THE MEDICINE
Ancient Wisdom. Modern Healing. A Return to Yourself.
What is shamanic healing? What does it mean to retrieve a part of your soul, clear energy, release ancestral patterns, or reconnect with your inner wisdom?
For thousands of years, cultures around the world have developed spiritual traditions, ceremonies, and healing practices to explore the relationship between the body, mind, spirit, nature, and the mysteries of human existence.
Although these traditions differ in their beliefs, histories, and practices, many share an understanding that healing involves more than addressing what is visible on the surface.
My work is rooted in the living traditions of Andean energy medicine, informed by nearly two decades of experience in shamanic practice, and woven together with Reiki, sound healing, somatic awareness, astrology, psychology, and a lifelong curiosity about the human experience.
Having begun my professional life in molecular biology and cancer research, I have always been fascinated by the intersection of science, consciousness, and spirituality.
I believe there is value in exploring different ways of understanding ourselves while honoring the distinction between scientific knowledge, spiritual traditions, and personal experience.
You don't have to believe in everything, understand every practice, or have any previous spiritual experience to begin.
Curiosity and an open mind are enough.
WHAT IS SHAMANIC HEALING?
Shamanism is a broad term used to describe diverse spiritual traditions found across cultures and throughout history. While each tradition has its own cosmology and practices, many involve cultivating relationships with nature, ancestors, spiritual forces, and the unseen dimensions of existence.
In these traditions, healing may involve ceremony, prayer, intention, symbolic journeys, and practices intended to restore harmony within ourselves and our relationship with the world.
My training is rooted in the Andean Inkan Qanchi spiritual traditions of Peru, where I was initiated as a Paqo, a practitioner of Andean energy medicine.
Within this worldview, human beings are understood as deeply interconnected with Pachamama (Mother Earth), the natural world, and the living energies that surround us.
Rather than seeing healing simply as fixing something that is broken, this tradition invites us to explore what may have become disconnected, forgotten, or out of balance.
Healing becomes a process of remembering, reconnecting, and restoring our relationship with ourselves and the world around us.
THE HEALING PRACTICES
SOUL RETRIEVAL
Reclaiming Your Soul. Reclaiming Your Power.
In shamanic traditions, there is a belief that when we experience emotional or physical trauma, a part of our soul can fragment and leave our body, retreating into another energetic dimension for safekeeping.
From a shamanic perspective, this is understood as a protective response to overwhelming pain and stress.
You might recognize something similar in the psychological experience of dissociation, when we become disconnected from our emotions, our bodies, or our sense of self. While soul loss and dissociation belong to different frameworks of understanding, both offer ways of exploring the experience of feeling disconnected from ourselves.
Sometimes we continue moving through life on autopilot, operating in survival mode, carrying the emotional weight of experiences we have never fully processed.
We may learn to manage or suppress the symptoms of our pain without ever feeling that we have addressed its deeper roots.
SIGNS OF SOUL LOSS
Within shamanic traditions, soul loss is associated with experiences such as:
Feeling disconnected from yourself or your sense of identity
Emotional numbness or a sense of emptiness
Feeling stuck, blocked, or unable to move forward
Persistent grief, sadness, or unresolved emotional pain
Anxiety, fear, or feeling powerless
Repeating painful relationship or behavioral patterns
Living in survival mode rather than feeling fully present
A sense that something essential is missing
These experiences can also have psychological or medical causes. They are not proof of soul loss, and persistent symptoms deserve appropriate professional attention.
THE SOUL RETRIEVAL JOURNEY
During a soul retrieval, I enter a shamanic journey into what spiritual traditions call non-ordinary reality—the spirit world, a dimension of consciousness understood to exist beyond our everyday perception of space and time.
I also describe this realm metaphorically as the quantum field of all existence, where past, present, and future are not experienced as separate, linear events. This is a spiritual interpretation rather than a scientifically established description of quantum physics.
Within this sacred space, I journey with the intention of locating and retrieving the soul parts that have fragmented through experiences of trauma, loss, heartbreak, or other significant life events.
Sometimes these journeys lead into the symbolism of past lives, ancestral experiences, or soul relationships that seem to extend beyond our present lifetime.
Once the soul parts have been retrieved, the next phase of the work begins.
