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A Path to Wholeness

Welcome to Shamanic Elementals

At Shamanic Elementals, I am dedicated to helping you embrace your authentic self through spiritual, soulful, and holistic practices

My Services

What is Shamanic Healing?

For thousands of years, shamanic healing has been a path to healing and wholeness for indigenous peoples who were intimately connected with their souls, communities, and elemental energies. Contemporary people are re-discovering the power and beauty of shamanic teachings as the modern world takes us further away from our true nature, supportive communities, and the land on which we live. Shamanic healing re-connects us to our authentic soul selves and our environment so we can live our life’s purpose and share those gifts with the universe.

 

​Shamanic healing is soul healing and consists of three inter-related and distinct possibilities: 

 

  • Restoration: returns your soul/essence to your physical body and energy body, and may include reuniting with helping spirits and ancestors 
     

  • Release: detaching energies that do not belong to your physical body and energy body. This may include curse unraveling, energetic cording, and depossession  
     

  • Reconnection: re-aligning your true soul self to your physical body, energy body, helping spirits, ancestors, humanity, nature, and the Source of all that is

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For some, they know exactly what type of healing they need, but the majority aren't sure. They just have a feeling that something is not right. Both are OK! My compassionate helping spirits guide me to the most effective healing needed for you at this time.

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My practice and belief is that our souls are eager to be experienced and embodied. That includes yours too!

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What to expect from shamanic healing

To help you feel comfortable, I will introduce you to the space, the sacred tools I may use, and the altar where you may place a sacred object that you will bring or I can provide. I use the term sacred often and intentionally, because we are creating a sacred space, and that includes you! We’ll discuss your intention and I'll ask my helping spirits what healing is needed—restoration, release, and/or reconnection. Often, there are several steps in the process, and I will update you along the way. These steps may involve drumming, rattling, songs, and the elements of fire, air, water, and earth.

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Each healing is different, so client experiences will be different. Typically, people stay seated and energetically open to any images, intuitions, and/or sensations in their bodies. However, I also invite clients to move, dance, and speak if they are called to do so.

 

As a result of the healing, some people feel an immediate impact or a deep feeling of peace, others feel a subtle shift of energy, and others don’t feel anything in the moment. All are OK! The intensity of the sensation does not reflect its effectiveness. We will discuss next steps to reinforce the healing, because your healing continues after the session.

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Integrating the healing into your current life is a critical next step. This involves following the steps recommended, and may involve more shamanic work, energy body clearing, and/or additional conversations, among other options.

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Is shamanic healing right for me?

There are many reasons people choose shamanic healing. Some include:

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  • Other therapies didn't work or didn't feel complete

  • A consistent low-level anxiety

  • Repeating patterns that are not healthy and/or effective but are hard to stop

  • Feeling depressed, down, lethargic, or empty

  • Pain in a specific body part or organ/organ network

  • Thoughts that ruminate and/or won’t stop

  • Loss of connection with others

  • Loss of connection with one’s authenticity

  • Feeling like someone or something is connected to you that is not yours

  • Difficulty sleeping or concentrating

  • Anxiety regarding a particular issue

  • Wanting to connect with helping spirits (power animals or ancestors, for instance)

  • Wanting to connect to your true soul self

  • A desire to find one’s life purpose

Psychedelic Integration

You've recently had a powerful psychedelic experience, so we want to build upon that momentum to create lasting and meaningful change! The experience may have included emotional healing, reconnecting with your Authentic Self and helping spirits, and/or insight into a current situation, among others. Sometimes this healing and their messages can be challenging to understand and/or embody. Other times, you may have difficulty knowing what to do next.

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 My approach to psychedelic integration is holistic and starts with developing a safe and trusted alliance between us. We will discuss your experience and determine your intentions. Often, this involves discussing the strengths and challenges of your current mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual life. From there, we can work with a variety of methods, including but not limited to compassionate dialogue, insight and body-oriented approaches, energy body clearing and/or shamanic healing. In my experience, a cookie-cutter approach is ineffective. The healing space is co-created between us to develop a plan best suited for you!

