Practitioners who volunteer with us


Click on their name to read their profile

Sue Tait

  Shamanic Healing

  Shamanic Counselling

  Soul Retrieval

  Power Retrieval

  Extraction work

  Phychopomp work     

  Past Life Work

   Transfiguration work

  Sound Healing Journey

  Indian Head Massage

  Reiki

I have studied and practiced as a Shamanic Practitioner, Reiki Practitioner Level 2, Indian Head Masseuse and Healing Sound. 

I am committed to being active ecologically and politically following the path of sacred activism. 

I began my studies with the Foundation in Shamanism with Edinburgh Shamanic Centre

I then completed my training in 2012 with the Sacred Trust in Michael Harner s core and classical shamanism. I have practiced and continued learning throughout the years; within the Path of Pollen tradition for two more years and then with Carol Day for 1 year: https://www.thecentreforcreativevision.com Including Revival which is an advanced training for Shamanic Practitioners and Body of Light workshop based on Sandra Ingerman s Medicine for the Earth. 

My latest training has been with ANSU School of Sound and Tribal Healing Arts. 

Shamanic healing looks at the whole person! Is there a sense of imbalance? Is there something that feels lost or blocked? Does the person feel powerless physically, emotionally or spiritually? I work face to face and distantly with Reiki, Sound and Shamanic Practice. Initial contact involves a chat about how you are feeling and what is happening for you in your life. I will offer to do a shamanic journey where I will consult with my Guides as to what course of action is suggested and let you know what those are.

All work undertaken is with your permission and seeks to empower you at every level and will involve your own Guides and Allies. Part of the work may be to discover who your Guides are. We can either meet face to face or work on line to continue with the healing process.

 

Ann Fowler

  Indian Head Massage

  Emotional Freedon Technique (EFT)

  Reiki

  Aromatherapy Facial

  Crystal Healing

  Hopi Ear Candle Therapy

  Befriending work

  Feather Stone Energy Healing

Ann is a Reiki Master/Teacher with full certification and insurance accreditation in all therapies she offers. She has been practicing for over 20 years mainly in Edinburgh and District. She also offers REIKI trainings and Crystal Healing trainings throughout the year.

Ann is a mother, a grandmother and is always fully present with an open heart ready to help others. She also does befriending work for those going through difficult times and needing a listening ear. She has has received a few awards at the Planetary Healing Centre for her commitment and the love she gives through her work.

Ann has been volunteering at the Planetary Healing Centre since 2006 and she also works doing therapies with children in various schoos in Edinburgh.

As well as working with adults, Ann also offers her therapies at in the children's wellbeing project giving children the opportunity to access holistic health care too.

Dhyana Huggins

  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy  - CBT

  Therapeutic  Shamanism    

 

Dhyana has worked for many years in alternative therapies and supporting roles. She has studied counselling since 2016 and is qualified to level 8 in person centred counselling and addiction training.

Now studying SCOTACTS Cognitive Behavioural  Therapy with the Centre for therapy, Dhyana is at our Centre on placement.

She is offering CBT and Therapeutic Shamanism  privately and in the project.               

 Dhyana is also a board of trustee at the Planetary Healing Centre.   

Iza

  Shamanic Healing

  Art Therapy

  Sound Healing Journey 

  Feather Stone Energy Healing 

  Vedic Art 

From an early age, I felt the mystery of life and connection with the Spirits and Universe. I never thought I would be learning about healing techniques, shamanism, and being serving the way i am now but I do remember when my sister brought home some books with description about shamanism and my heart start beating faster and it brought so much curiosity. 

I feel as I have came to the Earth as o wonder soul, often floating above, dreaming so I needed to work intensively to ground and balance myself. Creativity, performance, butoh dance, acting, writing, painting, photography allowed me to open up for the mystery of life and be in connection with the spirit world and the Universe, this is also how I began my deeper conversation with the Universe through creativity and contemplation. I always thought I was going to be a famous artist and actress but unexpectedly there is more for me to touch, feel and experience than that. 

My personal journey of healing brought me to the place where I'm now. So many incomprehensible situations, accidents, and inner pain experiencing the dark night of the soul we're fueled by the transformation. Because I studied art therapies, pedagogy, and psychology, I tried to understand what was happening to me, but the understanding was beyond my reach and the tools that were around me. 

