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Heart of the Earth Founder: Kanachiari

My healing work began in my early twenties and spans three decades. I've lived and worked in ashrams, opened and facilitated healing centers, traveled from Eastern Europe to South America, homebirthed two beautiful children, and have written two award-winning/nominated literary poetry collections, and hold a Masters in Fine Arts. 

I've undergone extensive traditional Shipibo-Conbo and Mestizo initiations, many in the Amazon jungle, as well as Celtic and Vedic initiations. I work as a Curendera  with the permissions and blessings of traditional healers, and carry the medicines of over two dozen Master Plants. I hold certification in Shamanic Herbalism, trauma-informed plant medicine facilitation, and as a Kambo practitioner (as well as trainings in Kundalini Vidya, and earlier trainings in sound healing, vibrational medicine, aromatherapy and more). My work is deeply influenced by poly-vagual theory and somatic therapy practices.

Over the years I've been guided, initiated and deeply influenced by numerous teachers, medicine people, and gurus (the most noteworthy being Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, and the rare living jewel, Shiva Rudra Balayogi). In the fullness of my practice, I draw from my own Celtic roots and from a deep connection to India (my grandmother was born and raised in India, as was her mother and grandmother).

Nowadays my work is almost exclusively with healers, and I offer mentorship primarily through Master Plant Dieta initiations, ceremonial training and apprenticeships. I also train house & land healers. 

I live and work with gratitude and reverence on the homelands of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples (lower Vancouver Island): həyšxʷq​́̓ə siiem (thank you honorable ones). I share ceremonial work with my partner, who is a Kambo practitioner, Vedanta mentor and meditator, and inspired singer-song-writer.

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Photo by Lani Garfield

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(Kanachiari is a "medicine name" given via the Shipibo tradition. It's a name for a Master Tree also known as Toé, Floripondio, Brugmansia, Angel's Trumpet Tree, and other names.)

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Heart of the Earth Healing ceremonies and retreats take place on the unceded homelands of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples and the W̱SÁNEĆ. We offer deep respect and gratitude: həyšxʷq​́̓ə siiem  (thank you honorable ones).

Regardless of where we were born,

we are all from the Earth,

regardless of where we go, she's there beneath us,

feeding us, quenching our thirst,

offering her resources without reservation, holding us

in her perfect sphere of atmosphere and gravity,

offering healing, offering life.

© 2012 Kanachiari

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