The Big Story

Lying flat on my back for 16 days back in the 1980’s, I was in so much physical pain that I could not move. It was then that I began to realize I needed to change my life! I had been literally ‘floored’! Stopped in my tracks. I had nowhere to run, or hide.

It wasn’t by chance that during that time I came across a reflexologist who helped me to see that this was a turning point in my life. As a result of that meeting, and the healing that followed, I trained to become a reflexologist. My healer’s journey had begun and everything changed.

Over the course of the next few years, I noticed that some clients healed and others did not. My curiosity and desire to be of service led me to explore all kinds of therapeutic processes: counseling, gestalt, person-centered therapy, psychosynthesis. I trained to be a yoga teacher, I discovered 5 Rhythms dance, and explored ways to use my voice. I ran a women’s group for 10 years, exploring the sacred feminine, the goddess, the myths that we live by, ceremony, ritual, and ways to reconnect with Mother Earth.

Each time reaching out beyond my comfort zone, beyond who I thought I was, I began to discover aspects of me that had been hidden or suppressed in the simple act of living this everyday reality. I also learned the resilience of the human spirit; how truly facing, embracing, and stepping beyond our fear creates inner trust and confidence. In liberating ourselves, our presence liberates others.

All of this led me to shamanic training. I have worked with a number of shamans in my life, across the Inca and other traditions. Incorporating the processes and techniques that I have learned over the years, I have developed a training which is powerful, beautiful, and for me, is the final piece in the puzzle.