I am Michele- a woman, a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. Through the ancient path of shamanism I become what indigenous cultures call a "hollow bone" ~ a conduit for accessing higher knowledge and wisdom for your health and wholeness. My goal is teach you how to walk the shamanic way in your everyday life.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.
- William Arthur Ward
I am a dreamer. . .always have been. In my twenties I put my attention on something in the professional world and dreamed it into being- my client's interiors, my business, and my art. At the age of 24 I designed and installed a million dollar restaurant and opened my interior design firm. One day while reading a trade journal I decided to “be in the top 100 Giants.” Three years later that goal manifested when Interior Design Magazine listed my firm in the top 100 Giants for Restaurant and Hotel design. Looking back at that moment I know I dreamed this into being.
 On the surface I appeared to have it all- a corporate business woman and leader in my community living the life of an 80's woman in control of her destiny. Using external solutions to cope with the stress I lost myself in the process. As a workaholic my briefcase represented the identity I created in the outer world that left my inner world parched and dry. I was out of balance body, mind and spirit. Finally I sought help, boldly walked away from what I created and left the corporate world of interior design in 1992. Through the dark time that followed I reawakened to new truths and remember how to live life a different way.
There is a greeting card that says "No matter where you go there you are." Today I am still a dreamer and I 'do' interiors in a different way. I share journeys that heal, transform and transmute inner space. . .as a bridge builder and way shower I play in the symbolic level of consciousness, connected to Spirit (God) and grounded by Nature (earth). So I ask. . .
Belonging, community, passion, creativity, love and joy are parts of the tribal experience that is missing in our fast pace society. In the book Call to Connection the authors' state:
Our human tribe is but one piece of the great wheel of life. Tribes have gathered throughout time to honor and witness the animals, the elements, the ancestors, the vast forces that can't be seen. Each of us issues through a lineage, with its own history, stories, traditions and practices, extending back through time, to foreign lands, ancient ancestors, beyond what is available to us through our everyday memories. The memories of our ancestors exist in us on a cellular level and our dreams often bring us the images that call us back home to our ancient tribal clan.
Today more than ever before we all need a tribe that creates a sense of belonging, that recognizes the unique value of who I am, that nurtures my spirit and greater relationship with the divine with rites and rituals that support my sacred growth, that serves to educate everyone, which in turn fosters service through giving back to the community at large. When you have this force of community at play there is trust and faith all will be well, there is a soulful heart connection. As we do so we begin to restore our balance, remember our humanity and renew our world.
You and I come together to connect you to your tribal experience and the hero's journey of your life. We play together using shamanic journeying, dream work and transformative story and art using ritual and intention. This is a heart-centered process called "Shared Journeys" a style of self discovery that works for adults and children alike.
This is not therapy. . .it is soul coaching that asks you to live your Greater Story by listening to your soul's longing; it is a soul re-membering. This path embraces all faiths, all religions as we are one tribe. I am a dream maker for our tribe. So are you. Your responsibility- to remember your divinity and embody your power. In the process joy returns and you become more luminous.
The goal is to clear space to allow this radiance through by releasing old programming and negative beliefs so your passion can be birthed. You'll connect with your allies- invisible assistants to aid in your personal alchemy that support you balancing the four fold process- mind (air), body (earth), emotions(water) and feelings (fire).
My role is to connect you to your compassionate teachers in the shaman's world of non-ordinary reality so you can connect to your truth for healing, empowerment and problem solving. Through the shamanic journey I teach you how to re-connect with the world behind your eyes (spirit), to dialog with your compassionate teachers and helping allies to deepen your spiritual connection 'to the God of your understanding'. You become grounded in Spirit so you can manifest your dreams. If you are currently working with a health care professional I act as an adjunct practitioner alongside your regular ongoing medical or therapy program. In such cases I honor the therapist/doctor as the primary relationship, seeking to enhance and never interfere with that process.
For the past twelve years I have studied with great teachers (see resume). I am drawn to core shamanism for power, healing and problem solving ~ soul retrieval, extraction healing, shamanic counseling and divination. Through Eupsychia Institute I embodied key principles of soul psychology, integrative breathwork and psycho-spiritual integration; I re-membered my connection to the sacred arts of tarot, astrology and symbology through the inner Christ Path Teachings. I am a Medicine for the Earth teacher trained by Sandra Ingerman to take the Great Work of transmutation and transfiguration out into my community for healing personal and environmental toxins.
I am my brother's and sister's keeper. I honor the divinity within you as we come together to walk the way of the mystical shaman, to weave your visions and dreams into a creative web that can help you integrate your inner and outer life. This is an authentic pathway of how to use symbols as tools in a daily practice to live your Soul's purpose by embodying your heart's desire and embracing your life's task . . . to create magic and become a magician in your own life. I share how to walk this path with practical feet so you can joyfully walk the four fold way of the teacher, the healer, the visionary and the warrior in your everyday world.
My question to you is. . .
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