I came to Edinburgh and this is how my conscious work with energy and learning methods and techniques of healing began to fully develop through my training at advanced level with The Edinburgh Shamanic Centre

I have complete training with ANSU School of Sound and Tribal Healing Arts, while at the same time became a certified teacher of Vedic Art technique.

My healing journey also opens up new opportunities for me to connect with other sisters, support, and facilitate woman's circles. My love for traveling and our Mother Pachamama feels endless and is rooted in me stronger and stronger each day. I try to capture her beauty and be close to her every day; contemplation has become part of my life. 

Gratitude for the opportunity to heal myself and be in service wherever the Universe shows me the way with non-attachment and unconditional love. 

Gratitude for the opportunity to travel and see the world from the eagle side. 

Gratitude for the elements, guides, power animals, ancestors, spirits that teach me to be in symbiosis with the surrounding world. 

Gratitude for connecting me with wonderful teachers, masters beings - souls. 

Gratitude to be alive and continue the journey of life. 

Iza's website:

  https://nomadic-heart-art-medicine.business.site

 

Erika Brown

  Shamanic Healing

  Soul Retrieval

  Power Retrieval

  Past Life work

  Extraction work

  Seated Acupressure

  Indian Head Massage

When I was 12 years old I had my first connection was with Quillamama (Mother Moon). At that time I never knew about 'spirituality', as my parents were strong evangelistic believers. The only thing I could enjoy in going to the church was when I was playing panpipes and quena (Peruvian flute) in a religious/folklore group, with whom I used to travel locally and to every corner of the Peruvian coast, mountain and Amazon. Our music has been the most unforgettable experience that I never ever wanted to leave behind. 

The time arrived and when I was 16 years old my parents told me to leave the religious group to focus and pursue my future with a professional career, so this is what I did. I was studying accounting - something that did not make me happy but pleased my parents. That was until I felt such a big connection with learning a new language - English. So I set up a goal and said to myself if I managed to finish studying Accounting I will get a job and pay for myself something that I really love most, and this is exactly what happened. 

After 1 year of working at an accountancy office and studying English at the same time, I decided to move from the capital, Lima, to the mountains in Cuzco to become independent and experience a life of freedom from the care of my family. This was unusual for a Latin American woman; usually, we stay at home with parents until up to our mid-thirties! 

After staying in Cuzco for a month, I organised my life and planned to stay there forever. Then something magical happened, I met my husband after living there for 2 years, and we decided to move to Scotland to start a new life together. During this transition, I had this feeling there was something missing that I always kept to myself, the real meaning of the connection I had with the Quillamama and releasing my emotions talking to her. My husband, Marc-John, gave me some great support and introduced me to my current shamanic teacher, and since the moment I met her, everything made sense in my life.

I've been working shamanically with her and her husband for 9 years at advanced level The Edinburgh Shamanic Centre

This path of connection with the Mother Earth from the heart has made my soul and being even stronger than before. 

I understood the meaning of why I came here to Earth; my purpose in life is to bring the message of love and healing from our ancestors - channelled through their ceremonies, shamanic journeys, connection with our power animals, and to make our minds, souls and physical bodies work in complete harmony. The main message that the guides always say to me is: "enjoy every second of breathing in and out from your lungs because the universe will always be by your side".

The connection between the woman and the tree

W: Dear tree, I came here to tell you that I can't stand this life anymore. I cannot live like these people, disrespecting each other. There is no appreciation for my sacrifice to make things better. I feel weak with no energy to keep going with this uncertainty called life.

T: Dear daughter, I did not bring you to receive this mistreatment. I gave you birth to become a strong warrior, to leave your signature in the stars, to become a woman. Now wipe up your tears and show them that you are strong and good enough to keep going with this life; stamp your path of empowerment in the lives of the women in this world, because this is what you truly are, a strong warrior!! Pachamama is looking after you to keep you grounded, and the stars blink upon you with unconditional love.

