nadatodo

I'm available Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-4PM. If none of these days and times work for you, email me at info@nadatodo.com, and we'll find something that works for us both. Note: I typically book 1-1.5 hour slots to accommodate pre-ceremony/Reiki intention setting and post-session sharing.

I offer in-person and distance sessions out of East Vancouver. For in-person sessions, my address will be provided to you after you book a session. Otherwise, distance treatments can be performed anywhere. Note: I don't offer online/video distance sessions.

I require 24-hour notice to cancel a session or you'll be charged the full fee. Missed treatments without notice, either Reiki or ceremony, will be charged at $100. Email to cancel at info@nadatodo.com.

Shamanic ceremonies take anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes to perform, depending on which one and how many are done in a single session. This doesn't include pre-session client consultation and intention setting, or setting up with space for ceremony. I've put a dollar range on my website to indicate the value of this work but am mindful that shamanic practice must be accessible and without financial burden. As such, I am open to donation/trade as needed. Give what you can, and when you can, give forward. And if none of these options are available to you now, let's find what works for us both.

Payments can be e-transferred to info@nadatodo.com (auto deposit/no password required) and are due the day before your session.

I was trained in five shamanic ceremonies (see full descriptions of each), and offer them all via distance and in-person. These are:

• extraction (and removal of intrusions)
• power animal retrieval
• soul remembering
• soul retrieval, and
• soul theft.

In a line, a journey is an astral trip. Shamanic practitioners use it to convene with spirits, get messages and healing, bring back willing soul parts...

A very abridged summary: To journey, close your eyes while laying down, standing up or sitting down, and travel into the sky (upper world), the earth (lower world) or on our plane (middle world). This is often induced through drumming or rattling but sound isn't necessary. More than anything, set an intention and welcome the helping spirits to do the work.

At first, journeying may feel like the land of imagination, but know it's where the healing begins. One may see, feel, smell, hear in a journey; each experience is unique and none is better than the other. What's most important is that we are all capable of journeying. It doesn't require special talent, shamanic lineage or psychedelics. All you need is an open heart and a clear sense of purpose.

This work is based on Western shamanism, and its ceremonial roots mirror the practices of countless ancient and healing cultures around the world. Intention-setting will deeply enrich your experience, therefore, take your time to connect on what you wish to release or manifest moving forward. This, and prayer, are important practices I bring to my sessions; intention sets the tone, while welcoming and thanking helpful spirits allows the work to be done with reverence and love. These rituals also pave the way to reclaim your power. As such, know that pure essence is coming back, not the traumatic episode that marked you. Now, there are no guarantees or promises of awakening and absolute healing. The path is long and the work is yours to do but these practices are bridges to our higher selves; they illuminate, expand and root down.

To this point, not everyone will experience the impacts of ceremony the same. They can create a sense of harmony or plunge a person down memory lane as a way to relive and let go. All this is normal and to be expected. Should a deep healing crisis come up, know it too shall pass, and allow new integration to unfold. Be patient and kind with yourself. Connect with your support systems. Get grounded and let things come up and through. This is a time for rest, regeneration and presence. Remember, every energetic swirl eventually subsides.

Hold reverence before, during and after participating in ceremony and do not consume alcohol or recreational drugs 24 hours prior/post-ceremony. Otherwise, be present and let what will unfold do so, gently and powerfully.

Ceremonies can be performed in-person and distance. For distance sessions: I will cleanse my space, pray and set the intention for the ceremony fifteen minutes prior to our scheduled appointment. I will advise you beforehand should you wish to lie down during this time too. If not, I will let you know when I start and end the ceremony, and call shortly thereafter to share what came up during the session. (Read more in this FAQ section on what to expect.)

One ceremony or several can be performed at once. Let the spirits guide us as to what is needed and when. Shamanic ceremonies are sacred and should be approached through this light. It's not about how many one can do and in how short of a time.

Healing is not a race but lifelong. Moreover, these rituals give you back power that once left you, power that will take time to (re)integrate into your life. While a shaman practitioner can advise, it's your responsibility to know where you are and what is enough now. We've all bought into old narratives and limited beliefs; and it takes time to unwind this all. So, do what is needed, be mindful that healing takes time, stay present and aware in the body and its emotions, and let the spirits do the rest.

Beautiful question! To be honest, I think it's still unfolding, but I'll share a bit of my story...

If I were to reflect on my life, I've always felt a sense of unease. As if I were living a life outside a life. Only later would I understand this duality or polarity. Authentic me versus wounded me. I grew up in a Greek immigrant and religious home and shrouded it in obligation and rigidity. A mix of support, ancestral trauma and boundless expectation—both cultural and personal. I wanted freedom.

I travelled and revelled in its magic. Equally, I played the part. School. Work. Friends. Relationships. Life. All the while, feeling a deep sense of loneliness and longing. It tasted like lack, not good enough, unworthiness but really it was always an invitation to connect with and love me. I would postpone that learning for some time. Dissociating. Numbing. Avoiding. Comparing. Projecting. My wounds distorted my reflection and perpetuated me to reject me. 

In 2017, I watched a film and signed up for my first vipassana silent meditation retreat. This changed my life. It was the beginning of me seeing my duality and that I had a choice around which wolf to feed. Reiki furthered this exploration, and my shamanic training opened the door to spirit that, upon reflection, was always ajar.

Since I was a teenager, I've had predictive dreams. They unfold years later and give my impatient soul a sense of right track ease. I'm deeply empathetic and can feel the emotions and intentions of others. I also have a strong sense memory—and since the age of twenty—auspiciously smell the perfume my maternal grandmother wore at her funeral, kindly letting me know when spirit is around me. (My grandmother would merge with me at a mediumship event when I was 40, guiding me during a challenging time, and stay for a year and two days until I was brought to my first soul retrieval with my now shaman teacher on November 11 at 11AM; she left during the ceremony.)

