The practitioner
In service to the sacred.
Like many, I have felt and seen the world differently my entire life. It took me a long time to understand that there was, in fact, nothing wrong with me. Looking back, I can see many instances where I was being guided toward energy work. As a child, I was shown that one could “grab pain from the body and throw it out the window,” sort of Reiki style, but with no reasoning behind it—just a story someone had witnessed. I was consistently complimented on being an attentive listener to adults, who, I later realized, were drawn to my empathic energy and were essentially trauma dumping onto me. (I say this not with resentment, but with compassion for both my younger self and the others who clearly needed some help.) I remember “seeing” things, feeling and tasting color, and sensing the emotions—especially the heavy ones—of those around me. Often depleted and defeated, I believed that my ability to move and read energy (which, of course, I did not yet understand was what was happening) was a lack of discipline or an inherent tendency toward failure. Why couldn’t I just be normal?
Slowly, I began to reclaim myself in my late twenties, ironically when I started having children. My mama-bear conviction activated my intuition for what was right for me and my family in a whole new way. For the first time, I was putting my own needs and my young family’s needs before those of the people around me.
I knew the choices we made for our family were hard for others to comprehend, but they were absolutely right for us—still hard, but right. Shortly after diving deep into herbal medicine and homeopathy, we discovered the benefits of craniosacral therapy and energetic chiropractic. Baby steps into the world of energy.
While working with a healing mentor, I heard the phrase “everything is energy” so many times that I could never forget it. I was shown how to prioritize my own energy and to “feed others” only from the saucer of my overflowing cup. In short: energetic sovereignty and hygiene.
This healer discovered a dark presence in my energy field—one that she didn’t have the capacity to heal—so she sent me to a Shamanic healer for a clearing. This changed everything for me. Since that clearing, my family and I have received multiple Shamanic healings, we have had a clearing done in every home we have moved into, and I have received guidance. Then, finally, I received the call from Spirit to study this particular modality so that I could help others as a healer. Having completed the first three levels of Shamanic Healer Training, I now have my own practice in North Carolina and also offer sessions remotely.