Mandy Peat

  Shamanic Healing

  Soul Retrieval

  Power Retrieval

  Past Life Work

  Extraction Work

  Psychopomp work

Mandy is a shamanic practitioner who walks the path of the heart, holding deep reverence for the ancient ways and she has trained up to advanced level with the Edinburgh Shamanic Centre

A falicitator of women's groups and men's groups Mandy is experienced on various levels of giving support. Mandy is a board of trustee member and the support and supervisor at the Planetary Healing Centre, helping us to focus the energy of clarity, purpose and service.

 

Newton Harper

  Shamanic Healing

  Soul Retrieval

  Power Retrieval

  Past Life work

  Extraction work

  Psychopomp work

  Energy Healing Feather Stone

Newton is a heart-centred practitioner with a profound understanding of earth energies. With a strong connection to the elemental energies since childhood, and a background in tree surgery and wildlife conservation, Newton is rooted in the glowing filaments of the natural world. He has completed up to advanced level of shamanic training with The Edinburgh Shamanic Centre.

Newton is especially attuned to bird spirit medicine. His skills include powerful hands-on healing and deep soul retrieval. He works with sea, woodland and mountain spirits, and is particularly drawn to the Peruvian healing arts.

A grounded and sensitive shamanic practitioner, he is committed to the empowerment of others through helping them nurture their own connection to spirit through nature, balancing sky and earth within and without.

Newton is a trustee at the Planetary Healing Centre and also supports the maintenance of our Community Woodland.

Newton offers private sessions at the Planetary Healing Centre and he can also travel to you.

Susan Cotterill

  Spiritual Counselling 

  Shamanic Healing

  Soul Retrieval

  Past Life Work

  Extraction Work

  Psychopomp Work

  Energy Healing

  Feather Stone Energy Healing

I work from my heart, and compassion and love are central to my offerings and work with others. I have a deep connection to spirit, nature and to the Earth, our home, and I respect the ancient healing ways. I believe that it is through this connection that we can find our authentic selves, receive healing, and find true reality and consciousness. 

 I worked for many years as a lead therapist in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the NHS before retiring in 2016. During my time in the NHS, my special interests were in grief and loss and family therapy and I also introduced various alternative therapies into the mainstream clinical work of the service, including Yoga, Sound Therapy, Qigong, Animal Assisted Therapy, Nature-Based Therapy, Art and Movement Therapy and Mindfulness. 

 I have practiced and taught yoga for over 30 years and I am a Mindfulness teacher and therapist, Qigong teacher, Sound Therapist and a Spiritual Counsellor. I trained as a Shamanic Practitioner with The Edinburgh Shamanic Centre.

Working as a shamanic practitioner has been a life changing and a truly beautiful journey. I have also recently ordained as an Interfaith Minister and, as part of my ministry, I offer Spiritual Counselling. Spiritual Counselling is a form of spiritual accompaniment that offers a deep listening and compassionate holding in the exploration of one s spiritual self and one s life. I adopt a holistic and flexible approach to my therapeutic offering and practice, bringing a mixture of my knowledge, skills and life experience into my connection with others as a therapist, as is appropriate. 

 I live in the hills of the Scottish Borders with my husband and our large family of rescued animals. I previously volunteered, for many years, with two charities in India, a street child rescue and an animal charity, and have previously been a volunteer with a brain injury charity as well as currently volunteering with The Planetary Healing Centre. 

 I also work as a life celebrant, creating bespoke and unique ceremony for life events, such as funerals, weddings, baby and child blessings and naming ceremonies, renewal of vows and other rites of passage. In addition to voluntary work, I also offer private therapies and workshops both as a teacher and therapist and in my work as a minister. 

 I am particularly interested in working with women who are transitioning toward, through and beyond the menopause, and with childless and child free women and men. I also have a special interest in end of life ministry and therapy. I am currently training as a facilitator of the World Peace Diet with Will Tuttle, the aims of which are to bring compassion, peace, love and deep awareness into making kind and healthy choices in our lives and in our care for Mother Earth.

 I believe that all humans have a deep need to connect with the spiritual part of their being and that, ultimately, we are all simply human beings just finding our way.... in our own way. I work in the spirit of Ahimsa...no harm...and my practice is to bring a compassionate, kind and gentle attention to every session and connection.

Emma Stout

  Shamanic Healing

  Soul Retrieval

  Power Retrieval

  Past Life Work

  Extraction Work

  Psychopomp Work

  Feather Stone Energy Healing

Emma has over 20 years of experience supporting clients to find physical and emotional freedom. 

