Classes and Retreats

    I have been drawn to spirit for as long as I remember, and have had the good fortune to meet and learn from some wonderful mentors and masters on my path.  One thing I have learned is that this moment, truly, is it - that through this moment we can connect to all moments, and live in appreciation and connection to the mystery and magic of the world around us.  And that each step  taken in awareness can be an opening to grace and to heart. 

    The Mindfulness Retreats offer a time to come together and recognize and quiet the chatter of the mind and open to the gift of the present moment.  The theme of mindfulness is central to the program which includes  the healing of deep relaxation, meditation, walking, eating, and gentle taoist and yoga movements. 

    Stress Management Classes are a group of six classes that explore the stress in our lives and lay a foundation of practices to bring us back into harmony and openness.  Classes are both didactic and experiential.

    The Alchemy of Fire:  Accessing Inner Wisdom is a workshop where we open to the transformative energies of fire and heart.  Facilitators Sherry Boatright and I work with myth and ritual to open a space for releasing old patterns and identities and touching inner guidance and knowing which allows reemerging into a more authentic path.   The heart of the process includes guided meditations, relaxation and mindfulness practice, dreamwork and free expression through movement and drawing.   The energy of fire will support moving back into the world with a new clarity and focus.

Healing Work

    The call to remember who we are at the deepest level, and to find ways to support and allow our body’s natural healing energies to bring us back into balance and harmony, has been a motivating force in my life.   I offer private healing sessions using energetic healing practices that help to break up and clear old patterns, and support your body, mind and spirit to heal.  These practices include working with methods that have developed from my healing and spiritual path, along with Plant Spirit Medicine, limpias and healing practices from the Nuahua tradition of Mexico.

    Plant Spirit Medicine is a healing system that  works to balance body, mind, emotions and spirit, reduce stress, and promote healing.  It is a gentle and profound energetic healing practice that looks to nurture our spirit and heal the underlying imbalance that is the source of disharmony, and release and balance the energy flows in the body.   It is based on two powerful healing traditions:  Classical Chinese Five Element Theory, and Shamanism, and lays the foundation for deep healing.  As Eliot Cowan shares in his book Plant Spirit Medicine, working in this way recognizes that plants have spirit, and that spirit is the strongest medicine, being able to heal the deepest reaches of the heart and soul, and that this is the shaman’s way with plants.     

    The Nuahua are an indigenous people of the central highlands of Mexico.  I feel a great gratitude and honor to be able to learn from their wealth of knowledge in the realm of healing, and include some of their practices in my healing work.  I continue to study in this area on an ongoing basis.

For more information on any of these workshops or healing sessions, please email Annie King.