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What is energy body clearing?

Humans are small energy bodies connected to the larger energy body of the universe that includes trees, animals, elemental energies, and spiritual energies. Within our human energy body we have our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual systems. In harmony, our human systems align with the systems outside to create wholeness, authenticity, and an embodied soul. To maintain this harmony, we also need intelligent boundaries that keep out the bad and let in the good. 
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When we experience trauma or emotional overwhelm, marginalized selves may develop within our energy body. These marginalized selves take energy away from our true Authentic Self. This results in symptoms such as fatigue, depression, anxiety, addictions, insomnia, and more. Energy body clearing is a method developed by Christina Pratt at the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing to reconnect with these marginalized parts in a compassionate and curious way. What I love about this method is that it teaches you how to strengthen various aspects of the system AND heal the system to make it stronger. This will help you become more authentically you!

My Story

Meet Your Well-Being Guide

I started in the helping professions as a school counselor and transitioned to my current practice as a mental health therapist, shamanic practitioner, and psychedelic integrationist when I realized that people were starved for spiritual healing and practices.

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My own shamanic practice started in graduate school when a professor recommended the book “The Way of the Shaman” by Michael Harner. This book opened up a portal that was deep, confusing, yet transcendent. It wasn't until I received my own shamanic healing that  I realized that this feeling was actually a calling to re-unite with my helping spirits and, ultimately, my soul. At that point, I was hooked, and began training to understand how I could share this knowledge and practice with the world.

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Trainings/experience include:

  • Soul Compass Path with Chenchira Seger

  • Energy Body Mastery and Energy Body Clearing from the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing (LMC)

  • Shadow Transformation (LMC)

  • Healing the Ancestral Lines (LMC)

  • Celtic shamanism and Norse shamanism

  • One-on-one psychedelic integration coaching

  • Year-long shamanic apprenticeship with Mary Tyrtle Rooker at Shamanic Springs
     

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My most important teachers, however, have been my helping spirits who give me unlimited wisdom, joy, and love. In my own practice I have altars to connect with helping spirits (including ancestors), the elements of air, fire, water, and earth, and the 5 directions (East, South, West, North, and Center.) This Medicine Wheel provides daily grounding, centering, guidance, and healing.  Also, I enjoy studying and implementing other systems-thinking approaches such as neurobiology, Traditional Chinese Medicine, asana and pranayama yoga.

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Testimonials

My sister passed away in 2019, and in 2024 Mike did a soul healing with her.  He was the conduit for messages from her to me and he helped her cross over.  It was the single most healing event of my life so far.  Mike is an exceptionally gifted healer, and his kindness and empathy and compassion are simply unmatched.

Karin R

  • Do you offer consultations?
    Yes, I offer free 20 minute consultations to discuss your needs and answer any questions.
  • Do you offer in-person or virtual sessions?
    I offer both! My in-person location is in Rockville, MD. For virtual sessions, I will send you a meeting link to join.
  • Do you accept health insurance?
    Unfortunately, these services are not reimbursable through your health insurance.
  • What are your hours?
    Typically, I see clients on Fridays from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. but contact me if these days/times do not work for you.
  • What are your fees?
    --Shamanic healing--$185 for a 2-hour initial session; subsequent sessions (if necessary) are $185 for 90 minutes (a sliding scale is possible) --Psychedelic integration--$140 per hour or $185 for 90 minutes (a sliding scale is possible) --Energy body clearing--$140 per hour or $185 for 90 minutes (a sliding scale is possible)
  • How many sessions will I need?
    That depends on your needs and requests. Some symptoms are resolved after one shamanic session while others take more time. I will do my best to answer that question during our consultation. Sometimes, people come for a shamanic healing and don't need follow-up. More often, at least one integration session after the healing is important to integrate your restored soul and re-harmonize your soul/essence into your everyday life. Psychedelic integration and energy body clearing tend to require multiple sessions; however, my goal is always to work in the most effective and efficient way. Let me know if you have any restrictions and/or requests regarding number of sessions and I will do my best to work with you.

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