You are not alone

 Kristina is a Reiki Master and Shamanic apprentice with a deep passion for guiding others to heal themselves. After integrating years of trauma, grief and addiction with very specific practices she has created this workshop to act as a safe container for others to work through their grief whether it be arising from the state of the world, a loss of a loved one or something else with the support of community. 

In 2018, with two small babes at home and not a whole lot of support I started my Reiki journey.  I wanted so badly to heal from the years of loss and trauma and I believed that Reiki was a step in the right direction.  Over the next two years I obtained my Masters but something was missing, I continued to search for something to make me feel better, more whole, but I was looking for something external.  Grief can often look like sadness, but sometimes it can manifest itself into anxiety, isolation and even rage.  For me it looked like all of those things and then some oscillating between each other and after years of drinking and popping pain killers my addiction morphed into something nearly catastrophic.  I was destroying my family and I could feel my body giving up.  After much soul searching, unimaginable chronic pain, and many a morning spent on my knees  sobbing and begging for strength.  Through devotion and resilience and possibly even the stubbornness that kept me stuck in my cycle of terror, I decided to choose life.  Years had passed since my Reiki certifications and I decided I needed to revisit that, with a fresh set of eyes.  I also decided to start walking the wheel of Shamanism, which has also been a monumental force of healing and a great blessing in my life.  I meditated and practiced yoga nearly every day, cold plunged and ferociously fought to regain control of my nervous system, these are all practices I continue.  It was time to let the grief I had been holding in my body since I was a young girl out and alchemize it into something useful.  For my kids, for my family, for myself and for the next 7 generations.  Today I am sober, grounded and I want others to know that grief is your birthright and the only way out is through.  The answer was always in me and my intention is to guide others through their grief so it no longer controls their life.  The world is filled with grieving souls that don’t know what to do with it, we are taught to push it down that it is not deserving of recognition and it darkens our spirits and steals our joy when not moved through correctly.  The answer lies within the walls of your own beating heart, we are magic.  Some of us have just forgotten.  I’d be honored to help you remember.