Her qualifications include: BA Complementary Healthcare/Reflexology; HND Sports Massage Therapy; Advanced Remedial Massage; Bodywork; Advanced Shamanic Practitioner; Creative Therapeutic Sound; Forrest Yoga Teacher; Functional Yoga Anatomy; Meditation, Ceremony & Mindfulness

Emma has trained at advanced level as a Shamanic Practitioner at The Edinburgh Shamanic Centre

Emma's websites:

www.bluebutterflytherapies.com/about

Jill Bertram

  Holistic Massage

  Reiki

  Champissage  (A type of Indian Head Massage)

     

My background is in science. After leaving school I spent 20 years as a laboratory technician. Since leaving that job I have done teaching qualifications in Powerplate, Total gym and Aquafit. Fitness , although it is very important, is not where my heart lies.

At the age of 53 a friend asked if I would be interested in doing a Champissage (Indian Head Massage) course with her. It was perfect timing. I was looking for a change in direction and I am always open to learning new things. During the training I realised my thought patterns were changing. I felt different, more positive and I was sleeping better.

The case studies I did for my qualification showed that the positive effects I experienced were not confined to me. That summer my Reiki master came into my life through a chance meeting and after going to her for a treatment I knew Reiki was for me so levels 1 and 2 were completed in quite quick succession.

The summer of 2019 I gained a Diploma in Holistic Massage (Massage Training Institute) to add to the toolkit and most recently I have done a Hot stones massage course.

I feel now I have a lot to offer as a therapist. It is  nice to be able to offer a variety of different treatments, all are great in their own right, all work on different levels. We are all individuals it is about finding what works for you that is important.

 

Elisa Guietti

Shamanic Healing

REIKI

Feather Stone Energy Healing (practitioner and teacher)  

 

Elisa offers energy healing and intuitive art sessions for adults and children. She trained in Shamanic healing, Feather Stone, and Reiki. Her practice is nature-based and focuses on the awakening of the heart and the creative energy within. She creates a safe space where people can access and remember the beauty of their soul and the universal love within the heart. Her work aims to support and facilitate a deep process of self-discovering, creation, empowerment, and healing.

Founder of the Creativeflow Arts project, Elisa offers groups and individual sessions that often combine intuitive art with meditation and energy therapies. She also collaborates with groups and charity organisations in Edinburgh, providing creative and relaxing sessions for the community. Her work aims to empower people to become who they truly are and bring forward into the world their inner bright light.

Elisa's websites:

  www.creativeflowart.com

 www.innerlighthealingstudio.com

Maimouna Ly

  Usui Reiki   

 LaHoChi (Magnetism with the hands)     

 Phsychic Readings    

 Oracle Cards    

 

I am a Holistic therapist and a Healer from generation to generation in my family. I am also an artist. I thrive on writing, singing, dancing, listening to music, and I flourish in nature, in calm and peaceful environments. 

I receive you for the therapy or service you have asked with all my heart and availability. Since my youngest age, I have always been very sensitive, empath and psychic. As I did npt want to be different from other kids, I hidden my perceptions for years. In 2012, as many human beings life, my life went through a lot of changes. I had a job I did not like and pretended I was fine, but while I was miles away from my true nature, something I called nature takes its rights back came to me. I had a professional and personal burnout. I was just about to experience a spiritual awakening trough a profound existential crisis. 

The only thing I was able to do was working with my hands, write, paint, and heal, because after this burnout my natural healing gifts grew. Many synchronicities came to me, new people, books, pushing me into an intense emotional whirlwind to understand my true self, nature. I discovered my divine nature, the one we all have deep inside us. I developed new perceptions with nature, spirits, my spiritual guides, environment and the spiritual world. I had a reconnection with my soul. I have felt the call of being a healer, the call to follow my dreams. I worked on the expression of my abilities and gifts and completed them with trainings in holistic therapies.

 I am still working on my unicity and wholeness in consciousness because every day presents new opportunities to growth. I am also continually working on and developing my psychic and spiritual awareness. 

