The Ancestral Medium Apprenticeship
A group mentorship for boldly developing your mediumship skills, connecting to the rooted wisdom in your ancestry, and collaborating with your guides towards liberation.
In short:
Spirit skills 🤝 Self-trust
You 🤝 Me
Us 🤝 Your ancestors, guides, allies
You + your team 🤝 Transformation
Who this is for:
🔭 Seekers: you’re aware that there are unseen realms + courageous enough to step into the unknown and explore what it holds for you.
☄️ Change-makers and disruptors: you know the priceless value of community and are ready to invite your guides into your networks of care.
🗃️ Ancestral researchers: you love connecting with the people, pathways, and traditions that came before you. Now you’re ready to do this through deep relationship with your ancestors themselves.
🎱 Diviners and witches: you have a feeling there is someone (or many someones) behind your readings + spell work and you're ready to dial up the potency of your craft through meeting the wise spirits of your court.
👁️ Mystics: the spirit world is a familiar place for you; what you need is support and guidance to help anchor your practice in ethical + structured ways that are just as expansive as you are.
🫀 Those who feel that inexplicable internal tug toward this work: You’re ready to expand your ability to connect to yourself, your lineage, your spirit team, and receive the benefits of being in relationship with the seen and unseen world. And you know the time is now.
“I knew walking toward mentorship with Jes would be transformational, but I could not have imagined how much so. Jes created such safety for exploration, vulnerability, processing, and joyful connection.
Jes is a gift, a gem, a booming healing laugh in a dark cave. If you are considering working with Jes I truly cannot say enough about how that is probably a REALLY good idea. Especially if you feel that pull in your chest toward this work.”
Megan M.
Why the hell does mediumship matter?
Mediumship has been and is a tool + practice of connection, rebellion, and liberation. Development of our mediumship skills can offer:
Understanding that we have a team and we’re never navigating life alone
Awareness of beings, energies, resources, connections, and influences that colonialism, capitalism, and empire refuse to acknowledge
Assistance in seeing all life as a form of co-creation
Decolonial work of reconnection to ourselves, our communities, and the Land we are on, as well as where our lineage came from
Finding and transmuting generational cycles and accountability
Building our protections and refining our discernment
Receiving direction and insight from those who are here to support us
Building + exercising of deep self-trust and intuition
Respect and reciprocity through infinite relationship
Why ancestral mediumship, tho?
One of the ways colonization attempts to maintain its power is by disconnecting a people from their body, culture, ancestors, community, land, and spirit. Reconnecting to these is a fucking powerful and radical act.
In The Ancestral Medium Apprenticeship, we start by anchoring our work in your body’s knowledge and lineage; both the wisdom that lies within as well as wounds that require tending + repair. We then learn how to hone our communication skills to commune with the ancestors and ancestral spirit guides (of all kinds) that are part of our team. Finally, we apply what we’ve developed by beginning to co-create the world we want to live in with our spirit team by our side.
Ancestors are often our first line of defense, and as one of my favorite teachers, Kaitlyn Graña says “they are the most fervent supporters of our dreams.” They are especially skilled in assisting and supporting us in “pentacles work” or earth-based work where we are creating and expanding possibility and physically bringing it into the world.
Ancestors are all those who have come before, and damn, this means your team is diverse and VAST.
Ancestral Spirits who are aligned with our truth and wisdom (and we, with theirs) are particularly equipped to help us co-create new realities.
Meet your Mentor
I’m Jes.
I’m an ancestral medium, folk magician, and spirit mentor. I’m also a somatic practitioner with a background in behavioral health, and education.
I curse like a goddamn sailor, will make any long story longer, and will openly weep when a stranger sings karaoke with their whole heart.
I am the great-grandchild of Irish and Norwegian settlers on Turtle Island as well as a descendant of Scottish, Manx, and English settlers. I was adopted and raised by family with Mexican and German lineage.
Queer and trans ancestors, community medicine ancestors, the ocean, standing stones, and my Chain Smoking Grannies also have an important place in my life, team, and heart.
