style and her ability to help people orient themselves when life feels uncertain. Through her work with the winds as living forces of nature, she guides individuals from confusion to clarity, without forcing outcomes.
She is the creator of the Wind Walker’s Wisdom Oracle and co-host of The Shaman’s Cave podcast. For over a decade, she has taught internationally, supporting individuals, leaders, creatives, and change-makers in finding steady direction through change.
Renee’s work bridges ancient wisdom with real life, helping people take practical steps forward while staying connected to the deeper currents moving through their lives.
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