THE INTEGRATION: FROM SURVIVAL TO PERSONAL POWER
Soul retrieval is not simply about bringing back what was lost.
It is about learning to live with a greater sense of wholeness.
In my nearly 20 years of practicing this work, I have observed that many clients describe a period of personal recalibration and integration following a soul retrieval.
In my experience, this process often unfolds over approximately one month, although everyone's journey is different.
As the experience settles, clients have described feeling:
More comfortable and grounded in their own skin
A renewed sense of personal power and self-confidence
Greater emotional freedom from painful memories and past relationships
More courage, clarity, and inner strength
A calmer, more centered presence in everyday life
A deeper connection to their authentic selves
What once felt like a defining wound may begin to feel like one chapter in a much larger story.
The memories may remain, but our relationship with them can change.
The pain of your past no longer has to define who you are. It can become part of the wisdom, courage, and personal power you carry forward.
In this way, soul retrieval becomes an invitation to transform our relationship with suffering and reclaim a fuller expression of who we are.
Not merely surviving our experiences.
But discovering who we can become through them.
ENERGETIC CORD CUTTING
An Act of Love. A Return to Your Own Power.
Throughout our lives, we form deep connections with people, places, and experiences.
Our parents. Our families. Our friends. Our coworkers. Our lovers. Our partners. Our exes. Even people who have passed away.
Within shamanic energy traditions, these connections are sometimes understood as energetic cords—attachments that may continue to influence our emotional and spiritual lives.
Not every connection is unhealthy. Relationships are essential to being human.
But sometimes the energetic attachments we form can become imbalanced, particularly when a relationship has involved pain, guilt, resentment, fear, obligation, or unresolved emotional experiences.
We may find ourselves giving away our personal power without realizing it.
Perhaps you still think about someone who hurt you years ago, and the memory brings up the same anger, sadness, or anxiety.
Perhaps you carry guilt over the pain you caused someone else.
Perhaps you feel responsible for a parent's happiness, unable to set boundaries with a loved one, or emotionally entangled with a relationship that ended long ago.
In the language of energy medicine, these lingering attachments may be understood as energetic cords.
WHAT IS A CORD CUTTING?
One of the most important things I want people to understand is this:
Cord cutting is an act of love.
It is not about rejecting someone, erasing a relationship, or disconnecting from or losing the people we care about.
You can deeply love someone and still need to release the unhealthy dynamics that have developed between you.
You can forgive someone without continuing to carry the pain they caused.
You can acknowledge your own mistakes without remaining trapped in guilt or shame.
Through shamanic ceremony, I work with the intention of releasing these energetic attachments and restoring a healthier sense of personal sovereignty.
Within my spiritual practice, I also call upon the grace, guidance, and support of spirit to help bring greater harmony to these connections for the highest good of everyone involved.
The intention is not to control another person's behavior or force a particular outcome.
It is to change the relationship we have with the attachment itself.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A CORD CUTTING?
As people integrate the experience, they may begin to notice a different relationship with the people or situations that previously caused distress.
They may feel less emotionally reactive, more capable of setting boundaries, or more at peace with events they cannot change.
Sometimes the relationship itself continues, but with healthier dynamics.
Sometimes we discover that loving someone also means allowing greater distance.
And sometimes we realize that we can carry love, gratitude, or compassion for someone without carrying their pain.
You are not cutting away love. You are releasing what prevents love from existing in a healthier, freer form.
Cord cutting is ultimately an invitation to reclaim your energy, restore your boundaries, and move through your relationships with greater freedom, compassion, and personal power.
SHAMANIC ENERGY MEDICINE
Restoring Balance. Releasing What No Longer Serves.
Within Andean energy traditions, experiences, emotions, and relationships are understood to influence our energetic well-being.
Shamanic energy medicine uses intention, prayer, ceremonial practices, and energetic work to support the release of what practitioners understand as accumulated heavy energy and to cultivate greater harmony.
Sessions may focus on emotional burdens, recurring life patterns, transitions, grief, or feelings of disconnection.
The intention is not to erase your experiences but to help you develop a different relationship with what you have carried.
ANCESTRAL + GENERATIONAL HEALING
Understanding What We Inherit. Choosing What We Carry Forward.
We inherit more than physical characteristics from our families.
