A LIVE ONLINE JOURNEY INTO SACRED RESILIENCE WITH RENEE BARIBEAU
The Year-End Compass: Finish the Year Strong
Before you decide where you’re going next, it helps to know where you are.
Format
Live online sessions + recordings + personal email support as needed
Dates
5 Tuesday, Oct 20–Nov 17, 2026
Time
10:00–11:30 AM Pacific
Investment
EARLY BIRD PRICING
$199.00
Also 1:00–2:30 PM Eastern · 6:00–7:30 PM UK · 7:00–8:30 PM Central Europe. Can’t make a session live? Every class is recorded and stays available for a full year.
The Year-End Compass: Finish the Year Strong
A Five-Week Journey into Sacred Resilience
You’re not meant to finish the year alone.
As the year draws to a close, there’s a moment when we realize we need to stop pushing and return home to ourselves.
For many of us, this has been a year of change. What worked before may no longer fit. A role, relationship, dream, or direction may have run its course. We may be tired from carrying responsibilities, expectations, and unfinished business that no longer belong to us.
Before rushing into another year, what if we gathered our strength instead?
The Year-End Compass is a five-week guided journey into Sacred Resilience, where we’ll work with the Winds, the wisdom of nature, our unseen helpers, and one another to consciously complete the year.
What Is Actually Mine to Carry Forward?
Sometimes we keep pushing because we’ve invested years of ourselves into something. We assume that because we began
Registration Bonus:
Register by Monday, October 19 to receive the 94-page WindWork® Field Guide a $49 value.This is the companion I wish every student had in hand from the first session. The Field Guide introduces each of the Winds, the qualities they carry, and simple ways to work with them in daily life. As we move through the five stages of the Year-End Compass, you’ll have it beside you between sessions, and it stays useful long after the course ends.What You’ll Experience
What you'll discover
1
Take Your Bearings
Before we release anything, we gather. We’ll journey back through the year to honor what grew, what nourished you, and what you learned the hard way. You’ll leave with a clear harvest list of what the year truly gave you.
2
Strengthen Your Roots: Complete What is Finished
Some things have finished their work in your life, even if you haven’t let them go. Through a winnowing practice with the Wind, we’ll separate what’s complete from what still carries weight. Your practical step is to choose one thing to release, and do it.
3
Call on the Unseen: Work with the Winds of change
Change moves more easily when we work with it instead of against it. We’ll meet the Winds directly and learn how their particular qualities can support movement where you’ve felt stuck. You’ll identify which Wind is calling you and how to work with it in daily life.
4
Harvest & Release: Discern what’s yours to carry forward
Not every promise, project, or expectation belongs to you. This week we practice discernment, listening for what is truly yours versus what you picked up out of habit or obligation. You’ll leave knowing what you’re choosing to carry into the new year, and why.
5
Cross the Threshold: Set your bearings for the year ahead
With a lighter load, we turn toward the horizon. We’ll journey for guidance on the year ahead and translate it into a simple, practical compass you can return to month by month. You’ll finish the year with direction instead of momentum.
IS THIS for you?
What you'll discover
This Circle Is for You If...
You’re tired of pushing through and long for a more nourishing way to finish the year.
Life has shifted, and you’re ready to reconnect with your inner compass.
You’ve been carrying responsibilities, expectations, or unfinished business that may no longer be yours to hold.
You’re seeking community, connection, and a place where you can be witnessed and supported.
You want to deepen your relationship with the Winds, nature, and your unseen spiritual allies.
You’re ready to harvest the wisdom of 2026 and enter the new year with greater clarity, strength, and trust.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. You simply need to be willing to pause, listen, and discover what is ready to emerge
This circle is Not For You If
- You want a goal-setting or productivity system.
- You need the year to be measured by what you accomplished.
- You’re looking for a process that assumes everything went according to plan.
- You want to rush past what happened and focus only on what’s next.
- You’re looking for someone else to tell you what your next chapter should be.
Meet your guide
Renee Baribeau is The Practical Shaman, a Wind Whistler, and the award-winning, best-selling Hay House author of Winds of Spirit. Her newest book, The Practical Shaman, arrives in spring 2027, offering a grounded compass for navigating change, uncertainty, belonging, and purpose.
Through WindWork®, her books, and the award-winning Wind Walker’s Wisdom Oracle, Renee teaches practical shamanic tools for people who want their spiritual practice to hold up in ordinary, everyday life. She is also co-host of The Shamans Cave podcast with Sandra Ingerman.
The Year-End Compass: Finish the Year Strong
$199.00
- Five live 90-minute sessions with me on Tuesdays, October 20 to November 17, 10:00 to 11:30 AM Pacific
- Guided shamanic journeys each week to work directly with the Winds
- One practical step each week so the teaching moves into your daily life
- A weekly reflection worksheet to deepen each session’s practice at home
- Full recordings of every session, so you can catch up or revisit anytime
- One year of access to all recordings
- A circle of fellow travelers finishing the year with intention
- Bonus: Register by Monday, October 19 and receive the 94-page WindWork® Field Guide free, a $49 value.
Questions from the Circle
Frequently asked questions
Do I need experience with shamanism or WindWork®?