This apprenticeship was created with two of my beloved and trusted guides: an ancestor of healing + mediumship and my great-grandmother. They will be joining us for this mentorship as well.
You can read more about me, my ancestral lineage + lineage of knowledge here.
“Jes is an incredible mentor for those looking to ground their spiritwork somatically, develop a solid foundation of psychic skills, and build confidence interacting with the unseen.
Jes introduced me to a whole new level of support and nourishment that is possible when you build fruitful, mutually respectful relationships with your spirits and work together with your ancestors to address intergenerational, epigenetic patterns. ”
Gray Garland
Apprenticeship Foundations:
Somatic Sensing
Learning how to work with our body as a translator, tool, and collaborator to communicate with the world around us. Validating the ways it is already receiving information and expanding our awareness, capacity, and confidence.
Spiritual Foundations
Developing and implementing fundamental practices around setting boundaries, protection, spiritual hygiene, spell work, and communication protocols that allow us to remain safe, agential, and able to use our discernment.
Ancestral Research
Inquirers and investigators, rejoice! We will be following body, mind, and spirit-led research of places, elements, people, history, traditions, folk magic, music, food, and many other aspects of those who came before us. Access to records or specific knowledge of your ancestors is not a requirement; all of us are able to discover these potent ancestral connections through various ways.
Relational Reciprocity
From building and maintaining an ancestral altar to discovering ways to approach relationship through a decolonial lens, one of the core threads of mediumship is relationality. Here we will continue to develop and connect to ourselves, our team, and the world around us.
1:1 Mediumship Consult with Jes
Each apprentice will meet 1:1 for 60-minutes with Jes, where they will connect with pathways, spirits, and guidance that are most helpful for them on their current mediumship journey.
Personal and Community Practice
Apprentices will be practicing throughout the week between sessions. We will be additionally be checking in during sessions around our experiences with these practices. Towards the end, we will also be practicing together within our small, supportive community.
Ancestral Medium Apprenticeship Details:
This Apprenticeship Includes:
10-week immersive group mediumship development experience with Jes starting October 18, 2026
9 live presentation + development sessions, hosted on Zoom
A 60-minute 1:1 Mediumship Consult with Jes for clarifying spirits, guidance, and questions about your mediumship journey
A closed community group forum for the sharing of experiences, questions, and other support needed throughout the apprenticeship
The opportunity to practice mediumship skills in a variety of gentle spaces.
The apprenticeship is limited to 6 participants.
Dates and Times:
Sundays at 2pm PT/5pm ET starting October 18th
Sessions are 2 hours long.
Weeks 1-3: October 18, 25, and Nov 1
Week 4: Each mentee will schedule a time to meet with Jes for their 1:1 Mediumship Consult
Weeks 5-9: November 15, 22, 29, and December 6, 13
Week 10: For our final session, we will be collectively deciding on a date and time that works for every person in the group.
Attendance policy: Because this mentorship is immersive and practice-based, live attendance for sessions is important.
If something comes up and you need to miss a session or two, you will be able to watch the session’s recording before we meet again. If you know that you will need to miss more than two sessions, this is not the right time to join the apprenticeship.
Application and Payment
Pay in full and receive an additional 1:1 Spirit Team Session with Jes, to be booked during or after the apprenticeship.
The Ancestral Medium Apprenticeship is $1380
Payment Plan Option: $345 a month for four months.
Refund policy: Due to the nature of this work, refunds are not available.
FAQs
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Many of us know very little about those who came before us — a purposeful separation enacted through coloniality. There is so much potential available when we understand the people, cultures, land, and ways of being that existed before and during this severance.
The spirits always meet us where we are; one of the coolest things about ancestral work is the ability to build a connection with and learn about your ancestors as you go. Access to records or specific knowledge of your ancestors is not a requirement; all of us are able to discover these potent ancestral connections through various ways and we will, together.
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All of our ancestors are imperfect, just like we are. This is a part of being human, and one that connects us in profound ways.
