Remembering your place in the living world

At the heart of my work lies a deep invitation:
To return to the Earth. To listen. To feel your kinship with all of life.

Nature is not something outside of us — she is our greatest teacher, mirror, and guide. Whether we sit in stillness with an old tree, track the flight of birds, or listen to the wind in the grass, we are always being called home to our senses, our instincts, and our belonging.

My approach to healing is rooted in animistic, Earth-honoring ways, where the land is alive, responsive, and wise. In this, I’m deeply inspired by the teachings of Jon Young, Ingwe, and the 8 Shields model of nature connection — which remind us that true healing happens through relationship: with the land, with our community, and with our inner nature.

🌿 In individual sessions, we may tune in with the elements, explore your personal landscape, or work with intuitive practices like:

• Nature-based meditation & grounding
• Journaling or mapping your inner & outer seasons
• Listening for guidance from the animal or plant world
• Rituals with Earth, Water, Fire & Air
• Visioning with sacred questions under the sky

🌿 In circles and retreats, we weave in:

• Dawn sit spots and listening practices
• Seasonal ceremony and song
• Storytelling and nature-based inquiry
• Practices of gratitude, sensory awareness, and sacred reciprocity
• Creating altars from the land, offerings to the spirits of place

These practices reconnect us with our natural rhythm — and from there, with our sense of purpose, intuition, and joy. They help us remember who we are as part of the web of life.

When we slow down and listen to nature, we begin to listen to ourselves.
This is where true healing begins — not from fixing or striving, but from remembering.

Let yourself be guided by the land, held by the trees, and reminded by the birdsong of your place in the world.

In the Shipibo tradition, my main teachers are Manuela and Robertina Mahua from the Jakon Rate center. Their tradition teaches me to listen deeply to the spirits of the plants. The Shipibo-Conibo people of the Peruvian Amazon are keepers of a rich tradition of plant dietas, where one enters into relationship with a master plant through time, silence, and sacred restriction. The plant becomes the teacher.

Ceremonial work is guided by icaros — healing songs received through dietas and dreams, each song carrying the frequency of a specific plant or healing intention. These songs are not learned, but heard from the plants themselves, sung in ceremony to realign and restore.

My work with plant dietas is inspired and informed by this lineage, and always held in a spirit of respect. When I guide others through dietas in accessible, at-home formats, I do so with the utmost care and clarity about the roots of this practice.

From the Q’ero people, I’ve learned to walk in reciprocity (ayni) with the living world. This lineage honors the spirits of the mountains (Apus), the Earth (Pachamama), and the elements through prayer, offerings, and a profoundly heart-centered worldview.

Practices such as despacho ceremonies — intricate offerings of flowers, seeds, sweets, and prayers — are made to the spirits of the land as a way of restoring balance and expressing gratitude. These rituals open portals of connection between human and spirit worlds.

This tradition offers a framework for living in harmony, not as separate beings but as part of a great, interconnected family of life.

My own ancestral lands in Europe hold a deep well of earth-based wisdom. The Druidic and Celtic paths are animistic traditions rooted in relationship with the land, seasons, and elements.

Through seasonal rituals, tree lore, and communion with herbs and nature spirits, I weave these old ways into my practice. These are traditions that honor the turning of the wheel of the year, the sacredness of water and stone, and the deep medicine of remembering we are part of the land, not apart from it.

This path helps ground the work I do in the cycles of the Earth, offering a rhythm that supports healing and reconnection in a modern world that has forgotten how to listen.

I walk with deep respect for the wisdom held in many Native American ceremonial ways — particularly around prayer, community, and spiritual integrity. I have had the honor of being initiated as a firekeeper within the Lakota tradition. To tend the fire during ceremony, to hold space in prayer, and to stand in relationship with the Great Spirit and all of life is a journey of deep learning.

From Lakota teachings, I’ve received the guiding principle of Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ — All My Relations. This is not just a concept; it is a way of walking that recognizes the sacredness of every being — two-legged, four-legged, winged, rooted, and unseen.

The teachings I’ve received through ceremony, prayer, and sweat lodge have shaped my sense of community, humility, and the power of being in service to Spirit.

In all these traditions, the essence is the same: we are not above nature — we are part of her. Healing begins when we remember how to listen. Ceremony is not performance — it is relationship. The plants are elders and allies.

I walk this path with care, always learning, and never claiming to carry or represent these traditions. My work is offered in a spirit of bridge-building: to support people in reconnecting with their own intuitive wisdom, their body, their heart, and the living Earth.

If you feel the call to walk this path — gently, with depth, and with guidance — you are warmly welcome here.

Here are some ways to learn more about these traditions and the beings behind them:

Shipibo-Conibo Tradition
– The Fellowship of the River by Joseph Tafur
– Ayahuasca Foundation: ayahuascafoundation.org
Q’ero Andean Cosmovision
– Heart of the Andes by Joan Parisi Wilcox
– Interviews and teachings with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada or Puma Fredy Quispe Singona
Druidic/Celtic Pathways
– The Book of Druidry by Ross Nichols
– OBOD (Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids): druidry.org
Lakota Teachings
– Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
– The Sacred Pipe by Joseph Epes Brown

I invite you to explore these paths with openness and respect, and to always listen for your own lineage, your own guidance, and the wisdom of the land you walk upon.