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Tag: Self-Healing
Join Our Shamanic Drumming and Journeying Community
Beginning Saturday, March 29th, 2025, I will offer a monthly gathering focused on shamanic journeying and drumming. No experience with shamanism, journeying, or drumming is necessary – just a curious and open heart! Shamanic journeying is a powerful practice that anyone can learn and use. Working in the spirit realm teaches us true freedom and…
Getting to the Root of Healing with Tarot
I created a new tarot spread to help track the root cause of illness, injury, blockage, or other physical or energetic unbalance. Many people have reached a point where they’re ready to do more than just treat the symptoms of health issues. They’re ready to look at the base cause(s) and work on healing from…
Learning to Journey for Self-Healing
Introduction My first contact with shamanism was in 1992 in a college course called ‘Magic and Religion’ (definitely the coolest thing about my school). The class examined indigenous and Western shamanic history and practices as well as some aspects of the occult movement and modern witchcraft. I didn’t pick up my shamanic studies again until…
Healing and Transformation Through Dismemberment
From my journal: 12/19/23, Waxing Half Moon; approx 1-year anniversary of initiation. Just before the last new moon, I started working on clearing out the mental and emotional stuff weighing me down. My desire to free myself from headaches and medications is tied up in this work. At my last visit with Aileen, they said…
Snowy Owl: A Journey into Feminine Power and Healing
In the fall of 2023, I discovered firsthand the difference between spirit animals and power animals. Up until then, I had worked with a variety of spirit animal helpers, but my new experiences with Snowy Owl taught me a whole new relationship with this spirit guide. From my journal: 10/3/23 3 pm, waning gibbous moon.…
Shamanic No Moon Ritual
In January of 2023, I journeyed on the new moon to work with my shamanic family and found myself participating in a ritual to protect our tribe. This No Moon ritual is the first ritual in our tradition that I was taught (which is what I get for journeying on the Lunar New Year!
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Tarot Decks, Remote Readings, and Merch Available at My Etsy Shop
I have a variety of wellness resources now available at my Etsy shop. You can find Inkwood e-publications, tarot decks, remote tarot readings, and Inkwood logo merch including t-shirts, sweatshirts, and water bottles. Remote tarot readings are available exclusively through Etsy and are conducted by email. Once your order and payment are received, your reading…
What is Energy Medicine?
I often get asked this when I explain that I’m a Reiki and energy medicine practitioner. Reiki has become better understood in the last few decades, but energy medicine is still new to many folx. The Difference Between Energy Medicine and Reiki While Reiki involves sending universal energy through the chakras to an individual or…
Loving Kindness Meditation
This meditation, developed out of a yogic practice, is now in wide use all around the globe including in education and the mental health field where it is used as a tool for self-compassion, gratitude, and empathy. With regular use, this meditation can promote stress reduction, increase compassion, and in “high-use” situations has been shown…
Modifications for the Daily Energy Medicine Routine
If you are making use of the Daily Energy Wellness Routine, and finding that it works for you sometimes but not all the time, here are some ways to modify it to fit your needs. If you aren’t yet familiar with the Daily Energy Wellness Routine – a staple of my Wholistic Wellness program –…
Wholistic Wellness Program Begins Sept. 15th!
My Wholistic Wellness Classes begin this Friday, 9/15 at 7 PM in Hudson, MA, offered at a very special debut price of $30 ($15 for UCMH members) for the full 3-class series (Fridays, 9/15, 10/6, & 10/13)! This is the only time this program will offered at this price, so jump in now if you…