This question often comes up when referencing largely oppressive ancestors in a lineage. This is a reality, and an important one. We all have ancestors who have perpetuated harm. We don’t need to condone their actions to hold compassion and work towards repair. When we work with ancestors through a decolonial lens, it can benefit everyone. We can learn how harmful patterns impacted the past, discover how they show up in the present, and work towards showing up in different ways + change now and in the future.
Ancestral work also connects us to the breadth of wisdom and support that precedes us. There are so many ancestors who are readily available to share wisdom, joy and love.
Ancestor work also counters our current social obsession with hyper-independency through acknowledging the larger picture and our relationships within it. In connecting to ancestors (and all other beings), we can experience what it feels like to be held by many realms and ecosystems of care and oh my god, it’s transformative.
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No, all levels of experience are welcome, and this program is created to support and assist you in developing your mediumship abilities (which we all have access to) through skill building, practice, and developing self-trust. If you are excited by and feel pulled towards developing mediumship skills this is for you.
Alternatively, if you are already connected to the spirit realm but are looking for a guided experience that will assist in creating structure, ritual, and deeper relationships with your guides this space is also for you. -
The Ancestral Mediumship Apprenticeship isn’t just a class – it’s an intensive group mentorship with live sessions, practice, and relationship building.
While there will be presentations and we will be covering historical and current info, skill-building exercises, and having discussions, the most important aspect of this mentorship is implementing the practices into your daily life. It’s praxis; theory and practice working hand in hand.The more you offer your attention, energy, and willingness to this practice, the more you will receive.
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Because this mentorship is immersive and practice-based, live attendance for sessions is important.
If something comes up and you need to miss a session or two, you will be able to review the recording before we meet again. If you know that you will need to miss more than two sessions, this is not the right time to join the apprenticeship. -
Due to the nature of this work, refunds are not available and all sales are final.
Questions? Here are the frequently asked!
Interested but want to make sure it’s the right fit for you?
Schedule a 15-min Consult Chat with me on Zoom, and let’s go over any questions you have!
“Jes has a rare ability to bridge worlds. She never asked me to abandon logic or “believe harder”; instead, she met me exactly where I was and gently guided me into a practice that still felt thoughtful, intentional, and safe. Working with her in the spirit realm, with my team of guides and ancestors brought a sense of clarity and grounding I didn’t even realize I was missing.
Things began to click in a way that felt organic rather than forced—less like adopting a new belief system and more like remembering something ancient and familiar.
Jes creates an environment where exploration doesn’t require certainty, and where not knowing is treated as a strength rather than a flaw. That alone has been transformative.”
Gemma W.
From Past Magical Mentees:
“Working with Jes was a genuinely significant experience for me. I came in as a complete beginner, and it quickly became both an investment in myself and something that’s now part of how I move through the world. I’m changed because of it.
Jes has a remarkable ability to meet you exactly where you are and ‘ladder” the learning in a way that makes sense, especially for a more analytical brain while still inviting you to stretch jussssst enough. From theory and history, to grounding in existing frameworks, to trying things out, and moving into deeper practice. It builds in a way that feels both thoughtful and doable (even if sometimes I was totally nervous).
Jes brings a strong sense of groundedness, complemented by a frank and refreshingly direct approach. They’re incredibly approachable, which makes it easy to learn, ask questions, and stay curious without feeling like you’re supposed to already know what you’re doing.
As someone new to this, I feel like I’ve unlocked a huge portal into something I’m only just beginning to discover, which is equal parts exciting and slightly mind-bending.
If you’re considering it, you should probably just say yes and do it.”
Heather H.
“Jes is an incredible mentor for those looking to ground their spiritwork somatically, develop a solid foundation of psychic skills, and build confidence interacting with the unseen. Her mentorship is also fabulous for those who have been engaging in trauma work who are looking to address other layers of healing and access more support from the spirit realm.
Jes was able to meet me where I was at and help me adapt routines and approaches for relating to my ancestors and navigating the spirit realm that worked for me and my unique perception and ability.
