And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

~Antoine de Exupéry

~~energy flows through my heart and hands creating portals of colour and form grounding and enlivening animistic soul interconnection.

Chris bridges healing between the western and indigenous worlds as a global spiritual guide, ceremonialist, ketamine-assisted nurse therapist, artist, author, healer, teacher and presenter. Grounding in ecocentric ritual, ceremony and practices, Chris’ seeking and mystical soul-seeing has awakened her spirit to support others to own and share their potent gifts in the world by guiding groups and circles in embodied conscious living and dying practices as well as sacred art creation. Internationally, she guides shamanic energy and earth practices through workshops, presentations and private client work.

“Creative ritual process grounds. Rooting to Mother Earth strengthens the connection between heart and mind and fuels the stories we tell, to ourselves and others. Interacting with the natural world and the spirit world—in reciprocity, trusting, and calling in the magical and mystical, allows the spirit of creativity to flow through me. By being in service to and striving to be in balance with the Earth and all of life while honoring cycles of life and death, the planet, and the greater cosmos, I feel most present to create. The ritual of art has not only grounded me—the ritual of art has also enlivened me and fueled my purpose, bringing me to feel joy as well as grief as an embodied human in this middle world. The ritual of art has emboldened my love for Mother Earth and the ways in which I actively live.”

Part of Chris’ flourishing life includes spending precious time with her two adult daughters. Chris lives gratefully immersed in nature in Boulder, Colorado at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and in Chicago, Illinois, also spending extended time in Kythira, Greece, the home of her paternal ancestors.

Chris’ expertise in Spiritual Event Creation, Direction, and Management coupled with her love of and dedication to travel, cultural immersion and spiritual growth {by working directly with and learning hands-on from indigenous medicine peoples} has organically brought her to lead groups in spiritual and cultural immersions. Her love of creating experiences that are overflowing with sites, sounds, smells, colors and textures of the land, the trails, indigenous animals and people, food, art, music, connections and healing rituals and ceremonies brings her fulfillment and joy as the travelers she guides experience journeys of their dreams.

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