My Spiritual Journey
I began my spiritual journey about 20 years ago, at least at a conscious level. I realized after taking a meditation class how much fear and anxiety I held within my body. I did not know what had changed but like a salmon swimming upriver I was guided to keep moving forward. I began exploring what it would be like if fear and anxiety did not rule my life. In 2010 I worked with my first Sangoma (traditional South African healer). Through this work I began to unravel what I held within myself that was not mine and moved toward what was my own truths. I was told I had a calling. I did not know what that meant, nor did I want to.
In 2013 I took the yearlong Psychic Mastery Program taught by Intuitive Mind. This course allowed me to go deeper to not only see what was not mine but also to learn to heal myself. I was able to transform and release the fears, doubts, and limiting thought patterns that held me frozen in place. At the end of the program I had changed so much I took the course again. I knew I had more to uncover.
At the end of my second year of the Psychic Mastery Program I was guided to work with another Sangoma I met that lives in Canada. Again, I could feel I was being called to step further into my calling, but I still did not understand what that meant. After about 6 months of working with Makhosi Mari she said she did not have any more to teach me and our work together was complete.
A few years passed and I had a Bones Reading with Makhosi Nancy Rebecca. Nancy had been called and trained to become a South African Sangoma in 2014. During my reading the Sangoma Ancestors came through and said it was time for me to buy my plane ticket to go to South Africa to step fully on my path as a healer through training to be a Sangoma. I could feel the truth in this.
In April 2018 I went to South Africa to begin my training with my South African teacher Makhosi CJ Hood. The work was very deep and personal. Even though Makhosi CJ was my teacher in name he taught me to work with my Ancestors for all my guidance around the work that I needed to do. It was my responsibility to work on myself, to raise my vibration, and create the connections to the ancestral realm. I spent two months in South Africa and returned home to continue my training. In August 2019 Makhosi CJ was guided by the Ancestors to prepare me for my graduation ceremony. I returned to South Africa in October 2019 for my final training and to graduate as a Sangoma.
My journey has allowed me to experience what it is like to overcome obstacles in my life. To see the fear, doubt, limiting thought patterns, and trauma I experienced as part of my lessons and learning to shift those pieces is also part of my lessons in this lifetime. My path now is to help others to walk their paths. What is calling to you? What blocks in your life do you need to overcome to get to what is calling you?
In my personal life I am a wife, a mother of two adult children, and a grandmother. We live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I enjoy reading, spending time with my family, traveling, and getting out in nature.
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