I feel like I have been a spiritual explorer since I was little, meandering my way through life to find a connection that truly fits. Like many of us whose ancestors arrived on ships from their motherlands decades ago, I have felt a strong desire to reconnect and reweave lineage connections and traditions from my own heritage, which is Scandinavian, Irish, Scottish, British, German and Finnish, while also honouring the lands on which I currently live.
I entered into study with Nikiah Seeds of the Sacred Path School https://sacredpathschool.com over a decade ago, delving into women's mysteries and working to heal my wound and face my shadows, continuing to find my way back to my wholeness and to the Forest. My studies deepened and I began and completed a 4 year apprenticeship and initiation as a spirit worker, which was a very deep plunge into traditional spirit healing and ancestral animist traditions through the lineage of Spirit Healers and Mystics, taught and held in community by Nikiah Seeds. This time included thousands of in person hours, hands on experience, ritual and ceremony. My apprenticeship also included an exploration of my ancestral lines, and served to heal the trauma of those who came before me in order to benefit those who come after. I feel so blessed to continue to be held by a healthy and connective community which serves itself greatly in its accountability, resourcing and grounding.
In September of 2024, after moving to Vancouver Island, I began Level 1 of the More Than a Breathwork Training with Keli Carpenter from The Other Side of Average https://theothersideofaverage.com and continued to unpick my story and perceived narratives. It has been such a gift to be held by Keli during this process as I learned to really surrender to my breath and to myself, and also feel empowered knowing that I have everything inside me that I need, to discover that indeed my wounds are my gifts.
With my journey still unfolding and will always be, I continue to step forward onto this path of service to the community through my connection to Spirit and through soul-led and herbal inspired work with others.
"Oh my Ancestors calling to me from the Forest deep and dark and green To stand upon the Bones of the Earth To stand beneath the Song of the Stars That I may run with the fleet of foot That I may rise with the flight of wings That I may swim with silvering fin That I can sing with the wind in the boughs Oh my Ancestors come and sing your songs to me Oh my Ancestors come and sing your songs to me Oh my Ancestors come and hear my song."