We also grow up surrounded by beliefs, expectations, survival strategies, emotional patterns, and stories about love, money, belonging, and identity.
Some of these patterns support us. Others may continue long after the circumstances that created them have passed.
Ancestral healing explores these influences through personal reflection, spiritual ceremony, symbolic practices, and the recognition of intergenerational patterns.
This work may involve honoring ancestors, examining family narratives, grieving what was never acknowledged, and consciously choosing which traditions and beliefs we wish to preserve or transform.
We can honor where we come from without repeating everything that came before us.
PAST-LIFE + KARMIC EXPLORATION
Exploring the Stories Beneath the Stories.
Across spiritual traditions, ideas about reincarnation, karma, and the continuity of consciousness have offered different ways of understanding human existence.
Some traditions hold that groups of souls travel together across lifetimes, taking on different roles as family members, lovers, friends, teachers, or even adversaries.
Within this spiritual perspective, certain relationships may carry lessons or patterns that extend beyond our present lifetime.
Past-life exploration approaches these ideas through shamanic journeys, symbolism, guided imagery, intuition, and spiritual reflection.
Whether experienced as literal memories, archetypal narratives, or expressions of the unconscious, these explorations can offer opportunities to examine recurring fears, relationship dynamics, emotional themes, and questions of identity.
The purpose is not to prove who we may have been in another lifetime.
It is to explore what these stories might illuminate about the life we are living now.
REIKI + ENERGY HEALING
Stillness. Presence. Restoration.
Reiki is a Japanese spiritual practice developed in the early twentieth century, traditionally understood as working with universal life energy.
Through gentle touch or hands held near the body, Reiki practitioners seek to create a peaceful environment that supports relaxation, reflection, and a sense of balance.
Unlike more active forms of shamanic work, Reiki is often quiet and restorative.
There is no need to talk extensively, analyze your experiences, or arrive with a particular intention.
Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer ourselves is permission to be still.
SHAMANIC SOUND HEALING
Rhythm. Resonance. The Power of Listening.
Sound has been used in spiritual ceremonies, meditation, and communal rituals across cultures for centuries.
In my practice, drums, rattles, chimes, crystal singing bowls, and other instruments create an immersive experience of rhythm, vibration, and sound.
These sessions invite you to slow down, turn your attention inward, and explore the relationship between sound, sensation, and awareness.
Rhythmic drumming may also accompany guided shamanic journeys, offering a focal point for imagination, contemplation, and spiritual exploration.
No musical knowledge or meditation experience is necessary.
Simply listen, feel, and allow the experience to unfold.
SOMATIC AWARENESS + INTEGRATION
Listening to the Wisdom of the Body.
Our experiences are not only remembered through thoughts and stories. They can also influence how we breathe, move, hold tension, and respond to the world around us.
Somatic awareness invites us to become curious about these physical experiences without immediately trying to change or interpret them.
Through gentle attention, guided reflection, and dialogue with the body's sensations, we explore how emotions, memories, and personal experiences may be expressed physically.
This might involve noticing a sensation in the chest, exploring what a particular area of the body brings to mind, or becoming more aware of the information offered by our five senses.
Rather than treating the body as something separate from our emotional lives, somatic exploration invites us to listen to it as part of the larger conversation.
DESPACHO CEREMONY
Gratitude. Reciprocity. Sacred Intention.
A despacho is a ceremonial offering found in Andean spiritual traditions, traditionally created to express gratitude, honor relationships with the natural and spiritual worlds, and cultivate ayni, the principle of sacred reciprocity.
Using symbolic offerings and prayer, a despacho becomes a physical expression of intention, gratitude, and relationship with Pachamama and the sacred.
These ceremonies may honor new beginnings, life transitions, personal intentions, or moments of remembrance.
At its heart, the despacho reminds us that we are not separate from the world around us.
We are participants in an ongoing relationship of giving and receiving.
ASTROLOGY, ARCHETYPES + THE SOUL PROFILE
A Map for Self-Discovery.
Astrology has been used across civilizations as a symbolic language for exploring human nature, relationships, cycles, and the search for meaning.
In my work, a birth chart is not treated as a fixed prediction of your future or a limitation on who you can become.
Instead, it offers an interpretive framework for exploring personality, emotional tendencies, relationship patterns, natural gifts, challenges, and possibilities for personal growth.