Not at all. The Year-End Compass is designed for anyone who wants to bring greater awareness and intention to completing the year. If you already know my work, you’ll recognize some familiar threads, but no previous experience is necessary.
What if I can’t attend the live sessions?
All sessions will be recorded and added to the WindWork learning space. You can watch them on your own schedule or return to a session whenever you need it.
How long will I have access to the course?
You’ll have access to the complete program, including recordings and course materials, for one full year. I encourage you to return to the practices throughout the seasons, especially when you find yourself needing to take your bearings again.
Is this a goal-setting course?
Not exactly. We may talk about goals, but we begin somewhere deeper. Before deciding what you want to accomplish, we’ll look at where you are, what has changed, what you’ve learned, and what you’re ready to leave behind. Direction comes before destination.
What will we do during the five weeks?
We’ll move through five stages: Take Your Bearings, Harvest, Complete & Release, Reorient, and Cross the Threshold. Each week includes teaching, reflection, guided practices, and practical ways to bring the work into your everyday life.
What if this has been a difficult or disappointing year?
You don’t need to arrive with a list of accomplishments. Harvesting a year isn’t about deciding whether it was “good” or “bad.” Sometimes the greatest wisdom comes from what didn’t happen, what ended, or what asked us to change direction.
Do I need to know what I want for next year?
No. In fact, please don’t worry if you don’t. The purpose of the course is not to arrive with the answers. We’ll create enough space to notice what direction is beginning to call you.
How much time should I plan for between sessions?
The practices are designed to fit into real life. Give yourself some quiet time each week for reflection and the exercises, but this is not a course with piles of homework. The intention is to create clarity, not another obligation.
Can I take The Year-End Compass again next year?
Absolutely. We are never standing in exactly the same place twice. The questions may remain useful year after year, but your answers, circumstances, and direction will continue to change.
What do I need to bring?
Bring a journal or notebook, something to write with, and a willingness to be curious about where you actually are. You don’t need to have anything figured out.
One Last Word
You don't need the map
You’re learning to use the compass. Join The Year-End Compass and finish this year with your bearings, not just your resolutions.
What Others Are Saying
“I was present the other day in your solstice ceremony and loved it!”
“Today’s session helped me connect with my deep & calm core.”
“Looking forward to next month. Even when it’s challenging for me, deepening my own inner work through these monthly circles is so worth it.”
“i am amazed how far you have come since i first met you some years ago (is it around 5 now?). you really have connected with the core of the wind shamanism you brought back to life then and are flying with it now! so much inspiration.”
“I've loved the ones I've been able to do. I've longed for real time connection with fellow seekers. Thank you so much for holding these virtual gatherings in which we can share. ”
“While working outside, surrounded by woods, I was trying to locate a water leak in the lines supplying our camps. I stopped in an open area because I thought I heard running water. As I followed the sound and the energy, I noticed the leaves of one tree moving in the wind, even though none of the other trees were moving. The sound of the leaves and the running water seemed to become one. I followed it up the dirt road toward the tree. As I got closer, the sound grew louder. When I reached the tree, the wind slowed, and just behind the neighboring cottage was the water leak. The wind and the tree had led me directly to it. From my heart, I thanked them both. Thank you, Renee, for introducing me to this remarkable way of working with the wind. WindWork® has become a meaningful addition to my work as a shamanic practitioner.”.”
“The journey was deeply helpful. I am healing something around what it means to be a woman in relationship, and the wind brought me a clear teaching. I am very glad I attended the class and had the opportunity to meet Renee. I also read Winds of Spirit and enjoyed it very much. I know I will continue working with the wind. Just last week, the wind blew through my house while I was speaking with a neighbor, slamming the door behind me and locking me out. It happened twice in two days, although nothing like it had occurred in all the decades I have lived here. I feel certain the winds are speaking to me. Renee does wonderful work.”
“I had never worked with the winds before, and this was the first live online class in which I had participated. I appreciated the honesty of the discussion, the real emotion, and the respect held within the group. The journey gave me an opportunity to revisit parts of myself I had neglected. I had been swept away by the constant onslaught of news, politics, war, and environmental crisis, and had lost contact with my core and my spiritual practice. Through the North Wind, I rediscovered my freedom. In Greek, the root of the word for freedom, eleftheria, carries the meaning of going and moving. The wind helped me reconnect with movement as part of my ancestral truth and reminded me that travel expands both the mind and the heart. I left the class feeling more connected to myself, my roots, and the wisdom I carry.”
“After just a month of Wind Work I was able to make a life changing decision that I had been dreading for years... the wind just took me on a spin and I never looked back. Since that first leap I feel a peace and rest, my life will unfold with the help of the winds. I am in awe how strong this work is, in awe with what Renee and her assistants can teach by example. Trusting the winds to guide me through calm and stormy times" ”
“Thank you for bringing the Wind Work into the world. I know how much courage it takes to be a trailblazer, and I celebrate you! Honestly, Renee, this work is sooooo challenging for me, but it’s worth every bit of effort. I love it! I feel like the sorcerer’s apprentice, and that is just thrilling! 💫⚡️”