my path so far…

I have studied shamanism and shamanic healing techniques for over 20 years. I have a B.A. in mythology and ancient religions and have also been a practicing massage therapist as well as a student of Chinese Medicine and Homeopathy.

I’ve taught Shamanic Journeywork and what I really like about that is that each person is simply given a tool. Once the method of Journeying is learned, one has the power to find their own answers. There is no authority greater than your own “knowing” and no guidance above your own higher self, power animals and spirit teachers.  That is what I strongly believe and love to share.

Throughout it all, my love and affinity for crystals and gemstones has been an important part of my life. I began learning metalsmithing and jewelry making just to be able to work with crystals and stones and make things that would hopefully resonate with someone else. My goal and intention is always to work in a sacred space where I can tune into the voices of the stones and elements, their music, their songs, the rhythms that might empower the creation of my pieces and convey that magic to the person who wears or owns them.

A bit deeper…

I struggled for a very long time with the knowledge that there is so much more than the “ordinary reality” we experience and I also had to work through many of my own personal fears and blocks to allow myself to know what to do with this knowledge. I continue to find my way and I seek help and guidance as I do the work of becoming my truest and most fully realized self.

I’ve been open to other realms for as long as I can remember. I’ve had a lifetime of working with that. For a long time it felt like a split, like I was ungrounded and like I needed to commit to being here, in this life, this world, this incarnation. I often had experiences, adventures and emotions in other realms that didn’t compare to anything in “ordinary reality”.  And then I had overwhelming fear that if I let myself go and open to the information I was sensing, I might never be able to come back.

I have often lamented that we don’t live in a tribal society where someone like me might be spotted as a child and given the tools to understand the way she was perceiving reality. I’ve met many, many people in this situation and it seems that we’ve all had to muddle through on our own, making what sense we could and almost always needing to shut down parts of ourselves in order to survive what we could not make sense of.

I finally feel like I’ve come full circle and I’m at a place where I can be open to the levels of spirit and energy, of magic and mystery in the universe and still be grounded and part of this world and this life which I chose and which has given me so many gifts. I dearly wish it hadn’t taken me so long to get here, but will never wish for it to be different.

For me, it took allowing love into my life and having a child. When I carried my daughter during pregnancy and shared my body to facilitate her entrance into this world, and when I loved her and committed to her in a way I’ve never imagined was possible, I gained a deeper and more fully realized access to my own power and spiritual path.

There’s no going back to sleep now!