Free Online Event
The 3 Hidden Obstacles to Communicating With Spirit
With internationally respected medium Michael Mayo
Why This Matters Now
If you have ever tried to reach for spirit and felt the connection slip further away the harder you reached, you are not alone, and you are not doing it wrong. Michael Mayo has spent more than two decades teaching mediumship, and what he keeps discovering is refreshingly simple: the block usually is not a lack of gift. It is the pressure we quietly put on ourselves to make something happen.
This free event exists for anyone who has ever second guessed a feeling, a name, or a flicker of awareness and talked themselves out of it before they let it land. Michael’s approach is grounded, evidential, and built around learning to trust clairsentience, the felt sense through which spirit often makes first contact, rather than chasing dramatic signs that rarely arrive on command.
Who This Is For
This session is built for anyone curious about mediumship training, whether you are just starting to explore spirit communication or you have been practicing for years and want a more consistent, less effortful connection. It is equally useful if you are simply grieving and wondering whether the subtle sensations you have noticed since a loss might mean more than you have given them credit for.
Event Details
| Presenter: | Michael Mayo, evidential medium, astrologer, and founder of The Oakbridge Institute |
| Format: | Free live online video event, experiential hour |
| Date: | Listed as August 11, 2026 at 4:30pm PT on the registration page (please confirm current date at registration, as this can shift) |
| Replay: | A recording is offered to everyone who registers, even if you cannot attend live |
| Cost: | Free |
| Host: | The Shift Network |
What You Will Explore
- A guided practice designed to help you notice the subtle sensations of spirit communication, so you can experience connection arising through relaxed awareness instead of strain
- Why mediumship is, at its core, an art of feeling, and how strengthening your clairsentience moves you from guesswork into genuine, repeatable experience
- How stripping away unnecessary technique can actually deepen your connection, by clearing space for what matters instead of adding more steps
- The shift from striving to surrender, and why that shift tends to bring more clarity and authenticity than effort ever could
- How recognizing spirit as a partner rather than a puzzle to solve can quiet self-doubt and help your readings feel more natural over time
The Practice at the Center of This Event
Michael will walk the group through a gentle attunement, an experiential practice built to help you recognize the physical, emotional, and energetic cues that often accompany real spirit contact. That might show up as warmth, tingling, a shift in emotion, or simply a quiet sense that someone is present. Rather than treating those cues as too subtle to trust, you will practice relaxing into them and letting the connection unfold on its own terms.
Michael has also identified three habits that tend to interfere with mediumship: trying too hard to force a result, second guessing what comes through, and expecting spirit to show up in dramatic, unmistakable ways. Naming these patterns is often the first step to releasing them.
About Michael Mayo
Michael Mayo is an internationally trained medium, astrologer, and spiritual teacher who developed his mediumship in the United Kingdom under Gordon Smith of the School of Intuitive Studies and Eileen Davies of the Arthur Findlay College. He holds a BA in Psychology and Social Behavior and a BA in Drama from the University of California, Irvine, and has taught and studied across the United States, Europe, and Australia.
Michael is the founder of The Oakbridge Institute, an online school built to raise the standard of mediumship and psychic studies, and the author of Spirit Speaks, a step-by-step, evidence-based guide to genuine spiritual communication. He is also a second-generation astrologer with more than 18 years of study in astrological theory. You can learn more about his work on his about page.
Across his years of teaching, Michael has become known for a practical, grounded, results-oriented style that helps students discover both their strengths and what has been quietly holding them back.
What Students Say
One student described how Michael’s grounded, practical teaching style helped her connect in ways she had not previously considered, and how the exercises became part of her daily practice long after the course ended.
Paulina, California
Another student, new to mediumship entirely, was surprised by how much she absorbed, and credited Michael’s patience for helping her move past her own insecurities.
Taysha, Western Australia
A third student built what she called a much stronger foundation under Michael’s teaching, noting that her clairsentience visibly strengthened and that his clear explanations led to several genuine breakthroughs.
Conni, Sedona, Arizona
Attendees will also be the first to hear about Michael’s upcoming 7-week live video mediumship training, where these principles move from concept into consistent practice through live demonstrations and guided exercises.
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