I integrate astrological symbolism with psychological reflection, archetypal exploration, and spiritual inquiry to create a personalized Soul Profile.
Depending on the focus of your session, we may explore:
Personality, emotional patterns, and inner motivations
Natural strengths, gifts, and creative potential
Relationship dynamics and attachment themes
Shadow patterns, protective behaviors, and opportunities for growth
Family influences and ancestral narratives
Archetypal and karmic symbolism
Life transitions, purpose, and personal transformation
Every signature Soul Session includes a personalized birth-chart reading and a take-home Soul Profile, tailored to your individual experience and the themes we explore together.
The purpose is not to tell you who you are. It is to offer another mirror through which you might understand yourself more deeply.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A SESSION?
No Two Journeys Are the Same.
Every person arrives with a different story, different questions, and different needs.
Some come seeking clarity after a breakup or a major life transition. Others are navigating grief, exploring family patterns, questioning their purpose, or simply feeling called to reconnect with themselves.
We begin with conversation.
I listen to your experiences, your intentions, and what feels most important in your life right now.
From there, our work unfolds intuitively, drawing upon the practices that feel most appropriate for the session.
We may explore your birth chart, engage in spiritual ceremony, work with sound or energy, reflect on recurring patterns, or use guided journeys and somatic awareness to deepen your connection with yourself.
There is no prescribed experience you are expected to have.
You remain an active participant in the process, and we move at a pace that respects your comfort, boundaries, and personal beliefs.
My role is not to tell you what to believe, how to live, or who you should become.
It is to offer a space for reflection, exploration, and the possibility of meaningful transformation.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
DO I NEED TO BELIEVE IN SHAMANISM OR ENERGY HEALING?
Not at all.
You are welcome to approach this work through a spiritual, psychological, philosophical, or simply curious perspective.
There is no expectation that you adopt a particular belief system.
IS SHAMANIC HEALING A RELIGION?
Shamanism is an umbrella term encompassing diverse spiritual traditions rather than one unified religion.
My particular training comes from Andean spiritual traditions, which have their own cultural histories, ceremonies, and understandings of the sacred.
You do not need to practice a particular religion to participate in a session.
IS THIS THE SAME AS THERAPY?
No.
Although our conversations may explore emotions, relationships, personal history, and patterns of behavior, shamanic healing is not psychotherapy or a substitute for professional mental health care.
My work offers spiritual exploration and complementary practices for personal reflection and well-being.
It can coexist with therapy and other forms of professional support.
CAN SHAMANIC HEALING HELP WITH PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL HEALTH?
Many people seek spiritual practices as part of their broader approach to well-being.
Experiences such as meditation, relaxation, reflection, and supportive ritual may provide comfort and a sense of connection.
However, shamanic energy work has not been scientifically established as a treatment for medical or psychiatric conditions, and individual experiences vary.
These practices are complementary and are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure illness or replace appropriate medical care.
WHAT IF I HAVE NEVER MEDITATED OR EXPERIENCED ENERGY WORK?
That's perfectly fine.
There is nothing you need to prepare for beyond arriving with an open mind and a willingness to explore.
I will guide you through the experience and explain what we are doing along the way.
HOW DO I KNOW WHICH SESSION TO CHOOSE?
You don't need to know which healing modality you need.
My signature Soul Sessions are organized around the areas of life you may wish to explore, including relationships, abundance, purpose, self-worth, grief, health and well-being, and spiritual awakening.
The practices themselves are selected and integrated according to your intentions and the direction of our work.
If you're unsure where to begin, the General Soul Session offers an open-ended space to explore whatever is most present in your life.
THE ART OF REMEMBERING
Healing is rarely a straight line.
Sometimes it asks us to release what we have carried for too long. Sometimes it asks us to examine the stories we have inherited, the roles we have learned to play, or the parts of ourselves we have forgotten.
And sometimes it simply asks us to become quiet enough to listen.
My hope is that this work offers you a space to explore your own experience with curiosity, compassion, and a deeper sense of connection.
Not because you are incomplete.
But because there is always more of ourselves to discover.
Come as you are.
The journey begins wherever you are.
EXPLORE THE SOUL SESSIONS
Personalized spiritual guidance, shamanic healing, and self-discovery.
90 minutes · $500
Sliding-scale availability by request.
