After becoming a certified, practising yoga teacher, I travelled the world formally studying and training in the areas of shamanism, eco-psychology, mind- body counselling, energetic healing, ceremonial work and plant medicines.
In Peru I worked with highly-esteemed indigenous and traditional medicine men and women such as Don Agustín Rivas Vásquez, Rossana Nascimento, and Javier Regueiro.
Whilst my personal study with these teachers was primarily focused on working with plant medicines, I was also able to experience their unique ways of utilising healing techniques in working with different ailments, from physical trauma, addictions and illness to emotional and psychological issues.
These techniques involved soul-retrieval work, energetic extractions and deep healing involving the use of icaros (medicine songs) to move and direct energy to the group or individual.
In 2008, under the tutelage of master healers and transpersonal psychologists and counsellors, Paul Perfrement and Suzanne Lewarne, I completed a two-year program in Shamanic and Energetic Healing at The Awareness Institute in Sydney.
I received intensive training in soul-retrieval, energetic-extractions, the shamanic drum journey, core-shamanic and energetic healing techniques and principles, totem animal work, crystal therapy, medicine wheel work, ancestral lineage healing and clearing, mind-body counselling and much more.