Enter The Cosmic Consciousness of
Great Mystery.

Since the day of my birth I have had an insatiable curiosity for life, and a deep yearning to understand how we Beings function and why the Universe operates.

Who or what created the all?

Why are we here?

 One day-- IT decided to thoroughly educate me.
 
In January of 2013, I suffered a sudden illness that would change my life forever.

My loved ones came home to find me on the floor having convulsions, a severe form of seizures. I was rushed to the ER, having had multiple organ failure. I was in a coma for 5 days, on life support for two weeks, followed by weeks of hospitalization, and months of confinement to the bed, a wheelchair, speech and physical therapies, and a foreboding prognosis.

I was given less than a 20% chance of living 2 years after I was released from the hospital.

Indeed, one of if not THE very darkest nights of my soul.
It was during this event that I had what I now refer to as a total death experience (TDE) which catalyzed a powerful shift in my personal spiritual perception.

While the NDE itself was the most glorious gift of eternity, it also ignited within me a determination to bring myself into a state of health.

The initiation of a shaman- one who "walks between worlds" and endures "soul fire" in service of lighting a path for others transmute trauma, awaken to higher consciousness, and discover their own sacred power and Oneness.

During my near death experience, I was gifted the spirit name SoulFire, and spirit has led me to embody Who I Am...

I am here to help you do the same for yourself!

My work continues to evolve, as do I, on my own path of transmutation.
 
I am so very grateful to lend a hand to those who also find themselves drawn to the path of finding what sets their "soul" on "fire!"

If you'd like to see my story, check out this page:!

So. . .

JUST

How Long 

Have I 

been at this!?

Experience 

As a former licensed massage and bodywork therapist, I have been involved in the holistic healing and alternative Arts for 27 years.

My love for this field was first planted when I took a job as a chiropractic assistant in 1996. It is this love that led me to move to Asheville, NC in 2002, where I graduated from the Center for Massage and Natural Health.

I held licenses to practice in North Carolina, then in Tennessee, until 2013, which expired while I was in the hospital.

For bodywork, I hold certifications to practice Quantum Cranio-Sacral therapy, deep tissue, foot reflexology, aromatherapy, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, hot stones, hydrotherapy and body wraps, with extensive experience in Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point and Acupressure Therapy, food and herbal healing therapy, skin and beauty care.

Although not all of my previous training in the massage/bodywork field are techniques now applicable in my current practice, I still implement the energy healing aspects of them ALL.

I have been fortunate to work in many environments- from world class resort spas to private practice, massage schools, and beyond. I've worn many hats during my professional life- everything from positions in the administrative profession (i.e., legal assistant, university executive assistant, retail manager) to those in the business and healing arts such as chiropractic paraprofessional, day spa owner & consultant, senior instructor and owner of Appalachian Institute of Healing Arts massage school, and teacher of continuing education for massage therapists.

While I had to make my departure from a rich and long massage therapy practice after my illness, working with dimensions of the spirit world, healing and energy medicine called me even further and thus, SoulFire Alchemy was born.

My spirit walk and animist training fist began as a child long ago through my Appalachian folk roots and continues every day as I am being trained by the inherent wisdom of the spirits of my own Celtic/Norse/Scandinavian ancestral lineages as well as ReConnection with the Living Light Consciousness.  

In addition, I have been privileged to learn, practice, and/or be certified in:

 
~Animism, Earth Reconnection and Ancestral Lineage Healing with Dr. Daniel Foor of Ancestral Medicine


~Shamanic medicine wheel traditions of the Amazon and Andes in Central and South America, particularly from the Peruvian Q’ero adapted by Dr. Rachel Mann of Sacred Activism for Peacemaking / Awakened Heart Shamanism, Alberto Villoldo of the Four Winds Society, and ~Venerable Dyhani Ywahoo, Chief of the Green Mountain Band of Ani Yun Wiwa, including descendants of Tsalagi background who moved to Vermont-- the twenty-seventh generation holder of the ancestral Ywahoo lineage. Venerable Dhyani is also a respected teacher of Buddhism.


~I am currently completing a 1,000 Hr. Herbal Immersion Certification Program Program at the Chestnut School for Herbal Medicine.