I left our mentorship with greater security in my discernment that allowed me to feel more safety and ease doing spiritwork. Jes introduced me to a whole new level of support and nourishment that is possible when you build fruitful, mutually respectful relationships with your spirits and work together with your ancestors to address intergenerational, epigenetic patterns. The freedom she has given me is literally priceless!”
Gray G.
“I knew walking toward mentorship with Jes would be transformational, but I could not have imagined how much so. My life is changing since finishing mentorship because working with Jes connected me so deeply to myself, spirit, and our planet and all of its relations that living, in even the smallest way, outside of authenticity no longer feels possible. This is the ultimate gift despite requiring change. In fact, BECAUSE it inspires change.
Jes is my first mentor and I feel so grateful to be able to say that. We laughed (SO hard), we cried, I learned so much, I HEARD so much that landed more deeply than before, I was able to meet members of my spirit team and receive their messages of love and gratitude as well as gentle call-outs lol. Jes created such safety for exploration, vulnerability, processing, and joyful connection. I think for a lot of us the hardest part of coming into our own spiritual gifts is believing that what we are experiencing is real because, for as long as we can remember, we have been talked out of our knowing. That was certainly the case for me.
This experience with Jes has shown me that we need each other. We need safe guides. We need someone who has been walking this path and looks back to see who may be trepidatiously coming behind them and reach out a helping hand. Now is a time in our world where these guides are needed more than ever.
Jes is a gift, a gem, a booming healing laugh in a dark cave. If you are considering working with Jes I truly cannot say enough about how that is probably a REALLY good idea. Especially if you feel that pull in your chest toward this work.”
Megan M.
“I will and have recommended Jes to many people I have connected with during and since! I think the most often repeated support I receive and remind myself of is to trust what I hear and feel. This practice, often in Jes’ voice empowers me and feels so grounding. And the freedom to play in different ways to connect.
It was all so thoughtful and intentional: the teachings and guidance, the PowerPoints and info, the homework, and the support all combined to create a perfect process.
I’m continuing to integrate the process all these months later, but I’m generally just more open as a result of my work with Jes and more trusting of myself, and for that I will be forever grateful.”
Carolyn S.
“Stepping into the spirit realm felt vulnerable, unfamiliar, and honestly a little intimidating. What made it possible—and ultimately profound—was Jes.
Jes has a rare ability to bridge worlds. She never asked me to abandon logic or “believe harder”; instead, she met me exactly where I was and gently guided me into a practice that still felt thoughtful, intentional, and safe. Working with her in the spirit realm and with my team of guides, angels, and ancestors brought a sense of clarity and grounding I didn’t even realize I was missing. Things began to click in a way that felt organic rather than forced—less like adopting a new belief system and more like remembering something ancient and familiar.
The best part of the mentorship was Jes herself: her steadiness, her integrity, and the way she holds space without ever imposing an agenda. Practices that incorporated my history, ancestry, and ultimately ancestors became deeply grounding and empowering under her guidance. As someone formerly part of more traditional religious practices, I didn’t expect to love the ritual aspect as much as I do, but it turns out that structure, intention, and symbolism are exactly what helped my logical mind relax enough to let intuition in.
What surprised me most was how safe and supported the process felt. Jes creates an environment where exploration doesn’t require certainty, and where not knowing is treated as a strength rather than a flaw. That alone has been transformative.
I would absolutely recommend Jes to anyone, especially those who think they might be “too logical,” “too skeptical,” or “too conditioned” to do this kind of work. Her approach is uniquely grounded, compassionate, and quietly powerful. She honors both discernment and mystery, which is a rare combination.
As a result of this work, I’ve noticed changes on every level: mentally, I’m more trusting of my inner knowing; emotionally, I feel steadier and less self-critical; spiritually, I feel aligned in a way that doesn’t negate who I am, but integrates all of me. I feel more whole. Jes didn’t just teach me spiritual practices—she helped me reclaim a relationship with Spirit that feels authentic, respectful, and sustainable. This work has meant more to me than I can easily put into words, and Jes is truly exceptional at what she does.”