I am seeing some new subscribers (as well as others who I have not met yet) and just wanted to introduce myself and get to know you as well (so please say hi and let me know what you are up to)!
Right now, I am sitting in my living room in Bellingham, WA, the sun is shining and I am enjoying seeing the chickadees and hummingbirds visit the apple tree dappling my deck. Yesterday was the first fall rain and it was a cleansing kindness, especially since I was lucky enough to take a walk in it.
I usually see clients all day on Mondays, but this week is slower and I truly love the open places in my schedule… to enjoy … spaciousness. And writing to you.
I’ve been cultivating an effervescent atttitude of gratitude this year, and today I feel the naturalness of this type of love radiating from my chest. This is very, very nice because most recently I have been experiencing an “underworld” journey. You could say….. C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E-S.
Humbled… and also uplifted by months of graititude practice into a wonder-full and very clear realization that this underworld dip was an oh-so-glorious- opportunity (wink wink) to practice what I preach:
stay with the body. ask the body. somatic ritual releasing and healing.
use the transformational skills. ask for help from my friends in the spirit world.
meditate to access the unconscious material and get into coherence.
use neurodecolonizing practices to heal while avoiding the temptation to use methods that bypass, numb, or “fix”.
be patient, self-love, receive support.
know the difference between managing/coping and truly “being with”
try out the new mental magic you have been learning
stay connected to your dreams…
Coming out the other side of the birth canal today, I wanted to write from this place of renewal.
A little about me…
I am an alchemical healer: acupuncturist, shamanic practitioner, and women’s eco-somatic soul guide. My practice locally + virtually focuses on women’s medicine, animist practices and lifeways, and holding space for women walking the descent to their inner work (what I call integrative soulwork).
An inverted paradigm from status quo, we journey into our inner landscapes + build our transformational skill set, so that we can effectively be in relationship with what we encounter along the way.
My primary focus is on building bridges in women’s medicine to cover all aspects of our beingness. I am an apprentice to cross-cultural wisdom and contemporary insights into embodied transformation, life dream & dream life development, and the sacred act of becoming “real human beings”.
My journey began with a question: What is this “love” thing everyone is talkin’ about, huh? I want to know more about love.
Self-love, love for the world, love with one other, making contact with soul, and an embodied mystical attitude towards life are key themes that guide my heart.
I support women to shapeshift away from cultural norms into a feminine-led attitude towards life.
Some aspects of this are:
“Body as earth, earth as body,” activating the inner wisdom that we are but microcosms within the macrocosm where health and wellbeing are directly related to the health and wellbeing of the Earth.
Ancestral healing and breaking the harmful intergenerational patterns while opening to receive the love, support, and strength from our bright and well ancestors.
Creating culture change + empowering both individuals and our community through re-valuation of transformational skill building from both ancient traditions as well as contemporary and cutting edge teachings.
Providing deeper understanding of ourselves through a rEvolutionary healthcare paradigm: integrating our sexuality/eros nature as well as non-denominational spiritual and cross-cultural mystical connection into our understanding of health, wealth, career, and relationships.
The body as portal to deep, sustainable healing and wellbeing (feeling is healing); the mind as gateway to changing our reality; the soul as carrier of our most satiating life.
It has been on my own journey of healing and spiritual identity, addressing and transforming my own trauma, empath and attachment wounds, anxiety patterns and other mental-emotional and physical symptoms, along with being a healing professional, that I am passionate and skilled in supporting others to do the same.
On a deeper level, I empower and initiate women into the mysteries of embodied intuition, inner sensing, and oracular states of consciousness (without entheogens), through
somatic,
shakti,
(p)syche,
shamanic,
and sacred earth practices.
We do this as an end in itself - because these ways expand our sense of self, our full-spectrum experience of being in a body - but also, as a means to being the leaders and creators of our lives, to bring the changes we wish to see for ourselves, our families, and our communities.
I believe we can have a powerful impact in the world through this yin path and Sacred Feminine Ways.
Grateful for this substack community. If this resonates, please say hi and let me know what you are up to.