Am I a shaman? I've been told in my journeys that I was a seer, medicine woman and shamanic teacher but don't identify with the word; it doesn't feel like mine to take. What I do know is that my life has come with a series of challenges, most of them rooted in suffering. My life purpose, though, has been shared with me. I'm to teach others how to be human and to heal the body. Makes sense. I've been enthralled with the movie that is life, painstakingly taught how to communicate kindly, and constantly guided to the world of plants. (My father would try to get me to sign up for an herbalism class at the age of sixteen which I vehemently rejected and misinterpreted as him pushing his agenda on me, only to now see the lengths our family will go to have our soul contracts and life missions realized.) If anything, I've been a constant seeker. I've experimented and experienced and eventually found my road less travelled. Guardian angels crossed my path on countless occasions, often assisting and unexplainably disappearing at second sight. I'm profoundly connected to trees, plants and mushrooms, whose spirits speak to me and share messages about the future and how to respect the land. And so I'd say, I'm clairaudient and clairsentient, deeply connected to/guided by my ancestors and spirit—and like all of us—have gifts to share in this lifetime for the highest good.

If it resonates with you, feel free to call in your ancestors and spirit guides the night before a ceremony for some extra celestial love and aid. You can also ask to get messages through your dreams.

A clear mind welcomes and supports mindful integration. As such, please avoid consuming alcohol and taking any mind-altering substances at least 24 hours before and after a ceremony.

Beautiful! Here's a brief rundown of what I'll need from you before your session:

1. First thing, you'll need to fill out the consent form; in the consent form you'll also specify your birth name (if different from your current name) and explain whether you prefer session instructions sent to you via email, text or over the phone
2. Send me your intentions for the ceremony; for an extraction, you'll outline what you want to release (be specific) and for a soul retrieval, you'll focus on the power or essence/body parts you want to bring back; for more details, read my ceremony descriptions
3. Avoid alcohol or recreational drug use at least 24 hours before our session

On the day of/during your sessions—in-person or distance:

1. For ease and to avoid any lags in response time, all day-of notes/instructions regarding sessions will be sent via text, regardless of your correspondence preference
2. You'll be asked to lie down in silence (no music or drum track), stay present in the body and not journey (no astral trips). If the mind wanders, bring it back to the body; in short, there's nothing for you to do but be and feel what comes up without any attachment

For distance treatments only:

1. In addition to the above notes, I'll need you to tell me the position of your head and feet while lying down, so I can track your body; for example, your head is facing north and your feet south
2. I'll text you 15 minutes before the session—it's then that I'll set intentions for our work together, invite the spirits and ancestors to join us, and reiterate what you'll need to do/can expect, and
3. I'll text when I start the ceremony, once I'm done and call you a few minutes thereafter to recount what came up in the session without interpretation

To recap: In addition to the consent form, I'll need you to email or text me this info at least three days before your session:

• full/birth name (included in the consent form)
• session intentions, and
• head/foot placement (for distance sessions only).

I encourage intention-setting but know you can do a session without it. If you have any questions along the way, let me know. I'm happy to answer them.

This all depends on what comes up. I share with you what is shared with me. This could be what was released in an extraction, or the power, messages or gifts that came to you through a power animal/soul retrieval or remembering ceremony. I'm clairaudient and clairsentient, so I will pass on what I hear and feel (and sometime see), but come with an open mind. No expectations are best. And try not to compare your session to someone else's. This isn't about achieving or getting better results but connecting to our authenticity and higher self. Just know that the spirits will bring you what you need right now for your highest good.

Also, I'll share what I experienced but without interpretation. I see the world through my own lens and what comes through in a journey isn't always literal but can come through as metaphor; therefore, it's best you find your own meaning and messages through the work. Equally, it's worth reiterating here that the soul/body parts that do come back are not resistant or traumatized when they return—even if they dissociated to self-protect or to avoid harm—but are willing and full of power. It's up to you to connect with what comes back and reintegrate it into your wholeness.

First it's important to note that what has come back—body or soul part—has willingly returned, and through the ceremony, is already integrated in you. Meaning, you don't have to do anything to incorporate the part into your body. What you can do, the day following a ceremony, is journey (if this is part of your practice) or meditate to the parts that have returned and ask:

• why did you leave?
• what are the gifts and talents you're bringing back to me?
• what do you need from me to support this healing? 

This is a wonderful way to connect with self, learn more about the impacts of the ceremony and honour the parts that have come home. Clients have expressed that this intimate rekindling creates a deep sense of reconnection but know it's completely optional.

Energy work, like Reiki and shamanic ceremony, is powerful and transformative. It can equally induce a healing crisis. Post-treatment, a client may experience negative emotions or an uprising of past memories. This is normal but can be triggering. Should you be hesitant or concerned of the risks of this work, do not book a session. Otherwise, all clients are required to read and sign a consent form before a treatment with me. Moreover, please read my healing arts disclaimer so you're an active participant in these treatments and their risks.

Well this depends on a few things... When did you get your last one? How long did it take for you to (re)integrate what came back? And right now, where are you at physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually? That all said, every three to twelve months is a good estimate. But again, healing is a lifelong journey. So do what feels right at the right time rather than approaching soul retrieval from the lens of days and months, a to-do list or how many parts you can get back in the shortest amount of time. Integration is a process that shouldn't be rushed and how often will be different for every person. Remember, with soul retrievals you're also bringing back parts that are willing and ready to return, a process we simply can't tie to a timeline.