Maimouna's website: www.naomhaom.com

Contact : 07751 143 584 Email naomhaom@gmail.com

 

 

 

Stephanie Gooding

  Shamanic Healing    

 

Stephanie is an experienced shamanic practitioner. She has walked the shamanic path for many years, listening to the guidance of wild things and learning from her spirit guides. She likes to keep her shamanic practice simple and clear, connecting from the heart and opening to the flow of creation.

Stephanie first awoke to a spiritual world around age 13, as many young women do around the menarche. In the absence of any spiritual guidance, these experiences were difficult to integrate and she took a dark and thorny road through self-rejection, self-harm, intoxicants and abusive relationships. She chose to live again when she escaped abuse and moved to Scotland at age 18.

In Scotland, Stephanie completed her university education in psychology and went on to later qualify as a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, while in parallel studying Buddhism in depth, practising day and night, and also teaching meditation and mindfulness. She became a mother and raised her son while studying and working part time. Through these years she practiced natural healing with the stones, wildflowers, trees and waters. It took many years of personal recovery, weaving back together the pieces of herself, to become whole, safe, and assured.

n recent years she has turned back to her original intention for studying psychology - that the earth is endangered by human behaviour and this is a human problem to solve. She practices therapy outdoors/ in the yurt and is turning her time and resources to consider how as a psychologist she can help society face the ecological crisis we are in and take positive action.

Shamanic work is helpful in restoring a sense of place and belonging in the land. The process of healing in shamanic work is moved and guided by the natural forces of creation, growth and decay and healing that animate all living things. It restores each one of us to take our place in the greater web of life, and to a state or intention that is most life-giving to the rest of the ecosystem around us. The earth herself will guide each one of us back to balanced living and shamanic work is one way to reconnect to her voice that comes through intuition.  

Stephanie is a safe practitioner to work with on issues of mental/emotional/spiritual health and psychological distress of all kinds, such as anxiety, depression, PTSD and trauma, grief, recovery from abuse, and also around times of change and transition, adjusting to new life situations, or integrating difficult or disturbing spiritual or existential experiences.

Stephanie's website: www.earth-works.co.uk

 

 

Sara Villar Gonzales

  Shamanic Healing   

 

My name is Sara Villar Gonzales. I am a Psychologist, a Gestalt Therapist and a Shamanic Practitioner working in Edinburgh with individuals offering one to one sessions. I have always wondered about the meaning of life and what it means to be a human being with thoughts and feelings, physical sensations, dreams, spirituality and all our complexities in this interconnected world.

 I have learnt that healing and wellbeing are possible when we reunite with our own truth by looking inside and being able to accept and value what we are. Gestalt, as an experiential and existential therapy, it focuses on freedom, awareness and self-direction that aims for the reintegration of disowned parts of our personality. I combine my knowledge in Gestalt Therapy with other body, mind and spirit practices such as Psychodrama or Shamanic Healing. In Psychodrama, thoughts, emotions and body sensations are explored not only through spoken word but also through action and movement, in order to find solutions to your conflicts in the here and now. 

I also feel passionate about the way in which Ancient Wisdoms understand the healing process as gentle, nature driven and kind, working with lifes energies to dissolve blockages and bring light into your world in the way of self-esteem and self-believe, empowerment through awareness and love and compassion for both yourself and others. 

 There are many reasons why someone decides to do personal therapy. You may be experiencing relationship issues, anxiety, fear, depression, shame and perhaps feeling stuck and longing to have a deeper understanding of yourself. Together we will find what is stopping you from living a meaningful and fulfilled existence and the ways in which you can come back to the harmony, peace and beauty that I believe belongs to every life. 

Sara's Website: www.saragestalttherapy.co.uk

 

Molly Shanahan

  Shamanic Healing   

  Feather Stone Energy Healing   

 

Molly is an intuitive practitioner who holds powerful and gentle sacred space. Her work flows naturally with deep connections to song, sound and stone medicine. 

She is inspired by the benefits of soul and power retrieval, working with darkness and light, collective and individual connection with masculine and feminine energies and self-empowered trauma healing. 

Born in Canada, Molly journeyed across the sea to Scotland in 2016 to connect with her ancestral roots. Both lands are dear to her heart and continue to guide, support and nourish her work with individuals and groups within the community.

 Molly's website: www.rootenergyhealing.co.uk