Many of us are aware that when we heal ourselves, we aid in healing the world. A great truth is that the most blessed gift we can share with each other is that of transforming our wounds into sources and tools of power and wisdom. I was introduced to the contemporary reinterpretation of ancient healing practices that are still used in North and South America. While I was working as an Intuitive Medium, connecting the “Other side” with loved ones, I used Energy Medicine to help people come to terms with their grief and sorrow. However, I realized that although I could help people heal their emotional and spiritual grief, I could not restore their physical health. I set out to discover the instruments I could place into my medicine bag that would transmute my abilities into achieving equilibrium of the whole body: mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical. I was introduced to a very well-known Shaman, and embarked upon the teachings of Inka Medicine ways. After many years of study, practice and initiations I have the tools in my medicine bag that can assist in changing lives. I first met Larry Frank in the fall of 2008, when he came to seek my advice. Larry had been on a spiritual journey for many years, and had studied shamanism, participating in numerous ceremonies with various teachers. Of late, he had been feeling broken and lost. He had just been through the roughest six months of his life, and he related to me the following story… “I was still recovering from achilles tendon reattachment surgery, an umbilical hernia repair; a “spot” on my lung was discovered during the work-up and diagnosed as a possible tumor. While the cat scans, x-rays, etc. were being studied for the lung spot, an additional “hot” spot was found on my right adrenal gland. Due to the biopsy, I exhibited full-blown symptoms of pheochromocytoma. I was told I was a walking time bomb, liable to have a stroke or heart attack at any moment. And then, my significant other informed me she no longer wanted a relationship. I was living 24/7 with the distinct possibility that I may die at any time. As my blood pressure was out of control, I was scheduled, and then rescheduled for surgery numerous times. It was during this period that I was referred to Stephanie Phelps.” “Immediately upon entering her office, Stephanie’s warm and caring nature, tempered with great empathy, helped put me at ease. We focused on clearing negative entities from my Luminous energy field. Then, prior to the surgery, we worked to clear any negative energies and entities that may have inhabited the hospital room and surgery theater.” “Prior to surgery, I felt at ease, although I had had a premonition that I may die during surgery, which I indicated to my sister and best friend. Stephanie’s work left me prepared for any eventuality. On December 17, 2008, as I was being wheeled into surgery, the last cognizant thought I had was, ‘My lungs are going to fail.’ Two days later, I awoke in ICU from a supposedly simple hour-and-a-half laparoscopic procedure, strapped down with tubes poking out of my orifices. The surgeon informed me that as they had started the laparoscopic surgery, the adrenal vein burst, and they had to cut me open from sternum to hip bone for a compete adrenalectomy. As they started the surgery, my lungs failed, and my heart stopped. I died.” “They started my lungs and heart back up, and I am here today, still working with Stephanie. Thanks to this special Healer Shaman I am embarking on my soul’s purpose, and continue to seek her counsel.” After meeting Larry and assessing his situation, I had begun with a technique known as “Illumination”. It is a foundation for much of the healing work in my practice. It is very effective for assisting with a variety of problems--a fast-track for transformation. During my healing sessions, I track any negative energy that is affecting the person, and remove it, guiding the person through the process and identifying the energy that is holding the patterns in place--the things that keep that person “stuck”. This removal technique combusts the dense energies that prevent one from moving past personal obstacles. I follow by flooding the chakras with the Light of the Sacred. In this way, together we develop a new, broader map, incorporating the healing that has just taken place. Part of the process is working with breathing, including use of my medicine stones, or Khuyas. The Khuya is a stone that carries particularly fine or abundant energy, and is considered a stone of power. My Khuyas have been initiated through a lineage of shamans. When we work with the stones in the Illumination process, they help with transforming, or mulching, the dense energy. In describing the Illumination process, we begin with the Luminous Energy Field: the Aura, or Spirit Body, which surrounds the physical body. The Aura is an invisible matrix that holds the imprint of all our karmic, personal and ancestral memories, traumas, wounds and beliefs. These imprints can become activated to mirror a personal history that repeats itself, compelling us towards behaviors, relationships, accidents or illnesses that replicate the original trauma. They may also manifest as addictions, headaches, anxiety, depression, anger, shame, blame, sadness, etc. An Illumination is the energetic clearing of the negative imprints in our Luminous Energy Field. It is one of the ancient energy healing techniques that come from the Q’ero shamans of Peru, the descendants of the Inca. The Illumination process includes balancing the chakras, as well as clearing out negative patterns and imprints, transforming wounds into sources of power and compassion. Imprints to the Luminous Energy Field appear as sluggish energy around the chakras. During the healing, the heavy emotional energy of the imprint is drained through the chakra. An Illumination is helpful when you feel stuck in a behavioral pattern which continues to repeat itself. Each individual struggles to heal from traits (emotional, mental, spiritual or physical) that are part of his/her ancestry. Emotional traumas of one’s past continue to haunt, and do not respond well to other healing modalities. It is a great honor to share my years of experience with the hope that I can inspire others to move fully into the life they were born to live.
