FULL-DAY MEDIUMSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOP: Foundations & Practice of Evidential Mediumship with Susan Grayson & Donald Rumer-Rivera
Join Susan and Don for an all day mediumship intensive workshop.
Students will receive a copy of Susan & Don’s book: “The Mediums: A Guidebook”
This class is perfect for BEGINNERS. All levels welcome!
Saturday, February 28th
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
$111
Bring a sack lunch (we have a fridge)
Segment 1: Welcome, Foundations & Safety
- What mediumship is and is not, and what Spirit may or may not come through
- Ethics, boundaries, and the medium’s responsibility
- Difference between psychic and mediumistic connection
- Removing the ego when doing Mediumship
- Setting expectations for the day
- Four correct response types (“Yes, No, I’m Not Sure, I Don’t Know”)
- We will be mostly focusing on Platform Mediumship
Segment 2: Understanding Spirit Mechanics
- How communication works: blend, attunement, and the “higher mind”
- Spirit hierarchy: guides, gatekeepers, loved ones, angels (overview only)
- Left-brain/right-brain balance
- Signs a connection is beginning, feeling the energy shift
Segment 3: Preparing the Medium’s Instrument
- Sitting in the Power (guided exercise)
- Breathwork and stillness
- Grounding, centering, protection
- Gatekeeper role & invitation
- Managing fear, doubt, and “am I making this up?”
- Ability to turn on and off switch to the other side, and setting boundaries
Segment 4: Evidence vs. Message
- Difference between evidence, message, and interpretation
- How to identify personality, relationship, memories, physical traits
- Avoiding the "psychic overlay", not allowing a Mediumship reading to turn into a psychic reading
- How to deliver evidence accurately
- Practice: Students identify 5 categories of strong evidence to help the sitter recognize the Spirit coming through
Segment 5: First Contact Practice (Partner Work)
- Recognizing the first impression of Spirit
- Feeling vs. seeing vs. knowing vs. hearing, understanding the “Clairs” and finding your strongest one
- “Trust the first thing” technique
- Two-person breakout: 5-minute connections
Segment 6: Building a Spirit Contact
- Expanding evidence: personality, habits, memories, cause of passing
- Following the thread (not forcing direction)
- How to maintain the blend
- What to do when evidence stalls
- Instructor demonstration with volunteers
Segment 7: Message Delivery & Emotional Intelligence
- Transition from evidence to healing message
- Delivering difficult information (cause of passing, emotions, regrets)
- Ethics in messaging
- Reading the sitter's energy without being led
- Managing tears, skepticism, or intense emotional responses
Segment 8: Platform Mediumship Fundamentals
- Platform vs. 1:1 reading differences, finding your own unique way of doing Mediumship
- Expanding energy outward
- Audience scanning and selecting a sitter ethically
- Micro-structure of a platform message (3-minute flow)
- Instructor demonstration (mini readings)
Segment 9: Integration, Q&A & Final Practice
- Rapid partner readings using full structure
- Troubleshooting common issues (no contact, doubt, fatigue)
- Journaling for mediumship growth
- Practice other tools to help develop your abilities such as: automatic writing, psychometry or card reading, etc…
- Closing grounding exercise
- Thanking your guides and helpers from the other side as well as the audience and sitters
*Parking is limited behind the church. Additional parking is available on the north west corner of 15th Ave and Encanto (Doctors Office) or at Encanto Park
