Shamanism: A Path of Love, Connection, and Remembering Who We Are

What if the path to healing isn't about judging ourselves, fixing what we believe is broken, or deciding what is right or wrong about another person's journey? What if it begins with something much simpler, yet profoundly transformative: love, connection, and a willingness to see the world with an open heart?

At its heart, shamanism invites us to remember that we are not separate from the world around us. We are part of the great web of life, connected to the Earth beneath our feet, the animals who share this planet, the plants that nourish us, the elements that sustain us, and the unseen mysteries of Spirit.

We are nature, too.

Yet somewhere along the way, many of us become disconnected from this understanding. We learn to judge ourselves harshly, compare our journeys to others, label experiences as good or bad, and believe that we must become someone different before we are worthy of love.

Shamanic wisdom offer...

Spirit Animals: Listening to the Wisdom of the Natural World

Have you ever encountered an animal in a dream, crossed paths with one unexpectedly in nature, or noticed an animal appearing repeatedly in your life? Perhaps a hawk circled overhead just as you were asking for clarity, a butterfly landed nearby during a time of transformation, or a snake crossed your path when you were ready to shed an old version of yourself.

In shamanic traditions, animals can serve as messengers, teachers, and mirrors, offering us opportunities to connect more deeply with our intuition, our inner wisdom, and the natural world.

But what if the meaning of an animal isn't something you need to look up in a book or online?

What if the deeper message is waiting for you to discover it through your own relationship with that animal?

Listen Before You Look for Meaning

When an animal appears in your life, pause before searching for its symbolic meaning. Instead, become curious. Let yourself be present with...

Serpent Medicine: What We Become After the Shedding

In shamanic wisdom, the Serpent carries the ancient medicine of transformation.

We often speak of the Serpent shedding its skin—the releasing of old patterns, beliefs, identities, wounds, and karmic stories that no longer belong to us. It is a powerful image of death and rebirth.

But the medicine of the Serpent does not end with the shedding.

What happens after we release the old self?

There is a moment when we realize we are no longer who we once were, yet we are still becoming who we are meant to be.

This is where the deeper journey begins.

We may encounter the forgotten, wounded, or hidden parts of ourselves. We may meet the places where fear, pain, ancestral patterns, and old beliefs have lived. But within those depths, there is also sweetness.

There is wisdom.

There are gifts waiting to be reclaimed.

The parts of ourselves we once wished to heal or escape may ultimately become some of our greatest teachers. W...

You Are Not Alone 

When I first began my journey into shamanism, I often felt alone.

I didn’t have many people I could talk to about the experiences I was having or the things I was beginning to discover. Some of it was difficult to explain. Some of it simply felt too sacred or too personal to put into words.

But deep inside, I knew.

I knew there was something real happening within me. I couldn’t always explain it, but my heart and soul recognized it. Something was calling me to follow this path, even when I didn’t know where it would lead or how I even fit into.

So I said yes. I booked my reading to see if the shamanic path was meant for me.

And that simple yes began to change everything.

Along the way, I found a beautiful community of people who understood. People who were walking their own paths, asking their own questions, experiencing their own moments of wonder, uncertainty, healing, and transformation.

And slowly, I began to realize something prof...

How Can You Deepen Your Connection to the Natural World and Its Wisdom Available to You?

What if the natural world has been communicating with you all along?

Not necessarily in words, but through the changing seasons, the movement of water, the behavior of animals, the wind through the trees, the cycles of the moon, and the quiet feeling you experience when you step into a place that somehow feels familiar.

For me, connecting with nature has become much more than spending time outdoors.

It has become a relationship.

Through my shamanic journey, I began to understand nature differently. I started paying attention—not just looking, but listening. Not just observing, but becoming present enough to notice what was happening around me and within me.

And I discovered something that changed the way I moved through the world:

Nature can become a teacher when we are willing to become a student.

Slow Down Enough to Notice

Modern life trains us to move quickly.

We look at our phones ...

As part of many Shamanic cultures a person is called to be a Shaman by their village or tribe when the person chosen has faced death and lived to tell about it. 

The tribe believes the spirits took mercy on the healer and helped them live with the agreement that they would heal others with the help of their power animals and spirits. It became a working agreement between the Shaman and the Spirits.

Part of my path as an Energy Healer and Shamanic Medicine Practitioner started a lot like these chosen Shaman.

A childhood filled with both physical and emotional abuse, sexual assaults and finally a near death experience where I lost every ounce of blood in my body and then some, woke me up enough to understand life was about more than I had been struggling with.

It took a near death experience to help me recognize that there is more to our existence and I hadn't been using my rightful power, although admittedly it took years before I would truly understand how to use it. 

All that tim...