How does one become a Shifter??? Well, I don't know!
But there are a number of theorys and guidelines, and I will present them here. Please use your common sense when thinking about doing any of these excercises and if you are a child or underage, {You shouldn't be able to get here if you are a child or underage} show this to your parents and ask them permission.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anyone who trys any of these things and causes a problem, I am not advising anyone to do any of these things, I am only presenting excercises which are reputed to be helpful in Shifterism as a source of information for persons interested in WereCreatures. Meaning: if you do any of this and get hurt, don't blame me.
Note: The excercises commonly practiced by Shifters are variations of these excercises, but everyone does things a little differently. Also instinct often leads Shifters to things that they need to do for their inner animal (such as taking a camping trip at a certain time when their animal really needs it). WARNING: ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS DO NOT MIX WITH MEDITATION OR TRANCE STATES, THEY TEND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE AND CAN EASILY RESULT IN THE WORST "BAD TRIPS" IN EXISTANCE
Excercise #1 Go to your library and check out a whole bunch of books on animals, especially the cat family, (Housecats, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, Lynxes, Others) the dog family(Wolves, Foxes, Coyotes, Jackals, Dogs,Others) and Bears. Check out some on Hyenas, Badgers, Weasels, Crows, Ravens, Hawks, Owls, and Eagles too. Also, if there is an animal that you've always really liked or been obsessed with, check out books on that animal too. All of these books should be books with many color photographs of the animals, preferably in the Wild, not in pens or as pets. Look at all the photographs carefully, and think about what it might feel like to physically be those animals. Think about where they live, what they do, slinking through the grass, sleeping in the open air, napping in the sun on a rock, rolling in the dust for a dust bath, slipping through the scrubland in the dark of night in the cool night air.
Excercise #2 Find a live representation of your animal, if possible. Go to the zoo (with good binoculars) and watch various animals that might be your species for a long time, looking at them close-up with binoculars if need be. Watch how they move, how they get up and lay down.
Excercise #3 For this excercise, meditate, as vividly as you can picture, being an animal. Try to picture the physical sensations as good as possible, such as the feel of soft mud on the pads of your paws.
Excercise #4 Watch nature documentaries on TV that have lots of videos of your animal in the Wild. Watch your fellow Wolves (or whatever animals) frolic and do Wolf things and daydream about being there.
Excercise #5 This is one of the most important excercises. You really need to, as a Shifter, have access to a Wild area, however small, and go walking there alone from time to time. Remember, not all wild areas are safe to walk alone in. Be careful.