I have trained in Core Shamanism – ancient practices for working with nature and transcended beings – and use shamanic healing practices within Shiatsu and Chi Nei Tsang sessions. To find out more about this and to book a session click here for the contact form.

Shamanic work involves shifting consciousness to connect and communicate with a ‘spirt world’ of many presences, including transcendental beings such as guides, teachers, protectors and compassionate healing presences.

This state of consciousness is evoked using meditation states, drumming, rattling, chanting and singing. It is an experience of open-hearted, non-dual, non-judgemental, ‘non-ordinary’ state of flow.

The range of shamanic healing methodologies include:

Soul Retrieval: At times, when there is great stress, our overall ‘integrated being’ is affected and challenged in terms of connecting with the ‘whole’. If the challenge and disconnection is significant there may be a sense of ‘soul loss’ which might manifest as a tendency for difficulties in attention and emotional regulation.

Extraction: At times there may be unhelpful or disharmonious presences or ‘structures’ in the body. These are known as ‘intrusions’ and are energetic in nature. Extraction is a method for removing them and allowing more harmony and clarity in the energy field.

Compassionate Depossession: Shamanic Depossession is a method to kindly and compassionately release the presence of aspects that have become internalised that are no longer in the ‘right place’. The aim is restoring balance and harmony.

Curse Unravelling: At times there are patterns of behaviour or thoughts that have developed a ‘life of their own’ and are active in resisting change. One way of describing these patterns is to call them ‘curses’. The aim of this method is to ‘unravel’ the curses so that they no longer have an impact on one’s life and there is greater freedom from ‘past habits’, including those that are intergenerational.

Psychopomp Work: This method is to support spirits of the ‘no longer living’ to move on to where to an appropriate place of peace, harmony and community. At times people, animals or other beings ‘die’ in difficult circumstances and their residual consciousness or ‘spirit’ may be distressed. The role of the community psychopomp is to support them in communicating what is needed and guide them towards ‘home’.

What to expect from a session? The sessions generally have little or no physical contact. If you request some Shiatsu and Chi Nei Tsang then this will be included in the sessions. Each session is unique. With your permission, there may also be drumming, rattling and spontaneous singing or humming. There may also be the use of sage or other incense – again, with your permission.

Occasionally, I may also tell you about or ask you questions about what the spirits are communicating to enable greater clarity for the healing session.

At the end of the session, I may leave you on your own in the treatment room for a few minutes while I go outside to make notes and reflect on any further information that may be needed. This gives you time to rest and reflect – and when I return, I check how you are and get your feedback. There may also be further intuited guidance that can be of use to you in the future.