I offer gentle and transformative shamanic healing sessions to clients who wish to make ongoing positive changes in their lives. These sessions promote well-being on all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. 

Shamanic healing is based on the knowledge that all of creation is interconnected, alive and sacred.  It is a powerful ancient way of consciously connecting and communicating with one's inner power and soul, with nature and divine Love.  From a shamanic perspective, illness, discomfort and dis-ease are viewed as the direct result of imbalance in one's life.  Shamanic healing brings back the balance by releasing the energies that aren't serving you and by calling back the energies you need to feel whole again. 

Clients make positive shifts during healing sessions because they are guided to access the powerful healer within and because we are supported by the Divine power of Love.  Spiritual traditions from around the world have different names for the power of Love: Great Spirit, God, Goddess, Universe, Creator, etc., but no matter what we call it, Love is available for us to contact and connect with at any time.  In truth, we are never really separate from Love at all, and shamanic healing helps us to remember this.  Above all else, it is Love that heals.  (For more information on shamanism, here is a short article I wrote: "What is Shamanism".)

Over the years, I have successfully assisted clients to return to a state of wholeness, harmony and balance.  Please read some testimonials.  My expertise is in assisting clients to release and heal: 
 

	trauma		chronic pain		depression
	grief		anxiety		fear
	wounds		unproductive patterns		and others

Please read the technique descriptions for information about interventions that may be used.

I am a trauma-sensitive healer. My intention for all healing sessions is to ensure that you do not relive trauma and are therefore not retraumatized.  When a person has experienced or witnessed a life-threatening or traumatic situation, their body and brain undergo chemical and physiological changes, including storing up energy for a flight or fight response.  The soul and energy field may also be wounded and require healing. If trauma has not been healed and released then the "charge" or energy of the experience is still stored in the body and energy field, even in cases where there is no conscious memory of an event. 

My education and experience has shown me that healing can be done in a gentle and powerful way without  re-experiencing a traumatic situation.  Together, we focus on locating the stored energy in your body and energy field and use shamanic techniques to safely and gently release it.  We will also focus on healing energetic wounds to your soul, mind, and body and restore any energy you may need to come back into balance and harmony. 

As you heal, it is possible that memories may begin to surface. This is not the same as reliving the experience and is part of the healing process. You may also receive new insights about your life, behaviour, thoughts and beliefs.  It is also possible that you may go through a period of grieving as you heal the past.  Please know that I am here to assist you with this process in a gentle, loving and respectful manner. 

Working in the realm of the sacred is the core element of shamanic healing.  As a shamanic healer and counsellor, my role is to create a sacred healing space where you are safe and cared for.   I always intend for your highest healing during our sessions, and call on the support of Love in its many forms, including the Archangels, to assist us in our work together.

My role is to gently facilitate and guide your healing process and to help you activate the healer within you.  My approach is "client-centred" which means that the sessions are focussed on your healing needs. It means that I will always respect your choices and your boundaries in our sessions together.

In addition, sessions can be done with or without touch.  The choice is entirely yours and I will only touch you with your consent.

Healing is an active process, not a "quick fix", so it is very important that you be willing to participate in our sessions together.   I am here to facilitate and assist  you, but it is your body, mind and soul that will undergo the transformation.  Essentially, it is the healer within you that makes the shifts.  No one can do this for you, but you.  Therefore, your commitment to your healing is essential. 

Please remember that shamanic healing is a very powerful way to make positive change, however, you must allow yourself the time to integrate the changes.  After all, the purpose of the healing sessions is to make lasting change in as gentle a way as possible.  If you've carried something for a long time, such as a chronic emotional, spiritual or physical condition, it will likely take a series of sessions to clear that energy.  Shifts do happen in a short amount of time, however, making dramatic change is usually easier to integrate and handle in "smaller doses" over a longer period of time.